Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-08-28

| Psalmist, There is no God Admitting all he
says to be the invention of his halfdrunken brain,
sui the erect upon us is the same for all He be-
| neves 1t. Now he's nothing to do, he makes a
| target OF her night and day. l am driven in this
extremity to pray for her release from all suffer
ing by Cod taking her to himself, for if there is
| a Heaven L know she'll go there. The last time
| she was IN his house she said: Here feel have
no nome, but on the other side know shall be
| more welcome. Oh, my precious child, how my
! heart beeds over you in thinking of your suffer
| ing. Can you do anything in the matter? Must
sue IlVe IN this suffering condition of mind and
| Douy' WIN no alienation? Sir, you or any one
| else who advises her to live with him when he is
doing all he can to kill her by slow torture is
the least you could do was to put your name to a
paper to help reinstate my brother in the Custom
House; elizabeth was as disappointed as my
sell. He is still without employment, with sick
wife and five children to feed behind with rent,
/ and everything else behindhand. If your wife
has adopted Lib (sic), you sympathize with
her, pray you do something for her relief before
| 1t is too late. He swears so soon as her breath
| leaves her body he will make the whole thing
public, and this, prospect l think is one thing
| which keeps her living. Iknow ofno other. She's
without nourishment (sic) for one in her state,
| and in want, actual want. They would both
| deny it, no doubt, but it's true
| In reply to the foregoing Mr.. Beecher writes a
| short letter which contains the following: my
| course toward you hitherto should satisfy you
that that have sympathized with your distress, but
Mrs. Beecher and |, after full consideration, are
| OF one mind, that, under the present circum-
| stances, the greatest kindness to you and to all
will be, in so far as we are concerned, to leave to
| time the rectifcation of all the wrongs, whether
| they prove real or imaginary"
MIR. Moulton says he purposerly omits the name
| of the young girl in the expression by Mrs
Morse that 'STilton has sent =, with the Others
away and adds hat the reason why it was de-
| sirable she should be away from Brooklyn, as
| given by me and Mrs. Titon, was this: She
had overheard conversation by them concerning
Mrs. Tilton's criminal intimacy with Beecher
and she had reported these conversations to
several friends of the family Being young, and
KNOWING
it seemed proper for the safety of the two families
that she should be sent to distance to school,
which was accordingly done. She was sent to a
boarding-school in the West, and the expenses Of
her stay there were probably paid through me by
Beecher, to whom had stated the difficulty of
having the girl remain in Brooklyn and he agreed
with us that it was best that she should be re-
moved, and offered to bear the cost of her school
ing. The bills were sent to me from time to time
as they became due, part of them through Mrs.
Iiton.n Here are given two short notes in
Mrs. Tilton's handwriting, signed by this
girl, purporting to exonerate Mr.. Iilton
from any improper attempts toward the young
lady, saying that Mrs. Tiltons mother had
repeatedly sought to hire her by offering money
and presents to go to certain persons and tell
them stories injurious to the character of Mr.. Til
ton; that she had not, at the time of this occur
renee, thought Mr.. Titon's caresses were for any
bad purpose, and that she did not want to be
used by Mrs. Morse or any one else to bring
trouble on her two best friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tilton. She characterizes story that Tilton had
at one time used violence toward her for bad
purpose as wicked lie"
MI Moulton says this young lady, while at
school, informed a friend of Mrs. Iilton "a Mrs.
P) of the stories ofthe family relations, and these
stories having come to the knowledge of his
(Moulton's) friends, crea ing an impression upon
their minds unfavorable to Mr. Tilton, he took
pains to trace them back to the one to whom the
girl had told them and soon after received from
Mr.. Tilton letter written by Mrs. Tilton to Mrs.
P, in which she says: Il have mistakenly felt
NV T Husband % had made false accusations sag against
me- which he never has to her or any one, in
order that he may not appear on his defense, thus
adding the terrible exposure OF lawsuit VIII
you mplore silence on her part against any in
dignation which she may feel against him-ior
the only ray of light and hope i'll this midnight
gloom is his entire sympathy and cooperation in
my behalf?'
Mr. Moulton here gives statement of account
of the girls school expenses, and says all these
sums were paid by Mr. Beecher and he (Moulton)
forwarded the money to settle them through Mrs
Tton, or sent money directly to the principal of
the school at her request
to ascertain Mr.. Tiltons feeling toward him, and
to get statement in writing that would seem to
free him (Beecher) from impqtationa n. thereafter,
and letter is given, dated Feb Z, 1871, from Mr..
Titon to Mr.. MOultOn in which Mr.. T. writes:
I" / say, therefore, very cheerfully that notWlth-
standing the great suffering he has caused Eliza
beth and myself, bear him no malice, shall do
him no wrong, shall discountenance every project,
by whomsocYer proposed, for any exposure OF his
secret to the public and, ii know myself at ALL
shall endeavor to act toward Mr.. Beecher as |
would have him in similar circumstances act To-
ward me.''
Mr.. Moulton saws he had known Mrs Titon
we'll and had had no suspicious of lnhdel1ty on
the part of either her or her husband toward the
other up to the time of the reading of her original
received letter from Mrs Titon asking that he
bring to ner, that they might be destroyed, her
letters the one he (Moulton) had and the one she
had given Mr.. Beecher at his dictatiOn the even
ing before Mr.. M. did not accede to this request
because u had pledged myselfto Beecher that
her retraction on the one side and her confession
to Tilton on the other (Which are the papers she
refers to as my letter which you have and the
one gave Mr.. BeecherO should not be given up,
but should be held for the protection OF either as
against the other.
A letter is given by Mr.. Moulton, written to
him by Mrs. Iilton Jan. 4, 1871 (but dated by
mistake 1870, in which she emphat1cally and in
dpnantly denies that she had ever sought sep
aration from her husband The story that
she wanted separation was a deliberate
fasehood carried by my poor mother, who said
she would bear the responsibility of this and
other statements she might make a and d c9mmpni-
Gated to my husband IS enemy, Mrs III. w. Beecher,
and by her communicated to Mr.. Bowen"
Another letter of Mrs Tilton is also given to
show that the story that she desired separation
from her husband did not emanate from her, and
was not in accordance with her feelings at that
time, Jan. 13, 1871. q -
. Mr. Moulton says he had as anecessary precau-
ton to the peace of the family and parties inter
ested interdicted all parties from having commu-
nication with each other except husband and
wife, unless that communication was known to
him, and the letters sent through him or shown
fully complied with their promise in that regard
so far as he knew but on his return from Florida
in the spring of 1871 Mr.. Beecher placed in his
Tilton in her handwriting. undated but marked,
in his handwriting, Received March g.
WEDNESDAY, --.
ssMY DEAR FRIEND-Does your heart bound
toward all as it used? So does mine am my
self again. did not dare to tell you till was
sure but the bird has sung in my. heart these
four weeks, and he has covenanted with me never
apain TO leave. Spring has
Because thought it would gladden. you to know
this, and not to trouble nor embarrass you In any
share with you my joy, but can wait for the be-
yond when, dear Frank says, may once go to
old Plymouth. will thank the dear Father"
He did not show this letter to Mr.. Iilton, or in
form him of its existence. On the 21st of April,
1871, Mr.. Beecher received another letter, un-
signed, from Mrs. Tilton, saying: "As Mr..
MOultOn has returned, will you use your lnfu-
ence to have the papers in his possession de-
stroyed? My heart bleeds night and day at the
injustice of their existence" Mr.. Monlton could
not comply with this request nor did he show
this secondie to Mr. Tilton, or call Mrs. i. s
attention to it. On the Sd of May Mr.. Beecher
handed him still another letter, unsigned but in
Mrs. 7. s handwriting, and reading as follows:
BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 3, 1871
'MR. BEECHER-My future, either for life or
DEATH would be happier could but feel that you
forgave, while you forget me in all the sad COM
plications of the past year. Ny endeavor was to
entirely keep from you all suffering, to bear my
self alone, leaving you forever ignorant OF It, MY
weapons were love. a large, untiIlnS SOhClCo
and nest-hiding That / failed utterly we both
know, but now l ask forgiveness.
Mr. Moulton says the contents of this letter
were so remarkable that | querled Withln my my
own mind whether ought not to show 1t TO Til
ton: but as. was assured by Beecher, and verify
believed, and now believe that they were unan-
sEered bv him. / thought it best to retain it in
NV own Possession. as ] have done until now;
hut from the hour of it's reception what renamed
Of faith in Mrs. Tilton's character for truth or
nroprietv OF conduct was wholly lost. and from
| that time forth had no thought or care for her
reputation only so far it affected that of her
children