The Portland daily press., 1875-03-26
THE SCANDAL.
uaue. X. WO0dIey.

situation with MT. d. M. DedCL Ill NEW OeiooJ.
I was with Mrs. Wooihull when the scandal
was published, and l was arrested at the post
office for mailing some of the papers. My en-
ployment terminated after my arrest. ] was
employed as waiter at their house, No. 10
East 38th street, but was afterwards employed
in the down town office, wrapping up and
mailing the paper l distributed the life of
Mis-. Woodruff for Mr.. 7. around the news
dealers. l was introduced to Mr.. I. by Mrs.
Woodruff in her down town Office. Mrs, w.
said he had done good deal for the people OF
the South and was then editor of the Brooklyn
Union. He asked me If had been a slave
and bow was getting along. This was IN the
year 1871. The life of Victoria Woodruff was
published in September, 1871. l do not re-
member the month the Steinway II all meeting
was, but it was in the same year. [ remember
conversation about free love between Mad
ames Woodruff and Clafin and Mr.. T. in their
Office Mrs w. asked me if 1 was free lover,
and said 1 did not know what free love was.
She asked nae if I knew Henry Ward Beecher,
and L said did. She asked me if ever heard
him preach, and l told her l had. She then
said he was one of the greatest men that ever
lived, and that he was free lover. She then
spoke to Mr.. T. and asked me if knew what
free love meant and explained to me its mean
ing. told her that the Scriptures said, What
God hath Joined, let no man put asunder.
MIR. I. was very often at the down town office
hers 9hat to 'f the
office 1 did not live at the 3Sth street house,
| but boarded in Brooklyn. saw Mr. T. at the
3Sth street house sometimes as late as twelve
and one O clock. He was sometimes in Mrs.
WIS room, and at other times in Miss CIafin's.
generally writing. Either one of the ladies or
Col. Blood would be with him. They had re-
freshments served up in these rooms to them.
was present on the occasion at Mrs. VS.
when Mr.. L, was there, and the conversation
| turned on the publication of the Woodruff
| scandal. Mr.. T. said she ought to publish
| this, as he could not do it. They would crush
| him. He said Plymouth church was rich
body, and would pay to have it stopped. Col;
geti INTO trouble. 1t was stated by Mr.. I. that
| Plymouth church would pay 800, 900 to have it
stopped. After lunch Mr.. I. and Col. Blood
were talking about it, but could not hear
what was said. Col. Blood went away the
next day after another interview. / saw MIR.
| T. at the breakfast table early one morning at
the 3Sth street house, and | supposed he was
there all night. At the interview next day
Col. Blood said he would have nothing to do
with the publication and then went away L
was in Ludlow street Jail. detained as witness,
for fifteen days. At the time of this converse
ton the proofs were all set up, ready to be
used. was familiar with proofs, and printed
slips then. had printed slips in my hands at
the time Of this conversation, but did not know
| they were connected with this scandal L did
| not read the Woodruff or Challis article, but
| heard people talk about them L saw Mr.. j.
| and Mrs. Woodruff sitting together often with
| their arms around each other. but thought
this was perfectly natural This conversation
| was about four or five weeks before the publi-
| cation.
Observation-Disclosures by MIR. Fullerton.
I left Petersburg in 1869 and came to New
| York. L do not know where l first boarded
| but stayed there three or four days, then
went to Mr.. Douglass in Brooklyn He IS
| manager of the Children's Aid Society. He
procured me situation at the place OF MI.
Beach in New jersey. stayed with Mr..
Holmes in Brooklyn. was also with James
| e Browne in East 18th street: After that
| went to Mrs. WoodhulPs, where l remained
until after the publication of the paper in 1872:
This paper containing the scandal was dated d
| Virginia. L did the marketing for Mrs. w.
| and saw Mr.. 7. for the first time three or four
weeks after came there 1t was on the &C.
| casion of lecture of some kind, because some
! people were assembled. l had not been long
| there at the time had been at the house
| over two mouths before l went to the office.
| This lecture came off before Mrs. w. went to
| Washington on a Sunday, aud Mr.. T. was
there on that occasion. When [ went down to
the Office came to board at GOA Closson ave-
| nue., Brooklyn. but sometimes L would stay at
Mrs. WIS house on 3Sth street.
/ 1 saw MI. Tilton at Mrs WoodhulPs after
| the lecture ia the spring of 1871. do not re-
| member seeing him again then at the house. L
was introduced to him at the office and this
| was my first acquaintance. think L saw him
| again at the house at the end of the spring or
/ beginning of the summer, but of this L am not
| sure. / saw him mere often at the office where
| he used to greet them and they would greet
/ him. They usually lunched in the upper room
| at Demonco's Sometimes was sent from
/ the office for things and then would see them
/ The first time saw them lunch there was in
1 the spring of 1871. do not remember seeing
them lunch at Curtis restaurant. Mr.. I'll
ton was absent at the time of the Greeley pres
identlal campaign. could not tell how long
before was arrested Mr.. Tilton was away
/ ampaigning. 1t might have been four OF five
| weeks. l was laid up for about six weeks with
l pneumonia, l think, and was attended by a
doctor. 1 was employed in Woodruff q Claf-
i Inns. The entrance to Delmonicos is on the
l same side of the street the Woodruff &
| Clafin Office.
t The last time saw him at the Office they
2 | were talking about the Beecher article. They
9 / we're in the middle office. Nothing said abou
t / it until he came. Mr.. Tilton spoke first about
| publishing the Beecher article. He said: 81
, | could do it directly but would be crushed; ]
! / am man and you are woman and they woulo
not crush you" l was opening exchanges a.
/ the time behind the counter, and they were all
| standing up. Mr.. Tilton said: "Vickey, il
you publish the thing you will be made wo-
man." Mrs Woodruff then had an interview
/ with Col. Blood, and he said he would not IN
dertake to publish it. Mr.. TiltoD asked him
, l why he would not as Plymouth church had a
rich congregation who would pay 100000 to
/ have it suppressed. was then opening ex-
!, | changes behind the counter. l was standing
| Sideways to them. 1 marked the clippings IN
the exchanges for Col Blood to clip out for
| publication in the paper. After this conversa'
ton they went into the back office, but could
/ not hear what was said. Shortly after 1 was
. called in there. They were still talking about
| this subject. 1 heard Tepnie Clafiin and Mrs,
/ Woodruff urging Col Blood to publish the arti-
Gle, but he refused to have anything to do with
| it. 1 heard all of them use the phrase, "The
Beecher article" 1 do not think they were
then talking about the Chais articles. When
/ [ was called into the. inner room it was to get
| the order for lunch This was in the year
| 1872 before was sick. l was boarding In
| Brooklyn.
The court at this point took the usual recess
!, | of one hour.
After recess, Beecher came in with his wife
| and brother. being his first appearance for the
day. When the court was opened James b.
| Woodley resumed the stand, and his crossex-
animation was continued by ex-Judge Fuller.
/ ton.
He testified:
think T'lton was away before that CONVEX
sation, on the campaign. This was the first
| time 1 had seen him since his return. l heard
| these parties talk about this matter before this
| in their Office in Broad street. 1t may have
| been about two months l think it was in
| the front office l heard the conversation. They
| were speaking about Beecher and Plymouth
church. This was the time they were talking
| about free love. This was in the Spring of
| 1872, but heard this conversation several
times. I only heard them speak of the Beech
er article on Monday and Tuesday shortly be-
| fore it's publication. l was taken sick shortly
| after this. l was opening the exchanges on
both days of the conversation. On the first
| day they were sitting on the sofa and on the
second day they were standing. The converse
ton was the same on both days and began in
| the middle office.
On the first day T. said he had an article he
wanted her to publish. They read it over and
she went to talk with Col. Blood about it,
When 1 went in heard Col. Blood say that he
would have nothing to do with it, and I. said
it would be the making of BIN, as Beecher' s
congregation would give 100000 to stop its
publication. On the following day the same
conversation occurred ia the same place. This
conversation occurred some time before the
scandal was published. 1 never heard word
about the Beecher story before this. When
saw 7. at Mrs. WIS, Mrs. Woodruff AID Miss
Caflin were there. They were reading proofs
and manuscripts. They were more serious that
evening than usual. Mrs. W. introduced me
at one time to T. and think she said he was
an editor or had been an editor of the Brooklyn
Union. L remember the Steinway Hall meet
ing. 1 think it was in the fall of 1871, the year
before the conversation in Mrs. WIS office. T.
during his visits to the Office sat with Mrs. w.
on sofa, having his arms around her when
parties were passing in and out. This sofa was
in the middle of the Office was witness in