The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27
WHEELING WEST VA. MONDAY MORNING JULY q, 1874

MIR. johnson said perhaps Mr.. Tiltol
has a reason for not going to Plymouth
Church and thereupOn Mr.. Bowen l
curious 10 know the reason.
A. in q solitary phrase said there WA
personal domestic reason why I coult
not go there consistently with sell respect
that Mr.. Beecher had been unhRndsomt
in his approaches TO- my wife. That 4
tho sum and substance Of all have eve
said on this subject to. the very few people
TO whom ! have spoken OF 1t.
Being asked when he first learned
that Mr. or Mrs. Beecher hat
In any way communicated facts TO Bower
which ina4med him in the matter oI
his (filton's) dismissal witness said he
learned this from Beecher himself on the
day alter the apology was written-the
%, possibly the Sd, Of January. Il was
In Moultons room. Beecher came In. Il
was an unexpected meeting. He burst
out In an expression OF sorrow, and said
he hoped the communication he sent wit.
ness by Moulton was satisfactory. BE
then and there told Moullon he had done
wrong, but not 80 much as some others
had Neterring 10 his vile, who had made
statements 10 Bowen that ought 10 be un.
made), and volunteered 10 write a letter
TO Bowen concerning the facts which
she had misstated. Mrs. Tilton had told
witness OF the visits Mrs. Beecher made
ner, and Of the testimony they wanted 10
get. Mrs. Tilton spoke number of times
OF the enmity which Mrs. Beecher had
Tor her, and Tor some strange reason, had
connected Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Tilton's
mother, with It. There was a conspiracy
between Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Beecher
before September. Tho truth is, Mrs.
Tilton's confession was made TO her
mother, and her mother naturally wanted
10 protect her daughter, and she made a
kind Of an alliance with Mr.. Beecher,
and Mrs. Beecher took o part 10
it. There was q desire on their part
protect Elizabeth. Mrs. Tilton thought
witness retirement from the papers due
in some way to Mr.. and Mrs. Beeche.,
and as witness was very indignant against
Bowen, that unless there was a reconcile
alton between Beecher and her husband
her secret would be exposed. She begged
witness 30 have an interview with Beech.
er and wrote 10 that effect. The sole
purpose ot that interview wvs that Mrs.
Filton felt that Beecher and witness were
in danger Of collision. For her sake
and at her request 1t took place. Tllton's
dismisssl from the Union was two days
after that interview. The interview had
nothing 10 do with it.
Being asked why the difficulty with
Bowen would involve the exposure Of
the family secret which he obtained
from Mrs. Tilton six months before,
Witness said 1t was not through fear oi
my exposing it. Mrs. Morse and Mrs.
Beecher were sometimes in collision, and
Mrs. Tllton always made me believe that
Mrs. Beecher knew this secret until in De.
cember, when she told me / took 1t for
granted all summer long that she had told
him what she had told me and what she
had told her mother, and l suppose Mrs.
Beecher was cooperating with Mrs.
Morse.
Q. Did you not complain OF Beecher
Tor not aiding you TO remain on the IHde.
pendent? IL E## ...a
A. No, sir: would have scorned It.
Tilton continued: He never told Sam'l
Wilkeson that BeeCher had not befriended
him in the matter, but that he was unjust
to him, and saying he ought to be turned
out.
In further testimony witness said he
accepted the apology Beecher made. and
forgave the oftense with as much largeness
as he thought 1t possible for q Christian
man, and resumed his relations, which
Moulton forced with an iron hand. Wit.
ness had taken pains TO have 1t appear in
all quarters that Beecher and himself
were not in hostility, and suppressed his
selt'respect many times in doing it. Never
stated the ofense oil Mr.. BeeCher 10 DR..
Storrs. Showed Dr.. Storrs letter
which Elizabeth and himself wrote, and
which he still preserved. Did not charge
Beecher with any ofense OF all. To the
question how was the ofense stated,
Tilton replied that 1t began in
this way, "That on certain
day in the summer Of 1870
she had informed her husband that Mr..
Beecher had asked her to be a wife to
him, together with all this implies. He
was very solicitous TO make itappear she
did not accept his proposition, and happi.
ly, In reading, those who,saw it naturally
inferred she did not accept his PROPOSE.
tlon. 1twas perfectly correct statement
Witness read a statement to Beecher, who
objected 10 It, and the witness made no
further use oiit. He however prepared q
document on his relations to Bowen, in
which EliZabeth's letter was stated, as
well as the letter Of apology, which he
put in, not wishing TO make the ofense
wore than 1t was. l was solicitous
not to have the worst OF the case
known. This was also read TO DR..
Storrs, to whom witness went In great
distress, wanting counsel.
Q, And 80, to get correct counsel, you
mis.stated the cssei s-tr-
A. Yes. Il was a statement necessary
TO be made, alter Mrs. IWoodhulls state
ment. ! was out Of town and she had
filled the country, and Beecher had taken
no notice Of 1t. It was seven or eight
days old, and | went to DR.. Storrs for
SOuuoSI' Ap aahSu uA0 huOul luV bLOEN 3
l said: "Don't ask me for that" He
said give mo some facts by which I can
judge Give that which can be proved.
30 gave an account Of my affairs, very
largely about Mrs. Woodruff, and 90 on.
The origin Of that document was seek
ing for something that would do 10
put it before the public, plausible snswer
10 Woodruff publication, conceived that
by choice OF facts We might, perhaps,
explain It away. I read 1t to AR. Beech
or and he burst into long sigh, and said
that he would not or could not stand upon
1t. Elizabeth burned or tore 1t to pieces.
Q Why did you abandon the docu.
mentS
A. Because there was no success In It.
Q, Was 1t not because he didn't accept
A, Because he didn't accept or reject
1t. He wanted no statement TO be made
and so the thing was buried. .
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