Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-13
TILTON LETTERS.
One from His Wife which
Made Him Sick.

NAsssAC IIkNM SIfks
New YORK, Feb. Son the re-
sumption Of the Tilton- Beecher
trial to-day, Mrs. Tilton sat in her
usual place-Beecher and wife
were seated behind his counsel and
in front of the Plymouth gather
ing. Tilton resumed his place on
the stand. Evarts stated that coun-
sci on the other side had produced
all the letters they called for ex-
cept one, which would be read
from hook. Counsel then read
the letter written by Triton to his
wife on the 18th OF February, 1868,
another written January Is, 1869,
referring to q letter sent by her q
few days before, i'm which she said
she could not live on the salary al
lowed her. He said that this in
telligence made him sick, aud conn
planned no money had gone into
bank, and that the extravaganza
In the dresses of the children must
be curbed and the residence in
Brooklyn sold, or the expenses of
carrying it on checked.
A lettor from Mrs. Tilton to her
husband, January 81, 1868, was
read, declaring how sorry she was
that her harshness had driven him
to the degree Ii had, and styling
herself,
THE CHIEF OF SINNERS"
She had not seen Beecher since he
(Tiltonl had left, and she did not
care about seeing him until he
(Beecher) had a better opinion of
him. Another letter from Tilton
to his " life, December 2, 1866, de-
cl9red That lately he had been en-
deavoring to ascertain what were
his earthly ambitions, TO struggle
with and overcome them and that
now he had been able to lay them
aside. He liked Beecher rs well
as ever he did, but he had ceased
20 be his sole's prop, and was not
so dear friend as ne formerly had
been. A letter from Mrs. Tilton,
dated March 2, 1860, petitioned
her husband not to make any moro
engagements away from homo as
they could live quietly at home ON
the salary he could make In the
city. The next letter was dated
August %, 1869, from Tilton to his
wife, and confessed that the last
summer he passed had been
THE MOST wRETcHED ONE or HIS
LIFE.
He declared that on searching the
depths of his soul he found that he
loved her more dearly than any
other woman, and wished that he
was more worthy of her kindness
and self-denial. Witness then con-
tinued his cross examination. l
did not make an arrangement
with any New York paper to pub
lish these letters, but the Tribune
made such an application to me,
which j refused. The editor Of the
Herald made application for my
sworn statement, to be published in
its columns, which | also refused.
Oliver Johnston is an old gentle
man living in New York, who
used to be associated with me on
the Independent and afterwards as
sisted Beecher in the publication
OF the Christian Union. My inti-
macy with him began when / was
q or % years old and continued
until placed him on the Christian
Union. | do not think i would re
cognize him. He came occasional
ly to visit my house, but was
NOT LIKED BY MRS. Triton
on account of his religious tenets.
On leaving the Independent he
edited the Weekly Tribune under
Horace Greeley. The aggregate
receipts in }he rough from my lee
turing tours I'm one season aver
aged about nine thousand dollars,
from which the expenses OF my
family had to be deducted. Can
not now csIl to mind whvt the cir
cuIation OF the Independent was
while / was there; but Bowen told
me 1t had largely increased after
took charge oft | do not know
what its circulation was when l
left, but Bowen stated that it was
sent TO $50 post offices through
out the county. When | went
into the Independent Mr.. Brown
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