The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-17

The Defendant Posi- lively Denies the
Charges of TjltOn and MOulton.

other literary engagements. His domestic
| affairs were also detailed from which we
| learn that he married IN 1887, and was en-
gagged to his wife seven years before marrying;
| they have four children living and five deal-
His intimacy with Tlton is thur detailed and
is the same as in his formally published state
ment.
On Friday his examination was continued.
Bessie Turner informed him in 1885, of Mrs
| Tilton separating from Theodore wien he
called in Mrs. Tilton and advised with her.
| that at that interview, or at airy other. Mrs.
| Tilton never used endearing terms n address
/ ing him. etc. The letter of 1ilton demanding
| him (Beecher) to withdraw from Brooklyn was
/ then referred to, and the interview detailed i'll
which Tilton apologized for having written it.
Moulton's charge that Beecher had confessed
adultery to him is denied, as is also Mouton's
/ testimony in general. Mr.. Beecher admits
that the "tendrils of Elizabeth's affection"
may have grown up around him, and he should
| have known it but did not, etc. The two first
| DAYS testimony gives absolute denial to the
| testimony of Moulton and Iilton. and point
blank denial of ever having sexual intercourse
with Mrs. Tilton.l
On Monday, the 9TH, Mr.. Beecher re-
sumed his testimony substantially as
| follows: Witness explained the letter
| to Tilton, in which he asks forgiveness
and humbles himself before Theodore
as before his God. Mr.. Beecher denied
that the letter was written by him, but
was jotted down by Moulton at their in
terview, and conveyed ideas wholly diff
ferent from those entertained by him.
In regard to the interview with Tilton on
Dec. 80, Mr.. Beecher says /" In my in
terview with Tilton on the 3Oth of De-
cember, l do not recOllect making any
reference to Dante's Inferno. During
| that interview he did not accuse me of
adultery. There was no such uues-
lion, topic, or allusion made in any
manner whatever There was nothing
but memorandum read about improp-
er solicitations. There was no allusion
to arguments by which had triumphed
over her chastity On the second of
January, 1871, according to custom, my
house was open to receive calls from 10
| until 8. I cannot recall sucn day.
but only remember the custom of these
days. According to my knowledge and
belief 1 received about eight hundred
| callers on that day. / have only the
most shadowy impression that Tilton
called on me. There could have been
no conference of any kind.
The particulars of the interview at
Moulton's house on the Sd of January,
January or thereabouts, there was an
interview between Moulton and myself
at Moulton's house, in his chamber.
He was in bed, / think from sickness,
| though he was sometimes in bed from
late hours.
[ never saw him too iii to receive
callers. While l was there Tilton came
in. had not any intercourse with him
since the Both of December. There
was no salutation between us. Moulton
began by referring to the conversation
| between him and me, and was proceed
ing to tell Tilton something 7 said to
| him. when L strucA III, tia. L had been
telling Moulton of Tilton, and of his
| hard position and circumstances,
1t was not a prolonged conversation.
but something of that character. After
Moulton told him this | turned to Til
ton and told him how sorry / was at
being connected in any way with his
misfortunes he had suffered from Bow
en-, and also of the unhappiness in his
house. said [ would do all in nv
power to help him. Moulton said this
was an apology which any gentleman
would accept. He said: Theodore, vo.1
ought to accept this apology when he
expresses regret for the past, and prom.
ises help for the future" Tilton then
accepted the apology, and we shook
hands. and Tilton withdrew. don't
think there was any talk of charges
made by Mrs. Tilton on this occasion.
After Tilton left do not recall much OF
what passed between Moulton and my
self. There was no such thing said by
Moulton when Tilton came in, as che
has done all that man could do except to
make public statement of the
facts, . or anything to that effect. There
was not a word said to me by Tilton
about how he wonld be expected to for.
give man who had ruined his hon
and family. l did not say l would bow
my head and go out of public life, or
| ask whether it would be better to sell
Pymouth Church. | made no statement
In regard to suicide or going on voy-
age. There was nothing at that inter
view said about Tilton desiring to give
publicity to the matter. There was
nothing said about informing my wife:
or that she would become myenemv: or
that to refrain from telling her would
be an additional favor. / said on that
occasion my feeling was not for myself,
but for Elizabeth, and that my age and
experience ought to have led me to
avoid this. [ did not say that the
relationship between Elizabeth and N.Y.
self was not always marked by sexual
Intercourse.
1t IS odiously false. l did not say
"How could | offer any mitigation for
myself that my sexual intercourse had
been for love and not for lust" Such
questions were not put at that time. /
may have had conversation about my
reading to her, but not at that interview.
L never said on that occasion that I
sought companionship in Elizabeth. /
Got remember asking Tilton before he
went away II he could reinstate Eliza
beth IN his affections. ] did not use the
expression about "man sitting on the
brink" nor say that I was like man
sitting on the edge of hell.
Witness then details his efforts to per-
suade Bowen to reinstate Tilton in the
Independent. And in this connection
denied Moulton's statement that he
(wltness) had confessed to Bowen that
he had been guilty of adultery. The
interview at Moultons on the 18th of
January is then given as follows:
/ called to hear the result of this in
terview. He said he had seen Bowen
at his (Moulton's) house and that a long
and full conversation which he describ-
ed, had passed between them; where he
sat; how he looked; what he said. He
detailed to me with the same particular
ity statement he had made to Bowen
of his treatment of Tilton. the infamv