Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-21
BSTAB 1910.

] MIR. BeCcher-Well taken care OF Dy me,
but he had been left out in the cold,
with the money due from Bowen, nm
paid. cpmbatted this fancy kindly,
and tried TO soOthe him and bold him
to the arrangement he had made, but
I he flew out wild, and declared with the
/ utmost passion that be would never,
while he lived, sign paper that would
/ disable him from pursuing Beecher, land
he demanded copy of the tripar-
tite agreement that he might alter it,
] made copy for him, and he began to
scratch AMI interline it, but he rose w
! and carried bis work away uncOmpleted
Before be left gathered from what he
said that Bowen had refused to pay the
full amount Of his claim, and that his
lawsuit would have TO go on, but the
full amount was paid withiEvs day OF
two thereafter.
THE TRIPARTTTB AGREEMENT
was executed-not the one / drafted,
and which was accepted by all parties,
! but a modification of that l used my
last COPY of this instrument in my testi
mony before the committee, and can
now only say that all the portions of the
agreement which are italicised were
omitted from the agreement finally eX-
ecuted. The efficacy of the covenant i
aimed at was lost, and the compact de-
feated. Tilton, in modifying his para
graph, backed out of his dissvowal OF
his inlputations on Mr.. Beecber and his
admission that they were untrue, and
carefully secured to himself the largest
liberty 10 pursue the great preacher for
ever with innuendOes. My testimony
before the committee shows the changes
in the tripsrtite agreement as originally
drawn. and which all the parties to it
had early approved and had promised to
sign. 1t also shows my TemOnstrances
against permitting these changes to be
made, aud my warnings of the mis-
chievous consequences that would inev-
itably follow. The following are the
omitted portions Of
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT:
al, Henry Bowen, knew nothing dero-
gratory TO Mr.. Beecher's reputation as
clergyman or q man, and l expressly
disayow the charges, imputations and
iupuendOs imputed to have been made
bv me, and set forth in a letter written
bv Theodore Tilton on the fist of jan
uarv, 1871, a copy of which letter is
hereto annexed, and l declare that
those charges, impptatiOns and innu-
endOs are without any foundation in
fact To the best Of my knowledge and
belief.n
81, Theodore TiltOn, returning OF my
free will to q man whom l have loved
as a father, thus renew and confirm my
faith in Henry w. Beecher as a grandly
good and generous man. l too disavOw
each and sll Of the imputatiOns and
charges in said annexed letter, repeated
and contained, and any and all other
imputatiOns upon his character and
conduct which have been said to come
from me l disavow and convenant
never to repeat or renew"
LATER.
NEW YORK, July 2l-1 a.m.-Mr.
Tilton appeared before the Beech
er investigation committee to-
night, and no doubt read his
statement. The committee, at a late
hour, wasstill in session, with Mr.. Tilton
uresent. At halfpast twelve this morn
ing Mr.. Triton, who had been reading
his statement carefully and deliberately
TO the committee, left DIR. StOrT's resi-
deuce, accompanied by his friend, Mr..
Frank MoultOn. A score Of eager re-
porters gathered around Mr.. TiltOn
as he emerged from the residence
Of DR.. Storrs, and eagerly inquired for
news. He said: az have nothing TO say,
except that I have made my state
ment, and think it is unanswerab'e."
In reply TO the question as to whether
his statement could be obtained, he
said the committee had agreed that
nothing should be made. public as yet.
He then drove off with his friend
Moultou. The committee refused in a
most decided manner TO- give any in
formation whatever. They said that
Mr.. Tilton's statements had been made,
but there were other witnesses to be
heard from, and the time had not yet
arrived 20 give anything to the public.