The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-15
Moulton's Statement,

nc NeW LULA pApeIb VI 6aluIuAy BlNt
up a large amount Of space 10 MOnlton'l
third statement in regard 10 the Beecber-
TiltOn AFFAIR." 1t Is an extraordinary
statement and one that Is calculated tC
severely test the faith Of the pablo IL
Mr.. Beecher's innocence, The case indeed
Is now resolved into this simple issue, viz
either the statements Of Moulton are the
cold blooded lies Of q malicious dew
or else Mr.. Beecher Is the most goddess
impostor Of modern times.
Here is one part Of MoULToSs state
menl that will be read with Interest, mas
much as It is reply to charges that have
been made affecting his credlbiliIy as q
witness. We quote as follows:
In view Of these terrible revelations,
the question will indeed well be asked,
as il has been: allow could you, Mr..
Moulton, sustain Beccher, knowing al
these things, SO monstrous, horrible and
revOlling" To this question, urgently
springing from the facts, answer that |
did not know them all Of once, as the
public now know them. began IN the
interest Of friend. lmet another man
OF brilliant genius and high standing,
older than /, who asked my friendship
which ! promised him, and who trusted
me implicitly; and as disclosure came
alter disclosure, as fact piled on lact, ]
could only stagger along under the load
These acts Of guilt had already been done
many Of them years before, and al the
ums he promised me faithfully and with
sincere sorrow, tears ROLLING down biz
cheek, that sll that was past, and his i1-
ture should be bright and holy, Ss hi
past been deemed TO be by those who
knew him rot. However much nigh
cease 10 Tespect or love any party in lhC
controversy, Ye! there'Were other hearts Il
ache There were innocent children u
be destroyed, iamiles-mOre thsn one o.
tnree-:o be separated and blight pu
upon Christiani'y and shock TO the NOR.
al sense OF the community such IS II DeN
Ct before received, II threw down my
burden and, therefore, / have borne 1t a
best us could, ind now only speak il
defence Of my own honor, which l have
cn1G.VoIed TO keep uniarnished, 80 that
those who come alter me may not bG
overwhelmed in this malestrom Of Vict
aud wiCkCdness, in which have nearly
been submerged.
II is also objected 10 me that when
have been questioned in regard TO thest
facts | have made denial OF them, anC
MIR. Beecher himself or his lawyers, have
had the temerity TO publish IN his state
ment letter Of mine TO him OF June
1873, in answer to his departing one o
same date, telling me how he had lost al
hope, and intimAting 10 me in writing
rs he had frequently before in words, tina
his only refuge was in suicide.
Having made, IN allusion TO Beecher'
suicide, 1t may be we'll for me 10 stat
here the iull circumstances oil his comics
sion concerning his proposed design. 81
told me-sn6 repeated TO another in m,
prescnce-thst he had within reach Il
his own study poison, which he woul,
take II the story Of his crime with Eli
z4beih should ever come 10 the public
lie told me Of a visit which he had mad
10 photographers gallery, where b
learned that one Of The employees hal
mistaken glass Of poison for a glas
OF water, and having taken anc
drunken II, had fallen desd, witt
scarcely time 10 drop the glass. Bcechel
said that was what he wanted for him
self; and under plea Of making some pho,
graphic experiments, he procured some
OF this same poison from the photograph,
II M fnNa cd
il the revelation should be made. "And
then" he sad, at would be simply re-
ported that Beecher died Of apopIexy
but God, and you and will know What
caused my death" II those who blame
me could have looked into his grief
stricken lace and listened TO the tones o.
his voice in the great emergencies in
which he said there was no refuge ior
him but in death, they would have fell
impelled, as was, TO as generous, as open
hearted service as l practised towards
him. II would have taken harder hear
than mine, being witness oil his sorrows
not 10 forget his Gins. ~
II have (he writes) a strong feeling upor
me, and 1t brings great peace with Il, tina,
! an spending my last Sunday, and
preaching my last sermon" did, in.
decd, write TO him, you can stand Il the
whole case were published tomorrow
l did believe that, II he had made as be
was advised 10 make, a full and frank con,
iession ol the whole truth, as he had done
10 me, accompanied by such expressions
OF contrition and repentance as he hat
made to me, his church and the worlt
would have forgiven him, and he woulC
have stood. How much more, then, mus
| believe IL now, when he can stand be
fore the public preaching The Gospel o
Jesus Christ with all the facts msdC
known, ard am driven by blows and as
saults Of his people from that which
should be the house Of God wherein hii
Gdulteries and hypocricles have been con