Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-05
MIR. AND MRS. THEODORE r1LToN.

Theodore's Intervsesc With Elisabeth, and
alsthat Is K,ao,vn of the Result.
New York Sun April 1.
In the mountain of gossip and rumor
about Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Til toms pos
smallest possible grain of truth. The course
pursued in public by Mr.. Tilton since the
failure of his suit for 100000 is known. He
has lectured, with various degrees of popu-
larity and success. In private, as far as his
wife has been concerned, he has been anxious
for a reconciliation, and has repeatedly
sought opportunity to see his wife for the
purpose of persuading her.
It would be hard to imagine more desc
late life than that led by Mrs. Tilton since
the trial. Many of her old friends,
many of Mr.. Beecher's friends, re-
gard her weakness as the prime
cause of all subsequent trial and tribulation.
If Tilton's story is true, of course Mr..
Beecher's friends would dispise the woman.
On the other hand, if MI. Beecher's story is
true, Mrs. Tilton's confession" or ''accusa-
tion,'' or whatever the document given by
her to her husband, was the wicked lever by
which her husband raised the social tumult.
Worried, weary, desiring to escape further
notoriety, Mrs. Tilton and her mother Mrs.
Morse) went to dwell in what may be called
the outskirsts of Brooklyn. They avoided
church and lecture rooms, and even denied
themselves the consolation of the Friday
evening talk. Mrs. Tilton was penniless.
1t CHANGED that fearful Tommy Shearman,
who has a warmer heart than his legal trick
cries would at all times indicate, had spare
$1O, 1000 in hand, which on DIT was the re-
L.
grateful and pastoral client. The income
of this is said to be applied to the need and
necessities of Mrs. Tilton, it being consider
ed hardly the fair thing to allow her to
suffer too much. In addition to this Mrs.
there, and at one time essayed private
school.
But not being built in the heroic mould,
she sickened and broke down. In fact, she
was so very i'll and was broken down SO
much, that her friends feared she might
break up. About this time reporters made
their appearance at the portals of the door
guarded by the lady Morse. If, through
mental neglect, one of them obtained access
to the parlor, he was so chilled by the calm
and strong glare of the maternal sentinel
that he gladly beat a retreat. Thus matters
slowly refrigerated for weeks, and the winds
of winter gave place to the signs of spring
in all which time the son-in-law and hus
band endeavored ingeniously to rewin the
| wife of his youth and restore to his hearth
| the partner of his previous choice.
| But he endeavored in vain.
Some few weeks ago, for what reason nc
one seems to know, Mrs. Morse yielded tc
| Tilton's desire to an extent, and brought
about a meeting between her daughter anc
her son-in-law without the consent, conniv
ance, or knowledge of the for
mer. OF the details of thai
meeting it would be absurd to pretend tc
| know. The fact of a meeting is all that il
known, save that then and there Mrs. Tiltor
told MI. Tilton distinctly that she would
! never live with him again. There were M
| lawyers, no friends, no children made par
ties to the consultation, and all the reported
going and coming of this, that, and the 9th
or child is simple fabrication. When tn,
parties separated it was distinctly under
stood that the children were-gW of them
common property, and subject to common
discipline, free to be called by one or tn,
other as seemed best for them. And suc]
has been the constant habit.
In view of Mr.. Tilton's strong desire, tn
rapid growth of the children, Mrs. Tilton'
extreme debility, and Mrs. Morse's recen
conversion to the doctrine of reconciliation
judges of human nature in general, and
few observers of the Tilton's in particular
are confident of an ultimate scene of forgiv
and forget-but it has not come yet, nor ha
the first step toward it yet been taken.