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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1874 VOL. XXIY-KO. 6. WHOLE NUMBER 1.76GJ

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THE SECOND SHOT. MOULTON'S NEW. STATEMENT. The Internal History of the Great Plymouth CHurch Scandal. .,

vhANK'3 EXPLANATION. T 0v H050R AT STAKE Twi?H TBACT-T! CHAROB ElAciMILISO-r-EECHER's DEALING WITH U5SSJwOKra-A 8HAMEFVL TALK. The whole of Frank Moulton's second statetelegraphed from New York, on the mu lZu. to the Chicago Time, la Uch it PJeare.1 yesterday, occupying three ful page, more important portions of too foment laclndin- significant letters now for the first uae lUued, are given by the extracts which follow, while the omissions are referred to a, they occur. The statement 13 entitled TO THE PUBLIC, ',-ri.itthiis- i have waited patiently, und coVft-r iivir)" to the public the T5?.lnddoÄmntV S they were given made no use, nor did t aey cau uj w of tne explanation, OTUyW test inecou facts bv rrosWiftmlMup'lv", t fei. nivlled myself leay "jo of the Ä would, re this. -..t in hi. statemat ion, iw nliMnInv w8r dishonorable xnent, that I "1 in red n lhe interests toward hint, or hentdffin by cajolry or of Mr. Ti lwn, to extort or o"1' gjm7 And promise, any money ro ordce with as such withdrawal, w u the truth as Mr. K unnecfcKsary SSS to anrÄPrHn tJK caUed upon to make farther accusation, if made, must be in the nature to against him. aiUng in this nPl'h qnestion F-eeeber and me, and Jhereare 's her of well meaning nd.Kn7"ieve nim: women who desire, if Pl "5- to to and although. 11 the "rrnUnlzfng peot Aletenninea only by to10.1' be necessSry to pie of the country, it woaAd"' t tete good, add another word; yet. tp present these goou, religio. persona from iieecher, convi'tlons, not only as .v.- tbeir minds but that 1 maintain a station m men ivhich I ft: I ought not to hold ab A MAN OF HONOR, and purity of motive and action In thta greful business,! propose, by ui " to make which I hold, anuuece, "narison or Mr. them inteUtglWe.and by co'Xretofore Beecher s statements i- n,ie for nis published, to show that it Xniany Statement to the committee tobe t roe. very important parucuiuis, .Tvnal averoftrmhmlneisnotbe nents ana rr.ine.oui u und interthemselves. From his insinuations and lnier ences. if not the direct sta erne ,ius - . xnv character as a man a --f , ne'ss as a witness have een iPu?nViveir deavor, in the first place, to reinst ate m lf, so far as I may. by showing ZJntoa of held other and entirely differe it .nions ot me. Here follows a lengiuj 'ifr ijeecher in the feelinw and confidence of Mr. Jbwber toward Moulton down to a verj recent date. Jl then continues: i,lB nrpnnml I While to - bacon letter was brtw PW'. roulbuuusrtoallinte J was oarln, that I should fee 1 en. tlierelore acceptea an im " ,,, öt vho. hear it re.d. Jain pUeeted with great jehepresence of witnesses, one ot h tiou. At tnis point Mr. Moulton J lis endeavors to get a suppression oi HI ton n letter, bnt failing In this, he aims to ina"f . . H,.i. AMnoGlnn. 1 111 pnnwoü. a. r luu u fflVrtTii the letteras orlcinaily written. M-Mr-l'1" h,at romniittcd asainst me and my lamily a rev or i Ing ciiine," and msteaa werwi w words, "lias committed against me an offense Vhich I forbear to name or c7-.'lt n omitting the word "family." and futwt it nUDg a softer wotO, "offense," susceptible ol vanous j. . 1 r KEVOLTiya CRIME" Strains the familv. which mi eht have been re ob oinnhia nf Aniv rne. Vlien thus that I would rather give him, from my own pocket, &J.000 in gold limn iu oat e mm puuunn i. . imrinnall thisUmeMr. Moulton states that i. Ä iMArt i?t- wvn vrsatlons With Beecher and hn council Tracy in regard to this letter, and the best manner of meet.ng its charges. Finally Moulton draws up a pmposea statement as follows: "This rruu-ch and communication are unquestionably and justly interested through the recent publication by Theodore Tiiton. in answer to lr. Inard Jiacon, of New Hs-ven. It is true that 1 have committed an offense against Theodore Tllton; aud glviug tothatofferwethe force ot his construction, I .made an apology and reparation, auch as bath he and I at the time declared fall and necessary..,! am convinced that Mr. Til'on has been goaded to hU lefeu.se by misrepresentations or misunderstanding of my iK it ton toward him. I shall never be a party to Die reopening of this Question, which im beea lioaorably settled, tut between Iheodore Tillen and myself, i have committed no crime and if this society tt lieves that it is due to It that I should reopen this already too painful subject, or resign, I will resign. I know, as iod slvea nie the power to judge of myself, that I aui better tilted to-day, through trials and chastening, to do good than I have ever been." This paper I noiv have, in the handwritin of the gentleman who took it down at the time, and who cm testify to the 1 aecoraev of this statement. Upon hearing it read, Tiiton pledged xiimself to peare and final settlement, if iecher would either t-peaU or write the subRtanceof tbe words above quoted, or keep silent. AV'i thin a day or two, I think the next day, I aw Beeciier at my own house, and in the presence of a visitor had a consultation in reterenwe to the Eiicon letter, and discussed the best way of meetinj that letter. We first considered (' THE POLICY ON ENTIRE SILENCE; . next, what wa best to say, In case anything was naid; and at his request 1 gave him a copy of the paper above set forth. He said lie would like to submit It to a few of his friends, saying at the same time, "1 will copy it in my own handwriting, and not give it as yours." It Wiis fully agreed there that he would make no reply, or take any steps in relation o the Bacon letter, without consulting me, and that he would either keep silence or make a statement substantially like that which I had given him, as Tiiton had told me, In the presence of witnesses That he was committed to peace if Beecher fchou'd take either of those courses. ' Here Moulton gives the discussions between himself and Tracy In regard to this proposed statement, in which th latter claimed that riton was Insane, while Moulton warmly defended TiltoQ's aetion, excepting the writing of the Bacon letter. He then continues his statement concerning the proposed efforts made to produce a mutual report, to be signed lyMr. and Mrs. Tiiton, and to be given out to the public as the report of the invest iga ting committee. .Mr. Monlton then details at great lent th the means by which thin was prevented, The facts are then riven relating to Til ton's first appearance before the committee. He thn continues: On the morning of the next day, tb 11th. a new und double complication .km. It consist -t , nist.of tiiesudoen and unexpected announcement, by Mrs. Tiiton to her husband, at ti o'clock a.m., that she meant to desert her home and jam 11 v: and in a few moments afterward she carried this intention into effect, by going to make ler abode with Mr. and Mrs. Ovington. .Mext, by the simnltaneous publication, in that morn ing s newspapers, or me letter oi appointment of the committee by Ppcher, dated the 27th of Jnne pievious, but which letter had been kept back and not sent to the church until Tuesday, July 7. That letter called to have "some proper investigation made ot the rumors, insinuations, or charges made respectJnsc my conduct,as compromised by the late publication made by Tllton." and added, "1 desire that when you have satisfied yourselves by an impartial and thorough examination of all fiources of evidence, yon communicate to the examining committee, or to the church, such action as may then neem to you right and wise." On the same day, Tllton came to s-e me, and.anuouueing to me bis wife's desertion and calling iy attention to the above publlcationi was

excited by these simultaneous events, which med to him to be part of a pre-arranged p an of action, which also excited him to great Indignation. He said that Beecher was again playins him a trick, as he bad done belore, when he attempted to settle the matter, by first appointing a committee to make examination of the facts; thn ge ting his wife surreptitiously tO KO before the committee and exonerate him fnlly from the charees of adultery; then tempting her open rv to desert her husband, so as to show that he (Tiiton) had always been In the S and was simply the creature of his magnanimity; and that now Beecher should have a f nil statement of all the facU and documents. IP TT DESTROYED HTM,

hi wire, or his family: that justice should be done at length, and the truth .te known ; that if Ply month Church chose to accept an iu yt J-f-"-. ,v, iiave the oDDertunity to do It r and that he was going Jmme to prepare h sfnll statement, ami , kT-k J?.tZ the document and evidence with which to do reftmin? todo so. he said that I was a traitor to him, oecanse I had gone into this controversy in we pe uu , . . . I tried to raciry mm, biu ei"vi to tjalet fclm. ai-o.tai Ulm that UhouRli we had been miBwuteu - ' pose ot the committee, yet as Be echer "had named tnem an, ue nu tfrest. and would be suieiy aoie iu "ne'said that Beecher, by the ternwol is letter of apiwintment, had challenged him before the that I saw nothing in the letter which pre vented him from stanmngupon Bacon letter, that an offen se on iy had been committed: but lie said thatthls was simply folly on my part. Indeed he called me aiooi wrw Delieving, ana saiu, J"". V,, , -Tii äranrt in this emergency of my life, I 111 stand by mvself and fight It alone." 1 appealed sain to him, for his children's sake, say ing "i can not be in sympatny wim u, that will simply blast them, and ruin your household and yourself." But he was obdurate, and left me reiterating his aeierminauou. w make a full statement or tne lacia. u had never seen a man so much changed as he had been In a few hours. In reference to this change in Tiiton, I quote the following irora Mrs. Til '.on 's statement: ' . I rose uuleUy. ana, naving re, him nniir tntiv! -Theodore, i will never taae another step by your side. The end b-, indeed come, lie ionoweu mc y " breakfasu saying I was unauiy exciiea, nuu h. h.,i hi ,iKrnresented perhaps, but leav ing redetermined aa before.' How to accjunt ror tne cnange wuicu uu had been capable of working in his mind, . , I LEAVE FOR THE ETERNITIES with their mysteries lo reveal. Mr, Moulton thpn nroeeeds to srtve letters and other testimony going to show the causes which load to this, in part, to this sudden change : , Here follows an account of conferences between Beecher and Tiiton In regard to the present state of the case. He then continues: Weeing in some newspaper a supposed interview of a committeeman, who claimed to speak for Beecher, In which was reported Beecher s opinion of what 1 had said before the committee, I called upon him (Beecher) in reference to that and other business, and after the usual friendly salutations, 1 told him that 1 thought his commlttemen were acting very foolishly in attempting to throw slurs or imputations upon me. I recited the facts, as 1 felt certain that he did not authorize or countenance the report, lie told me that he had not Keen the paper at all, and knew nothing of it. We then commenced a discuss on of the situation, and 1 spoke of the fact that Tllton was preparing a statement, at which he expressed regret and sorrow. I told him Tiiton deemed the correspondence as to the appointment of the committees a eha lenge to him to come forward and make a full statement of all ihe ficts;andthat he regarded the act of his wile's leaving his house, a hostile one, prompted by the committee tinder the inspiration of Beecher. He said, as has already been published bv nn interviewer. . that he had not authorized the vublication of the letter of appointment at all; that he had intended to keep things quiet, in accordance with my suggestion; iut that now he tnought he was compelled to make a statement, which statement he read to me, and which, while it took very much blame on himself, as to his course toward .Tllton and his family, of course denied all guilt, but withal thoroughly exonerated Tllton from any dishonorable act toward him. I expressed myself to Beecher, 'as I was very much pleased with this statement," and said that if it was . made to the committee- before Tiiton should make his, as Beecher informed me he intended to do, I had no docbt that I could prevail upon Tllton to agree to ihe stateto drop; and as evidence of his disposition todo SO, 1 SHOW eu ieeciir iriiu:ii nuitn inwu jv once consented might be made by the commitIrl! iwiipr'i statement exonerated him iTiifnni frotn" ftnv dishonorable acL The IU1U a J a -- report was In Tiiton 's handwriting, a copy of wniCD i soowe.i cltcuci. PROPOSED REIOKT OF COMMTTTEE BY TILTOS. The committee appointed to inquire into the offense and apology by Mr. Beecher, alluded to inMr.Tilton'sletterto Dr. Bacon, respectfully report that, upon , examination, they find that an ouense or grave cnaracter was commuiea Dy Mr. Beecher against Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tllton. for which he made a suitable apology to boih parties, and received in return their forEiveness and good will. The committee further report that this seems to them a most eminently Christian way for the settlement of differences, and reflects honor on all the parties concerned. Said Beecher, "Will Tiiton agree to that?", i ' 1 answered,. "He would have agreed to that, and 1 hope he will continue in that mind ; lor although he is writing his statement, yet Lain deal I lit; with him as 1 have dealt here'ofnre, allowing htm to exhaust himself In - writing out the sutement, and then usln? my Influence to suppress the publication, and I have no doubt J can do it attain."-- ' 1 BKtCHER S PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR TIL1 i , T0X TO MAKE. -JY n The conveis it ion thea turned as to what reply Tllton ought to make to Beecher'sstatenient, which he had nrst Tend to me, If it were dropped y the committee. Thereupon Beecher stepped to his desk and wrote out the following for me to take to Tiiton, as the substance of what he should say In reply to iteecher's statement: and I was to nse my very best -exertious, and all the influence I could over Tiiton, to have him agree to It. That paper, every word of which was written by Mr. Beecher. so that there is no opportunity for mistaking his language, 1 have in my possession. It is as follows: To thk Committee: 1 have been three years acting nnder the conviction that I nave been wronged.but was under the imputation of being the lujurer. I learn from a friend that Mr. Beecher. in his statement to you, had reversed this, and had done me Justice. I am -willing, should be . consent, to appear before yoa wltu him, and, dropping , the farther statements which licit it to be my duty to make for my own clearance, to settle this painful domtic difficulty, which never ought to have been made public, finally and amicably. The statement at this point gives the succeeding facts which resulted in the non-appearance of this proposed statement. Then came Til ton's full statement before the committee, and Mr. Moulton continues: On the -Ulli of July 1 received a note from Beecher, by the band of Tracy written on the same cross-lined, . water-marked paper as the note of Mr. Beecher or the I'Hh of J uly, requesting that I wonld aend him the papers and documents in my possession ; which note Is here inserled: , , ;'...' . BEICHEB TO MOULTON. ' July 21, 1871. My Dear Mr. Movi-ton: I am making out a statement, and heed the letters and papers in your hands. Will you send by Tracy all the originals of my papers? Let them be numbered and an Inventory taken, and 1 will return them to you as soon as I can see and co an pare, set da ten, make extracts or copies, as the ease may be. Will yon also send Bowen's "heads of difllculty," and ail letters ot my Bister, If any are with you. 1 heard you were sick. Are yon about again? od grant yon to see peaceful limes. Yours faithfully. 11. W. Beecher. I said to Mr. Tracy that he had better take back that note, as I could not, in honor and conscience, give up the documents to either party, to aid them In the preparation of statements against each other. Mr. Tracy suggested that perhaps I might send copies, to which I answered that that would seem to me the same breach of honorable obligation as to send the originals, and that it was impossible for me to have them copied, as I was about to leave town. Here follows references to the request of Mr. Beecher for certain needed documents and the statement continues: The letter of Beecner's of Aug. 4, heretofore published, was the first indication that I had ever had from Henry Ward Beecher of unfriendliness, and I have the liest of reasons for knowiog that the harsh portions. Of it were the sug

gestions of other and notof his own mind. After receiving tbeee notes of Beecher s, 1 came to the conclusion that. If Tiiton also consented, I wonld make the fall statement before the committee which 1 have -since published. When I began the preparation of my statement, 1 did not design to include the letters o Mrs. Hooker and her brother or Mr. Hooker, because as they bad only a olla eral bearing a pon the controversy, I was very unwilling to drag the name of Mrs. Hooker, for whom I entertain the highest respect, into this matter; but, ha lng seen in the newspapers an ttack in advance upon Mrs. Hooker's sanity, inspired by the friends of Mr. Beecher: and Beecher, thronub the advice of his counsel, as I believe, haviug asserted that I retained tetters of his brother and sister that were not given into my. keeping as part of the documents in this controversy. I 'elt it at once due loathe lady's position and my self that They should appear, and hence they . were inserted. After Tracy had learned by my published letter that I would go before the committee and make a full statement, he desired most earnestly that I should do no snch tijlngs.bringlng to bear every argument that occurred to him to dissuade me thereirom, and, among others, that If 1 made the statement, it would have to come ont in the cross-examination that I had received money from Beecher for the nse of Tllton, and that Beecher would, thtieupon make A CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL against me. I told him, in '' the presence of my

counsel, for whom I had 6ent at his (Tracy's) request.that that would not come out buton crossexamination; for the facts in regard to the money were already luiiy oisciosea in my statement. and that in that transaction there was nothing dishonorable on Beeclier's part or my own that should fear seeing the light or day. '1 racy strong-, lv assured me that I ought not, under any cir cumstances, - to disclose the letters and document- in my possession; inai x km bound by every principle of honor and sacred bligation to keep them private, and that it would be better, both for Tiiton and Beecher, that 1 should do so. At bis suggestion i called a meeting on Monday morning of some of Mr. Beecher s mends and some oi my most vainea rrienus who could be got together, to lay before them this proposition. At that meeting my counsel advised that there were two honorable courses lor me. One was to seal my lips as to personal statements, and produce no docu ments bnt those oi wnicn extracts naa aireaay been put before the committee, as it would be but just to Doth parties that, a rart of a paper being seen, the whole should be known; or to mnk a f nil and complete statement of all the facts and documents, both parties having consented. These alternatives were discussed in the meeting of ray friends, and by majority of a them it was determined that less harm would come to the community, to the families of the parties, and to the parlies themselves, if I took the former course. Yielding to the advice of those I so ranch respected, 1 concluded to go before the committee ana make the simple statement of an intention not to take part in the controversy, and producing the letter which had in part come before them in Mr. lllton's statement, reserving the right to protect my own honor and purity of action in this matter, if altaoked, as I have since done. At this point Moulton discusses several misstatements given by Mr. Beecher In his statement, and also detailing the dispisltinn by destruction of the famous "confession" letter of Mrs. Tllton's. This portion of the statement is very dull, and is too long to quote. Mr. Moulton then gives portions of a letter by Mrs. Tiiton, already published, and then says: WerindMrs.'lilton.on theWth of December, sick in bed with what she states to have been a miscarriage, a few days belore, of what "promised to be a love babe, you know" a very curious expression from a woni.n nearly 4t years old. and the mother of six children, to describe a child begotten in lawful wedlock, especially when, as Mr. Tiiton now assert s, she and her husband had been fiercely quarreling for many months, and Bessie Turner testified even to blows. Within six weeks of her getting off her sick bed, arising irom that confinement, where Beecher says she lay "white as marble, with eyes closed as in a trance, with her hands on her bosom, palm to palm, like one In prayer," she writes the following , ' INVITATION TO BEECHER, t ' , which I received from his hand "Wednesday My Df.ar Fniaxn: ixes your heart liound toward all as it used? So does mine. I am myself again (slc.Y' I did not dare to tell yon till I was sure, but the bird has sung in my heart these four weeks, and he has covenanted with me never again to leave. . .Spring has come. Because I thought It would gladden you to know this, and not trouble or embarrass yoa in any way, 1 now -write. Of coarse I should like for you to share with me my joy, but can wait for the beyond. When dear Fran says 1 may once again go to old Plymouth, 1 will thank the dear Father' There can be but one meaning in these phrases, under such circumstances. "I am myself again." "I did not dare to tell yori till I was sure; brtthe bird has sung in my heart these four weeks, and be has covenanted with me never again to leave." . "Spring has come." "Of couise I would like to share with you my Joy." I assume it will not be claimed that Tiiton extorted from his wife this letter. Was this no significant hint to come "when she was all risht ?" The reply to that question will be found in two notes to Elizabeth Irom Beecher, the shorter one enclosed in the pt her. t . , - Mr. Moulton here . republishes other 'notes which passed between Mr. Beecher. and Mrs. Tiiton. among them the one in which the batter speaks- of nest-hiding' as one of her weapons, with comments in support of his theory of renewed intercourse. Hegoeson: I new proceed to give such portions as are necessary, of some of the conversations in which Beecher made confession of adultery 1 have before staled that .f ' .'-ti: THE FH&T CONrliSSKfcf, on the night I Went for the retcf ion" of Mrs. Tllton. that 1 there told him, "Mr. Beecher, yoa have had criminal Intercourse with Mrs. Xtitoa, and yoa have done great Injury to Tllton otherwise;" and I say fuirtier in my published statement, that "he confessed and denied not, but confessed." .As he did not deny this charge so explicitly made by me, whatever inference.; i may have made from bis words at other times, he certainly could not have mistaken mine at this time. When speaking of the relations of a man and a woman "criminal intercourse" has but one lethal or literary meaning even to a clergyman, it, however, which Ido, and 1 ay thAt, on that evening, he confessed to me his relations with Mrs. Tiiton, in languase so vlvki that 1 could not possibly forget or mistake it. . He said: "My acts of intercourse with that woman were as natural and sincere an expression of my love of her, as the words of endea. ment whwah 1 addressed her. There seems to be nothing in what we -did together that- I -could' not justify to myseif on the ground of our love for each other, and I think (iod will not blame me for my acts with her. I know that at present It would be utterly impossible for meto justify myself before man." This is impressed upon my mind, because it was the first enunciation of a justification of-the doctrines of fre love that I had ever heard. JS'ot only on theoccaslon of handing back Mrs.Tillon's retraction, and when glvlug me the letter or contrition, of Jan. 1, IS71, did he particularize with regard' to tne feelings that - influenced him- to do as he did with Mrs. Tiiton, but in many of the conversations 1 held with him, he strongly adverted to the absorbing love which he felt for the woman, and to the joys of his Intercourse with her, which he-always justified because of that love. Indeed, on one occasion, when speaking of it, he said so pure did the Intercourse seem to aim that the little bed lounge on which they had been together seemed almost a sacred thing. If my testimony is to avail anything in tnia matter, I, here commit it now fully to the statement heretofore made by me, which 1 then softened by omitting details, theianguaga of which I thought it best to public morality should be'suppreesed ; and I call attention to the Tact made known in my previous statement, that, in the presence of miself and another witness, whom I still feel reluctant to bring forward of course not Mr. Tiiton both Mrs. lil ton .and Mr. Beecher admitted, in language not to be mistaken that a . i - . CONTINUAL SEXUAL INTIMACY had existed between them, and asked advice as to. the course to betaken because of lt. I trust I shall be pardoned for giving an instance or two, out of the many that I might cite, of the inconsistency of Mr. Beecher with himself. The theory of his statement is that Mrs. Tiiton had confessed to tier husband, in the first place, only his (Beecher 's) love for her; and he maintains stoutly that in that confession there was nothing mote confessed than that he had made Improper advances to her. But again, he says the document was one incriminating him. Here the qaestlon is raised as to whether the confession alluded to adultery or simply to a solicitation to commit adultery, and Beecher s account of the interview with Mrs. Tiiton in her house Is given. Moulton says: The point between us is this: I averred, In my statement, that the document which Beecher saw, as well as myself, was her confession that he bad committed adultery with her. Which was it a confession only of excessive and Improper advancer nn his pari , or, as be describes it, an incriminat Jos confession: Without stopping to advert tg

the fact that Mrs. Tiiton, In her confession. which went to Dr. Htorrs, says that he asked her to be 'a wife to him, with all that that implies," and in the singular fact that it appears she does not therein say site said no tohlm.Need I advert upon the likelihood of her making a negative, with her great love for him, if he took the initiati e? iet us now Judge Mr. Beecher by his own statement. He went to Mrs. Tllton and asked her if she had

confessed all that her hnsbund bad charged, I . u 1. i. io natu tt l tiiipjvpci uuvailLXB, Bug bowed her head In acquiescence. Hesaid,How would you do that?" he now give- the reason ard says Tllton had cooiessed his own alien loves, and said that she could not bear to think that she was better than he, aad that she might win if she confessed she loved me more than him, aud they would repent and goon in future Concord. Assuming tui report of the conversation to be trne, and considering the reason given by Mrs.-Tiiton ' for her confession, 1 am led to ask : , How would it tend to soothe the husband, if she bad confessed to him that she had been tempted by her pator and friend, and had refus d his solicitations, nn.ier circumstances of the greatest vossible temptation. It can only be reconcile upon the theory that Tllton's ooufeHHloi of "alien loves" alxo Included a declaration the! he bad -not sinned In act with them. This supposMon, however, both Beecher and Fiizabeth reject with scorn. Both declare the same equivocal words as hers, to Tilton mem adultery only. May not, then, her love with Beecher so "excessive" mean the same thing, if that theory as to themselves is (rue? Woul-i not such a confession to Tllton by his wife, instead of convincing him that she was as bad as he was as an ad allerer, ana to show him that she aas the best of all women, and withstood temptation better than her grandmother Eve? Why confess her own "entire worthiness in order to eonvlnce her husband of her nn worthiness? On the contrary does not this language plainly show that her confession was precisely what I have declared it was in the wriflen confession, and what it was In fact? At this point Mr. Moulton. reviews Beecher"s charge ot his (Moulton ' , ; i FONDNESS FOR INTRIOCE, ' v and denies it. - He reviews the Whole matter and denounces Beecner's treatment of himself. II then takes up the charge of blackmailing as follows: I promise by saying tlrat whatever money transactions were had with him in this regard, were had through mystlf alone, and therefore, if blackmail was levied upon Mr. Feecher, as he avers, it was done by my procu remeut and consent, and for which I am alone blamable, as I confirm his own statement that Tllton never spok- to him on the subject of money. Beecner's account of the blackmailing Is substantially as follows, oeing abbreviated irom various parts or bis statement and cross-examination : Here Is Inserted Beecher 's evidence before the committee. Moulton continues: It will be beerved that in this account of the f7,W0 all that he t!a!ms lis ever paid Mr. Beecher does not allege that the thought of blackmailing was in his mind until after be had paid the 52,00v, or that Tiiton had ever asked him for any money. It will also be observed that he produced certain checks to the committee In his cross-examination, but does not give the several amounts of those checks, but does the dates, but being in the position of being required to tell the whole truth, he entirely con ceals the fa it that a large portion of the $2,iU0 was paid lor the education and support of THE GIRL BESSIE TURNER, now his swift witness before the committee, contradicting two written statements which have been published, made by her relative to the same facts wherein she designates what she tells before the committee as a wicked lie. Jan. 12. The story that Mr. Tiiton once lifted me from my bed and car led me screaming to his own and attempted to violate my person, is a wicked lie. jours truly, bessie. She now says that she was carried sleeping. not screaming., tor a young woman or M she slept reasonabfy soundly, as she did not wake up till after she was Id his bed. Her character for trath and virtue has been b Brecher' advisers thus forever ruined to fave him, because the story was f rst told No yotmg girl was ever lifted from her bed and carried screaming to bis own by a rutnless ravisher, and remained pure, especially as the witness nowhere suggests that be was Interfered with. The cnecks which he produced Before the committee, which are not published, will bo seen. 1 have no doubt, to Jrave been payments on her account, as their dates show tu em to be six months apart, as her half yearly bills became due. with oerharts a single exception. Let me say. to Mr. Beecher that if h will apply to the principal of thennDenvUle,i(.) schools he can find out just how much he has paid .there, and Mrs. Tiiton can tell him what became of the rest of the snpiKised f2.0uü. "All this matter of the support of this drl was arranaed bv Mrs. Tiiton and Beecher. Tiiton doinar nothins about it, and a portion of the mosey was paid to Mrs.TUtoo herself, as appears by the following letter extract ed'Srom my published statement: . . Tuesday. Jan. 18, 1S7J. Dkak Francis: Bo kind enough to send me i 3D lor Bessie. I want to enclose it in tx-morrow's mail.. Yours grate fully, KLI.ABETH, Would not Ingenious trftttr have required Mr. Beecher to state that this large sum was paid for the you:; cirl 's support, la order to re'ieve him of his difbeuity, and prevent the exposure of the recital of his own acis, which she had heard in the family, in the neighborhood where they were most likely to be taken up? Did he not know the facts? Will anybody believe him when tie Intimates in his examination that he did not know? is it possible that he 'never afeed his dear frtend Moulton , . fc - j , WHERE THIS M03EY WAS OOLNG especially as he is careful to Instruct Moniten to feed out the 15,000 to niton?' lnstead'he puts forward the nhrasds: "üonev has been nlrt.f inert froin me in the course of these aff air in consid erable sums, but J d Id not at hrst loon upon the suggestions that 1 rottld contribute to Mr. Tilton's pecuniary wants rs savoringof bladcifrfti'l," tbvs putting the amount of the f4,txX) and the $.),(iuOin his statement as If they wrnt together to Tiiton for the name purpose. In order to give color to this allegation of blarkmaii. trumped up after Ihe charges against Tllton pf forging letUers an insanity had failed therr, lieecher's lawyers make the following rcpwrt. .of the conversation1 Of J uly 5, in answer to a question prepared for tRt purpose.1 ' '.' At t his point Keecher'a evidence that Moulton sakl he should always defiy t.he money t ran action ts inserted, PO'A there is tuen given a very fall, statement of tte whoH of the money matter, and a versiotf Of the subfect is given in agreement with the Jtnown facts. Further evidence is also here introduced to show the regaiM which Beeches felt for Moukon after the auegsd blackmailing; bpeaking of oneof Belcher's 1-tters to him he Bays:- ;;-.-'. . This shows how utterly and- confidingly Mr. Beecher trr.tted me: and yet tv? now states that I had been Mackmailing him foyhrs, and that Tllton had beni aco-conspiiator -with me; and yet i this letter recites that Tiiton nd written a " note to the j assistant pastor of the church that he . had not . . considered hiiiK-elf a- -wean Wer for two years.- Auain the! letter shows that, "as to the other party (Bowen.i, hs church was colloguing together to give him 'an 'avoidance of atrial by some lorm of letter for the slanders of Bowen, lest Beecher should be injured. I saw the church was colloguing, eemtse Beecher says lie had not been consulted, and did not mean 'to meddle. Mark, 1 call attention-attain, to emTffJSiz, to this letter, in order that there may hnb mistake as to what Beecner's" opinion was of the man who, be now says, he fett was blr mailing him at the time, to the phrase?? "For' alhousand encouragements, for servicj that no one can appreciate who has not been a.s-nore hear ted as 1 have been, for your honorable delicacy, What delicate blackmailing! for confidence aud acht-tion 1 owe you so much that I can' nether exjress nor pay it again." Mark his jn-omixed visit to - tne blackmailer in these - words:. ""To tell the truth. I feel a little heart hungry to. see you; not because I am pressed, but becaus I love Jou, and will ever be faithfully yours-"" i think 1 may be pardoned for lingering over this letter, for in it is my vindication from a black charge, to which Henry Ward Beecher Is driven to save himself to make against me. Not only was I serving him at this time, but my wife, who knew all and knows all that I know, was saving him from despondencies and threatened suicide; and this letter gives the thanks he felt for her efforts, although he says: ".Sometimes her dear truthfulness has laid me pretty flat." I have already given one of those exhibitions of her truthfulness when she advised him to confess his sin and ask F0RGIVENESS OF MAX as he expected fhe forgiveness of God. Again, 1 produced a letter of October 3, 1873, five months after the time when he says, in this statement, he believed I was blackmailing him, and felt dissatisfied with himself that lie .permitted ii. It ismaiked "V." Friday, Noon, Oct. 3,1873. My Dear Frank: I have this morning got back, sound and fresh, and want to send my love to you and yours. I should Bee you to-morrow, but 1 shall be out of town till evening, üod bless you, my dear fellow. iJ. W. Beecher. Let all the lawyers search all the annals of blackmailing, oyeihauUcs police report

and produce another Instance wber, five months after it was known to the victim.

o nuuinsnuKi mucaniaiier Willi a "t.od bless on, my d-ar old fellow." It will be observed that these letters wbleh 1 have thus far produced uiion this question were f-uhseqnem to t e Urne he learned that he was black mailed. 1 now produce a letter of previous dale Feb. Pi. PCS enelotng a check of that date, which is marked W:" ... , BEECHER TO MOrLTON. HrxDAY Moem ;,Feb. V, ISTi MVDear Fbank: 1 have tried three times to see yoo tnis week, Init the fates were against us. I wanted to store up a little eourage and hopeluiness before my three weeks' absence, f revisit myoid home and haunts, and shall meet great cordiality. I enclose check, tnhject to your discretion. Should any accident beta 1 me, remember how deeply 1 feel vour odelitv and friendship, your Ion? continued kindness, and your affection. With kindest remembrances to Mrs. M., I remain always yours. II. V. BKFf'lint, Here follows a complete statement .f the con. neetion of Bowen in thl matter, and still further tacts are cited showing; the manner in which iisecher obtained silence on the part of Bo wen and Tiiton in retranl in the eh a riro of Bowen. He then turns to a new and revolting charges FanKtnz bv too more IndfVnltA rhurmi of Bowen, the many adulteries committed by Beecher, lt us take the crime, the exact la mmnra of which, n my former statement. I felt called upon to omit, in the interest of nnblin rinviipv but, in order that the charge of Bowen. which was twice reconciled and i-ondoned hv Itocher. uslng his word both in its legal and literal sense, because. If not true, there can Inno more mit. rageous Übet which is a crime. 1 feel compiled. In the cause of public Justice, to give the very words, as they originally appeared in Tiiton 's private letter to Bowen, of January 1, 1871, and as they are annexed to the covenantor rmnn. dilation: "Yoa (Bowen) related to me the case o a wo. man horn, you said as nearly as I csn recall your words Mr. Beecher took lu hi. mi, by force threw down npon a sota." " t'ould an innocent clergyman have allowed such a charge to be made, or more than once re iterated, however guardedly, by a leading member of his church, and rest content uotil his innocence was fully and clearly established, if in no other wav, in a court of justice? Bowen. I was informed, claimed to hiv ih details of the transaction from the Woman 8 own lips, and it Mas to avoid the investigation of this charge among others that Beecher savs. in nis letters, that "the real point to avoid In an appeal to the church, and then to council," and upon mat ne advised with me. 1 feel it due to myself, however, before proceeding farther in this narration, to make this explanation : In my first statement to the public, prepared for the committer?, I ' endeavored in all matters to state the facts with as much delicacy as the wickedness would allow, the consequence of which was that my very reticence, suppression of the exact language in which Beecher s confessions were conveyed to me, were by my friends made a ground of accusation, tnat 1 had either mistaken the purport of what he f-aid.or that, if 1 were telling the truth, 1 would give his words. Therefore, 1 am now compelled, iu narrating, this most shameful affair, to violate the bonds which 1 set myself in and my former statement, in order (hat no such like accusation may be reiterated against me; and if that is published which ought not to to be published, it is not my fault, but the necessity is madehy Beecher and his friends for my own vindication. .Exactly aow the matter came about is as follows: 1 sho'wsd to Mr. Beecher the letter of Tiiton to Bowen, bearing date of of Jau. i, 1H71, containing charges alloged to have been made by Bowen In the presence of Tllton and Oliver Johnson, and he (leecberi deemed it necessary to tell me the truth conce ning the adultery with the woman to whom he supposed Bowen referred in that interview, although thechrge gave no rames. According to Tiiton "s letter, Bowju charged Beecher with the . . . RAPE QF Ä VntOtS. " Beecher said he was In - 's house ; told mo for what purp se he was there, and mentioned the name of the woman, who, he said, when be was leavlng.gavehim what he termed a "paroxysmal kiss," 1 never head that word before, which causes me to remember it vividly ;and that being tempted by the woman, he had sexual intercourse with her; lie said: "1 knew she was not a virgin," and described to me his means of Knowing mat iact. tne precise language ot tue description of which, 1 trust, his friends will excuse mo from repeating. He said that she immediately retired from the room, went tin stairs, and came down, very . much fluttered; saying: p He said he knew she lied, aud was surprised at her, feeling convinced that she had had other and previous experiences of the same sort. H.iv lng myself knowledge of the facility with which he could obtain from his women retraction of such Charge, and denial of the fact-, as in the case of Mrs. Tiiton, of the confessed adulteries by her on the äuthof December, li days belore, I said to him: "It will be mcessary for you, if you are on friendiv terms with that woman, to get from her a retraction; otherwise you may lind yourself, some day,' at Bowen's mercy. ' He went to get a retraction from her, and, on the lutn or January, isi, brought back the paper 1 here Insert, wnich he so obtained: "Some years ago. while under great grief and excitement, 1 said things injurious to Mr. Beecher to Mr. Boweß. I always speak stronely, and then I was nearly beside myself, and used unmeasured terms, which presented rather tny reiing man my judgment, i afterward became, convinced that in many things 1 was mistaken I became satisfl.id that Mr. Beecher's course to ward me was nv.-ant to be kind and honorable. From that day to tlds, our relations have bten cordial and friendly, . "Jan. 10, ls7l." Then is Elven bv Mr Moulton. who sroeson to discu&s the question of whether Beecher was guilty of this crime, and theu, defending Iiis own anions lu the prvmjses, he continues: . in view of these . TERRIBLE REVELATlÖTtS the (iiiit'tXt tylll ihdeed well be asfcsd, a it has been, "How Could you, Mr. MonltorV, n-taln F.eecher, fcnowlms II these thing, so uodairons. horrible, aud revoltlmr?" To this ones tion, urgently prrngtftg from the facts. J answer that I did not know them all at once, as the public now xnow them, I began in the interr-nt of friend, llmct another man, of brilliant renins and high standin?, older than J, who- .-lrüitI mV lrioartshiu. which 1 promised him. and trho trusted me implicitly; and as dbsclosnre eaVAe after disclosure, as fact piled on fact. I could oiv staesrer alonir under tne load Tm-ne acts of cuilt toad . already been done,- many of Vhem year before; and at the time h prttfnised me most faithfully and with alnvr ttntrour. tears ftowinsr down Ii.h eheelrthnt alt that was past,- and th:M, his future ulirmlri h hrisht and hOlY his past hntl' h n d?nd to be by tfhose who knew him- not. However much I might ceas tn nDM-t ni im-a an-r mrlr in the controversy. yet there Were other beam to- ache; there wem innocent children. 1.1 be destroys: families, more than one or tiiee,tc Ive separated; and a. blight put npon cfcjrhtf i'anity, and ashok to the moral sense of the eoa munKy, suclr a it never before received,- if 1 ti irew down rr l.urden; and therefore I have- 1 lorne 11 as utf ii couu and 1 now onlv sneak in defense 01 my own honor, which I have e nd vored to kep untarnished, 1 so that those who come after may not be overwhelmed in th s maelstrom of vice and wickedness, in which 1 have neAJl bn submerged. 1 1 is also objet ' K1 x? Die t liat when I have been questioned in r HtM to these facta, I have made a , denial them and M.r. Frecher' himself, or bis U wyer. b-v b ad the temerity trr pnbllsh In .h,,l?ttem!niJi letter of mine to hfm, of June . ' ,8rtJÄ .-n? to bis despairing one of the a '"V? J! 5 me Ivow he had lost hone, ami . ntlmating to me in writing, as he had fre,n' tly before in words, that his only refuge Having made an allusion to lia was snlclde. Cher's sol cid e, it may be well for me to state bei cumstances of his confession cone sign. He told me, and repeated t the fnll circrninz hisdeanother, in each of his my presence, mat he had in own studies a poison which he would take. if the story of his crime with should ever eome to the public?.' me of a visit which he had mi Kiizabetn He told de to a photograph irallery, where he leax, oneol the employes had mistaken a poison for a glass of water, and. huvin, ed that glass of t taken careeiy kuu uruDKeu ii, uia wiien dead will time to drop the glass. Beecher said tin what he wanted for himself, and, under 1 making some photographic expeiiment tt was leaof S be procured some of this same poison fron, photographer, which he told me he lntenda use, li the revelation of his crime should made "And then," he said, "It would sinu the i to be My ftC: AVTjjUX MTU lllttb BEECHER DIED OF APOPLEXY. But God, you and Iwill know what caused m death." if those who blame me could have looked into his grief-stricken face, and listened to the tones of his voice, in the great emergencies in which he said there was no refegefor him but in death, they would have felt impelled, as I was, to as generous, as open-hearted a service A practiced; igwaiu jjira, jt

would have taken aharderhearttbaoraine.beln witness of his sorrow, not to t- rget his sins. "i have." he writes, a stronar teeline neon me.

and it brings great peace with it. that 1 am (.pending my last Kuuday and preaching my iri sermon." 1 did, indeed, write to him. "ion can stand, if th whole case wre ftnbiished to-morrow." I did beleve that If he had made, as he wa advised 10 make, a foil and frank confession of the whole truth, as he had done to me, accompanied by such expressions of contrition and repentance as he had .jade to me, his church and the world would have foreiven him. and lie would have stood. How much mere ' len. mast I believe it now, when he can stand iwlore the public, rreachine the gospel f Jesus Christ, with all the facts made known, and i am driven by the blows and aasanits of his people from that which should oe tne nouee or ood. wherein his adulteries and hypocricie8 have been condoned by an adadmlring church. The true grounds for tne eonndence of vounst Ravmonn --1 assistant pastor Hofliday are here grrea. then he proceeds: it has bten Jr.eld able for men who bad had amours with a repayable woman to deny, eveu uudfroatli, those amours, to protect from exposure the fair fame and name which had been confided to their keeping, not by any mesas Intending to set np any auch standard of morality, but which is sustained in Beecher bv a portion of the press, which Rays he ought to stand by the woman. Under how much more temptation was 1 acting when In my charge had been placed, without any gui'.t on my part, the honor of the woman of fair name and high station, the welfare of a church, the upholding of the fame and reputation of the foremost preacher of tbe world, and well being of Christianity itself, and tbe morals of the com munity, all and more involved in my failure to . tux d t beta eis confessed from every mortal eve. The silent volcano on which he savs he was walking, might have been at any time caused 10 I Hirst forth by imprudent answers to scandalloving enrionsly-prylng men and women, or ministers of the gtieiiel who were encaged in endeavoring to find out, and my alienee when meir qoestwms were put to me stating supposed facts wonld have been at once deemed assenL Of course 1 discerned that any statement I should make must be ruinous 10 Mr. Beecher. ' and if 1 made it i must be taken as siding with the falling cause of mv nearlv ruined iriend. Theodore Tiiton. And I appeal to the fair judmentof all men, what motive could I have in making myself his ally and the enemy of Mr. Beecher. except impelled by integrity of pnrpo e and all that makes op the word "dutv," to ' stand by the right as 1 knew the right to be. I nave, However, tne consolation of knowing that I only suffi-r as evervbodv elsesnflTpra who hax dared to say a word for the truth asalnst Beecher. Fach and all in torn have heen as sailed by every form o' obloquy and detraction, as the new phases of the case required for the exculpat.ou of the accused. First it was heard through the press that the letters which Triton put in his sworn statement were forgeries, when It was supposed that the originals wounl not be forthcoming. ' Then I'll ton was insane and a labored' analysis ot all tbe maladies of his family was paraded before the public, to show that he wan insane, but the method in his madness exploded that theory, and then the last refuge was that all that he had done was for the pnrpose of blackmailing Beecher. aud as all that was done was inrougu my hand, of course. 1 must be destrofed or the new theory of a conspiracy of four years duration would come to nought. Everybody who should come forward to say a single word upon the subject unfavorable to the accused, has received the same treatment. Mr. (iirpenler is placarded to the worlds through Beecher's statement, as "a kind of genial, good-natured fool." And Mr. Beecher's sis- " ter, the amiable, intelligent, enthusiastic and -clear-headed Mrs. Hooker, now, happily for her f eace, abroad, who had Income the recipient of he kbowledjie of the luctsof Beecher's a Ut was placarded as lnsaue, 'and when he had advised him to make a clean and full confession in the interest of truth and Justice to KF-SCUB A WOMAS FROM JAIL, ' ; whom Mrs. Hooker believed was incarcerated for having told simply the troth, and threat ened to disclose the truth from the pulpit, if 1

Beecher would not- By Beeclier's authority and i under his advice eouveyed'lhrough me, with his approbation. Til ton went to poor Mrs. Hooker - - and broached the . slander that she, too. . was- , charged with being? guilty of' adultery, from the " same source us bis wife was, and when Mr. Beecher ' -'

was told that he sunk down in tears and save up under such a gross accusation; he chuckled at the success of the device, whatever devices ' were needed to protect Henry Ward Beecher to ' save himself, it was not oue of mine to defile the fair fame ot his sister, and until it was ascer- . tained what part he would ike In he controversy. - Aain, it is paraaea in tne newspapers that Mrs. Beecher produced before the committee all . Mrs. Tllton's letters, having opened them before Beecher haa an opportunity to read them, as Fhe did all of his other letters; and this report gains credence from tbe fact that he wrote to FOizabith after he declares that he had stopped all intimacy, as he had promised to do, tnat she was now permuted to write to him because he - was living alone with his sister ; and, in another letter, takes care to inform her of tbe fact that his wife had sailed for Havana and Florida; And Mrs. Tiiton. too. after ha vine said and un said everything in order to save Beecher; after,' having falsified and stulllfied herself in every possible way for his salvation, aad so become' useless nereaiwr as a witness or rein:orcement. only remains in bis mind under a divided con sciousness that she was A SAINT AND CiriEP OF flNNERS; ; and she Is thrown aside like a worthless weed, ' In this cruel paragraph of the report of the commit tee. It is not lor the ejramlttee to defend the course of Mrs. Tiiton: her conduct, npon ., human responsibility, is indefensible. Ail tnese atiacKS were Deiore me, ami 1 Knew . I siKmld nrt escape, and I have not. although. all the blessings of heaven ws re called down npon me by Bei-eher, in every note be ever ' wrote him, all of which bieathed 11ms fullest confidence, up to the 4th of August nine ...

days before hia statement, wherein he charges . -roe with a contemptible crime, because I re

fused to wve up the papers to mm, wuicn a ,

knew were my only proteeeion against him; (

for I had 1-arned to know tne soinsnneae ana . cruelty of the man who sacrifices all for himself. Andye,In view of our relations lor the. .. past four years, I . can scarcely realize tne latn . tnat ue luiueu . upus mrr even wnen at nw request 1 was arrpinK silent lor HU alte; anu now, wit n 11 uiii i -haw put upon me. it is with difficolry thai I summon sutlicient of tesolution, la anguish of spirit. toenblexne to put forth the auUeuveafethat I an now compelled to do; Sot 1 here aver that I never have made public what waa tne nature of Breener onense, or wnat was me evidence in my pofseiou to prove It, until I did sofn my foriuer statement, prepared lor tb, committee, although statements were made in , the newspapers to tnat effect, which may have , In tlx med the mind of Beecher a-ainst me. 1 had pledged my noD to silence. except I waa attacked, and 1 have, redeemed that pledge, at whatever violence to my feelings andsenseof justice. Nor have 1 ever made public the facts In tisFubscivaent statement ontil they now appear: and yet there has beea a newspaper report publishing what purj'Orts to be a portion of them, but which was gathered from them. mi nit front me. On the contrary. I have taken every and all means that I could to conceal and kee them OUt. Ol signi. rivm veo answer many menwnoasseu mwjurci; w them in sueu a way as w xaisieaa ineiu, wiioat stating 10 tnem any aosoiute laiseuwu, although I have no oouoi some 01 mem, remeinberlD tle lmprewkn they cot from me. tboncht that I have täte to mew wnai. ihm .mco beta contradicted bvroy published statement of what has actually been known to me. and tbe reasons 01 wnicn n uereiuwre ex plained. THE i.-lJOM-' vi 1 nrnrat necessary facts to form a correct tudirnentof Henry Ward Beecher and my own, J v. rt Ä, no a nur liofnri. th. Till til 1c - and 1 submit tOi ine canuor an juugeiueni. 01 ail good men and women whether, nnder all h miwiirlM In which I have been placed. 1 have not endeavored to do that which seemed. to me to be ngm ana proper, faithfully and loyally to tnose wuose lutsiests 1 had in charee, " and etpeHally to Beecher himself; pleading guilty

to everyming, 01 want 01 juugmem, uu unwisdom, ot trviug to master the almsst uusurmountable dllricülties which surrounded me, which can rightly lie imputed to me. If the true interests of the Christian church are promoted under the light of existing and known facts by sustalniuK Beecher as the foremost man in it. it is a matter of concern to Christian people in which my judgment will be consulted; but let them remember, as they do so, the teaching of tte Master from the mount: "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou ehalt not commit adultery, bat I say ujato you, whosoever look eth on a woman to lust after her, haUi committed adultery with her already in. the heart; and if thy right eye offend thee,duck it out, and cast it from thee, for it is prof--able for thee that one of thy members should rish, and not that thy whole body shaU ba

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