Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-03

else who advises her to live with him when he is
doing all he can to kill her by slow torture i
the least you could do was to put your name to q
paper to help reinstate my brother in the Custom,
House; Elizabeth was as disappointed as my
self. He is still without employment with a SICK
wife and five children to feed, behind with rent,
and everything else behindhand. II your wife
has adopted Lib (sic), or you sympathize with
her, pray you do something for her relief before
il is too late. He swears so soon as her breath
leaves her body he will make the whole thing
public, and this prospect l think is one thing
which keeps her living know ofno other She S
and in want, actual want. They would both
deny 1t, no doubt but it's true"
In reply to the foregoing Mr.. Beecher writes a
short letter which contains the following: my
course toward you hitherto should satisfy you
that have sympathiZed with your distress, but
Mrs. Beecher and l, after full consideration. are
of one mind, that, under the present circunl-
stances, the greatest kindness to you and to all
Will be- in so far as we are concerned, to leave to
time the rectifcation of all the wrongs, whether
they prove real or imaginary"
Mr.. Moulton says he purposerly omits the name
OF the young girl in the expression by Mrs.
Morse that ''Tilton has sent -, with the others,
away" and adds that the reason why it was de-
srable she should be away from Brooklyn, as
given by me and Mrs. Tilton, was this: She
had overheard conversation by them concerning
Mrs. Tilton's criminal intimacy with Beecher,
and she had reported these conversations to
several friends of the family. Being young, and
HOl hHOWlHS inc consequences OI her pTutI!lng.
it seemed proper for the safety of the families
that she should be sent to distance to school,
which was accordingly done. She was sent 10 I,
boarding-school in the West, and the expenses o..
her stay there were probably paid through me by
Beecher, to whom had stated the difficulty of
having the girl remain in Brooklyn. and he agreed
with us that ii was best that she should he re-
moved, and offered to bear the cost of her school
ing. The bills were sent to me from time to time
as they became due, a part OF them through Mrs.
Tilton.r Here are given two short notes in
Mrs. Tilion's handwriting, signed by this
girl, purporting to exoncrate Mr.. Tilton
from any improper attempts toward the young
lady, saying that Mrs. Tilton's mother had
repeatedly sought to hire her by offering money
and presents to go to certain persons and tell
them stories injurious TO the character of Mr. Til
ton; that she had not, at the time of this occur
renee, thought Mr.. Tilton's carcsses were for any
bad purpose, and that she did not want to be
trouble on her two best friends, Mr. and Mrs
Tilton. She characteriZes a story that Tilton had
at one time used violence toward her for bad
purpose as u wicked lie."
Mr.. Monlton says this young lady, while at
school, informed a friend of Mrs. Tilton Ga Mrs.
P.) Of the stories ofthe family relations, and these
stories having come to the knowledge of his
(Moulton 81 friends crea ing an impression upon
their minds unfavorable TO Mr.. Tilton, he took
pains to trace them back to the one to whom the
girl had told them, and soon after received from
Mr.. Tilton a letter written by Mrs. Tilton to Mrs.
p, in which she says ~ have mistakenly felt
obliged to deceive these two years, that
my husband had made false accusations against
me, which he never has TO her or any one, in
order that he may not appear on his defense, thus
adding the terrible exposure OF a lawsuit. VIII
you implore silence on her part against any in
dignation which she may feel against him-for
the only ray of light and hope in this midnight
gloom is his entire sympathy and cooperation in
my behalfy'
Mr. Moulton here gives statement Of account
of the girls school expenses. and SAYS all these
sums were paid by Mr.. Beecher and he (Mouton)
forwarded the money to settle them through Mrs.
Titon, or sent money directly to the principal of
the school at her request.
Mr. Moulton says: Mr.. Bcecher was anxious
to ascertain Mr.. Tilton's feeling toward him, and
to get statement in writing that would seem to
free him (Beecher) from imputation thereafter,
ard letter Is given, dated Feb. Z. 1871, from Mr.
Titon to Mr.. Moulton in which Mr., Y. writes:
s. say, Therefore, very cheeriully that, notwith-
standing the great suffering he has caused Eliza
beth and myself. bear him no malice, shall do
him no wrong, shall discounenance every project,
by whomsocver proposed, for any exposure of his
secret to the public and, if know myself at all,
shall endcayor to act toward Mr.. Bcecher as |
would have him in similar circumstances act to-
ward me-"
Mr.. Moulton says he had known Mrs. Tilton
well and had had no suspicious of inhdelty on
the part of either her or her husband toward the
other up to the time of the reading of her original
confession. On the 31st of December, 1871, he
received letter from Mrs. 1ilton asking that he
bring to ner, that they might be destroyed, her
letters. the one he (Moulton) had and the one she
had given Mr. Beecher at his dictation the even
ing before. Mr. NJ. did not accede to this request
because = ] had pledged mysefto Beecher that
her retraction on the one side and her confession
10 Tilton on the other (Which are the papers she
refers to as my letter which you have and the
one gave Mr. BeecherD should not be given mp.
but should be held for the protection OF either as
against the other.
A letter is given by Mr.. Moulton, written TO
him by Mrs. Tilton Jan. A. 1871 (but dated by
mistake 1870, in which she emphatically and IN
l., lppps hot he had n ~,
aration from her husband. The story that
she wanted separation was a deliberate
falsehood carried by my poor mother who said
she would bear the responsibility of this and
other statements she might make, and commune
Gated to my husbands enemy. Mrs H. W. Beecher,
and by her communicated to Mr.. Bowen"
Another letter of Mrs. 1lton is also given to
show that the story that she desired separation
from her husband did not emanate fiom her and
was not in accordance with her feelings ut that
time. Jan 49, 1871.
Mr.. Moulton says he had as a necessary precau-
ton to the peace of the family aud parties inter
ested interdicted all parties from having commu-
nication with each other except husband and
wife unless that communication was known to
him, and the letters sent through him or shown
to him Mr.. T'ilton and Mr.. Beecher both faith
fully complied with their promise in that regard
so far as he knew. but on his return from Florida
in the spring of 1871 Mr. Beecher placed in his
Tilton, in her handwriting undated, but Marked
in his handwriting, Received March s.
"WEDNESDAY. -.
MY DEAR FRIEND-Does your heart bound
toward all as il usedg SO does mine. am my
self again | did not dare TO tell you till was
SIRE but the bird has sung in my heart these
four weeks, and he has coyenanted wit. me never
again TO leave. Spring has come =
Because thought il would gladden. you to know
this, and not to trouble nor embarrass you in any
way, ! now write. or course | should like to
share with you my joy, but can wait for the be-
yond, when dear Frank says, ! may once go to
old Plymouth. | will thank the dear Father
He did not show this letter to Mr.. Tilton or in
form him of it, existence. On the 2lst of April,
1871, Mr.. Beecher received another letter I'M
signed from Mrs. Tilton. saying: GAS Mr..
Moulton has returned, will YOU use your inhu-
ence 10 have the papers in his possession de-
stroycd. Ny heart bleeds night and day AT the
injustice Of their existence" Mr. Moulton could
not comply with this request, nor did he show
this secondlletter to Mr.. Tilton, or call Mrs rs
attention to il. On the Sd of May Mr. Beecher