The New York herald., 1874-09-12


! oguing, because Beecner says he had not been
consulted and did not mean TO meddle.
this letter in order that there may be no mistake
as to what Beecher's opinion was OF the man who
time, to the phrases, .For a thousand encourage
menis for services that no one can appreciate
your honorable dellcacy"-what, delicate black
mailing '-'lo- confidence aud affection, owe
noS ntS 50 much 'ha' can neither express nor pay
Again. mark his promised visit to the black.
mailer In these words:-"r0 tell the truth. am
little heart-hungry TO see you, not because am
pressed, but because love you, and VIII ever be
think may be pardoned for lingering over this
letter, for IN it Is my yndlcat0n. rom black
save hlmsei, to make against me. Not only was
serving nim at this time, but my wiIe-who knew
from despondencies and threatened suicide. and
this letter gives the thanks ne let for her enorts
fulness has laid me pretty hatn have already
given one OF those exhibitions or her trut1iuness
forgiveness OF man as he expected forgiveness or
Again produce letter Of October 3, 1873, five
mouths after the time when he says, in his
statement he believed that | was blac.kmaling
permitted it, 1t Is marked "N"
NY DEAR FsASK-l have This morning 20. back sound
shoa see You tomerrow ba. shall be out Of towp Til
evening '0' Oi'S' '0u my GEAR 0'H ". BEEouER
Let all the lawyers search all the annals of the
port. and produce another instance where, five
months alter IT. was known to the victim, ne ad-
dresses his blackmailer with GOD bless you, my
1t Will be observed that these letters which I
subsequent to the time he learned tnat he was
blackmaied. l now produce letter OF prectOus
date, February ID. 1873, enclosing check OF that
MY DEAR Fn4r1-I don't know a. IT is necessary to
ysS su %s shs4 % s Ss i III
Events arc
masters lust now
The matter is in a nutshell No light is needed, emily
Yours gratefully, Il. W. BEECHER
MT DEAR Mourros win you answer this Or win you
m yo enss aasp me All sPs h e ss yuy Sa oa al Is right
BowEN's TERRIBLE CHARGES.
Mr.. Bowen had made certain charges against
Beecher and thereby caused Tilton to write a let
ter on the 2stn Of December. 1870, requiring
Beecher to leave his church and city, which Bowen
carried to Beecher. Why should linton have Sc.
lected Bowen to be the bearer of s1ch letter If
Bowen had not made the statements which IlltOn
recites IN his letter to him were made-when
Oliver Johnson was present-of five different acts
and specifications OF adulterous intercourse with
five dlfferent women.
That letter was read by Beecher, and the dread.
to him, and as this matter was contemporaneOus
with the accusations made py T1lton as to his own
protect HIM from these aso and insisted that
should agree TO a reference 10 an arbitration, OF
which his friend and present committeeman, Mr.
Fl. b. Clanin, was chairman, and submit Tiiton's
claim tor damages for breach OF contract by
ing, in which all these SO grave charges BY Bowen
to 1ilton against Beecher-one of which was no
less than rape-were stated IN BOwens and their
presence, the arbitration unanimously agreed
first, that Bowen should pay Tilton $1,000 for .
es a owen ana oa
covenant that they would not therealterwards
papsr majority Of Bowens On that ar; ar
bitraton-who mad been agreed to BY
Insisting ms upon Bowen ana Iiiton signing such
covenant IN behalf I 1 Of Beecher se,s before
a Of duns at e ae
day and date. SO that Beecher, in iact used
Iil,on,s position WIN dn Bowen 70 exsors % nom
too. after he had also given him certificate Of
good character and conduct In the church. In Feb
ruay 1870, which he renewed ut this time In these
:" deeply regret the canses Of suspicion,
jealousy ana estr angement which have come be-
tween us. 1t is Joy or me to have my old regard
Tor Henry G. Bowen and Theodore Til'on restored.
OF love. respect and reliance TO each and botn OF
How could Beecher If innocent, have signed
such a certificate as that to Bowen upon simple
withdrawal OF the charges, one Of which described
brutal rape without any averment that they
were untrue Bowen merely saying that he did not
.knoso anything oi themr' And yet, without even
year beors after these as sss statements .an odn mad
mase we're BY and to
hours OF conference, everything Was adjusted aud
We shook hands :" and Beecher stated the Iact Of
the reconciliation IN Plymouth church, and spoke
highy Of his Christian brother wen, and new
adjustment was obtained again in the manner
have stated at the time OF the trlpartite covenant
do not republish the documents which show all
TINS under Beecher's own hand, as they are al
ready published In my iormer statement aud
i agree that these facts are so unusual so
strange, so more startling than anything In hc-
Lton, that II should state them upon my bare
word should challenge discredit everywhere ex.
cept among those WHO know me well. But that
they probably were well known to Mr.. II. B.
Clanln, one OF Beeoher's committee VIII appear
from letter heretofore published from Beecher
to me, which reproduce, as foLows:-
tifere is given Beecher's letter connding every
x Ue as this le @ Il m
toms accusations that l then had in CHARGE but
Bowens, and the real point to avoid was IAN ap.
with such an appeal 1t would be s"contagration"
talk WITH Claim, and told him Of the .treacnerous
whispernRs" OF Bowen and also gave him the
Of @ ss
n and, as as nearly a y,a as can Femem9e, 'as. sSs
Aaa nD m snS S 3
Claim deemed this so serious that he thought It
best to cail on Bowen with me- and we went &C.
companled by the gentleman who had reported
: Bowen's conversation 10 me, and ne repeated TO
Mr.. Bowen In the presence Of US al exactly what
Bowen had SAID to MIN, "and," said he TO Bowen,
Now to Conceal these .bottom facts" known to
me, II not to Claim, Beecher mad Influenced
Ulanin 70 require, as arbitrator. the tripartite
!. covenant-to which all Bowen's charges, as set
forth In nlton's letter OF January l. 1871, were an
) nexed-as condition OF the settlement OF money
matters between Tilton ana Bowen. which alone
were reerred to that arbitration. WHAT were
! those "bottom lactsr'' SO far as Mr.. Beecher Is
concerned, l have his iull liberty to disclose all
that may know, as put Ia his public statement,
{ and the public will now be in position to Judge
t. whether he really meant that should.
: In relation to the charge against Beecher made
once by Bowen, that he had py violence NAL used
5 a certain woman OF his acquaintance, Mouion
!. says:-
-. WORSE AND WORSE
g Passing by the more Indefinite charges OF
Bowen--'the many adulteries committed by
Beecher"-let us take the crime, the exact Ian
= guage OF which In my former statement l elt
? called upon to omit In the interest OF public de-
n amy Huki In rder tna arOn u