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Nm. AND MRS. rrLTola
The wife Insisting Upon Public
Reparation-A New Statement
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The wife Insisting Upon Public
Reparation-A New Statement
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From the Boston Globe. ss aa
NEW York, Nov. s2S. THE follow
ing letter has been addressed to the
Star by Mrs. +. L. Marsh, mother Of
Mrs. Tilton, in reply to r0mors that
have been current Of probable rec
onciliation between Theodore and
Elizabeth Tilton: @
To the Editor of the Star. al 1ttAs;R
BROOKLYN, Nov. 27.-Will yon al
low one who knows the facts, and lie
not afraid to refute q misrepresenta-
ton, to reply 10 . paragraph that APP
peared in recent number of the Star
on the Tilton affair. 81
l. A reunion between Theodore
Tilton and his wife Is probably all
stbosh." So far as she is concerned at
the present time It is. But il is not
all "bosh" that Mr.. Triton has and lie
sedulously endeavoring to induce
Mrs. Tilton to return to him silently
and quietly. Whyp does some one
ask. Because she insists upon some
public reparation to be made by him,
and because il she will or can be made
to return to him silently, he will avoid
the charge Of perjury and still retain
the character of martyr. full OF
sanity forgiveness. Discarded
wife" is the manner the general press
have of speaking of Mrs. Tilton. Yet
every person in New York and Brook
lyn knows to the contrary. Mrs. Til
ton walked away from her home four
years ago, when the insane enthusiasm
of Mr.. Tilton on the free love doc
trine had made that center of outra-
geous infringements upon possible
happiness or moral decency-when
she could no longer countensnce the
alternatives thrust upon her, and re-
fused to do so-when the ignoring of
such practiced doctrines Mr.. Tilt0n
and his female allies sought and sue
ceeded in locating upon her defence
less name. None knew these facts
better than Theodore Tilton and HE
ladherents, whose names stand upoL
the lists of our noted reform and lit.
erary women. If Mrs. Tilton was al
black as her husband painted her, Il
he discarded her, lie it reasonable that
he never sought legal separation
and that under any circumstances
would he wish her to return to him
That Mrs. Tilton lives with her moth
err in home of tasteful neatness is q,
true as to call it luxurious is false. .
Il That from her long suffering. and
the constant Misrepresentation she il
subjected to, is liable to result in he
breaking her patient silence, and on
Of self-defense making full and au
; Intoxicated story Of her life
is also true. That part which court
Of justice and public scorn have man
. aged to suppress will be heard to tn
: lismay of those who have hunted he
down to the extremity of decency
= while their sole protection from igno
. minious scandal and exposure was i
: Mrs. Tilton's silence. 1t is great
: hoped that she may indeed emplo
!. her right of self-defense, for this
one of the rare cases where "silenc
is no longer . virtue" and the woma
who has been 90 utterly sacrificed I
the cunning schemes of . semi-insan
y husband and co-workers be above
: her full explanation, no matter VIII
!. it may criminate. Respectfully,
III MRS. f. L. MARSH.