New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-03
Mr.. BEECHER's VERSION OF THE MEETING
AT MOULTON'S.

Q. Now, what occurred AFTER yOu entereu
A. We entered the house and he locked the door, the
front door, and said Mr. TtOn is in the room above the
parlor front room waiting for You" said TO him-sup-
posing wishing a Witness believing that we were going
TO have business dscussOn-I said to him, would
rather you would go up with me, Mr. Moulton He sad
"YOu had better see Mr. Tton aone" went up stairs,
Knocked and opened the door; Mr.. Tton was standng-
two windows fronting out on to Clnton-st bureau
I think between them, and the gasight there,
and he was upon the far side OF the bureau,
and met me In the most stately manner He pointed
20 a chair and asked to sit down, which du,
near the door. He drew out from his pocket little
paper very much that shape producing piece OF paper
about 1--WE inches by three just about that sze little
narrower and on sitting down, said: 81 have re-
quesed" or at have summoned you" think he SAID,
20 this interview on matters Of importance suppose
that you received from me, by Mr. Bowen letter de-
mandng your resignation and departure from Brooklyn
eyes" told him, 81 had received It," 81 Wish now te
recall that letter. and wish you to consider 1t as not
written 1t was grand thing to write that letter; 1t
would have been grander II had not" He then began
O. At this part Mr.. Beecher, did you respond to this
notice to you Of the recall Of the letter. A. or course
with a bow.
O. Welt A. He then began to allude to Mr.. Bowen,
the bearer Of that letter. and of Mr. Bowens treatment
of hm-not going into it in any considerable detail but
characterzng very base and very treacherous he
then charged Inc with having understanding with Mr.
Bowen in these matters and furtherng them; am not
using his language but only the substance OF the things
urged upon me by him-that had accepted injurious
stories Of him. and that had reported them again;
that I had advised against him, and much more
20 that purport, which I cannot recall in detail ;
he-I think that at this point was dis
posed to make some explanation, when he warned me
silence-to be silent and silent and then he pro-
ceeded say that had not only injured him in his bus
ness relations and in his reputation and prospects, but
that had also nsnuated myself into his family and that
uudor covering of friendship had wrought him worse
mischief there He said that had in superseded
him and had taken his place, that in matters OF reng
ios doctrine and in matters Of the bringing upof his chill
ren and Of the household his wife looked TO me rather
than 10 him that had caused her TO transfer her aec
lions from him TO me in inOrdinate meas
ure; that had-that IN consequence OF
the differences which had sprung up by
reason of my conduct family had wen nigh been de-
stroyed that had suffered my wife and his mothern
law 10 conspre for the separation Of the family that
had corrupted Elizabeth teaching her to e to deceive
him. and hide under fair appearances her friendship to
ne; and that had made her to bethat habitat he
had married her Of the simplest and purest women
that he ever knew and that under my influence she had
become decetfu and untrustwOrhy; he said that that
had fled the knot in the sanctuary OF God by which they
were 10 be bound together in inseparable love, had
also reached out my hand to unite that knot and TO loose
them one from the other; he then went on to say
that not only had l done this, but that l had
made overtures TO her of an improper character;
and again expressed some surprise probably, by my
attitude-I don't recOllect that taked-but he drew
from his pocket strip paper about that producing
paper about five inches by and haf-lke that, and
read to me what purpOrted to be the statement Of his
wife TO him that Mr. Beeeher had solicited her TO become
his WIFE to all the ntents and purposes which were sig
nifled by that term, substantially that.