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Mrs. TiIton'S NcstHiding.
BEOOKLYN. Nav 3. ls1l.

Mr.. BEECHER:-My. future, either FOR
life or death. would be- happier could
but feel that YOU forgayc, while YOU for
get me. In all the sad complications 81
the past year my enIrayUr VIZ 10 entire
" keep from YOU al suffering, t" bear
myself alone. leaving YOU forever IgnO-
rant Of il. VI weapons were love. a
large untiring generO-Ity and nc't-hld-
ing. That / failed utterly We both know,
but now | ak forgiveness.
The contents Of this letter were 20 r.
markable, that ! queried within my own
mind whether | ought not - show IT 10
TiltOn; but r. ! va, assured By Beecher
and verify believed and now believe,
that they were unanswered hy him.
thought il bet &C. retain Il in NY own
possession. a ! had done until nos. But
from the hour Of IT, reception, - hat rn-
rnaincd Of my faith iu Mr.. TiltOn 70
character for truth Or propriety 81 con-
duct was wholly lot and from that time
forth had no thought or care for her
reputation, only 40 far A. i affect
cd that 81 her children.
After this do not know that
ANYTHING occurred between mY-sIf ADD
Nh. Tilton, Of pcrtineEcc % thi, inquiry,
or more than the ordinary cour-
te.ies when ! called al her house, and !
reserved no other communication from
her till shortly befor" the que.son II the
arbitration Of the busiue-, between
Bowen and Tilton Wa determined upon
/ had learned that Mn, TiItOn had been
making declaration, which were -uily!Hg
the reputation Of her husbamd and Civ
ing it 70 be understood that her home
va. not happy one because Of tbe want
Of religious sympathy between herself
and husband. md because he did not &C.
company Der 10 church a regularly and
and as often a. she thought be ought %
do. and a. she thought it would be well
for the children 70 do, and sometime.
speaking Of her unhappinesS without de-
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Mrs. Hooker 10 HcPchcr.
HARTFORD, November |. IS

DEAR BHoruER:-In reply To Your
Words If You still believe in that wo-
':n &c, let me say. that from her per
..l.l,y ! have never heard word on
'a'~ subject. and when nearly II wear ago
! heard that when here in this city. she
'..t ,h" expected You 10 introduce her at
N'"aNay> =. | wrut" her a most indignant
"i'i 'yhUnjuG letter, to which she replied
h mmnrr which a>toundcd me by its
calm assertion that she considered YOU rs
'.H'a friend To- her a. | myself. ! en-
..",''. this letter to Mr.. Tilton. asking
a.m I" show it To- YOU il he thought best.
'.! To- Writrmc what it AL meant. He
lever replied nor returned the letter to
m" aS ! requested, but | have copy of
i i your service. In the month of Feb
.uNry after that, on returning from
Washington, went To Mrs. Stantcn's
u spend Sunday. ut jersey City. and
Met Mrs.. Woodruff, who had come on
10 IN" same train with ME it seemed. and
Wh" urged me in Il ha-ty way to bring
Nr>. Stanton over on Monday for Sut-
irag" consultation as to the spring Con-
N"ntI"n. Remembering her assertion of
the friendship bn>ween YOU and her. meet
lh@ You occasionally at Mr.. Moulton's
house, i think this is the nmc,)
Thought would put this to test, and re-
r'ird that | could be sure of seeing YOU.
ana ut the same time that | would come.
She Promised TO secure you II Pos
sibIe,
and fully meant to keep my appoint
nent, but on Sunday | remembered an
appointment At New Haven. which |
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ton of all wrongs, whether they prove
real or imaginary.
Mrs. Morse says: "Tilton has sent
. with the 9TH
ers away" 1 purposely omit the name
of this young girl The reason why it
was desirable She should be away from
Brooklyn, as given me BY Mr.. and Mrs
Triton. was this: She had overheard
conversations bv them concerning Mrs.
Tilton's criminal intimacy with Beecher,
and she had repeated these conversations
to several friends of the family. Being
young. and not knowing the consequence
of her prattling, itseemed proper, for the
safety of the two families. that she should
be sent 10 q distance 10 school, which
was accordingly done. She was put at
boarding school in the West, and the ex-
penses Of her stay there were privately
paid, through me, BY Beecher, to whom
/ had stated the difficulty ofhaving the
girl stay in Brooklyn, and he agreed
with US that it was best that she should
be removed, and offered to be at the cost
of her boarding. The bills were sent to
me from time TO time as they became due
"A part Of them through Mrs. Tilton.
Previous to her going away, she wrote
the following letters to Mrs. Tilton, and
and they were sent to me by Mrs. Til
ton as part Of these transactions:
The Young Girl Wants to Say Some
thing.
BROOKLYN, January 10, 1871.
M DEAR MRS. TILToN:-I want to
tell you something. Your mother, Mrs.
Morse, has repeatedly attempted to hire
me, by offering me dresses and presents,
to go to certain persons and tell them
stories injurious to the character of your
husband. / have been persuaded that
the kind attentions shown me by Mr..
TiltOn for years were dishonorable demon
STATIONS. never. at the time, thought
Mr.. Tilton's caresses were for such a pur-
pose. / do not want to be made use of
by Mrs. Morse, or any one else, to bring
trouble on my two best friends, YOU and
your husband. Bye, bye.
These notes are in Mrs. Tilton' hand
writing, and on the same paper used by
her in correspondence with me.
January II.
Ny DEAR Mrs. TTLToH:-The story
that Mr.. TltOn ever lifted me from my
bed and carried me screaming TO his own.
and attempted to violate my person, is
wicked lie. Yours truly.
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All to be Kept Quiet.

After had carried to Tilton the pa
per of apology which had reference to
BccChcrS adultery, and had received us
Surances that all between Tilton and
Bcecher should BE- kept quiet, | immcdi-
atcly conveyed that information to Beech
or. He WAS profuse in his professions of
thankfulnesS and gratitude to me for
what he said were my cXrrtion> in hi,
behalf Soon after that WAS taken sick.
and while ON my sick bed. ON the eth of
February, | received letter from Beech
er. This letter ha, been published. 1t
is the letter of February of eth. 1871, in
which Becchcr speaks Of Moulton as one
whom God has given wisdom to serve
him as no other Of his many friends can.
On the same day there WAS conveyed to
me from Bccchcr Il request to Tilton that
Bcechcr might write to Mrs. Tilton. be-
cause all parties had then come to the
conclusion that there should be no COM
muniCation between Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton and Beecher and Tiiton. except
with my knowledge and consent. and !
eNacted II promise from Beecher that he
would not communicate with Mrs.. Tilton
or allow her to communicate with him.
unless ! saw the communication, which
promise. believe, was on his part faith
fully kept, but, as l soon found, was not
on the part of Mrs. Tilton. Permission
WAS given to BeeChcr to write To- Mrs.
Tilton, and he then wrote the letter Of
February :, 1871, in which he says To
her: When l saw you last | did not
expect ever 10 see YOU sgain, or L. be
alive many days" This WAS a letter Of
commentator, SO that Mrs. Tilton might
trust me rs between her and her husband
as fully as Beecher did. In the mean
while, Mr.. Beechcrs friends were contu-
ually annoying him and writing 10 him
about Tilton and the rumors that were
atoat with regard to both, and on the
18th of February Beecher received the
following letter from his nephew. r. B..
Perkins, which he lBeecherl LANDED III"
with draft of reply. on the 23d of
the same February, which he sent with
out showing me again. and upon that
draft made the following note:
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Perkins to Beeeher.
New YORK. February Is.

New YORK, February Is, 1871.
Ny DEAR UNCLE-After some consid-
Grafton l decided to inform YOU Of Il mat
ter concerning You. Tilton has been
iustifying or excusing his recent intrigues
with women by alleging that YOU have
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4 brought 10 To the Attention ofTiI.
ION.

il the form of Il very strong criticism Of
hi, course toward, me, which might have
made great difference ~ 10 she course
that ought to b. taken. Titon promptly
and with much feeling denied tina, he
had ever made any such confession, ar
that his wife ever claimed that he had,
and desired me tu see Mrs. Tilton and
satisfy myself upon that point, and went
Immediately with me 10 his house. On
arriving ut the house, asker Mrs. Til
ton L. step into the front parlor whcro
We two were alone. then put the qucs-
tan tn her: Elizabeth, did YOU tell Mr.
Bccchcr that when YOU made your con-
i,.ssion to her husband of your iniidclity
with Bcrchrr, your husband nj the same
time made confession Ia You ot his own
mhdrlitv with other women ] said;
II want t. know il thi, Is true for my
own -ati,rtctlon. She answered: Yes
then topped with her into the back
part Of the room, where her husband wa
waiting and Snid To- him: Your wifo
saw. she did tell Brrchrr that Won con.
tossed Your infdclily with other women
AT the time she made her confession 10
YOU Elizabeth Immediately said:
why no. | ddn tell YOU 80. ] could
not have Understood your question, be-
cau,c il isn't true that Theodore ever
made any such confession, aud didn't
state it 10 Brrchcr, because IL Is not true
! WI. very much shocked and surprised
nt the denial. but If course could say
nothing more. and did LAY nothing more
upon that subject, aud lcn and went
home The next morning ! r. Ccivcd III"
following letter from Mr.. Tilt"n, without
date. but It wa, after the tripnrti,c convc-
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Mrs. Triton 10 NosIion.

M DEAR FKIEsD FRANK:-I ~aut
YOU to do me the greatest possible fav"-.
Nv letter which YOU have and the one !
gave Mr.. Beecher, at his dictation. last
evening. ought both TO BE- destroyed.
Please bring b..th TO me, and / will burn
them. Show this note 20 Theodore and
Mr.. Beecher. They will see the propri-
ETY. of this request. Yours truly,
LSignedl L. X. TGLToS.
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Mrs. TIItOn Gushes.
W EDSESDAY

Ny DEAR FRIEND-Doc, your heart
bound towards all rs it used :" doe,
mine. am myself again. did not dar"
~ tell YOU till ! was sure, but the bird
has sung in my heart these four wr"k-
and he has covrnnmtcd with me never
aguin to leave. Spring has come.
Because / thought il would
gladden. YOU 10 know this, and not e"
trouble or cmharrass YOU in any way !
| now write. OF course should liz" e"
share with YOU my Joy, but can wait for
the beyond. When dear Frank SAYS
may once again go to old Plymouth, !
will thank IN" dear Father.
Such communication from Mr. IT,
ton to her pastor under the circumstan-
ces. and her promise, seemed 10 me Ia BE-
breach Of good faith but, dcsirou- TO
have the peace kept and hoping If unan-
swarcd il might not be repeated, ! did
not show it TO Tilton, or inform him Of
its existence. On Friday, April u, 1871,
Beccher received another letter "f that
date, unsigned, from Mrs. Tilton, which
he gave TO me, II is as follows:
FRIDAY, April u, 1871
Mr.. BEECHEB:-As Mr.. MOult0n has
returned. will you use your influence TO
have the papers in his possession destroy
ed? Nv heart bleed. night and day
the injustice Of their existence.
could not comply with this request
did not show th. letter 81 Tiltou. nor
did call Mr.. Tlt"ns attention a. IT,
On the third Of MAY, Bo""h"r handed 10"
still another letter. unsigned, bat IN Mr..
Tilton, handwriting Of that dnt".
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Mrs. r. TO Mrs. =.
BRooKLrS, November &, 1872.

BROOKLYN, November >, lHiZ.
My DEAR MIS-. P.:-I come to You in
this fearful extremity, burdrncd 10y my
misfortuncs. to claim your promised SYM
pathv and love | have
mistakenly felt obliged to deceive
these two years that my
husband had made false accusations
against me.lwhich he never has to her or
any one. in order that hcmay not appear
ON his defense, thus adding the terrible
exposure ola lawsuit. Will you I'M
plorc silence on her part against any in
dignation which she may feel against
him; for the one only ray of light and
hope in this midnight gloom is his entire
sympathy and cooperation in my behalf.
1 word from you to Mr.. ID. will chang"
anv unfricndly spirit, which dear mother
may have given him against my husband.
You know | have no mothers heart that
will look charitably upon all save you.
Atlctionatcly, your child
(Signcd) elizabeth.
Ofrourse YOU will destroy this letter.
Mrs. Tilton sent to me, a year after
wards, for money for the purpose of pay
ing this young persons school expense,
and also statement of her accounts and
note acknowledging the receipt for the
quarter ending June, 1871, from the
principal of that school. All these sums
were paid BIZ Bccchcr, end ] forward, d
the money to settle them through Mr..
Tilton. or sent the money directly to the
principal of the school, Mt her request.
TUESDAY, January Is, 1873.
DEAR FRANCrs-Bc kind enough TO
send me fifty dollars ! want
to enclose il in tO.morrow's mail.
Yours gratefully
(Signed.) ELIZABETH.
This note is supplemented by a bill
from the Seminary for one hundred and
ity-fve dollars and an acknowledge
ment by the Seminary of the receipt
from Moulton of check for two hundred
dollars in full Of payment for the young
lady's school bill.
Beecher was very anxious TO ascertain,
through me, the exact condition Of Til
tons feelings toward him, and how far
the reconciliation was real and to get
statement in writing that would seem to
free him (Beecher) from imputation
thereafter. more than once applied to
Tilton TO get statement of his feelings
toward Mr.. Bcecher, and received from
him. on the eth Of February, 1871, n let
for eating.
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81 Bear Him no Malice:

shall do him no wrong; shall discountc-
nance every project by whornsoev"r pro
posed for any exposure Of his secret TO the
public; and, if know myself at all, shall
cndeavor to act toward Mr.. B"cch"r Is |
would have him in similar circumstances
act toward me. From that tim" every
thing was quiet, and I received no letter
from Beecher abiding to this subject. or
upon any topic, until hi. return, on the
18th of september, from his vacation.
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Still Another.
Ia LIv sIsToN STREET, /
BRoOKLYN, ia tuary 4, 1870.

Sill Announcer.
Ia LIv SisToN STREET,
BROOKLYN, ia uary 4, 1870.
Ml.. Francis d. Mon ton!
My DEAR FRIEND:-ln regard to your
question, whether | have ever sought n
separation from my husband, | indig-
nantlv DENY that such was ever the fact,
as ! have denied il hundred times be-
fore. The story that | wanted Separa-
ton was Il deliberate talSehOod, coined by
nv poor mother. who said she would bear
the responsibility of this and other state
ments She might make and communicate
t. my husbands enemy, Mrs. II. w.
BceCher and by her communicated 10
Mr.. Bowen. | feel outraged 10y the
whole proceeding and am now suffering
in consequence more than | am able Ia
bear. am yours, very truly,
[Sigued ELIZABETH L. TILToN.
As bearing upon the the topic o he
husbands infdcity and her desire for
separation, the letter from Mrs. Tilton,
dated January 18th, 1871, Is published.
The pertinent part Of the letter Is a, fol-
lows:
NV husband has suffered much with
me in cruel conspiracy made by my
poor suffering mother, with an energy
worthy of better cuu~r e. dlvorc" H.
by saving that | WAS seeking II hrCnlls"
of Thcodore's inhdclity; making her
feeling mine. These SANDER, have been
sown broadcast. | am quoted every
where a. the author of them. Coming
in this form and way 10 Mr.. Bowen, they
caused his Immediate dismissal from both
the independent and jmoD, suffering
thus, both of Us, So unju,tly. | know
nothing of these plans. have had sur-
row almost beyond human capacity
Dear It j, my mother that VIII
explain volumes to your tilial heart.
Theodore has many secret enemies, |
find. beside, my mother; but with u
iHithfuucss renewed and strrnglhcd 10y
experience we will by silence, time and
patience, be- victUriuu, over them all
NV faith and hope are very bright now
that | am oil the sick bed, and dear
Frank Muultom Is II friend indeed. lie
is.managing the case with Mr.. Bowen.
We have wrathcrcd the storm and, ! be-
lirvc. without harm To- our boat
had, rs necessary prrcauti"n, I" ih"
peace of the family and the parties inter-
c-tcd. intcrdictcd all parties from hav
communications with each other, except
husband and wife, unless that commwnlra-
ton WAS known to me and the letter, srut
through me or shown 10 me. TIIton and
Brcchcr both faithfully complied with
their promise in that regard, - far a, !
know. | WA, away. sick, in tn" -prng of
1871, a. before stated, and went to Florida.
Soon after my return, Bc"chcr placed IN
my hand, an unsigned letter from Mr..
Tilton, in her hand writing undated, but
marked in hi handwriting, "rcccIycd
March 3, 1861 here produce it
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TiIton's Mother-in.iaw Steps In.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Morse, the mother-in-
law of Tilton, who was from time to time
All inmate of his family, on Livingstone
street, had. rs | was informed both by
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, learned from her
daughter the criminal relationship here
toforc existing between BccCher and her
self, and who could not understand why
that matter had been settled, and had
had not been told how it had been adj
juSted, and who had most bitter quarrel
with Tilton, accusing him of not having
SO carried his affairs rs to keep what for
tune he had. and who had called upon
Bccchcr about the relations between Til
ton and Mrs. Titon, and who had, as
Bccchcr had informed me- filled the
minds of Mrs Beechcr and himself with
stories of TiltonS intidcltv and improper
conduct to his wife, wrote the following
letter to Bccchrr, under dat" Of January
-, 1871, which he delivered to mo the
next day, as appears by memorandum
thereon, together with draft of the
answer which he said he had prepared to
send to Mrs. Morse. Her letter and Mr..
B"cchcr'S draft of reply are aS follows:
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avheelius Register.
THE EVERLASTING SCANDAL,
MouIton's Statement Continued
LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS
Lasting Love, Gushing Gfiei
and Mighty Misery.

and Mighty Misery.
On the third of the same month MIS-
Hooker addressed letter to her orother,
,h. Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, whlch
produce, marked No. D.
Hacker to Rev. ThOs. h. beecher.
phase return this letter to me when
,.,n have done with 1t.
HARTFORD, SUNDAY, Nov. 3, 1872.
DEAR BROTHER ToM-The blow has
fallen and | hope YOU are better pre-
msred for if than YOU might have been
Emt far orr interview. wrote d. SIN
ulr line last week, thus: Can heiP you
And here is his reply "lt YOU sun oelleTe
in that woman YOU cannot help me II
ynp think of her as | do YOU can perhaps
ibourb | do need much help. tread
The falsehood into the dirt from whence
tbcv spring. and 90 on my way rejoicing:
Nv nroplc are thus far heroic, and would
Two their live, for me; their love and
c,rfdruc, would make me willing TO
L.or flr more than | have; meantime
the Lord has u pavilion IN which lie
hides me until the storm be Oyer-past.
abide in peace. committing myself to
him who gave Himself for me. trust
YOU give Meter countcnancc nor credence
.n the abominublc coinage that has been
mt uhout. The Spccks of truth are
urr" spanglcS Upon garment Of false
mood; the truth itself i made to lie.
Thank YOU for low" and truth and silence,
hut think of the bare idea of dragging
81 poor child of a woman into this slough.
Nnw. Tom. 50 far rs | can see,
~ H. he who has dragged the dear
child into the slough
.ni left it there and who Is now sending
another woman to prison who is innocent
If ull crime. but funaticiSm for the
truth a. rr,etlrd t. her and | by my
silence MN con,cmting unto her death
Read the little note she sent me long OgO
when in a burst of enthusiasm over II
public letter o. hers which seemed Won
dcrnl to me. told her how it affected
me and
Mark its Prophetic Words.
New YORK, Aug 9, 1874.
Mn D,0r Frind:-l was never more
happy in all my life than | am this
m"rning, and made ;" by you, whom
n. '. ." ham, I L,J ryprrtrJ rcpsurc re-
.......r,hr first deem. purr words ofuppro-
,.r and love, know NV course has
..r.n h,rr contrary TO YOUR wishes and
~ l.. Lrrr uy greatest grief to know
,I.,, = ,yr. So Since Won have So noblv
....r. nv defender. But all the time |
,....,. Il, v.,. ,,nf | for whom YOU spoke.
nm, MI ,,n,p,,uhnod. and | was the more
,,r.aIJ Of Won that YOUR love VIA, general
t,l NOT personal.
nr,, ,o,,,.,,ed I'm do THINGS
, "m Which VI, SENSITIVE son,
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God has been preparing for this
Work

and You also for years and years: l
send Won a reply l wrote to DR.. Iodd
long ago. and which l could never get
published without my name, which lor
the sake of my daughter, | wished to
withhold, although Godkin. of the Ndf'on'
Holbrook, of tn Herald, and Healthward'
Of the independent, and every mother to
whom | have read it, all told me 1t was
the best thing ever written on the SnS-
jcct and the gentlemen said they would
publish it if they dared to. Mrs. -,
urged me to give my name and publish
it. and said she would rather have writ
ten it than anything else of its length IN
the world, and if it were her she would
print it without hesitation. ! send also
Il copy Of letter | wrote John Stuart
Mill on his sending me an early copy OF
his "Suhiection Of Woman and his
reply. | am sure that nearly all the
thinking men and women are somewhere
near you, and will rally to your support,
if you are bold, frank and truthful in
stating your conversation. Mrs. Burleigh
told DR.. Claiming that she was ready TO
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Eat. Sleep. Pray. Take Good Aim and
shoot.

and when the ache Eomes say even here
unto were We callrd, but l repeat YOU
can't help Henry nj present.
p. ). | mseal my letter 10 enclose
a point. You have no proof as yet Of
any ofiense on Hcnry's part. Your tes-
timonv would aot be allowed in any
court. Tilton and wife, Moulton Il Go.
are witnesses; even Mrs. Stanton can only
declare hcarSav, 50 il you move remem-
Der that YOU are standing on uncertain
information, and we shall not probably
ever get the facts, and am glad of it.
If Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton are brought into
court nothing will be revealed; perjury,
for good reason, is with advanced think
erS. no sin.
A letter came in my hands, with the
Others. from Mr.. Hooker to his wife, I'M
der date of Florence. Italy. November 3.
1871. which tends to show that all this
matter had been discussed between Mr.
Hooker and his wife long before the pub
licati-r by Mr.. Woodruff. l extract 50
much from the letter AS refers 10 this
subject. The remainder is kindly COM
munication Of an absent husband to a
loved wife. about wholly independent
matter.
Mr.. Hooker TO his Wife.
FLORENCE, Nov. 8, 4S7l.
My Precious WIFE, hope YOU were
,,-b.t | wr,t. Erila