The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-24
Mr.. TiIton Makes Second Statement.

THE second statement of Theodore
Tilton was published in the New York
Graphic and in the Chicago Tribuae ert,d,
on the 18th The following is brief
summary of this very lengthy document,
which extends over twenty-eight columns
in the Tribune:
Mr.. Tlton commences by answering the two
statements of Mrs. Titon that he had been for ten
wears jealous of Mr.. Beechers reputation, and
was determined to ruin him. and that he had
been maltreating her for the same period of time
This he attempts to do by producing various
friendly and atfectionae letters that passed
between himself and Mr. Becehcr down to
July 3, 1870 the date at which he says
timacy between Mr. Beccher and Mrs. Tilton,
and by giving extracts from his CORE
spondence with Mrs. Tilton down to the
same period of time He supplements this with
the emphatic statement that never until that
date, July ) 1870, did he entertain an unkind
thought. or utter an unkind word. to either Mr.
Beecher or his wife.
lie then gives a succlnct narrative oil the t1lne
place aud manner of Mrs. Tilton's confession OF
her alleged corruption by Mr.. Beecher and fixes
the date of its consummation, Oct. H. 1868,
by an entry in Mrs. Tilton's diary. " Day Mem
orable. which words she said she had used to
mark il in her own recollection.
Then follows letter from Susan B. Anthony
toMrs. Isabella Beechcr Hooker. full of indlgna-
ton against Mr.. Beecher. both for his crime and
for his want Of veracity concerning it. The sup
posed significance of this letter is that Mrs. Til
ton had confessed the crime to Miss Anthony,
and that Miss Anthony and Mrs. Hooker were in
cores spondence concerning it as a thing about
which there could be no dispute
He next seeks to defend Mrs. Tilton against the
charge made against her by Mr.. Beecher that she
made the first advances. For this charge. says
Mr.. Tilton, Il brand him coward of uncom-
mon baseness." Elsewhere Mr. Iilton sarcastl-
cally descants on the groveling character of one
who will accept the last extreme favor OF a
woman and then appoint a committee OF SIX to
publicly investigate her conduct.
A series Of letters of Mrs. Morse MRS. Tilton $
mother) are given, which contain frequent aliu-
sions to the relations existing between Mr..
Beechcr and Mrs. Tilton. Mr.. Tilton accuses Mrs.
Morse of at one time seizing her own husband by
the cravat and choking him till he was black in
the face after which he (Mr. Morse) summoned
the family together and legally and formally sep
arated from her-the separation continuing To
this day.
A letter not previously published is given from
Mrs. Tilton to her mother Enclosing one to Mr.
Tilton), written at Marietta. o.. a few months
ler 70 BY her. and
speaks of a confession shsdowinade to her moth
| er known to her daughter florence. which was
| likely to be death-blow to the latter
After giving a statement of Henry c. Bowen /
accusations against Beecher substantially as given
| by Moulton. Mr.. Tilton gives an account of his
| interview with Beecher at Moulton rs house. where
Mrs. Tilton's confession was disclosed to him
| and attempts to show by comparison of dates
that at that time he had not lost his position or
| the Independent and the Brooklyn Union and
was not in an impoverished condition, but was
| i'll the receipt of an income OF S14-0N per year
Consequently, he asserts that Mr.. Beecher:
statement that he CTilton) was exasperateo
with him for having caused him to lose his situa
| alton and salary is an afterthought and false
| hood.
| Mr. Tilton next abors to show that Mr.. Beech
/ er's allegation that his despair of mind, so poign
| antly expressed in his letters to Moulton. was
| caused by his having advised Mrs Tllton to sep
| arate from her husband Is likewise an after
/ thought and falsehood because he never die
| so advise her but on the contrary, when Mrs
| Morse was trying to bring about such separa
tion advised the contrary. He points out that Mr.
Beecher's second and long statement before tht
Brooklyn Committee admits that he never gave
| such advice III person. although his first state
ment makes that the sole ground of his dif
fculty with the Tilton family The secont
| statement Of Mr.. Beecher reduces this supposed
| offense to a few words written on a scrap of pa
per to Mrs. Beecher Moreover. says Mr.. Tilton
| supposng that he wrote those words to his owl
| wife, he knew that they had done no harm; NJ
separation took place. and there was nothing Il
be sorry for
An extract from the records of Plymouth Church
the original of which Mr. Tilton says he has IL
his possession. is introduced to convict tn
Plymouth Church Committee of preyarication
The committee alleged that Tilton's sole ant
only charge against Mr. Beeeher an down = to ;;
wife, from which they argued that his lates
charge was a new thing trumped up for the oc
casiOn. whereas the church record show
that he was cited on the nth of October, 1873, +
appear and answer to q charge of slander-th
sfander being statement by him that Mr.. Besch
er had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. Tilton
The dates Of the utterance of the alleged slande
are given, and the names of the witnesses t
whom the same was uttered.
| Mr.. Tilton's association with Mrs. Woodhu
is stated to have begun with the concurrcnc
and advice of Mr.. Beecher for the sole purpos
Of suppressing the dreadful secret and protec
/ ing Mrs. Tilton's reputation. Mr.. Tilton affirm
that it had no other object than this and tina
right or wrong, Mr.. Bcecher shared in it persol
ally and that it involved no criminal intimacy.
The charge Of blackmail is considered and en-
phatically denied. Mr.. Beechers letters are the
taken up and subjected to an analysis to shO
that his agonized expressions are all cOnsister
with one thing-the crime Of adultery-and u