The New York herald., 1874-07-22
What Mr.. TiIton Says About the Publ
cation Of His Statement.
The History of the Develop
mentS in the Case.
AN. AUTOBIOGRAPHIC POEM
Opinions of the Press on
the Scandal.
THE DEVELOPMENTS YESTERDAY,

There was q meeting Of the investigating com.
nittee Yesterday afternoon at the house OF Mr..
Storrs, IN Monroe place. Mr.. Tlton was present
by request OF the committee. He was questioned
~ to many portions OF the statement made by him
before the investigating committee on the pre-
viOns evening. For time he answered the ques-
ttOns put TO him without hesitation. The CON-
mittee asked him to submit the original letters
and documents published in his statement but
he refused to do so. He was nervous, and on
Cross examination
MR.. TILTON BURST INTO TEARS
and begged to be excused from further examina-
TOE for the day. His request was granted Sew
era members of the committee expressed their
intense astonlshment last evening that at the
very time they were examining Mr.. Tilton
AZ to his statement" that document itself
was actually IN the hands OF the print
ers, TO be Issued in an evening paper.
At the next meeting Mr.. Tton will be
examined upon the statement he has submitted,
and when tnat is completed other witnesses will
testify, among whom will be included Mr.. Beecher,
and also Mrs. Tilton, who will give, it is expected
aD explanation of many OF the alleged facts in Mr..
vntOn's testimony.
Mr.. TILTON LEAVES HIS HOME.
To-day Mr.. rltOn will give up his house
and home at No. ia Livingston street
return thereto as promptly as possible, and
thus terminate the necessity OF her remaining
with Mr. Beechers friends as o visitor. A legal
separation has been agreed upon, and the house
and all that it contains has been given to her. Mr..
Tilton makes only comparatively Insignificant ex-
CeptiOn. He takes with him his writing desk and
few books OF reference. In all other respects the
home will wear to the children the same aspect
that they have been familiar with all their lives.
WHAT GENERAL TRACY SAID.
At O late hour last evening a HERALD reporter
found General b. F. Tracy the legal adviser Of Mr..
Beecher, at his residence IN Montague street,
Brooklyn In answer to a question as to whether
she nvestlgating committee anticipated the publ
cation Of Theodore Tilton's "de tailed statement
General Tracy replied in the negative, adding that
Mr.. TiltOn appeared before the committee at
four O'Clock yesterday afternoon and earnestly
quested that body not to publish his statement,
either now or at any future time, adding that the
pu6llc must never have his statement. General
Tracy also said that on Monday evening Mr.. Til
ton informed the committee tnat he had been
offered high price for his manuscript. The pri-
vate counsel Of Mr.. Beecher would not express
an opinion regarding the circumstance OF the
publication OF Mr.. TlltOn's statement appearing
In an afternoon paper, about the time he
was va sas " ne IN asaS ne a
about the unexpected publication Of Mr..
will fully exonerate Mr.. Beecher, and will show
that the charge OF criminality, which is now for
the first time made against him. is utterly un-
Upon the publication of Mr.. Tltons statement
IN BROOKLYN yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Beecher, who
~ Peekskill, was teesraphed to, and accordingly
the pastor ofPlymouth churcn hurried to his home
In Brooklyn, arriving there at late hour last
WHAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE SAY.
The following from one OF the investigating COM
mittee and member of Plymouth church is the
nearest official reply SO far ready to the statements
be seen, certain amount Of Special pleading, but
a. its leading points are, 1t is alleged, to be borne
out by the sworn statements OF Mrs. Tton and
Mr.. Beecher IL is noteworthy
As long ago as February 1868, according to his
own statement, Tlton admits that he knew that
Tlton. She had told her husband so. Neverthe-
less he took no steps to prevent Mr.. Beecher pay
e @ MSs @ WponS
From his own statement 1t appears that
on July 80, 1870, Mrs. Tilton confessed to her hns-
band that she had committed adultery with Mr..
Beecher. but he Tlton) said nothing about it
unti December Is Of the same year. Mrs. nlton
caurch on December rs Tilton himself was called
on by Mr.. Bowen to clear himself Of
charges OF immoral conduct or otherwise e ne CI1l,
Independent. Then I1ton, for the first time, spoke
TO Bowen, who was on unfriendly terms with
Beecner to o. risons M % wiie Tnen Hs Titon and Bowea
Joined hands in opposition to Beecher and shortly
hlIcr rWaruS Dr BaCon calleu on bne rcVeTeuu gen
ueman and asked him to resign his position as
pastor OF Plymouth church. Five days AFTER
wards TIton sent for the first time
complaint through Frank MoultOn to Mr..
Beecher to the effect that he tBeecher)
had made immoral approaches to Ttons wife.
On December 20 Mrs. T1lton made ner FIRST writ
zen Confession, which, she alleges, was dictated by
her husband, and which charged only improper
advances on the part OF Mr.. Beecher.
The s0-called apology OF Mr.. Beecher to Mr..
never given to Tilton and never meant for him.
IL was written entirely by Moulton In the
dusk OF the evening IN Mr.. Beecher's house. The
last sentence speaks OF Mr.. Mouton In the third
person. The whole matter, 1t Ia claimed, was in
rOuRh form and not intended to be Immediately
gwen 10 Mr. Tilton. The last sentence
q the original is widely separated from
the previous portion. The letter proper was not
che other side OF it was.
Mr. T1lton got pOHaeHaiQn of this document