The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
cUR NEW YORK LETTER.
BEEJHER-TILTOE - KIDNAPPING - THE
POOR AND WHAT l. BEING DONE FCR
THEM THE CITY IN SUMNER -BU ~INIisS
NEW YORK, July %, 5S7L

BEl-i. III islt-IlLiD r- hlDN Al'ilNtT --- iiiE
POOR AND WHAT l. BEING DONE FCR
THEM THE CITY IN SUMNER --BT T~ISEsS
NEW YORK, July 20, 2S1L
BEECHEE-TI
Long before this sarirwl reaches ycu
the telegraph will have brought you TIE
full text OF Theodore TiltOn'S statement
of the trouble between himself and Hen
ry Ward Beecher. with M Beecher'- re-
ply thereto. All can give you = the
effect of thcs" publications upon the pub
lie of New York and Brooklyn, where
both parties are well known. The state
ment of Til5on is more direct and dam
aging than those closest to him supposed
it would be- Ii was expected that he
would undertake to show that Beecher
had made an attempt upon Mrs. Tilton,
and that he had invaded other homes,
ali of which he would endeavOT TO sub
Stantiate by circuinStantiai evidence
But his sworn statement that the great
preacher had actually seduced Mrs. The
oIOrc TiltOn. struck the community Ike
Il thunderholt from clear sky. And 20
SHillfuIly is the statement made. 50 care
fully are all the lOOp-hOleS closed UD,
that Mr.. Baecher's best friends are com
PEELED TO admit that it has ;tn ugly look
and that Triton had cause to do as ne
has done. OF course. the question Is
asked, why did he not right himself
before. Why did he not cast OF this
UnfaithfG!l wife and drag down the sedu-
Ger at the time ne made the discovery
IL asiIeTS of these questions knew TiltOn
and his wife the question would not be
asked at ali. Mrs. TiltOn is woman OF
Il most intense religious nature, OF Il sin
guiarly sensitive nature-l woman, in
short who lives in morbid, unhealthy
world. which is peopled by her iInagina-
ton with all sorts of angels and demons.
y sweet, SpiTitHeiie woman is Elizabeth
Tilton. but her nature is 50 intense. 50
mOrbidly religious, that she is precisely
the woman that Il bad spiritual guide
could do anything with he chose 10 do.
She believed in Henry Ward Beecher-
she iioiized and worshipped him. lie was
her idea Of Il perfect mau-tO herhc was
more than "a man. he was Il dcHi-gOi -
With Der nature she could be made wax
III the hands Of Il Inau like beechar
And knowing rhis-appreciatiu. tie
peculiar nature Of Ills wife. Ti-Dn be-
iieved he had been outraged. bat had
that pity upon his wife thar k-Pt the So
cret III his own bosom till he was com
PEELED in seif-defence to make part rf ii
public. II will be- remembered that in
his first statement he only limited AT the
matter. without going into detail, This
was intended a. his warning 10 l5eccher's
friends 10 keep away from Eisn. Had
they done 50 the quarrel wouii lave
stopped there. But these friends b-liev-
ed they could get possession 81 Mr. IT,
]n in such q way as 10 discrediJ auy
statement lie could make. and tlI-g- def
ed him. 1irS. i'iitOn left his house and
sided with lis enemies, wlIerruDOu I'll
ton WAS driven 20 the wall and made dc~-
perate. made the statement which j. now
before the world
Baeclier. of course. denies everything.
and AirS. IiltOn has followed suit. Bat
the public DO and viii believe TiItOn. for
there have been ruIuOrs affecting the
character Of Mr. Beecher in circulation
for wears. and the opinion Is that these
ruInors have a foundation in fact Then
the case has been pettifogged in ali sorts
Of wavs bv his friends. The Committee
Of Investigation was selected by himself,
and the Committee have. from the be
ginning. acted more "a his attorneys than
as lis Judges 1t i safe 10 say that
Henry Ward Beecher's sun i sinking,
and in a few months Will 20 down for
ever. Ii i q pity that brain 20 large,
and a soul 20 all-eIubracing. could not
have been so balanced a. 10 have run Oh
TO the end. Alas. tor poor humanity.
KIDNAPPING.
An incident occurring j. Philadelphia
may not seem 10 be exactly til. thing
for New York letter, but this ca>- uf
kidnapping in the City Of BrotLeTiy Love
i 20 peculiar that went 10 investigate
it, Some weeks ago. little Charlie, the
son OF merchant residing III German
town, named Ross. was missed from his
home. The parents in theiragony tried
every possible way 10 find the missing
child. The police We're put on the track
and special detectives were employed.