The Grange advance., 1874-09-23
THEODORE 1llToN'S STATEMENT.
Another Chapter In the Brooklya
Scandaa--The Evidence Of Mr..
Beecher, Mrs. TiltOn and Mrs.
Morse, and the Report Of Ply
mouth Church C0mmittee Re-
viewed.

Morse, and the Report Of Ply
mouth Church Committce Re-
! viewed.
Theodore Tilton's statement in reply
to the denial Of his charges by Henry
Ward Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, their
stateme It's before the Plymouth Church
committee, and that committees find
ings upon the evidence submitted to it,
is too long document to be reproduced
in these columns, but in Difference to
the general interest in its subject mat
ter We summarize its POINTS as follows {:
The statement attempts to follow the
chronological order of events and is di.
vidcd into sections, Of which the first
and second are devoted to showing bv
letters and Other documentary evidence
that up to July Sd, 1870, the time Of
Mrs. Tilton 5 alleged confession Of adul-
terry with Bcecher, there had been a
continuous and warm friendship be-
tween Tilton and Beecher and AIr. and
Mrs. Tilton had been loving and happy
couple. This impeaches the evidence
and theory that Tilton entertained en-
vious and vindictive feelings towards
Beecher, and that he was cruel and un-
loving towards his wife.
The third section details the occa.
sion and substance Of Mrs. Tilton's
confession to her husband, and relates
that she fixed the date Of her first act
Of adultery by memorandum in her
diary. This confession was full and
free, made voluntarily and when she
was in good heath, solely because her
conscience reproached her with the de-
ceit. Aletter is produced from Susan
B. Anthony which appears to confirm
the former statement that Mrs. Tilton
also made confession to her. That
Beecher seduced Mrs. Tilton and she
did not tender her love unsought is ar
gued from the expressions Of their Cur.
respondcnce, his frequent gifts to her
Id the admissions Of the parties then
and since.
| The fourth section introduces Mrs.
Morse, the mother.in-law, as learning
Of her daughters crime and henceforth
plotting against Tilton. A letter from
Mrs. Tilton to her husband and to her
mother is produced, showing both that
the mother knew her daughters secret
and that she had led the daughter to
believe that her husband was going
wild over it.
Section five. by her letters, exhibits
a change in Mrs. Tilton's tone of mind,
corresponding to the time of her con-
fession and confirmatory Of the state
ment that she did SO confess
" Through the three succeeding Sec
tions the Bowen affair is taken up and
it's connection with Tilton and Beecher' s
affairs explained. This led to the in.
terview 1t Moulton's house in which
Tilton first told Beecher of Mrs. Til.
toms confession.
/ In the next two sections it. is shown
by the records of Plymouth Church
itself thst as early as October, 1873,
Tilton had, to Mrs. Bradshaw, accused
Bcecher Of adultery with Mrs. Tilton.
This. disproves Beechcr's statement and
the committees theory that the origi-
nal charge was only improper solicita-
| tion.''
| Through sections eleven and twelve
Tilton, denying that he entertained un-
usual or free love notions concerning
marriage, and citing Bcecher's part
in the sMcFaaland-R Richardson affair,
for which Beecher Was publicly censur.
| ed by Mr.. Bartlett, now his attorney,
while he, Nlton, was for the first time
accused of loose notions because he de.
Tended Richardson, he proceeds to ex.
plain his support Of Victoria Woodruff
I Is prompted and urged by Beecher, to
prevent her exposure Of Beecher.
The thirteenth section tells in detail
how Beecher repeatedly. and particular
" acknowledged his adultery with Mrs
Tilton and Of his appeals to Tilton's
sympathy by exhibitions of remorse
profound detection and heart.breaks
(which Tlton suspected we're feigned
but Moulton believed we're genuine. 81
close this section, - says Tilton, ..by de
| clAring, with solemn sense Of the
meaning Of my words, that Mr.. Beech,
| er's recent denial under .oatl
that he committed adultery viii
Mrs. Tiltor,, is known ]. Il
him, to hor, to Mr.. Moulton, to me
and to several other persons, TO be q
!, act of perjury
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