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Show , EASTERN. ' 1 EK'-HER TILTON' SCANDAL. New York, 1 1. There io great dis-i dis-i ! satisfaction wim the drift of tho Bee-1 Bee-1 1 crier scandal. The w ithholdiug of Moultou 's Btatt-tii'-nt creates much unlHVorable comment, and there ia ' belief that a compromise is ou foot. ' The Ar-fus says il is even btatcd that f i Mia. Tilton io prepared to alate that jhc lias been Ulxjring under a hallu-.ination; hallu-.ination; that Mr. lieeciier is willing x resign his pastorate; that the society soci-ety will reliLse t accept his resignation, resigna-tion, and that Mr. Tilton will, upon the.-e co.-.dilious again open tiie door ; of tits home to bis wife. (ifii.ral Tracy, to-day. said that the committee had not decided whether it will keep Moulton's statement until all the proceedings are printed, or ; keep it back altugtlher. Lieneral But ler had a long interview with Moulton this morning, and sub- 1 srquentlv with Tracy, who just cauio from Bc'echer'a. ... I Mr. Shearman, in an interview to- day, said, in relation to the publication publica-tion of Muultou's statement, that Moulton insisted that the p ledge -o f , secrecy bhould be given by the committee com-mittee that none of his testimony ohoidd be made public until a member mem-ber of the committeo and he should meet together and agree upon its publication, in whole or in part, or upon it suppression until the investigating in-vestigating committee had taken all the testimony and was ready to report re-port a verdict accompanied by the evidence Liken in lull upon which which the verdict was grounded. This member of the committee was District Dis-trict Attorney Wmslow. The committee com-mittee wished to publish the testimony testi-mony in full, but Moulton absolutely refused. After further questions, Shearman said: "1 know all Frank Moulton can say, or has to say, and I know that there is nothing lie has in his possession that can implicate Mr. Beecher one iota nothing; because there is nothing in existence to implicate im-plicate him. Why, if I should tell you what I know about this case it would sljow you Mr. Beecher's motives mo-tives in keeping silent, and would show him blameless as clearly as it a calcium light was turned on tho wbolo story. If Mr. Beecher had fpoken long ago these clouds would have disappeared like mist before a Summer wind, and yet, even now, I would not advise Mr. Beecher to speak out, knowing, as I do, the circumstances cir-cumstances of the case; though his own character would seem to demand that he should tell the public what they have absolutely no right to know. There is a prurient cjriosiLy abroad to know every detail of this disgusting business which is absolutelyshoeking. Mr. Beechor has held his tongue out of respect for the feelings ot others. Why. lcok at this Hooker exhibition. Mr. Beecher tried to keep that quiet to spare the feelings of his family and friends; and, mark you, there are I others, but their case is different from hers. She, it was well known, was weak-minded, and the Woodhull people peo-ple got hold of her and preyed upon her -weakened intellect. Had Mr. Bcecher opened his mouth and told his story these and distinguished citizens citi-zens who have been mixed-up in this matter would suffer; in his silence ho had spared their feelings. I mean by - this. that the Wudobull nest of . blackmailers have inveigled into their toils distinguished dis-tinguished men and' women, and they have sought Beecher as a target lor their operations, because he was a shining light. I tell you he can make this thing as clear as the noonday noon-day sun, and, if he should, those will suUer whom he has spared f.ir a long, long time, at the cost of his own 'ease of mind and dastardly persecution. When. I reflect on what would be the consequence of his telling out what he knows about the whole business I would advise ad-vise him, even now, to explain away only what is necessary to the committee." com-mittee." . - -. Tho Ttltgrayh publishes a story that Beecher has made a confession to his counsel and some of the members mem-bers of the committee, which is very disheartening to them, but the committee com-mittee have decided to still continue the investigation. They have, however, how-ever, changed their wish for Moul-ton's Moul-ton's full statement, and have urged him to withhold" most of it and to coror only such points as have already been matle public. This advicecoin-' cided with General Butler's, and be has already prepared a volumiuous statement, and yesterday read the revised ono. The Brooklyn Eajlc says that Moulton's statement, as far as a man with a tolerable good memory can recollect, re-collect, is", in substance, all he knows about the difficulty between Beecher and Tilton. It wa3 intrusted him in confidence, with all the documents he has been furnished relating directly or indirectly to the case. He says he has known Mr. Tilton since 1S58, and became personally acquainted with Mr. Beecher in 1SG9, mainly through this case. Notwithstanding he has the consent of both Beecher and Tilton to tell all he knows about the case and to furnish all the documents docu-ments he has in relation to it, and the additional fact that he has been twice summoned before the committee, he says that he can not, in conscience, and as a man of honor disclose any confidences which have been placed in him. Ho came into the case as peacemaker to settle it, and all that he has done has been done in that direction. Without his knowledge knowl-edge and against his wishes, certain decuments connected with tho case I have been published, mainly through I Mr. Tilton.and in his statement made before the committee so many ot the ; original documents as he has copies (of, and which have been made public, I ho feels under obligations to place in the committe's hands if necessary. Mr. Moulton had copies of all these documents made, and he handed these copies to the committee, holding himself him-self ready to produce the originals when the committee desired to verify them. He made im further statement and produced only the documents quoted in Tiitou's statements. The I cross-examination excited nothing more. |