The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-08-26
Next we come to Moulton's account

IlitOns, and sent OF to school,. Mout-
ton says it was because she overheard
Tilton talk to his wife of her ''crimi-
nal intimacy with Mr.. Beccher, and
she had reported their conversations
to several friends of the family and
that, being young, and not knowing
the consequences Of her prattling, it
seemed proper for the safety of the
two families that she should be sent
to distance to school, which was ac-
cordingly done She might have
heard much Of this, for it was Tilton s
table talk. But sending her away
would only spread her prattle.. Moul-
ton says she did prattle out West; but
it was against Tilton. Thereupon he
had Tilton have his wife write a let
ter, accusing herself of falsely accus-
ing her husband.
But Tilton thought this girl capa-
BILE of more than prattling ignorance;
for before she went he had his wife
write statement, and have the girl
sign it. generating him. This wri-
ting denied that 'the kind attentions
shown me by Mr.. Tilton were dishon-
Orable demonstrations, and affirmed:
Il never thought that Mr.. Tilton's
earesses were for such purpose. 1t
also charged Mrs. Tiltons mother
with trying to bride her to tell things
injurious to Tilton. An additional
statement, also in Mrs. Tilton's wri.
ting, said this:
My DEAR Mrs. TIL ToN:-The
story that Mr.. Tilton once lifted me
from my bed and carried me scream
ing to his own, and tried to violate
my person, is wicked lie.
Moulton furnishes these letters.
They show plainly enough why the
girl was sent to place Of more safety.
Moulton says Beecber paid Tier school
bills. This is to show she was sent
on his account. Beecher says he con-
tributed to the Tilton necessities. The
girl was before the Plymouth Church
Committee, when she testified that
Tilton repeatedly tried to take posses
sion of her person. She also tells of
Tilton's brutality to his wife. She
runs, however, into the fabulous when
she tells of seeing Susan B. Anthony
sitting in Tilton's lap. Nobody will
believe that We suppose this girls
testimony is about as mediumistic as
Mrs. Tilton's. The most significant
thing is that Tilton had his wife get
statement from her to exonerate him.
Moulton raises false issue, by pro-
ducing a letter from Mrs. Tilton de-
nying that she desired separation.
He has shown that Tilton could get
any statement he wanted from her;
but what Beeeher said was, that she
consulted him on Tiltons conduct,
and he referred her to his wife, who
advised her to leave Tilton.
Moulton produces two friendly and
rather extravagant letters purporting
to be from Mrs. Tilton to Beccher, in
1871, after the first statement of the
difficulty, and when they had not seen
each other for year or more. If
genuine, they are not important No
amount of enthusiastic gushing by
Mrs. Tilton could count for anything
One of these letters says: when dear
Frank says | may once again go to old
Plymouth, | will thank the dear
Father The other expresses de-
sire for his forgiveness, and that in
all the sad complications of the past
year, my endeayor was to keep from
you all suffering; to bear myself alone,
leaving you forever ignorant of it. My
weapons were love, large, untiring
generosity and nest-hiding. That
failed utterly, We both know, but now
ask forgivness."
Here she is speaking of the wrong
oh hol 1ona 20 H.
to bear and hide her own suffering.
And she is speaking of time during
which they had not seen each other.
Her language, as usual, is not in the
common sense style, but the term
nest hiding is not susceptible of such
a construction as Tilton has put upon
| it. That Beecher saw no committal
to any wrong in these letters, is evil
dent by his placing them III Moulton' s
hands. But Moulton says that upon
this he lost faith in Mrs. Tilton s
character for truth and propriety."
He states that after this he rebuked
her for speaking Of Tilton's evil do
ings, and received from her contrite
letter. He says that some time he
| went to Tilton's house and asked her
apart if. wien she told Bcechcr why
she had charged improper solicita
tons on him, she told him Tilton had
confessed infdelities to her, and she
answered yea. He then called in Til
ton, and she denied it. Next day she
wrote him that her denial was a lie
and that she had to lie when Triton
was by.
Moulton tells of Tilton's letter to
Bacon, which he says be advised
against, and the charge in which
against Beecher he modified, and
thus, as usual, muddled. We then
come to Mrs. Woodhull's efforts tc
press Beecher into her service, and
some other miscellaneous correspon-
dence, relating to various meddlers oil
which a horde were always busy smell.
ing out this carcass; and then to the
blackmail business. Moulton says he
received $1,000 from Beecher to hell
Tilton, who was struggling with tho
Golden Age. He accredits it wholly t.
Beechers generosity and kindnes:
toward Tilton, which had always
characterized his acts during the
whole of the unhappy controversy.
He says the understanding was thai
it was to go to Tilton at Moulton'
discretion as his own contribution
and that Tilton, till this publication
knew no better. He gives state
ment of the payments to Tilton, leav
ing balance still in his possession o
$50.
| This shows Moulton an able Gnan
cier for Tilton. Moulton does no
notice, Beecher's explicit, statemen
that he revolted at demand fol
81, 1000 more, with threat of publica
ton Moulton represents Tilton as
high spirited fellow, who refused ;
profiered check of 81 900, accompanied
by note for him to sign, for the rea
son that he would not borrow money
when he saw 70 way of returning il
but as receiving contributions from
him.