Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-08-28

manner as he deemed best to help the enterprise
along; and if Tilton was at any time IN need
personally to aid him. 1t was understood pc
tween Moulton and Beecher that this money was
to 90 to Tilton as if.t came from Moultor own
voluntary contributions for his beneht, ana that
he should not know that the money came from
Beecher, or think that he was IN any way III
debted to him for it.
Mr. Moulton also presented in this connecllon
a statement of account, showing tnat between s ~
Nav 2 1873 and May 26, 1874, he had received OF
Mr. Beecher $1,000 and paid to Mr.. T1lton at varl-
Gus times sums amounting in the aggregate to
$4,550.
couId and would receive nothing from Beecher IN
the way of pecuniary assistance Beecher NAG
told Moulton that he was Wiling 70 luff n
money o pay the expenses OF 1lton anu ms Iaili,
iIv abroad in order that Tilton might be saved
from the constant state OF irritation Wmcn arose
from the rumors he was daily nearing. Mounton
rather limited at than informed Tilton OF this fact,
and he repelled even the intlmatlon OF such
thing with the utmost indignation ana anger
Therefore he (Moulton) only undertook the dls,
bursement of this sum at the most earnest ana
voluntary request of Beecher.
The first intimation of the insanity OF T1lton
arose in this wise: Prior to Sunday, March ~
1874 a publication was made of statement by a
reporter of the Brooklyn Un5on, purporting to be
the result of an interview with Thomas g. Shear
man, clerk of Plymouth Church, to the erect
| that Tilton was insane, and that he stated that
| Mrs Titon had medumistic fits, whatever disease
| that may be, in which she had stated matters
| affecting the character OF Beecher; and to the
| was anv credit to be given. This publication,
as it tended not only to excite Tilton to defense
of his sanity, but as also coming from the clerk
| of Plymouth Church, might be supposed to be an
! authoritative expression of his pastor. 1t an
moved Beecher very much and he wrote letter
to Moulton giving expression to his feelings as
| follows: 'Is there to be no end OF
| trouble? Is wave to follow wave in endless sue:
| cession? was cut to the heart when Z showed
me that shameful paragraph from the UnSon Its
| cruelty is beyond description. I felt like lying
down and saying, ! am tired tired, tired OF
| living or of trying to resist the devil OF
mischief I would rather have had javelin
| launched against me a hundred times than
against those that have suffered so much. The
shameful indeicacy of bringing the most sa-
cred relations into such publicity fills me with
horror. But there are some slight alterations.
The paragraph came when the public mind was
engaged with the Council and with Theodore s
letters. l hope it will pass without further no
tice' Tilton demandeda letter of retraction, and,
as it was not forthcoming Moulton visited Smear
man, and receiving no satisfaction, subsequently
called with Tilton and shortly after obtained a
statement that he was satisfied what he had pre-
viously said in the published interview was erro-
neous.
Meanwhile, it had come to be spread about that
Beecher had made a similar accusation as to the
sanity Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton to that of Shear
man, to which report Mr.. Beecher gave an en-
phatic denial, in note to MI. Cleveland, OF the
present Investigation Committee. He said: 9 [
have been as dumb as the dead. They that dare
to say have spoken of it are liars, if they. speak
for themselves, and the bearers OF lies If they re-
Mr. Mouton continues: & Having retained the
friendship of the principal parties to this contro-
versy down to to-day, have not thought it prop
er to produce herewith any letters that have re-
ceived from either of them, except the single one
generating me from blame, and showing Mrs.
Tilton's confidence in me, which l thought was
due to myself to do because of the peculiar state
ment attributed to her. Nor have produced any
papers or proposals for settlement of this con-
trOversy since it has broken out afresh, and since
the publication of Mr. TiltOns letter to Dr. Bacon
and the call of Beecher for a committee. Nor have
l. since then, furnished TO either party, although
called upon by BOTH any documents in my pos
session. that one might use the same against the
other. / have endeavored to hold myself strictly
as a mediator between them, and my endeavor
has ever been, down to the latest hour, to have
all the scandal arising out of the publication of
the facts of their controversies and wrongs buried
out of sight, deeming it best that it should be SO
done, not only for the good of the parties con-
Cerned and their families, but that OF the COM
munity at large"
The concluding paragraph is as follows:
''If there is any paper or fact supposed by
either of the parties or by the committee to be in
my possession, which will throw any further
| light upon the subject of your inquiry, shall be
most willing to produce it, if have it, although
! | do not believe there is any such; and | am
| ready to answer any proper question which shall
| be put to me in the way of cross-eXamination by
any of the parties concerned, their counsel as
| fully as my memory, any data 1 have will
serve, so that all the facts may be known For
if any part of them be known, l deem it
but just to truth and right that all
should be known. AS however, contro-
versy has already arisen as to the correctness of
| the reports of evidence taken before the COM
mttee, must ask leave, if any cross-examina-
ton is to be had, to be accompanied by my own
| stenographer, who shall take down the evidence
| | may give, as necessary measure for my own
| protection. Leaving to your committee without
| comment, the facts and documents herewith pre-
scented, have the honor to remain, yours truly,
g FRANCIS d. MoULToN.''