The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-16

This was given by witness with much minute
ness Of detail. lie found her IN bed. ''The bes
/ was dressed in pure shte. Mrs. Tilton was
| dressed In pure white, and her face AZ white az
| the bed. She reclined ON pillows. and her hans.r
in this form ON her breast. gMr. Iieecher folded
his hands across his breast IN a very natural
manner) Her eyes were closed She was a.
| one dead, and yet she was living. said 20 her ,
Elizabeth, have just seen your husband. and
many statements 70 me, and charges. and he has
sent me a. You ma respect 10 some Of them, for
| you 70 verify them lie has charged that have
corrupted your simplicity and your truthfulnesss
/ he has also charged me with attempting impr0-
| prietiee. IL il a hard thing for a to speak
70 a woman whom he reveres Of such things, and
! could not express himself very clearly. Here
lieecher exhibited deep emotion, his voice falter-
ed, and the tears filled HE eyes, Are these
things 80, Elizabeth' she gave The iainlest
culver, and tears trickled down her checks but
made no answer. said 10 her, lie says that
you have charged me with making improper ad-
vances. Have you stated all these things. and
made this charger And she opened her ewes,
and said, MY friend, l could not help it. could
not help itr Elizabeth, why could not you help
~ You know that these things are not truef'
ooh, Mr.. Beecher, says she, Il WAS wearied.
have been wearied with his importantly or
something 20 that effect. lie made think
that Il would confess love TO you IL would leave
him 10 conhss 10 me his alienated Affections
or something Ia that effect. But l said,
this charge Of attempted improper things;
you know that Is no, true Yes. but what can
d0S Dor You take IL back again. She
hesitated- did not understand her hesitation.
said, Cannot you take IL back; IL is not truef
She said something about II she could do it-f
she could do u without injury 10 her husband
which did not understand. I said, But you
onght TO give me written retractiOn to that
written confession. and she said she was willing
20 do II II would not use IL against her husband.
said, Give me pen and paper. and she pointed
70 a secretary in the next room. I got il and
r 1.GSsh, The pen INK and paper zap 70 her sss
retracton and she signed it." This Is retrac.
tion Of al charges OF improper advances on the
part Of Mr., Beecher. and has been many times
Q. How long was this interview, Mr. Beecherf
a. lime passes very fact when people are under
great excitement. IL seems 10 me about ten hours.
IL was probably about half an hour.
INTERVIEWS WITH MouLro<.
From the interview with Mrs. Tilton. Beecher
returned 10 Moulton's, where, according to his
Testimony, no conversation Of importance took
place, and the two then proceeded 10 Beecher's
house where they arrived between . and 10.
Moulion did not go in. In reply 10 a question as
70 Moulton's evidence that Beecher on this occa-
sion had spoken OF sexual Intercourse between
him and Mrs. Tilton. witness said ''No sir, no
sir. II u such loathsome and odious stuff that
don't talk about it,"
The famous Interview between Noulton and
Beecher, at Beecher's house on the following
might, being that OF Dec. 81. IL also given with
great minuteness, and is contradictory Of Moul-
tons testimony in it, essential particulars.
Mouton first read Tilton's letter stating that he
had found out, upon going home the previous
might. that Beecher had procured from Mrs. Til
-
him, etc. etc. Moulton then charged Beecher
with having acted a dishonorablc part, in Ia wing
taken advantage of such a situation 10 obtain
such retractiOn. and he fisen produced a note
from Mrs Tilt0n to himself. requesting him
(Moulton) 20 procure both her written charge
against Beecher and the retraction OF IL ''dicta-
tated by Mr.. Beecher," and % bring them to her
and she would burn them.
THE PISTOL SCENE
There was considerable said and my obiec-
tion TO giving up the retraction was that should
tlsl left without defense III 1 sfsoul in laq
brought 20 an account on such a charge and he
said in substance that he would stand between
me and any such thing; said he would defend the
documents or burn them. or would keep them II
1 wished. After some further parley. | went 20
drawer and brought the letter out lie had
been sweating, and he took on his Overc0at, and
s.- be did 80 ] saw the hilt Of pistol. He took
il out and laid IL on the bed. Amer he had the
document he put IL in hisPocket.
q. Now. on That night, Mr.. Beccher. was
there by Mr.. Moulton any accusation impufa.
tion, or inSinuation that you had had sexual in
pcrcourse with Mrs. Iiltons a. There was no
such insinuaion or imputation. no implication,
and there was nothing said by him or by me on
that suppositon nor on that subject. lAP
plause.
This famous document was obtained by M0ui-
ton from Beecher the day following the scene
above mentioned, being on sunday. Jan /. ON
the afternoon Of that day MOulton again went %
Beecher's house, IN pursuance Of an understand
ing had ON the previous evening. Moulfon talked
OF Tilt0n and his troubles; of BOwen's treach-
emily an accessory If Bowen's. that Triton
seemed 10 think 80. THAT gave rise to CONVEX
sation in regard To my whole relation, from the
eJth when the letter was brought - me by Bow
en-. told Moulton that certainly had been &C
ceesory 10 some pars of the trouble. and that a
far as in me lay thought il was my duty 10 re-
trace my steps and apologize or 20 10 any thing
that could % repair the mischief: that had had
time for reflection about the matter lie then
went on 10 say that Bowen had dismissed TIton
upon false accusations or something ~ that effect,
and that they were LES and that he could prove
them TO be lies. There was some considerable
conversation about that point. Moulton told me
that Of his personal know ledge most Of these
stories were false. that he believed Tlfon 10 be
man absolutely chaste and faithful % his marital
relations, and asseverated That IN various forms
and pressed u on me. The conversation occu-
pied In this direction, perhaps nearly an hour,
going over the relationsof Tilton's character and
his Standing told him. however. that that was
not the matter that hurt me most. ! felt very
acutcy that had done wrong. even In those re-
sIects, towards MIR. Tilton. HE assurance that
upon me sense Of wrong that was very hard 10
bear. II there was any thing | told him.
the earth that | abhOrred. it scandal,
and talking. and rumors about people; that
had kept myself clean from them. and
that there were few persons in the world who
would dare tell me such things, and To find that
had been caught in the slums myself very
har,l for my pride: that had listened 10 these
stories, and that had believed them, and that
was ashamed and mortified about u, and that IL
was all the worse because u was toward a friend
whom had known, and whom had loved and
whose household was 20 me like my own home,
and that 1t was nos the way that Tilton had
treated me when ! Was in adversely. lie drop
ped every thing. and went for the service OF
me. because Il was a son, which was more than
me. But when he In trouble I found
that the first thing had done o. take sides
against him. and add % the weight that wac
threatening 90 crush him; and that ! could
not bear that. Il had given vent t. all my
thought and feeling. The other interviews
had been, as II were, diplomatic. but I felt that
Msulton wa- n friend 20 both sides. aud for the
first time gave vent 10 the pent-up feelings that
| had. walked about the room in great agifa-
ton and great self condemnation. I said %
him that could not conceive Of any thing for
which a man should blame himself more utterly
than to intrude on n household ard 10 be the
Of