The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-08

recall that letter, and | wish you to con-
sider it as unwrtten; twas a grand thing
10 write that letter, it would have been q
rrander thing if had not" lSensation,l
He then began to allude to Bowen, the
bearer of that letter, aud to Bowen's
treatment of him, not going into ltln
any considerable detail, but characterized
it as very base and very treacherous. lie
then charged me with having an under.
with Bowen in this matter and
furthering them; ! am not using his Ian
cuage but only the substance of things
urged upon me by him; that ! had ac-
cepted Injurious tales of him, that had
repeated them again; that lhad advised
against him, and much more to that pllr-
port, which / can't recall in detail; he
then proceeded to say that | had not
only injured him in his business rela-
tiJns and his reputation and his pros
poets, but that l had also insinuated my
self into his family, and that under color
of friendship had wrought him worse
mischief there; he said that had in
sense superseded him and had taken his
place, so that in matters of religious doc
trines and in matters of bringing up ms
children and the household TINT his wife
looked to me rather than to him; that l
had caused her to transfar her affections
from him to me in an inordinate meas
ure; he then went on to say that not only
had | done this, but that had made
overtllres to her Of an improper charac-
ter. He drew from his pocket strip of
paper what purported to be a statement
of his wife to him that Beecher had So
licited her to become his wife to all in
tents and purposes which were signltied
bv that term; he also said he had for
shame and for pride's sake burned up
the original, and that now he would tear
up the only copy that was in existence, SO
that there should never be a line or let
ter against the reputation of his wife, and
with that he took the fragments in his
hand and stepped to the side of the room
and then threw them down in that way.
I Beecher had torn the slip OF paper IN
his hand as he spoke and threw them
violently on the floor as he uttered the
last SENTENCED and "now" said he, turn
ing toward me, 81 wish you to verify
these charges by going down and seeing
Elizabeth yourself; she is waiting tor
you at my house"
| said-That last blow stagge ed me-
said to lin, "Mr. Tilton this lisa dream;
she never could have made in writing a
statement so untrue;" said he, ut is but
Il few blocks off; go down to her yourself"
turned and went out of the room and
walked down stairs meeting Moulton at
the foot of the stairs, he said to me, Are
You going down to see Mrs. Tilton; i
am" said; 81 will 60 with you" said he.
We then started together. ! rang the
bell and was invited up stairs ny the do
mestic, and taken to Mrs. Tilton's room,
who was then lying on bed; her face
wrs very pale and she was as one dead;
said to her, Elizabeth, have just seen
your husband, and have had a long in
terview, he has been making many state
ments to me and charges, and he has sent
me to you in respect to some OF them ior
you to verify them"
Here Beecher exhibited deep emotion,
his voice faltered and the tears filled his
eyes1 Are these things so Elizabeth?
She gave the faintest quiver and tears
trickled down her cheeks but made no
answer; | said to her, he says that you
have charged me with making improper
advances; she said "My friend, l could
not help it." / said, you know those
things were not so;" she said she could
II 1T help it; she said something about, ii
she confessed that her affections had been
alienated from him, he might be induced
to restore his alienated affections; she
asked me what she should do, and said
she should retract these charges in writ
ing; she said she would do it if it was not
to be used against her husband brought
her writing materials and she raised her
self in the bed and wrote the first part Of
the letter of retraction and signed 1t.
The witness was here handed the letter
and read as follows:
December 26, 1870.
"Wearied with importantly and weak
ened by sickness, | gave a letter incul pa
ting my friend, Henry Ward Beecher,
under the assurance that that would re-
move all difficulties between me and my
husband. That letter | now revoke. |
was pursuaded to it, almost forced, when
| was in weakened state of mind. |
regret it and recall all its statements.
80 s.. f. r. THToN."
@. After obtaining the letter you left ?
A. | did, and went to Moultons house,
who asked me whether / had seen Mrs.
Tilton, and l responded that | had; he
then saw me home.
A recess was here taken.
IMPORTANT POINTS OF MoULToN's TESTIMONY
DENIED.
After recess, the examination of Mr..
Beecher was continued as follows;
@. Mr.. Beecher, on the night ofthe 30th
of December, which we have gone over, ]
wish to ask you some questions as to what
has been stated by another witness;
Moulton has testified that you asked him
on this night if he had seen Elizabeth's
confession. Did yon ask Moulton that
question? A.. did not.
O. Did you tell Moulton that Theodore
TiIton had given you permission to go to
and have conversation on the
subject A. | did not.
@. On that night, did any one speak to
you of or did you speak to any one of the
subject or fact of iexual intercourse be-
tween Mrs. Tilton and yourselfp A. No,
sir; no, sir; it is such loathsome and obi
GUS stuff that don't talk about it.
@. Did you on this night ask Moulton
to be friend to you? A. No, sir; didn't.
@. When did you see Moulton? A. On
the 3lst of December, the next night fol-
owing this interview, he came to my
house.
@. At what hour or at what time. A.
Early in the evening.
Q. After dinner? A. Oh, no; in the
evening; | dine at Christian hours.
Laughter.
Q. And what took place? A. He took
a lie ter of Tilton's from his pocket, which
stated that had taken advantage of my
to procure from his wife retrac-
ton. He tAen drew from his pocket a
letter purporting to be from Mrs. Tilton.
Witness was here shown the note which
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