The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-30

tnen IN tender state Of mind, owing &c
the recent death and burial of a youno
chnd, and during the interview. ar act
OF criminal commerce took place between
this pastor and this parishioner, The mo-
tive ON her part being, as hercin-before
stated. not regarded b. her at ohe time
as criminal or wrong, which act was
followed by a similar act Of crimlnality
~ these same parties at Tllton's residence
during pastoral visit of Mr.. Bepcher 10
heron tue subsequent Saturday evening
followed also, By other sim;lar acts on
various occasions from the autumn Of
1868 70 the spring of 1S70,the places be !
Ing the two residences aforesaid, and
occasionally others TO which her pastor
would invite or accom- pany her, or at
"hich DC would meet her by previous
appointment These acts Of wrong be
ing onther part, from first to last, not
wan ton OF consciously wicked, out arising
through binding Of her moral percep
tions, occaaioned by the powerful influence
exerted on Der mind at the time, TO this
end, by Rev. Fl. w B echer as her
trustee, re- ;gious pree eptor aud guide.
. .. That the pastoral visits made ,by
Rev Il W. Bttcher during the year
io6S became SO frequent as tc excite
comment, being in marked contrast with
his known habit of making few pastoral
calls on his practitioners, which frequency
in Mrs Tilton's case, is shown IN letters
lwrIttebftohrr husband during Ids absence
IN THE West. THESE letters give evidence
chat during the teIiod Of i've or six
weeks twelve different pastoral calls on
Mrs. Triton we're MADE BY Mr. Beecher;
which calls became noticeabiy intreqaent
on. Tilton's rettriI 70 his home. DFah 2m
~. That previous to the aforesaid
criminal Intimacy, one OF tie reesons
which Mrs, Titon alleged Tor her encour-
a. ment Of such exceptional aitpntians
from Zen inutli distressed with runors
against her moral purity and wished to
convince him she could receive his kind
ness and yet resist his scIicitatir MS, and
that she could inspire in him by her
purity and fidelity, yn increased respect
for the chaste dignity of wonanhond { =
Previous to the autumn of 1868. she
maintained with Christian fru.ness
towards the pastor this posi- ion Of resist
ance, always refusing his amorous pleas,
which were strong and often repeated and
in a letter to her husband, tated FEB. 3,
1868 she wrote as f3Ilows: '
To love; IS p-aisewdrtby, butte abnse
the gift is o sin. Here I am strong. No
demonstrations of discrimination could
cause me to YIELD my womanh0od. 49,.
-, That the first suspicion which
crossed the mind Of Theodore Til On that
the Rev. Henry Ward Betcher was
abusing, Or might abuse the affection and
reverence which Mrs. Tilton bore towards
| her pastor, was an improper earess given
by Mr. Beecher to Mrs. TiIton wln!e
seated by her side on the for Of his II
| brary. Mr. Tilton, few hours after
asked of his wife an explanation Of hel
permission of such liberty, ,whereat. she
at first denied the tact, bu1tEen confessed
it Ind said that she had spoken Gliding
~ TO Mr. Becker concerning it. Or
another OCCASION, Tllton after leaving hi;
house in the early morning, returned e
it IN the forenoon, and on going to hi'
! bed-chamber
FOUND THE DOOR LOCKED, 4.
and when on knocking the door wa
opened BY Mrs, TiItoD, ,B3echer was sFe
/
within apparently much confu ed and
hibit;pg a flushed face, Mrs, Tiltof
afterwards made plausible explanations
which from the confidence reposed in hal
by her husband, was DO him deemed sat
isfactory. =
d 8. That in the spring oi187o, on Til
toms return from winters absence, he
noticed in his wife such evidence Of nb
s3rption of her mind in Beecher, that il
a short time an estrungement took place
between her husband and herself, in con
sequence Of which she went into the coun
TRY earlier than usual for q summer &C.
iourn. After an absence Of several weeks