Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-16
MY MORAL CHARACTER.

This was the first time 1 had ever
seen the charges, and had never heard
OF them except by mere rumor. Mr..
Bowen never saying al any time word
10 me on the subject, | was amazed at
the proposed publication; did not then
understand the real object Of giving cir
culatiOn 70 such ISLANDERS; my first i'm
pi ession was that Mr.. Titon designed,
under cover Of an attack upon me, in
the name OF another, to open a way for
the publica tiun Of his own pretended
personal grievances; l protested against
the publication in tine strongest terms,
bat il was bot intended as a hostile act
to myself, but to Mr. Bowen; l did not
any the less insist upon NV protest
against this publication. On 8 being
showuto Mr.. Bowen he was thoroughly
alarmed, and speedily consented to the
appointment OF arbitrators to bring
about an amicable settlement.
The result of this proceeding was that
Bowen paid Tilton over seven thousand
dollars, and that written agreement
was entered into by Bowen, Tilton and
myself, of amnesty, concord and future
peace. It was agreed that the offensive
article, the publication of which had
produced such an effect upon Mr. Bow
en-, and secured a happy settlement,
should be destroyed without seeing the
light. 1t wss an act of treachery pc
culiarly base that this article was per-
mitted to get into hands which would
insure its publication, and that it was
published. L was assured that every ves-
tige of it had been destroyed; nor
until q comparatively recent period did
| understand how Mr.. TiltUn secured its
publication without seeming to be him
self responsible for the deed. Finally
after tempting to obtain money, both
from myself and my wife, as price of
ils suppression, the Woodruff women
published their version OF the TiltOn
scandal in November OF 1872. The de-
tails given by them were 50 minute,
though SD distorted, that suspicion was
universally directed toward Mr.. Tilton
as the real anthor of this which he so
Justly calls a wicked and horrible scan
daI, though il is not whit more horri-
bic than that which he has now made,
and not half SO wicked, because
THOSE ABANDONED WOMEN
did not have personal knowledge of the
| falsity of their story ss MIR. TiltOn has
of his. To rid himself OF this incubus,
! AAllOn QlGh hR 2 fSAAA-AASA9 -
ner, called q true statement, but which
I wss lrandulently called TiltOn's ease.
\ had some knowledge Of its compost.
/ ton, having heard much Of IL read, but
I some documents were only referred to
as on dle, and others had not yet been
manufactured. Tilton's fever foT com-
piling statements was one of my famil-
lar annoyances. Moulton used 10 tell
noe that the only way 20 manage Theo-
/ dore was 70 let hiq work off hizI peri
odical passion on some such docglment
/ and then 10 ponnce on the docilment
and suooTess it. This particular true
statemeht va q epaelal plRn
Of abatement OF the prejudices
! z-~;.4d by his Woodhan cart,
nership; it was a muddle OF CARRIED
statements, manufactured documents
and downright falseh0od. This paper
| know. hs lead to many, and / sm tolC
that he read il to not less than fifty per
sons, in which he did not pretend Il
charge immortality upon his wife; OF
the contrary he explicitly denied 1t ans
asserted her purity, out charged me viii
improper OgertuTes to her. 1t was thi
paper which be read to DIR, StorEs, an.
} poisoned her there with his mind, thu
leading to an attempt toprosecute Tito