New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-14

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Their than have stated 70 you, Sir.
O. Anything said about tho bousekeeperi A. think
cannot tell Sir whether heard 1t then or whether as
came to me soon after. heard about tho housokeeper
but cannot determine whether heard 1t then or aier
O. Well, you have related now what Mrs Morse said'
A. Mrs. Titon sat by and said very little.
O. Now, wha. was that very little A. don't know
Sir; was In acqulescencc.
Mr.. Beach-Havo that struck ont.
Mr. FuIlerton-I want to know what was said. A. I DO
not recOect now single sentence that she spoke mrs
Morse the spokesman. said.
@. Well, we have got through with Mrs. Morse; you
have told US what she said want to know what any
thing Mrs Tlton said that OCCASION or the substance
u 1T A. do not recall except that she said very hse
O. Well 1t Is that very little" that want A. should
DO glad to give 1t to you.
@. Well, Mr.. Bcecher this was an occasion which eh-
cited you somewhat you learning something that
you did not expect, suppose from this famiy' a.
O. Well can You have forgotten all that Mrs Titon, or
anything that Mrs. Tlton said upon the subject OF her III
treatment from her husbandl A. don't think that she
entered into that but-though am ashamed to say that
ought not to have forgotten, must say tthat have
forgotten 1t.
O. You have forgotten it, A. Yes, Dir.
O. Cannot recall any thing that Mrs. Tilton saidt A.
do not recall that; indeed. IL you will allow me
O. Well I don't know until hear what 1t Is; then
will tell. A. Well, Sir.
Mr.. Beach, think we had better have answers TO tho
questions.
Mr. Fulerton-woll after Mrs Tilton got through with
whatever had to say did Mrs Morse take up the sub
ject agani A. don't recollect it so accurately III us
Joints and sections that SIR 1t brief interview
O. Let me read to you and see whether this refreshes
your recollection:
Immediately visited Mrs. Tilton at her mothers ana
received account OF her home he and OF te %
Of her husband, and Of the management OF woman
whom he had made hoisekecpeI winch seemeu hAo
nightmare dream
Is that corrccti A. Do you mean whether remember
IL nOwi
O. Yes. A. No, I cannot say that remember 1t now,
any other in the way have already expressed
O. Well reading that, does 1t not recall to your reco
lection something than you have gwen us mere vi
the interview A. It does not, Sir. have said that Ill
regard to that housekceper could not tell whether 1t was
than that heard after, but that had heard OF
il. was sure.
O. Well what was the question under consideration ut
that interview A. They wanted advice of me.
O. Upon what subjecti A. On the subject OF perpeu-
atng the separation which had begun
O. Well have you given all that occurred between you
and either of those persons while you were there that
you can remembers A. All that can remember, sir.
O. Did YOU remain in the with them until you re-
tiredi A. did.
O. How long did the interview lasti A. don't know,
Sir: but should think the interview did not exceed
half hour; but am very uncertain about that
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A. Yes, Sir.
@ Did yon believe what Mrs Tilton told youi A. The
impression on my mind was that they had made true
statement.
O. Well, you believed them then, did you notl A.
suppose did, Sir.
@. Don't you know that you did A. hold II you
mean by that il my impression was that these thhgs
were 80, il was very impressive
O. Well Sir, did not that impression amount to the
dignity of belief A. Not to absolute certainty ST.
O. Then YOU disrrsted Mrs Morse little, didn't youf
A. No. did not.
O. Nor Mrs. Tilton. A. No; but when hear one side
of story hear It'll Judge Of by its probabilities ana
il an sppro xnate BELIEF belief with many IFS
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MR. BEEClIER TAKES HIS WIFE TO SEE MRS.
TILTON.
Q. Well, did you predicate any advice OF
what you then heard A. did
O. What was it, A. That she should see my wife, who
was much better adviser about domestic affairs than
was.
Q. Did she your wife A. She did.
@. when A. The next day.
q. And you went with her, believe A. did
@. Well now, what statements were made to you and
Mrs Beecher the next day. when you got there by MIS-
Titon or Mrs Morsei A. None; not to IFS together.
O. To you alone we're there any made A. They were
principally made to my wife
@. In your presence A. No. Sir.
O. What complaints did you hear the next dayt A.
Very few beea'lse---
@. 1 didn't ask you the number of them A don't
know that heard any.
O. Cannot you state that you heard A. No, Sir.
O. Then you heard nothing new the next day. did You
A. Nothing new the next day
9. And even the old complaints were not repeated 10
YOU A. They may have been. but do not recall them
O. Where did Mrs. Morse talk with Mrs. Beeecherf "A.
Upstairs.
O. She took her by herself did she A. Took her by
herself.
@. Well did Mrs. Titon make any complaints to You
that dayi A. She did not Of anything that re-
member.
O. Well do you remember whether she did make any
or not . A. do not remember any deinite-with any
dcfntcness the substance Of the conversation that
passed.
O. DO you remember whether she did or not make com
plants against her husband that day A. cannot say
that rccollect.
O. whether she did or mott A. Whether shc did or
O. Well what occurred as the result OF that interview
before YOU left A. Nothing, except that prayed with
them
O. Well, mean result other than that Mr..
Bcecher What was the upshot or the lnt6rvlewf
A. That we would 60 home and talk over the matter
and let them know TO what decsionor what advice we
should give them.
THE ADVICE GIVEN MRS. TILTON.
Q. Yes You did let them know afterwardf
A. Yes, Sir; my wife went there again alone.
O. And what did you say TO her before she LETT to go
there A. We talked rhe matter over, more or less,
holding that II WAS not best to break up the family rea
tion-sle inclinng from what had been told her, and
which did hear, to believe that Mrs Tilton ought
not to continue living with her husband and that was
matter Of some considerable interchange OF views be-
tween us but in the last moment as she had got her
things to go, the room being-having company in IT,
rlnatT
clnded about It'll wrote little scrap OF paper and
handed O