The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-06

De some days before the summons and com.
plaine Is served. Twenty days, of course, is
, .nen alioWed FOR Beechers answer The ltiga-
tion Is likely to last year or two
Beecher said today to a reportcr that he
~ Iipplecta3ea the gravity Of the sittatiuu He
~ u ~ re should come out all right, but was
10 Tue hands OF the committee. They are said
~ ne soie men and will do right. Whether he
e euon'G prepare d statement or submit to an
examination 1t was for the committee to de-
cue straw may turn 1t either way, He
mouiu not permit the committee to ask his
ausiee. Should they do so he would say, t ey
are is .ile court, and the court could not advise
WIN tue prisoner at the bar.
hev' DIR. StOrrs' Statement.
ane iilpnne Tomorrow publishes an inter-
T TrSm WIN hev DR.. Storrs In relation TO the
nu.oh- ipeecher scandal. He says 1t was week
vi Ien uays after tile publication of the Wood
nun scahGai that Mr.. Tiltou came to me f1r
49, 49,. oome public statement he thought
was was necessary as reply, but in what form, or
Sren now rar 1t should go he could not himself
S SoI pom this point he wished some coun-
Pa.o,,o VI tniS he game to me as friend of Mr.
Deecner, as Mr., Tilton has stated before the
SS33. Nm W; had not yet read the paper of
b mrs. Moodhuil, but told. Mr. TiIton L would
poi ii, copy OF friend who had one and
feau Y II he; desired it. l did so, and, as
agreed, Mr.. Tilton called AGAIN. 1 told him I
tb @u . ,L0 tne statement with much care, and
8 NJ tnefe were four points i \ it to be denied:
ar 49, e9at MI. Beecher and Mrs. Til.on had
.i,;s ' 4bi Ieiatons second that you discovered
enn., s,.lu, mat Mr. Beecher received paper
h Mrs Hilton denying that such relations
n nat ever existed; fourth, that Mr., Moulton
ooIa,ned That paper from Mr. Beecher,
,,. uiu not say rs Mr.. Carpenter has put it,
ttaso e nac drawn four conclusions, but that
tt hooo iour points were to be denied. / was of
NAL hr ts That simple and material de-
naad ny tnoSe concerned would probably be
niuc' anu ths an end be put to the vile story.
VT Iiiton, however, said to me, "Supposine
sa points cannot be denied" told him in eff
iect mat IN that case plain statement of the
y. aosoiute silence on his part were the
alternatives open to him-that it would not an
swer 10 attempt any evasion in public state
ment since that would not silence the scandal
put Instead would keep it alive and give it new
force Beyond this declined to give advice
unless ne should be disposed to acquant me
with sufficient facts in the case to enable me to
form an intelligent judgment. He did not wish
to do this and did not urge him to do it. Soon
after this, however, Mr. Tilton came to nv
accompanied by Mr.. Carpenter and said
ne wished to present 70 me such facts as would
enable me TO comprehend his position and to
give him advice. At the same time he handed
me letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton in her
nandwrlting which l read and returned to her
ala not take a copy of that letter but it
OF course was deeply impressed on my mind,
and after Mr.. Tilton went away [ made notes
OF it as well as of the statement which he af-
forwards read. have not those memoranda
with me, but IL l remember correctly, and
think 1 cannot be mistaken, the letter began:
.'On certain day in the summer of 1870, [ in
formed my husband that Mr. Beecher had ask
ed me to become a wife to him with all that
these words imply" This was a most remark
able statement L was of course shocked by it.
| demurred to listening to Mr. Tilton's state.
ment, but with the understanding from the let
ter and from Mr.. Tilton that it was the wish
nf Mrs fhatT
attended to the reading by Mr.. Tlton of pa
per which included portion of the letters and
documents that have since been published l
DO not recall my exact language to Mr.. Tilton
when he had finished reading his statement,
but as l said before the substance of it was
that no public card embodying an evasion
would IN any way better the case. 1t would be
preferable to take no notice of Yrs. Wood |
hulfs paper. At the time when Tlton first
came to consult me, and at subsequent inter-
views, he did not Seem actuated by any spirit of
malice or revenge. He spoke with no bitter
ness OF Mr. Beecher and of his wife with af-
ection and tenderness. He was not violent in
ais language and appeared honestly seeking
some peaceful solution. One of his expressions
was, ''Revenges have burned out"
Mrs Tiltou came to my house for the first |
lime one day during last February or March,
ully year and a fourth after she had written |
he letter regarding Mr.. Beecher for me to see
She then Informed me she was in no sense the
luIn0r OF tnat letter, and the statement in ii |
affecting Mr.. Beecher was utterly false, without
/ shadow of foundation in fact / was as much |
to hear her denial as when read
ler charge over year before, and asked her if
The realized what she had done. She said she
lid fully realize the sin she had committed. l |
old her she had done Mr.. Beecher an ncalcul-
lble wrong in allowing false charge so fasr-
u in its character, to stand against him so long
/ time, whatever the circumstances which |
caused her to make it; that it was terrible
yickedness against God and crime against So
'ety She knew and acknowledged it all.
DR. Storrs spoke with much feeling of the
many years of friendship between Mr.. Beecher
md himself, and said that none could hope
more strongly than he that Mr.. Be,cher would
,e shown to be blameleSs
The Investigating Committee.
The Beecher Committee continued its in
this evening. Frank Moulton ap- |
,eared before them and was inside the building |
bout an hour, after which he returned to his |
house in Remsen street. 1t was stated he |
would be before the committee Saturday even |
ng next armed with his letters and documents,
nc having asked time to arrange them in orde- |
The only other witness during the evening was |
! lady who was closely yelled and accompanied |
" ssr Halliday, but whose name was not dis |
ovesed. The committee Will not meet to- |
morrow evening unless special meeting should
,e called.