The Portland daily press., 1875-04-06

presence, and which he approved. and which [
afterwards wrote out when | went home,
Tilton was. present at ohe OF the interviews
when this letter was the subject of converse
ton. L don't know whether it was then or at a
subsequent one. At no one of these interviews
in January was there anything said about Til
ton having told twelve persons, more or less, of
nv criminal relations with Mrs. Tilton. No
such conversation took place all that January,
and no implication was made of anything Of
the kind by Monlton or Tilton, and no such
word as "criIne" was used by either Nothing
was said about "cr,mlnal relations" 1t is not
true that Tilton was asked whether he told
twelve persons OF criminal relations between
me and Mrs. , ilton. The names of Oliver
,Iobpson or Martha Bradshaw were not intro
duced as persons to whom the scandal was re-
lated. don't remember them. Nothing was
said at any of these conversations in January
about Tilton having said l preached to forty
mistresses. 1t was after January / went to
Moulton and told him had been Informed by
ereditabe authority that Tilton had said So
He denied it on the part of Tilton, and after
wards informed me Tilt0n had rectifed the
matter In the quarter where it would be likely
to hurt me. l was not informed at any of
these meetings that Mrs. L. had informed her
mother of our relations. l don't recall it.
don't remember any conversation with Tilton
in which he said Mrs. Tilton's brother Richard
was asked by Mrs Morse whether he noticed
Beecher's visits to Elizabeth, and that lie re-
piled he was Convinced they were not of a
pastoral character. l don't remember Tilton
telling me in that conversation that Mrs
Morse was saying he (Tilton) was propagating
the stories in fatal way by telling her frien Is
he (Tlton) had made such and such charges
ageinst Elizabeth. Neither Tilton nor Moulton
said to me that Mrs. orse was circulating
that l had criminal intercourse with her
daughter, nor.apything of that kind.
l had an interview with MOulton at his house
February 7th. l am aware there are three
letters of that date. l don't recall 1T being
said at that interview that Bowen would rein
state Tilton. My impression is that nothing
was said about their relations The Golden
Age was under discussion. Titon was going
to have paper of his own. The bulk of the
talk was that Tilton must have an organ of his
own. He was to be voiceless, and with my in
tluence and that of my friends such paper
could be established. He also said that one
great hindrance to TiltOn's happiness was that
Elizabeth did not do her part at home, but was
disconnected and sulen, and it was impossible
for man of genius-and he spoke of Tilton
as man Of genius-to return after hard
days work and find his wife weeping. He
said Elizabeth must do her part, and that
should assist, and write letter to Tilton,
expressing my cordiality with him, and another
to Mrs. Tilton, with whom he said L had such
influence, that Elizabeth could do anything
with TIton, and that with my concurrence and
the family reconciled, Tilton would have such
a journal as would be spoken of all over the
land. thought it good suggestion, and L
wrote the letters and handed them to Moulton.
He told me he had suggested to Bowen to re-
place Titon on the Independent, and that he
did not reject the suggestion. There is a letter
OF Titon 10 Moultou of the same date. Netter
identfed.) can't say saw it Immediately
after that. My two letters were written indie
pendently of it.
Mr. Evarts hele read Beecher's letter to Mrs.
L. OF February 18th, commencing: The last
time [ saw you L did not expect to see you
again, or to be alive many days, but God was
kinder to me.''
Wtness.-This was when 1 saw her Deem
Der Both. l referred to the shortness of both
our lives. She looked like one dying and did
not expect to live long. L wrote at the con-
cluSoD, This is sent with Theodore's consent;
he has not read it; return it by his hand, as
such letter should not undergo any chance of
miscarriage That was a suggestion of
Moulton's. His idea vas that If Mrs. It.
thought Tilton and got up this letter together,
it would nave no influence with her wrote
the fact that Tilton had not seen it, and it was
through Moulton received the intimation that
Triton consented to the letter which Mouton
advised. l did not request Moulton to get
Tilton's permission to write that letter. Moul-
ton was the ems ineer of the whole proceedings.
Laughter.) No arrangements arose that was
to have no correspondence with Mrs. Tilton. L
always suggested that it was an improper
thing for me to interfere. Moulton suggested
using my influence to restore harmonious rela-
lions with the family but l objected that it
would be improper if it was true as Moulton
informed me that she had undue affection for
me, and that even if l succeeded in restoring
harmony, proud man would accept such a
source with bad grace. was not under any
restriction as to writing. 1t is true that L
always asked after Ellzabeth's health W tn
affectionate respect. l asked whether she was
likely to run down, whether the illness was
likely to terminate in consumption. L never
remember to have asked Moulton whether she
was rising in sef-respect. Nothing passed
about Moulton's not frowning upon her because
she had forfeited her honor. The statement is
untrue.
From and after February 18th, the relations
between rilton aud me were better than they
had been. There was memorable interview
in the cary part of this same February, 1871 /,
in Tilton's house. I don't know how L was IN
duced to go there, whether at his or Moulton's
suggestion. L went there at breakfast Time
Hilton repaired to his study. He met me as if
he had expected me, and without being able to
give the conversation he stated we were to act
tremendously and for that purpose we should
have q conversation. He referred to Bowen's
conduct, to him and Bowen's slandering me,
and said he had experienced similar treatment
from Bowen, and related to me of Mr.. Bowe2's
stories about him. He said that Bowen's
story that he made improper advances to a lady
in the Union office was falsehood and that
the WiDsed story was false and that he only &C.
counted for it by the fact that another TiltoD,
with nearly the same initials, dissolute and
drunken man, had gone around the country,
and tie stories were related of him by people
who did not know him personally. 1t was
more an interview clearing himself than any
thing else. He denied one by one the stories of
his misconduct in the West. and said his wife
and Mrs Morse were not blamelesS in circulat-
ing stories about him. He said he had been
70; frl tn arria0
youth up was immaculate. He related an in
tsrview between him aud his cody patriarchal
father, as he represented him, IN which he was
warned against dangers from the opposite sex.
He spoke of his career of usefulness and his
life as likely to come to premature close. |
gave him words of encouragement. believed
all he said and felt worse than ever l did before
for having raised my hand against such man.
He also begged me to visit Mrs. Tilton as be-
fore. / don't know how it was, but L found
myself in the back room with Mr.. and Mrs. L.
He said he had a long, kindly, aud satisfactory
the loss of his position, and said to Elizabeth
that had all through acted the part OF man
of honor towards her, and to me he said,
"Elizabe also acted in the same way, and
said all through il there was any blame it was
his He hoped .better things for the future.
He said he was young and wonld try over
again. After that we all kissed Qaughter).
After that | was at their house about the mid
die of May There was, don't know what, a
little difficulty took place, L can't recall 1t.
When went in Tilton received me moodlly,
but after while became gracious and fell into
an unbusiness like chat in an old fashioned
way and [ went up and sat on his knee ana
when Mrs. Tilton came in she burst out laugh
ing That is a skeleton of the interview. L
try to remember but it won't come. 1t was
about something in which | was supposed net
to have done my daty. L understood tnat all
difficulties were removed, he exoneratlng her
from blame and unfolding him by my lnnu-
eDce, as far as l could.
Qnestion-On that occasion 10 February,
when you visited Tilton and found him at
bre akfast, did he ask you for a correct date OF
your criminal intercourse with Mrs T., so as 20
remove the shadow from the name OF little
Paul, and did you say, as before God, that Mrs.
Tilton had given him the correct date8
A-Cant you revise that question?
Mr.. Evarts-How?
Mr. Beecher-Can't you revise that question
and ask me whether the father asked the Sc,
Queer of his vile the date of their criminal
Mr.. Beach-One moment
Mr.. Evarts-Please answer the question.
A.-Never, sir. No such conversation ever
took place, and it is a mOnstrous falsehood.
loud applause)
Here Mr. Fullerton arose Indignantly ana
said: Your Honor, few words can be said
appropriately atithis juncture on these unseem-
ly manifestations. Your Ho1or's admonitons
are entirely disregarded and the defendants
matte part of the scene with feet and hands.
suppose it affords them greats pleasure that
Mr.. Beecher is enabled to deny these allega-
tions and thew were taken nv surnrisa at his