Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-22

Of improper advances made TO HE wife, and that
he 50 limited his chargein order TO save the
horor of his wife. These questions win be an-
2, 1872 written by Samuel wilkeson.
wILKssoN TO x0ULToS.
y, NEW feRx, April 2, lS2
hand the written apology which he holds for TIE in
II The friendy Are in Your room Of reconcili
Their let Theodore talk 20 Oliver JohEssa. 1 hesr
whole affair The q He il the eaS.
Ts,. ie,tsI yG1r sin b, sMgs5 no
protest against blackmaing. either on Tilton's
part or my own, upon Beecher or Bowen, and
lie of the date OF the tripartite covenant. Will
keson also hearing Of Tilton's troubles. kindly
offered TO procure him a very lucrative employ
ment IN large enterprise with which he was
connected. as appears from letter dated Jan
nary IL, 1871:
wILKEsoS TO rILroN.
Neyth.rE Pacific hctfroad Company, Jan. IL, II.
vita esisr Just matted JAY ooS sSs sd1.1s
Inn tS sscTre yent ssgs ETA as .ps.ssr to
SiR or P Pcs
mp heart; You shanr be trsmelsd dowa Keep
time. and it will be very COED time, take my word
IL win be observed that Ii Is letter was dated
after the letter OF apology, and after the letter
OF Tilton to Bowen, and wilkeson could hardly
have desired TO employ in so grave an enter
prise, one whom be knew or believed to b. at
tempting 20 blsckmsil his employer, and,
besides, his kindly expression and sd gice 10
Tilton seem to me wholly inconsistent VII
such an allegation. l think IL just, in this con-
nection. to state q fact which bears In nv mind
upon this subject. on the 81 of May, 1873,
knew that Triton was in want OF money, and
TOOK leave. without consulting him, to send him
my check for one thousand dollars and due bill
for that amount, to be signed by him, inclosed
in letter, which fere produce, all of which
he returned to me with an Endorsement thereon.
The following is the document:
MoULToN TO Triton.
H.. rt,o.,, NEW foRk, NAY s. 1873
thS9ssnd dollars, Tor which please sgn the inclesed
ENDORSEMENT OF ABOVE BY rILToN.
Dsar Fsank; can. b9Tros any money for see
AVER the sboVs psner gsturned =,
the same day sent him the one thousand dol
lars, leaving IL to be matter as between our
| selves and not money transaction. L know to
| the contrary of this so far as Beeeher is con-
| cerned that Tilton never made any demand on
him for money or pecuniary aid in any way or
form. He asked only that Beecher should in
! terpose his influence aud power to protect him
| from the SANDERS of those who claimed to be
| Beecher's friends. Beecher himself acted with
chafscterised his acts during the whoIe OF tsis
| unhappy controversy. OF his own motion he
insisted, through me, In aiding TIlton In estas-
fishing the enterprise of the Golden Age, for
| which purpose he gave me the sum OF
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
| which 1 was to expend in such manner as |
| deemed judicious to keep the enterprise along.
and II Iilton was at any time in need person
| ally to aid him.
| Itwss understood between myself and Beecher
that this money should go to Tilton as if it came
| from my own voluntary contributions for his
| berefit, and that he should not knOw-aud he
does not know uNtil he reads this statement, for
| / do not believe that he has discovered il from
| any other sOurce-that this money came from
Beecher, or thinks that he is any way indebted
| to him for Ii.
| think proper to add further that Tilton more
| than once said to me that he could and would
receive nothing from Beecher in the way or
| pecuniary assistance. 1 remember one special
| instance in which the subject was discussed be
| tween US. Beecher had told me that he was
| willing 10 furnish money to pay the expenses of
| Tilton and his family in travelling abroad, ia
| order that Tilton might be saved from the con-
\ slant state of irritation which arose from the
| rumors he was daily hearing. / rather limited
| at than informed Tilton of this fact and he re.
| PEELED even the intimation of such thing With
| the utmost Indignation and anger. Therefore |
| only undertook the disbursement of this sum AZ
the most earnest voluntary request OF Beecher.
| THE INSANITY OF TILToE.
| The first intimation of the insanity of TiltOn
arose in this wise: Prior TO Sunday, March 90,
| 1874, q publication was made of a statement by
reporter of the Brooklyn Union, purporting ID
| be the result of an interview with Thomas NJ.
Sherman, clerk OF Plymouth church, 10 the
effect q quote from memory that Tilton was
insane, and that he stated Mrs. Tilton had me.
diumistic fits, whatever disease that may be, ia
which she had stated matters affecting the
| character of Beecher, and TO the statements OF
neither of them, for that reason, was any credit
| to be given. This publication, as ii tended not
only to excite Titon to defence of his insanity
| but also as coming from the clerk of Plymouth
| church, might be supposed to be an authorize
| tive expression OF it's pastor, annoyed Beecher
| very much, and he wrote the following letter:
| BERCHER TO MoULToN.
| SUNDAY NIGHT, march %, 1874
My Dear FbGHk:-ls Tbere 20 be no end of trouble
Is wevy to ioll3w T.ve in endless sucees.ion vas
4 EErsETArh il haVOnd
description IL felt like lying down and saying, 81
devil Of mischief y would rather have had jave.
liz leI nchod sgaiI ST re, hundred tunes, than
smefu II deI'cscy Of brir giy the most sacred re-
la'ious ito such publicity fills ne with horror. Bat
The paragraph came when The public mind wa
engaged with the c2q0cii and wi Lheod res
IL Il : rot 1ske2 up by other paper; il will sink 9ut
sTs DC that DC sssa
have had but shall write Sheerman a letter and
hsVe been, Indebted to ou o &
dictous counsel on this new aud hsgrant element.
b s
hope 10 that this drop Of gsl may sfok through out
eRe net prove mortal POlSSn BrEcHKR
| l have written strongly to shearmsn, snd hope
sick head, heart and body, but must move on.
feel this morning like letting thing, go b. the
The letter of retraction, as proposed by Til
| ton, not being forthcoming, felt 1t my duty in
| his interest to take such measures as should re-
suit in
ANA APOLOGY FROM sHRARMAN TO TILToN.
| / accordingly carried to him a copy or the pa
per having the article, and laid II upon his
| desk in his Office, and SAID to him that if the
statements in this article were not actually
made by him he ought to retract them. Al
though Il Law on bis desk, he said to me that he
had not seen the article, and did not mean 20
see IL. L told him that he must see il, ana If it
was not true that he must say SO. He said he
| didn't want to read and wouldn't read it.
then left him. Afterwards saw Tilton and told
him what had done, and he said we will 60 up
together, which he did, and met SIR. hearm an.
MIR. Tilton called his attention to the statement
in the Brooklyn Union as having come from
him, Shearman, concerning himself and wife,
that one was crazy and the other subject to me-
diumistic fits. Said he, "Mr. Shearman, this
is untrue, and II you are not correctly reported
your simple duty Is to ssy so, and If you have
made such a statement l demand that you re-
tract and apologize; if you do not
SHALL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE
in any way can for such njurious statement"
Shearman then read the paragraph In the
Onion, and made an explanation in this wise:
That he might probably have repeated 10 some
body story which Tilton had told him of the
mediumistic states of Mrs. Woodruff, and per-
haps have made the mistake of using Mrs. Til
m m ips N Wandhulf.