New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-02
THE DESTRUCTION OF MRS. TILTONS
WRITTEN ACCUSATION.


come now, gentlemen, to the first meeting
OF the injured husband and the adulterer after the alleged
discovery OF the guilt Six months after 1t is said
communication Of kind preudlcial to Mr. Beechers
relation to Mrs. Ton and TO the honor OF his intercourse
with Mr. Ttons family these two men are brought to-
gether, and think, gentlemen, that you will In advance
agree with that this interview carries more import
It's real occurrences you get at them, than
any other interviews. II there was any accusation
made at all, II was made then, and what was
made then was the accusation that existed, either In
Imagination had been produced by invention, Or had
any basis Of mistake or any solid support In truth
Whichever your theory may be wb5h you finally rest,
whatever the accusation was cr to be, honest
accusation 1t was then and there made. Whatever OF
confessions whatever OF concession, whatever OF acqu
escence the part Of the accused took place. took
place then and there and there was the PERIOD then ana
there was the situation then and there the aspects OF
the matter all around that, you can get at the TRUTH
will DO worth to you than any longdrawn party
coored pecemea aspects, and intercourse OF the years
aferward Now, about that don't think there Will be
any dispute What had Mr.. Tilton done on his own
showing In respect TO that proposed interview before
occurred He had got from his wife, as he says ana as
apparently Is true paper written In her own hand OF
some character and purport-hat Is admitted He had
got by efforts in that sick room persisted in day after
day, against the remonstrances Of the nurse
and that paper he obtained on the 2oth'
ON Thursday, and kept unshown he says, TO any body
till the night OF the 30th Now what would you give TO
have that paperi 1t has been destroyed Who destroyed
itl Theodore Tilton Who gave 1t to him to destroy
Francis d. Moulton. wheni They both swear not Civ
ing day and month and year. but with relation to another
event. Immediately after tho Trpartito Agreement
What justification there for Francis I2ult2A w
medlately after the "rlpartite Agreement" to give
to Theodore TitOn that paper 10 Destroy An! gen
tlemen, they all swear. all these people that there
not any agreement, nor any connection, nor any
idea in reference TO the destruction OF the papers with
the "Tripatitc Agreement" the arbitration All our
witnesses swear the other Clafn, Freeland, Storrs
and Wkeson all that there an agreement that
all the papers should be destroyed Now, have got the
oath Of Mr. MouIton and the oath OF Mr. Ton, that I'M
mediately after that Mr.. M0uoD handed to MI luton
the papers to be destroyed, and have got the oaIh
Of Mr.. Moulton that he told Mr.. Beecher that he
would keep that paper tied to the other and that they
should be separated and should be kept together
for his protection All gentlemen, you have sefcon-
fessed absolute reachery and absolute conviction OF
their own falsehoOd you have got them both. IheT
conduct shows in their ready seizure or an opportunity
given by that compact to destroy ALL to hurry to destc
ton this one, and then in order to explain their
possession OF all the others TO use against Mr.
Beecher when he wanted this one for himself
of all Others the world they say there was not any
thing said about destruction of papers and there was no
right to destroy any papers Where is your promise that
the two papers should be kept tOgetherf All gentle
men, what did Mouton tell Charles storrs about TINS
unatera Ito borrow phrase OF my learned friend and
brother Porter this unila9ral destruction and this
unateral saving Of papers Charles SOrrs was asked
what Mr. Moulton said about burning tho papers, aud he
says that Sam wilkeson had him, written him
that he wanted him to be to burn Mr.. Beechers
apology and all the papers, and Mr. Moulton
says: "Of course l burned all the papers"
and laughed and he says, Mr.. Beecher thinks haye,
and then he says: Z" II Sam Wilkeson thinks have
burned oil the papers he il mistaken What would Theo-
dore do with his troube" And when Mr. M0ultOn is re-
called he don't deny word OF that Now, don't you
believe that part Of the arrangement that peace
was concluded all around and that all the papers were
be destroyed; and don't you believe that this man
fastened to destroy the paper that we want and that
We MIST II truth would be on their side
from It, so much the better for them much the less
reason for their destroying It, SO You needn't worry
yourselves that they have lost anything by its being
put out of existence All how they jumped at the idea
that now this pledge of Mr.. Moulton would justify the
destruction Of all the papers, and that the treacherous
wckedness Of Mr. MoultOn, selfcOnfessed in act that
he destroy separated it from the rest and his
production here Of the rest that he did tho rest
and then his sneering remark to Mr.. Storrs:
ooh! have burned all the papers, Of course, and he
laughed, and then he says, Mr. Beecher thinks have
and then he says, " II Sam WilkesOn thinks have
burned all the papers he ia mistaken. What wOul Theo
dOre do with his trouble T.
"What OF the trouble that he using heretofore and
means to hereafter Now. Theodore and have only
burned that paper"
The Court adjourned until to-day at IL o'clock