Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-24
Another Statement by Mr.. M0ulton.

obedience to the constituted authorities.
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Another Statement by Mr.. MOulton.
The New York Graphic of the nth contains an
other lengthy statement by Mr.. Frank ID. Moulton
relative To the charges against Mr.. Beechcr and
In reply to the explanation made by the latter be-
fore the Plymouth Investigating Committee.
Mr.. Moulton recounts in detail how strenuous
| ly he labored to prevent the exposure being made
| before the committee by MIR Tilton; and how he
and Mr.. Tracy-Mr Bcecher's consolidated to-
gether to this end; but owing to their inability
10 proven, the meeting OF the committee on the
appointed evening their effort was failure Mr..
| Tilton having promised that If the committee
was not prepared to receive his statement on
| that particular evening he would defer making 1t
With regerd to Mr.. Beecher's statement that
the only copy of Mrs. 1ilton's confession was
torn in pieces In his own presence on the
| night of the Goth of December, 1870,
Mr. Monlton reiterates his assertion that
| the document was held by him and returned
to Mr. Tilton after the tripartite agreement to be
returned to Mrs Tilton that she might destroy It.
Mrs. Tiltons letter requesting this return IL
| again published. With regard to the interview at
| the time Mr.. Beecher gave up the confession Mr..
| Moulton says:
when 1 demanded the retraction from him,
| he asked me. What will you do with ii if give
| tupy | answered. i win keep ii as | keep the
confession. II You act honorably viii protect
| it with my life, as would protect the other with
| my life | may be allowed to say here that ut
| this remark made reference to the pistol IN my
| overcoat pocket, which | always carried in the
| night, as emphasizing the extremity of my de-
Tense of the papers Yet Mr. Beecher SAYS: lie
| made no verbal threats, but opened his oycrcoat,
and, with some emphatic remark, he showed me
! pistol why misrepresentY Is it possible that
| he gave his confidence at once to Il man who cx-
torted the paper from him with a pstoll Yet
Beechers committee make point of this pre-
| varication in their argument for the accused
With regard to Mr.. Beechers letter of contr-
| ton, Mr. Moulton explains at length the crcum
stances under which it wa written He says, as
before stated, that i was written out according
| to the dctation of Mr. Beccher, and that the ex-
| act language of Mr.. Beecher was used in the let
ter. He (Moulton) was not in the habit of using
such language, and could hardly have composed
| the letter in question, He says:
| Il should not myself have used the phrase
| Humble myself before him as | do before my
| God. | was not used to that kind of expression
there praying with folded hands, | never called a
woman OF nearly forty years old poor child III
| my life did not know that she was lying
SSaywasr0 M Sd odcd hands beeshsr did
to the committee that She lay there
| white az marble, like statue
OF the Old World, palm to palm, like one pray
| ing thus reproducing four years afterward al
| most the identical phrase and picture which he
! conveyed 10 me, and which put in the letter OF
| contriton ! could not have used the phrase
| i have her forgiveness, because did not know
whether he had it or not, except as he told me-
and II had acted upon my belief in The matter
| should suppose that he had not. This letter.
| after being prepared by me- was read By him be
| fore he PUT his signature TO it. The explanation
| put by Beecher in his statement That this
| paper was mere memorandum OF points
to be. used by him (me) in setting forth
my (his) feelings; but they were put
| into the sentences by him (me) expressed a. he %
| understood them, not n my (sis) words, but as
hints of my hs) figures and letters, TO be used by
| him III coiversing with Tilton. 1t is
a mere string OF hints. hastily made by on un-
| praCiced writer, ~ helps to his memory IN rep
| resenting 10 Mr.. Tilton how felt toward his
| family All this explanation II mere afe
| thought made up for the purpose OF explanation
| merely. Beecher always treated this letter as
his own in All the after conversations upon the
| subject with Mr. Samuel Wikeson, Mr.. Beecher's
| friend"
! In subsequent conversation with Mr.. Monton
MIR. Bcecher had alluded to the document in qucs-
| ton as his (Beecher's) letter TO Mr.. Tilton, and
| asked Mr.. NJ: Cant we hit upon some plan to
| break the force of my letter TO 1ftony' etc
Mr.. Mouton again brings forward his proofs
| that Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton renewed their
! intimacy after the confession was made. and after
both had given assurance TO Tilton that they
| would not meet except through him. After again
| printing Mrs Titons note 10 Mr. Beecher con
| Guiding with the expression OF course, should
| like TO share with you my Joy, Nj Mouton
| produces another letter from Mr.. Beceher to Mrs.
| IiltOn, which IL as follows:
THE blessing Of God rest upon you. Every
| spark Of light and warmth in your own house
| will be a star and Il snn in my dwelling. Your
| note broke Ike spring (sic) upon winter, and
| gave me an inward rebound toward life. No one
| can ever know none but God, through what a
! dreary wilderness | have wandered. There was
| Mount Sinai; there was the barren waste. and
| there the alienation of hope and pair
| that marked the pilgrimage of old. II only II
| might lead to the promised andl or, like Moses,
| shall die on the borderf Your hope and corr
| age are alike amazing. Could God inspire You TO
| restore and rebuild ut home. and while doing
it, to cheer and sustain outside of il another who
sorey needs help in heart and spirit, IL will prove
life noble as few are able TO live. and In an
| other world the emancipatcd soul may utter
| thanks. II il would be of comfort to you nov
! and then 10 send me n letter of true inwardness
(sicl the outcome Of your inner life. ii would be
| safe, for ! am now at home here with my sister,
and II IL permitted TO you (sic) and viii be an eX
| ceeding refreshment to me. for your hcart'ex
periences often like bread from heaven 10 the
| hungry. God has enriched your moral nature
NAV not Others partake!
This, says Mr.. Moulton. is in Mr. Beecher's
| handwriting. but without direction or signature;
but the note inclosed in pencil tells us the dircc-
spring upon winter tell also 10 what note j was
! IN reply, because that quotes the words OF Mrs.
| I1itoA, Spring has come, asking him 10 share
| her JOY, she being all right now. TEeinclosAre
/ Il on a clip OF paper marked q. bat winch Do
not produce here, reserying II for presentation
| before another tribunal Was there ever palmer
case OF renewal OF intimacy. TO say the laa-t than
| thiss Mark also. amid the prayers 10 God con
! tanned in the longer note, Beechers suggestion
that Elizabeth can write him now Sth safety, be-
cause he i living AT home with his sister, e.,
1 his wife IL away
Mr.. Moulton then gives in detail Beethers a.-
\ legged confessions t. him OF his adultery With
| Mrs Tilton lie saw: - II has been said that.
| being man Of the world, drew inierenees nom