Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-19
BEECnER RESPONSIBLE.
Hrs. Iilden Declares that Beecher,s Ser
mon on Confession Prompted Her to 4ro,r
Her Gailt-Her Trials and Struggles
She tcilI not Lecture.

mon on Confession Prompted Her to drOlc
Her Guilt Her Trials and Struggles
Shetcill not Lecture.
New York Sun.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton on Sunday last was |
visited IN her home by lady of this city. |
formerly an intimate friend of her family |
She said she had but few visitors, and no one |
of her old friends came to see her except |
they were sent for. She lived quietly with |
her mother and two sons. Within few DAYS
she had taken.
BESSIE TURNER
into her household. The girl came to her
with pitiful story of her attempts to earn
her living. The cold shoulder was turned
upon her by Mr.. Beecher's friends as soon
as the trial was over, and finding she had
miscalculated upon their support in reward
for devotion to their PASTORS cause, she
obtained ftful support by lending he,
name to book and story principally written
for her, and then turned to the stage She
was engaged to play subordinate parts at
small salary. 1l-fortune seemed to attend
her. and she lost her position. Having no
home, she thought of Mrs. Tlton, and asked
shelter. 1t was freely given.
MRS. TILToN TALKED FREELY
of her confession and previous efforts to
save Mr.. Beecher. She said she entered
boldly into the plan concocted at the out
break of tie scandal to face down the
charges and lie out of them. She kept lie
on the end of her tongue, and for four years
was ready at any moment to speak it if she
thought it would help Mr.. Beecher. Since
her confession she had enjoyed greater peace
of mind than ever before. She had repent
| ed IN sackcloth and ashes, and believed she
had obtained Divine forgiveness. and had
| nothing now to fear for the future. Asked
| if her husband had Influenced her to con-
| fession, she said:
mot AT ALL.
He did not know I contemplated such a
thing, and had not seen me to speak about
it, Mrs. Tilton added that she was per-
suaded to hear Mr.. Beecher preach by Mrs.
| Thomas G. Sherman, and others who had
lamented with her at being deprived of his
| spiritual consolation. She went on Sunday
| to Plymouth church heavily yelled. No one
| recognized her. and but two or three per-
son knew she was there. Mr.. Beecher was
Ignorant of her presence. He preached his
powerful sermon on the downfall of Gil
man, the forger, and the burden of his
argument was that
CONFESSION WAS THE ONLY BALM
for guilty soul. From his lips the advice
had a peculiar force, and the words rang in
her ears for days afterward. Sue felt the
gradual growth of q determination to free
her conscience of the guilt of falsehood
and, reaching at length what she described
as ''a state of great spiritual exaltation,
!. she felt that not to confess would be the
greatest sin of her life. She wrote to Mr.
Beecher, warning him of her intention
She was afraid, she said, if the confession
; came upon him unawares,
HE WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE.
To a lady member of Plymouth church sh
wrote: "The only place in the world for {
self-confessed adulteress is in States Prison
alongside William G. Gilman, and how
wish were theren' Mrs. TiIton expresse,
the greatest surprise at Mr.. Beecher's con
duct since her confession. She had felt al
! along that her lies were buoying him up
and dreaded the state of despair into whic
she thought recantation would plunge him
2 Chow can he so deny God and man?'' sh,
added. AS to her future, Mrs. Tilton sal
8 she felt she
HAD NONE THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE.
r Her health was impaired, and her trouble
made her physically miserable. Her so
Carroll, to whom she was devoted, left tn
! Polytechnic Institute when her confessio
Y was published, and remained home with hel
exhibiting the tenderest regard for her i
many ways, and seeking to protect her fror
annoying visitors. He was induced to NEE
James Sherman Cbrother of Thomas c
! Shearman), and that gentleman who, Mrs
Tilton thinks, acted as his brothers ennis
). sary, sought to induce Carroll to abando
his home, on the ground that his mothe
: had confessed herself to be an outcast, an
his father was dishonored man.
d THE LAD REJECTED THE PROPOSAL.
y Mrs. Tilton said she had been annoyed by
. lecture agent, who insisted on her going il
e to the field, guaranteeing her fortune
n 100000 if she would consent. She Who'll
:, refused to entertain any proposition of I'll
: kind. She claimed that the subject of r.
n union with her husband had never bee
# preached between them, and asserted di
e tinctly that she was more adverse to livir
e with him
u THAN he COULD POSSIBLY BE.
t. She did not now feel that she was entitlt
w Aesulue nei leAaIloHs as WHO VI Hei uu
band and mother of her children. 1t ha
ing been suggested to Mrs. Tilton that othe
is had suffered through her prolonged oppos
or ton to her husband, and that she mig
d give corroborative evidence which wou
'g partly vindicate them, she expressed {
IT aversion to entering into the details of b
a terrible sin, but intimated that she intend
lie to prepare history of her experience wi
+ Mr.. Beecher, and leave it to her husband
Il friends, to be made use of as they pleased
i AFTER HER DEATH.
! The interview is described as having be-
" sorrowful Mrs. Tilton was deeply in earne
ct in all she said, and the lady, commentil
rs upon it, remarked with feeling: "No O
I'd could hear Elizabeth rilton tell her story
a wo and disgrace without believing that s