The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-28
THE ACT OF MAVERICK.

TILTON'S STATEMENT PUBLISHED WITHOUT
HIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EXPLANA-
TIoN-BEECHER's LOVE LETTERs-A NICE
PICKLE FOR THE METROPOLITAN LADIES
MRS. BEECHER's FAITH.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Theodore Tilton
says of the publication of his statement: 81
would not have had it published for one
hundred thousand dollars. Augustus Nav
erick, friend of mine, helped me to copy
the original, and made a second copy of it
while / was before the committee. He print
ed it out of friendship for me. When
heard of il went to my room in the Astor
House and threw myself on my bed in des-
pair" Maverick is editor OF Brooklyn
paper in which the statement first appeared,
and received yesterday the following note:
"WEDNESDAY, July %.
"MY DEAR MAVERICK From no other
person save either yourself, As my copyist,
or from the committees Shorthand writer,
or from some member OF the committee,
could my sworn statement have got into
print. Nv heart is bowed and bleeding at
seeing these facts spread before the world.
Tell me how could you have taken such a
fearful, dreadful, horrible responsibility,
without consulting me in advance? There
now remains no possibility of peace or
silence-nothing but everlasting woe. EX-
plain yourself You must do it both to me
and to the public. Yours in grief,
THEODORE Triton"
Maverick publishes this note, and adds, in
the course of short explanation addressed
to Tilton and the public: "As one of MS
(Tilton'sl staunch friends, loving and know
ing him to be long abused man. and that
he still shrunk from hurting others in order
to shield himself, resolved that this defense
should be published, and published it. l
did so
WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE
or consent, and did right, and stand by the
act as an act OF justice to a man who has
been wronged, and community that has a
right to know all the facts" A gentleman
whose official business has led him to receive
and open much of Beecher's correspondence,
said last evening: In Beecher's love letters
YOU would be surprised to know how
foolishly some women write to him.
Every onea in a while a woman gets
little crazy and writes TO Beecher
to tell him how much she adores him.
The letters used to go to the Independ-
ent Office, and TiIton, under orders from
Beecher, opened them. He made copies OF
and to-day has manuscripts, and names and
copies of letters, all connected with respecta-
BILE ladies. who have toolishly written TO
Beecher all their love for him. He receives
love letters by the ream and cord; and the
Joke of it is that, as his wife takes care of all
the letters that come to him, she reads his
love letters before he sees them. Mrs. Til
toms letters to Beecher were very affection
ate and enthusiastic, and expressed deep
pervading love for him. Mrs. Beecher read
them ali before he saw them. They are
all in her possession now. When the scam
del was first noised about, Mrs. Beecher
looked up the letters, and. at Mrs. Tilton's
request, has preserved them for her. You
can't convince Mrs. Beecher that her husband
is guilty of anything that Tilton charges.
She says that if all the women in creation
were to swear that Beecher had been unfaith-
full she would not believe them.