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not the subject of conversation there. While
talking with Mrs. Mitchell several little things
were called to my mind which had not recol-
lected before. l do not think 1 told before the
committee about Tlton stroking my hair or
forehead, nor about his putting his hand on my
neck.
Mr.. Fullerton read the remainder of that
testimony, which the witness said was not told
before the committee as it was forgotten at the
time.
Witness contnued-I had not thought any
thing about this conversation ten minutes be-
fore went before the committee / nerer for
got this conversation but recollected it in 1870
when / was in Marietta, when was desCrb-
ing it to Mrs. 7. 1t cam cup to me in detail
and Was fresh in my recollection This was in
the fall of that year. l remembered something
about it, but not in itsdetas, on the 14th Of
Nov. 1870, and tod some persons about it.
When went before the committee went with
the intention of telling all l knew, and if |
had remembered it would have told it as L
now tell it before the jury. l told it to Mr..
Joseph Richards, Miss Oakley, Mrs. Bradshaw
and Judge Morse. l think it was In December
eff 1870 told these parties
We returned to Marietta the 10th of Novem
ber and think it was in December and not
November when / told this story. told this
story to let people know he was a bad man. L
told this story for Mrs. Tlton's sake, as she
was blamed for being bad to him, aud wished
to correct this impression. No person suggest
ed that should tell this story, nor did Mrs.
| Morse instruct me to tell it these parties. l
| did not tell Mrs. Morse that was going to tell
| this story. told Mrs. Putnam before telling
| these persons, but not the whole matter,
| to'd Mrs Branshaw about his knocking me
| down, how he acted, and his treatment of Mrs.
Titop [ told her he tried to ruin me- [ did
not tell her the details. l did not tell any Of
| these parties the stories circumstantay only
| told Mrs Putnam he tried to ruin me. Up to
| the time came on the stand have told the
| story substantially to stenographer, Mr..
| Shearman and Mr.. Porter. This was last week
but before that think l told some of the par
| tculars to Mrs. OvingtOn.
| told her all the details of it. L never said
a word to Mrs. Bradshaw or any person about
the charges made by Mr.. T. against his wife
| and Beecher | do not remember whether
| said anything before the committee about it. /
| may, however, have.sad something about it.
| think stated that Mr. 7. said Mrs. T. had
committed adultery with Beecher. L think L
| told them Tilton had told me this the very day
| after my return from Marietta, on the 18th of
| December l think | first went in the morn
| ing to Beecher and told him. L then told Mrs.
Morse. l do not recollect saying to any of
| these parties that Mrs. L. should get divorce
| from Tilton. / spoke of Tilton's treatment OF
his wife, and Of her always crying. L saw MIR.
| Richards at the Evening Post Office. He is a
brother of Mrs. T.'s. / told him the story
| about Tilton and myself. This was on the 18th
| of December l remember it because on the
|
for do not remember, when talking to Mrs.
Bradshaw, if she made an entry of 1t in her
diary. l never told Mrs. Bradshaw Theodore
TiltOn had charged his wife with committing
| adultery with Bet cher. think told her that
1 had repeated the story about T,ltol and my
| self to these other parties.
told the committee that on two occasions
| Theodore Tilton had attempted my ruin. L
did not happen to think of the details of this
| second attempt when before them l told the
committee that when he came second time
locked my door. l think that's the way told
| it to the committee
Mr.. Follerton read the statement of the sec
ond visit as made on direct examination by the
witness and she said, "What you have just
read stated here on Friday. The other told
to the committee" Witness then read her
statement made before the committee about
waking and finding herself in his room, when
| he said he felt lonely, and she then got up and
| went into her own room. 1 cannot say if this
| was on the first occasion.
| At this point the court adj ourned for the day