The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-16
TILToN AND BEECHEu.
Continuation of Henry w. aeccher's
Testimony.
CONGRATULATIONS.

MT. DeeCner continued mat Bowen naQ
been traitor to both sides, and that
neither In regard to intemperance or un-
chastity was Tilton guilty, and that he
(Moulton) had known him from boyhood.
He said that Mr.. Tilton was now without
occupation or substance, and then went
into the troubles Of his family; he then re-
ferred TO personal stories about Tilton's
chastity, and said they were false; re-
GREETED having believed these stories, told
me by Bowen and Bessie Turner, and told
him had been prepared for these state
ments by what Bessie Turner had told me;
/ told him of Bessie Turner's stories to me,
and let my feelings out to him; | had lent
my ear to Bowens stories, and had said to
him that Tilton was a tainted man, and 1t
would not be wise to keep him on the In
dependent; my advice to Bowen with re-
gard to the employment of Tilton on the
Brooklyn Union was partly predated on
what Bowen told me; Moulton convinced
me in so far as reasons were moral, that
Tilton was a fit and proper man to be on
the Independent and Brooklyn Union
thought Bessie Turner had told an untrue
story, and was satisfied that she had been
| mistaken. that there was some foundation
tor it, Moulton did not deny; he said there
was something of that kind, but that Mrs.
Morse had led Bessie to think worse of it
| thau if she had been left to her own incli-
nation as regards Tiltons abusing his
wife, he (Moulton) said something about
| Tiltons genius, that there never was
| kinder-hearted man in the world, and that
| if his wife would take the right way with
him she could lead him with thread; /
| did not enter into comparison between
what Moulton told me and Mrs. Morse and
| Mrs. Tilton said TO me, bnt | certainly took
his word at that time against all corners.
denied the charges of improper propo-
| sals-to Moulton that day the general
conversation took that drift and brought
out the denial the charge was improprc-
ties toward Mrs. Tlton, but what term
was used cannot say there was some
| thing put in writing near the end of this
conversation l made regrets, and he said
| if Tilton could hear this, all the mischief
would be brought to an end he said
| "Wby don't you put something in writing,
and show Titon your disposition ?" said
| "WhY don't you make memorandum of
| them?' He took pen and sat down and
made memoranda was walking TO and
| fro and he would ask me questions ado
| you say SO and so 2" and ] would reply |
did not say in the commencement that |
| gave it to him in confidence or trust he
| could not follow my dictation, as | am a
hard man to follow; | was anxious that my
| feelings should be conducted properly to
Tilton and relied perfectly on Mr.. MOul-
ton to make fair statement | was not
aware that he clothed the memoranda in
the form of letter.
do not think that | asked Theodore
Tilton's forgiveness, and BUNDLED myself
before him as / did before my God what
l said was that when | saw | was wrong |
humbled myself before God, and | was
willing to do so before Theodore Tilton
in the opening of the conversation thought
had done wrong to Tilton at one period
of the day on the list of January | had
made up my mind that Tilton had reason
to make these charges against me on &C.
count of what he had heard from his wife;
l thought he had come to the conclusion
that had acted wrong towards his house
hold in the matter of improper proposals {;
l thought it had been procured from her
when she was weak and sick, and she had
told falsehood to Tilton | supposed he
had reason to think had been wronger
of his family when this letter was writ.
ten said nothing to Moulton exculpating
myself of these charges before | wrote it
denied the charges l never dictated a
point or word cXculpating myself of
these charges in this document written by
Moulton.
denied to him that / had eyer wronged
Tilton. | expressed myself to the peace
maker between Tilton and myself, so that
he might tell him. l expressed myself re-
gretfully that Tilton charged me wrongful
". did not send any message whatever
in regard to the charge of improper solicit
tations. did not say that he would have
been better man in my place than have
been, but l said something that would
sound like this. did not say the sentence
that mentions all hearts that would ache.
though may have said something akin. I
| did not say that | even wish / were dead;
but spoke of others living and suffering. |
did not say anything that would sound like
she is guiltless, sinned against, bearing the
| the transgressons of another; or that her
forgiveness l had. When this paper was
| finished did not read it nor was it read to
me. / did not care about it, There were
notes of this conversation l believe.
signed my name to it to signify that he had
a conversation with me on the subject.
did not put my name to it because il was
my property or production. / thought it
was memorandum of salient points of
a conversation, to be used for both parties,
and therefore for me. l did not put my
name to that paper for the purpose of au-
| tuCutlCdtlnR lt5 NOultlto. sdlu give
this in trust to f. d. Moulton, and signed
my name. sent not one word or one line
that can remember, by this friend, to
Tilton. / did not read the first statement
of Moulton, but it was read over in my
presence. / said very little about it. l
made an answer to his inquiry, if it was an
honorable statement, and he said that he
was the best one to judge of that. l made
no observation of approval of it when it
was read over to me. l made no objec-
ton to any part oft.
Fullerton then read Mouton's first state
ment to the investigating committee
The witness continued do not know
whether this paper was read to me, but
paper was read to me my judgment is
that this paper was prepared from the sub.
stance Of what was read to me; think,
perhaps, part of this paper, possibly the
whole of it, may have been read to me F.; |
did not read the Bacon letter, hut heard it
talked about heard 1t contained an ex-
tract of the letter of January lst | think
from MIR. Cleveland l only heard the sub
stance of the Bacon letter ! first heard of
the letter of January LIST, after it had left
my house, in this room in 1872 in De-
cember, 1872, heard of il from Tracy he
did not recite any part of its contents |
heard afterwards that paper was in exist
ence that was damaging to me Moulton
called on me after Tllton told me, and said
it was blunt this was in the winter of
1872 | heard after this there was to be an
extract from it in a card to be published by
Tilton in June, 1878 Kinsella told me the
substance of it on the morning of the ID of
June, 1878 do not know that he had
copy of it Kinsella inquired about it, and
asked me for information about it, but he
gave me none the most distinct recollec-
ton OF it was what heard from Gen. Ira
cy, and then Clafln and Dr. Edward
Beecher my brother inquired about it the
next time after the publication of the Ba-
con letter; heard of it from John Russell
Young of the New York Herald, but did
not see 1t, and only learned the substance
of it ; Tracy recalled to me its language,
but cannot remember If he said it was in
the form of a letter when | wrote the
| nota n Moulfon on Sunday lima 1et