Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-23
Conclusion of the Statement of
Theodore TiItOn Import
ant Letters from the
Criminals.
Endorsements Of The Position Of
IiltOn by both Beecher and
Mrs. TiltOn-Ssd and
Still Sadder.
The Finale Of the Great Sean
dA- Something from the
Beecher Side-TiIton
Interviewed.
The Suffering Husband-What he
Has TO Say about the Publ
cation of the Statement
He is Confident
of Victory.

Of Victory.
We continue, as follows, the import
ant and engrossing statement of Mr..
Theodore Tilton, the letters in this
which we publish to-day being, as we
think, conclusive of the guilt of Mr..
Beecher. Our readers will find the
statement complete in our WEEKLY, to
be published on Tuesday next.
Mr.. MoultoD, on the same day, asked
Tilton If he would permit Beecher to
address a letter to Mrs. Tilton. Tilton
replied IN affirmation, whereupOn Mr..
Beecher wrote as follows:
BROOKLYN, February Z, 1871.
MY DEAR MRS. TILToN-When 1 saw you
| last did not ever expect 10 see you again, or
10 be alive many days. God was kinder TO me
| than were my own thoughts. The friend
! whom God sent 10 me (kioulton) has proved
| above all friends that ever had, able aud
I willing TO help in this emergency of my life.
| His hand 1t was that tied up the storm that
! was ready TO burst on our heads. You have
! no friend, Theodore excepted, who has it in
I his power to serve you vitality, and who will
I do il with such delicacy and honor. II dees
my sore heart good TO see in Moulton an un-
] feigned respect and honor for you. 1t would
4 Kill me If thought otherwise. He will be as
J true friend to your honor and happiness a
/ brother could be to a sister. In him we have
! common ground. You and may meet in him.
The past Is ended, but is there no future; no
wiser, higher ,holier futuree May OF this friend
/ stand as priest in the new ssnstuary OF re-
I conciliatiOn, and mediate and bless Theodore
I and my most unhappy self Do not let my
earnestuess fail Of II. You believe in my
I Judgment l have put myself wholly and
I gladly in Moulton's hands, and there must
! meet you. This is sent with Theodores con
sent, but he has not read Il. Will yoa return
! il 10 me by his own hand? am very earnest
I in this wish Il all eur sakes, as such letter
! ought not TO be subject TO even chance OF mis-
! carriage. Your unhappy friend,
h. W. BEECHER.
THE GLAMOUR REMOVED.
Thirteenth-That about a year after
| Mrs. TiltOn's confession her mind re-
manned in the fixed opinion that her
| criminal relations with Beecher had not
been morally wrong, so strongly had he
Impressed her to the contrary, but at
length a change took place in her con-
following letter, addressed by her TO her
husband:
ScHoHARIE, June %, IS7l.
Ny DEAR THEoDoRE-To-day, through the
ministry of Catherine Gaunt, character of
fiction, my eyes have Deen opened for the first
time in my experience so that / see clearly
my sin. IL was when l knew that l was loved
10 suffer II TO grow to a passion. A vi-tuous
love, but it appeared to me in such a false
light that the love 1 felt and received could
harm no one, not even you. I believed. un-
falteringly, until four O'Clock this afternoon,
when the heavenly vision dawned upon me.
see now as never before the wrong have
done yOu, and hasten Immediately 70 ask
your pardon with penitence 80 sincere that
henceforward, II reason remain, you may
trust me implicitly. Oh! my dear Theodore,
though your opinions are not rsstful or con-
genial to my soul, yet my own integrity and
purity are sacred and holy things to me.
-HnA nawH
all sure leadings of an all-wise and loving
Providence. Yes, now 1 feel quite prepared
10 renew my marriage VOW with you, to keep
IL as the Savior requirethi who looketh at the
eve and heart. Never before could say this.
When you yesrn toward me with true feel
ing, be assured OF the triedi purified and re-
stored love OF ELIZABETH.
Mrs. Tilton followed the above letter
with these;
July 4, ISL.
Oh! my dear husband, may you never need |
the deceptive of being mlslead by good |
women, as 1 have been by good man.
No DATE.
I would mourn greatly if my life was to be |
made known TO father His head would be |
No DATE.
Do not think my iu health is on account of |
my sin, and It's discovery. Ny sins and life |
record / have carried to my savior. No, my |
prostration is owing to the suffering 1 have |
caused you. =,
"
Mrs. Tilton's confession, and about half |
a year after Mr.. Beecher's confirmation |
of the same,
MRS. V. c. wOoDHULL,
then total stranger to Mr.. Tilton, save
that he had been presented to her in the
company of friends few days previous,
wrote in the World, May %, 1871, the |
following statement, namely:
Tlypor~ Of rr.a an q Nj, tlf. of s,,,
tuence, who lives in concubinage with the
wife Of another public teacher OF almost !
nouncing offenses against morality. 1 shall
make II my business 70 see S9@s 9f these
NEW YORK, May 20, 1871.
On the day Of the publication of the |
above card in the World, Mr.. TiltOn re-
eeived from Mrs. Woodruff q request to !
call, on imperative business, at her |
Office, and on going there, copy of the |
above card was put into his hand by 1
Mrs. Woodruff, who said that the par
ties referred to therein were Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher and the wife Of Theodore
Tilton. Following this announcement,
Hrs. Woodruff detailed to Mr.. Tilton,
with vehement speech, the wicked and
injurious story which she published in
the year following. Meanwhile Tilton,
desiring to guard against any tempta-
Jion to Mrs. Woodruff to publish the
grossly distorted version which she
gave to Mr.. Tilton, and which she af-
Ierward attributed to him, sought, by
many personal services and kindly at
tentiOns, to influence her to such good
will toward himself and family rs
would remove all disposition OF desire
in her TO sffiict him with such pnbli-
cation. Mr.. Tilton's efforts and associa-
tlon with Mrs. Woodruff ceased in
April, 1872, and six months afterward,
November 2l, 1872, she pub
lished the scandal which he had labOred
TO suppress.
Fifteenth-That on the third day
thereafter, Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, of
Elmira, New York, wrote as follows:
ELMIRA, November s, 1872.
Ms. Woodruff only carries out Henry's
against which recorded my pro-
test twenty years ago.
Sixteenth-That in May, 1873, the
publication by one OF Beecher's partners
of a
TRT2ARTITE COVENANT
between II. G. Bowen, II. w. Beecher
and Theodore Tilton, led the press of
the country TO charge that Tilton had
committed against Beecher some great
wrong which Beecber had pardOned,
whereas the truth was the reverse. To
remedy this false public impression, Mr..
MoultOn requested Beecher TO prepare
suitable card relieving TiltOn of this in
justice. In answer to this request,
Beecher pleaded his embaTrassments,
which prevented his saying anything
without bringing himself under suspi-
cion. Tilton then proposed TO prepare a
card OF his own, containing a few !