The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-21

the paper to him. and after few moments
talk he left. Within a day or two after this
Mr.. Moulton made the third visit, and
this time we repaired to my study in the third
story of my house
Mr. Beecher details his efforts 20 prevent the
scandal being made public, which was threat
ened by the trial of Tilton by the church, and
SAYS OF rilton Il was 40 determined TO car
| ry out my pledges TO Moulton for him, and do
all i'm human power TO save him even from
| himself that / was ready to resign il that
would stop the scandal, l wrote letter OF
resignation. not referring to the charge
| against me, but declaring that had striven
| for years to maintain secrecy concerning a
scandal affecting family in the church, and
| that as had failed herewith resigned. THIS
letter WAS never sent A little calmer thought
showed me how futile it would be to stop the
| trouble mere useless sacrifice ; but showed
| il to Mr.. Mouton, and possibly he copied it. /
have found the original of it in my house. II
| | could at this moment remember any OF the
| other letters which L have written to Mr..
Moulton / would do So
The following are the closing lines of Mr.
| Beecher's statement:
ain the note requesting your appointment,
asked that you should make full investi-
CATION of all the sources of information.
| You are witnesses that l have in no way
| influenced OF interferred with your pro-
ceedings or duties. l have wished the
| investigation to be 30 searching that
nothing could unsette its results
1t is time, for the sake of deccncy and public
morals. that this matter be brought to an end.
1t is an open pool Of corruption, eXhaling
deadly vapors. For six weeks the nation has
risen up and sat down upon scandal. Not a
great war nor revolution could more have
filled the newspapers than this question of
domestic trouble, magnified thousand fold,
and, like sore spot in the human body,
drawing to itself every morbid humor in the
blood. Whoever il buried with it, il il time
that this abomination be buried below all
touch or power of resurrection.
Moultons statement was submitted to the
committee to-day. IL is a very brief docu-
ment, making less than half column in the
city papers, and throws no fresh light on the
mysterious scandal. He was also cross-ex-
amined at considerable length, but was dumb
as an oyster so far as making any additional
revelations IL concerned
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-At business meet
ing of Plymouth Church, this evening, it was
resolved that the Examining Committee be
requested to make report at az early date
az possible consistent with the best interests
of truth and justice. Mr.. Beecher leaves for
the White Mountains next week. Many of
his church members aud other friends called
upon him tonight to express sympathy and
bid him goodbye.
Some of Beechers friends expect Moulton
will soon make public his long statement in
reply to the charges in Mr.. Beechers eXamina-
ton. One of the Committee of Inquiry re
marked yesterday that Mr.. Moulton must
speak at once if at any time. He would find
no listeners if he kept silent longer.
New YORK, Aug IA reporter has had a
brief talk with Theodore Tilton. He denied
that he had received any money from Mr..
Beecher, and if Moulton had received the
amount stated, it devolved upon HIM to ac-
count for it. Shortly after Mrs Titon's con-
fession Of Mr.. .Beecher's criminalty, the
servant who was then living with Mr.. and
Mrs. Tilton became aware of the
fact, from having overheard CONVERSE
tons which had passed between them,
and she began to whisper to her
friends in Brooklyn. AS soon az this state of
th ngs was discovered it was determined to
send the girl out Of Brooklyn as protection
to Beecher. She was sent to boarding
school Beecher paid her expenses through
Moulton. This might have amounted to some
p, 000 1t is stated in the Brooklyn Eagle
that this servant-girl business will wear an
other complexion when the story Of the girl,
now in possession of the Plymouth Church
Investigating Committee, is made public. The
allegation is that Titon, not Beecher, was in
terested in her removal from Brooklyn,
Mr.. Tilton emphatically denied that Mr..
Reecher had been the means of inducing
Bowen to pay Tilton the $1,000 on the broken
contract. He stated further that the theory
of blackmail presented by Mr.. Beecher was
craven and malicious the support of the
BROOKLYN Eagle was obtained on account of
the same accusation having been made against
the editor, Kinsella. who was forced to sup
port Beecher lest the latter's friends should
crash him. In relation to the Woodruff
family, Mr.. Tilton said that they had been
seut abroad by Beecher's friends through
mingled terroriZing and bribing
New YORK, Aus. 1.-THE interest in the
Beecher scandal is still maintained Tilton
is busily preparing another statement in re-
ply to Beecher, and will include in 1t some
documents that he has been holding in re-
serve for the legal trial. He denies, as does
his attorney in the suit against Bowen that
Beecher assisted him to obtain his back pay
from Bowen, but on the contrary asserts that
Beecher worked hard TO keep it from him.
He also Indignantly denies the charge of
blackmai.
Moulton did not return to New York to-day
but stopped halfway to consult with Ben
Butler and ex-Judge Morris. 1t seems to be
conceded that he must speak and tell all he
knows, or forever rest under the imputation
of being one of the most dishonorable of
men.
The papers in the civil proceedings against
Beecher will be furnished tonight, and in all
probability served tomorrow. Judge Morris
positively denies that Tilton entertains any
idea of abandoning the criminal case, but, on
the contrary, is interchangeable and works day
and night in arranging matters.
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