, 1874-08-09
BEECHER-TtLT0M. =:
Moulton's Statement to Give
a Full History Of the
Scandal.
Tilton Holds Another and More 1m-
portant Letter to Support >
Ills Case.
Correspondence Between mrs:
Tilton and Her Mother
in 1870.
! Confessions of Guilt Said to Have Been
] Frequently Made.
Mr.. Tilton's Suit to Be Brought to
Trial as Soon as Possible.
Confessions of Guilt Said to Have Been
Frequently Made.
Mr.. Tilton's Suit to Be Brought to
Trial as Soon as Possible.


Trial as Soon as Possible.
Sp<cfal Disoatch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
MoULroS'6 STATEMENT
NEW YouK. Aug. 8-No events Of Importance
in the scandal have occurred to-day. Moulton
t,ns finished his statement, but does not submit
it until Monday. when it will Ut once be made
public. It is very long. full history 1s gwen
Of the Bowen Beccher difficulties the origin OF
tho scandal. Had D.ccher and Bowen not
aua,reled, the scandal would never haEa been
ac,tated Mor!ton attributes to Bowen COD
It art agitstion, which has made 1t necessary Tor
Tilton TO reply,
THE coMN1TrEE
has lost 80 much character By the partisan Ian
ruare which it has used that their delay to e1-
anime Moulton until lionday has ca7scd ruInor
that they are making efforts to compromise. l
cannot learn that there have boon any such over
tures but certainly the consultations AZ fa- as
can be learned land tho Committee Is Dy no
means air-tiel1t) and their private conversations
indicate that they Aro
IN IN UNHAPPY FRAME OF HIND.
Everywhere their delay iB considered as look1ng
to COMPROMISE, and their conduct OF tho e3sm-
ination and deuunc:a1lon OF Witnesses are de-
Among the rapcrs which Tllton has in reserve.
there s. as learn from Que OF lis meet 1ntl-
nat3 c1unselo.B, wao has been aiding him to
prepare evidence for his lawyer. letters OF tho
existence OF which Deccher and his lawyers
have no knowledge whatever They are said to
1,e moro cempt onising than those Of Beecher
himself. AS nv informant put 1T.
II he had trouble in explaining
his own letter., those Of Mrs. Tlton and Mrs.
Morse, her mother, will oyerwhelm him. l uz3-
derstaud that tlese letters nre from co1reapono-
once looking to m arrangement TO. separation
in 1870, and from HRS. Morse to Mr and nrs
Tlton, from Mrs Til:on to her mother, md from
both tho ladies' to Ir. Tilton- They coat'1n
FREQUENT PLAIN ADMISSIONS Or GUILT
on the part Of Mrs. Tltoo, aad Airs Norse
news need bo looked for until uoulton' 10 state
ment il published.
New YoRK. Aug 8.-l;e?or.s Of lnter71e"h
mado public to-day about tho great Broosl1n
scandal Mr.. Beecher has gone to Peekskil- aod
the Committee and counsel aro o1t Of town.
Gen. Butler has arrived II tho city. and: to re-
porter who called him, ne said he did mol DC
sire to talk about tho case at al, anu o19n T.
said to be very long, and to contain a1lusion to
the .-
nrrp1cu1TY BETWEEN THE REV. HENRY WARD
BEEcHEn AND MIR. HENRY 9. BOWEN.
Mr. Moulton was caught in his house py an
interviewer, and asked: Was your roferonco to
Mrs. Hooker, in your letter to Al1. Beecher, ln-
tended to create presumption Of the guilt of the
latter or designed simply to Indicate the chafac-
ter Of come OF the documents i'll your posses
sion7 / ask this because some OF Alr. Beooher'a
friends charge tho former object.
Mr, 11oulton said, il reply: "The letter re-
ferred to in your inquiry was regarded oy
me at the time it was written as private
note. which never supposed would o1 pno-
liHhed. It has been published tMongh
no instrumentality Of mine, and. such oo'2g th9
than that tho reference alluded to Tas not ~
tcuded to create the presumption OF Mt Heecn-
crs guilt. nor was it designed to 1ndicxte tie
nature Of the documents III m7 possesslon.
MoULToS .A%D TIE COMMITTEE
4 gentleman connected with the case being
asked what the Committee proposed to do-1f Mr.:
noulton should offer statement but should
decline to submit to cross~e1amlnatlon. sAld tho
Committee would then decline to receive Aoul-
toms statement at all; and, II Mr. Monitor
should than make public his statement, they
would simply have to 80 before tho country on
such state OF facts, and let tho peo2lo de-
eide the question. I: Is certain the Commit
tee would Teceive from Moulton tho dochnonts
il be should elect to turn them over without any
statement but should he weave those docalmcn nts
into statement in which he should caardctar1ze
those papers and draw conclusions from them
aud then decline to aunnalt to CROSS -e1aulina-
ton. tho Committee would certainly refuse te
| accept such statement. =:
LIZ. Triton
was captured twice by reporters while. On hts
way from his residence 70 Ills lawyers office, and
stopped long enough to say IN ansva; to ques-
tiou. Was not the fac: of Mouiton making hlf
statement in advance Of Eeecher all advantage
to the latter? that (Tilton) neither
desire mgr , NJ need bnn,o az 'aJan''fs Mr Bcecbe
fha cast
dtss will eayo Mr.. Dcecher one heedless wore
which he might wish to recall, am very glud tt
render him this ecrysco. lie needs all the char
| ity which it is in m7 power to bestow. il am re-
ceiying vindicadoa every time that any 1eal lac
! in the matter comes out, and am 30 rear m
! f,li and final yindication that can atfold Il
II; TO the ' QUESTION, "Did vou ever seq tho ette
| which Mr.. Beechcr wrote to your vile, af.er th
Woodhul disc1osure--the letter that al!ude
/ answered, "Why, I carried It to El!zabe:h- L
vas written for her, that she might sho5t Ito hcl
| friends aud satisfy herself
| uLToS'a SUIT AGA1Ssr EEEcHER.
| Ex-Judga Morris, counsel ior air. :l'lton, saFs
, 1.-THE suit Winch N1. Tlton proposes to br!n:
against Mr. Beecher has no reference 10 u
| action Of the Committed whatever. When III
I Tilton ANNOUNCED his intention nok t
| appear before the corarnitte again.. and hi
instructions we're given to A1s connss
20 begin suit Talnst Mr. BeecneF, no meAnt e14ctt
t what .e said. The action of the Committee T1
neither haaten nor delay the comnoncemeut Q
| tt,a suit, which will bs brought IN the 6upre:u
| Court. twill be al action again5: " Deeche
| for criminal connection with Mrs. Tlton. III
amount Of dernagea claimed will be in accordanc
| rith the magnitude Of tie suit, but Mr, Tiltoa
purpose in bringing action is not t
receive any pecuniarv benefit. bnt simp1
to vlndicate bis good name against tie at1ociou
SANDERS to which ho la. been subjected. s
far aa MI. Tllton is concerned, the case MIL
pressed for t,ial at the earliest possible day. .
| DENIAL FEoA BOWEN
Henry c. Bowen telcgraphs that he has hs
no Interview with any person on tho BEookly
| scandal. and c!aractccizes the alleged interrle
With lin, published in the Brooklyn paper ye:
:erday, al stupendous fraud from be5innin
| TO cLd.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH NOT L. JOINT
SToCE' COMPANY
To Ia Editor Of The ChicnGo Tribune:
s1r: Having been told by In aoloaintant
who vas very positive on the sub1eetthat Piyr
outh Church il -joint-stock company. and tn
its shAzos arc bought and sold in ths New lol