Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-23
. Notes of the Adopted Daughter
of TiltOn ExOnerating him
from the Charge Of an At
tempt to Rape her.
The Dreadful MOther-in-LaE's 8
Part in the Shameless Drama
Hrs. TiltOn's Open Con-
feSsiOn of Untruth-
fulness.
Testimony Of Beeeher and Mrs.
TiItOn to MOultOn's Reliabili-
ty as a Friend and a Man
The Blaekmail Ac.
count.

In our edition Of yesterday We closed
with the card Of Mr.. Beecher, denying the
statements published by Mrs. Woodruff,
aud thanking the editor of the Brooklyn
Eagle for his interest in his (Beecher'2)
defense. This brief explanation viii
enable our readers to take up under
standingly the thread of MoultOn's
story, which we continue as follows:
I would hsve submitted this card to
Beecher before publication, but he was
absent. For various reasons l held my
self excepted from this call for publica-
tion, Is was well understood by Beecher.
know nothing further of the relations
of B wen and Beecher in this cOnnec-
tiOn which Is Of importance TO this in
quiry. Another curious complication OF
The relations of the parties arose from
the publication by AITs. Woodruff of the
story in her journal. 1t is a matter Of
public notoriety that Mrs. Isabella |
Beecher Hooker, the sister Of Beecher, |
lad Csp0used the cause Of Mrs. Wood |
hull on the question Of woman suffrage, |
and has been accused still further Of |
ADOPTING her social tenets. BeecheT's |
municated to her, and this had been
made a subject Of communication from
Mrs Hooker to her brother. After the
publication by Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs.
Hooker addressed the following note to
her brother, which contains so full and
clear al exposition Of all the facts and
circumstances that / need not add 8
word Of explanation. l produce Mrs.
HOoker's letter to Beecher under date Of
November !, 1872:
MRS. HOOKER TO H. W. BEECHER.
HARTFoRD, November /, 1872.
DEAR BsoTHER-In reply to your words,
IF you still believe in that woman" etc, let
me say that from her personally have never
heard woId ON this subject. When, nearly
"A year ago, heard thai when mere IN lhls
s.it IS she sad she had expected You 20 intro
siuce her a Steinway, wrote her a most in
6fruEnf. rebuking letter, 20 which she replied
in a manEer that astOunoed me BY It's calm
assertion that she considered YOU as true a
friend to her as / ms self. inciOsed lhis let
IN fo Mr. Tilion, asking him to show Il 10 you,
ff be thought best, and TO write me what Il all
uIeau'. he never replied, nor returned the
letter 20 me, as requested; but have copy
OF Ii at your service. In the month OF Febru-
arv after shat, on returning from Washing
ton 1 went tO Mrs. Stantons 70 spend sunday,
at jersey City. ] met Mn. woodruff, who
had come over in the same train Wild me II
seemed, and who urged me in a nasty way 10 |
bring Mr.. stanton over on Monday Tor SUI /
frage consultation as 70 the spring convention /
teIneu beriug her assertion OF the friendship |
between you, and OF her meeting you occa- /
sionaIIy al Mrs. M0ultOn s house Il think this /
ig fEe name. 1 thought ! would put this TO |
lest, and replied that II I could be sure OF see
r.rr yOu al The same time would come. She /
Ef0nlIsed TO secure you, II possible and fu-y /
meant 10 keep my appointment but on sun |
dag / remembered an appointment az New /
EIagen, which l should miss II / stopped /
~ New York and 50 passed by, /
d. Nppiug her letter. By the way, cur1ously /
snot Ngu- sister Catherine VINO was staying Al /
your NOuse at this time said 10 me here cas-
uaily- 'e latier part OF The saIns week: Belle,
Henry W. vi ever 70 New orK 70 see you last |
monday b u eOuld not nnd you Oi course |
nv I-, -,fsr.nce- vas that Mrs. Woodruff either 4
bad Uo,r.r q Yer you or you were secretly |
friends. Ddrla s,1st Ne. TliTon had said
4, Irr IJsIen "a fLe SaZe OF the discovery he !
led 70 the house Of ~ - ~ sDu - 1S-9re IL
-Iefl+fse - ror f,ssed "a hls vile and OF ners
as confessed 70 him. She 5seluea 5ses Ia , os , is @
after she went 10 Mr.. Mou Nei ana on sTfeTtoe
coming down the 'front.' step :, N,Io sstd. ave-
met Tilton and MOulton, W. So ., - -
have iust had Plymouth Gnu g. a. 90 I1sT,I1, -,
end here is his confession ishoA II IL > h . "a -osSs
serfrtI. !" She added that Mrs. Tilt,lH uso InaiS @
"a similar statement to Miss Anth an @ a-.t \
;r-ge since received from Miss a al. =. "a
rr-roi,oration OF this although she Re IN sed 70
..i.e me the particulars, being buried u III
ndence. She thinks from tnat day 20 LIIs
rlat have carried a heavy load. You uaf
te FEre ] could not share IL with my husba 9dl ,
because ne was already OveTburdened alea
afarmlngly affected brainw lsei but ] resolve = |
that II be went abroad 6s he probably must, 4
] would not 90 with him, leaving you alone,
as it were, - bear whatever might come OF ]
revelations. ] witlsiOOd The entreaties o. my 4
husband 10 the last, and sent Nary ia my Il
stead and at the last moment confded 20 \
ler all that knew, ana ielt ana feared mat 4
sine might not be prepared TO sustain her i
father should the trial OFertase them. BY 1
reading the acconpaDy ying letters from them l
you will perceive that from outside evidence |
alone he had come 10 the conclusion which |
reached only through the most reliable testi- /
mony that could well be furnished in anv |
caEe against every predtsposinon OF my own
slul, fearing thst they would hasten home 70 I
me and thus lose ali the benent OF The journey,
for ogvIug 10 this and other anxieties OF busi-
ness John had got wOrse rather than better no
% tnat very time, though the air OF the hlgh
Alps was begiuningFO promote sleep and res
toFatiou. j telegTaphed by cable; 30
trouble herei go TO Italy" And by recent let
tens an rejoiced TO hear OF them IN Milan,
In com portable health and spirits. From the
day these letters came, the matter has mol
been out Of my thoughts an hour. u seems
10 me an unceasiug prayer has ascended that
I might be guided with wisdom and TRUTH
bUt what Is truth / am further from under
standing this morning than ever. The tale :s
published g. essentially the same as told 10
me: In fact &c Is impossible but that Mr.. Til
iou is the authority for II, since recognize
verI-simllItude, and as Z understand .Mrs.
I.Irnu frls the sole reNelafpr. The only reply
made % MR. stanton was that II true you
dad philosophy OF the revelation OF the sexes
too lar ahead Of the times, and That you dare
not announce Il though you consented 70 live
by it, that this was In my Judgment wrong,
and God would bring ali secret things 20 light
hi MS own time and fashion, and could only
wait. 1 added, that had come 10 see that
human laws were an impertinence. but /
could get no further, though i could SEE
glimpse Of possible new science oi nte;
irgs and my judgment; that / should keep
myself open 70 conviction, however, and
win women, on the whole subject and as
last as knew the truth should stand by II
with no attempt at cOncealment. think
rlhat Or. Claiming probably agrees with you
lp theory, but ne had the courage 70
hts eona,e945 e Tef5sed g1y inter
course with an uncongenia. wife Tor
a long time, and then LEFT
tIer and "a arried a woman whom he sttll loves,
leaving a dear daughter with her mother ana
to-day pays Photographic 70 keep hin sup
rifed with her picture a. often as they can be
procursd. ] send you the article he wrote
when abandoned by all their friends. he and
his wife went 70 the west and stayed years,
crushed by calumny and abuse. To-day they
are esteemed more highly than ever, and he
Is fn positions OF public trust. Trust in PrOyi-
ma Nv an mar j have suffered and am Will
log 20 suffer for your sake, beg you TO con-
cOnnde 70 me the whole TRUTH then can help
YOU AS no one In the world can Ihe moment
that ] can know this matter as God
knows H. he will help you and me to
bring everlasting good out OF this seem
inx evil III could say truthfully ] believe
this story 70 be a fabrication OF Mr. and Mrs.
Titon's imposed upon ereduions woman as
a mere medium, whose EuEoeptibilities 70 i'm
pressions % spirits in the flesh and out OF u
are 10 be taken into account always,the whole
but one honorable way TO meet IL in any judg-
ulent, and ne precise method occurred 10 me
~
20 you 70 suggest 10 when your letter came.
= IN write you sisterly letter expressing my
-Ie.ap conviction that this whole suhje ect needs
~. uosi earnest and chaste discussion; that
nv own mind has long been occupied
-rith ~ but siil Is In doubt on many
,,oiuts. that I have observed for yean
fbaf Z, nur reading aud thinking hai
i-.s--n ,,fof iuud on this and kindred subjects
.rd rioyr ID e time has arrived for you 10 give
- fhs Kyorii, through your own paper, III
conclusions N'Ou have reached, and the rea
IONS fherefof II you choose, viii thel
r,.niv 10 each letter, giving the woman
.si.-,T Tor there IS surely n mans aud wo
4o1aris SIDE 10 this beyond everything else
ma br that means attention Will be di
t..--isd' from personalities, and concentrates
san sociai philosophy, the one subject ina
-nsw anghf 20 occupy al thinking mindi
Id seems 10 me that God has been pre-
Dafing rne FOR this work. and you also, 70
,-fsarE and years. ] send yoD reply which
1Frdae q Dr. Told long ago, and which coul
never e1ef published without my name, wllic
for tie sake OF n1y daughters wished {
.-,itl.hold nlrhOuzh liOckin. Of the -Nafi01
Hoihrook of the Hsrold Of Hedlfi, and War
esfffe IndeIos ssIcat. and every mothfr 10 Who1
Ts.eve 7,sad IT. AL told me II Was the bast thin
.rer rrr5tfeff on the subject, and the men sal
f.,ev would publish IL Il they dared. Will
NJ. IEank urged me 90 give my name an
rubIiell aud sald she woulq rather have TTii
len ID than anyfhlng else Of n. lcngt
tu me world. and AZ IL weta her
sle nould print g without hesitaiisg,