Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-24

h ad learned thai he had been mistaken A. "a
my motive In seeing the committee. and hal
b Stoned 20 assure me that be hsd been thorough
~ vretched since his rash treatment Of me TEE
night before, SC Then and there ne cove.
nanted sacTealy our hearts and lives, most
utterly renewing ny trust in the one human
usre. Theodore wrote = statement to presept
% the COMMITTEE when they shoulc call on him,
20 sll Of which l heartily acceded. This dOcu-
ment, God knows, was true history OF this
affair, completely validating my honor and
the honor OF my pastor.
Triton ACCUSED oF HYrocRIsr.
In the afternoon be left me 90 show IL 20 HE
Trends. He returned home early IN the even
ing, passing the hRrpiest hours had known for
Year,, renewedly assuring me that there was no
rest Tor him away from me. So in grateful
love 20 the dear Father slept. Oh, that the
end had then come. I would not then have re-
oeiv6d the cruel blow " hich makes a woman
mad outright. The next morning he csIled
upon our friends, Mr. and Mrs. OvinstOn, and
there, with = shocking travsdO, began a wicked
TRADE, adding, with oath and violence, the
shameless ISLANDERS against Mr.. Beecher, of
which now believe him 90 be the author. This
fearful scene learned next day. In the after
noon he showed me his invitation from the COM
mittee 10 meet them that evening. did not
then show my hurt, but carried ~ heavily with
in and calmly without ell night until early
morning.
Renectins upon this scene st Mr.. oylnston's
convinced me that notwithstanding nv hus-
bands recent professions % me. hts former
spirit was unchanged; that his declarations of
repentance and affection were only Tor the pur-
pose Of gaining my assistance % accomplish his
ends In his warfare upon Mr.. Beecher. In the
light Of these conclusions my duty appeared
plain. arose quietly, and having dressed,
reused him only 20 say: Theodore. I will never
take another step by your side. The end has
indeed come" He followed me % Mr.. owing
ton's 70 breakfast, saying I was unduly excited,
and that he had been misTepresented perhaps
but leaving me determined NJ before.
How to account for the changes which twenty
four hours had been capable OF working I'm his
mind ieese EN-, @sny years past lesse Tor the
he is an unreliable and unsafe guide, whose idea
OF truth loving Is self-loving, IL Il my misfor-
tune in this lste SD hour 90 discover.
July 3, lisa. ELIZABETH X. Triton.
The Committee Meeting Last Evening.
A dispatch from New York last night says :
The Beecher Investigating committee met this
bers OF the committee that no witnesses
we're examined, but that the original letters
copied in Mr.. TiltoRis statement were submit
ted TO the committee for examination. The
when il is believed that Henry Ward Beecher
or Mrs. Tilton will submit their full statements.
Mr.: Frank Moulton would not say whether he
had prepared any statement for publication.
An intimate friend and adviser OF Mr.. Beecher
said that there were several parties who had
seen and read the original statements made by
Mr.. Tilton, exculpatng Mr.. Beecher from af
charges lstterly preferred against him by Mr..
Tiltop, and they were prepared, II summoned
before the committee, 20 swear 60 that EAct.
Mrs. Beecher's Fidelity.
The New York Times OF yesterday says
One noticeable phase OF the Tilton -Beecher
dfrculty IL the unalterable fidelity with which
her husband in his present trouble. All day
yesterday she Was constantly in attendance
upon him, and answered all those who called a.
the house. She stated that Mr.. Beecher was in
the beat OF health and spirits, but that he could
only be seen by his most intimate friends. In
conversation with a prominent member OF
Plymouth church, yesterday, he stated 70 the
writer that Mrs. Beecher Was nrIn in her con-
yiction OF Mr.. Beecher's innocence. Since the
publication OF Mr.. Tiltons statement she had
observed, 81 don't believe q word Of IL; know
my husband, and would not believe such hings
Of him were his accuseTs 10 swesr TO the truth
OF their stories on ali the Bibles that had ever
been printed"
Mr.. Beecher's Love Letters.
The New York Sun says:-"As 20 AIR. Beech
er's love letters" said gentleman last evening
whose official business has led him TO reserve
and open much OF Mr.. Beechers correspond
ence, "you would be surprised 20 know how
foolishly some women write 20 him. Every once
in q while a woman gets little crazy and writes
70 Mr.. Beecher 10 tell him much she adOres him.
The letters used 20 20 20 the Independent Office,
and Tilton, under orders from Mr.. Beecher,
opened them. Many OF them he made copies OF,
and to-day has manuscripts aud names, and
copies of letters, all connected with respectable
ladies who have foolishly written 20 Mr.. Beecher
all about their love for him. Some time ago q
very respectable lady OF Brooklyn wrote a warm,
T. Il
in the Christian Union office, under general in
structiOns, opened IL, and seeing what IL was,
locked II mp TO give 20 MIR. Beecher when he
should call for IL. In day or two another letter
from the same woman arrived, which referred
TO q letter which the writer said Mr.. Beecher
had written 10 her in reply. Every sentence
was full of love, and the lady said that MOTH
ing delighted her more thar 10 receive q let
ter from q man she loved 20 well. She wrote
q number Of loye-sick epistlee, which Mr..
Howard locked up one after the other.
Every letter except the fret referred 90 a reply
that had Just been received from Beecher:
whereas the fact Is, that Mr.. Beecher did not
know OF the letters having been received until
long after the lady had ceased writing, and then
the bundle was delivered to him. He receives
love letters by the ream and cord, and the joke
Of il is, that ss his wife takes care of al letters
that come TO him, she reads the love letters be-
fore he sees them. Mrs. ThtOn's letters 70 MIR.
Beecher were very affectiOnate and enthusiast
tic, and expressed a deep, pervading love for
him. Mrs. Beecher read them all before he saw
them and thew are all in her POSSESSION now
When the scandal was first nOised about, Mrs.
Beecher locked mp the letters, and at Mrs. Til
can't convince Mrs. Beecher that her husband
is guilty OF anything that Tilton charges. She
says that IL all the women In creation were 20
swear that Mr.. Beecher had been unfaithful
she would not believe them"
How ME-. TfIton's Statement Came 90
be Published.
The Brooklyn Argus prints the following
the scandal to take the just responsibility that
belongs TO him-Iwaut TO make mine. Aud, in
order that may take IL fully, herewith print
q note, which have this morning received from
my friend Theodore Tilton:
"WEDNESDAY, July o.
Ne Dear AaDerick:-FrOm no other person
save either yourself, as my oopyist, or from the
committee's stert hand writer, or from some
member OF the committee, could my sworn
statement have got into print. My heart is
bowed and bleeding at SEEING these facts
spread before the world. Tell ne how could
you have taken such q fearful, Dreadful. hOr-
rible responsibility without consulting me IN
advance? There now remains no possibility OF
peace or silence-nothing but everlasting woe.
Explain yourself-you must do il, both 20 me
and the public.
Yours, in grief THEODORE TIros.
will answer, not only to Mr.. TIlton but TO
the public.
1 was the groomsman Of Mr. TiltOn AZ his
marriage in 1856, and I have been his friend
ever since. Last Saturday, feeling that 1 might
render him some service In the preparation of
his defense to the committee, I called AZ his
house. He was wearied and worn with copying
papers, saying that he must q 10 it himself Tor he
could not tTust the facts TO an smanuensls.
then offered TO copy for Inn in a clear round
hand his statement, that be might get a chance
70 rest and sleep. In dong this work for an old
friend, became so thoroughly struck with the