Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-08-06
DR.. Storrs Interviewed.

The Tribune to morrow will publish an in
terview with Rev. DR.. Storrs in relation to the
Titon Beecher scandal.
He says, at was a week or ten days after
the publication of the Woodruff scandal that
Mr.. Tilton came to me for advice; some pub
lie statement he thought was necessary as a
reply, but in what form or even how far it
should 90 he could not himself decide. Upon
this point he wished some counsel For this
he came to me as friend of Mr.. Beecher, as
Mr.. Tilton has stated before the committee.
l had not yet read The paper Of Mrs. Wood
hull, but told Mr.. Tiiton would borrow a
copy of friend who had one and fcad it if
be desired it. l did so, and as agreed, Mr..
Tilton called again. told him had read
the statement with much care, and that there
were four points in it to be denied-lst, that
Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton had criminal re-
ations; 3D. that you discovered this; I'd, that
MIR. Beecher received paper from Mrs. Til
ton denying such relations had ever existed,
and 4th, that MIR. Moulton obtained that paper
from Mr.. Beecher. | did not say, as Mr..
Carpenter has put it, that had drawn four
conclusions, but that these four points were
to be denied. l was of the impression that a
simple and material denial by those concern.
ed would probably be made and thus an end
put to the vile story. Mr.. Tiltou, however,
denied? told him in effect that in that case
a plain statement of the truth or absolute 81.
lence on hi. part were the alternatives open
to him; also said that it would not answer
to attempt any evasion in public statement
since that would not silence the scandal, but
instead would keep it alive and give i: new
force. Beyond this declined to give advice
unless he should be disposed to acquaint me
with sufficient facts in the case to enable me
to form an intelligent judgment. He did not
wish to do this and l did not desire to
urge him to do it. Soon after this, however,
Mr.. Tilon came to my house accompanied by
Mr.. Carpenter, and said he wished to present
to me such facts as would enable me to com.
prehend his position and to give him advice.
At the same time he handed me letter from
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton 10 her hand writing,
which read, and returned the same to him.
did not take copy of that letter. but it
of course was deeply impressed on my mind.
and after Mr.. Tilton went sway l made notes
of it, as well as of the statement which he af
terwards read. l have no. those memoranda
" th me, but if remember correctly, and |
think l cannot be mistaken, the letter began
Goa certain day in the summer of 1870, |
informed my husband that MIR. Beecher had
asked me to become a wife to him, with all
that these words imply" This was most
'aluaoie stateueht' was OF course shocked
by it. demurred to listening to Mr.. Tiltons
statement. but with the understanding from
the letter and from Mr. Tilton that it was the
wish and request Of Mrs. Titon that l should
do so, attended to the reading OF paper by
MIR. Tilton, which included portion OF tine
letters and documents that have since been
published. l do not recall any exact lam
guage to Mr.. Tilton when he had finished the
reading of his statement, but as l said before,
the substance OF 1t was that no public card
embodying an invasion, wonld in any way
better the case. 1t would be preferable to
take no notice of Mrs. Woodhulls paper. At
the time when Mr.. Tilton first came to con-
suit me, and at subsequent interview, he did
not seem actuated by any spirit of malice or
revenge. He smoke with no bitterness of