Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-07-30

1870, MOultOn, on being informed by TiltOn
of the above named transaction by Beecher,
called on him (Beecher) 1t his residence. and
told him that = reconciliation seemed sud-
denly to be made impossible by Beechcr 5
nefarious act in procuring the letter which
Mrs. Tilton had thus been improperly per-
suadcd to make falsely to Beecher. Promptly
thcrcupon Bcecher returned the letter to Ill
ton, with an expression of shame ami sorrow
for having procured II III the manner he Gld
! The letter was as follows:
December 30, 10 -Wearied with imports
nifty and weakened by sickness gave Il letter
duplicating my friend, Henry Ward Eetchcr,
under assurances that i, would remove all
difficulties between me and my husband
That letter now revoke. | was persuaded
! to it--llnu>; fOrcc,l--Wncn | was in u weak
cncu state Of mind. regret and recall its
statements. l., Il. TILTON.
desire to say explicitly that Mr.. Beechcr
has never offered any improper solicitation,
but has always treated me III "a manner bccom-
! ing Christian and Il gentleman.
, ELIZABETH X. TILTON.
Vt the time Bccchcr returned the above
document to Mou!ton, Becchcr requested
MOultOn to cali at his residence. the next day,
which he did on the evening OF January 1st,
II. \ long interview then cnsuetl, in which
Bccchcr xpressed to Moulton great contrition
and relnorsc for his previous criminality with
Mrs. rilton. taking to himself the shame for
having mis,,scd his sacred office as clergy
man to corrupt her mind, expressing Il deter
mnatiOn to Kill himself in case Of exposure,
and begging MOultOn to take Il pen and write
from his (Bccchcrs) lips an apology to be
conveyed to Titon, in the hope that such an
appeal would secure TiltUns forgiveness
The apology which BecCher dictated to Moul-
ton was rs follows:
Interview with +. ID. Moul;on--My Dear
Friend Moulton:-l ask through You Theo-
,lure Tiltons forgiveness, and humble my
self before him as do before my God. He
would have been Il better man in my circunl-
stances than have been. can ask nothing
except that he will remember all other breasts
tina, w"lld ache. | will not plead tor my
self. | even wish that We're dead. bn, 9TH
crs must live to suffer. will die before any
one bu, myself shall he inculpatc.l. All my
thoughts are running out toward my friends,
and toward The poor child lying there and
pray iny with folded hands. She is yultic>s,
>innct against. and bearing the tran>g:e>sion
of another. For her forgiveness, | have
humhly prayed to Cod to pat it into the
li."'' .' hoy husbani to forgive me. ! have
trustee! this 10 NOuItun III confidence.
II. ". BEECIEI
In the above document the last sentence
and signature are in the handwriting nf
Mr.. Beechcr.
1ltn. That Mrs 1iitrn wrote the follow
in.- letter to Il friend:
III Livingstone street. BrOnklyn.|
January :, 1871.
Dear Friend "A cruel conspiracy has
been formed against my husband, in which
my mother and Mrs Becchcr have been the
chief actors IOur. trnlv
ELIZABETH r. TILToN.
IL. That, in the following month Moul
ton, wishing to bind Tilton and Beccher by
mutual expressions of good spirit, elected
from them the following correspondence:
BROOKLYN, Feb. :, 1871
My Dear Friend:- several conversations
with you, yOn have asked me about nv feel
ings towards Beecher, and yesterday YOU said
the time had come when YOU would like to re-
Ccive from me an expression of this kind in
writing. | say, therefore. that, notwith-
standing the great suffering which lie has
caused to Elizabeth and myself, bear him
no malice, shall do him no wrong, shall dis
countcnancc any project, by whomsocver
proposed, for IN exposure of his secret to the
public, and, if know myself at all, shall en-
deavcr to act towards Mr.. Beechcr as would
have him under similar circumstances to-
wards me. l wish to add that your own
good offices i'll this case have led me to higher
moral feelings than l might otherwise have
reached. Yours, affectiOnatcly.
THEODORE TILroN.
On the same day Bcechcr wrote Moulton
the following:
February :, 1871.
Ny Dear Friend Mouton IL am glad to |
send you Il book. etc, etc. Many, many |
friends has God raised up to me. but no one |
of them has been given the opportunity and !
wisdom SD to love as you have. You haye
also proved Thcodorc's friend and Eliza
beth'S. Does God look down from heaven
OH three unhappier creatures that more need
u friend than these: Is it not an intimation
of Gods intent of mercy to all that each one
of these has IN you a tried and proven friend?
But only i'll you are we thus united. Would
to God, who orders all hearts, that by His
mediation Theodore, Elizabeth and could
be made friends again. Theodore will have
the hardest task in such Il case, but has he
not proved himself capable of the noblest
things: wonder if Elizabeth knows how
generously he has carried himself toward me:
of course can never speak with her again
withou, her permission, and do no, know
hat even then it would be best.
MIR. Moalton, on the same day, asked Til
ton if he would permit Beechcr to address
letter to Mrs. Til,on, and Tilton replied in
he affirmative, whercnpon Becchcr wrote rs
follows:
BROOKLYN, Feb. :, 1871.
Ny Dear Mrs Tilton: n:-When | saw you
last did not ever expect to see you again, ,
Or to be alive many days. God was kinder to ,
me than were my own thoughts. The friend {
whom God sent to me-MOultOn-ha proved,
above all friends that ever had, able and ,
willing to help me in this terrible emergency /
1t my life. His hand it was that tied up the
Storm that r,aA,y tn hnraf heads /