Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-17

~! Dcar rIhuk-I 10 not know rs IL Is nee
essary to trouble you. ! only wanted to read
you the be ads and outlines OF a statement
when do speak int nd to be BELIEVED or
course. shall not publish until have seen
you, But time Is short. The crisis Is at hand
VII not go forward long as heretofore.
men say VII not mean cannot. Events
are masters just now.
There L. no earthly reason for conference
with Mr. I. II makes nsthing better; every
thing worse. The matter Is In anut-shelI No
light Is need d only choice. Yours gratefully.
July ~, ISL ii. W. BEECHER.
AT the same time TiIton was anger.d hy
his wife's desertion, aud this was really
the epoch at which the unanimous desire
OF all parties concerned ceased to be for
an adjustment. The last effort IA this
line was made by Beeeher. who wrote the
following statement for Tilton to make to
the committee. which memorandum Moul-
ton has In Beecher.s own handwriting -
REECHER's PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR TIL.
TON TO MAKE.
The statement OF Mr.. Beecher being read.
andif striking favorably. then a word sent.
substantially thus, t. committee
have been three years acting under co,i-
viction that hid been wronged, but was un-
der the impufation OF being the injurer.
learn from friend that Mr.. n, in hi. state
ment TO you has reversed this sui has done
me justice. | am willing. should he consent.
tn appear before you with him. and dropping
the further statements. which felt IL to be nv
duty 10 make for my own clearance. to settle
this painful domestic dfiiculty-which never
ought to have been made professionally aud
amicably.
From this point Moullon proceeds to
notice some OF the charges In the state
ment of Mr. Beecher and the report OF the
committee. The so-called pistol scene, he
says. was not an attempt To intimida,e
MIR. b.. but he pointed to the pistol which
he always carried 10 show that he would
defend these papers with his life. Follow
Ing this are some letters written BY Mr..
Beecher to Mrs. Tilton. all OF which have
been published In full or part. He then
| reiterates Mr.. Beecher's confession to him
OF the crime OF adultery with Mrs. Tilton,
giving what he recollects a the precise
words used.
Mr.. Moulton then takes up the charge of
| blackmail and asserts that this allegation
was an afterthought Of Mr.. Beecher and
his lawyers, and fortities his original as
sertion that all the money paid out to
Beccher was either tor Bessie Turner's
education or as free will Offering To Mr..
Iiiton, by number Of letters from Mr.
Beechcr 10 himself after the time the latter
says in his statement he began 10 look
| with suspicion OF Moulton's honor. which
are filled with expressions Of the deepest
confidence and affection for him (Moul
toni
Mouton says Bcccher has made a mis-
take a, to his blackmallcr, and charges
that Mrs. Morse Is the person who Is
Amenaoie to the charge, II anybody. In
support of this he quotes letter from
that woman under date OF Octobei. 1871,
addressing Beecher as My son." and tell
| ing him that while her rent il 81 800. her
income is but 81 600. and asking him to
| help he.. In this letter occurs the sem
| tence. do you know | think il strange
that you should ask me TO call YOU son =
| The letter Is sigacd Mother" In this part
of his stat ement Moulton is exceedingly
bitter, and intimates that man havsny
the income of Mr.. Bcecher did not need To
| mortgage his house to raise the paltry
| sum OF 81 900 unless he had drains upon
| his purse, which the public did not know
about and of which he would be 10th 10 in
! form them.
| Mr.. Mouton then proceeds to advance
| charge or adultery between Beechcr and
a woman whose name does not appear. u
| which he claims that Brown was knowing,
| and which he says Beecher has admitted
| 70 him. A. the charge rests upon Moul-
| ton unsupported word there t. no ncces-
sity for Introducing here the offensive de-
| tails
Moulton says he has been influenced "a
| act A. he Ia, In concealing for year. the
| facts In regard 10 Bcecher BY several con.
sidcration-. In the hrst place the facts o!
! Mr. Bcecher's life did not come 10 him all
At once, but one by one. aud when Mr.
| Bcecher confessed them. he promised with
streaming eyes that he would repent OF
the past and live holy life In the future
4 Then thar. no "a,
sons interested who would be blasted II
the facts were divulgrd, and /, blight
| "ouIn Ov thtO"u ou Christianity. Si.h
rcgardt to contradictory statements thai
| he - alleged 10 have made, he saws A. In
his first statement that he has doubles,
seemed TO deny that there was anv Grim.
lnality in Beechcr's conduct, but ever IA.
| done IL sQuarely.
| lie then relates conversation with
| beecher TO subsIantiate the allegation that
the latter had meditated suicide. III,
told me. say Moulton. and repeated 70
another IN my preseuce-ihat he had " It'll.
- reach in his room a poison, which he
would take II the story OF his crime with
| Elizabeth should ever come 10 the public.
| lie told me OF a visit which he had mad.
| 10 n photographers gallery, where he
| learned one OF the employees had mistak-
| en- glass OF poison for a glass of water
| and. having taken and drunk IL. had fail.
| en- dead, with scarcely time 10 drop the
| glass. Beecher said that was what he
wanted for himself; and. under plea Of
| making some Photographic experiment s,
! he procured some OF this same poison
| from the photographer, which he told me
he intended To use 1T he revelation OF his
| crime should be made. And then, " he
said, "it would be simply reported that
Beecher died Of apoplexy; but God and
| you and ! will know what caused nav
| death II these who blame me could have
| looked into his grief stricken face and list
| ened 10 the tones OF his voice in the great
| emergencies In which he said there was
no refuge for him but ia death, they would
have ielt impelled, a | was, to as gener-
| Gus, as open hearted a service as prac-
ticed toward him. IL would have taken a
harder heart than mine, being witness Of
his sorrows, not 10 forget his sins"
A number OF letters from Beecher to
Moulton are introduced to show that the
pastor was on the most friendly terms
with Frank" AFTER the date when Beecher
alleges that he had discovered the true
character and purposes OF the latter.
They contain such expressions as: God
bless you, my dear old fellow Il en-
close check, subject 10 your disc retion.
Should any accident befall me, remember
how deeply teel your ndelity aud friend
ship" etc.
In conclusion Mouton says he has been
led To make these disclosures by the as
saults made upon him by Beecher's friends
Up to the time of these assault he had re-
vealed nothing and all the statements i'm
puted by the newspapers to him were de-
rived from other sources. He concludes
with question from the Sermon on the
Mount.