The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-22


for TO go 10
MRS. MoRsE's.
O. l said to the house where she VASE A. But
then she is not referring to that period. Q. One
moment. Don't go too fast. Her difficulties
were made known to you then, were they not:
A. Some of her difficulties were made known
But you ask me the Interpretation of that letter
Q. Yes. A. ] interpret it by saying that un-
derstand ii to refer not TO the periods OF 1870 but
to the sequent period, from 1870 to the GATE. O.
Why, sir, Il was written on May 3. 1871, and
speaks of the complications Of the past year. A.
Oh, then it does include II. did not notlce Toe
date oft. q. Ii does include l.: A. IL does IN
clude that. q. She does not, as you
You were there on the December
previous and heard what domestic difficulties
then existed? A. That did not occur 10 me.
O Didn't il occur TO you that there was some
difficulty that she was laboring under lhat she
alluded to? A. / thought IL very likely there
were many, and think so yet. Q. Don't you
think it was this difficulty that she had cen-
made him promise not to reveal it? A. I don't
believe any such thing as that. g. 1ou do not?
A. No, sir. ! believe ii included all the
account. Q. viii you tell me what difficulty,
or what trouble, or what suffering there nad
been curing the past year; mean 5he year ear
made reference 10 il. and which had not been
made known to you? 4. There was great
deal. sir. of which subsequently became aware.
q. Subsequent 10 the receipt of this letter?
4. Yes. q. You did not interpret it in the light
OF that knowledge? A. No, but 1 now see. q.
But interpreting the letter in the light of the
knowledge that you had on the day that It was
received? y. say = q. One moment. VIII
you tell me what suffering or what trouble she
referred to there that had not been
made known 20 you? n. L nave
told you already that whatever she meant
in that letter, L don't remember how inter-
preted at the time read IL, and you ASK me
what interpret 10 now, and now say that L
understand it differently. @. don't ask you
N II N DID rs
referring 10 a
DIFFICULTY BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER
HUSBAND
which was not made known to you on the 14th
Of December, when you were at Mrs.
Morse's? A. L can 'tsay that interpreted it so,
for don't. remember what
impression It inside on my mind
at the time. Q. You did learn afterward, how
ever, that Mrs. Tilton had confessed to her hus-
band, on the Sd Of July of that year, ls7O did you
not? a. I heard that she had, during thattime.
confessed 10 him an inordinate affection for me.
@. Didn't you hear that she confessed 10 him
tnat you had made improper advances?
a. / dent think that un-
Q. Did not you understand it from Theodore Til
ton on the night OF December 80? A. No, don't
think that did. IL may have been. was in
--. q. Don't speak of your condition. L
want to know now positively whether you
did understand. on July 8, lS70, that the charge
infieciion.j Q. Please answer a. Ny
reply is that my mind was, as 1
cordance with the truth, that is, i did not un-
derstand the truth, as il subsequently, appear.
TO be. Q. Didn's Mr.. Tilton, on the night of the
improper advances 10 his wife, and thai he had
evidences OF ii on the Sd OF July previous? a.
re collection. Q. / read from this letter: .sMy
weapons were love- a large, untiring generosity;
those weapons were used for? A. now UNDER
stand what they were used for. don't remem-
Der what then understood: q. She says: "In
deavor was to entirely keep from you all suffer
is Sdfsnt alone ef les vHf n. oS
pose were to effectuate that endeavOr, were
they not? A. Well, that is-Q. lRaading
nest-hiding." Don't you understand that that
was the use that she put these weapons 10,
namely 10 effectuate the endeavor to
[ can not say What / then understood. :.
know perfectly well what the letter seems 10
me now to mean. @. Wont you be kind enough
TO explain what you understood at That time
NEST HIDING
to mean? A No, sir: 1 can not. Q. Had you
10 belief on the subject? y. L have no recollec-
ton of the state OF mind produced by that letter.
(Handed a letter. / think 1 wrote this in
the latter part of January, 1872. Ii was written
in reply to an answer from Mrs. Tilton.s don't
know why the ordinary salutation was omitted,
or the ordinary signature, but it could have
been for no reason. Up TO this time thought
Mrs. Tilton had transferred her affections TO
me. l tad met her in the February and May
prior TO the writing OF this letter. /
saw her on one occasion when
she came with her baby in carriage
to Moulton's. think l met her in the fall OF
1871 at her house. This interview lasted thirty
minutes. Mrs. Tilton did not know that had
IA T. of frara afaf
proposals to her or the retractiOn letter, or its
recalling, no word OF admonition. No word OF
revoke passed between us, but there was "A scrip
tural admonition. The party outside who was
to be cOnSoled by Mrs. Tilton, presume, was
myself. and this was to be done by her
in 20 other way. dn't expect TO be cheered
by the letters of "true inward ness" which l
asked her to send me. am unable to explain
those terms unless L am allowed 10 do so. / said
it would be safe because she requested that
these letters with regard to her inwardness,
hands. She understood that some OF her
letters had been given him.. un-
said it would be safe because my
sister was there. L meant they would not go
letter from Mrs Tilton after this, but don't rec
IS, dated ist January. iS725 L don't recoliect
OF the 7th of February by Mrs. Moulton but
don't know how l sent the others. L
.5s .5ia her Week w9Sld be IN tbog%D Msw Hayen
would be interested. 1 didn't write to
tell this to any other member OF my congEega-
ton. / may have Id them so. did not want
to account To her for my absence. / went to see
her but not by appointment. don't remember
that was asked to call, but presume IL was in
the daytime. went 10 make call on her.
but never spoke on any other
Than religious topics. 1 communicated TO
her the iact that my wife was about
TO take the boat for Havana and Florida. ON
Thursday went to New Haven. This was not
the time met Tilt0n on the cars. The c0nver-
saiton between us was not confined entirely TO
religious subjects (Shown another letter.)
called on her three times before the writing OF
this sleiter. l think IL was written in the fall OF
| 1874. 1 received il by FlorenceS bringing
me a note about her mothers being in trouble
/ wrote an answer stating that would see her
| Friday next. Handed exhibit 4O.) don't re-
collect the receipt OF this letter. what 1 did
with it, L suppose took ~ TO Moulton that il
might be safe. don't recouect thst explained
what il meant. The date is October "a. There is
no year given, nor do i recolleet it
| I can only fix tho date suggestively, as
| the year in which May Bradshaw was married
| @. Let read 1t and see II it win bring il tC
| your recollection. tResding Mrs Morse's letter.
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