The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-10
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MIR. AND MRS. TIIEO. TlLTON.
WHAT NRs. MORSE sIYs fvD WHAT n
SITD ny mrs. JIITON.
Setting NJ Rcst the Rumor that Mrs. Tiuos
had Rcaoived to break her silence aud
Publish AN A Authentic story OF Her Life.

Setting nj Rest the Rumor TINT Mrs Tiuos
had Hcsoived to break her silence sul
Publish AN Authentic story OF Her Life.
The letter signed Mrs. f. l.. Marsh,s
purportng to come from tho mother Of Mrs.
Theodore Tilton was not written by Mrs. Morse
nor by any one with her knowledge or consent
For months pnst rumOrs of n reconciliation be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs Tilton have been current
ma social gossip. and some have found theis
way o. print. Thcy were unfonndcd In fact,
There is not the remotost possibility OF such an
occurrence nor has there been since tho dian
greement Of the jury in the celebrated case d
Til,on ngt. Beechcr
As no formal denial of tho Mrs, r. T.
Marsh letter had hccn published. tho prcss
and the public assumed that 1t was written b,
Mrs. Joanna Morse, and that the signature was
n Autographed error. Wc-informcd persona
knew that Mr.. Tlton had made overturos look.
ing to q reconstruction Of the anto-bellum stats
OF affairs. and inferred that the writer Of the
Marsh letter was in position TO reveal furlhes
inside facts II she chose To- do az.
The publication caused Mrs. Tilton, who II
seriously H. gront annoyance and stirred the
Indignation Of Mrs Morse from The depths OF
her heart Reporters Of every grade from
metropolitan and local papcrs pulled the door
bell Of their homo almost hourly. and. though
the ladies declined to sec or talk with them. this
excitement WAS perpetual. Yesterday the writer
called on Mre. Titon. She is suffering greatly
with species OF pneumonia. aud has racking
cough. In response TO u question concerning
the Marsh letter. she said. Mother knows no
more about II than you. She did not writo IT.
The paper containing 1t was sent 70 us, a. all
papers arc that contain anything unkind or
sensatlOnul about me- or my affairs. We have
been run down with reporters. but thought il
Just Hs well To- say nothing. II would De "A grcat
comfort to flnd some place where we could bo
The letter was not unkind In tone"
No. not exactly; but mother knew nothing
Mrs. Morse, who had been 70 church. came in.
She = the Wi OF eN-Juige Morsr, Prcsidrn, of
the Union Ferry Company. a strikingly hand
some and most spirited person. From the boz
ginning Of tho Tiltonian troubles She has been
pronounced in her expressions and had sho
been the director Of affairs tho spirit of war
would hnvc had more influence than It has had.
She has the nam.ot being good friend and
good "ueiuy. When u~krd II she wrote the
VI r-h leitcr she flushed with indilnat on' nnd
sa!i, D9 You ask that 1u estion seriously p
We'll, am surprised. Thad no more to 10
with II than The man IN the moon. DO Wish
W. could loo l"lt apuc. don't care what thoy
sRy W write about me. hut That poor child there
l. worn To- nutling-a perfect wrerk ana shadow
World ! Certainly don't feed as If ! lived in
Bro9klyn lui they lind ~ out here. and ring
thee do9r bell twenty times day.
They irN come in. and they do corac in. I
answer them short enough. and. besides. what
are you going t. dof They appear t. b3 l"n-
tcmon. and then go on and write tho most
ahpminable lies. Why ono reporter came hero
last summer anl we said not more than three
words to him. and he won't of and wrote
whole column made out of his own imagina-
ION 'ie y us' nay' made enon-h ~ II to keop
You have no idea where tins Marsh lciteE
came from z"
You don't intend to write a formal denial ?"
=. What ior5 They'd publish some othcr lia
Mrs Morse although a warm and loving
synpathMr with her daughter. has not allow
81 care and trouble T. destroy her appreciation
pi tur"d the entrance and drportmrut ol the
/ ., "rW" ~ nryhw"r was ininiinhy cemi'.
She recalled the graphic de- riutipus Of her
uhlr'l"hiiuu- r-lu"n.", neatly hui inrN.
h"n~ iYriy inrnishri nn enve o'drnc" y
Tho facts about the rilona and some Of the
others who hnvr ntilincd noi.rioiy in eon,'.
Iurh'" of The grcHi scandal appear 90 b" IA fnl.
lows Mr. Tnion went abr ~ with his two
! dau@hter-. nul left them on the u'hor side IN
school. on hi- return he ronio tho house ~
/ Livingston street" Eli2nbDfh'- humo"-siir.
n'-h,1 huyng first tak.n Ill h tnnr. ns hs
W shed for a / .om he hnl hirgi In ,Ii- ai,y Tia
/ hae been de-iruu, of healing tine breach h"twora
his Wit aud himself and o,orur.- .w"rr mndc.
| having nrr two sons with her. They are an.
usual bright. clever lnd- anl tiirir proSr, "a
hccn giving music lessons L. few iiHis. and
z .hor time su.e hired IA room in II my street
| tr a school Her health. meyer very gool is 80
naturally chroriul and spnguun her il-honlth
! ma, d"pr 'ascd her very much. Her friends ara
~ iricndN as oyer, amt she O.. .N't much Il
/ her time 80 her boys -tu'ir- Sn. has not re-
s9lvelt 10 bronx her ,pniieni .'l"u.'." nor VIII
she make a full and authenticated story of her
! He. Sho lty's in the greatest -,'rld-ipn. and
Is sd',irons Of nyo,,iing all publicity
rIsn II Is s@d 5't ti Mr. M"g,n ea- eEcn " his
lin hu- '"rtainly removed from Rraokiyn,
The Nnrsl i t"r has been rrill llsh"i IN the
| who would ike nothing hottor than ~ mai; tho
il, T. known from one end g." th" world to the