The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-17
rho s,rooklyr, scandal.

,,r Dear SRA few weeks since, after
80: months OF mental anguish, told, as
.,nn know, a few friends, whom mad Dit
WI WI, deceived. that the charge brought by
~, husband OF adultery between myself
III. .hn Roy. Henry Ward Beecher was true,
s n,, that the lie had lived so well the last
Samr Years had become intolerable to me.
mat statement / now soiemniy reaffirm,
- leave the truth with God, to whom also
na,nmjt myself, my children, and all who.
a,,'st snfser. I know full well the explana.
. hN,s nat will be sought by many for this
s Observation-Disclosures desire to return to my
S,,shsnd. insanity, malice, everything save
.ho trne and only one--my quickened con-
science and the sense OF what is due TO the
csnse OF truth and justice. During all the
considerations OF these years you have been
nv confidential friend, and therefore adj
dress this letter to you, authorizing and re-
oues,ing you to secure ITS pupncamon.
ELIZABETH r. TILToN.
Brook'qn, April IS, 1873.
The New York Tribune telegraphed Mr.
Reecher copy OF the letter. and received
the following letter in reply:
WAvERLY, n. Y, April Is, 1878.
Ieon;ront Mrs. Tilton's confession With
exnlicit and absolute denial. The testimony
IN her own innocence and TO mine which
for four wears she had made.to hundreds in
private and in public, before the court, in
writing and orally, l declare to be true; and
the allegations now made in contradiction OF
her uniform solemn and unvarying state
mcnts hitherto made utterly deny.
declare her to be innocent OF the great
trsnsrression. HENRY WARD BEECBEI.
,x7,ryIEw WITH BEEcHER-wHAT HE mas TO
rNN-a ID CnNEESSIHN
NEW YORK, April ga special from
Wayerly. y. Y, says: Mr.. Beecher, who
lectnred here hast night, was handed teie-
graphic copy OF Mrs. Fllton's confession on
coming down from the platform. He read
il quietly and seemed in nowise excited. In
rcnIy 10 the question what he intended to
do, he said: Nothing at present, except
10 give an explicit denial" He seemed to
he more sorry ior Mrs. Tilton than troubled
sbout himself The correspondent asked
him: .Do you believe Mrs. I'ilton wrote
thls OF her own mind, or was she. influ-
epced:" Nlr. Beecher said: 81 have
not spoken with Mrs. Tilton for over
two wears, / was informed several months
400 that influences were being excited
through their children and others to effect
a reconciliation With her husband, and that
she theoretically refused to consider it until
he had publicly eXonerated her from the
charges brought against her. 1t was only
9 few weeSs ago that the rumor cameto me
that she was in morbid, Self-condemnatory
state OF mind.'' Correspondent: elias
Mrs. Triton ever intimated consciousness
of guilt before 80 Mr.. Beecher: $50 far
from itthat 1t is impossible to conceive, If
her present confession is true, OF such an
elaborate, prolonged, and extraordinary
career Of falSehood as she must have prac-
ticed. Upon her husbands statement OF
his accusations before the committee OF the
church she broke away from her husbands
house and refused to live with him. She
took refuge with dear friend, to whom
she gave one unvarying testimony OF her
own innocence and the basenesS OF her huS-
band. She went before the Investigating
Committee OF Plymouth church. and with
wonderful pathos cleared herself OF every
charge OF domestic intidelity, and under
went the closest questioning. She broke
friendship with former friends for doubt
ing her statement in this matter when
the case was in the court. Once, after
her husbands testimony, to the surprise
OF nv counsel and all her friends, she rose
in the court and demanded Of the Judge
that she be permitted to testify to her inno-
cence. She was examined repeatedly by my
counsel, and piled with the most searching
questions, and by her consistent and ex-
plicit testimony satisfied them all OF her in
nocence. and won their esteem. When the
council OF 1876 was called, several inter-
views were arranged between her and emf
nent gentlemen, both OF the clergy and OF the
law, In every case she satisfied them or her
absolute innocence. Subsequently, at an in
teryiew arranged for the purpose OF giving
permanence TO her declarations and form TO
her testimony, which was taken down by
shorthand writer, and which [ believe to
be still in existence, although have never
seen it, she deliberately and in detail re-
affirmed her Innocence and mine. These
are the most prominent instances of her uni
form testimony. 1t should be borne in
mind that she first charged me with this
offence to her husband, and upon my visit
ing her she withdrew it in writing; that
sue subsequently renewed the charge; that
she then again and Indignantly denied it
and left her husbands house, and for four
years has continued in every couceivable
form and under the most solemn circum-
stances to deny it until now, when once
again. for the third time, she renews It..
Against this long and tortuous career OPP
pose my uniform and unimpeachable truth
funess."
THEODORE TILToN DECLINES TO SAY ANY
THING.
DEBORAH, Iowa, April &c. Theodore
Tilton lectured here this evening. He was
interviewed by a reporter, but positively
declined to say anything for publication re-
garding the late developments in New York.
THAI Fearful Tornado i'm Kansas.
SEVERAL PERSONS Killed, MANY WOUNDED,