Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

home, my church, and my purse and heart are
at his service. OF the two, Woodruff is my
hero and Henry my coward, as at present adj
vised; but protest against the whole batch
and all its belongings"
| MIR. Moulton quotes from letter from Mr..
Hooker to his wife to show that all this mat
ter had been discussed between the two long
before the Woodruff publication.
after Beecher had seen these letters of
hif sister" says Mr. Moulton, "he came to me
| in trouble and alarm and handed me all the
| letters, together with one under date of Nov.
z with an Enclosure cut from the Hartford
| Times, to which he alluded" The clipping
alluded to referred to a conversation between
| Eli Perkins and Thomas Mast regarding the
latter's offensive caricatures of Horace Gree
ley, and in which he remarked that the peo-
| pie were fooled with Beecher, and predicted
his downfall Mr.. Moulton continues:
Beecher was exceedingly anxious that Til
ton should repudiate the statement published
by Woodruff. and denounce her for its publ
| cation, and he drew up upon my memeran-
dum-book the form of card to be published
by Tilton over his signature, and asked me to
submit it to him for that purpose. 1t is as
follows
In an ungusrded enthusiasm, hoped well
| and much of one who has proved utterly I'M
prlncipled. l shall never again notice her
| stories, and now utterly repudiate her state
meuts concerning me and NINE"
In February, 1s71 +. b. Perkins nephew
of II. W. Beecher, addressed a letter to his
uncle, charging that Tilton had been justify
| ing or excusing his recent intrigues with
women by alleging that Beecher had been de-
tected in the like adulteries, the same having
been hushed up out of consideration for the
parties. Beecher replies by saying that
. hot a
me, and / know the substance of it, he has
withdrawn, and frankly confessed that he had
been misled by the statements of one WHO,
when confronted. backed down from his
charges. II the papers do not NEEDLE, this
SANDER will fall stubborn, dead as julius
Cesar. If q sensation should be got up. of
course there are enough bitter enemies to fan
the matter and create annoyance, though no
| final damage"
H. W. Beecher agreed to hold this letter
over for consideration. but sent it before
seeing me again. Moulton at first approved
of the letter. but finally concluded to consult
with L. T., who offered q substitute, the sub
stance of which is in pencil on a copy of H.
| W. Il. g reply to p. The following is a copy
of the substitute referred to:
IAN enemy of mine, as l now learn. pois-
| oned the mind of Theodore Tilton by telling
him stories concerning me, L. t. being an
| gered against me because l had quoted SIM
liar stories against him which L had heard
| from the same party. retaliated. Theodore
and l, through a mutual FRIEND were
brought together, and found upon mutual ex-
plantations that both were the victims of the
same SANDER"
In regard to the servant-girl in the Tiltor
household who was sent West to a boarding.
school. Moulton Gays her expenses were paid
by Beecher. through him. the latter Offering
to pay the money for her schooling. Before
slf f,lf LATE
Mrs. Tilton:
My DEAR MEs. Triton want to tell you
something. Your mother has repeatedly at
tempted to hire me by offering me money and
presents, to go TO certain persons ana tell
them stories injurious to the character of
your husband. 1 have been persuaded that
the kind attentions shown by Mr.. Tiiton for
years were dishonorable demonstrations. 1
never at the time thought that Mr.. Tlton's
caresse5 were for any such purposes. 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."
My DEAR MRS. TILToN: The story that
Mr.. Iilton once lifted me from my bed and
carried me screaming to his own, and at
tempted to violate my person, is wicked
| lie. Yours truly
The following is letter from Mrs Tilton
to one Mrs. p. dated Brooklyn, Nov. 8. 1872.
1t refers to certain stories told by the school
girl mentioned above:
My DEAR Mrs. p: come to you in this
fearful extremity, burdened by my misfor-
| tunes to claim your sympathy and love.
L have mistakenly felt obliged to de-
ceive these two years. that my
| husband had made false accusations against
me, which lie never has to her or any one, in
| order that he may not appear on his fefense
thus adding the terrible exposure of s law
| suit. Will you implore silence on her part
against any Indignation which she may feel
against him for the only ray of light and hope
III this midnight gloom is his entire sympathy
| and cooperation in my behalf. word from
you to Mr.. d. will change any unfriendly
spirit which dear mother may have given him
against my husband. You know l have no
mothers heart that will look chsritably upon
all save you. Affectionately, your child
(Signed) ELIZABETH.
"Of course you will destroy this letter.
Mr.. Moulton continues:
II had seen and known Mrs. Tilton well
and kindly on my part, and believed wholly
so on hers, and had never known or sus-
pected, or seen, any exhibition of inha,rnony
between her and her husband and of course
l had no suspicion of infidelity upon the part
of either towards the other. The first intima-
ton of it which came to me was the exhibit
ton of her original confession the first COM
munication had from Mrs. Tilton after had
read her confession, on the next morning,
3lst December, 1870, as follows:
ga My DEAR FRIEND FRANK: want you to
do me the greatest possible favor. My letter,
which you have and the one gave Mr..
Beecher at his dictation last evening. ought
both to be destroyed. Please bring both to
me, and will burn them. Show this note to
Theodore and Mr.. Beecher. They will see the
propriety of this request. Yours. truly,
(Signed) '''E. r. TILToN.'
81 could not accede to this request, be-
cause had pledged myself to Beecher that
her retraction on the one side and her con-
fession to Tilton ON the other (Which are the
papers she refers to as my letter which you
have, and the one gave Mr.. Beecher0 should
not be given up, but should be held for the
protection of either as against the other. l
learned in my interview with Beecher, on the
LIST of January, 1871, he had been told by his
wife and others that Mrs. Tilton desired
separation from her husband on the ground
of his supposed inidelities to her, and that
Mrs. Tilton had applied to Mrs. Beechel' for
advice upon the subject"
On Jan. 4, 1871, Mrs. Tilton addressed the
following letter to Moulton:
my DEAR FRIEND: In regard to your
question whether have ever sought separa-
ton from my husband, 1 Indignantly deny
that such was ever tho fact, / have denied
it hundred times before. The story that /
wanted separation was q deliberate false
hood, carried by my poor mother, who said
she would bear the responsibility of this and
other statements she might make, and CON-
municated to my husbands enemy Mrs. II.
w. Bcecher and bv her communicated to Mr.