Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-18
MRS. THEODORE TILTON
Again Confesses that Her Relations
with the Rev. Henry Ward Beech
err Was AduIferous.
As a Hired Nurse In a Sick Room
She Talks Freely with Her
Sick Charge.

hat Mrs. Theodore Tilton recently found i
necessary, owing 10 her straitened fnsncia
circumstances, to hire herself out as a nurse
The wife OF a naval surgeon, who resides il
Monroe street, Brooklyn, was very i'll a
Christmss time, and, in the absence of he
husband, who ia at present in the Wee
Indies, was waited upon night and day b.
her father. 1t became necessary to engage
nurse, and the family physician agreed TO &c
one. Soon after a yelled lady called anG
said che was the nurse recommended by th,
doctor. She was taken 10 the sick-room b.
the father of the patient, and he at once with
drew. The door had no sooner closed thar
the nurse advanced to the side of the lad,
and modestly announced that she was III,
wife Of Theodore Tilton, and that her cir.
cumstancss were such as to render it neces
sary that she should fud an occupation in
order to exc out the sum allowed her by Mr.
Tilton. Mrs. Tilton said she had arrived a
the decision upon mature consideration, anC
intended to nurse those only who were recon-
mended by her physician.
"Well, responded the patient, i'if You %
home now will consult with father, anC
have him write line 10 you in the course o.
an hour or So"
Mrs. TiltoB, in accordance with the sug.
gestisn, went home and waited. In the
meantime the father had been somewhs al
curious as to the negotiations. However
much as he expected in the way of revela.
ton concerning the "nurse," he confessed to
complete establishment when her true name
was given.
After considering the case the gentleman
and his daughter, who had always had
sympathy for Mrs. Tilton during the trial
concluded TO engage the lady as nurse. A
mole was written 10 Mrs. Tilton saving 10
her that her proposition had been accepted
and that she might enter upon her duties al
once. In less than an hour from the receipt
of the note Mrs. Tilton was in possession OF
the sick-room, and had begun with great
delicacy TO administer 10 the wants of the
patient. She watched by her bedside all
night, and was extremely devoted In her
attention.
On the following day the ladies began 10
exchange condolences. The patient was
somewhat improved in condition, and had
the curiosity of her sex TO know why Mrs.
Tilton had concluded to become a. hired
nurse. Mrs. Tilton was not in the least
reserved on the subject. She said that the
allowance of $1,000 year, which was made
to her by her husband, was not sufficient TO
maintain her family iu the style in which
she should live. 1t then came out by de-
grees that her eldest daughter, the young
lady who had stuck to her during the trial
had been married against the wishes OF her
parents, and that her husband mad been an
inmate OF an asylum. The result was that
she was caring for her daughter and a fifteen
months-old baby, the fruits of the union.
1t did not transpire whether Mr.. Tilton
had been asked for an increase Of the allow
ance, but Mrs. Tilton gave the lady to I'M
derstand that when the daughter married it
made a breach between herself and her
father which it might take long time to
repair.
The subject was one that might not be APP
pEAached very easily, but the patient had a
great curiosity to hear from Mrs. Tilton's
own lips an account of her relations to Mr..
Beecher. 1t was slow work getting to il, but
she eventually succeeded. She began by
confessiug that she had been in sympathy
with Mrs. Triton throughout the trial, be-
cause of the charges which had been made
sgainst her. She knew as a true woman
that there could be no foundation for them
She also intimated it as her belief that Mrs
Tilton's confession had been got from her by
threats.
at was always" began Mrs. Tilton, "a
matter of profound surprise TO me that my
so-called confession should have met with &C
strange reception at the hands of the pub
lic."
"Of course there was no truth in it?" said
the patient. "You could not help yourself
at the time"
"Every word of it was true" replied Mrs
Tilton. "My relations toward Mr.. Beechel
will never be perhaps understood. He wal
my spiritual guide and counselor, and my
religious belief had been formed under hi
teaching. There seemed to be nothing wrous
in what did as / viewed it." After Mrs