The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-30

copy Of this paper, her husband asked her /
to make distiHet statement 10 writing OF /
her design and meaning in giving it, where /
upon she wrote as foliows:
THE LETTERS.
DEoEslBEH 81, 1870 o-Midnight
Ny DEAR UC-RASD:
st.teuIeu. tiI4. Hrnry " .r1 becvher called upon
this evening. and as Sat me i ! would defend
hHa agaIust any Accusation IN council OF minis !
teT- ana EelASc, soivL'hiS 1@sS Heui' IA S~sc
dscuser VS. any OtI.r person ti4an uiy Lusb
lie IL. ". 81 aiclsted letter, Talcsl l cOgIsl
my o~n, 70 De Used by EtGl as against any Othsr
accuser except ny husband. Tlis letter was de-
signed to vIudIcate MIR. BeecGer against al ot4er
persons save only yUuEsel.. va ready TO give /
nm tbI- ter pecr,s he Saig ,,ItI pt1 tat uI
letter y0gr hauos addressed 10 ll.A dated Dec,
%, aud struck hin dead, ana eniei his Cssiu.-
hess oG aud 1 are pledged 10 10 oar est %
avod publeitl. 600 grant speedy eHG to al Iur-
ELtzABETH.
On the next day, namely, December 81
1870, Mr.. Moulton, on being informed by
Mr.. Triton OF the above named transaction
by Mr. Beecher, called on hum Mr. Beech
er) at his residence, and told hm that
reconciliation seemed suddenly made i'm
possible Uy Mr.. Beecher's nefarious act in
procuring the letter which Mrs. Tilton had
thus been Improperly persuaded to make
falsely. Mr.. Beeeher promptly, through
Mr.. Moulton, returned the letter to Mr.
Tilton, with an expression Of shane and
sorrow for having procured it in tie man
ner he did The letter was as follows:
DECEMBER 30, 1870.
Weared by importantly ana wcIkrne4 - SICK
ness. 2aye Iet,et unphcat.1G nv nicnd Henry
ara Bpsciiur uuIlr assurance that that SoulI re-
move all difficulties betN cen an my nus DaHd.
tAat letter ! now revoke, WAS persuaded 70 II
almost Iorced-when in eak eIIe,l state allnd.
regret It, ana recall I'll Is statements.
desire to say explici;ly Mr.. Beechsr has never
oieredtau, improper sol citation but has always
tre@tse lie il uianHer 5eUo. in- Christian and
- @euteni4n. ELZAEETA X. Hilton,
At the time Of Mr.. Beecher's returning
the above document to Mr.. Tilton through
Mr.. Noulton, NJ. Beecher requested Mr.
Moulton to cail at bis residencs IN Colum-
bia street, on the next day, which he did
on the evening 81 January l, 1871. \
long interview then ensued, in which Alr.
B,cc..er txrrt ssed to Mr. NoultOn great
CO triton and remorse for his previous
criminaiity with Mrs. Tilton; taking to
Himself shame for having infused his sa-
cred Office a> a clergyman to corrept her
mind; expressing Il determination to Kill
himself in case OF exposure, and hc.glug
Mr.. Moul'oa to take a pen and receive
from hIs (Mr. Be"cher's) lips nn apology
to be conveyed to Mr. Iilton in the holc
that such an nppea! woui secure MIR. Til
toms forgiveness. The apology which llr.
Roectcr dictated to Mr.. Moultou va. ~
! follows:
TUE APOLoGY.
In trust = ith E. y. Mouton)
Ny DEAr FRIEND, NCUITaN:
l ash, through you. Tueotore Tllton's f'r-iv--
( iorc M God.
MIL Finally, that the addition 10 the
foregoing facts AMI evidences, other con
/ firIna tions could he adduecd If needed to
prove the following capitulated statement,
namely, that the'Rev. Henry " ard Bcecher,
as pnstor and friend of hr. Tilton and his
| family, trcspassed upon the sarctity OF
I II iti-usillp y anu ILSllltiiIbF III l'iiZ 'b-
deayor to seduce Mrs Elizabeth Il. Triton;
that by the altful use OF his prIestly outhori,
tY with her, she being his pupil in religion,
ne accomplished this seduction that for
| period CT a year and u half or hereabout,
he maintained criminal intercourse with
her, overcoming her previous modest
scruplCs against such conduct by investing
it with a false justification as s4r ctiUned hy
love and religion; that be then participated
IL 4 conspiracy to degrade Theodore Iilt9n
before the public. by loss of place, business,
and repute that he abused Mr.. Tilton' 5
forgiveness and pledge of protection by
thereafter authorizing Il series Of measures
tby Plymouth Church having for heir
object the putting Of stigma upon Nr.
filton before the church, and also before
an cciasiastical council, insomnch that the
Moderator ofthatconncii, interpreting these
acts by Mr. Beechor and bis church, de-
liared publicly htat thsy showed Mir
Beecher t6Hie the most rlagnanimous oi
men, 'ii'2 -'Lt IA b'l ~ DS d hilHh& 'sl-
dog that v hen Mr.. Tiiton thereafter, not
in malice, but for selt-proteetion, wrote 6
letter to Or. Bacon, alu1ing therein to A.
offence and apology by the Rev. Henry
Ward Begchar, lie Mr. BeAeher) defan tly
= appointed a eammittee of his church mem
! bcrs to inquire into the INJURY done hin
f., by Mr.. Tiltan by the aforsaii aiiusion, an,
:, implying that he CDR. Beeeher) had neve
been The author Of such offence and apology
and that Mr.. Iiiten was sianderer, tha
= to make this inquiry bear grieyoasly agains
Mr.. Til,cr, he Mr. HeecherJ rIeHious
conuiyed a aish Mrs T. Il, Tilton to Civ
!. false tcstinoby in his ar- Beecher's) be
:. half that Mr.. BeecAey's course tUwar
. NIr. Tiltan and family has at last resute
in the open destruction of Mr. iilion
, household and home, and in the dasoiatio
of his heart and life.
r THEnpoRE TILroH.
=. Sworn to be before me, this Goth day
n July, 1874.
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