The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-05
The Arrest Of Woodruff and
Claflin.
4 sCandelous Publication in
Woodhull's Weekley.
A Distinguished Clergyman and An-
other Distinguished Clergymyn's
Wife the Subject Of il.

UlheI DISIIusulbucu SleEBy"yu'S
Wife the Subject Of IL.
nom Yesterdays Pittsburgh Commercially
For some days past we have known oil,
g!t RETAINED from mentioning, a publiCa.
.oa against Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
nd Ms. Theodore Tilton, by Mrs. Vic.
priS Woodruff, through the medium Of
E@LIun and Cldfin'S Weekly, q paper
Ehich suspended publication some time
40, but which seems TO have been reviv-
d OT this purpose, and Tor assailing the
Character Of others OF equally high stand.
ag The charges against the lady and
Gentleman named are Of the gravest kind.
Ns, Woodruff asserts that they have
ben Crimlually intimate; that they have
acknowledged their guilt in the presence
Of the guileless Victoria, and plead with
her not 10 expose them. These accuse.
tons are made with great CircumstantlAl.
n.y. date and place Of each criminal trans.
alton being given, and conversations be-
lEeen the accused and acCuser detailed.
Ia Justification of her course, Mrs.
Woodruff pleads that she has been perse.
rted for opinions sake, and Is now
AcuseIeSs and pcnniless. Landlords re-
Used to rent their premises TO her; board.
Hghouses were closed against her; hotels
EOuld not give her shelter; that for a
short time she had apartments at a large
broadway hotel, but the landlord gave
Ter notice to leave, Us the ladies In tho
house had risen in rebellion, and would
uot remain il the Woodruff was longer
PERMITTED 10 larry. Thelatter threw her
EI! on her reserved rights, refusing 10 go
"IOng as she should be guilty Of no un-
ocomi1g action. Returning to he room
zoe night, she found her personal effects
10 The hall, and special officer barring
aefenllance She was compelled to spend
he night in her office on Broad street,
sad there was obliged to stay q considera.
BE TIME before better quarters could be
'ouad. The "bulls" and "bears Of Wall
SFeeI combined against her, causing her
@Iose much money, and finally the own
Iolue building In which she had her
once, refused longer to tolerate her pres.
soce therein.
hell hath no fury like woman
SNfned." Mrs. Woodruff now declares
sNagainst her kind, and announces that
aeF hand g against every mans hand. She
yves notice to all men and women more
PARTICULARLY the latteF-to beware. De-
Veopnents are threatened by this irate
woman OF nature 10 unsettle our social
system.
The Weekly containing the charges
aotei above, and the Justification Of the
tl,Ifess, was not permitted first to see the
LgaIin New York city. Thousands o.
copies were sent into every important
Guy and town in the country several days
10 advance Of its appearance there. Two
aeS'y editions were required, and 1t ap-
ltAs that all were bought up with the
Eaest aVidity. The manner Of detail.
.lsAe charges was grossly indicate
vOSeGe-ln fact surprising the boldest
%asauons Of the most indecent publica.
"Vq' known as tho police gazettes," sc.
y course this caused great excitement
u new York, Brooklyn and elsewhere,
ae publication being denounced I'm.
EInngly. On Saturday, Victoria Wood.
Ta!I and Tennie q. Clatflln, editors; Col.
S S'TSI, present husband" Of Mrs. Wood
WI; VIM. Denyse, stereotyper. and VIM.
a. smith, printer OF the Weakly, were
VI s.e on warrants issued by the Uni
y ~ u states Commissioner, on oath Of L.
~, SiVGslIlS, the charge being the circula-
Wv, "Ua through the mails Of obscene litera.
S ,oS Inc women, by advice Of their
AVE- AWE made no effort 10 secure the
n.y. SMv bail demanded by the United
sAE; Commissioner, warrants having
Hsu issued against them in a libel suit. :
"''@' correspondent Of tho ssme)
NEW YORK, November 3, 1879.
r more Is said about the Woodruff.
S sV Beecher.Tilton scandal than you
~, s,Ee In the papers. All sorts Of per.
. mos nave all sorts Of ideas, but decent
SEe desire to believe and probably do
. y..gEe that the publication Is a base
i Ssss without a grain Of truth in it.
M ,ITss are those, however, who point you
T N.Y. circumstantial character Of the mar.
D ,Uu' tne mixing up in tho affair, as wit.
C,5s M % the truth OF what Is said, Of Mrs.
NY Stanton. Mrs. Pauline Wright Davis,
i.,. S ISABELLA Beecher Hooker, ali ladies' OF
Ss sp Eschab standing, and ask what
~! .t nave to say about (which, It may
prSaS y an easy way 70 cavil. II Is
Ssw SaoIe that these ladies will answer fol-
Sv,s !ves-tor no one thinks that the
ninS sF 3 be ignored or coughed out oil
USS S@N they say nothing, then will be
SNSi. Enough TO draw conclusions. The
S,ss.pOlnItowhich most minds searching
no"o. S are at once drawn is Tllton's out
~ Y Iie publication, some months ago, Of
SS.! S'e Of Woodhull-the woman who
iaTosI as present publication. That pub
TI,SUU me world knows the character Of
ISS %% believed In Woodruff then 10 az
StIsuvsisaln degree, and one is justified II
CSosS Iag that they enjoyed each Others
VT,s u saa fully. The man who Woult
C, IN Saca stuff Of such q woman, It i