New-York tribune., 1874-08-22

as an unsafe visitor among the families Of his oonsrega
U1 os des oy so% had no doubt was
by his knowledge that Mr. Beecher had maintained with
er an t oer csse. of Mr.
to leave no doubt on the mind OF eM Me-
Beecher had made to confession OF bis guilt S&r M
had with tears impored your rsasd 70 me-
the case OF woman whom you SAID 'as he"r' a' 20"
During your recital Of the you were full OF anger
toward Mr. Becchcr. You said, with terrloie empnass
that he ought not to remain ss wseS demand should be-
made upon him 10 quit his sacred once. lou 'o,un ,
open letter which you would present him with your
hand and ycu pledged yourself 70 sustain % te d ne
should for reasons which he explicitly knew, mmedl,
atey from his ministry oil Pymouth Churon anu
The first draft Of the letter did not contain the phrase
"for which he explicitly knew" ana tnese
r at vor notion YoT urged nd
enpbatcaly) that the letter should demanu no'
ny M III xTns aT s Shra ID s Hon point
which were overrued THIS letter you presenseu "a
presentation you sought interview with me IN the
editorial Office OF The Brooklyn Union during wncD
with upaccountaDe emotion iu your manner, your Iace
liyid with rage you threatened with loud voice that
ever should inform Mr. Beecher OF the statements
which YOU had made concerning his adultery or shoul9
compel you adduce the evidence on winch you agreed
TO sustain the demand for Mr. Beeehers withdra~a. M az
from Bruoklyn YOU would immediately deprive me oi
my engagement write for The Independsnt ana e 20
edit The Brooklyn Unto ana that ID case @ wonid
have me elected by force. told you that should In
tate Of my Judgment uninHuenced by any threat from
nv employer You then excitedy retired IRON u, niy
inS IN nv ears when received your summary notices
breaking my contracts with The Independent ana dhe
Brooklyn Union To the foregoing narrative OF facts
have only to add my surprise and regret at the sudden
interruption, by your own act OF what mas oeen' On y
Truv yours (Signed) THEODORE TLToN.
In this letter have omitted the sentence quoted
as the words of Mr. Bowen, after the words as
nearly as can recall your words, that t"-simpy de-
string to say that it contaned.a charge OF rape, or
something very nearly like ravishmeut of woman
other than Mrs. Tilton, told in words that are unht
TO be spread upon the record but, if desired. the
original is for the inspection of the Committee.
THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN MIR. TILTON AND MR.
BEECHER.
On Friday evening, the 3Oth of December, being
the night of the Plymouth Church prayer-meeting,
Tllton came to and said in substance that by his
wfes request he had determined to see Beecher, IN
order to show to Beecher confession OF his wife OF
the intercourse between them, which ho Qilton)
had never up to that time mentioned to HIM
(Beecher) and the fact of the confession. of which
his wife had told him that she had never told
Beecher although her confession had been made in
July previous In writing, which writing he CTilton)
had afterward destroyed but that his wife, fearing
that if the Bowen accusations against Beecher were
made public the whole matter would be known and
her own conduct with Beeoher become exposed, had
renewed her confession in her own handwriting,
which he handed to me to read. which was the first
knowledge had of its existence
TIlton did not tell me how his wife came to make
the confession in July nor did at that time or ever
after ask. Indeed | may state here, once for all,
that refrained from asking confessions of the acts
of all the parties further than they chose to make
them to me voluntarily for the purpose for which
| was acting.
Tton wanted me to go down and ask Beecher to
| come up and see him at my house, which did.
said to Mr.. Beecher Mr.. TiltOn wants you to come
and see him at my house Immediately" He asked,
what for'' l replied, He wants to make some
statement to you in reference to your relations with
his family" He then called to some one in the back
room to 90 down and say that he should not be at
the prayer-meeting, and we went out together.
1t was stormlng at the time, when he remarked:
There is an appropriateness In this Storm" and
asked me, "What can l dol What can do y
said, "Mr Beecher, am not Christian, but if you
wish will show you how well heather can serve
you.n We then went to my house, and showed
him into the chamber over the parlor, where Mr.
TiltOn was, and left them together. In about an
hour Mr. Beecher came down and asked me If bad
seen the confession of Elizabeth. said had. Said
with him. did so, and We walked to MIR. Illtons
house together and he went in. On the way he
said This is terrible catastrophe; it comes upon
me as if struck by lightning"
He went into Tilton's house and returned home.
Within an hour he returned to my house, and we
left my house again together and walked with
him to his house. Tilton remained at my mousse
while Beecher was absent at TiltOn's house, and
when he returned there was no conversation be-
tween them. When we arrived at Beechers house
he wanted me to stand by him in this emergency
and procure a reconciliation if possible. told him
would, because the interests OF women, children,
and families were involved. if for no other reason.
That ended the interview that night. During this
evening nothing was said by Beecher as to the truth
or falsity of Mrs. Tltons confession, nor did he in
form me that he had obtained from her any recanta-
ton of the confession, which afterward learned
he had done.
THE RETRACTION RETURNED.
returned to my house and had some conversation
with Tilton in which he told that he had recied
To Reecber the details of the confession of his wifes
aduteries and the remark which Beecher made was,
This is all dream, Theodore" and that that was
all the answer that Beecher made to him. then
advised Titon that for the sake of his wife and
family and for the sake of Beechers family, the
matter should be kept quiet and hushed up. The
next morning as / was leaving home for business
Tilton came to my house and with great anger said
that Beecher had done mean act that he had gone
from that interview of last night to his house aud
procured from Elizabeth recantat9n and retIac:
ton of her confession. He said for that act he would
smite him; that there could be no peace. He said:
"You sec that what have told you of the meanness
OF that man is now evident" Tilton said that
Beecher at the interview of last night had asked his
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he might co. which statement was confirmed by
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