The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-04

TION-A RESORT TO THE COURIS-1IETON'S
LECTU RING TRIP TO wINsrED, CoNN--wHAT
is SAID ABOUT IT-SOME STRANGE SIGHTS
AND D0INGS.
\ special to the Chicago Times, from New
York, dated the 9th inst, gives additional
facts bearing on the great Brooklyn scandal:
Beecher's investigating committee was in
session this evening, but their proceedings
were kept strictly secret. It is rumored
that Frank MouIton will be asked to appear
before the committee tomorrow. 1t is very
doubtful, however, if he will consent to be
examined by said committee. His position in
this matter is, he SAYS, confidential one as
between Tilton and Beecher, and he does not
think he (Moulton) ought to testify except
before some legal tribunal. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton's declaration that Mrs. Tilton had
confessed her criminal intimacy with Beech
er to Susan B.Anthony and Susan's reported
willingness to testify to hearing SUCH COMES
sion, has intensified the great scandal. There
is more excitement over il this evening than
since the publication of Tilton's explicit
statement, as Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony
are both regarded as entirely credible wit
nesses. The public had expected Beecher's
detailed reply to-day. Its delay causes
much comment. Doubt begins to be felt
whether he will make any written state
ment. 1t is asserted that he has written sew
eral statements, and his counsel and friends
have objected to their form, much
Beecher is said to be greatly worn from
nervous excitement, loss of appetite, and in
ability to sleep, especially as his habit is to
eat heartily and sleep soundly eight to ten
hours a day. There is great deal of leak
ing by friends of both parties, though what
they say must be taken with allowance, 1t
is declared that Beecher will admit be
allowed himself to have such love for Mrs.
Tilton as no man ought to have
for another's wife; that the sudden con-
seriousness of his passion was the cause of
his deep distress ana contritIon, as eN-
pressed in the letters quoted by Tilton; but
that he had strength to resist the temp
alton of his love; that he con-
quered himself by the grace of God
On the other hand Beecher's friends say he
will not admit anything more than ardent
friendship, and, under the circumstances.
imprudent and dangerous sympathy. Dis
interested persons constantly repeat that,
as the case now stands, 1t is not Tilton
against Becker, but Beecher against Beech
| er: that the public can never be convinced
/ of his innocence until he fully
EXPLAINS AWAY HIS OWN LETTERS.
Some of Tilton's friends aver that before
Beecher demanded an investigation he was
made certain that Mrs. Tilton would side with
him against her husband, and that, there
fore, he felt strong enough to ask for an ex-
animation. For corroboration of this they
point to the fact that Mrs. Tilton had been
before the committee of investigation
ere her husband knew of its existence.
| Tilton's friends declare that his relations to
Mrs. Woodruff will bear examination quite
| as well as BeecAer's to her; that for several
! months he saw less of her than the clergyman
did 1t is more than ever probable tonight
that Moulton will not testify; and yet tn g
whole burthen of proof OF Beecher's guilt or
innocence rests with him. Hardly anybody
outside of Plymouth Church can see how
Beecher, even though acquitted by the COM
mittee can ever stand far before the public
if Mouluon's evidence be withheld. Not to
have Moulton's testimony isregarded as fatal
| TO Beecher's cause. The case will certainly
get into the courts. 1t is believed Gen. But
| Ter will be Tilton's counsel. Tilton says this
is matter of life and death with him, and
that be must elicit whatever
evidece there is in his favor
The opinion gains ground that, whatever the
result of the investigation, Beecber will not
return to Plymouth Church. 1t is said he
talks of resigning the ministry and going
abroad for a long while. Tilton can not ge;
divorce having condoned his wife's of
tense; but he will take legal action in order
to have the power to compel all testimony
under oath.
| TILToN ON A LECTURING TOUR.
The Hartford Post publishing the follow
| ing instructive report: Winsted, Conn.,, is
a pretty little manufacturing town on the
zine of the Connecticut Western Railroad,
about fifty miles from Hartford. It is enter