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and to whom Beecher, as he reported, made
the reply that he had offered to give money
in order to aid Tilton, but he would not re-
ceive it. l now refer to Mr.. Thomas Kin
sela Of the BROOKLYN Eagle, who has so
Loyalty supported Beecher in this his final
struggle for his pulpit and good name.
1t will also DO observed that Beecher in
his statement says that was to feed OUT
this money to Titon, which exactly COM
ports with what / said in my statement that
was to give ii to him from time TO time as
found that he needed it, and that had
not yet paid all of that sum to him, as the
account in my published statement shows.
Why, then, with that knowledge and that
statement by Beecher that this money was
to be "fcd OUT does Bcccher speak OF the
''mollifying effect of $1,000 to Triton,
which he now confesses he knew Tilton had
not received, and why say that Tilton had
had "his gold iinging in his pockets" for
years? Or are these nsnuations, and filings
on so solemn an occasion only the 'jokes"
which Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Tilton's mother,
says, she cracked from Sunday to Sunday,
while he leaves his victim suffering in cold
and hunger ut home, mourning for her
sin ?" quote from Mrs. Morse's letter of
January 81, 1871, published in my former
statement.
"But this Is death blow to US both, and
/ doubt not Florence (rilton's daughter)
has hers. Do you know / hear of your
cracking your jokes from Sunday to Sun
day and thinking of the misery you have
brought upon us, think with the Psalmst,
"There is no God"
"soN.'
Mrs. Morse is Low one of his witnesses
before Bee cher's committee and his adopt
ed mother from spiritual marriage with
her daughter, as will be shown by the fol-
lowing letter, which here insert, marked
ar"
MRS MORSE TO BEECnER.
OCTOBER 2i.
My DEAR SON: You must pardon me
for the request l now make. Can you help
me in any way by the first of Novembcr?
| am still alone, with no prospect Of any
one, with a rent of $500 and income
of $1,000. The consequence is, with other
expenses, l shall be by the first of the
month terribly behndhand, as | agreed to
pay in monthly miscellaneous.
| know full well | hive no claim upon
you in any way Sic, excepting your sym
patty for my lonely and isolated condition.
If | could be released from the house
should gladly do So, for I'm convinced it's
too far oUt. All who have been TO see my
rooms say So My darling spent most of
yesterday with me. She said all she had
in the way of money was forty dollars per
week, which was for food and all other
household expen,'s aside fom rent
and in this way given her By the
hand Of Annie Titon every Saturday.
If you know anything of the uuiount it
takes to find food for eight people, you must
know there's little left for clothing She
told me he (r) dbl not take any meals
home, from the laet he :uld not get such
food as he liked to nourish his brain, and
so lie took. his meals at MoultOns. Just
think of that
am almost crazy with the thought Do
come and see me. | will promise that the
secret of her life, as she calls it shall not
be mentioned know its hard to bring it |
up. as you must have suffered intensely, !
and we all will, | fear, till released by |
death. Do YOU pray for me ? If not pray |
do. ! never felt more rebellious than now.
more need of Gods and human help Do |
you know think it strange you should ask |
me to call you som When | have told |
darling, | felt If you could in safety to |
yourself and all concerned, yOu would be
to me all this endearing name. Am mis-
taken MorHER,
This letter bears date October 81 fix |
the date to be in 1871, because it was at
that time that Mrs. Morse had the house
for which she was paying 81 800 rent, and |
is the time when TiltOn was allowing his |
wife $40 per week for household expenses. |
This letter was given me by Beecher as
written by Mrs. Morse. Elizabeth's mother,
and is call on him for money, which may |
explain the necessity of mortaaeing his |
house otherwise than by paying 5000 to
me. 1t is the outside family that is always |
the most onerous to a man.
1t will be remembered that Elizabeth con-
fessed that Beecher asked her to be his
wife, with ali that the name implies. Mrs
Morse tells him--and she would not dare
tell him 30 if it was not so-"Do you know
should think it strange you should ask
me to call you SOM When | have told |
darling. felt if you could in safety to
yourself and all concerned, you would be
10 me all this endearing name. Am mis-
taken?'
The delicacy of this adopted mother,
who says: "Do come and see me. | will |
promise the secret of her life rs she calls |
1t, shall not be mentioned" will be appre-
ciated, especially because she knows it is
cruel to bring it up, ''as you must have
suffered intensely, and we all will, | fear, |
till released by death"
Who believes that this note to Mr. |
Beecher--a married man-accompanic by |
a demand for money. with the remainder |
of the 'secret" of daughters life, means
only that Beecher once gave some bad adj |
vice about separation between man and |
wife, which, SO far as know, never took
place
WHO WE'RE THE REAL BLACKMAILRRs?
Inc trouble is, Bceeher mistakes the |
persons who blackmaied him. 1t was |
Mrs. Morse and Bessie, and nobody else,
and they are now repaying him by testify |
ing in his behalf If such conduct as this |
goes UNPUBLISHED and unrebuked, uu-
Christian men will be prone to agree with |
the Psalmst and Mrs. Morse, that 'Ihere
is no God
Upon the whole, there were very curious
relationships among those parties by adop.
ton, OF which l think it would trouble
heraldy office to make family tree, and
which seems to have been a mystery even
to Mrs. Morse, for she says in her first
letter which I have quoted above,
1.-The remark you made TO me at
your door was an enigma to me, and every
day adds TO the mystery Mrs Beecher
has adopted the child what child 2 |
asked You said Elizabeth. Now ! ask
what earthly sense was there in that re-
mark 2 Mrs. Beecher had adopted Eliza
beth Beecher had adopted her mother,
and wanted Elizabeth to be all that wife
could be to him and Mrs. Morse says she
believes he would be all the endearug name
of son can be to her, aud wants TO know if
sue is mistaken. Query Under this ar
rangement, what relation is Mrs. Beecher
to Beecher If she had adopted the child Of
his mother, and her husband had married
the daughter of her mother? Who won
ders that Mrs. Morse thought it mystery?
am not specially acquainted with the
habits of men and women who obtain
money by blackmail, but l had supposed
if they so obtained money they did what
they pleased with it, aHl not have 1t doled
out by Il third person in little sums as he
deemed there was need, without the knowl-
edge of the blackmailer where it came
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