Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
800 Pages of Manuscript Sup
pressed. fi4
Substance of the Accepted state
ment.
MOultOn Tells Nothing, but Veri
fies TiltOn's Extracts.
Flying RumOrs of a Compromise
All Round.
The Conditions ON Which Iilton
will Rehabilitate His Wife.

The Conditions ON Which Iiltoh
will Rehabilitate His Wife
NEW YORK, Ang. 11.-Thos. g. Shear
man, Cl rk Of Plymouth Church, and Benz.
+. Tracey, of counsel for The investigating
committee, think the statement made YES
terday afternoon by Mr.. Moult0n VIII ee
given the newspapers to-day, but thai an
rests with Mr.. Winslow, InambeF OF stte
committee, who may arrive In Booklyn
from his country residence at l p. ~.
Later.
Mr.. MoultOn was al his residence all
day. He refused to say if bis statement
would be made public to-day, and would
not answer any question o.; the subject
District Attorney WinslOw, TheO. Illt0n
and Mr.. MOulton's stenOgrapher were with
| Mr.. MOultOn from an early hour. The
house was beseiged with reporters, but
nothing definite eOuld be learned there.
| District Attorney Winslow said it was more
than probable the statement would not be
ready for publication for day or two, as
the committee had to compare the d0cu-
| ments contained in il with those already III
their possession. More than this he was
unprepared to say.
Definite aud Indefinite.
An interview was obtained with Mr..
| Moulton about 2 O'Clock this evening. be
said his statement would not be made pub
lie either this afternoon or tonight. he
thinks it probable it may be given to the
press tomorrow, but at what hour he could
not saw. District Attorney WinslOw on
| leaving MOulton's residence was asked
when the statement would be made public,
but he refused to answer any questions.
II is stated that
MOuItOn Prepared Two Statements,
one containing merely the papers referred
| to by TIlton and the other a mass of mat
| ter pertaining thereto. He asked the Com
mittee which they would have, and was in
formed the shorter one would be preferable
which he Immediately read. IL is said the
statement accepted will make about two
columns, while the other. it is estimated,
would make a page.
A feeling of disappointment prevails in
the community growing out of the unsatis-
factory end tow ard which the Beecher-Til-
ton scandal is drifting. The Withholding
frum the public of MOulton's statement is
subject of much Unfavorable comment.
There is a general belief that
A Compromise Of the whole Affair
is on foot. The Argus said, SIT is even
stated that Mrs. TiltOn is prepared to state
that'she has been laboring under halluci-
nation; that Mr.. Beecher is willing to re-
sign his pastorate; that the society will re-
fuse to accept his resignation, and that Mr..
Tilton will upon these conditions again
open the door Of his house to his wife.
Hurrying To and Fro.
Gen. Tracey said to-day thai the commit
tee had not decided whether il will keep
MOultOn's statement back until the pro-
eeedings are printed, or keep it back aho-
gether.
Gen. Butler had long interview with
Mr.. Moulton this morning, at the conclu-
sion of which he was driven to the house
Of Gen. Tracey. The latter had just Te-
turned from Mr.. Beecher's residence, and
both gentlemen went into the house, where
they remained in consultation for several
hours.
Shearman Claims TO Know All About
It.
Mr.. ShcaTman, in an interview to-day, |
said MOultOn eXacted secreSy about his |
statement from the Committee, which |
Shearman thought strange when the crisis |
had arrived. Shcarman claims the Com |
mittee wanted TO publish it like the rest. |
Shearman saws he knows all that Frank |
Moulton can say. There is nothing in ex-
istence to implicate Beecher. Why
III Could tell all Know
about this case it would show you Mr. |
B.echers motives in keeping silent, and |
show him blameless as clearlya if calcium |
lights were turned on the whole |
story. If Mr.. Beecher had spoken |
long ago these clouds would |
have disappeared like mist before a sum 1
mer wind; and vet even now would not /
advise Mr.. Beecher to speak. There is 4
prurient curiOsityhbrOad to know every de
tail of this disgusting business, which is
absolutely shocking. Why look at
This Hooker Exhibition.
Mr.. Beecner tried to keep that quiet to |
spare the feelings of his family and friends, |
and mark YOU there are others. But this
case is different from hers. She, it was very
well known, was weak minded, and the
Woodruff people got hold of her and prt yed
upon her weakened intellect. But if Mr..
Beecher opened his mouth and told his
story, there are
Distinguished Citizens
who have been mixed up in this matter
WHO MOulu III Ills SlltllCt lie has
spared their feelings.
THIS Woodruff coterie is a nest Of black
mailers. That is the object of their lives.
They have inveigled into their tolls dis
tinguished men and women, and they have
sought out Mr.. Beecher as target for their
operations because he was shining light
How MOuItOn's Statement was Mutt.
lated.
The Graphic publishes story to the eff
feet that BeecheT, when it was ascertained
that MoultOn would make a final state
ment, summoned to his house Gen. Tracey
and some of the members Of the committee,
and made confessions very disheartening
to them. but when the disclosures
were repeated in the committee,
it was resolved to change tao
tics. Communication was had with
Mr.. MOultOn, and he was urged by all the
arguments at their command to withhold
all his statement except so much as barely
met the demands implied by Mr.. TiltOn'S
published testimony. They urged that this
was all that Mr.. MoultOn, as a gen
tleman having the welfare of society
at heart, could do.
MOultOn was for sometime doubtful what
to do. He had prepared a full statement
uprising HedTlg lnTee hunuTeu pages VI |
manuscript matter. On Sunday evening
last he was still in doubt. That night.
however, he consented to revise his stale
ment, although at the risk of putting HIM
self at disavantage before the public.
This eXcised statement was the one read
last evening.
MoultOn's Immaculate statement.
The Brooklyn Eagle says: "The follow
ing is the substance of MOultOn's state
ment. 1t may be relied upon as correct so
far as man with tolerably good memory
can reproduce. II is reliable because it
came from a member of the committee.
The statement is Unexpectedly brief, max
ing not more than five or six fOolscap
pages not closely written. Mr.. MOul-
ton says in substance that all
he knows about the difficulty be- |
tween Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. Tilton was
intrusted to him in confidence with all the |
4 d)cumentS. lie says he has known Mr.. |
TiltOn since 1857, and that lie became per
SOnally acquainted with Mr.. Beecher III
1863, and mainly through this case. Not
the fact that he has the con-
sent Of both Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. Tilton
10 tell all he knows, and furnish all the doc
uments he has in relation TO it, and the ad-
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