Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

THE RRRCHRR sCANDAL-MOuI-
ION not yet heard from.
From de New .York Times.

aIly believed that no satisfactory
solution of the question under con-
aderation can be reached. As al
ready stated IN the Tries, this view
Of Mr.. Moulton's actionin the mat
ter has been entertained for some
time past by those who are well in
formed respecting his feelings on the
Up to the 4th, however, it
was hoped that he would comply
with the request of the committees.
At a late hour last night he had not
returned, nor had any, reply been
received from him by the chairman
of the committee, and tits now un--
derstoodl that the inquiry will be
closed without further delay in
waiting for further evidence Mr..
Moulton's motives for refusing to.
come forward in this case has been
eagerly discussed. Mr.. Beecher's.
friends say that if he speaks he must
vindicate the Pastor of Plymouth
Church, and establish his innocence,
while others assert positively that he
holds documents that will confirm
the charges contained in Mr.. Tilton's
statement. There are Others who
say that the nature of Moulton's
knowledge of the case and its sur
roundings is such as to make him
anxious for histown sake to abstain
from publishing the facts. Since
the opening of the investigation he
has maintained the closest silence
upon the subject, and no clew what
ever has been obtained as to the ma
tpre of the evidence in his possession,
excepting, what may be surmised
from the carefuHy-worded statement
presented by. him at an early stage
of the proceedings. 1t viii be re-
membered that shortly after the In
vestigating Committee commenced
the inquiry, Mr.. Moulton appeared
before the members and presented a
written statement, which he said he
had submitted to Mr.. Beecher and
Mr.. Tilton, and which was approved
by both. He appeared before the
committee in the character of a
peacemaker, in which capacity he
had acted for several years as the
mutual friend to both parties. In
the communication submitted by him
he said he did not think the simple
curiosity of the public, or even of the
committee, should be- gratifed by
any recital by him of sthe facts
which were in his possession, neces-
sarily eonfded to him as the media
tor between both parties. The per-
sonal differences, he stated, had
once been settled bonorably between
them, and would never have been re-
yived except on account of the re-
cent attacks, both in and out of
Plymouth Church, made upon the
character Of Theodore Tilton. If
the present issue is to be settled, he
con 5inued, it must be accomplished
by the parties themselves before the
committee, { As he was fully conver-
SAINT with the facts he would, if ne
cessary, state the. truth in order to
bring about a final settlement, SO
that the public should be well in
formed before pronouncing its judg-
ment in reference to the case. He
that Mr.. Tilton and Mr..
Beecher should be heard first and
that if the committee should then
deem it necessary. be, would come
before them ''to speak the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth" He then went on to state that
be held the opinion that Mr.. Beecher
should frankly state that he had
committed an offense against Mr..
Elton for which it was necessary to
apologize and for which he did
apologize il the language of the let
5er from which quotations had been
published; also, that Mr.. Beecher
should state frankly that he deemed
! necessary for Tilton to have made
the defense against DR.. Leonard Ba-
3on which he had made, and that |
be should have refused to eounte-
nance the reopening of the subject.
# Mr.. Beecher had made this state |
nent, continues Mr.. Moulton, he |
would have stated no more than the
ruth, and it would have saved him |
md the committee the responsibility |
IF a further inquiry. In conclusion
Nr. Moulton suggested that the COM
nittee should not report, but that in
Itead of the report Mr.. Beecher !
ibould make the statement he sug-
tested. The committee, however,
lid not seem desirous to act upon |
ne suggestion of Mr.. Moulton, but
to hear the evidence in
ull on both sides and then give their
ecision.
Mrs. Tilton's statement before the
'lymouth Church Investigating |
committee was published in Tues
ays papers. Very much of it re-
ties to the domestic affairs of the
iltons, and is therefore very irrele-
ant to the main issue. The public
ares not at all what was Mrs. Tilton's
pinon of his mother-in-law, or how
reat may have been the ineticien-
y of the servants who managed
is house during the lecturing tours.
)f scarcely more general interest
re the revelations of Mrs. Tilton's
nfidelIty to his marriage vows.-
hey can only serve to palliate, not
o disprove the offense. The rest of
drs. Tilton's Abatement is distress
ing story. She says that her hus-
'and began to suspect Mr.. Beecher
n 1885, and at that time closely |
Questioned her as to his conduct in |
private. She took the trouble to |
charge her mind with Mr.. Beecher's |
conversation and to repeat it to Mr.. |
Iilton. This unwholesome inter
course continued without change |
until 1859, when Mr.. Tilton accused
his wife Of holding criminal relations
~ Mr.. Reecher. She met this charoe