National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-10

Guilty or Not Guilfy-The Grent Scandal
Theodore Tiltou,s story.

Guilty or Not Guilfy-The Grent Scandal
Theodore Tiltou's story.
New York, May Awhile the church
bells were ringing this morning in New York
and Brooklyn, the newsboys were yelling In
the City of Churches; " sunday Reuicio"-
full account Of the great Beccher scandal.
bought copy of the paper and found that
como light at last was breaking In upon this
Plymouth church putridlty. Tho RevieU
contained tho thunderbolt boiled down which
Mr.. L. II. O. Clark has fired at Brooklyn
from the walls Of Troy. This remarkable
document has been extensively canyassed and
anxiously looked for. 1t begins with the fol-
lowing remarkable headings
1.-THE Republic Threatened" The Beech
er-Tilton Scandal and the Beecher- Bowen
Comstock Consplracy,"-,"The Seal Broken
Tilton's True Story" The Account Horrl-
bic at Best'-"No Obscenity, but Gods
Truth" The Sexual Ethlcs Of Plymouth
Church"--"A New Reyelation"-"T Brook
Ign Saints Torture St. Paul into a Free
Loyor'-"The Thundorbolt Skaters q Bad
Crowd and Plows Up the Whole Ground"
Then the true story Is given, which Is In
effect this; Tilton asserts THAT in the fall Of
1870, Mrs. Tilton being Just back froia a
watering place, Mr.. Beecher visited her, ard
In q moment OF feryid pastoral duty, no
sought her to accord to him all those peculiar
fayors which her sex admits Of. Mrs. Tilton
declined tho honor with the mature sadness
OF common sense. Then she told her husband.
He asked her to make memorandum. This
Is 1t:
Yesterday afternoon my friend and pastor,
Henry Ward Beecher solicited me TO become
his wife in oil the relations which that term
implles' - ,.E.-,.,
Independsni, and Of the Brooklyn Uaion,
making all Of $4,000 q year. Six weeks
after the occurrence Tilton tells Brown Of
the honor Mr.. Beecher intended 10 confer
upon his CTiiton's) wife. Theodore also says
that for a year previous Bowen had been &c
cusing Beecher Of adulteries and rapes.
Bowen urged Tllton to go for Beecher, and
finally Tilton wrote this note, which Bowen
delivered:
HENRY W. BEECurR-Sir. For reasons
which you will understand, and which l need
not therefore recito, advise and demand
that you quit Plymouth pulpit forever, and
leave Brooklyn as q residence: rz,,.
Then Mr.. Frank Moulton comes on the
scene, He Is also prominent member Of the
church. Tilton told him about the note to
Beecher. "Dld Bowen sign with your" said
Moulton. 'No." Then you are ruined
man" Moulton was right. When Bowen
L nhuueu DttGuGI INC hulus
Bcecher, q letter from Tilton. Tllton Is your
implacable enemy; but will be your friend. "
Shortly after Bowen discharged Tilton. Some
eight months after, Beecher
| TEARING THE GATHERING STORM,
called on Mrs. Tilton. She was sick In bed,
but her pastor sought her side and demanded
a retraction, which she wrote, saying that
Mr.. Beecher In his intercourse with her had
conducted himself as gentleman aud a Chris
tiau. This Is the sweet conclsiyeness Of Mrs.
Tilton which Woodruff speaks OF. When
Tilton heard Of this, he besought Moulton Ia
visit Beecher, and demand the paper con-
tanning the retraction. Tho meeting was a
stormy one, but Moulton was implacable.
Beecher asked him what ho would do with II
II he had II. 81 will keep this memorandum
and tho first one together" said Mr.. Moulton,
'and thus prevent you and Tllton from harm
Ing each other"
"But can / couade In youl" implorcd
Beecher. "Will you protect the paper'"
~ will, quoth Mo0lton.
"How?" Queried Bcecher.
"With this, II necessary" said MOulton,
| and he brandishcd a revolver. Then Beecher
gave up the document, and Moulton has kept
u since. All this dramatic scene Is In Tilton's
true story. Now we have
| Woodruff ON THE SCENE,
Tilton finally making her acquaintance. Que
day she showed him a copy OF the World con
taining a letter Of his, In which she had writ
ten this passage. II know a clergyman OF
emincnce In Brooklyn who lives In concubl
mage with the wife OF another clergyman Of
equal eminence."
'"Doctor, you know whom ! mean2" salt
YlckY. -
i mo"
~ mean you and Boechcr."
Then Tilton sought to get on the right sid,
of Woodruff, and began that celebrated In
!imeey with her; which resulted In his writ
ing her life, and an account OF the nightly
frances she and old Demosthenes enjoyed 10
gether; but he found Vlcky
COULD NOT BE BOUGHT
In that way. Her fret shot came In the earll