The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-18
THE TILTCN SCANDAL.
A Feast of Gossip and Sensation.
CONJECTURES RESPECTING MR.
BEECHER'S STATEMENT.
The Latest Tilton Policy.

New YORK, July 1.-THE latest in the
Beecher affair is as follows:
The papers are being drawn up for legal
separation between Mr.. and Mrs Titon. The
residence in Livingstone rect is to be given to
Mrs Titon, and the children will also be p;ac
ed in her custody. The separation will be by
mutual consent and the details of divorce
suit, with ali its anuoyances, will therefore be
avoided. Until the preminaries are compile ed
Mrs. TiltoD will remain with her friends, the
family of Mr.. Ovington.
Mr.. Beecher who has been in the city since
Tuesday, returned to Pee kskll yesterday
Beecher is known to have beea> at the resi-
deDce of Frank j. Moulton two evenings ago ia
consultation. 1t is believed that the interview
was as to how a compromise with Titon
could be brought about, but Moulrbu was not
authorized to make any compromise for TIL
ton. As a significant fact 10 connection with
the matter, a prominent newspaper man asked
Moulton ii il would not be well to deny that
Becomes ever made any confession in connec-
ton with the apology to Tilton, when Moulton
said it would be very njudicious to print snch
a DENIAL, and ntimated that when the whole
should be printed Titon's course would be tul-
ly justified
The Brooklyn Eagle savs:-Mr Beachers
statement, although not yet officially before the
committee, is in the bands of his friends and
will be submitted as soon as Mr.. Titon's is put
in. The gentlemen who have seen it speak OF
1t as frank, straightforward manly document.
Mr.. Beecher addresses himself in detail to the
Elton case, explains the nature of the trouble
with Mr.. TIlton, denies that he ever made i'm
pure ntimztions to Mrs. Tilton and concludes
with an absolute and uuequivoca denial of all
the other SANDERS that have been SET in motion
agar st him. He acknowledges that M S. I'll
ton complained to him of her husband; that
she spoke of his infdelty wit strange women
and proved that her statement was true and
finaly begged him (Beecher) to advise her as
m = a minister WHAT do.
Mr.. Beecher, after long delberatiOn and
considerable hesitaDcy, advise d her if she could
not reclaim her husband to leave him After
time Mr. Beecher felt that he had made a
mistake in giving this advice. He thought
perhaps if left to the impulses of bis own gener
GUS nature, Mr.. Tilton would have abandoned
strange women after whom he had been run
nlng and return to the peace of his own house
hold. In this condition of mind he apologized
to Mr.. Titon for what he had done, promised
extend to HIM the tight hand of fellowship
in the future and to bury the past utterly.
Tilton's forthcoming statement will it is said,
disaupoint the public greatly as it was expected
that he would undertake to prove that Mr..
Beecher had done him grave personal injury
and that he would specify that wrong and
stood that he has resolved to rema retc-nt in
regard to his own family but will go into the
general scandal. ID other words he will at
tempt to show that Beecher uiraged not the
llllOu Uub SOu.e OjueF uOuSeOOlu.
He reasons in this way: 'My proposition is
that Beecher is not fit man to occupy Chris.
tian pulpit. What Beecher has done to me is
my own affair. The public interest is properly
in my main proposition and in support Of it. 1
submit the following statement, &c:
This document, there is good reason for stat
ing, will effect the character of two other wo-
men besides Mrs. Tilton.
There was another meeting of the Investigate
ing committee last night There were no re-
porters admitted, and, therefore of course there
is no detailed report stated above. Howev-
er, the case is now practically closed.
The Argus says that the friend TO whom Mr..
Beechers statement was submitted, read il
carefully and then returned it to Mr.. Beecher
saying to HIM, ~ advise you not to present that
PAGER to the committee Mr.. Beecher asking
the reason of such advice. the reply was, Be
cause Titon's statement will shiver it to pieces ,
On further conversation and a COMPARISON of
views, Mr. Beecher determined to follow the
advice of his friend. Accordingly Mr. Beech.
er's statement was not presented to the com.
nittee last night Instead of a statement, Mr.
Beecher sent note to the committee last even
lug. in which he announced he had not prepar.
ed any evidence to submit to that body. 1t is
fully reported the committee are now engaged
in debating the pc Mt whether Tllton shall OF
shall not be called to testify.