, 1875-03-04

was called,
lfufo lilo Court took recoss.
wttneps-clair, and the crors.oxs1niaation CON
tlMel. Hl,o rcplicds At tho timo called OF
Mr.. 1,eccller ioft messagc that II i we,o able
to call at G O'Clock that evening would do NO.
called to SEQ him short'y. efter that hour. I
fonnd him u lIome. and Ind III interview with
him. mot Con. Tracy t!lere, ! know lle was
to 300 Decchcr. but not At what llonr. knew
hecanen ho called at nv house that afternoon.
This waa Ills first call st my I,pac. This was afioe
nyl;rAt call al Iteoclora. learned from ShoarmAn
nnlo, / Think WAS destroyed. did not 500
Ahearnan at UcechorB house. did no. expect
to Hco Tracy at 1'eechor'a louaa. 1 told f3eccher
that Mrs. T,itou desired to SEQ nomo Of tho
ci,lsrcl. hsetl'ren and nsked him Il he could aec
her. He replied, NO" lilo aatl II Mrs. Tilton
hal anything truthful to Bay in regard 10 the
matter 1,o would 10 gIhl that sho should Bay It.
! told Hoocher that after tho publication OF
tho Bacon latter Mrs. Tilton went to her
brother. Mr. richards. md proposed to publish
card about it, and ho advtsnd her a3afnat It.
also said to him that had asEed lser II sae
had weighed tho inattor III her n,nl of consult
ins with tho chn,eh brcthles. aud she replied
That rim had. Hhe had pfaJea to God. aud
would roc them
tr IT CAusEp HER gErAnAr1ns
ond lost every child sllo had. Sit. Deocher asl;ed
T;acy if tic Committee met ti,at nirI,t. md If
ltov could Lo 10. together, IIo rcplieti That
they could. 1t did not Occur to ma lint Mra.
Iil;on could ste tho church broillrcn without
co,lauIting I3oeciler. Ny ht,abaul WAS then n
,nrr,ber Of the church. do mt lsnow ii tIlat
vas spocial meeting OF tue Committee Tia:
night. i did not then Know that tho Committee
waa appointed by Doacl.er. On tho dive to thc
mark on the 9th of july, Mra. Tiltsn epoIo 10
mo mo Of separation sin'd seeing tho ' 'rf.Irch
brctlron. Sse said II a'io did 10 sho might pot
' rnorrsnrD 1uoa r. % ny rainxnsntr a1t @ Asp ROOF
whenever elp desired to u,e tLou,, WJlan 7
took her home In tho Afternoon, sl1o was to como
mo. iu tho back psrlor In tho presence Of Judge
Morse. don't think Judge Morse ID a member
OF Plymouth Church. When Gen. Tracy came
to tLs honao ho did not iueuIro for airs Triton.
Wlieu wo vent down 10 sea Gen. Tracy
turned. i do not know il Trncy mnto any nv a.
cuso for coming down then. lie stayed thero
% about throo minutes. Almost "a soon is Hhs en-
wna uot aworp, Thore wero r,cseut stossrs.
H;psrH. Cleveland. Wjnq!ow, Sage. Clat!ins Grn.
T1acy. nv husband. and myself. Thoro vns a
slort-i1aul writer; Mr. Ellcnwood, preeout and
tonk notes Of tho proceedings | think, for /
T,i.TaN EXPRESSED ,tstsELr nrT1an7rp
with what l,js rtfe Int. told tic Comuljttce In
appeared to DO plaasoi. although ho gald i. Wa
a nction. lie said TINT ii Ueecher would Law
down his arms and bring In tho report lo lad
drawn ur, ho woull bo Eatisticd. liz read orI '
ono rel1ort, Which was not yerr long, liz eaid
bis object in drawing up tho report saB 10 snb.
init 1t to tho Committee, and, II tho Committee
would adopt It, ]io would conse from los-
iilitics. l said to him did not
beiioyo tho COMMITTEES would receiro tho
report. lie askod mo to remember TINT lilo ro-
part WAS t1atoa two woelts In ADVANCE, and :" ro-
ino,nl,cr," said he, "it 10 fiction. all fct,nn
throughout" He snid it would quiot tLo
scandal I tue Committee would receive this re-
m reason for tho pubhcatio'. Of tue Bacon
lestot, .1Ist tho Congregational Council had
branded hin 40 kuayo and foot. paid At
tcut1on to the reAdilg of tho report by Itltou.
but I do not Think could swear to its language,
asked l,ct ii a1o remembered stsa. this WAS the
language used In tho beginning OF tho resort
rcai to her. Tho witnesa AAid sl,o could not
reeof1cct II tint WAS tha wording OF tho report
Il Il s ss. Rssss e Il se ts as h.. .s; Mss I'D
language usc<l. or ao1nnt1ine like It," but sho
could hot ,o.ucu1ber it we'll enough to swcar
to IL.
On tito Friday following hrs, IiIsou's aopear.
Apce llt(oso tic Committee IN tho 10Th of InIr.
think yrp. Triton md wont TO Copoy Island.
Wo mot hl,n. md alr. Ch1rleo storr5 on the
piazza Of tho hotel there, saw Joseph Howard
tla,e but did not speak to lin. TLo only
iric,,ls OF Decclcr's wo spoke to wero ST. aud
ii lie
ton. when could uot stapd bv Dcechsr n ho
wera guii.y, he sal there wore i,lcuty OF pcopIo
in plymouth, Ch,r>l, wflo
WOULD sraSn NJ INN, ou7Lrr on ryxockxz:'
some from layo n1l some from o.uer motives
and I replied, II think not. Dfr. Tilton.n
tanE Mrs, TiIton came 10 mo ont on ths no,n-
iny OF tho llth Of Jusy In consequences Of what
told hor IN tllo dsY ro drove to ths na,k. The
children tlItl not como with her on that div. I
lhiui llaIph cano ou tho following day 70 Mrs.
Tltuu al nv houso, On tho dny sfrs. Ti,ton
c,us to nv houao, and IN nv intor.
yioy with s1r. Tiiton. WHOM H. .sTnd
1no ,shnt ,o shnnld In. ra,,tiel " do mt lnnw.
:!o wlnt IL right ia tho eiaht Ct God" Wo In,i
tJ,rcaione1, II tic ittory1aw on tho njazza tI'at
II liza commtttco rcnartoi unfavorabtv t. tssa snas
lis Case Tito court Of justice. On sho motus @
inr, he nnmr Il, nv hnnsc In uaii In t,,on,Lt tnr
caltyorantinn viii; rc1ar To wi.at bs h.1 st..ca
10 rae Ind boer misapprehcnd.d Iy Mrs., T,ton. %
wnS mt n,ynro tbnn Mrss Tt1tnn had III
hnr hno,o for cond. dn mi ron,n,nhnr
lint Ie sa;d ANYTHING about Liz
vita rctnrr;or tn har NJ m hn,no A. All, ma
knnw nl,n ind init til aftnr In I'D rnno arsv
When Mr. Iiltou copiidesi ier Ia to nv nv charge @ nd
sseoil md 10 tahe care ff liar. I
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