The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-30


i Moulton an earness wish that he, fTiltor
1 would take his family to- Europe and
|resldethere1 fora terra of years at Mr.
Becher's expense. Similar offers have
since repeated by Mr.. Beecher to- Tilton
through the same channel. Agmessage OF
kindred tenor was brought from, Mr.
Beecher to Tilton last summer, by f. B
Carpenter, as will appear by the following
]afidayit. Iada 20 usltI4E96 1salal {
r. HOMER, N Y, July 10 1s74-Or
Sunday, June 10, 1873, after the surrepti-
tions publication of the "tripartite
covenant" between Mr. Reecher, HI. G.
Bowen and Theodore Triton, / walked
with Mr. Beecher from Plymouth Church
tothc residences of F. d, Moulton. On
the way to Mr.. Moulton's house, Mr.
Beecher said thatif Mr.. Tilton would
stand by him he would share his fame,
his fortune and everything he possessed
with him, Tilton. F. B. CARPENTER.
| Sworn to and subs ribbed before me
this 10Th day of July, 1874. ad .1ir
oVla9 uo3 rf5di ". 7. HIcKocK,
U oVGt of3 a0a Notary Public.
Mr.. Carpenter. in communicating to
Tilton the above affidavit, SAYS in the
letter accompanying it:a GDI4lal 10
4 have no hesitation in giving you the
statement as understood 1t at the time.
1t was for mt to repeat in substance to
you, and / did so repeat it. 1t was at
this interyiewMr Beecher spoke to me OF
his apology toyou! % 9o1oi 9vl4 Do
The charge that Tilton even attempted
to levy blackmail on Mr.. Beecher Is false.
On the contrary, Tilton has always resent
ed every attempt by Mr.. Beecher to put
him under pecuniary obligation. I'f5
7 30. Not long after the scandal became
public Mrs. Tilton wrote on slip Of pa
per and left it on her husbands writing,
deskthe following words:
Now that exposure has come, my whole nature
revolts to join with you, OF stand with you.
Through the influence of Mr.. Beecher's friends
the opinion has long been diligently probated tat
the scandal was due TO Titon and that the alleged
facts were malicious inventions for him to revenge
himself far suppos ed wrongs done him by Mr..
Beechers. Many words were spoken, from time to
time, By Mrs. Tilton to the praise and eulogy of
Mr.. Beecher, which, being extensively quoted
through his congregation, heightened the impress
ion that Tilton was Mr.. Beecher's slanderer, Mrs.
Tilton being herself authority for the statement.
In this way Mrs Tilton and one of her relatives
have been the chief cause of the great difficulty
of suppressing the scandal. They have had a
habit Of saying Mr., Tilton believes such and such
thinge, and their naming of these things by way
of denial has been mischievous way of circula,
ing them broadcast. In.this way Titon has been
made to appear He has made every effort in ais
Po~vE "r~uFp.~sS tA.- s-;u-iens 4alas which ho
has been chaaged with propagting. On all occas.
ions he has Systematically referred to his wife in
ia 'orable terms. ''+
Further Tilton would not have communicated
to tho committee the faces contained in
this statement, except for the perverse
course Of Rev. FL. W. Beecher and Mrs.
Elizabeth Tilton, to degrade and destroy
him in public estimation.
81 That one evening about two weeks
after the publication OF Tilton's letter
to DR.. Bacon, Mrs. (T'iltoD, on leaving him
at late hour, informed her husband that
she had been visited alta friends house
by committee of investigation, and had,
given sweeping evidence acquittlng Mr..
Beecher of every charge. This was the
first intimation which Tilton had received
that any such committee was then in
existence. Furthermore, Mrs. Tilt"n
stated that she had done this By advise of
a lawyer whom Mr. Beeche had sent to
her, and who, in advance of her appear.
ing before the committee, arranged with
her the questions and answers which were,I
to constitute her testimony before the
committee. She, spent many hours of
extreme suffering from the pangs of con-
science at having testified falsely. She
expressed to her husband the hope tina.
God would forgive her the peijary, but
that her motive was to save Mr.. Beecher
and her husband, aud also TO remove all
reproach from the cause of religion. She
also expressed similar contrition to one
of her intimate friends. ,ot mid r835e ral
20. Finally, that in addition to the
foregoing facts and evidences other con-
firmations could be adduced, if needed,
to prove the following recapitulate ! state