The Portland daily press., 1874-07-14
The Tilton. Beecher Scandal.
The New York special of the Boston Journa
of Monday morning, contains the following:
MRS Triton DENIES THE CHARGES

Inc New YORK special OF the Boston journal
of Monday morning, contains the following:
MRS. TILToN DENIES THE CHARGES.
1t is stated that Mrs. Tilton has already been
before the committee of investigation relative
to the charges preferred against MI. Beecher
bv her husband, and has denied in the most
positive manner that there ever was the slight
est improperly in the conduct of Mr.. Beecher
toward her. The reason assigned by Mrs. Til
ton for the strange conduct of her husband is
that when his intimacy with Mrs. Woodruff
was at its hight she called upon Mr. Beecher
as her pastor and asked him for his advice.
Her feelings had been terribly outraged in con-
sequence of her husband running after strange
women and publicly announcing that he had
become a convert to the doctrine of free love.
1t was at that time that Mrs. Titon asked Mr..
Beecher for his advice, and according to her
statement he advised her to leave her husband.
With the lapse of time T. t. free-loye fever
cooled, and he learned of the advice Mr.. Beech
er had given to his wife, and to that circuin-
stance all the present trouble and mystery are
due. Mrs Titon is unable to assign any other
reason for her husbands conduct, as she denies
ever having told anything which would lead
him or anybody else to suppose that Mr..
Beecher had treated or attempted to treat her
improperly.
TILTON REPORTED INSANE.
Theodore Tilton was invited to meet the COM
mittee last evening, for the purpose of telling
his side of the story. Many of Mr.. Titon's
friends ami acquaintance are of opinion that
ever since becoming acquainted and interested
in Mrs. Woodruff and other persons of like
character, his mind has been in an unsettled
condition, and insanity, said to be hereditary,
in his family, is gradually developing itself.
They are confident he will entirely break down
should he ever appear before the committee;
and as a proof that insanity is hereditary in the
TiftoR family, it is alleged that Theodore
brother was for a long time an inmate OF the
Kings County Asylum at Flatbush,
A CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT.
Another account says Mr.. Tilton appeared
before the investigating committee last night.
and was asked to tell all he knew. He said he
had no desire to injure Mr. Beecher; that he
did not mean to tell any more than was neces-
sary for his own vindlcalion, and he supposed
he had done that already To this the chair
man of the committee replied by saying that
the purpose of the committee was to ascertain
all the facts, and that they deemed it Mr.. Til
toms duty to speak without reservation, To
this Mr.. Tilton's only rejoinder was that he
could tell some things greatly to Mr. Beecher's
injury, but said that for the present he must
decline to speak in detail.
MoLEHILL.
The Plymouth church newspaper organ, the
Brooklyn Easle, says it has to day learned from
another. but reliable source, that Mr.. Tilton
has already appeared before the committee, and
that the mountain OF his disclosures has turned
out to be a very small moehill. 1t is also un-
derstood Mr.. Beecher himself will give the
committee formally and as a witness the bene-
tit of all he knows on the subject.