The New York herald., 1874-08-19
STRANGE LETTER FROM MRS.
IILTON,
New York correspondence Chicago Tribune

BROOKLYN, August 10, 1874.
II anybody supposes that Mr.. Beecher's long
and perfumed statement has settled the case OF
Tlton's desolate house against Henry Ward
Beecher's work, then he must sleep The sleep of
Rip Van Wrinkle to be perfectly happy. l came
down from Saratoga to-day, and went over the
field in person. Beecher had gone of like travel
ling menagerie and waxwOrk show. TiltOn stood
guard In his home with his old Irish house.
keeper. His daughter Florence was at Cornwall,
on the Hudson, near West Point; the little chill
dren were at M0ntclair, N. J. Mrs. Tilton was
jealousy hidden away, as Tilton said be.
cause the Beecherites thought she might la into
his hands sooner or later. 1T may be many years."
he said. "She will confess the whole truth.
Confession, with her, is absolutely necessary for
the repose of her soul. Poor child they will not
let her cleanse her soul by speaking. told my
daughter Florence" continued Mr.. TlltOn, "that
before these people were done with Elizabeth
they would reject her, disgrace her, and her
with contempt. Beecher did just that day before
yesterday. 1t is part of his plan to dsbar her
and make her unworthy of belief. do not know
where she is. / cannot learnn
WAS
IN SEARCH OF MOULTON,
and letter Of inquiry was sent to his business
house. The following answer came back from one
Of his partners :-''Frank Is, think in Portland,
Me-, to-day; at least, in letter received from him
this morning, dated the 18th, he said he should go
there Tomorrow" Whether he Is still there or
not cannot say. Should think he would hasten
back under the circumstances, and l look iOr him
/ was grained. yet made sad, to-day by the
A LETTER FROM ELIZABETH TILToN
to her husband, written IN October, $780, three
saw it, but anas is v seducea
confessed, penitent, miserable, she addresses du-
picate letters to her mother and husband from
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year of contrition. All this time her mother, Mrs.
Morse, the evil genius OF the house, preparing
the public mind iOr the day OF wrath and nervng
on her daughter to desert Theodore TltOn forever.
The wife, getting her ideas OF her household while
ingly, and yet in shame to her husband, seeking it
appears. to give him strength in his aniictlon to
though could not copy II. am telegraphing en-
tlrely from memory two hours after have seen
the letter: -
and with %%y DO my You Resp
ha IL S ny am dsaa %a you ~ in xys the
dePctiSsn Of I'm MI Ever Every time you throw dar al nm
his heart and couded his useiuines enough When
ff NSssHy
Soa S sa ass' Ts ss Of ss
the oIsnce asked gay ths table whether
shs sfIi unborn and Gods iorsiyeness
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nas r ms Is 1s for US af nd yss s one ys
6s Srs
PRAYER SSd through Christ ana to iye anu
return to my home children, but | cannot come
bad adviser but Cannot 90 10 my mother Where on
this earth Ear SaH go' Do not heart
Is from moths my heart M hear
cruel fate could make it possible me to be at your
and
For PHYS sake let silence rest this thing
has given
The letter is about eight or nine pages long.
destroy it and never mention its contents to the
husband, but to read it that she might be advised
what was being said from her daughter to the hus.
band. The letter strictly
BEARS OUT MR.. TILTON's THEORY
that Mrs. TiltOn fell without the knowledge of
by some such circumstance as reading the story
OF Catherine Gaunt; tnat she then made vOun-
tary confession Of her offence; was put in despair
by the CONSIDERATION that she had destroyed Mr..
Beecher's usefulness as well as her husbands
peace Of mind ana at thai & the 99usenold was going
backsliding Tipping to orown his misery, and
Beecher equally smltten with fear ana despair.
RATIONAL, TRUTH-sERvING DOCUMENT
Snr ana IL Is cSsed BY an mploratioa to destroy all
spread eyil report. Not q point IN this letter is
met by Beecher's labored defence.
TWO LETTERS FROM REYNOLDS AND FORD,
Itons attorneys, written IN 1871, while the suit
OF TIT T,ton against Bowen was pending. which
settled Tilton's case with Bowen, put 81, 900 in
his pocket and enabled him to establish the
them. and enjoin TiltOn not to submit to any arbi-
tration, because his case is perfectly sound Ia
open court; aud they say "if You submit TO an
principal to avoid disclosures and not to get de-
serts. What ADVISE Is that you prosecute your
own rights. Be not diverted by sympathy
man OF business. open and aboveboardv When
Mr.. Beecher, therefore, says that Mr.. T1lton used
MIN (Beecher) to get what was belonging Justly
10 Tilton ne prevar1cates and ascribes to himself
AN ACT OF GENEROSITY HE NEVER PERFORMED.
on the contrary, Mr.. Beecher was the man VINO
had Tton discharged rom both Bowen's publica.
tons Immediately after he iound TIlton had
knowledge OF guilty intercourse with his wife, as
the the following owing, memorandum NOR win Mrs
I1ltOn confessed TO her husband July 3. She failed
to tell Beecher that she had confessed until De-
cember 30 TiltOn had his celebrated interview
with Beecher the same night. Next day. Decem-
ber 81 Bowen, in curt note. broke his recently
revived and strengthened connection with TIjton.
thereby involving himself in the following penalty
to wlt:-lIe agreed, but two or three weeks before
TO pay Tilton $4,000 o year as O contributor TO the
Independent, and $4,000 year. besides ten per
cent in the profits as editor OF the Brooklyn Union
Ten Thousand dollars, added to ten per cent made
the sum OF forfeit to De paid by any violent cance
latlon OF the engagement. Mr.. rilton never knew
who waited on Bowen and demanded him to get
rid OF Tilton.
"why did he do itS" said to Titon.
He answered, because he knew that with nv
knowledge OF his guilt, must be degraded before
to harm him. therefore, while ne seeks to parade
his patronage OF me as something cbivalric, ne was
really taking the bread out OF my mouth and out
OF the mouth OF the woman he betrayed and her
children
Said l. .What do you think OF the Brooklyn Eno,e
attacking you as blackmailer ?"
PURELY MERcENARY BARaArN.r
said Mr. Titon. Tracy, attorney for Beccher, is
also the attorney for Field, whose wife KinseIla
The edltYr Of the Ea0Ie, Qebauched and seduced.