, 1874-08-20

bad tunl0rB about Mt. BeecHaf. ~ BUS u Wan noe
Soma timo about thon occurred tic bedroom
soone, which occaalonea family jar, md so Is
remembered by tho Tiltons, but fs very naturally
not remembered BY Beeohsr who meyer nnaaa a r
dAtos their acquaintance still further back thnn
Mrs. 1ilton. aud renenbers giving her so9-
venir Of Europe on his return to this country in'
We lind iester Of l!ora, dated Deg. 2s, 1899. in
which sho writos to her husband u Lave ooen
thinking OF my lovo for hr. B." 10 has boen
tsn guida Of our youth until tho throo last dsoad-
hour with tho childrnn, "oto. In 1866, too, oc-
ourred the split on the Independent, which, both
from 11ra. Tiiton's and Deechere testimony, did
In.lee8-9, Paso was painting Dseohar'a PORTRAIT
to Til!ous ordat, aud Tilton was asking Deochor |
to 4run tn -and ::chippeE; big wife while no wsa
81 On @ @leetaring tours. On tho loth Of pet9hnor, h,
occurred Al Beoohsr'e, and eooa aftor agatn At bis
own houae, a. rot unknown to him. Moulton |
first appears At tho Page sttings. In Jauuary, !
dosp,ondont er, about bis pcouniary Afsirs snjoinu
economy, and larnonta his o"n e1srsTag"nce aa |
Wo como NOW to the epoch Of 1870. Earlv In
"1 band G%. boS.n o to 10 ber assung that she
Ind done wrong with 11r. Boeoher," talking days
and nights about It. Ool.aterhlly, ne have lot:
tsts Of hcrs vEltten on the dth 1sth, and lGth q
Deooher appears ID ono OF thom, as ~ mmaaking
Gala In flpe spirits and kissing tue Whoeaooks
sll around, Lizzie Wood included" Iheodero's
staten,out is that II the spring O. 1eto 10 @ no-
Beecher, that ahe wont lueo tho country carly On
that sccount. Hha retu1z,a, and on July 8, with.
In a few hours after her ARRIVAL" confossod
e nehiaog @ aGo ''f Mrs III. in hsr .sstinony, d.
Mos thai she aver confessed. neecher, in bis
Testimony, ssys that in, tho latter part Of tho
sann month, he vfBited hor at her request, found
befo1o bet , ioa1iag. Id dooes ltterly the impro
priokies. It is understood that Mr. Deecher will
! doohlre that The lottor Of his containing the
abovo term, And perhaps other letters. arc 1or-
garies. q,
Mn. I1lton is sent back to tho country to re-
ceivo soothing letters from Theodore. IS be says,
| aud no skip to December, 1870. 8ometime IN
this month, tho young gls spnss@;s ~ 1t ~ n3esehera
| the solicitations Of heesef by this man. Mr..
aud Mrs, Becchor immediately yialt Mrs. I7lton
| It her rnothers. aud hear her story, though she
| aaya nothing of having confessed. or avon Of
on the counsel Of Mrs. Boeohot, . separation is
| advised, one OF the groat sina for which Mr.
| Doechor ie TO Bhow Buch bitter and abject re~
pentance. The septration aaems to haSo poem
| quickly over with, Or never to have takeu place.
| Events now como thick. On tho 26th OF the
eamo month, Henry @. Bowen donouncon Booch-
or In tho presence of Triton and 5ohuRon Ia IN
unsafe visitor IN the tam1hes 81 q tas oongfega-
| rated ono instanoe q outrage Ie then Wfote
=! city, which Tilton, st bis crafty suggestion,
weok latoT3. On tho 27th. Bowen calls On Deocl,-
or, and prosonts him this letter. (soe Deeoher's
statomept), Doeohor replies that "TiIton is
drazy," and the two talked him over, pretty
thoroughly, Beeohor being quito innocent Of tho
Mophistophol{nn character Of bis visisor.
I Hshortly after," and betoze tho old year was
| out, Tiiton was driven out from Bowena newB-
papors With ecourgngs. In tho midst Ct c.t tug
Deeombor), Beeeher Has. taken. to Mou'ton's .
:: house to 200 Triton, and Was there denounced
! by the latter ~ tho seducur OF his wifo.
4 ''ABtonndea," 10 apparently entered no asnaal,
! request Sacoordiug to Iilton's etatement, at
1 Beoche,'s roqueat, t,-Boeoher and Moulton won't
/ to Tiltona house tho fortnor goes in, finds the
1e 10 n1e no ssaas: putt
y it tn his pocket, and 1eturns. Tiiton, upon
!. raaohing home, obtains from the SICK wifo an.
othor statement, toatifyng to the faot Of the one
:: sleep-walker." On the no1t day, Moulton ca1at
: and advised him to give up this statement, q
!. Tlton had destroyed h's wiiSa confession. FL
: gave It up. and then tho apology WAS written II
|. | tho maunor set forth by Denchar. =.
I In the February following woro written the
!, two striking letters from ncecher to Moulton
| and to Mrs. Tlton. Tie latter denies evor hav'
ing seen tho ona addressed to her. but tho writel
= acknowledges it. III the summer Of 1871 Occur
Tho lottera Of HRS. Tilton in which is the alaslol
= to Oatharlno Haunt. In May t1rs. Woodhui
i first disclosed her knowledge Of tho aHstr, mt
| from then to November, 1870, Tilton made he1o
: l 10 efforts to hold her in chook ty putting h
mame to biography Of hor aud otA'rw1se mag
!. nif,ing her. II November, 1879, aho published
i ! her full disclosure. In the interval
tho Golden Age was started, md Beeeho
contributed ia 1871 and 1879 aboA
$4,000 10 i.a support. In the aprdng,, O.
iSia, T,lton having returned from re lectnr C n
field discouraged, Threatened to publish IN tn
! Golden Ago tho letter written by him to Bowen
. jan l, 1871, and Bowen becoming frightened
ri paid Iilton $1,000 (WHICH according to all &C
!, counts, waa bis rightful duo) and the trapartt
(. ngroemept Of amnesty, concord, and fusuf
) poace was signed. ,Then, In 1873, came thn pub
Il ticntion of various dooumonta Including TAson,
l letter to Bowen, tho tripartite agreement, ~
ton's case a. presented to DR.. 8torrH, and 9
forth down to June, 1878 below which date
eoems unnecessary 10 follow tho case: On th
1st Of May, 1873, Beeohar mortgagoa hts honB
for $1,000 to 1aiso money to set up sElton in tha
n prosperity which WAS to bury the scandal fol
a eyor. This money WAS paid to Moulton, aa Pc
checks, come OF which are still exhibited b.
. Boecher.