The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-23
toio TINS story to Shearman and Porter. but
nave not mentioned 1t since. saw him


was in bed and remained there until h,
hung them; do not remember how old
was then; was in led with the children on
one occasion; Mrs. Tilton was in bed. hnt
lhe OSner times do not know where she
was. remember of Mrs Tilton calling 10
nlm to go to bed, and waEting to know W hat
ne was hanging pictures for in his night
SIo.hos' wondered wha. possessed the
man, trottlng around in hts night clothes:
L remember speaking of his wandering
ABOUT the house looking for a soft bed: Mrs
IlIton accompanied him, think, / only
re:nenoer this but once. TIE
witness was asked If She had
not stated on her direct examinations thst
iiIeon was in the habit of going round in
MS night clothes. looking Tor a soft bed
Inc witness replied he was in the habit of
gong around in that way Some nights
| sse salu ene witness, no would sleep in the front
| peufOoms and sometimes in the hack he'd
rooms. That was what meant bv bjs chano-
lngsoeds ON the night mentioned in mar
tlcular he lad been in every bed on tbe
second and third stories, when he came tn
my room 1n the second story. 1 went to the
.nlrd story with Carroll. He then came up
there and left and went down TO the one
| arose from first. Mrs. Ti;ton accom- ps nied
ner husband, carrying the pillow in her arms.
Nhen lett the third story bedroom they
were Just preparing to go to bed. he finally
went 10 bed in the room adjoining uaine on
the second story. on closer CROSSE animation
Inc witness corrected herself saying he had
| SLEPT IN ALL THE BEDS
! IN the house. She said he did not slean in
| the front bedroom on that occasion. In the
morning saw him in one OF the third story
bedrooms. l remember when Tilton staid
out all night. 1 can't remember the year.
but 1t was before little PauPs death. do
NOT remember him telling Mrs. Tilton that
ne .n had 10 write an obituary of VIM. Pitt
feSsenoen. remember speaking of an oc-
caslon when he repTovej Mrs. TiltOn for
bNthering him about the servants. think
ne controlled the affairs Of the household i'm
certain way. He used to talk to the ser
wants and II theyd did.not please him ne caused
Mrs. Iilton TO discharge them. 1 can not
think OF any instance of this kind. The oc-
currences or MIR. Tilton's locking his wife in
the room took place in the wears 1867 1888
and 1869. The witness was asked II she was
sure those were the years. She said; / /
went there in 1866 and it was about a wear
after that 1 noticed Tuton's unkindness
TO his wife. Fullerton repeated the
question and asked tor a direct ans yer.
Ex-Judge Porter objected, and accused the
counsel for the prosecution of insulting the
witness. Beach and Fullerton naively dis |
claimed any idea of such a thing The last |
question and answer were then read by d. |
rectlon OF the court, which ruled that the |
latter sentence of the answer should be |
stricken out. The witness then continued. |
am sure of these three years do not |
know the occasion of his locking the door |
the first time. have known him to lock |
her IN the room over dozsn times on one |
occasion for three or four hours. Wheu~be |
locked her in on these occasions
HE WAS ALWAYS IN THE ROOM.
Recess. After recess Bessie Turner con-
tinued: j wish to correct statement about |
little Psul's death. l said, In July, it oc-
CURED, but it was on the 18th of August,
1868. Mrs. Tilton was only locked up in this
second story bedroom for two or three
hours. think this was in 1857, possibly in
the winter. The other occasions were in /
1867 anS 1868. MIR. Iilton was public lee.
turer. he was away sometimes in the early /
part OF the winter. He used TO read articles |
10 her and subject them to her criticism,
but don't know that he read his letters to
her when she was locked up. 1t was scold-
ing lecture he was giving her, for his voice
was raised very loud. On ono occasion |
went to the door and Knocked. L heard Mrs.
Hilton saying, dear, L will make every dol
lar go as far as can" The tears were run
ming down her cheeks. His face was very |
red, but he kept it averted from me. |
On that occasion l heard Mr.. Tilton's
voice raised in an angry manner; could
not tell what he was saying ] knocked at
the door and it was opened; Mrs. Tilton was
soboing and crying. | remained there
about fifteen minutes; they had been there
about three or four hours. This was in the
afternoon, after lunch, about hslf-past /
o'clock, when Mr.. Bates was there. On an |
other occasion Mrs. Tilton was locked up.
MIR. Bates was there on the even
iHg of Sunday. He came TO supper,
and L left at 8 o'clock. They went Il
to the room afer he had gone.
followed them up stairs and they went
into their room, where they stayed some
Time. L was up and down stairs while they
were in the room. T1ey were in the room
about three or four hours. l did not go 10
Oed until they came out. DoZsns of times
Mr.. 1iltOn hsd her locked up az least two
mora. am sure it was three dozen times
When L said over dozsn times meant that
it was more than doZ9n. The witness wgs
questioned with regard TO her statement OF
over dozen times, if she meant three dozen
times. The counsel on the other side OBJ |
jected, and some legal quabbling was en-
gagged in. The question was allowed end
the witness stated: bad in my mind that
it was
GOOD MANY TINES.
L thought that saying over 4 dozen times
would be as good as saying three or four
dozen times. 1 have named three oScasions
which remember very distinctly, but /
also remember other occasions Another
time young lady was there and he locked
her up in the room three or four hours.
heard him talking to her in loud and
angry tone of voice. / was in the sitting
room, and remained there until they came
out. Another occasion WAS when she was
sick, In December, 1870, when he came in
and said he was q ruined man. He was
locked up in the room two or three hours
when Mrs. Mitchell was in the room.
The day after that he was
locked up with her also. l do not
think can particularize any other occasion.
The witness was asked about one of the {
former lockipgs up, bus the counsel on the
other side objected on the ground that the
evidence given in the cross examination
could not be recurred to again. A lengthy :
epsued. Thequesiion was finally
allowed, and the witness said: When the 3,
door of the room was opened TO my knock I