The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-20

didn't think some people had atnnltles
for each other. asked him what he
meant by afinities and he said; "When
aman saw a woman that he loved she
would be his affinity and they should live
together as man and vile and that was
what he meant by IN affinity for each
other.' Hesaid twas perfectly right and
proper for him 70 caress mo and thatno
harm should come to me- He said / was
avery strange child and had some singu-
lar ideas. He then kissed me and bid me
good night and left the room. On anoth-
or occasion in 1858 l went TO bed and was
frightened by seeing q man in my room;
| jumped up and asked who was there,
and he said hush, 1t is only mo, Mr..
Tilton, Ithen found that he had carried
me into his room, ] asked why hO had
done this and he said he felt lonely.
told him | would not admit
such liberties TO be taken with mo, and
then got up and left the room; the next
morning at breakfast Tilton did mot say
anything about it, but after hs went away
| took the boat for Keyport, where /
stayed for some time; Mrs. Tilton was
then away from home; | returned when |
found that Mrs, Tilton was In town; did
not at that time tell MIRA Tilton what
had tFanspired between her husband and
me; went to Marietta In tue spring Of
1870 and remained there on q visit 10
Mrs. Putnam about eight or nine months;
returned on the 9th Of December, 1870;
Mrs, TiltOn came there, / think, In Octo-
her, and remained month or six weeks;
/ returned with Mrs. Tilton because she
was feeble and did not like to trust her
alone; Mr., Tilton met US at tho depot
with q carriage and We reached home
about 7 or s o'clock; Miss Ellen Dennis
was at the breakfast table next morning;
she appeared to occupy the position
Of housekeepor and mistress Miss An
thony was there at dinner; Mrs.
Tilton took her seat beside Tilton and
burst out crying; she went into the next
room and Miss Dennis said, "Well, this
is strange conduct In Elizabeth" TiltOn
said to me, Bessie, don't you think EliE.
abOth Is demented, " and replied no do
not, but your conduct Is enough to have
driven hor into a lunatic asylum long ago;
TiltOn followed her into the other room;
| stood at the folding doors and saw him
shaking his clenchcd hand In her face; he
said to her you have brought this girl
back to testify against me; | stepped for
ward and interiered in her behalf, and he
said to me, "l.eavo the house, d-d YOU"
| said l would not, and he struck me
with his clenched fat and knocked me
down. then he stepped up to nc and said
In bland manner, "lIeSsie, dear, you
have tripped and hurt YOURSELF" he said
to me, pointing to sofa in tho room,
that time and timc again he had seen
Mr.. BeeCher and Mrs. Tiltcn having
sexual intercourse, and Mrs. Tilton said,
"How can you tell such things to the
child" lie then took me to another
room and repeated the story to ME; he
said he didn't claim any Of his children
except Florence; lie also said that Beech
or was in tho habit Of preaching 10 ten or
u dozen OF his nistrosscs every Sunday,
and ho named two ladies Of the cUngrcga.
tion. told him did not believe word
Of the story against Mrs. Tilton, and llo
said would live to soc tho day should
believe 1t. When | was coming out Of
the room Mrs. Tilton was coming out Of
ller bed room, and told her was almost
stunned and HIso what Tllton had been
saying to me. Mrs. TiltOn and | then
went into the sitting room. We both
left the house the next morning and
went to Mrs. NIorse's. TiltOn came
there that night; Mrs. TiltOn went down
to see him; was on the stairs; lie had
conversation with her, talking very
earnestly; l saw Theodore Tilton In the
act Of getting up of his knees; Mrs, Til.
ton went away with him; her mother re.
monstrated and Tilton said "CiOOd even
lng grandmother" and Mrs. Morse said
"lll grandmother YOU, you internal
Econndrel; I'll publish you from Dan to
Beerslleba." Mrs. Tilton and returned;
Tilton advised his wife to go to bed which
she did; Tilton told mo tho whole story
about lleGclcr over again, / told Mrs.
Tilton In her bedroom and slo then
dressed and went to her mothers that
night, aud tho children and myself fol.
lowed the next morning; | remember Of
Tilton sending for the baby; Mrs. Tilton
not In. He sent note with Nellie, the
nurse girl. Mr. Tllton OIL that occasion
got tho baby. In December Mrs. Tilton
went to New Brunswick, and on her re-.
turn came to Mrs. Morse's. went to
Mrs. Morso's that same evening. Tilton
met her and kissed her. She returned 10
Tiltons house that night, and 80 did l.
Tillon and I had n conversation that
night. l told him Mrs. TilLon was very
sick while at Mrs. Morses, and asked
him 10 DO kind to her, and told him that
the doctor had been alarmed at Marietta
on account OF her weeping fts. Tilton
said she was always weeping; 1t was q
habit Of hers, and that sho was weeping
on account Of her sins with Decchef.
Shortly aftcrward | left him in the
room and went out; he was In the habit
Of changing his study from room 10
room, and he did so twice In one week,
Mis-. Tllton was taken Ill on Christmas
eve; the doctor was In attendance and
also the nurse, Mrs Mitchell; Mr.. John.
ston called on Monday after Christmas
day and TiltOn went out with him; on
hls rotufh. he came into the room and
said be was a ruined man, and think
heSaid he was discharged from the Brook.
lyn Uaton; he was excited all that week;
Tilton came into her room on one
occasion with pens and paper, but the
nurse demonstrated with him and said his
wife should be kept quiet; remember
seeing DeecllerI there on one occasion; /
did know he was In the houSe Until I saw
him there; I remember that Mrs. Tilton
was very sick on these occasions; Il was
In December, 1870, after Mrs. Tilton's re.
turn from Marietta that these cOnvefsa.
liOns on the part Of TilGon about the
lounge took place,
The Court adjourned Until Monday.