The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-22

III SeJ "eo WihISni MI. beecner C0mmunt-
GATED 10 Mr.. Tilton, through Mr.. Moul-
y Ion, an earnest wish that 10 Mr. Tilton,
J would take his family 10 Europe and ne.
slde there Tor term OF years OF Mr.,
2 Beecher's expense, Similar offers have
since been repeated by Mr.. Beecher 10
Mr.. 'Tilton, through the same channel. A
message OF ksndred tenor was, brought
7 from Mr.. Beecher to Mr.. Tilton last sum.
mer BY +. b. Carpenter as appear from
the following affidavit: --5F
! HOMER, N Y, July IS, ~.
II on Sunday, June /, '7S, two days aitef
the surreptitious publication Of the tripar.
tile covenant between II. w. Beecher, Il.
Q. Bowen and Theodore Tllton, walked
with Mr. Beecher from Plymouth Church
TO tho residence ol +. D. Moulton, in Rem.
sen street On the way TO Mr.. Moulton's
house Mr.. Beecher said 10 me II Mr.. TIL
ton would stand by him, hewould share
his lame, his fortune, and everything he
possessed with him (rilton 90
(Sigred) FRANCIS B, CARPENTER.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me this
18th day Of July, 1874. i, w..
| (signedl WM. 7. HIcoK,
Notary Public.
MIR. Carpenter, who communicated to
Tilton the above affidavit, says In letter
accompanying II: u have no hesitation
in giving you the statement, as UNDER
slocd at the time II was for me to repeat
In substance 10 you, and did 90 repeat
ii. It was at this interview that Beecher
spoke to me OF his apology to you"
The charge that Tilton ever attempted
70 levy blackmail upon Beecher Is false.
on'the contrary, Tiltcn has always re.
sented every attempt by Beecher 70 put
him under pecuniary obligation.
4 Twentieth-Not long after the scandal
became public Mrs. Tilton wrote on
slip Of paper and lett II on her husbands
writing desk, the following words "NoW
that exposure has come my whole nature
revolts to join with you.D 5ii
Through the influence Of Mr.. Beecher's
friends the opinion has long been dill
gently propagated that the scandal was
due to Mr.. Tilton, and that the alleged
facts were malicious inventions by him TO
revenge himself Tor supposed imaginary
wrongs done him by Mr.. Beecher. Many
words were spoken from time 10 time by
Mrs. Tilton 10 the praise and In eulogy OF
Mr.. Beecher, which being extensively
quoted through his congregation, height
ened tho impression that Mr.. Tilton was
Mr.. Beecher's slanderer. Mrs. Tilton be-
ing herself authority for the Etatement.
In this way Mrs. Tilton and one Of
her relatives have been the chief causes
ot the great difficulty in suppresslnR the
scandal. They have had habit OF say
ing Mr.. T. believes such and such things,'
and their naming these things by way Of
denial has been a mischievoIs way Of cir
culating them broadcast. In this way
Tilton has been made 10 appear as q de-
famer, whereas he has made every effort
In his power 10 suppress the injurious
tales which he has been charged with
propogating, On all occasions he has
systematically referred 10 his wife In
terms favorable to her character. Further,
Tilton wouldn't have communicated to
the committee the facts contained In this
statement except for tho perverse course
Of Rev. II. w. Beecher and Mrs. E. r.
Tlton TO degrade and destroy him in pub
lie estimation. U. I-.-. J.. -
Twenty.frst-Thst one evening about
two weeks after the publication Of TIL
toms letter to DR.. Bacon, Mrs. Tilton, on
coming home at late hour, informed her
husband that che had been visited at
friends house by committee Of investi-
CATION and had given sweeping evidence
scquitting Beecher Of every charge. This
was the first intimation which TllLon re-
Ceived that any such committee was then
in existence. Furthermore, Mrs. Tilton
stated that she had done this by the ad-
vice Of lawyer whom Beecher had sent
10 her, and who, In advance OF her ap-
pearance before the committee, arranged
with her the questions and answers which
were to constitute her testimony in
Beecher's behalf. On tho next day alter
giving that untrue testimony before the
committee she spent many hours Of ex-
treme suffering from the pangs Of con-
science al having testified falsely. She
expressed 10 her husband the hope thst
God would forgive her for perjury, but
that the motive was to save Beecher and
her husband, and also to remove
all reproach from the cause OF
religion. She also expressed similar con.
triton 10 one of her intimate friends.
Twenty.second-Finally, that In add.
tion 10 the foregoing facts and evidences
other confirmation could be adduced II
needed 10 prove the following recapitu.
lated statement, namely: The Rev. Il.
W. Beecher, as the pastor and friend Of
Mr.. Tilton and his family, trespassed on
the ssnctily of friendship and hospitality
in long endeaVor 70 seduce Mrs. z. K.
Tilton; that by artful use Of his prieatly
authority with her, she being his pupil In
religion, ho accomplished this seduction;
that for year and half or thereabout
he maintained q criminal intercourse
with her, overcoming her previous mod
eat scruples against such conduct by in
vesIing II with false justification as sane.
toned by love and religion. That he then
participated In conspiracy 10 degrade
Mr.. Tilton before the public by the losa
OF his place OF business and repute. That
he abused Mr.. Tilton's forgiveness and
pledge Of protection by thereafter au-
thorizing series Of measures by Plym-
outh Church, having for their obiecSthe
putting oil stigma upon Mr.. Tiltion be-
lore the church and also before an 90.
clesiastical council In go much that the
moderator OF that Council interpreting
these acts by Beecher and his church,
declared publicly that they showed
Beecher to be the most magnanimous OF
men, and Tilton 10 be knave and dog;
that when Tilton thereafter, not in NAL
Ice, but for seli.protection, wrote letter
TO DR.. Bacon, alluding therein 10 an Of
fence and apology by Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, he (Beecher) defantly appointed
. committee Of his church members to
inquire into the injury done him by
the Aforesaid illusions, and implying that
he (Beecher) had never been the author
Of such offence and apology, and that
Tilton was slanderer; that 10 make this
inquiry bear grievously sgainst TIL
ltnr Mr. Raacher nrevinnaIu In