Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-28

Inc Argus publishes g
card from Mr., Tilton, in which he
says the Beecher investigating COM
mittee have given the world a lot OF
Irrelevant testimony Of hiss and
said no word about the most i'm
portant part, namely "That GRIM
Inallty wheresmy sworn statement
charged upon Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher and his religious victim,
was>cop fessed to. me not only by
herself, but by MI, Reecher; furth-
ermore, that 1t was confessed BY her
and him to Mr.. MoultOn as q friend
and counsellor of both; and still
further, that Moulten's Office as
mediator for four years Between Mr..
Beecher and myself, was based on
n sole fact, Of this pre-existing
criminality between Mr.. Beeeher
and Mrs. TiltOn. &0&S&E =
{ This statement IL made to the
commjttee in my Utmost Piainness
OF speech. farthefnnore stated to
the committee that Beeeher's apol-
ogy to Isae, instead Of growing out
of any circumstances with which
Mrs. Woodruff was connected, was
communicated to me by Mr.:
Beecher nearly six months before =
ever met, knew, Or saw Mrs. Wood.
hull. An omission OF these facts
from the committees report forces
me to lay them before the public as
a necessary part of my case. .g-i7a'
(Signed THEODORE TiLToN.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stanton, in
an interview with q reporter to-day,
stated that she knew the substance
of this affair a year before 1t was
published by Mrs. Woodruff. She
obtained possession of the facts in
the fail Of the year, while Mrs. Bull
lard IVES still connected with the
Revolution. Tiiton and herself ae'
compenied Mrs. Billiard 'h0fi the
office to her home and dined there.
By a misunderstanding Miss An
tEony sined that day with Mrs.
Tilton, whoshowed some feeling in
the matter Atthe table Theodore
told the whole story of his wife's
faithlsssness, not in detail, but as
showing to lis rsforHers one phase
of socieI life. The next day she haet
Mrs Anthony ct her own house IN
Tenaay, and said; Theodore told
us a very strange siasy. last eve
ming, and she recounted 1t to Hiss
Anthony, who at the ciose q
have heard the same story from Mrs
Tilton." Miss Anthony ~haa given
the particulars as iolloWs: ,Eto
When MIR. Tilton returned nome
that evening, some angry WORDS,
growing out Of separation IN tne
afternoon, passed between MN ana
bis wife. Both became intensely
excited IN the heat OF passion. ana
in the presence OF MISS Ant9ony
each confessed to the other OF nay
ing broken the marriage vows. IA
the midst OF these: staruing oiscov
cries Miss Anthony withdrew 70 ner
roona. Fh9Fgy Si!el SUE nearu n WIS
Tilton come das1ing lp ssafrs saa
Mr.. T1lton following close aiter. ene
flung open ner Dedro0m door ana
Ellzabeth rusned IN. Inc door was
closed ana holfeg. Fneodore pound-
cd on the os!tsiae aRa netAanaea y,
mittance, but Miss AnIaopyretussa
to turn the Key. SO intense was
bis passion that for aY1nent see
feared ~ n4lghtkHApp VIE II ne
gained access to the rootn. 6eSepala
times he returned to the door and
angrily demanded that itbe opened.
"No woman shall stand between
Susan said "If you ,nter this
room 1t will be over my dead body"
so the Infatuated man ceased his de-
mands and Withdrew: Mrs. Ti!ton
remained With her all night,
the excitement Of the hour, amid
her sobs and tears, she told all TO
Miss Anthony; the whole story of
her own faithlessness MI. Beecher's
aoHrse, her deception andAher an-i
guish fell upon tie ears of Susan B.
Anthony, and were spoken hy thea
lips of Mrs. Tlton. - ,
ton by Tflton In the, cross-examina.
tlOn, that Mrs. TiltOn was not
friendly with Miss Anthony. Mr..
Wilkinson cane to the ladies' who
knew of this matter and besought
them not to make 1t public; to him
1t was q matter OF money; he was
a stakeholder in Plymouth Church,
in the Christian Union, and the
Life OF Christ" Now the destruc-
ton Of Mr: BeeGher would be the,
destruction of all these: AZ Nh.
Wilkinson expressed it, H4t would