New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-25

NAMED hour want you 70 ten All inst "ss sa ~ -
occasion, you can, during 'ha' hOO" a. '"A-
have, Sir
O. Wen 81 ddn't take an hour to tell what you have no"
told did III A. esitatngl think II did We were .ne'e
/ Q long time II seemed 10 me,
O. Did he say anything about Mrs Tons return from me
country in the July preyiOusi A. No. Es dOnt shnk-nef
| return in Julyi
O. Yes A. No, Sir, don't think he did.
O. Do you know where Mrs TOn had been the July Prev
ous TO that conversation before she went 10 Marea' A.
Well that was 1870 he told this and In 1860 Mrs. Ton
| went 70 Monticello with Ralph.
O. Obi no. Iddnt ask you that talking about the
July previous to this conversation which would be July 1870
Do you know where Mrs Tilton was In July 1901 DO
| know where she was In July, 1907
O. Yes A. No. Sir don't remember that do, because
was at Mrs Putnams in July, 1870 and come on with Mrs.
Tlton the Fall could not where Mrs. Iilton was
O. Didn't you hear that she was in COmwaf A. don't re-
member that
@ Didn't Mr. Tton tell you in that conversation that MIS-
Tton had been 10 Cornwall during the Summer don't re-
member anything about that
@ Didn't be tell you upon her return from Coal In July
Of that year. sad something him about her relations
with MI Beecherf A. No. Sir don't remember such con
Versaton.
Mr. Beach, requested by the reporters TO ask this wit
ness to speak louder; they say they cannot hear her.
The Witness- seems TO me that am speaking very oud
but will try TO speak louder.
Mr. Fullerton- that conyersatonhs hours CONVERSATION
didn't Mr. Tlton tell you that Mrs Ton returned from the
country the July previous and bad confessed 10 MN hef
criminay with Mr. Beecheri A. No. Sir he never told me IN
his life about Mrs Tton conessing anything about crimna
| with Mr.. Beecher
O. Nothing upon that subjecti A. No, Sir.
O. Where did you 90 after you left that room' A. went
right in Mrs Ttons ROOM where Mrs ton was sleeping
THE PLACE WHERE THE LOCKINGS-UP OCCURRED.
| O. Now, will you state so that we wont fall into
any about 1t that Mr. and Mrs Ton
were locked up in 1867 1868 and 1852 OF which you spoke
| yesterday A. The times when particuarizedf
q Yes ga Each time in the front bed room which
was connected with the other room by folding door.
O. BY what name is it known in the house A. BY wha
name knew there any particular name for It,
| except II the front bed room.
O. How designated in speaking Of the roomin the
family how was 1t desgnaed1 A. don't remember that it
had any particular designation 1t was up in the front room
O. When you spoke Of down.stairs Mrs. TiltOn sent
you up would she tell you how would she call III
A. II che up her room, she would up in her
| room.
@ Then it her ROOM III 1t was both his room
| and her room.
| O. His room and her roomS A. Yes Sir.
O. Was it so during all 1867 and 1862 A That could
say Sir whether they occupied steadily all these three
| years, because they changed around
O. II always that they were locked up n' A
These times that referred yes Sir it in that roo
but could not that they slept in there all OF those three
years because they sometimes slept both Of those rooms not
| at the same time, though.
O. Was it known the front bed room' A. The front
| room. think that the way it was spoken Of
@ The front roOm1 A. Yes, Sir
| O. Was it bed roomf A. Yes, Sir,
O. Is there more than front roomi A. Yes Sir there
are two front rooms There is only front bed room
| There was always bed in there the year round.
O. Do you recoect that the locked whilst yos
were the hou'eY A. That that room was ever lockedf
O. Yesi A. Why, yes Sir 1t was locked on these three
| occasions Of which have spoken.
O. Don't you you could not lock III A. No. Sir; but
know could lock III
| O. You have locked III A. Yes Sir
O. Frequently A. That would not cay, Sir, frequently
| have slept in there or twice
O. Don't you that during all that period those folding
doors could not be brought together lock them
| No, Sir.
O. And don't you know tha when that fastened
by any person the inside it tied with string or hand
kerchief around the knob A. remember seeing
| string or handkerchief around the knob.
O. You are positive then A. positive it could be
locked because three occasions Mr Tton unlocked
when knocked the door never string or hand
kerchef around it at ALL
O. Now when was IT, this last conversation
that Mrs Triton went 10 New Brunswick A. Mrs TltOn
went to New Brunswick think in November think 1t wa
before ths-th time speaking Of was in December, If
| remember correctly.
@ Well what your answer1 A. think Mrs Tlton went
| 70 New Brunswick in November.
@ Before this last conversation after which was'i
think it was before; won't be certain, Sir.
MR. TILTON SPEAKS LIGHTLY OF HIS WIPES
HEALTH,