Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-05

The attention of spectators In the Broor fvn
city co urt room yesterday morning " IS As
full as usual. The defendant andhis vyife sat-
in front Of the Plymouth gathering, Ant Mrs'
Tilton was still absent
MRS. PUTNAM TEsrIFIEn
accompanied Mrs. Tilton aud. her family
one time TO W ashington; in Mar ~ is65 7 think
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton's greeting TO their friends
during that time was always warm and cor
dial. often reproved Tilt on for his manner
OF greeting people, and he. replied that IN was
the scriptural method o. greeting and was in
the oriental style. drs. Tilton's religious
character was very exalted and high. She
in herself. She has often written me letters
rel rowing and chiding herself for some slight
wrong which had forgotten. She had due
m nri,snoi ana her husband said she was very
undervalued because she was so very quiet
He said If her time was not occupied with
family affairs, she would have made fine
and cultured writer. She had a very strong
moral character.
ONE POINT OF WEAKNESS
In her was that she never seemed to have the
power OF living out of her own life in opposi-
ton to the wishes of her husband.
Mr.. Fullerton objected to this answer, and
asked that it be stricken out, as tending to
snow that Mrs. TiltOn was apparently domi-
nant to her husbands rule.
The court ruled that the lswer might
stand.
Witness continued: Mrs. Tilton frequently
made statements to me which did not be-
1eve, when eDdeavoring to hide her hus
bands faults. l always believed her word in
Other matters implicitly. / am n member of
DIR. StOrrs' church. Once in company with
Mrs. Morse. in 1856 or 1901, Tilton was very
enthusiastic over Beecher, and expressed his
belief that he was one of the most learned
men that there was; Tilton was then a very
religious man, think. In 1862 he told me he
was
THROWING OFF THE TRAMMELs OF THE
and said religious views were directly the
result of education. y few weeks after the
a u NJ. L., no.,
to the theater with him, and 1 declined; I
thanked him for his kindness, and said had
never been in theater in my life, and could
not go there so soon after my affliction. We
had a talk about theaters and churches and
he said he would like his wife to go TO the
theater after his death if it afforded her any
pleasure. Mrs. TiltOn began to express her
view about il, and thanked me for what
had said, and her husband ordered her to
keep quiet, as he was speaking. Mrs. Tilton
expressed great feeling when talking to me.
was greatly opposed TO Tiltons views on
the subject. / went up one summer, in 1866,
to Southport, Conn.,, when Mrs. Tilton and
her children were there, and Tilton was also
up there on visit. On one occasion
TILTON WAS VERY UNHAPPY,
moody and in low spirits, which made us all
uncomfortable He gave us short answers,
over the whole house. This lasted for two or
three days. On one day i'm particular he was
worse than usual; Mrs. TitOn kept her room,
and did not come down to her meals; she
gave me letter for Tilton, which delivered
to him; was aware of its contents; Mrs.
TiltOn then asked me to come up to her room
and hear Theodore apologize for his gloomi-
ness during the past three days; / was un-
willing 10 go up, but finally did; TiltOn said
he was afraid he had made us all very un-
comfortable by his conduct for the past few
days, but said that he really could not help
IL, as il was not his fault.
THE SICK JUROR.
At this point Mr.. JefIrayS, the seventh iu-
ror, announced through one of the officers TO
Judge Nelson that he was i'll. and unable to
sit in his place any longer; and the court DIS
cided to adjourn proceedings until O'Clock,
so as to give the jurors time to get a little
fresh air. The spectators were then cleared
out OF the room, and all the windows were
thrown open, so as to freely ventilate the
room.
At ? O'Clock the court room was again
hlied with spectators, and the jury again
filed in, but Mr.. Jafrreys was still absent.
When Judge Nelson had taken his place and
order was restored, the judge said: al regret
TO state that the juryman who is ill is not
able to attend this afternoon. One of the
jurymen (Mr. Case) who called on him ad-
vises us that he is not able to come out, and
that the doctor advises certain remedies. 1t
was thought, on the whole, better that we
should adjourn until Monday, to give him
some opportunity Of recovering, and with
that view we viii now adjourn until next
Monday"