Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-01

@ Mr.. Tilton's Second Statement.
The second statement of Theodore
Tilton was published in the New York
Graphic, and in Chicago Tribune, extra,
on the 18th. The following is brief
summary of this very lengthy document,
which extends over twenty light columns
in the Tribune.
Mr.. Titon commences by answering the two
statements of Mrs Tilton that he had been for ten
FEARS jealous of Mr.. Beecher's reputation, and
was determined to ruin him, and that he had
been maltreating her for the same period OF time
This s.. he e., attempts to do by producing
down to July 3, 1870, the date at
which he says he first became aware OF
correspondence corr, CIV with Mrs. Triton down to the
same period of time He supplements this with
the emphatic statement that never until that
date, July 3, 1870, did he entertain an unkind
thought, or utter an unkind word to either Mr..
Beecher or his wife.
He then gives ccinct narrative OF the time.
place, and manner of Mrs. Tilton's confession of
her alleged corruption by Mr.. Beecher, and fixes
the date of its contamination, Oct 10. 1868,
by an entry in Mrs. Tilton's diary " Day Mem
orsble," which words she said she had used to
mark II ii her own recollection.
Then follows letter from Susan Il. Anthony
to Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker. full of indgna-
ton against Mr.. Beecher. both for his crime and
for his want of veracity concerning 1t. The sup
posed significance of this letter Is that Mrs III
ton had confessed the crime to Miss Anthony,
and that Miss Anthony and Mrs Hooker were IN
correspondence concerning 1t as u thing about
which there could be no dispute
He next seeks to defend Mrs Tilton against the
charge made against her by Mr.. Beecher that she
made the first advances. For this charge says
Mr. Tlton, = brand him as a cow... OF uncom-
mon baseness." Elsewhere Mr.. Tilton sarcastic
caly descants on the groveling character OF one
who will accept the last extreme favor OF Il woman
and theIaappont committee of six to publicly
investigate her conduct.
A series OF letters OF Mrs. Morse (Mrs. Tilton's
s loas'' to at the reatio existing between Mr.
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton Mr.. Tilton accuses
Mrs. Morse of at one time Selling her own hus-
band by the cravat and choking him Till be was
black in the face, after which he (Mr. Morse)
summoned the family together and legally and
formally separated from her-the separation con-
tnuing TO this day.
A letter not previously published is given from
Mrs. Titon to her mother Enclosing one to Mr..
Tiltun), written at Marietta, o., few months
after her alleged confession. 1t contains re-
peated illusions TO some of1ense committed by
her, and speaks Of n confession she had made
to her mother, known to her daughter Florence,
which likely to be death-blow TO the latter.
After giving a statement of Henry G.. Bowers
accusations against Beecher substantially given
by Mouton. Mr.. Tilton gives an account of his
interview with Beccher at Moulton's house, whore
Mrs. Tilton's confession was disclosed to him,
and attempts to show by n comparison of dates
that at that time he had not lost his posi-
ton on the independent and the Brooklyn ORION
and was not in an impoverished condition, bat
was in the receipt of an inceme of $4,000 per
year Consequently, he asserts that Mr.. Beech
er's statement that he CTilton) was exasperated
with him for having caused him to lose his situa-
ton and salary is an atterthought and a false
hood.
Mr.. Tilton next labors to show that Mr.. Beech
er's allegation that his despair of mind, so poign-
antly expressed in his letters to Moulton, was
caused by his having advised Mrs. Tilton to sep
arate from her husband, is likewise an after
thought and falsehood. because he never did
so advise her, but, on the contrary, when Mrs.
Morse was trying to bring about such separa-
ton advisedt the contrary. He points out that Mr..
Beechers second and long statement before the
Brooklyn Committee admits that he never
Statement state makes that the sole ground of his dif
hculty with the Tlton family The second
statement of Mr.. Beecher reduces this supposed
otfense to few words written on scrap of paper
to Mrs. Beecher. Moreover, says Mr. Titon,
supposing that he wrote those words to his own
wife, he knew that they had done no harm; no
separation took place, and there was nothing to
be sorry tor.
An extract from the records ofPlymouth Church,
the original of which Mr.. Tilton says he has in
his possession, is introduced to convict the
Plymouth Church Committee of prevarication.
The committee alleged that Tilton's sole and
only charge against Mr.. Beechcr down to Il
late period was for improper advances to his
wife, from which they argued that his latest
charge was new thing trumped up for
the occasion, whereas the church record shows
that he cited on the nth of October, 1873, to
appear and answer to a charge of sander-the
Islander being statement by him that Mr.. Beech
er had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. I'lton.
The dates of the utterance of the alleged Islander
are given, and the names of the witnesses to
whom the same was uttered.
Mr. Tilton's association with Mrs. Wood
hull is stated to have begun with the concurrence
aud advice of Mr.. Beecher, for the sole purpose
OF suppressing the dreadful secret and protect
ing MIS-. Titon's reputation. Mr.. Tilton at1irms
that 1t had no other object than this, and that,
right or wrong, Mr. Beecher shared in it person
ally, and that II involved no criminal intimacy
The charge of blackmail is consi dered and en-
phatically denied Mr. Beechers letters are then
taken up and subjected to IN ANALYSIS to show
that his agonized expressions are ali consistent
with one thing-the crime of adultery-and are
| not consistent with any other fact or pretended
fact in the case.
Mr. Tilton concludes with reflection upon
the remorse which must forever assail Mr.
Beecher in view of the desolation he Is charged
with having wrought. / have, in times past
he says, "seen him suffer from his own self
inflicted tortures in contemplation of
the very crime for which he has now
been exposed to the scorn and pity of
the world. know well enough how his
own thoughts have bowed him in agony to the
dust; and this is enough. wherefore, in contem
plating my empty house, my scattered children
and my broken home, | thank Heaven that | am
spared the pang of this mans remorse for having
wrought ruin which not even Almighty God
can repair!"