New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-22

that this implied Six months afterwards my husband
| felt impeled by tho circumstance ~ conspiracy
against him. in which Mrs Beecher had taken part to
In order that Mr. might know exactly what h haS
Mr. Beecher Late the same evening MT Beecner CAM tn
Distress saying had ruined wanting know
II meant to appear against him This ocI,a t n,a
nft % ao Ssq which be to him 10
case trial. In this instance as In most Others when.
OF nv mind is entirely disturbed, and found on rehec.
ton that this paper 30 drawn as TO place me mos
Beecher So in order to repair so cruel blow to my
longsuhering husband wrote an explanation OF inc
agitation and excitement. aud now holds it.
| (sisned). ELIZABETH r. TfLroS:
carpeper that II NAV be- shown condeHtsy to
StOrrs and other friends, with whom my husoand auu
are consulting.
This paper was delivered to me, and the theory OF
the confession then was that Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton
should admit no more than the solicitation Dut
that endeavor to make an explanation Of the bust
ness fell through, and after it was shown to those
interested. as was told, the paper remained with
me.
| I received no further communication from Mrs.
Tilton until the 25th of June of this year 1884, and
| that communication came to me 10 this wise. When
| Triton showed me his Dr. Bacon letter, L most
strongly and earnestly advised him against its pub
| lcation aud said to him in substance that, while
| admitted the wrong and injustice OF Dr. BaconS
charges that he tdr IT, had lived by the mag
panimity of Beecher and that he was dog and
knave, when believed he had acted a proper and
manly part in endeavOrng to shield his family, yet
that Its publication would stir the public mind
that an investigation would be forced upon him and
Beecher in some manner which l could not then
foresee and that the truth would in all probability
have to come out or so much of it that Mrs Tilton
| and Beecher would be dishonOred and destroyed
and he himself be subjected to the severest
criticism. Notwithstanding my advice, he was
| so wrought up with the continued assaults upon
| him by the friends of Beecher that he deter
mined on the publication of the letter. He said
to me- in substance that as the course had advised
in the matter in regard to the church investigation
had been so completely set aside by Beechers
friends and they had far ignored all propositions
coming from me to the best mode of dispoSing OF
the matter, they evidently did not any longer in
tend to be guided by my counsel or wishes; and If
Beecher and bis friends set aside in the matter,
he (Mr. IT, could see no reason why he should any
| longer yield to my entreaties or follow my lead.
The only modification that was able to get OF the
Bacon letter was this 1t originally read that
| Beecher had committed against him and his family
i revolving Crlme. luSlSJcu thde 'hao onouiu "0
chang ed into ian offense committed against me-"
which was done, and the letter was published in that
form. The reasons which actuated me to require
| this change by Tilton in his letter were in the
| hope that reconciliation and peace might still
| be possible As the letter as amended would state
| an offense only and also that apology sufficient
| in the mind of Tllton had been made for that Of
| tense, if Beecher, in reply to the Bacon letter,
should come out and state that it was true he had
| committed an offense against Iilton for which he
| had made the most ample apology, which had been
accepted by Tlton satisfactory. and as the mat
ter was nobodys business but that of the parties in
| terested he would never become a party to any
| investigation of the subject, and that IIton had
acted not unjusty or unfairly toward him In what
he had done that in such case the affair might pos
sibly have been quoted and peace maintained But
| if the words revolving crime" remained in the
letter all hope of reconciliation escaping the full
est investigation would be impossible. After the
publication Of that letter so advised Mr. Beecher,
his friends and counsel, but that advice was I'M
| needed; and 1 also gave Mr.. Beecher the same
advice at a consultation with him for which he
asked in letter, which will hereafter in its proper
place be produced Some days subsequently to this
advice of mine to TiltoD, received the following
letter OF date June o. 1874 from Mrs Tilton, which
is the last communication have had with or from
her the subject IL Is herewith prouuceu, anu
marked "MM":
MRS. TILToN TO MoULToN.
Mr. MoULros: 1t fitting 1 should make quick
deavor 10 undo my injustice towards you
I learned from Theodore last night that You greatly
opposed the publication OF his statement 10 DR. Bacon
esSned) W ELF. R. TnToS.
Having now placed before the Committee my
statement of the facts concerning Mrs. Titon, and
hat have IN
them, and as they are Numerically opposed to
nearly all that Mrs TiltOn appears to declare IN her
published statement, deem it my duty to myself
and nv position in this terrible business to say that
durng this affair Mrs. TiltOn has more than once
admitted to me and to another person to my KNOW
edge-whom do not care to bring into this contro-
yersy-the fact of her sexual relations with Beecher
and she never has once denied them. other than in
| the written papers prepared for purpose which
have already exhibited but on the contrary, the
fact of such criminal intercourse being well under
stood by Beecher, Tilton and Mrs. T1lten to have
| taken place, my whole action In the matter was
based upon the existence of that fact and was an
endeayor faithfully carried out by in every way
possible to protect the families of both parties from
| the consequences of public disclosure of Mrs.
| Tilton's admitted infdelities to her husband.
Inow return to the documentary evidence, and
the necessary explanations thereof which have of
the condition of the affair as regards Beecber himself
after the Fall of 1871, as disconnected with the
affairs of Bowen which have already explained
At about this time received the following letter.
marked MM2":
MRS. Woodruff TO BEECHER.
No. IS EAST THIRTY -EIGHTHsT., 10Th, 11th 1871.
REV H. W. BEECBER, Dear Sir For reasons in which
you are deeply interested well as myself. and the
cause truth, desire to have an interview with you
| without fail at some hour tomorrow. Two OF your
sisters gone out of their way TO asssa my charac
ter and PURPOSES both Of the public press and
Inv numerous private letters to various persons
With whom they seek nlure me, and thus to defeat