Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-18
PROGRESS OF THE SCANDAL.
Latest Developments.

send, as follows:
ANOTHER TALK WITH TIIToN.
BROOKLYN, August l5-lf anybody supposes
that Mr.. Beecher's long and perfumed state
ment has settled the case Of Tilton's desolste
house against Henry Ward Beecher's work,
then he must sleep the sleep OF Rip Van Win
kle to be perfectly happy. 1 came down from
Saratoga to-day, and went over the field In per-
son. Beecher had gone off like Q travelling me-
nagerie and wax-work show. Triton Stood
guard in his home, with his old Irish house
keeper. His daughter Florence was at Corn
children were at Mont Clair, n. j.; Mrs. Tiiton
was jealousy hidden away, as Tilton said, be-
cause the Beecherites thought she might fsl
msnv years." he said. +" She will confess the
whole truth. Confession, with her, is abso-
lutely necessary for the repose of her soul
Poor child, they will not let her cleanse her
soul by speaking. | told my daughter Flor
ence," continued Mr.. Tilton, :" that before
these people were done with Elizabeth they
with contempt. Beecher did just that dsy
before yesterday. 1t Is part or his plan TO
disbsr her, and make her unworthy of belief
do not know where che lie. I cannot learn"
WAS IN SEARCH OF MoULToN,
and letter of inquiry WAS sent to his business
house. The following answer came back from
one Of his partners:-"Frank is, L think, in
ceived from him this morning, dated the 18Th
he said he should 60 there to morrow" Whether
think he would hasten back under the circum-
stances, and look for him Monday morning.
Twas gratifed, yet made sad, TO- day, by the
sight OF
to her husband, written In October, 1870, three
months after her confession. / will not say how
or where saw it, but that is not vital Seduced,
confessed, penitent, miserable, she addresses
duplicate letters to her mother and husband
from point in the west where she was living
out her year OF contrltion. All this time her
mother, Mrs. Morse, the evil genius OF the
house, was preparing the public mind for the
DAY OF wrath, and nerving on her daughter tO
desert Theodore Tilton forever. The wife, get
ting her ideas OF her household while absent
from this unhealthy source, wrote upbraiding-
ly. and yet in shame. to her husband, seeking,
II appears, to give him strength in his sfflcton
lows, though L could not copy it. am tele-
graphing entirely from memory, two hours
after have seen the letter:
Theodore, have taken my own fault to my
Saviour, and made my peace with Him. Oh,
why do You keep intimating it TO my mother,
and say in your intense moments that after [ an
dead You will give the world a depletion OF MIR.
Il. Every time you throw a dart at him YOU
make my heart bleed, for have not already
wruDg his heart and ciouded his usefulness
enough? When told my secret fear, knew
that woeful intimacy. When you break out in
these strains of ferocity, every BODY suspects
what you mean. Even our daughter, gathering
the meaning of the offense, asked me one day
over the table whether 1 was an adultress
Think of the children born to us, OF the one
still unborn, and pray Gods forgiveness upon
Il a.
the gap between US who loved SO well; the agony
OF spirit that is driving US on and on. Ii YOU
cannot live for me, live for yourself and those
little ones. Part from the company You have
become entaDgled with-Susan A. and Mrs
Stanton. In the present awful state of things.
meekDess, new resolutions, prayer to GOD
through Christ, and consent to live until He
calls Us hence, is all that We can hope for. ]
long TO return to my home and children, but
cannot come until this agony be passed. Some
say my mother is a bad adviser, but, If cannot
IN ynrr rnn- hnr hnr nraf &c
Do not distress my fathers heart with the i'm
putation OF bis daughters fail Although he il
separated from mother, it gladdened my heart
TO hear him say that to her: .'Sbe was still his
wife," oh, that cruel fate could make 1t posi-
BILE for me TO be at your side and stay your
hands, and guide your feet. My heart is still
pure; my husband and family are still all TO
ne. For pity's sake, let silence rest upon this
thing, and, If we can never love again, let u
spare the dear offspring God has given u.s."
The letter is about eight or nine pages long.
A duplicate was sent to Mrs. Morse, with orders
to destroy it, and never mention its contents t.
the husband, but to read 1t that she might be
advised what was being said from her daughter
20 the husband. The letter strictly
BEARS OUT MR.. TILTON's THEORY
that Mrs. Tilton fell without the knowledge o.
guilt; that she was awakened to the fact OF
guilt by some such circumstance as reading the
story Of Catherine Gaunt; that she tEen made
voluntary confession of her offense; was put in
despair by the consideration that she had d.
stroyed Mr.. Beecher's usefulness as well as her
husbands peace Of mind, and that the house
hold was going to pieces before her sight. She
saw her husband backslidyng, tipping to drown
his misery, and Beecher equally smitten with
fear and despair. Through all 1t is
RATIONAL TRUTH-sERvING DOCUMENT,
and 1t closed by an importation to destroy al
correspondence, and speak nothing that will
met by Beecher's labored defense.
MOuLToN DENIES THE BLACKMAIL CHARGE
Frank Moulton has been interviewed on a
railroad train ga Massachusetts, gentleman"
who reports as follows:
"IIe has digested the Beecher statement with
regard to the Matchmaking charge. He is
much struck with it, and, speaking on thin
point, said with great emphasis There is no
blackmail aboutit Everything in connection
with money matters in this case can be explained
satisfactorily to everybody Mouton still de-
clares that his course has been an entirely hon.
orable one, and he proposes that it shall con-
tinue so TO the end. His attention was called to
the PORTION Of Beecher's cross-examination, in
which he (Moulton) is represented as loving in
trigues q la Lady Montague, where Beecaer
says he would not carve q cabbage unless he
could steal on it from behind and do it by de-
said will reply TO that by Withholding criti
cism Of his (Beecher'sl method Of telling the
truth without guilt. 1 have decided upon my
future course, and shall strictly adhere to the
plan have adopted. What that plan is no hui
man being but myself knows. This has been
very difficult case for me to manage up to the
present time, but the difficulty is all over
Moulton maintains that he has not a single doc
ument in his possession belonging to Beecher
that has reference TO this case. With regard to
making public any future statement he adheres
to his determination as set forth In his state
ment to the investigating committee on Monday
last but he adds that any charges that affect hIs
honor will call from him such explanation as
will eiectually wipe out any stain tn at body
NAV seek to attach to his name. Moulton read
Halliday's statement and remarked that il
doesn't show much animosity on my part to-
waId Beecher, does it?'"
MoULToN's MODIFIED STATEMENT
Another dispatch says there IL no doubt Moul-
ton has prepared q modified statement in re-
gard 10 the charges of Matchmaking in Beech
ers published defence. and will also bear out
the assertions heretofore made by him In regard
to the affair.
The New York Sun says" The reserve
statement of Mr.. Moulton is said to cover be-
tween two and three hundred pages of foolscap,
and its preparation was the work of three stem
ogIsphers for four days. 1t has been read by
Gen. Butler, Mr. Moulton's father and another
gentleman. Mr. Tilton says that he has no con-
ception Of the strength and extent Of the case
Ii makes ont against Mr.. Beecher. 'Au know,
said he to q reporter, If Moulton tells the truth
he must state that Mr.. Beechsr, as well a.
Elizabeth, confessed to him their adultery
! The most striking single point in the forthcom-
ing document Is said BY Mr.. 4. G.. Shearman TO
| be the letter from which Mr.. Moulton quoted in
| an interview with George Alfred Townsend, in
| which Mre. Tilton writes to Mr.. Beecher asking