Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-05-25
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tnr, - ThnT Rnwcr-had nn,YitinnIv il NAV he
i7o,i M rorror s.nnc fro,, unrer The con.
o;racv NV tcs.;fvin,, thar 'rilton was II pariurcd
r. n.bon no .uorc thar nj tie end of that last
,,r ~ Is-0 be hod received mo notice that he
wos - he d;scharccd from tbe Ipdcpeudent and
p"ootl,,n I-nion Now the irry could understand
III, d;rro tbat u,ceE r;iton and Mention were rs
lnse as two ;nterlockc ed snakes Tilton. unscrupu
ons II; eve,vthino else was not likely to be unscru
- ~ ~ warfare on Mr. Reechcr Moulton
ore came in for rharactcr;zation as IA restes,
;ntr;anant a horn d;nlomatist who "belieyad dip
iac,, "a he tho highest culture of the art of w.
| ;lr :" ,Tha GITbt was between Tilton and Bowen
ntsa poochor was sonobt os an auxiliatv. Tilton
~ uI hoyc no case If Eowen does mt give me
a,u nrnof If The truth Of NV charges am DIES.
tnnnod " ION Theodore Won needed allies" Here
vaS a neceos;tv for silencing Beecher: of turning
IN, ano;nst Rowen. The sneaker believed that
NJ Rcecber's SAVING some Years before that Til
| ,nn,s was "a very nretty house that he swould
Ike 70 i've there. formed the sole foundation for
.h IN oLoroo n ;mnroner nronosals Mrs Tiltop he
coil was nersuoded thai during the week between
Shr;stmas and New Years. 1870. there was a con
sniracy in Beechers house to ruin Tilton and her,
and for the purpose of his and her defense it was
necessary 10 have some charge that would paralyze
tho consnrators That il the whole explanation of
accusation eytorted from MIS- Tilton on the night
| of nee 90 1870.
It was evident, he continued. that Oh that stormy
| Er;dov NIGHT Fl rank Mention took Mr. Beecher
| down tn Theodore TiIton's house not with n view
IN Mr. Reechers destruction. but to that of Henry
| e. Eowcn aud the reinstatement of Theodore Til
ton. For three wears thereafter they worked to-
oetber to keen a simple. minded man in their pow
ca man who had confidence in his fellow men
| who Ekc Mr.. Tilton. was ever ready to take the
| blame IN himself to save another How does it
bannen that man who has been dishonored finds
Il NECESSARY to resort to such stratagem to get an
| ;nto,v;eu with The dshonorerp There was but one
narson nm earth who could write a message to in
duce Henry Ward Bcecher to consent to an inter-
Wow with the man who had sent him the insolent
letter of the previous Monday
The speaker then appealed to the jury to say
| If there had been shadow of truth in Tilton's
charge that when the question of separation be-
| tween her and her husband came ND Henry Ward
| poachar would have sent his wife to Tton's wife
to learn her story from her lie asked them
whether. if she had made such confession, her
pastor would have been in her house at her re-
rmest in the following August. and they would
Rave had n,iyate interview in her bed-chamber
with her husbands conniyance. He asked them
| if II wore truc that she had confessed and Iiton
had foro;ven her. When the question of a separ-
alton came M four years afterward who would be
the most likely to leave the other--the Injured hus-
| hand mr. the guilty wife. Where he asked until
| Theodore Triton set the examplc was an instance
4 To he fonnd in the history of the whole world
where a husband who had forgiven his wife, who
had children by her. who professed to love her
afterward took from her certificate of her guilt
with which To denounce her ia Frank Moultop
Sucb a thing was utterly incredible This man
(pontipo to- Mr.. Tilton) has done mean things :;
Int that ,b;n0 il so mean and base that even he
wonld have reyoIted from it.
JUDGE Porter then took up the letter of accusa-
tion ;fseu He argued that il contained nothing
more than a charge of improper proposals. quot
| inc the retraction to show this to be true The
letter of accusation. whatever II was, was confess
edlv in existence through 1871. and during large
mart of 1872. If the greater charge was anywhere
Il was there. This fpointinp to Tilton) was the
man who was constantly insinuatine to those he
sunposed 10 be Beecbcr's enemies that Beecher
was 9uiltv of adultery. who hated Beecher and
wonId have liked to destroy him; vet he never
showed 70 a living beino paper signed by Eliza
beth r. Tilton accusing Henry Ward Beecher
of the greater crime. Moulton, who testified that
be wonld have takcn Reecher's life who .'swore
like iend." never mentioned such paper to any
one II was DESTROYED, he said. but not until after
the navment of the 81 900 by Bowen. Where is
that PAPER, Where are the short hand notes of
iti Where is there a COPY of it? Moulton who
saws he is not such fool as to destroy the letter
1ever wos sncb a paner Then taking nm the MIS-
tol interview, Judge Porter gave Mr. beecner