Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-04
The Arrest n the Women VOosthwtt
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There WAS a great exr tefnept IN New York a N
saturday ever the arrest on Mrs. V icroris VI ood-
hulE and Miss fennie Ctafifn ON a charge OF
sending an obscene public stion ,rhrough the
United states mails, he publication alIu jed 20
being aweekfy paper printed by the N. and the
Gus srticie accusing the Rev. Henry Ward
beecher Of immoral relations with the wife OF
Theodore 1ilton. The warrants for fheir arrest
were Issued early IN the morning bv United
states Commissioner OsSorne, the o1ence al
leged against them being violation OF federal
law. The process In said to have been procured
y ~, ar. oomstoek, who has already made HIM
the various kinds OF vie prints VII on are sent
throughout the country. The aft tavitS in the
case were made by Albert Anderson, q post o.
ice clerk; Mr.. woodley, OF BROOKLYN aud T.
W. Reese. a clerk in the Inder endsH, newspaper
Office, who swear TO the sending of the offensive
gubhcation through the mails by the accused.
he witnesses in the case, VIM. Moody, negro,
and Z. ID. Miles, who mailed the papers, were
sent TO the house OF detention. Woodruff and
Clafiin were taken to the commissioners office IN
carriage, and thence 20 Jail until MONDAY
morning, when the hearing will take piacs
They manifested their usual bOldness, descAnt-
ing on the way TO prison On the outrage OF their
arrest and confinement over Sunday. They in
sisted on being furnished suitable apArtme nts Al
the Ludlow street jail.
The prisoners we're required to give 100 0 bail
GacDs raining 10 procure which the were sent 1 ,
{sll; Col; Jas. Blood. the husband OF Mrs. Wood
hull, and WA. y. Smith, the publisher OF the
PAPER, were also arrested and locked up in the
I'd district police court, IN default ef bail for
examination. The feeling against woodruff
and Cia1in is strong hro1 gbo az New DIRK aud
there was great deal OF talk about lynching
them. ...... -
There were also other legal proceeding
against the prisoners. On Saturday nIght the
we'll known broker, Mr.. A. y. Challs, applied
Tor warrants for their arrest for malicious and
slanderOus article upon him. The warrants
were issued by Justice Fowler az the jefferson
Market Pohee Court, hut before they could be
executed the two women had already been
taken in custody by the tinted States DEPUTY
Marshals. On Saturday afternoon the police
seized the printing office and all the materials
contained in it. I'd ..-.--- ---..
1t is to be hoped that the women viii receive
such exemplary punishment as win stop their
slanderous pens from forging, and their presses
from printing such outrageous lies as that con
cerpics Mr.: Beechcr which has been the means
OF placing them IN the hsade Of the Law. Ii has
eeen the talk Of New York for the past week.
Ii protested TO have received the proofs or Mr..
Beecheris sin and Mrs. Tiltons infdelIty from
the lips OF MI. TilboD, and, worse still, these de-
bauched women who Published the libel re
joiced that their doctrine of "free love- had
received such apractical DISQUALIFICATION. They
praised the parties whom they alleged 10 have
been guilty, and afgued with Mr. Triton thstit
was only putting into practice ideas which he
had held in common with them. OF course no
body befeyes the story, which, il may be added.
is so elanderoufy hitby IN ite details asto forbid
any more speci6c mention -.-. .fr H.T