Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-13
The Beecher-TiIt0n Scandal.

and others 10 New DIRK aud Brooklyn, auu III
a long special to the Chicago tribune, publish
ed on Monday morning, gives the result OF MS
Interviews with the persons named. H. sues
with Tl,on and agalnst Becchrr and concludrs
"My imDrcssiun OF all this affair Is that MI
Beecher, after loug course Of other balances
more or less guilty. found III his declining years,
saw at GO, his match III Mrs. Iiltou; that is to
saw. she had Il highly. wrought and exalted
mind loved him with that feeling which would
| consent 20 be- his daughter or consent 10 be his
wife. and. having yielded TO the latter induce
nent had the power OF life. love, and spirit to
Keen this fine old platludlnarlau hers faith
fully" cr
The same correspondent writes as follows OF
Moullon: "Nlr. MouIton Is a wealthy mer-
chant, probably abou IS years DID, he has
red hair and light skin, mustache, and ooIu,
prompt way of speech. lie Is the physical an
tipnde of Tlton, who Is tall, strange, un,
worldly looking man like great Sunday School
boy. Mouton is rough -and-ready these TWO
men think highly of each other, aud Moultou
says that Tllton's house was perfect rose gar
den. and when he heard OF the skeleton 10 II
he was more staggered than ever 10 his life. |
think he has extreme contempt Tor Beecher
hypocritical life, hut 20 dislike. lie thinks,
tnn that in his efforts TO shake off the coil OF
guilt which has so long envcoped hun, bech-
rr's remaining graces have been warped, that
melancholy has cushroudcd hun, aud he mas
become uugracous, evaslvc, crafty anu ues-
pcratc. r,, ~.
Of Plymouth Church "Wcll, said Illton,
lit is kind of club house, with female atten-
dants There are about 200 members There
arc also about fifty rich aud cordial men IN the
church, who look on it IN the light OF social
club They are generally worldly men, who
like Bcecher and the suappy, smartlsh thlogS
he has to say, his humor, aud his company;
and they put up their money, rejoice 10 the To-
shtuton, and otherwise play poker, go to the
theatre, or what not Bcecher Is magnlh
cent preacher, full of things which touch the
seusibllities of people, and vast mass OF wo,
men 20 there for their souls to be cowtortcd
and made good Now, put these TWO elements
together, the warmth aud belief OF the women,
the wealth and public spirit Of those mcn, and
Won can make, 10 u detached. du!llsh town like
Brooklyn, an institution equal to a merchants
exchange. There are plenty of men belonging
TO Plymouth Church who do not care whether
Beecher is dcbaucher or not.
The following is give as Ilton' theory about
Mrs. 1ilon: MIR. Triton, said |, approach
ing this delicate question after a pause, "how
can YOU make the world understand that Curl
ious theory that your wife could surrender to
the embraces OF another aud still be pure at
heart %
because" said Tilon 81 know it from
knowing her; from her letters which you have
| seen; from the absolute possession ot her whole
nature by the religious affections. 10 her
Henry Ward Bccchcr was Christ. Upon my
word, | sometim cs think that those two people
believed there was such thing as Slnlcss sin.
Bcecher was 10 love with Elizabeth as he never
Was with any other woman. They grew to-
gethcr 10 spiritual things so far that, tor tune,
they hardly knew the carnal from the spiritual.
That is why claim that my wife kept her
purity of heart while breaking her vows
New YORK, Aug, BIT was understood
that the Bcecher Investigating Committee was
to meet this murDiug, when Mr.. Bccchcr would
submit long statement.
New YORK, Aug. l3.-At Il session OF the
Committee last evening at Bccchcrs residence
some preliminary work was done Tor the exalni-
nation of Bcccher. \ tcw questions were ask
ed, but Beecher read no part of his statement.
\ written statement by him. said 4 member OF
the Commttce will probably bc read this
morning The Committee expect to finl>h his
examination in one long srsslou OF three or four
hours. One of his examiners said last evening
| that it was thought It would be moro satlSlac-
tory to the public if Brccher should prepare a
consecutive statement. Besides this he wGud
be very fully examined upon all points of the
case aud will give detailed explanations. lie Is
ready, say his friends, to reply 10 every point
that has been raised against him. As TO the
time when the Committees report would be
given to the public, a member of the Commit
tee, said there could be nothing definitely stat
ed at present Probably their last meeting Tor
taking testimony would be held to-day. As to
the preparation Of their report the details had
not been arranged The common course Of
giving sub committee authority to write it,
was likely to be followed When the subcOm-
mittee has done its work the result will be cOn-
sidered by the whole Committee, and if accept
ed by them, the report will be given TO the ex
aiming committee of Plymouth Church. 1t
is barely possible, said the committee man, that
the report may be III the hands OF the examln-
ing committee by the last part OF next week,
but there may be considerable delay before 1t Is
given to the church. So many members OF the
church are absent from the city; that it may
be thought best to put off It's submission to the
church, while the members Of the committee
ofinquiry are so weary with their long labors
in the hot weather; that they wish to separate
for a time and rest before coming together Tor
foal decision upon the report
This mornings Tribune says From trust
worthy sources 1t may be stated that the state
meut and testimony of Bcechcr are very elab
crate, covering every point n the charges oil
Tilton, and explaining each and all of the let
tiers which have been quoted. They will fill
about twenty columns of the Tribune aud will
be accompanied by the statement which Moul-
ton presented to the committee.
New YORK, Aug. l.-Tlton scouts the idea
that any compromise Of the case could now be
made Nlouton was CURLY retccnt yesterday
10 reply to inquiries by reporters TO confirm or
deny tn e ptruthfuloess.of the statements re-
ported to be from him in the Chicago Tribune
of Monday. He said be had not read 'Gath's'
letter and declared repeatedly that he did not
intend to read it. He sharply refused several
requests thas he would allow it TO be read to
him, aud refused decidedly to permit any one
to give him an outline of the points for denial