Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-19

daughter responsible" Mrs Morse instaptlv
sud IN rage interpreted the - q c0autsr-rss,!sL
sstion agNinsf Mrs. Tiitou, and tarpins t,,..-'t.
ner, cried nercely. "EhEabeth have yOu bsen
doing wrong There wac something In the
sad epness % the question which STRUCK Ft1s-
be'h mute and cUmb; whereupOn Ms Nor.
ieIl uTon her Win auother question: lis n Mr
BecChelH' Nrs. 1ilton suddenly left the roorn
Mrs. MOis' following her repeating her gue.-
ton until Elizabeth bOwed her head In sssent
Mrs. Morse then wrung her hands and ex-
c an cd, COB, NY God nv God"
During the several days Immediately ensutss.
Mrs Morse. who had been made fl by the al :
closure, held few conversations with me, in
Sh. she begged me 70 be gentle with h
mitted any sin IN her lite.
SO violent was Mrs. Morse's feeling asaiust
Mr.. Beecher at this period that she threatened
70 cut % pieces the Oh. portrait Of him which
Page hsd painted for me; In cOnseo uenca al
which threat rt moved this work of Art 10 Mr.
Moul' on e house. where n remains 70 this daV
Then, Tor y short time, Mrs Morse sfo.sS,,,.
love and respect. With her hands on mv head
she gave me her blessing, and said that Al
hsd done me. I would receive she mo ssrss ~.
fection 80 long ~ lived. Sbe said she va
heart broken, and could henoeforth iook oniv
10 my leniency towards Elizabeth for anv Ia
ture comfort for any OF them in this worla
his disposition towards me In nv mother-fr-
law wss OF short duration. She soon became
seized with the conviction that 4 would foilou
the common cnstom OF men in similar situa-
tons and would sue for q divorce, % the ruin Of
her daughters name.
Finding that took no such measure. vet ~
pecting me % take it ~ any moment, she re-
solved upon = pian % thWart me In IL Wtth
great cunning, and with gin for diplomacy
amounting To genius, she concetyed ths idea OF
defeating ms imaginary lawsuit for q divorce
by inyenting false tales against me and hiring
and bribing the young maid, Bessie, 20 prOps-
gate them. These are the tales which Bessie
,sietre9 REQ 20 Tour years ago, when, In letter 70
Your mO'her, MI. MORSE, has repeatedly a.
ents 10 50 certain persons and tell them si,rSSs
nlnt1ons 70 ne character Of Jour husband.
The object for which these tales were told a
thus described by Mrs. Tilton in a letter 10 a
lsdy friend, dated January i3, iS.G
M husbsnd has suffered much with ne o. a --Hsl
as r4s.y troTfksy ~ a bsiis, eaSss. - s,o,s, 80 .h
The stories which Mrs Morse propaganda IN
the carrying ont OF this conspiracy, are men
toned by Mrs. Tilton in letter TO Mr.. Moulton,
as follows
The storJ ths, wanted separation ws. d.lts.
sac roE!d fak, rts r,sponstbify a. ThtS aHd ofAsT
The above extracts from familiar documepts
illustrate the mschinstions of Mrs. Morse vet
too family portray the incessant ingenuity OF a
woman who has been for years the cause Of un-
happiness 90 her husband, 60 her son, 20 her
daughter, TO all her family and relations, and
especially 70 me-"
A number of letter from Mrs. Morse m Tu,oD
are quoted, in which she calls him all the hard
names in the vocabulary OF epithet Tha fol-
lowing are extracts:
ELEGANT BNTRACrs FROM MRS. MORSE TO IN
=" You internal villain This night Won -houIa
Sss ~ ~: !s ere hs n.. sour SresohsrOos tongue
:" Your sifmy, polluted, bravny hand curses
HeeI, This is not original. Ii IL well understooi
~hy pave been TUNED out Of yogr rottea house"
most dl lIaHt n amer vita B !, Mr.. Beeohsr.J The
sos ssSr Ss1e ~ss wne4 Ssepe Mss Aerses
thousht b. Vas implicated said.'All can say
a. VII 'S en- tSe os to NJ M q a. a. iiSg ted me-As bolrsd
HtgAt' when you, with your nst ia her facs, com
that act, with sii it sickening details, viii haunt
bestisl want-:oo religious b. nature ana gr.o for
such as YOU, and this " ant hs answered TIL this
hss been IN the fact that he isas comfort snd ~
sympsthize with her "
my 1adfgrfd rht tUer 1td rftrA tras MOI fS8g Iks
aHa fhts trGs 5rOEgft GJN ~ fhs lore dHa syspafk
reT ca,Hs 90 eyp1Ss han hsrsf t8 oHs sc kHsr So
,rsLl ooEld NO b. uHs'sd, s,cA'fy tctH b loag
Mr.. Tiiton quotes a letter OF his own 20 Judge
Morse, dated Dec. q, lSl2, complaining OF Mrs
Morse, OF which one paragraph is a. follows:
Will ssy stil further that she does not hesitate
20 crimiuste her dsnshter IN the most giaring way;
% sS5 thst Inc ne oe pleasure she now Sakes 10 toe
says Elizsbeth bad the solsce Of a paramosr. that
that she Is determined % have what she terms fbS
family secret known and proven 90 the world.
Ttlton goes on TO expose Mrs. MOrse's endeav-
ors 20 instigate a divorce between himself and
Mrs. luton by circulating the most atrociOus
stories regarding his evil practices, and says:
/" Elizabeth, although she was needful % Mrs
Morse's design Of divorce, could not be con-
vertedto IL Nevertheless, under the powerful
influence OF her mothers slanders concerning
me, my vile became alarmed at the prospect
of my using her ruin a prelude TO nv oua
She seemed TO reflect her mothers idea that
was taking asudden plunge 70 perditiOn, drink
ing 10 drown my sOrrOws, filling nv hard-work-
ing daily life with more sins than 1 had time
20 commit, hoping for my wife's speedy death,
and threatening 20 publish her infsmy 70 the
world as soon as she should be under the sod ,
Accordingly Mrs. Tilton wrote me an earnest
letter, fun OF illusions 20 her own previously
confessed crininality with Mr.. Beecher, beg-
ginP me TO he mereitnl TO her in her brokenness
OF spirit, ana remoDstrating with me for the
bad state OF mind into which Mrs. Morse had
described me 10 have fallen.
This letter received st the Office Of the
Brooklyn JRioR In November, le10. well re-
member reading it twice over, and then de-
stTov'ng II on the spot. 1 have since come into
possession OF copy OF II which Mrs. Tilton
made az the time, incorporating IL in letter ~
her mother. This rs the double-letter 70 which
have previously alluded. IL was written from
Marietta, Ohio, TO ehide me for the supposed
recklessness into which she had been Informed
by her mother that had lspsed ever since the
time of Mrs. TiltOn's confession OF adultery.
The letter Ne as follows:
MRS. TILTON TO MRS. MORSE.
o.
feel my duty now and love 20 Eou nv lss dear
mother, impels me 90 send you copy which this
morning have written 60 Theodore, which insist
that you destroy, and not IN conversation with
him This-becsuse Of my trust In yOp-yON iriH 40,
Tn Stre.
FRIDAt MoRSfSs
Oh, Theodore, Theodore what shall ssV 10 VoUp
MY tongue and pen are dumb aud pOWsrIsss, but 4
must force my scbug heart 90 protest sinst yOur
cruelty, l do DOT willingly Glide. 4 suffer most
when discoyeT TO you my feelings
Do you not know that you fulfilling your
fhres;-thst 81 shall no longer be considered the
saiutrn
Ny life lie before ysu. have sspired 70 nothing
save 20 do, through manifold inhrmities, SnV bgSg
that lot for human praise, but for ths grateful
love feel towards Jesus Christ, my God.
Do yon not know, also, that when in any circle
you blscken mr. b Bs name-and soon after couple
WlI with h-you blAcken mine as wellt
When, by your threa,s, my pOther cried out 10
agOsy TO me, W hy. what have VOr done Elizabeth,
my ohicf" ber worst susp pci Jns aroused, and
laid bare my heart then-that from nv lipe and not
yours she might receive the dagger fnUo her heart
Did not ny dear child FloTeBcel learn enough by
insinuations, that her sweet pure soul AgOnzed 10
secret till she broke out with the dreadful qHSfOa
/ know not but II hath been her death blow
When You say 20 my beloved brother-"Mr b.
breaches 70 fory q his m-s every suDdAy - then
follow with the remark that after va death You have
dreadful sectet 60 reveal. need he be told any
the sword pass into hts SOUL
After this M champf1n. -