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! Nk" YORK, Apill To- The following is the re-
port Of an interview with Beechel last evening at
! Wavely.
| On coming down from the lecture platform Il
! copy of Mrs litius COMES sion was placed ia his
hand. lie read It quietly and seemed in no wise
excited. In reply to the question What he int I'D
Ell 10 do, ne shld: Nothing at present, except to
! give an explicit denial" lie seemed to be more
sorry fJr Mis-. I'll on than troubled about himself
DO you believe Mrs. Tilton wrote TINS of her
own mind. OF was she influenced 7"
Mr.. Beecher-"l have not spoken with Mrs
lIlton for over two years. | was iuful med sew
ersl mouths ago that influences were being ex-
erted through their children and Others to effect
a reconciliation with her husband, and that she
encr9eticaIiS refused to conslder it until he had
publicly eNUneTated her from the charges BROUGHT
against her. 1t only few weeks ago that a
rumor came to me that she was IN morbid and
sell condemnstoTy state of mind
spondent-"IIss Mrs. +. ever intimsted a
consciousness of guilt before 2"
M:. Beecber-"so far from il Il at if il ic nos /.
bic TO conceive, if her present confession IL true
of such an elabt rate, oloDged and ext ssrdn
case Of lasehood As she must have prscti,ed."
Mi. Beecher recounted to the CORES pondent in
detail Mis-. lhton ioimer statements and test-
mony, and concluded by saying, Against this
! long and toItuons career | oppose my uniform
and unlmpeschabe truthfuness."
Frank Moulton, on being shown the confessio ,
sad 81 was conv need that the admission " ould
be made, bat was har ly prepared to expect it
al this time"
"iou we've Convinced Mis-. Tilton would con-
fess to adultery :"
why, hDew it must come | knew it from
my knowledge OF the woman. Elizabeth Tlton
was so upright, SO sincere minded that it was
only question OF time when she would tell the
truth. | remember Theodore Tilton once asked
me, Frank, do YOU believe Elizabeth will ever
tell me before she dies 2 | answered him that
she surely would"
NV Ill this confession be a severe blow to Mr.
Beecheri"
"A death blow, answered Mr.. Mouton rather
sadly.
Secretary Evarts, who was Beecher's counsel
sad last evening that he had not heard a wsrd in
relation to the Beecher-Tilton matter for some
A SUBJECT which pleased him more was the pros
pect OF legal tenders being worth a premium in
gold.
William NJ. Beach, senior counsel for 1ilton,
thought 1t highly improbable that Ms. T. wrote
any such Acknowledgement to bszon such tn ny
to the world. Mr. Tilton is the only person with
sufficient motive TO give the confession TO the pub
lie.
Beach also said be never would have any more
to do with the matter if there is reopening of
the trial.
Judge Fullerton said before the trial that Mrs
Iilton went to various friends and told the story
of her shame. That he said, "is why want-
ed to have her as a witness. Since the uial she
confessed her guilt again in private. 1t would be
Just like her to make a public confession now
though can hardly believe she has done 50. 1t
is possible. 1ilton has had all i trIvew with her,
and promised IT she confessed h,r crime he would
take her back"
Oliver johnson places no credenc, ia the con.
fession.
Mr.. Tlton said he had nothing to say in regard
to it, to VIII, Their he had or had not had any
reconciliation with his wife, either III person, by
letter, or through friends; neither would he say
wheti er a rvCont llatiOn was probable or whether
he contemplate a reunion with her.
All the have long editorials u Mrs. Til
ton latest {, piessou of Crminsiliy " h Beecher,
and the general sentiment OF the press is sverse
TO the threatened reop, 9ing of the scandal.
Bee cher Was shown what was sald ia the New
York papers TODAY, and told n p tier that there
was more to be sal
Mr.. Pond, agent for Beecher, 81 d the d fla had
been tgreshadOwi d ZONE time ago. 1t was well
known In the West III l ilton a d wife were to
reunitr
Mr.. fond said l believe cher is convinced
that Mrs. Tilton is now under absolute control of
her husband and that she loves him, aud that this
let er of confession Is the price she pays for re-
conc ha.ion.
A correspondent saw Mr.. Tilton at Richland
Centre, Iowa, where he was to lecture last night,
and communicated to him the contents of Mrs.
i ilton's card.
One Of the leading members of Plymouth
Church, who declined TO permit the use of his
name, said to-day that some three weeks ago his
wife received letter from Mis- Tihou. at was
on personal matters, SAID he, "but toward the
close most Unexpectedly dropped into a discus, lou
of her gu t. Mrs. Tilton then set forth the PRINT
ed falsehood thtt she had never denied her guilt
before she left her home in TiltoD's house. That
was false, and when we called her attention to
various occasions upon which she had done she
hung her head and did not know what to say. The
letter runs in a SOFT of confession of her guilt
about which she had written her daughters, but
which she did not think she should disclose to
Carroll until he was a man.
ELMIRA, y. Y, April l6. All attempts to inter-
view Hen y Ward Bee cher this forenoon failed.
y large crowded gathered about the train the
Ere Railroad to catch glimpse of him. lie lee
tunes al Bath, y. Y, tonight.