Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-06

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the assertion that we had been guilty c
extoTtion upon this pereon ard th
other. In fact, found matters so tha
il was ~ cessaTy to issue proclamation
of war. l then issued prOnuncisment
to the effect that had conducted mJ
business entirely on my own plan; has
been ou,sito o. all rings, cliques or isms
That whatever l had done was from thI
purest mo....TTr=; thst I had neve
| pressed myself upon them in any shape
or form, never injured them in .ny way
AMI now make this declaration Of war
that Gas sure as you people
push me to the wall by your lies and
| jeAlousies, / shau come out with the
whole story, and make known all ths
inside workings Of your own families. u
| At this time Triton and Beecher were
occupying positions as presidents OF the
two wings Of the women suffrage asso.
citation. / told them this to star
with: ''That J knew o. one prominent
minister who was living in open cOncu'
binsge with the wife Of another mar
equally as prominent" did all this in
seli-defense. All 1 asked was to be lei
alone. At that time had no desire tq
come before the public in any way. !
was a quiet and unostentatious society
woman, but was compelled to take the
step did in self-defense. When an
nounced TO the public the guilt Of Mr.
Beecher and Mrs. Pilton, l was g
perfect society woman, and from
my intercourse with other people had
come to know that society was
honey.combed with just such transac-
tiOns, and being pressed by those people
whose guilt was known to me, was de-
termIned to defend myself, and bring
them before the public in the colors In
which knew them to live. When the
time came, l found it necessary to pub
lish the card above alluded to. Every
hour OF my life has been under spiritual
guidance, and before taking that very
important step l consulted divine int1u-
ence, TO see whether my course was right
or wrong, and all Of the past came up
before me in panoramic view, and 80 L
was encouraged to go on and do this
work relentlessly. While it is true that
was society woman, was also well
known to the public as q writer upon
political economy in the Herald, as well
as writer in my own paper.
Ques.-Before you published your let
ter in the New York World reciting the
fact that you knew prominent clergy.
man was living in concubinage with a
member Of his congregation, you had
published something in regard to Mr..
Chaliss?
Ans.-No; didn't know Mr.. Chaliss
That was not published until over q year
afterward. The reason Of the Chaliss
article, being published was that there was
no hotel or restaurant open in which q
woman could get meal after six O'Clock
in the evening, unless accompanied by
a man, and because women to enter a
hotel as guest hsd either to
prostitute themselves or do worse. So
we ssid that society wanted levelling up
or leyelling down, but we preferred to
level up. The motto at the head Of the
Chaliss article was this: "HOtels Have
Adopted This Rule-Women Not Ad-
mitted, Unless Accompanied by Gentle,
mer; but, ii Accompanied by Gentle
men, No Queslions are Asked as to
their Relations with those Gentlemen
Here let me say that desire 10 be per-
fsctly understood that my course, al
though provoked by the jealousy of
others, was not dictated by any spark OF
feeling or jealousy on my part, but by
Quss.-The Chaliss article brought to
you your first trouble in arrest and i'm
prisonment?
Ans.-No; my first arrest was brought
about by charge of Comstock before
the district court of New York, for OBJ.
scenity. He said that the whole paper
published by us YVES obscene. We were
tried bsfOre Judge Blstchforj, and he
aaiA har n.-fo q Pfi1In nf nha.aon-
ity in 1t. We were acquitted by the
out in Henry c. BoweD's office.
Ques.-Thst is the Henry G. Bowen
whose letter wss published in the AP-
PEAL this morning?
Ans.-Yes.
Quer.-For what weEO you arrested
second time? VA =
Ans.-For sending the same paper
through the maile. We were also dis
charged upon this.
Ques.-What was the cause Of the
trouble between you and Mr.. Chaliss?
Ans.-Not a thing; simply knew
him as society man. The Beecher
party used him as cat's-paw, and made
Beecher's derelictions.
&uCS- 1OuI CAGlSOo1 AO"CNOAl 5oAASS
Cbaliss were true?
Ans.-So the coUrS said, because it
acquitted US after trial of eleven days.
Ques.-It was your persistent appeals
to the public, and reiteration OF Beech.
er's concubinage with Mrs. iltoD, that
ultimately brought about Beecher's trisl2
Ans.-1t was. TIlton, l think, was
willing that the whole matter should be
made public, but he desired that Bowen
should bear the brunt OF the whole bst-
tie. He used to say, "If anyone asks
you anything in regard to this Beecher
scandal, put it upon Henry G. Bowen,
for IL ever they question him he'll tell
the whole story" Mr.. Bowen has said
time and again that in twenty-four
hours he could drive Beecher out OF
Brooklyn.
Ques.-Did you read the letter of Bow
en- IN this mornings APPEAL?
Ans.-I did.
Ques.-Do you think the allegations
therein in regard to Beecher are true?
Ans.-I most certainly do, and my
only surprise is that Mr.. Bowen treats the
matter too gingerly. He has made the
remark that he would suff.r himself to
be killed, or something to that effect,
rather than bruit the names of the
persons who knew the secret OF the
intimacy with Henry Ward Beech
er. Mr.. Bowen has good reasons for
making that remark. Those reasons
are personal to him, and there 'is no
doubt in the world but that his lips will
be sealed to death.
Ques.-Doyou believe that Mr.. Beech
er wss guilty with Mrs. Tilton, as
charged?
Ans.-Most assuredly do.
Ques.-You had the confessions of Mr.
Beecher, Mrs. Tilton and Theodore to
that effect, did you not?
Ans.-I certainly did. Mr.. Tilton's
confession was made to me OR the morn
ing Of the publication Of my letter in the
New York World recitiDg the fact that
8 certain prominent minister lived in
open concUbinage with the wife Of his
friend and parishioner. Afterward be-
came intimate with the families Of The
odOre Tilton and Frank MOulton. Mr..
Beecher was daily visitant at both Of
these houses. and we would familiarly
discuss the relations Of these poople, and
especially those Of Mr.. Beecher and Mrs
TiltoD, around the fire ia winter. Among
other things, l remember, we
discussed what might be- the
eventualities in case Mr.. TiltOn
died, and whether Tilton or Beecher
were the father of Mrs. Tilton's children.
Mr.. TiltOn believes now that his 30
called two younger children are the chill
dren Of Mr.. Beecher. This brings to
mind scene that occurred one Sunday
morning in Greenwood cemetery. We
drove out there, and on arriving he CID
tom asked me to get out of the carriage,
ana he sent his driver off for time. he
sat down at the foot OF Battle Hill
monument, and asked me to sit down
by his side. He burst into tears and
said: "MTs. Woodruff, there lies the
child Of Henry Ward Beecher," point
ing to the grave Of one OF his (Tillon's)
So called children. Mr.. Tilton continued
"When l first realized that this child
was not mine. I became madman, and