, 1874-09-12
MOULTON.

MOULTON.
tCortfnuct from tho Tlrst Tnxo,,
exposure Of othor trsnshctlons Of Deecl,or with
other women. THIS part ct tho statement ia tho
light OH tho nowon difficulty. l Houd it In full.
He BayB:
II to obtain advantage to onc's nclf BY uatne
tho unfortunate sitnation Of another !s black
Tint Inscription. Deecher protected himaelt
from bowen by uaing tho power ttat Tiltou had
over Dowon to got thu trtpartito COW
enant ont of him, md yot ho pnta
taS sae:s In oas,s aasdy osmsd contrary , sss % -
ton) alleged wan very Quietly and easlly put
aside, but rot In such . way NJ to koop my fcol-
inga stirred up. III order Tint ] might. through
my friends, bo uacd to extract from Mr.. Dowen
among them. Tho cl.ook for tlat slim in hand,
Mr.. Titon signed Eli agreement OF peacb and
concord, not lnado BY rne, but nccoptcl bymo AZ
sincoro." Tho precise oontrnry of thin iB
tiuo. Mr.. Bowen had made certain charges agsinst
yoechor, and thereby cntlsed Tiilon To write
tho iotter Of 2bth Deeomhor, 1870, re9nt1ing
l}eochor to 1oayo hiB church and city, which
Bowen carried to Boec1er. Why should Tilton
hayo selocted Dowon 10 bo tho bcarer OF such
letter, 1t Dowon had not made tho statomcnts
statemonta wele made when Oliver johnson was
preaent OF fiyo different acts and specifications OF
adulteIoua intercourse with five different women.
That iottcr was read by Beechor, and thadroadfnl
to him; aud as this matter WAS contomporane-
otia with the acourations tnaGe by Triton as to
his own wifo Deecl,or desired Tint should on
dcaror to protect him from them also Unlisted
TINT ! should agrco to reference to MI arbitra-
ton, Of which his friend md presont commit
teclnan, Mr.. II. i. Claain, was chairmhn. and
submit Tiltous claim for damages for breach Of
compact by Bowen to that nrbitrasion; and after
full hearing, ~ which MI these so grave charges
By Bowrn 10 Tilton ,against Deeeter Zone Of
stated iii Dowen'a and their pres
cnco t1,o arbitration unanimously agreed.
first, that Bowen should pay Tton $1,000
for breach Of his contract, and it waa also made
contract that they would not thereafter repeat
the accusations which woro annexed to tho paper,
a majority Of Dowon's friends on TINT arbftra-
ton, who had boon agreed to by me because
they were Deocl,crs friends. insisting ,upon
nowen and Ti1ton signing such covenant ii, be-
half Of Deecllor before Dowcn a,nl Triton could
have thoir money accounts aettlod. All Of
which waB Jono at tho Hnme day and dato 40
that Baechcr, in fact used Tton's position with
Bowen to e1tort from Bowen certificate Of good
give Bowen tl,eso business advantages, aud lad
also giycn him = certificate OF good character
aua conduct IN church, in Fobrnarv, 1870. which
he removed at this time in tlcBo words: II
leery regret tho causeH Of suspicion, Jealousy,
md eHtrangomont which hnyo como between ua.
1t III Joy for mo to lave my old regasd Tor Henry
O. Iowen aud Theodore Tilton restored, aud
happiness to mo to resume tho old station Of
i9 n s''pSes .; tc nna om fSsoes Could TO pceSsf sss
IT lnnocont, have signed such cortificate NJ
that to Bowen upon . slmple Withdrawal Of
charges. ono Of which is described al brn.al
rapo, without any nvorment that thoy wcro un-
trt.o, ,-Dowcn merely Baylng. that ho did not
know anything Of thom,-and yet without oven
withdrawal Of those charges made privately n
yoar before. After these statements had been
rnado by Bowen, and after those accuaationR
"oro well known TO Bocclet,-after hours Of
ssc n Tss Tssot a"stsa 4a ip I'D
fact OF reconciliation in Plymouth Church,
and spoke highly OF his Christian
brother, Bowen, AVID Il rev adjustment ,waa
obtained again In the manner I have stated at
tho time Of tho trpartito covenant. / do not re-
publish the documents which chow all this nndor
Deechor's own hand, as thoy arc alrcady pub
liHhed in my former statement and Autographed.
l.agreo that tlloso facts aro so unusual. 80
strange, moro startling than anything in fiction.
should chalengo discrcdit everywhere except
among thoso wh0 know mo we'll, but thai they
probably wore we'll known to Mr.. Il. D. Clatiit,,
ono Of alr. BcocAer'a Committee, will appoar
from Is letter heretofore published from Doechor
to me- which reproduce, AZ follows:
1EEouEn TO uounroS.
MONDAY, ,--.
DEAR Friend: Called last evening as ,i.rced, but
you 4ad nteprsd out On my WY e church laat eYe1,-
ing; met Cai'n 10 sass - H. ~ ~, asats @ as
9uen , ana IL T. ta I M sa
read lin drsft Of # In ths icctnrsroom. lie drew
laek mud sa, better not send IL" asked him il
D. had e,or uiade him statement Of tho very bottom
facts; Il there were any charges I dtd not
know Ho sy;adsd ana n'mntea ~ . .has @ hs hn.t ~
10 nary Mdua T. pa I9ns IN, IL tSux ~ oxds n h,ve
@ so, ~ o,g no,o ~ smd Saxe esrove at nro,a,sd
Tie real pojut to avoid ia IN nppos 10 ho clrcE aud
thsu to tic Council It would 10 conlagration md
give 10 possible chance for hid!ngs and evuaons,
and increase . hun'srs,l.fo!a tAss secAda' without
hsag sa sec yHa o. Sor eo eeoa ssa ss ns
nxan. s,c o & sr secsss bhcqn hit
hava mi trns M for ~ the ruture' Douv fa to sce q.
tOlaiin and hayo full and eonadeuta1 talk. Yours
ever.
1t will be sccu from, this note TINT 1t was not
T1itou's accusat1ops TINT then had in charge,
but Dowen's. ai,l the real point was to avoid
IAN appeal to tho church at,d then to the Coun-
Gil ~ altl with such an appenl it would 10 "con-