Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-05

EtAAaDeth AhcunlloS-Eho Ppecula-
lions of their FFieDds aud Bneera
Ofthstr Enemles.
New York SUM-.
Those who have been waiting for
the next scene in the great scandal
drama in Brooklyn, which has now
been before the public for nearly
five years, have speculated as to
whether the husband and the wife,
who have been separated in its
progress, will be reunited OF will
continue apart. There have been
recently many rumors and hints,
pointing to a possible reunion, at
an early day, Of Theodore Tilton
and his wife. Two suggestions
have been made in regard to it.
One was that the reunion was to be
on a basis of a confession by Eliza
beth Tilton, that all the accusations
against Henry Ward Beecher, which
implicated her, were true. The
other suggestion was that Mr..
'TiltOn and his wife were to begin
to occupy the same home in silence,
leaving the world to interpret as
best it might the significance Of the
act.
MR.. TILToN AND HIS WIFE.
have been living apart since July,
1873. She went away from him
when he began to prepare his
charges for Mr.. Beecher's inyesti-
eating committee, and from that
time until after the trial she made
her home in the families Of Plym-
outh Church. After the trial Mr..
Beecher's friends provided her with
a residence for herself aud her
mother, Mrs. Morse, at 22S Madi-
son street, Brooklyn, and money
was furnished her by Mr.. Augustus
Storrs, the treasurer Of Plymouth
Church. She has occupied this
ever since, but for a year
or more she has been supported by
her husband, who, under the guise
Of paying her for the support Of his
has provided her with
enough for her comfort.
Mr.. Tilton's daughters occupied
his house at ia Livingston street,
Brooklyn, until he took them to
Europe. Since his return he has
leased his house, and has removed
to 162 Second avenue, in this city.
He has left most of his pictures
on the walls of his house,
among them his own portrait in oil,
but he has transferred to his room
such as are dear in their associa-
tions, among these is the painting
by Page of his wife, which repre-
sents her in a listening attitude, her
curls falling about her face. This
he has on the wall of his room.
His sons, Carroll and Ralph, are
living with their mother, the for
mer a promising student in the
Polytechnic Institute. Mr.. Tilton
is absent most of the time lectur-
ing, but promptly on his return to
the city telegraphs for Carroll, who
comes to him fresh with news from
his mother. Mr.. Tilton's friends
have heard from persons in Brook
lyn that he has been seen going to-
ward his wife's residence, in Madi-
son street, several times, and it is
believed that he has visited her
repeatedly since his return from
Europe, and big intimate friends
suspect that he has been eonferring
with her relative to reunion, a.
though he has SO far disclosed to
no one his plans
His friends, who were visited,
agreed that he was anxious in some
way to reconstruct his shattered
home, and thath had a strong i'm
pulse in this direction, growing out
of his abiding love for his wife, Of
whom he has never spoken, in all
of his trouble, except in the kind
est terms. 1t was not pretended byI
any one that the basis Of the possi-
BILE reunion was known, or that any
terms had been agreed on. 1t was
only judged from Mr.. Tilton's con-
duct that he was arranging for
something Of the kind.
SMART ELIZABETH.
A lady who is well known in this
city and other cities for her clever