, 1874-08-29

4ElE CHICAGO DA
Illness continuing until after Tho tat Of January,
hor phyatcinn botng In daily Attendance on Ilor
from tho Oath to tho 30th Of pccombor, iuolu-
siyo
DowEN AND Triton.
a1Ha Gfrg asngo IL psf9SSf m M + f ysa1 ss s to
ecial vlewst Mr. Dowon felt conatrained to giyo
him notice that bis services as etlitor Of tho In
dependent would terminate at a day uamod In
tllo notice; ea1Hcquontly to this notice. aud on
ontorad into contract WITH air. Tilton by which
1iu wns to bo oditor OF tho Brooklyn Daily
Union, and chief contributor Of tho Independent;
hut, within a few dRva aftor making this coil
T1lton's immortality rs alartnoL him. and led
to an interview hutweon hfmsolf Tlltor.
aud Oliver johnson. at tLo house OF Mr. Dowen,
On tha aotl t aay OF Doeemoor, 1s7o Al this III;
Dowen's confidence by offering to join Dowou III
An ATTACK on MI. BEEoLEn:
This intoryioH resulted In the insolent letter
which MIR. Iilton wrote aud nignea on tho 27tll
Of December, demanding that Alt. Dooelor leave
Mr. powen. OH h's ~ay home. delivered this let
tur to Mr. Doooher. LII. Deooler, OIL roaling 1t,
oppressed his aatonsllmont at tho receipt OF Huch
a lutter, and denounced ttB author. Mr. Bowen
tho reaeonB why ho Ind teslIiced Tllton from tho
odttorship Of the Independent to the subordinate
posltiou Of contributor, saying that ntl
Dir. Tlton's religious and nooial vicws werc
running tho paper, and that ho WAS now aons!d-
Oh otlltor Of the Dfooalyn Union or "a chiof oon-
tribuLo: Of Tho Independent. They oonyorBod for
Eomo timo. Mr. Bowen wishing Mr: Deocllor's
oplnton ~hicf, was itooly given. Mr., Doeohor
bis roIatiops with Mr.. Tlton. Mr. Beeolor apose
strongly of tue thront onipg lot.or and tho reve-
lation ho had Just had concerning. T.lton'a do
meR,io affairB. Mr.. Bowen repd Iiltons threat
would
srASD ny sln. nEEoHEn.
II eoonB tint Atr. Bowen communicated to Mr:
Iilton on the following day tho conversation had
him (blr. Doeohor). Though he had no doub. TINT
1ilton would hava lost bis place, Q ahw tAat
hiB tnauonce Was dooiaivc, aud Anticipated I'll
TOMS overthrow: 1tnow appears that on tue
Goth Of December 1870 Mr.. Titon having
loarnod tho advice hlr. bcecher gavo NJ. Dowon,
and which WAS likely to bring him face to fsca
with tho loas OF place and position. extortoi
from his w.to, thon lying i'll of miscarrlago,
DOCUMENT MITIGATING Mr. uEECHERt
document eyincipg her love for her paHior. and
itation.. On the following day lie seut alouleon
to Boecher, requesting an iutorvioW with Mr.
Deecher at hr. Moulton'a house that evening.
Mr.. Bcecher accordingly met T,lson at Moulton's
III his hand, and proceeded to charge Alr. Deecl,-
or with being unfriendly to him, with seok-
ing bia downfal!, spreading injurious fumors
about him, undermining him, sud advising
Bowen to dlsmas him, inja1rlng lin IN q, l,a
in-law in producing diHoofd in hin house, adyia-
ing separation. alienating bis Nifes Affection
from him. with gaining her love moro than any
living boIng, with corrnptlng hor mora vifsuo,
hypooritiea, and ending by charging that ho
1nado wicked proposals. to her. TiIton shon pro-
duced written papor purportfng to DO nomo-
randum Of 4 confession nande In tue July
previous to him By h!s wife Ct hnr
proposals. to ler Of an impure paturc. Nr. III
ton, Ia tho twenty.seoona snbdsislon Of his
statement before tho Committee, referring at
tho time to Decon.bor, 1870. atatoa DlB grievances
Tiltona business rclations with Dir, Dowou, In
these words: "That ho fDIr. Daocher) then par
tlc,pated in = conspiracy to degrade Theodore
Yilton before the public, by loss Of place. bua!-
day OF December, when the so.called memorandum
OF confeaslon was procured from Mrs. Tilton.
the chiof melting cause for that atop on Tltou's
part was his bsliof that Alr. Beacher Ind caused
him the loss Of place. business, aud roputo. Mr.
Baeeher eayB this ctargs, Of Impure proposals
foil Upon him like thunderbolt. Could It be
possible Mira. Tlton, whom 10 had regarded ~
the typo Of so much nloral goodness. could havo
made such faise and ntrocious statements? I'll
ton requested Mr. Deocher to ropair to bis
house, whers Elizabeth MAS waiting for him,
and learn from hor lips tho truth OF tho stories
in so far rs they concerned her. Tho interview
Was had, and resulted in
WRITTEN HRTnAcTIoN
Of tho chnrgea OF Mrs. Iittpn, who deemod In
great distresn. In q sort Of postscript to tue
re.action, sho denied explicitly that 31r. Daochor
had ever offered any improper solicitations to
her. that being the only charge made by Tilton