Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17
THEHOUSEHCURSED
SorroWful Echoes OF n e Gre2t
Beecher- -Tlltcn Trial
ms BEECHER ALONE II TIE CgCRCB
" ker,abouts OF the kenaainins Actors
sIrs. Triton sfin Living "a breeAlyn
and Gfooiag Bliad- Hes Husband
f4apeF IA Paris.



Kcaoss Of the great Beecaer-Tilion trial
coMe back - u occasionally AID recall al
t4s we zae paia suffered bg ths actors IA
that dreadful aakmire q scandal Brook
lyu oAai.hed tle suolect from Asr draw ing
rooms shortly after tae ead q tie SUIT,
Wblca led to the eclipse " a. least two of
The actors. iIltou 4l1 AOuitCu, and la
jared NJ. Beeclsr lrIetrlrvatly. Henry
L. Bowen, the richest CI al tie scancs.
eoteris. holds bis oNu, aud though for a
fen ears lie never went cur IA society 4.
al. his house Las been the centre OF nuta-
erous social gatherings the past winter he
has a clever daughter who II the attrac-
tion OF lis home. aud lie keeps up the
habit OF inviting 10 his country home
al Woodstock, Conn. all the notAbles OF
the Republican party. who Ike 10 talk POI
iLics and aowery rhetoric IL the country
on the fourth OF July
NJ Beecher died TWO years ago and dur
Ing tie interval that las elapsed STAGE his
death little has been said about the old is
sues Involved ia tie scandal which once
shook Brooklyn vOlcanO-like. Bat re-
Gently the interest liz the personagss con
cerned ia the trial was revived in the an
nouncen.ent that Mrs. Tilson, the victim
ing blind She has been great sufferer
from cataracts, which have been repeat
edly cut from both her eyes. NOW the
sight o. one eye Is entirely gone and the
other is so injured that she lives in "A dark
room and will shortly be wholly blind
Mrs. Morse, the faithful mother OF
Mrs. TiltOn, lives with her, and at
present the eldest daughter. Florence,
Is with her. The youngest son
Of Mrs. IiltOn is the only one OF her chill
dren who resides with her permanently.
The other son and daughter are married
and live Ia New York. Mr.. Tilton resides
Ia d modest home in the eastern part or
Brooklyn, and never leaves her room now;
for years she only appeared on the streets
when some household want had 70 be sup
piled IL is said that the cataracts which
have cost her so much suffering, were
caused by continuous weeping. Whatever
else the scandal did for others, 1T broke
her heart and she has been = miserably un-
happy woman since that time. When Mr..
Beecher died, Mrs. Tilton expressed regret
that she could not have been taken in his
stead, for she had nothing TO do IL the
world, aud he was useful. or all the
Beecher family. the only one who has
shown her the slightest sympathy
has been Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker,
who urged her brother 70 be kind 10 Mrs.
Tilton and to defend her against her hus-
bands charges. But Mr. Beecher did
nothing, could DO nothing under the cir
cumstances, and, il is said, he grieved
that he could not, for he had a nature that
led him TO feel sympathy and generosity
toward his fellow beings. Mrs. Beecher
was too bitter toward the Titons for n
word TO be said concerning them and Mr.
Beecher's last years were passed under
the close espionage Of his wife
Lately the letters, documents, agree
ments, memoranda and everything else
pertaining 10 the scandal were destroyed.
After the trial they were entrusted to the
Treasurer of Plymouth Church, in whose
house the Investigating Commit
tee held its meetings. The
papers were committed TO the
flames and not line OF confessions, re-
crim.nations or charges are in existence
unless Mr. Bowen holds them. Mr.. Au-
gustus Storrs was staunch adherent OF
Mr. Beecher, and gave ten thousand dol
lars toward the expenses OF the trial He
is an old man and iately j has sold his house
and has broken up his home, now that his
wife is dead and he is alone in the world.
He feared some less friendly eye might
read these documents after his death aud
so he confded them 10 the flames with mis-
own hands.
Theodore TiltOn lengthens out his mis-
erable existence in Paris ana is mainly 4
pensioner on the bounty Of one or two
former friends lie has no means OF
/ livelihood and j. a very unhappy man.
Both OF his daughters are separated
/ from him now and he is entirely alone.
Frank MoultOn, the mutual friend. died
J long ago, and many of the older members
Of Plymouth Church have followed Mr.
Beecher 20 Greenwood OF the family oi
/ the latter little IS heard in Brooklyn. The
eldest son has removed 20 New Jersey, the
second son is in business and not likely Il
be heard Of publicly in any direction. since
he is quiet retiring man. The other sol
is not a shining light and has not made
Brooklyn his home for many years. lie Is
In the far West, while the only
daughter. Mrs Scovel is the wife OF min
lister at Norwalk, Connecticut. Mrs
Beecher is the only one of the family whe
remains associated with Plymouth
Church. She was bitterly opposed TO tn,
selection of DR.. Abbott, and wanted hei
son-in-law 70 succeed her husband. but
acGuiesce She has become reconciled q
the existing state Of things and sits in hel
old pew every Sunday. though lt is ns
longer known ss the Pastors Pew but
a. Mrs Beechers and her name is or the
door. She has been living at Stamford
Conn, but has now taken "A house at th'
corner OF Orange sud Hicks street, IN
BROOKLYN. and sill occupy tin ashort lime
with servant. Il j. hut block ava,
from the house in which Mr- Beecher died
She occasionally goes 20 Peekskill wber'
she wsndors through the house once he
summer home. and doubtless feels the
great difference between the t.rle wheI
she lived there and the lonely present. Bn
Nrs BeccheT Is nos given 20 sentiment anf
tces NOS ea4s to have any Offered her- oA'
isa woman of strong ikes and dislike
and her opinion is freely given on al sub
tects. men. women and things
DAVID ~ FCIrIE7.
Infsntilc D-fnftions.