Year: 1875

become personally acquainted with her. that world treat
her gentlemen should lady and that would III that
put her under obi cation ussOca Obligation kindly
obligation We agreed, aO, that she woman we
would put her under the Of womany acquaintance
ship; In other words that she should make Mrs tons ac-
quainance and Mira houlons Mr. Beecher said 1t was IN
possible for him to do anything in that regard with MR.
Beeche that she would any alliance with him to
any such end; she hard TO get along with,
and she must be left out Of that account. In pur-
Of this Conversation Mrs Woodruff was
invited by to to my house. There she made Mrs
Tnons acquaintance, much against Mrs Tions wish In
pursuance OF the Arrangement she taken to MI
Moultons house and introduced to Mrs Mouton, very
much against her wish Mrs Mouton objected strongly that
she went hr Beeche and NJ Beeeher had personal inter
view with her


Mr. Eyarts-Well now you we're not present


Ar Fulerton-One moment


Mr. Eyarts-Wel that assume from the language Of The
witness


Mr. Falerton-I would offer II unless would be able
connect IT, TO the witness You may state what after
wards, Mr. Beecher said to you that subject
A. Mr. Beecher told that he hoped that the two
ladies referring to Mrs Ton and Mrs. Mouiton) would
be able with help to hold Mrs Woodruff under kindly
obligations and that he hoped neither Of them would
make any objection to her coming either to house or to
Mrs Mouon He told that he had spoken TO Mrs Iton
the subect-he told me that had spoken TO hrs
Tton the subject don't know that he did speak TO
her. know both from himself and from Mrs. houion and
from Mr. Mouton that Mr. Beecher did have Interview with
Mrs Mouon that subject request her 10 invite Mrs
Woodruff to her house in pursuance OF that same arrangement


few weeks after the publication Of Mrs WOodhul threaten
ing card Of May g. 1871 carried my part good faith by
the publication in The Gol Age OF article aluding to va


nous ladies connected with the FOR woman enan
chisemen, in which alluded in complimentary manner to
Mrs Woodruff


Mr.. Eyarts-Is that article here


Mr.. Fuleton-Not that know Of.


The Wness-Shorty Afterward Mrs Woodruff sent for me
and told me that she had been engaged with Gen Butler and


think Judge LOckridge OF Iowa. both Members Of Congress
and both members Of the Judiciary Committee Of Congress
that she had been engaged with those gentlemen in getting
Congress Committee Of Congress- report to this effect
namely that the XVIII and XVIII Amendments OF the Const
the United strictly and technically inter
preted would accord they stand the right OF suffrage
women, the ground aa those two amendments give SUI
frage all citizens and that citizens, therefore, by
those amendments likewise voters She told
that Gen Butler had written elaborate report
to that effect but that it was not in such
shape command the popular attention
She told that her husband had written that same idea
elaborate FORM but that his writing was too ddacc TO com
mand the popular attention. and she asked me would
consider that topic would take up the argument handle IT,
master 1t, and would put II in popular FORM said@I
would look into it. took up the argument and
thinking thereby { do her q service | spent a
week N putting that argument in close and compact
shape good English could command, and addressed
n the or letter or tract Mt
ner That which for pursuance Of
the Arrangement TO winch have already adyerted.


HOW TIE wOODHULL BIOGRAPHY WAS WRITTEN.
Sometime after that-a few weeks-Mrs. Wood.
hull again for and put into my hands roll
OF manuscript which she said biographical sketch Of
her life by her husband that it not written
Is satisfactorily her she desired 1t TO be and
asked would ake and read L. and either revise
it, amend IT, make it out anew, that it might the
readily command the popular 1 took that
manuscript and read H. and read Il twice and, instead
Of merely revising IT, sat down, and at hea wrote in
in what designed be q newspaper artce-the and
the substance Of that narrative, biographical sketch Of Mrs
Woodruff. After Il done took it to her house in the
evening / read It to her. I had done it as well as I
could She expressed great dissatisfaction with il. She
SAID to -" YOu have left out the most I'M
portAnt parts" "Wel' said d" I have left
travagant parts which thought would the naratye
Said she, wish you would put them in again" What
said DO you say that you have called dead
child 10 Lef" Yes" said che Il do; for to write
my leave that incident would be to
play the part Of Hamlet with Hamlet omitted "
said Do you want say this narrative has done by
your husband that you have had the power heal the sick


ike the apostles ~ yes" said She do because that
the truth" And asked her II she wanted
say also that she had communication from the spirit
world from the Greek orator Demosthenes; and che
said yes sometimes he speaks through me" VERY





took that manuscript which thought had completed and
the writing table in third room, her back parlor
Summer highland l spent two or three hours
in writing in these supplemental incidents.
until two or three o'clock in the morning l
pleted the manuscript When it done l threw
myself down the sofa and slept all night and took breakfast
in the morning and read to the family They pronounced
perfect and published it, That is the history OF that
sketch few weeks after that, possibly six Mr.
Mouton day that he had received from Ms Woodruff


letter or he had received from Mr. Beecer letter which
she had written him, asking that he might preside


public meeting in Senway Hal, and went the day to
Mr. MouOn house on purpose 10 be present at interview
appointed TO be between Mrs Woodruff
Mr. M0utOn. reached the house too hate Mrs Woodruff had
been there and had gone. Mr.. Beecher then there
Mr. Noulton there. They told the result
Of the interview MS Woodruff had urged him
TO preside al lecture and he had made objections
to doing 40 1 told him that thought he might pre-
side had presided at lecture for her and by
way my narrative have omitted 10 state that evening
presided for Cooper Institute when she delivered
a lecture on Fnance-a perfectly harmless ard stupid
production, Of which think nobody has heard since
said have once presided FOR Mrs. Woodruff: nothing
came Of it, harm grew Of it, and you viii 20 and pre-
side at meeting you DO without harm yourself
you viii put her IN that public way under such OBJ cation
vou that think been put under 10 me don't think
that woman and nure after done
FOR her you will public way identify yourself ar
being friendly hernOt that you agree with what she says
but you will 60 and preside at that meeting mink she will
consider that act Of courtesy done by you and will
be a new bond by which shall al be able 10
hold her against any ebulftoa OF her strange miad
Mr. Beecher did not positively decline, but he didn't
see how he could do it. Nevertheless II during the
afternoon he said he different conclusion ne woup
go preside went that evening with Mr. MoutOn purely
out curiosity the meeting had expectation Of going


been invited and nothing had been said
about presiding great crowd present there
few minutes before eight Mr. Moulton said, Whywe can't
get in" replied There doors than to Stein
way Hail. have been here before there