The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-17
REcOLLECTIONS or TILToR.
late Authors Account Of His Car. -
John Browns Body.

~A'e authors Account Of His Care 81
:. 'ohn Browne Body.
The late Theodore TiIton. author
ecitor and lecturer was the last sur.
living figure In the famous Beeeber-
Triton scandal He became an ardent
a'"iitionist and was a close friend Of
Iohn Brown, and 1t was at Mr.. Tilton,s
''e''se in Brooklyn that Mrs. Brown
awaited the arrival Of her husbands
oc1y after his execution in December.
-'119' says the New York Tribune.
IN an Interview given a few years
ago Mr.. Tilton told how he marched
With the soul Of John Brown for ninety
iai!es during its last bodily pilsr mage
IRON the scaftold to the grave"
u went to Philadelphia" he said.
where, with Miller McKtm, secretary
= the American Antislayery society.
] took charge Of John Browns body
p order to convey it to New York.
fc showed, Of course, no sign of a
soFsege, TO indication that we were
engaged in Transporting a corpse. In
stead Of taking the railway we eluded
the Philadelphia reporters and popu-
lace by secretly embarking on a steam
boat. Our stratagem was successful.
Nobody but ourselves suspected the
freight we carried
Our arrival in New York was near
TIE Battery on Saturday night, Dec. 3.
The darkness was a godsend. We left
the body behind US on the boat and
hurried across the East riTcr to Crook
!yn. where met John Hopper, an un-
dertaker, whom personally knew and
who had buried one of my children
Can you go at once to the Amboy
coat | asked, and take charge Of an
I'D mans bodyP As he knew that
-lrs. Brown had been staying at my
house, he Instantly asked me, is 1t
ohm Br0wn'sp Yes | replied. 1T
i3 in a rude pine box. 1t must be
transferred to a suitable coffin worthy
II its occupant. and this must be done
clandestinely tonight, without giving
the press or the public hint Of the
affair 1T shall be done said he,
giving me grasp Of the hand as a
pledge He used great discretion, tax
ing the body not to his establishment
in Brooklyn, but to a private room
in the Bowery, New York. Early on
Sunday morning, in company with Oil
yer Johnson and no one else, met
Hopper at this room, where he showed
me the brave old man arranged for
burial In a comedy coffin, simple, bur
elegant. l shall never forget the face
of the sleeper, for he did not seem
dead. John Hopper then generously
gave me, for the family, receipted
bill for all the expenses, refusing to ac-
cept penny, saying, with much en-
phasis, that he wished to testify his
courage"
Mr. Tilton believed that human life
began at the poles. He said:
Il confess that the voyages which
interest me most are the attempts to
reach the poles. In my opinion 1t was
at the poles and not at the Euphrates
that the human race had its origin"
what reasons have you for this
opinion?"
"Well, the incandescent globe cooled
first at the poles. 1t was therefore al
the poles and not In the tropics that
our planet first became inhabitable for
man. Fossil remains of tropical fora
/ and fauna are found In Greenland and
/ Siberia, showing that the arctic circle
once had the exact climate which MIL
ton assigns to the garden Of Eden"
Mr.. Tilton was accustomed to arise
at o'clock In the morning all the
/ year round. He would then prepare
for himself raw egg and bowl OF
hot coffee and would be seated at his
desk by 8. He would work steadily
until 10. This ended his working day
4 He dined at IL, supped at and weni
to bed at 8.