The New York herald., 1874-09-19


to have made by the Beecher complication. HS
ridcules the idea OF ANYBODY getting any moneS
out OF Bowen not his que, ana says that IL was u
Beecher's interest, not his, that the claim o
and given to private arbitration. He gives letters
to sustain this view, and then says;-
When, therefore, Mr.. Beecher says that mads
use OF him to extort $1,000 from Mr.. Bowen ne
speaks what is not true The truth Us, Is tnat mat, my my
! fore 1t was except for Mr. Mouton's reluctance "a
give Mr. Bowen an opportunity TO use iega, Pro
ceeulngs as an indirect means OF gratiinuls nIs
| supposed revengeful feelings against Mr. Beecher.
IL was Mr. Claim who
PERSUADED MR.. BOWEN
10 Wtnnoid the case from Court ana sub init IL 70
aFpitraton. The three arbitrators were horace
Is; Is; Clanin, James Freeland and Charles storrs:
present during the interview. Mr.. Bowen
and ana l appeared before them. ! made no
my two contracts on the table and said ahere
! are TWO contracts which Mr.. Bowen and mutually
much money due met Mr. Claim then took
! out ms lead pencil asked how much the profits OF
Mr.. Bowen and myself to retire into the front par
lor ior a lew minutes, summoned Us back shortly
aerwaTd ana announced tnat the arbitraors
! decided that
MR.. BOWEN OWED ME SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Mr.. Bowen thereupon took from his pocket 3
blank check, filled 1t out the spot for ST. 900 and
pendent should contain handsome tribute TO me
at the head OF the editorial columns.
Mr rt9n 70 tnen ai9des 6s, TO- the complimentary
alter this adjustment of the account between him
self and Mr.. Bowen in both the I,adepeaderat and
lshed IN April, is79 He then proceeds o TO- notes
Mr.. Beecher's fancilul argument to prove me q
blackmailer In his mention OF the payment to Mr..
Moulton of certain sums OF money. amounting to
$4,000. hae nothing to do with this money or
any part OF It, But happen to know that it went.
either in whole or part, to pay
THE GIRL BEssIEs SCHOOL BILLS
| at the Steubenvile Seminary OhiO (See re-
cepts signed by the principally
This child came to my house dozen years ago
as a wait, bearing the name or McDermott, know
ing neither iather nor mother, nor relatives nor
circumstances OF her birth, nor her age, concern
ignorance Tor years, until. after many Efforts. /
traced ner parentage, and learned that her true
This unlortunate child when sne lived in my
family, was arlcted frequently with strange
glooms so that she's she sometimes passed days TO-
one in the house, then bursting gayly into an in.
cessant noise; and at night she would often IaE
into species OF nightmare which would control
her so powerfully that her moans and cries would
alarm the house.
Miss Anthony, VINO knew her well, describes her
Though l think little too roughly as a malt
idiot, into whose head 1t impossible to lnsti
! The young girl whom Mrs. Morse 'bribed," Mrs.
Tilton 'deceived,n as Is seen by Mrs. Titons let
ter to Mis-. p, dated November s, 1872, as fol-
~ have mistakenly felt obliged to deceive Bessie
these two years that my husband had made false
! accusations against me, which he never has TO her
The young girl-"bribed" BY Mrs. Morse and .'de.
ceived" by Mrs. Tton, and always the easy lnstru-
ment of either-became suddenly one day the ter
ror Of both; or she overheard
CONVERSATION
between Mrs. TlOn and myself in which alluson
was made to Mrs. Tilton's sexual intimacy with
nit thai the girl overheard this remark, for they
quote aeI M as l using The the lo9wlof @Sfas:-
M. Me !ar. Tlltonl sald sne mrs. Iiton had con
mate with Mr.. Beecher." She identified tne date
which nA she oSerhe4rd the remark The questSSa
On ne aaS S We bass m Sf'sS
tale S Went 10 several members Of the the family and
reported 1t with her prattllng tongue. She also
and did che same. Mr. be- beecher cher in his statement
acknowledges that Bessie came to him but. with
tnat disregard a.I Of the truth which charao.
which she came to him to tell and makes it appear
that her disclosure was not what the committee
beecher's criminal relations with Mrs. Tilton, but
quite another tale. The same reluctance which
Bessie's errand into Bessie's recent testimony no
long ago manifested at having her tell it to our
dangerous to Mr.. Beecher's peace. Accordingly,
no sooner had Mr.. Moulton undertaken the task oi
rst a eud was the rs
moval OF Bessie to a sac distance IRON Brooklyn.
SO SC, she was housed at Mr. Beechers expense in
| western boarding school 1Or q term Of years. The
| money which
MR. BEEcHER PAID FOR BESSIE
| IS all the money which / heard until re-
Gently OF his paying either directly or Indirectly
IN consequence or mis- association with my family
or with this scandal
My regret is that this shallow minded girl, In
permitting herself TO be used by these people to
my dlscredlt, hnds her name brought into thu
own '
How much Of Mr.. Beechers So, 900 has been
know that almost every letter which Bessie has
written to Mrs: Tllton for the last three or ioul
years mas asked for money. know also that tnn
money came through Mr. Moulton.
FROM HENRY WARD BEECHER
MIR: Beecner's paying this money, and the sole pur
pose o. Mrs. Iilton's keeping Bessie deceived"
years ago. the remark which she repeated to the
committee, and which the committee admit
tween Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beecher
must, therefore, put upon Bessie the burden OF
blackmail so far at least as the school bills go
$1,000. ~ v " s' pA'' " '"' "'0' 'S"'1
BEEcHER's MORTGAGE
=, Mr, Tilton asserts that on the 1st Of May, 1873
Mr.. Beecher deceived his vile by obtaining hei
signature to mortgage on his house, and that ne
has has since attempted to deceive the public into the
from him by Moulton for Tilton's benefit. He goes
on to state that at Mr. Beechers direction thst
@ age and tnat mig tIlt0ns! first knowledge OF that
fac; came me-, after G he had sold tnat paper e also
thus contribute money to the Golden Xgs
came from Mr.. Kinsella of the Brookiyn
ons ysS st ns0e ne @ ~ Of Mr.
! IT, and offered that in he consented neither
| Illt0n nor MS FAMILY should ever want. He says
similar Efforts were made by Mr.. Kingsley, Mr..
knseHa's partner. to prevent the appearance OF
Moulton's statement. After these and further ex-
plantations, introducing the names OF f. B. Car.
! penter oliver Johnson and II. NJ. Cleveland, Mr..
| TltOn says
1t will not be forgotten that during the proceed
tngs OF the Congregational Council held in the
! spring OF 1874, year alter my alleged extortion
| Of money from Mr.. Beecher through Mr.. Moulton,
| Mr.. Beecher wrote letter to Mr.. MoultOn, In
which, while denouncing so good a man as the
Rev. DR.. Storrs. he at the same time took occasion
| to pay tribute to myself in these words:-
"TheodOre, who has borne much,r &c.
These are Mr.. Beecher's words, written a year
after the mortgage! Against all Mr.. Beecher's
| present pleadngs and pretences these words
! "Tneodore, who has borne SO much,n show that
when Mr.. Beecher thought Of me In private, ha
tnougbt OF my forbearance winch gives the lie to
| his public pretence OF my eXtortlon.
IL only remains for me to say further, touching
! hlackmail--a chu rrn ifrn hlo IA