Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21
A FRESH SCANDAL TOPIC.
Will Theodore TiLtOu ana His wifi
Eiizsbe ReuniGe?


The New York Sun of a late
date says:
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 or will
continue apart. There have been
recently many rumors and hints,
pointing to the 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 Of the accusa-
tions 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. 1878. She
went away from him when he be-
gan to prepare his charges for Mr..
Beecher's investigating committee,
and from that time until after the
trial she made her home in the
families of Plymouth Church.
After the trial Mr.. Beecher's friends
provided her with a residence for
herself and her mother, Mrs.
Morse, at 22S Madison street,
Brooklyn, and money was furnished
her by Mr.. Augustus Storrs, the
treasurer OF Plymouth Church. She
has occupied this residence 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 children, has
provided her with money enough
for her comfort.
Mr.. Tilton's daughters occupied
his house at 174 Livingston street,
Brooklyn, until he took them to
Europe. Since his return he has
leased his house, and has removed
to 1862 Second avenue, in this city.
He has left most OF his pictures
hanging on the walls of his house,
among them his own portrait in
oil, but he has transferred to his
own room such as are dear in their
associations, and among these is the
painting by Page Of his wife, which
represents her in a listening atti-
tude, her curls falling about her
face. This be has on the wall of
his room. His sons, Carroll and
Randolph, are living with their
mother. The former, promising
boy, is a student in the Polytechnic
Institute. Mr.. Tilton is absent
most of the time lecturing, but
promptly on his return to the city
he telegraphs for Carroll, who
comes to him with news fresh from
his mother. Mr. Tilton's friends
have heard from persons in Brook
lyn that he has been seen going
toward his wife's residence, in Mad
ison street, several times, and it is
believed that he has visited her re.
peatedly since his return from Eu-
rope, and his intimate friends sus-
pect that he has been comforting
| with her relative to a reunion, al
( though he has so far disclosed his
plans to no one.
His friends, who were visited,
agreed that he was anxious in some
way to reconstruct his shattered
home, and that he had strong
impulse in this direction growing
ont of his abiding love for his wife,
of whom he has never spoken in al
his trouble, except in the kindest
terms. 1t was not pretended by
any one that the basis of the posi-
BILE reunion was known, or thai
any terms had been agreed on. II
was only judged from Mr. Tilton'l
conduct that he was arranging fol
something of the kind.
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