The New York herald., 1874-08-22

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TILTON'S INSANITY.
The first 1utimation OF the insanity OF T1lton
arose in this wise se:-Prior 10 Sunday, March 90,
1874, a publication was made OF statement by
reporter OF the Brooklyn Union purDorting to be
the result OF an interview with Mr.. Thomas G.
and that he stated that Mrs. Titon had
mediumistic nts-whatever disease that may
be-ln which she had stated matters affecting the
character OF Beecher, and to the statement OF
neither OF them, for that reason was any credit to
to excite Tlton defence OF his sanity, but Also
as coming from the clerk OF Plymouth Church.
might be supposed to be an authoritative express
and he wrote the following letter, marked EFF 30
which herewith produce:-
BEECHER TO MOULTON.
SUNDAY NIGHT, March 80 1874
MY DEAR a FnASanIs there to be no end to trouble Is
nom re vsis I.s Cruelty i beyond dsssTptcn iist
lying trying resist ,ns dsy mischief
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much; The. shameful indelicacy Of bringing the most
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NY hope Is this drop Of sa Daag
sink through out Of sight and not mortal poison
fhaye written strongly to shesrman and hope that
M M ena Sy be must No on m an a Sen ned
like letting things go by the run'
sHEARMAN's APOLOGY TO TILToE.
The letter OF retraction, as proposed by Tton
not being forthcoming, felt 1t my duty, IN his
interest, to take such measures as should result
in an apology from Shearman to 1nton. l ac-
cordingly carried to him a copy OF the paper
having the article, ana lald it upon his desk in
his onicec and said to him that i the statements
In this article were not actually made by him
he ought to retract them. Although 1t lay on
his desk he said to me that he had not seen the
that he must see 1t, and II it was not true that
he must say so. He SAID he didn't want to read
wards / saw 1rlton and told him what had
done, and he SAID, 1--WE will 90 up together,n
which we did, and met Mr.. Sherman. Mr..
(shearmanj, concerning himself and his wife,
medumistic fits. SAID he, "Mr. Shearman, this
is untrue, and If you are not correctly reported
snch e0 naye
tract and apologize. you do not. shall hold
you responsible IN any way can for such injurious
statenieneJ' Shearman then read the paragraph
in the linton, and made an explanation in this
wise That ne might probably have repeated to
meaiumistic states Of Mrs. Woodhuil and + per- sAS
haps have made the mistake OF using Mrs. Tlton's
name instead OF Mrs. woodhul's. Tilton said to
9 asey asens ase sea 2
think eyep that you can deceive me by such
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said before, shall hold you responsibe.n During
called IN witness from his outer ONCE, but when
the conversation became earnest and TIlton began
witness retire, which he did. Tllton and l then
lett the ONCE.
Within a few days of this Interview Tllon pro.
that the statement that Shearman had been re-
ported as making he did, in TACT, make. On March
% shearman sent TO me for delivery to TIlton, a
marked "GGG." The original was delverei up to
Shearman aiterwards-
sHEARMAN TO Triton.
BROOKLYN, March 30. 1874
DEAR sIR-My attention has been called to news.
stated to sporeT Sat von a
had described Mrs rlton having, in mediums,ic or
Of painful nature.
sae Of anything relating 70 S
myself no matter how erroneous such statements may
be.
But , have no direction to saying to You personally
an erroneous version Of the one and only statement
which had from you over a year ago, viz, that Mrs
Woodhu did exactly the thing here attributed to Mrs
Tilton.
DO not know that ever repeated that story in the
presence OF any reporter for the paper in question: but
have done 50 m the presence Of Others and Of
wfes name In the place of and wholly different
person II SO, beg that Will Mrs Tlton OF
my great regret for such an error Yours obedently
7. c. SHEARMAN.
When took this note to Tlton he refused to re.
ceive It, saying:-"l will not receive any such note
from Shearman: He knows it contains a falsehood
and cannot take 1t from him. You may carry it
back to him." did so and stated to him TitOn's
answer. After wards be substituted for that note
anotner, under date OF April 2, 1874, which is here
produced, marked "HHH":-
SHEARMAN TO TILTON
- BROOKLYN, April 2, 1874
DEAR SIR-Having seen paragraph in the Brooklyn
Uaton oi saturday last containing report Of stale.
ment alleged to have been made by concerning your
family and yourself, desire that this
port Is seriously incorrect, and that have never
hARtxo nd