The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-11
TILTON's IsAsENEss.
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Whatever NAV be thought o
Beecher, now that the Investigation
is over, il is certain that Tilton is NJ
gamer by the Scandal" Prof. II
A. Raymond, in the course OF hi
address in Plymouth church on the
evening of the 2Sth, said:
al ain the only man, by the con
currence of circumstances, in Ply
mouth Church, or in the United
| States, to-day, not a member of the
committee, and not a lawyer before
the committee, who happens to know
all about it. What is the evidence
against Henry Ward Beecher in this
case? 1t consists of an alleged con.
| fession of Beecher to Tllton and
Moulton; of all the alleged comics.
sions of Mrs. Tilton verbally to sew.
eral persons; of alleged confessions
of Mrs. Tilton in writing; and final.
ly of the letters brought forward oil
Beecher's. That is all.
Now, what is the story of the con-
fession of Mrs. Tilton to her hus-
! band? 1t is this; that on the 3rd
confession of her criminal relations
with Henry Ward Beecher TO her
husband. lie was, of course, very
Indignant with Mr.. Beecher On that
81 OF July, 1870, and l should think
he would have been all the more in
dignant that he could not convince
his wife that adultery with a minis
ter was wrong. That he was very
indignant that day is shown by the
fact that, the 3rd of July, 1870, haV-
ing been Sunday, Mr.. Tilton went
over TO the office of the Indepeud-
ent next day, which was Monday,
and wrote an indignant passage
about Ii. w. Beecher, which was
subsequently read in proof, and
which appeared in the paper of
Thursday of that week. It is an ar
ticle called Preachers and Theolo-
gians." The evidence before the
committee shows that in the au-
tumn of 1870 Mrs. Tilton went away
on visit, and that while she was
there letters passed between her and
her husband. This is the time when,
according to Mr.. Tilton, she was
away and waiting to know what
would be his magnanimous decis-
ion concerning her future fate. At
that time, according to the evidence
before the committee, evidence from
sources entirely distinct from Mrs.
Tilton, and entirely unimpeachable,
Mrs. Tilton wrote him a pleading
letter, begging him to put away
from his room evil and lasciVious
pictures, aud to abandon the society
of evil and abandoned women. She
wrote that letter with tears and
prayers, praying the whole night
before she sent it. 1t went out, and
she waited four days for the reply
in a commingled agony of appre-
hension and hope. When the reply
came she said to her friend, "When
that letter comes, go upstairs and
read with me. L am sure God will
answer my prayers and give me
back my husband and save him from
his evil course" This friend had
seen the letter that went, and was
to see the letter which was to come.
Mrs. Tilton went upstairs and when
the postman came with the letter
her friend, not having the same firm
faith in Theodore's repentance. sent
the letter mp, and waited awhile be-
fore following it, in order that she
should not herself intrude upon its
first reading. After five minutes
she went up and knocked at Mrs.
IT'S room, and received no answer.
She opened the door and entered, to
find Mrs. TiltOn unconscious on the
floor, with her letter in her hand.
AS she was already INVITED to read
the letter, she tells the committee
that her description of that letter is
that Tilton swore at his wife from
the beginning to the end; that he
would have as many pictures, and
whatever kind of pictures, in his
room as he liked; that he would go
with as many women, and any kind
of women, that he liked; and that
she should not interfere with or die
tate to him concerning his moral
character or habits.
When Mrs. TiltOn was laid upon
the bed after long time of uncon-
seriousness from profound fainting
fits, she came to herself, and one of
the first things she said was that she
had a terrible letter from "Dory,"
and after that they had left her for
awhile. When they returned the
letter was not seen. Mrs. Tilton
said she had destroyed it, and that
no Lying being should ever see it,
and this remark that 1 make to-
night, if it reaches her eyes, will
probably be the first intimatiOn that
she has ever had that that letter was
by providential circumstances read
by another human being besides
herself"