Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-06
EVENING STAR.
TtESDAr...............AprtI 8, Is7o.
BEECHER,S DENIAn-
The Plymouth Pastors story Con.

? 4 e- GaStoEs St0rN Ton
, tinued.
after our Geographic report OF the Til,o1
Hsecher tTial closed yesieriay, Rev. Henri,
what took place In his interview with Tilto,
on the Soth of December. ISIS:
' 1 oia not say that relationship between
4 mNseu and Elizabeth was not a ways markel
/ lg sexual intercourse. IL is odiously false.
| d Il hot say how could offer any mitigatior
70, myself that my sexual intercourse had
| been ior love and not for lust. Such questions
| wereA 'ot put at that time. i may have ha
eonve en- 7ations about my reading 10 her bul
not at that interview: never said on that
| occasion that L sought companionship i'm
| EiizsbetIs, do not remember asking Mr.
! TiIscn befcrS he went away II he couId rein
stat. Elizsoe, \ in his affections. I did not
| use the express. on about a man sitting ON INC
brink, nor say "a. at was like man
| SITTING or THE EDGE OF HErr
may have told ntm had written the letter
| 10 Bowen taking bss. TX great deal had s>id
| about Tikon. wrote the letter that mornins
/ before tire interview. From that up 20 the
18th or 18th of the month saw Moulton for
| short spaces OF time. in which he had brief
conversations. II was some time i'm Feb
| ruary before had a talk with hfm about
Triton business aboat how 20 reinse ste him
| and build up his hJosehold. In orr inter
| view with Moulton and myself thiak Til
ton was presens-wheh we asked about
| BoWSNS TRSACHERY
towards Tilton and me. This was sbout
| January 10, think. 1 fix all my dates by
memoranda of my lectures. MouIton had
secured a passable peace between Tilton and
| myself, and we were talking about the beSt
manner ofrepairing rilton's affairs. Moulto,
Wanteu me TO give an account of the
dItilc9lties between Bowen and myself 1
| gave him an account OF the interview be-
tween Bowen and myself at Freeland'S
house. told him OF Bowers tenperament
2nd manner. l understood that Tilton was
preparing an exhibit OF document which
would bring Bowen TO a settlement of his
diihcnitieS. This was talked about i'm my
presence, but did not see q until | obServed
ii in the Golden Age. 1t il the same mann
script as was attached to the trinati
agreement lt was not read. nor was any
part OF III read in my presence, though The
contents were discussed. Moulton asked
me If the stories Bowen told Tilton were
true, and If L was afraid of them. / said no,
that was not afraid of them, and defed
them before the whole world. MouIton ex-
hausted his language in the intensity of his
concentration of Bowen's course. He said
Bowen was mean, treacherouS, &c. He
said that Bowen meant TO use Tilton TO de-
stroy me, and he would destroy Tilton. He
meant that we should destroy each other
and leave the clear track for him. told him
OF my interview with Bowen at Free
land s house, and Che (Moultonl was horror
struck. He questioned me If such thing
could be possible. | gave him an account of
the reconciliation between Bowen and my
self at the close of the Friday-night prayer
meeting In the conversation about
THE DOCUMENT PREPARING AGAINST
BOWEN,
the charges against me do not think were
mentioned as being in that document. Taey
were not mentioned TO me as they were az
forwards in the letter. Moulton said that
at some one OF the interviews about that
time that Bowen said L had confessed adult
terry TO him. / laughed, and denied it saw
ing, "lf confessed adultery to Bowen I
think L should remember it," Moulton spoke
OF Illton's reinstatement as inevitable, and
said he was bound TO see IL. He expressed il
with such vehemence and determination
that thought he would succeed. Moulton
did not say that he would carry Tilton's case
into the courts If he thought IL would bring
up the relations with TiIton and myseIf: he
did not say that he would rather pay Tilton
fnl alaN
had a memorandum of points that were
used in the discussion between Bowen and
myself at Freeland's. He wanted me to
hunt them up, and bring them To hi m and /
did so. 1t was at this time put all my doc
uments into his hands, and this was among
them. That paper was in Bowen's hand
writing. The witness was then shown the
printed copy of IL, which he identified, and
he then continued: After going through the
narration Of the interview with Bowen at
MI Freeland's do not remem Der express
ing my feelings about Tilton. Moulton said
TILToN AND MUST STAND TOGETHER
for sake of restoration, and see Justice done
him. Moulton spoke with the utmost conf
dence OF compelling Bowen TO disgorge. He
said Bowen wanted TO arbitrate, but Tilton
did not, neither did he (Moulton) as his ad-
wiser. 1 think at this interview Moulton
said he would bring Bowen to his marrow
bones, TO bring him into such position that
he would do justice of himself without hay-
ing any arbitration. Moulton did not ex-
press Tilton's purpose to take my name out
V
nor do remember MOulton saying that he
did not approve of the publication. Later In
the same month L had al interview with
Moulton ct his house in the parlor, the day
after his interview with Bowen; this was, I
think, about the 18th or 18th of January He
did not send me; called 10 hear the result of
this interview. He said he had seen Bowen
at his (MOulton's) house, and that a long
and full conversation, which he described
lad pa ssed between them, stating where ne
sat, how he looked, and what he said. He
detailed to me with some particularly the
statement he had made 90 Bowen of his treat
ment OF Tilton, and the infamy of his con-
duct in the matter of the letter to me. He
rehearsed to him the different stories he had
made abort me, saying that he never told
these storie3 to my face, and that at the in
terview at Mr.. Freeland's he went over the
ground with Mr.. Beecher and discussed with
him how they would heal their differences;
how they went TO Plymouth church and
prayed together; that he
SHOOK PAPER IN Mr. BowEN'S FACE,
who was as pale as ghost, and that he
(Bowenl looked up at my portrait on the
face that man again? Then Bowen said he
was willing TO do anything, and / asked
Moulton why he did not cause a settlement
come.
The witness, while delivering the account
OF this interview, rose in his chair, with
nushed cheeks, and, standing at the edge OF
The stand, shook paper he held in his hand
while relating that part of the interview
where Moulton shook the paper in Bowen's
lace. There was a great deal of
SENSATION AMONG THE AUDIENCE
and disposition to manifest their approval
of the Evolutionary effort, but rap of Judge
Nelson's gavel restored order, and at this
point the usual recess was taken.
After recess Beecher resumed his place on
the witness stand, and his examination was
continued. He testified: When MouItou said
the time had not come for Bowen to pay the
money did not understand what he said. II
was ineXplicable TO me. He suggested that
Tilton and should join forces on the Brook
Ign Union. / said it was impossible; that
there could not be such an association.
remember being at Moulton's house when he
was dangerously i'll during January or Feb
ruary, in consequence of which he went
south. / do not recall anything more than
meeting Tilton then and
KISSING HIM ON THE MOUTH;
Mr.. Tilton was in the parlor when came
down, and / spoke TO him of Moulton's con-
dition, And in the warmth of that sympa-
thetic moment we kissed each other do |
not remember saying Frank had saved my
life and would have given mine for him, or |
asking Tilton If he died what would become |
OF his case and mine. i might have said 1 |
was almost willing to give my life for his. / |
did not see the letter of Tilton to Bowen at |
that interview. 1t was not shown TO me, nor
did see IL until the fall. i had no idea that |
the topic of that conversation WAS I'm ri /