The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

action will be taken. As I said before the
members of the Church have become SO
satisfied with the proceedings of the Court
and before the Church Investigating Com
mittee that they consider the matter as
definitely settled, and have no desire to
rake it up again."
When asked if Mr. Beecher would return
to Brooklyn at once or continue lecturing
for some time in the country, the gentle
man said:
"He will of course fill his lecture engage
ments, but will not remain away from
Brooklyn for,any length of time In fact,
/ have just received a dispatch from him
that he will be on hand Friday evening
next, and will preside at our usual weekly
prayer meeting"
Another Lady Friend.
A lady who has been a steadfast friend of
Mrs Tlton's all through her troubles, and
when material assistance was needed ex-
tended it, spent two hours with Mrs. Tilton
and her mother last evening She said that
she found them in good health and full of
their subject, though when she entered she
noticed that Mrs. Tilton's kiss was less af-
fectionate than it used to be, and she said
her mother was too i'll to sec her. The lady
says when she got seated she took copy of
the card from her pocket, and after de-
nouncing it as most infamous forgery, as
she supposed it to be, was struck dumb
when Elizabeth, with her face and neck
crimson, hung her head and said she had
written it, and when asked how she could
do such thing she replied that all her
other statements were lies.
When reminded what her statements
were and how detailed they were, she made
no other reply than that she had a lie for
every occasion. She begged not to be re-
minded of what she had done. The lady
says that although Elizabeth told her on
entering that her mother was too sick to see
her, she informed her after their little talk
that her mother was up stairs and would
see her. The lady went up stairs and found
Mrs. Morse in a very healthy condition, but
when they began to talk about the case she
pretended to have the Mysteries. The lady
says 81 said that l could not see why she
should be hystericai now, if she knew of
Elizabeths guilt since 1870. She did not
say anything in reply to that remark, but
the Mysteries stopped"
Il said I supposed this means reunion of
Theodore and Elizabeth She said she
could not say what would happen, but size
would say that Theodore had been behaving
like prince. I laughed when 1 remenl-
bered that there was not an ePithet that a
woman can lay her tongue to that Mrs
Morse did not hurl at the head of her SON
in-law. l asked when she saw him last
She answered that he was here four weeks
ago. L asked Mrs Morse whether she did
not think it infamous to permit her daugh-
ter to do as she had done. Instead of
answering the question she commenced
most furious TRADE against priests, minis
ters, churches and religious people. in
terruptcd her to say that religion did not
To ho H,,t ln+T T
Tiiton had been permitted to place
his wife in position of the deepest
disgrace, for / said | knew well
enough that Theodore had arranged for the
publication of the card, and perhaps had
written it, This seemed to quiet her. She
again eulogiEed rhcG.3cr-c, SAID, nesii,.d been
very kind, was giving Mrs. Tilton money
enough to support the children sumptu-
ously, but that he had not either written or
been instrumental in getting the card pub
lished. After leaving Mrs Morse, l re-
turned to the parlor, and there resumed
conversation with Mrs. Tilton, who aston
ished me by saying that she was about to
go down to the dining-room and inform her
oldest boy, who is fourteen years of age, of
what she had written. She then went down
and told the boy. He, however, was not
insensible to the degradation imposed upon
what had been done than he uttered a
piercing cry of agony, such as might come
from a person stabbed or shot Without
waiting for Mrs. Tilton to return left the
house, resolved never to enter it again"
More Press Opinions.
In commenting on Mrs Tilton's card the
Commercial Advertiser says; 1t is charita-
bic to conclude that Mrs. Tilton is suffering
under mental alteration; that. its whole
tone &C., all go to show that the harmonies
of her mind are tangled and out of tune.
and that the whole disgusting business
should be buried out of sight.
The Graphic regrets the reopening Of the
Beecher-Tilton scandal, and thinks the
present generation has been already sutfi
GENTLY polluted by the moral infection
which this subject has given rise to-
The Post alludes to it as the moral small
pox of Brooklyn, and in so naming it,
wishes, if possible to dismiss it from its
columns.
The Brooklyn Union and Argus says not
a particle OF credence can be given to Mrs.
Tilton. Her word is absolutely worthless. |
What People Think.
Many of Beechers friends believe Mrs.
Tilton insane. On the other side it is be-
lieved that Mrs. Tilton will be abeto sup
ply much collateral testimony, which, if
made public, would restore the diminished
strength of her confession, caused by pre-
vious contrary assertions. She was actively !
engaged in spiriting away the Burns
girls (dornestics), who, it was alleged could
corohOrate Kate Carey, the nurse, who
swore she saw Mrs. Tilton in Beccher's lap |
She took the girls in a carriage to New
Jersey where married sister OF theirs lived !
1t is thought she can corroborate Joseph |
Loader the upholsterer, who, because of his
in behalf of the plaintiff, was i'm
prisoned for several months on a charge of
perjury and at length denied an opportuni-
ty to vindicate himself by nolle prosequi, |
which was entered in bis case.
Mr.. Loader is known as a truthful, hard
working man. and his experience in swear
ing to what he still maintains as truth, cost
him over 81 800 and seriously crippled him
financially. 1t would be Mrs. Iilton's OPP
portlinty to bring forth this collateral tes-
timony if the Church undertook to disci-
pline her, but the policy, thus far indicated,
is to let her alone as q poor crazy woman
whom it would be cruel to excite with
Church trials.