New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

strike dcathblow to OF the foremost men OF tho age
give him the benefit of another satemcn-itis con-
tradcted and it IL false but he Is not ct liberty to aeSo
it, In his account of the interview Of the night OF the
3Oh OF December 1870 he says he used to Mr. Beecher
this language: 81 have hitherto spared your life when
had tho power to destroy It, spare 1t now for Eliza
behs sake" 1t is false but it is Tilton He said moth
ing Of that kind Mr. Becchcr but it comes ont OF his
heart now and It was in his heart then. He medtated
murder when he swcars that that idea was in his mind
It Is no. enough for him to goriiy On mag
nanty to get nd Of tho effect Of the fact that he DELHI
crately mcditatcd the murder of unarmed clergyman
without even having made an accusation
THE LETTER TO THE FRIEND IN THE.WEST.
IF Won want TO see what a perfect shsnh the
man Won need only look at his letter to that man OF
straw TIE Complaining Friend" which was not written
for publication but which has been unearthcd in the
progress of this investigation.
Mr. shearman-Thc " Friend at the West"
Mr. Porter-Thc a." Friend at the West" There he talks
in his usual scif-gorfying ard staggering strain
II Won think burn to defend my wife and little
ones. you know not the fiery spirit that is within me-
lie Expresses his profound admiration OF his mag
nmity in keeping his we's Innocence OF adultery, for
that Is all there OF It, secret in his breast lest his
fiery spirit should shoot forth in his language "kc
thunderbot through other hearts" This magnanmous
man would vindcac his wife's innocence. but he was
afraid il he did it would wound the feelings Of Mrs.
Bcecher and OF his friend Henry Bowen That miser-
able false pretense deliberately penned by him and laid
away In Frank MoultoDs tin box, to be produced here
after as evidence of Theodore Tltons magnanimous ma
ture It proves more and shall have occasion to refer
20 that letter presently.
Among the multitude OF these things that have noted
from time during the progress of the trial there is
one that will detan you with just for moment be-
cause it is Illustrative OF Moutons opinion of him.
That thought that Tton slippery and unreliable
is apparent from innocent statement OF his which will
e found in exhibit 81 think: want TO have TitOn
in writing this subject; want him 10 commit himself
to somebody" Why, did Frank Moultcn know him so
well he could not trust hint Nobody could trust him.
Mouton did not. And the difficulty that nobody
could trust him any better when he was in writing than
when he was not Resigned the" Trpartite Agreement"
and It, Ho gave pledge to his wife and broke It,
He gave pledge after pledge to Mr. Beecher and broke
them all lie principally engaged in making and
breaking covenants and continued it through the whole
period OF the four years. But gentlemon have got to
pass over that Unjust call your attention little more
partcuarly TO that letter OF the Friend in the West"
10 is at page 49, attach very little Importance to any
OF Theodore tons writings intended for dress parade
those that to be put in tho newspapers He says he
lied in them all, and have no doubt he did But
attach-and have right to do 1.-THE greatest
importance 10 those writings which not made for the
public laid away as records OF the truth In his
own vault, and which he refused to produce and of
which refused the benefit either to his VITO or his friend
Here is letter bearing date the 31st Of December 1872,
beginning OF course, usual with sham" Ny dear
friend: owe you long letter" Turning to Mr. Til
toni "who was itp could not remember" /" Was it
onybodylv "Could not remember" TO Frank Moulton
.Who was this complaining friendp II don't remem-
ber" Well whoever he was. he had name had mt he
What occasion there in paper that he was not to
give to the public at all in concealing the namef 1t was
sham II was thing used like these papers that were
got from time to time under pretense and another,
IN In
purposes of tho cQpspirscy-velSeance and black
mail But tho man-the MN Is so addicted
TO lying and deception that he Hes even
when he Is alone, in his own private diary In his own
books and papers. 81 am unwell and am prisoner in
the house-that Is the 31st day of December 1872
And you know that happened to be very active day
with him. For man who was prisoner and in bed at
M house. he was very busy about the streets of Brook
Ign that day.
am unwe, and prisoner in the house leaning back
in ieathercushoned dleness and writing on my chair;
have a fire, anything but q hearthst0ne broken
and is II sGS I %O ye i ike yo 5
lettcr-brmful Of love and wit and sparkling like
fountain In midwinter
He was writing this for postcrity. The letter Brim
f OF wit" who wrote The friend the West, whose
name he has forgotten
Nevertheless you are right am in trouble, and I
hardly see path out Of It. II i inst two years a ago to-
lifted his hammer, and with an unjust blow slnote
asuder two cOnfrl'tS, one WIN me INDEPENDENT,
and tho other with The Brooklyn Union The public little
suspects this act OF his turned on his fear TO meet
the of horrible charges which he had made
against Henry Ward Beecher. have kept quiet the
subject for years through unwingness TO harm
sake OF righting myself before the
public having trusted to time for my vindcation,
lind that time has only thickened my difficulties until
these now buffet Inc like a storm.
You know that Bowen long ago paid to mo the
sed pccunary damages which grew ont OF bis breaking
OF the contracts, and gave written yhdlcation Of
my course, and something like an apology for his This
statement, far Us am concerned, Is final
But BOwen's assissinating dagger drawn against
Bec:her has proved unable Macbeths to traIncl
up the consequence"
see the letter is too long to read and will only ad
vert Of Its topics In that letter written
lie for the public, but written confession In the
secret archives OF Moulton aud Titon, he denounces
Bowen and Woodruff as the traducers Of Beochor and
the successive authors Of the horrible charges against
him. IL Is there that ho declares, IA II he
were the first discOverer OF the fact that the
tongue is wild beast which can tame
ue denounces the Woodruff letter-I use bis Ian.