, 1874-07-24
mr.. Beecher Talks Of Setting up an
Alibi-.- Discrepancies in Tilton's
Statement,
1:s:R 1::s3:R =
TtItOn's Cr0ss-Examinatio
Relation to Public Women,
He Despises the Church, and Thanks
! God He Was Never Minister,


MRS. TILToN's STATEMENT.
NEW YoRE. July 23.-Tho following is the
statement Of Mrs. Elizabeth Il. Triton:
To pick up anow the sorrows of tho last ton
years. the stiugs aud pains had daily schooled
myself to bury and forgive, make this imperative
duty. as called forth by the malicious statement
Of my husband, the ssddcst nct of my life. 3d.
aldo, my thought Of following tho Master con-
tradtcts this act Of my pen, and sonse Of por-
version Of my life faith almost compels mo now
to stand aside till God Himaef tloliyors, Yot
sec in this wanton act an urgent call and priyi-
Lego, from which shrink not. To roply In de-
tail to twenty-two articles OF ar1aignmout Blall
not attempt ut prcsent; yet il called upon to
tcatify to each and all Of them shall not hosi-
tato to do so. Suffice 1t for my purpose uow
that
REPLY TO oNR OBJ MORE or THE MOST GLOWING
CHARGES
Touching the fefgned BORROW OF my husbands
compulsory revelations, I rolemuly ayow that long
before tho Woodruff publication knew him, by
insinuaton and direct s'atomo nt to have repeat
stance OF these accusations which shock tho
moral Hcnse Of the entire community this dav.
Many times,, when hearing that certain per-
sons had spoken I'll OF him, ho has sent ma to
chido them for 80 doing; and then and there
learned DO had been before mo with his calum-
niea against myself, SO that I WAS Bpoechloss.
The reitoration IN his statement that he had
" porsistently ssriyen to hide" thoao so-callel
fact8 ls utterly falBe, as
HIS HATRED TO HI. BEEoHEn
has existed theso many years, and determination
70 ruin Mr. Beechcr has been the one alm Of his
life.
Again tho pert}dy with which tic holtoet
love q wifo ever offered has been recklossly dis
covered in this publication reaches we-nigh to
eacEileEe; aud added to this the endoavor, like
tho carly scandal Of Mrs. Woodruff, to make my
Own words condemn mo, has no parallel. Most
conspicuously, my letter quoting the reading Of
-" Griffith Gaunt." Had Dir. Tilton read tic pure
character Of Catharne, he would have seen that
lifted mysolf baalde itas near as any human
may ahoot m ldeal. But 1t Was her character,
and not tho Incidents Of fiction surrounding It,
to which roforrea. Hers was no sin OF critni-
nal act or thought. A like confession y with
hers had made to Mr. Tilton, in telling OF
MY LoyR TO MY FRIEND AND PASTOR
ono year boforo !; and now add that, notwlth-
standing all mtsreprosent ntationa and anguish Of
soul. owe to my acquaintance and friendship
with htr. Decohor, as to no other human inatru-
mentalitY, that encouragement in my montal 1ifo
and that growth toward Divine nature which eu-
ab1es me- to walk daily in lyoly hope Of tue lifo
beyond.
THE BuAME1Eas CHARGES
in Arts. 7, 8, and aro fearfulEy false In zach
and every Particular The letter reterrod to in
me By importantly, and by representations that
It was necessary for him to uso in
hA than nnnf1fnp dffT7cu1tiau ,x7t hrr
Imvan vas tesh a.i. 1,iHt, t n'n do.4 ~
bnyinr en1rerod 'ro;acnrrt.1a n,r fo,r
before. signed vhatswor hH ronyya ny iou ,.;t,nye
Knowing or understanding its import. The
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IN % na.Rnr r,arrppv
lottor of rnine ad'Iroased az r. r. Fr.n,,s nf,r,-
ton, quoted to provo that never desired q |
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wa ~ Mr. T,iton;ss own cnncoctjpc ~h;ni, 10
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