Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-25

/ deliberate lHiotAOott SotoSe ~ A-s -
mother who said she would bear the re-
sponsibility of this and other statements
she might make, and communicated TO
my husbands enemy. Mrs. ID. W.
Beecher, and by her communicated to
Bowen. | feel outraged by the whole
proceeding. l am now suffering more
than am able TO bear.
am, yours truly,
ELIZABETH R. TILToN.
Nineteenth - That during the first
week of May. 1871, few days alter the
above letter was written, Beecher COM
municated to Tilton through Moulton
an earnest wish that be (Tilton) would
take his family TO Europe and reside
there for a term of years at Beecher's ex-
pense. Similar offers have since been
repeated by Beecher to Tilton through
the same channel. A message of kind
red tenor was brought from Beecher to
Tilton last Summer by F. B. Carpenter,
as will appear from the following affida-
Wit.
HOMER, n. Y, July 1874.
On Sunday, July i, 1873, two days
after the surreptitious publication of the
tripartite covenant between Henry W.
Beecher, H. c. Bowen and Theodore
Tilton, walked with Mr.. Beecher from
Plymouth Church to the residence of
F. ID. Moulton in Livingstone street On
the way to Mr.. Moulton's house Beecher
said to me that if Tilton would stand by
him he would share his fame, his fort
une and everything he possessed with
him (Tilton).
Francis B. CARPENTER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of July, 1874.
WILLIAM T. HIcKocK,
Notary Public.
Mr.. Carpenter in communicating to
Tilton the above affidavit, says in let
ter accompanying it, Il have no hesita-
ton in giving you the statement as l I'M
derstood it was for me to report in sub
stance, and do so repeating it. 1t was
at this interview that Beecher spoke to
me on his apology to you" The charge
that Tilton ever attempted to levy
blackmail on Beecher is false, on the
contrary Tilton has always tresisted
every attempt by Beecher to put him
under pecuniary obligation. Through
the influence of Beecher's friends, the
opinion has long been diligently promul-
gated that nothing was due to Tilton,
and that the alleged facts were a mali
cious invention by him to revenge him
self for supposed any imaginary wrongs
done to him by Beecher. Many words
were spoken from time to time by Mrs.
Tilton to the praise and eulogy of Beech
er which, being extensively quoted
through. his congregation heightened the
impression that Tilton was Beecher's
slanderer, Mrs. Tilton being herself the
authority for the statement. In this
way Mrs. Tilton and one of her relatives
have been the chief causes of the great
difficulty of suppressing the scandal.
They have had habit of saying Tilton
believes such and such things, and then
naming these things by way of denial,
has been mischievous way of circulat-
ing them broadcast. In this way Tilton
has been made to appear defamer,
whereas he made every effort in his
power to suppress the injurious tales
which he has been charged with propa-
eating. On all occasions he has system
atically referred to his wife in terms
favorable to her character Further,
Tilton would not have communicated to
the committee the facts contained in this
staten ent, except for the perverse course
of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs.
L. Tilton, to degrade and destroy him in
the public estimation.
Twenty-frst-Tha one evening, about
ton letter to DIR. Bacon, Mrs. Tilton, on
coming home at late hour, Informed
her husband that she had been visited al
a friends by Committee of Inyestiga.
ton, and had given sweeping evidence
acquitting Beecher of every charge. This
was the first intimation which Tilton re.
ceived that any such committee was Their
in existence, Furthermore, Mrs. Tiltor
stated that she had done this by the ad
vice of lawyer whom Beecher had sent
to her, and Who, in advance of her APP
pearing before the committee, arranged
with her the questions and answers
which were to constitute her testimony
in Beecher's behalf On the next day
after giving this untrue testimony before
the committee, she spent many hours o.
extreme suffering from pangs of con
, science at having testified falsely; sht
: expressed the hope to her husband tina
} God would forgive her perjury, but tha
the motive was to save Beecher and hel
, husband, and also to remove all reproacl
, from the cause of religion. She also ex
} pressed similar contrition to one of he
, intimate friends.
! Twenty second-Finally, that in ad
/ dition to the foregoing facts and evi
J dences of others, confirmation could b.
! adduced, if needed, to prove the who'll
, recapitulated statement Namely, tina
) the Rev. H. W. Beecher, as the paste
| and friend of Mr.. Tilton and his family
. trespassed upon the sanctity of friend
ship and hospitality in long endeavor t,
, seduce Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tilton; tina
by the artful use Of his priestly authorit
, with her, she being his pupil in religion
, he accomplished this seduction; that TO
q period of year and half, or there
g abouts, he maintained criminal inter
n course with her, overcoming her prev
II GUS modest scruples against such con
10 duct by investing it with false justiics
t ton as sanctifed by love and religion
that he then participated in a conspirac
n to degrade Theodore Tilton before tn
il public by the use Of his place of bushes
l. and reputation; that he had abused MI
= Tilton's forgiveness and pledge Of pre-
e lection by thereafter authorizing a serie
IS Of measures, by Plymouth Church
J. having for their object the putin
r of stigma upon Tilton before IL
10 Church, and also before an eccl,
y siastical council inasmuch thu
a the Moderator of that Church j
r. interpreting these facts by Beeche
and his church declared publicl,
- they showed Tilton to be kna,
l. and dog; that when Tilton thereafte
ar not in malice, but for self protectio,
D. wrote letter to DR.. Bacon, alludir
n therein to the offense and apology by IL
We Rev. H. W. Beecher, he (Beecher) del
I antly appointed a committee of h
le church members to inquire into the il
n jury done him by Mr.. Tilton by IL
ct aforesaid allusion, and implying that |
# (Beecher) had never been the author
y such offense and apology, and that M
s, Tilton was o slanderer; that be biase
s, this inquiry previously against Mr.. II
o ton; that Mr.. Beecher previously CO..
At nived with Mrs. E. R. Tilton to gi,
is false testimony in his (Beecher's) b
l half; that Beecher's course towards II
g, ton and family has at last resulted in Il