The Scarlet Sisters (60 page)

8.
back and forth on the stage:
New York Herald
, Oct. 18, 1873.

9.
worn-out song of Christianity:
(NY) Sun
, Oct. 18, 1873, p. 2.

10.
power of her oratory:
Newspapers reprinted in
WCW
, March 7, 1874, p. 11.

11.
the wing of Tammany Hall:
Tucker-Sachs.

12.
asked that bail be reduced:
WCW
, March 21, 1874, p. 10.

13.
tried to gavel them down:
Gabriel,
Notorious Victoria
, p. 226.

14.
could not be found to testify:
WCW
, March 21, 1874.

15.
wipe up the vomit:
Tucker-Sachs.

16.
jurors were locked up:
New-York Daily Tribune
, March 14, 1874, p. 5.

17.
ashamed of the jury:
Gabriel,
Notorious Victoria
, p. 228;
(NY) Evening Telegram
, n.d. Reprinted in
WCW
, March 28, 1874, p. 10.

18.
had reasonable doubt:
(NY) World
, March 15, 1874, p. 5.

19.
the woman that unsexes herself:
Brooklyn Eagle
, March 14, 1874, p. 4.

20.
fill it with beer:
Tucker-Sachs.

21.
half the regular fare:
Ibid.

Chapter Twenty: The Star Chamber

1.
a sweet-savored trio:
Robert Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners: The Story of the Great Henry Ward Beecher Scandal
(London: Andre Deutsch, 1956), pp. 179–80.

2.
“slandering” Beecher:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 176.

3.
the words
knave
and
dog
:
Fox,
Trials of Intimacy
, p. 53.

4.
all this smoke of scandal:
Ron Powers,
Mark Twain: A Life
(New York: Free Press, 2005), p. 326.

5.
“greater in plot, development and effect.”:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, quoting
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, n.d., p. 193.

6.
whom his children belonged to:
Plymouth Church investigation testimony from Marshall,
The True History
, p. 198.

7.
“giving up his religious faith,”:
“Mrs. Tilton’s Statement,” Marshall,
The True History
, p. 197.

8.
With Mr. Beecher I had:
Ibid., p. 197.

9.
“indecorous or improper proposal.”:
The Beecher-Tilton War
: Official original documents, letters and statements, University of Michigan Historical Reprint Series: MPublishing. Print on demand print service through Amazon.com, p. 29.

10.
crush out Beecher:
Ibid.

11.
“not been a bad boy.”:
New York Herald
, July 31, 1874, p. 3.

12.
bankrupt in reputation:
Marshall,
The True History
, pp. 257 and 258.

13.
thrust her affections upon me:
Ibid., pp. 264–65.

14.
did not refer to adultery:
Ibid., p. 282.

15.
after long moral resistance:
The Beecher-Tilton War
: Official original documents, letters and statements, University of Michigan Historical Reprint Series: MPublishing. Print on demand print service through Amazon.com, p. 6.

16.
end abruptly and in disaster:
Marshall,
The True History
, p. 264.

17.
a monstrous conspiracy:
New-York Daily Tribune
, Aug. 14, 1874; other comments compiled in the
Brooklyn Eagle
, Aug. 20, 1874.

18.
three months in my arms:
Chicago Times
, July 9, 1874, p. 2.

19.
“The
Chicago Times
?” “Yes.”:
The Beecher-Tilton War
, University of Michigan Historical Reprint Series: MPublishing, p. 62.

20.
Mrs. Woodhull was not safe:
Ibid., p. 35.

21.
criminal is the word:
Chicago Daily Tribune
, Aug. 2, 1874, p. 4.

22.
the woman gets blamed:
Chicago Daily Tribune
, Oct. 13, 1874.

23.
spare us the reputation of Susan:
New York Herald
, n.d. Reprinted in the
Brooklyn Eagle
, Aug. 24, 1874.

24.
‘deluded’ and ‘weak-minded.’:
The letter was written in August 1874 but was not printed until October 1, 1874, in the
Chicago Daily Tribune
.

25.
last despairing effort for peace:
Marshall,
The True History
, p. 310.

26.
to Moulton!:
Goldsmith,
Other Powers
, p. 403; no attribution.

27.
investment hangs by the eyelids:
Stanton letter to the
Chicago Daily Tribune
, Oct. 1, 1874.

28.
Said Beecher, “the Voice of the Nation:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 206.

Chapter Twenty-One: Wickedness in High Places

1.
halting the trial:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 216; Fox,
The Trials of Intimacy
, p. 89.

2.
Bowery saloon performance:
Fox,
Trials of Intimacy
, p. 90.

3.
disliked Moulton’s looks:
Applegate,
The Most Famous Man
, p. 448.

4.
a libertine:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, pp. 219–20.

5.
often contemplative, Tilton blushed:
Brooklyn Eagle
, Jan. 15, 1875, p. 4.

6.
“the mother of Uncle Tom.”:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 207.

7.
one man in Brooklyn:
Ibid., p. 212.

8.
four hundred thousand copies:
Fox,
Trials of Intimacy
, p. 56.

9.
her libertine husband and friend:
New York Herald
. Reprinted in
WCW
, May 29, 1875, pp. 2–3.

10.
can’t make Beecher white:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 240.

11.
the filthy kiss of Victoria Woodhull:
Brooklyn Eagle
, Feb. 25, 1875, p. 4.

12.
filthy kiss
expunged:
The Case of Henry Ward Beecher: Opening Address of Benjamin F. Tracy
(New York: George W. Smith and Co. Publishers, 1875). Reprinted by University of Michigan Library, 2005, and found at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AJK2284.0001.001?.

13.
the voluble Tracy speechless for once:
(NY) Sun
, May 13, 1875. Reprinted in
WCW
, May 29, 1875, pp. 2–3.

14.
of the prosecution:
New York Herald
, May 13, 1875.

15.
Victoria’s face flushed:
Ibid.

16.
an anxious, half despairing look:
Brooklyn Eagle
, May 12, 1875.

17.
a bright glitter grew:
New York Herald
, May 13, 1875.

18.
When Woodhull was excused:
New-York Daily Tribune
,
New York Herald
,
(NY) Sun
, and
Brooklyn Eagle
, reprinted in
WCW
, May 29, 1875, pp. 2–3. Woodhull’s court appearance was May 12, 1875.

19.
as if going to sleep:
Applegate,
The Most Famous Man
, p. 430;
Brooklyn Eagle
full transcript, February 19–20, 1875, p. 1.

20.
his suicidal plans:
Brooklyn Eagle
, full transcript, Feb. 19, 1875, p. 4.

21.
my last Sunday:
Marshall,
The True History
, pp. 280–82.

22.
contrast of fiction and fact:
New York Herald
, April 25, 1875.

23.
“uncertainty, forgetfulness, or evasion,”:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 220.

24.
his own former admissions and letters:
The Beecher Trial: A Review of the Evidence
, p. 22.

25.
happily reprinted these opinions:
For reprint of out-of-town negative editorials on Beecher, see
WCW
, May 8, 1875, p. 6.

26.
adverse to Mr. Tilton:
New York Times
, April 25, 1875. Reprinted in
WCW
, May 8, 1875, p. 6.

27.
perjury and probably adultery:
The Beecher Trial: A Review of the Evidence
.

28.
every one of them crushes:
Ibid.; paragraph is a reprise of
Times
summation.

29.
The defense’s purpose was to show:
Brooklyn Eagle
, April 27, 1875, p. 2.

30.
prostitutes for his own pleasure!:
Brooklyn Eagle
, June 21, 1875, p. 4.

31.
preparations for retiring at night:
New York Herald
, March 26, 1875;
WCW
, April 19, 1875, p. 10.

32.
cannot well be left out:
New York Herald
, March 27, 1875. Reprinted in
WCW
, April 10, 1875, p. 6.

33.
to crush him in this case:
Ibid.

34.
this immensely damaging assault:
New York Herald
, March 29, 1875;
WCW
April 10, 1875.

35.
Mr. Beecher is as much responsible:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 241.

36.
if he should live to grow up:
Woodhull’s letter,
New York Herald
, March 29, 1875;
WCW
, April 17, 1875.

37.
repair the wrong that I have suffered:
New York Herald
, March 29, 1875;
WCW
, April 17, 1875, p. 3.

38.
impersonal justice, with self expunged:
New York Herald
, March 30, 1875;
WCW
, April 17, 1875, p. 3.

39.
ignominy that would have paralyzed:
Shaplen,
Free Love and Heavenly Sinners
, p. 245. Quoting the
Newark Sunday Call
interview with ECS, Jan. 2, 1876.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Beecher’s Revenge

1.
“clerical kangaroo court”:
Hibben,
Henry Ward Beecher
, p. 284.

2.
Bowen “knows nothing.”:
Brooklyn Eagle
, April 1, 1876, p. 4.

3.
denials or protestations or oaths:
Hibben,
Henry Ward Beecher
, p. 285.

4.
adultery, perjury and hypocrisy:
Independent
, Feb. 10, 1876.

5.
witness to a lie:
New York Times
, March 3, 1876.

6.
the finger of scorn:
Brooklyn Eagle
, May 24, 1876, p. 2.

7.
the cause of truth and justice:
New York Times
, April 16, 1878.

8.
wrong in her mental operations:
Brooklyn Eagle
, April 17, 1878, p. 2.

9.
the couple was reuniting:
Chicago Daily Tribune
, April 2, 1878;
(NY) Sun
, March 14, 1878.

10.
price she pays for a reconciliation:
Elmira (NY) Gazette
, April 16, 1878.

11.
believed she was protecting a saint:
New York Times
, April 17, 1878.

12.
world-wide as the lie:
Debby Applegate,
The Most Famous Man
, p. 455.