New-York tribune., 1874-08-13
THE GREAT SCANDAL.

MoUITON TuTON, AND EX-JUDGE MORRIS TELL
IT MoULToN CHARGES MIR. BEECHER WITH
LYING AND HABITUAL TREACHERY AFTER CON-
FESSION OF GUILT -TLroN DESCRIBED AS
PERsECUTED MAN-HIS VERSION OF THE FIRST
ENCOUNTER WITH MIR. BEECHER AFTER THE
ALLEGED DIsCLosURR-MRS. TLroNs LETTERS
To>HER HUSBAND AND HIS CONSTRUCTION OF
THEM.
The following account Of the Brooklyn scandal
from the pen of George Alfred Townsend. which
appears in The Chicago Tribune, and is declared to be
derived from the personal statements OF llton, Mr.
Moulton, and ex-Judge Morris. represents Mr. Moul-
ton as av0wing that Mr. Beecher confessed guilt to
him. and as charging him with lying and habltual
treaohery to escape its consequences:
NoULTON ACCUSES MR.. BEECHER OF LYING AND
TREACHERY.
Mr.. nlton Judge Morris. and myself took carriage
aud drove to the sea-shore six miles distant We
gone all that afternoon. put lawyer and man under as
close an examination compatible with our rela
tions and my knowledge Of Tlton's nature. Mr. TIlton
never fnched. Mr. Morris's heart in his defense
Such story so related it would be impOs sble for me
To repeat The substance OF II shall give you. We re-
turned to Brooklyn. and Mr.. Tton and myself sat up
TIL midnight stll labOring the same theme, ana
finally only tenants OF the cottage except
Katie the old servantmad. We retired about O'CLOCK
and arose and breakfasted together Though In this
darkeped house OF woe desoate wife children,
never felt under more peaceful protection; Tor the
purity the sorrow, and the bravery OF the man VINO
silent m the very chamber where lie had listened
10 the dread confession Of guilt permeateu the
place His conversation all day had been OF
sweet and LOFTY sort, scarcely like anything worldly
ever heard. That part OF the public which
measures him by the false orbit of Beecher
is not aware OF the mans hight. Mr.. Moulon said to
me another day: "Gath, cannot speak Of anything
material - what shall have to say, but this tell
you as between Boecher and Titon in their behavior
unier ire Tt0n infinitely the larger mora selt-re-
liant more reliable man. 1 never heard him lie, and
Hcechcr has been lying during the whole OF this con-
troyeTSy with act OF treachery, CONFESS
Ing his adU.ry with Elizabeth to me- asked me TO walk
with him round Tltons house. and. going in there
the husband beng absent he extor;ed from Elizabeth
rctraciion Of Il confession With this in his pocket
he walked ok to house and then asked me TO walk
to his aud while talking despair aud contrOn all the
way be sal; held that piece OF paper In his pocket"
SAD to Mr. Moulton ais it true that you got that
back 10y pres anjins pistol at his headP
He said: N but as soon as Theodore told me that
Elizabeth bai acknowledged writing that retractoD,
went T,Int Mr.. BeecheTs and insisted upon seolng
him. ami said You affecting to be making COW
eaant keep perpetual truce, and yet Mr.. Beecher
you area intriguing. shall go out OF this office
OF mediator. unless you instantly surrender the paper
He has mor0l pluck. How can he have, leading such
HE z"
MouIToN AS MEDIATOR.
Then" said TO Mr. MOultOn. you cannot see way
OF escape FOR Baecheri" Said Moulton " He NAV es
cape the penalties, but tho facts. think this COun-
Gil VIII whitewash him, and that Plymouth Church will
take him back; but have heard from his own lips
things revolt IfOrbear send you the language
which Mr. Mouton repeated TO as having come from
MI Bcechcr's liDs, bOth account OF its exceeding
fhines ami because the ladies referred to have been
way connected with the TIlton case asked Mr..
Moulton: VIII you put these stories in your evil
deuce 2" Not a line" said MOulton. except the
letters bearing on the BeecherTiiton case. / pray
the Lord may never put through this ordeal any
other else Wny, | have fed the city, hidden myself
bored 10 the last minute TO get these people to stand
aloof and save the world a horror; and, when /
catching every side for this sacrifice, Mr Beecher
writes letter aud makes my pdblic IN order
to appear t. establish point for him. Tlat resolved
to make my second answer public. Beecher's
habitual tIetchcry this crime cannot avail with
me- nor will l him further Grample Theodore
Tton whom he has dragged through the fires of hell
already" Nj MOulton further said that Beecher had
long ago saii to him. "Tton comes more church
et edge him out, drop his You must act with
me-"
"In another respect" continued MoultoD, Beecher
has lied lie gave me his solemn word that since the
discovery he had not had communication with Mrs.
Ton Now read this. which Theodore discovered hidden
u the pages OF Beechers Life Of Christ, his presena
ton c,py." Then were shown various burning love
letters revealing the deep Illicit love of preacher for
another mans wife thiny concealed under Scripture
phrases-b' phemie taken in this connection-but yet
apparently. the IySteria Of love. In written from
his sisters house lac begs Mrs Tton to write him some
comforting letters and then the words being deep
Iy uudeGscorei "T0u en- be admitted here" There
another saving: come Friday night shall be array
all The fore p;rt ofnert week" There signatures
70 any OF tlese.
INFERESCEs DRAWN FROM THE LETTgRs
"Now." SAID Mouton, "put these letters 10y date in
conjunction with this from Mrs. 1iltOn, where she
says Eve mast soon meet get consolation, aud have
uesthding' Why, Gath" said MoultoD, they call me
sconsprltOr against Boechcr. can't be fool. Here
have the papers by watch know where the guilt Is
They call me "a blckmailer. What has Beecher TO give
met AIN a member OF large business house,
and I have continually given to Plymouth Church
as Iiberally as , any there. 1 would
have spared Mr.. Beecher with money or
blood but when he dcfes produce these ettors,
supposing will not and that he Will get point on
and new one Theodore he has played 1t too fine"
Mr. MOulton Is wealthy merchant probably about aS
years old lie has rcd hair and light skin, mustache,
aud bold prompt way Of speech He is the physical
antipodes OF TltOn, who Is tail, strange, unwOrdly
looking man. like a great sunday-school boy. MouOn
Is rough and ready. These two men think highly OF
each other aud MoultOn says that T!tons house was
perfect roscgardeD and when he heard Of the skeleton
an he staggered than in his life. 81
think nc has extreme contempt for Beechers hypOcrit
ica life dislike. He thinks, too, that in his ef
forts to shake of the coil o guilt which has long
veloped him Beecher's remaining graces have been
warped; that melancholy has enshrOuded him, and he
has become gracious evasye crafty and desperate.
TmToN'S OPINION OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
After leaving Moulton, nltoD. Judge Morris, and
went TO dine at restaurant opposite the Academy OF
Music and there noticed that Mr.. Tilton returned
bow from a rather hneloOhng red-hared man, who sat
with lad at a table, "Strange that we should meet
here" said Mr. Tlton. That's Oyugton, TO whose