The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-26

recommend him to the confidence Of ais own wife.
10 place MS own child under nis teachings. 70 IN
vie MIN 70 MS own liable, 70 leave hIsu IN bed
room WITH his own wlie Tor four hours listening
In which she had ane ctionateiy tucked MIN uo on
the so a and kissed MIN on the l,renead, the
To protect the interests OF Plymouth CHURCH, an
institution whicn ne now mates with Bit
originally said OF IT'S pastor, he was ANXIOUS TO
deceive that churcD into accepting the min stra-
lions o! man whom ne now chsrbcterlzes Is q
vol, In the iold. and rej0ced IN seeing this man
| continue 10 preach the doctrines OF Christianity
when ne aid not be ieve. and to honor tnat God
whose name ne never used except as q by word,
ne te,is you nov tnat ne tola hundreds Of hes;
tnat ne Invented all manner OF schemes; that ne
belled some men. tnat ne coaxed others; that he
made MS own VIE the associate and companion
! o. the mo u notorious prostitutes IN the world.
and divided her own lips between his own KISS
and the Kiss OF Victoria Woodruff All TINS and
more was ne willing to do IN behalf OF these
great Interests which. II his story be true, ,oud
only nave been truly served rom the frst mo.
ment oy casting out the seducer Irom MS place Of
trust anu protecting Innocent families from his
Having described the interview between Moul-
ton and Beecher Of January General tracy went
A cnar.e, the most teri, ble TINT could possibly
confront man in Ills Position for 1t woud be
easy to show that, under the circumstances, y
charge OF impure proposals would be more DIM
cult to meet than one o actual adultery, such q
charge nas been suddenly srung up0n hin like
thunder clap from a clear sky not rom the gas.
conadinR harlequin who Ordeis am out OF Brook
lyu a. the muZZie o! sheet Of "c0nmercia note. :"
c out IN am paPe sSsed 9y lazy % ms friend ms
her normal ndiflon. pure and good and trutniui.
How stunning the surprlse, how horrible the com
plcationl Is It possible that she could have con-
sented to such an accusationr SO. wnaf al poll
ca macnination mas led to lts And what must be
the nnai resuitf He has received from her,
indeeh. frank retracuon with fearful expressions
OF regret, and touching account OF the means
hardly are these consolins accounts cold beore ne
Is informed OF reretracuon Then Is she. indeed.
ali these troub es have been brought upon Q
family for many years and still so dear to aim,
these people as = iatner; he the man oy whose
agency all .tnis rum has been brought about
presented to The man, who, IN addition to MS re-
morse Tor the past. had reason to apprehend
plunge into public conflict with jealous husband,
and with no other defence taan his own simple
word oil honor, can we wonder that Mr.. BeecAer
was deeply agttated and excited manS
Counsel tuen explained why II was that Mr..
Beecher was ready 10 apologize, ana stated that
MIR. Beecher never believed for moment Ia the
statement that MRS. hilton mad declared her love
Tor MIN. He believes that Mrs. TiltOn has never
been unaitn al to her husband In word, look or
tnat unworthy husband all the treasures Of that
royal nature. and that all the founr aims OF her
justice can be done by language OF mine--have
been wasted exclusively upon tna. barren sand,
which the plaintiff mas himself described az the
But MIR. Beecher had no such relief on the night
OF January, 1871. Full OF the conviction That ne
was responsible for the shattered menta cOndi-
ton and the domestic misery OF the woman whom
he loved with as pure an affection as any OF you
gentlemen nave for your own daughters Tor up
ward or an hour Henry Ward Beecher walked that
no r. giving utierancc TO emotions so Intense, IN
language so extravagant, that the sci possessed
keen-eyed gentleman watching hia there almost
forgot the dellght Of trumuh IN the pleasure OF
soned to OBTAIN at ali hazards, some, thing from
Beecher. something TO supply the place OF desert-
slipped lro n under and could no longer pe reueI
on ior the promised reinforcement. The charge
OF improper proposals mao ia1.ea or nad oeen
lutely empty and the whole campaign must be
b gun anew. 10 get In Beecher's hand, or with
his signature, something III the nature OF
q con ession OF impl oper advances TO H. the vague
accusation which had already been pronounced
with sucn imperfect success-thls was The problem.
toleraby di1icult game to play. one would be
apt 20 think. WITH the willy AUD accomplished VII
lain, whom you have already heard 50 vigorously
described by the senior counsel ior the plaintiff.
But 10 this man. represented to you as gifted
dlssember. VINO mad practised Wholesale ewd-
ness Tor more than thirty years under the concen'
gass % tue wnT,e wU, no. ana up TO 'as
vances Voluntarily 10 TINS ,riend OF u day, opens
at once every ioint in his harness and invites him
TO insert his javen at his own sweet will. Wny,
gentlemen, never did three-year-old baby quiz
erlng with contrtIon Tor Its first conscious fault
more swiftly run to bury It's bowed and fearful
face in Its tender mothers lap than did this suf-
fering man advance to cast himself on the breast
Moulton!
COUNSEL dealt at considerable length with the
tending that 1t bore all the evideu ce OF hasty CON-
position aud was not such paper a. correctly
expressed the opinions or sentiments OF Henry
These are the nrst two errors in the evidence in
this case where we find riiton giving utterances
to the report OF Improper advances" made Dy
Mr.. Beecuer to his wne out not oi adultery. In
the interview with Oyer Johnson, Francis d.
Moulton and Theodore hilton on December 20. four
days before this interview with Beecher, ne had
SAID that The charge was improper advances. But
they would not Stop here. rncy would snow that
there were five different persons 20 whom Mr.. Til
ton mad g. oxen with reference to this interview,
aud that he, IN conversation with these people,
who were OF unquestionaDie integrity and high
reputa ION IN this CITY, told them tnat ne
i nad charged henry VAC beecnsr Win VIII max nc
with nothing else. Mr.. 1liton mad stated tnat MIR.
! Beecher OF him throSn out OF mis- position on the
Independent, and that his own wlie and Mrs.
Morse we're the cause OF MS being thrown out.
When Mr.. rilton tod him OF Mrs. Tilton's COMICS
sion to MIN ut the In ervlew to which ne testifies
tina. was acid at Mr.. MOultons house. MI Beecher
did not believe IT, and I've tilton) said to him. ar
| you DO not believe me. 20 to my house and see
Elizabeth for yourself ana she viii tel you.n Mr..
Beecher did 90 and see hrs. Iiiton then. They
Will snow mat ION the testimony OF five persons
to whom Mr.. TIlton nas given Al account Of
this intervle~ ne recised 10 them what MT.
after having ca led to see Mrs. hilton on tnaL oc-
casion Notwithstanding TINS TACT. 1t Is SHOWN
tnat IN last August, whsn ne was compelled to
vesttgaton, ne was compelled to draw sibgu-
larry on us own memoir, and botn he and Moul-
sta ed tue suO5tan Oi ina Ia tervIew as
Tlton nad written 1t down in 1872. When Beecher
expressed DOUBT that she nad AIDE statement
to ner nusband OF the nature charged rlltOn testi-
ned tnat tod MIN To 20 and see Tor himself, aud
now futon tells us that the basis OF this IN ervlew
was letter from Mrs. Tilton, aud yet Is II not
strange that thi- letter was never use,i oy him ?
IL Is plain mat SUCH letter was needed to bring
about interview. 1t WAS necessary that they
should get q letter from this SICK and dying
woman; bat IT Is TACT that never to this day has
Henry Ward Beecaer seen that letter. 1t was only
q pretexL WHAT was IN that letter.
WAS 1T CONFESSION OF ADULTEKYf
| or was IL Simply charge oil improper prOpOsasf
This 8 the most important question that tne larry
Will De called upon - consider IN TINS trial. IL the
counsel can satisy the Jury That IL did not contain
tne charge OF adultery then, VI course, the
plaintiffs Gaze must 90 under. Ia view Of he i'm
! portance OF this act why don't they produce that
! letter. That Will settle the question definitely,
one way or the other. 1t viii tell the world " hich
Is tie mug the truth and winch false. Where Ia
its They surely ought to have 1t II they were act
ing In Rood Iaitn. They had promised to
I keep 1t safely on the evening when MI.
Beecher granted them that interview.