Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-27
TBE TllT0N.REECHER TRIAL.
More of Traeyk Armament

You viii remember how Moulton, ON the
wltness stand, made slip twice in regard "a
SEXUAL RELATIONS
Now. In his second statement he omittni tbp
word sexual. and said when Mr. RaecbaF
was was coniesSing to him he used the word "re-
iationS.' MOultOn makes minutes OF th,, i'm
terN.ew OF January with Mr.. Beecher
sunday came on the lSt OF January. ISL and
ne apology was written ON that evening.
ana on The next day. which was the - ~
January, Mr.. MOulton SAYS he called on Mr.
BeeChe" and lad the interview. Now gen
I,emen. the III OF January OF that year was
New Years day, when Mr.. Beecher enter
IaiEed over eight hundred callers and be
VIII show you that Mr.. Mollton had no in
teTView with him. The object of these inter
views OF hr. Iilton and Mr.. MOultOn with
Mr.. BeecheT IN 1874 was 10 procure Mr.. TIL
tons return 10 the editOrShip of the Iude-
pendent. They got Bessie Turner tO Tctract
The stories " IN regard 10 Mr.. Tilton'S iuti-
macy with her. Tie action Of Mr.. Tilt1u
and Nj. MOulton showed they knew that
BESSIE TURNER
circulated these stories, and 10 was their
interest 70 ge; her out Of the way, 20 get her
out of Brooklyn. 80 that she might not
lnteTieTe with their plans. They ATTEMPTED
10 put ;he responsibility Of her absence ON Mr..
bttCher Tor circulating the stories with
regard TO his Intimacy with Mrs. Tilton.
Ihey were care ful 10 get her retractionS of
ihe stories against Mr.. Tiiton that she had
been instrumental IN raising Do YOU think
gentlemen, this retTaction was obtained TO
benefit Mr.. Beccherh You will readily see
mat n was not. This TetractiOn was Obtained
by T1ltOn and MOulton, who dreaded that
BesSie Tuner would appear i'm court with a
dincrent story. and they would have this re
traction 10 bring against her. Was not In ra-
narkable that the man who was alleged to
nave sent her away made no effort TO obtain
a retraction OF her stories against him2 But
r. u. MOultOn lS the man Who makes the
suggestion OF sending her away. when hp
tells Beecher that Tllfon is not able 10 send
heT away or pay her bills. Therefore when
rctractiuuS We're being got from every person
VINO mad circulated stories about TiltOn, this
glTl ~ was determined TO send Out of the way.
aud EeecLcT said. Let her 90 away aud if
TlitOn iS unable. viii bear the expenses q"
I'm January or there i an interview be-
tween Bcecher auI Tiltou at Moulton'S
house. when MoUltOn upbraidS riltOn for not
showing hospitality AZ meeting Beecher
was this the action Of a friend. when Sppa k
lng 10 an injured husband for not shaking
hands with his wifeS hctflycr? Then comes
The letter Of February .. TO make more COM
plete
THE RECONCILIATION
which these parties sought. Mrs. Tltou was
aggricyed at the conduct Of her husband 10
her. and Mr.. Beccher writes letter 10 her
asking her TO live with HeT husband and
Moulton he said his object was TO see Mrs
ItItOns husband trusting and loving her
with more even than The old love. Was this
said counsel, likely TO be the conduct and eN-
preSSioLs of man who was charged with
adultery? Counsel would not dwell ON the
remaining letters which passed between the
parties IN that winter. or the remarkable
story which The plaintiff told OF his inter
view with Beecher over the paternity OF his
last child. Gen. Tracy said he would now
review
TILToS's CONNECTION WITH VICTORIA
wOoDHULI.
The other side had conceded that Tilton hat
written the life OF Mrs. Woodruff in Septcm-
Der, 1871. He attributes his connection with
her te be for the benefit OF defendant. His
relations with her, he claims, have been en-
tirely proper, anu during his acquaintance
with her nothing improper I'm her conduct
ever was revealed 10 him. II he presumed 10
set forth To the public that his acquaintance
with Mrs Woodlplll was begun on account
of BeecheT, and mis- statement was contra
dicted, then he was cOntradictei on a very
important point. He went to COney Island
in carriage with her, and denies having
bathed with her. He would show they both
had deposited their watches with the coach
man, and returned with all the evidences
that they had been bathing. He would SHOW
them that they returned 70 the house OF
MOuliOn ON their return, and stayed until
evening. when he took this woman in COW
cred carriage 10 his own. house. He would
show them that the slips Of her publication
were circulated i'm the newspaper offices
before she published them, and That Tilt0a
was betriendEg this woman TO get her 10
Publish this story. This publication OF Mrs.
WOOdhull'S life was the downfall Of Tllton as
journalist They also had the evidence OF
his presiding at The Steinway-hall meeting,
where be Introduced her aS the advocate Ol
FREE-LoVE DOCTRINES.
lie was nos content with this, but wanted
Henry Ward Beecher 10 become acquainted
with her. The SteinWay hall meeting was
got up TO make Mr. Beecher indorSe this
woman, and 50 take OF from riltou a portion
of the OblOQuy which had fallen upon him
for asSOciating with this woman. No ALA
sion would ever have been made 10 this mat
ter only for this publication; Il was ouly
when Theodore TiltOn was i'm trouble that
this scandal became bruiJed abroad. 1t i
well Known that BeecheT condemned these
relations Of TiltOn with Mrs. WOOlhull, and
ne was always urging that he Shbuld repu-
diate her. On November |, 1874, Tllton wrote
The poem OF - Sir MarmadukeS Musings"
What made him allude TO his crown being
torn from him but the odium in which tue
people held him for doctrines he was adyo-
ealing through Mrs. WoOdhull2 The second
verse of that poem was issued aS a menace 20
Beecher, TO alarm hiS. This poem was writ
ten before the SteinWay hall meeting lin or
der, we suppose, 10 compel Beecher To come
mp there and preside at IL. Beecher faced
everything rather than indorse the prin-
clples this woman advocated, and deied
Tilton and Mrs. Woodruff 10 do their worst
Al this time TiltOn had overdrawn his ac-
count IN Woodruff a RObinsOn'S, and ma no
money The Importance Of this would be
09Yl9Ils. \ 5Ii6. ihijr POINT of the case Beech
tr's refusal 10 preside AT this meeting in
Steinway hall was regarded as a sign OF hos
tility by Tilton. ON the following wear.
when TiltOn returned from his lecturing tour
in the west, the Golden Age required money.
and Bowen was pushed for money which Til.
ton said he owed him. He makss A perso.,,si
statement, sets il in type Tor publication Ia
the Golden 4 ge, and in Ii he Incorporates the
letter OF January I, 1871. He took one OF
these copies TO MF. Wilkeson and told him
ne should publish that statement unless
Henry Ward BeeCher did him Justice There
was no demand for justice from Bowen, for
that would not influence WilkeSon. Mr
Wilkeson said if that was published il would
create a scandal which would shake Chris
tenCom, and advised him not To publish H.
TiltCA said that Beecher never offered him
help in being kept in his situation On the In-
dependent. II counsel could show that this
publication was threatened by Tilton TO
compel recognition from Beecher as to the
business OF his CLAIM, against Bowen. then 10
would be shown that this publication was
threatened for
BUSINESS OF BLACRMAIL2
He never intended 10 publish this statement.
but mad the copies that were struck on only
10 compel the payment Of the claim. Wilke-
son promised To aid him in getting the money
from Bowen if il was justly owed TO him. a.
Wilkeson said IL would never do TO have this
publishe'. And, gentleman, on the fourth
day of April Tilton had his - ,0o0 in his pock-
ct from Bowen, but do not say, gentlemen,
hat the obtaining OF this money was black
mail, for il might have been due TO Tilton.
This money was claimed on account Of The
breaking of the tripartite agreement. IL was
agreed when that agreement was made that
all papers relating to the scandals shonld be