The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-30

leaving me determined as before
How to account for the change
which the twenty-four hours had
been capable of working in his mind
therein fixed for many years past, 1
leave for the eternities with their
mysteries to reveal. That he is an
unreliable, and unsafe guide, whose
Idea OF truth-loving is self.loving, it
is my misfortune at this late, sad
hour to discover.
Signed, ELIZABETH r. T1LToN.
HOW TILToN's STATEMENT GOT
PRINTED-ALl ABOUT BEECH.
ER'S LOVE LETTERS.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Theodore
Tilton says of the publication of his
statement: 81 would not have had
it published for one hundred thou
sand dollars. Augustus Maverisk, a
friend of mine, helped me to copy
the original, and made second copy
of it while l was before the commit
tee. He printed it out of friendship
for me. When l heard it / went to
my room in store house, and threw
myself on my bed in despair.
Maverisk is editor of the Brooklyn
paper in which the statement first
appeared, and yesterday received
the following note:
WEDNESDAY, July %.
Ny Dear Mayerisk From no
other person save either yourself as
my copyist, or from the committees
short hand writer, or from some
member Of the committee, could my
sworn statement have gone into
print. My heart is bowed and bleed
ing at seeing these facts spread be.
fore the world. Tell me, how could
you have taken such fearful, dread.
full, horrible responsibility, without
consulting me in advance. There
now remains no possibility of peace
or silence, nothing but everlasting
woe. Explain yourself. You must
do it; both to me and to the public.
Yours in grief,
THEODORE TILToN.
Maverick publishes this note, and
adds in the course of short expla.
nation addressed to Tilton and the
public GAS one of Tilton's fast
friends, believing and knowing him
to be long abused man, and that
he still shrank from hurting others
in order to shield himself, l resolved
that this defense should be published
and l published it. I did SO without
his knowledge or consent and l did
right and stand by the act as an act
of justice to a man who has been
wronged and a community that has
right to know all the facts"
A gentleman whose official busi-
ness has led him to receive and open
much Of Beecher's correspondence
said last evening: "1n Beecher's
love letters you would be surprised
to know how foolishly some women
write to him. Every once in while
woman gets little crazy and writes
to Beecher to tell him how she adores
him. The letters used to 60 to the
Independent Office and Tilton, under
orders from Beecher, opened many
of them. He made copies of, and
to-day has the manuscript aud names
and copies of letters, all connected
with respectable ladies who have
foolIshly written to Beecher all about
their love for him. He receives
love letters by the ream aud cord,
and the joke of it Is that as his wife
takes care OF all the letters that
come for him she reads his love let
ters before he sees them. Mrs. Til
toms letters to Beecher were very
affectionate and enthusiastic and ex-
pressed deep pervading love for
him. Mrs. Beecher read them all
before he saw them, and they are all
in her possession now. When the
scandal was first noised about, Mrs.
Beecher looked up the letters, and,
at Mrs. Tilton's request, has pre-.
served them for her. You can't con-
vince Mrs. Beecher that her husband
is guilty of anything that Tilton
charges. She says that if all the
women in creation were to swear
that Mr.. Beecher had been untaith-
full, she would not believe them.
NEW YORK, July 23.-The Beech
er Investigating committee met this
evening and examined the original
letters copied In Tilton's statement.
Tomorrow evening they meet
again when it is expected
Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton will
submit full statements. Frank
Moulton would not say whether he
had prepared statement for publ.
lication. An intimate friend and ad-
wiser of Beecher said there were
several parties who had seen and
read the original statement made by
Tilton, exculpating Beecher from all
charges latterly preferred against
him by Tilton, and that they were
prepared, if summoned before the
committee, to swear to that fact.