The Portland daily press., 1874-07-30
THE GREAT SCANDAL.


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examination would be private. Tilton ohiecto.
ana demanded pubic hearing, which was nj
| Iiuately asseuted to- Titon was seated Inv hi.
counsel, ex-Judge Morris. y AN
ON INF. Morris was asked by the court if he baf
any suggestions to make He replied that ho
nae spoken to the complainant about wbetbo,
ME MIS- was Drought by the person libeed, through
Mr. uaynor, and that he replied that he tool,
tne case entirely on his own responsibility The
COUNSEL argued that the case should not have
peeh called to satisfy the cravings of npbliS
scandal. He suggested that the matter stand
| over until Monday next until he could take
COUNSEL with the representatives of the Deonla
| Gaynor argued that the defendant had VIC.
iated one OF the laws of the state, and it was
his duty as citizen to bring him into court 10
answer for it, He thought that he had nuh.
nc right to bring Tilton here for preliminary
examination; OF il the defendant chose. he
to9id let his case go before grand jury. He
hau consulted no person and was urged to this
~, ny no one, but only appeared as a member of
The community.
Morris submitted that there was no object in
riety. ~ Sun no'o'
Gaynor wished to know if the Defendant
he ,;a examination or demanded hearing. as
and other , 70 summon Henry Ward Beecher
Ex-Sudge Morris asked that the case h. ,,4
n umn aof monday next, as his client We. ses
conpsai ,n tor an examination, and '.saaS ,h w'
counsel ton wished to consult wiz 81, Iesdes, Inc
'ofney IN relation to t." Ia the uistrict az
parties, adj -len, with the consent of both
til M" -Journed the hearing of the case I'M
-onday morning next, at ten o'clock
The Woodruff Woman Appears.
Woodruff & Claf1n's Weekly, issued to-day.
contains long review of the Beecher-TiltOn
matter, the substance of which, outside of the
relteration of peculiar doctrines as to marriage
of the publishers. is annexed
Mrs woodruff asserts that the scandal is
very like that originally recited in their paper.
that Tilton is guilty Of falsehood in testifying
that he did not originate, and that her state
ment was grossly exaggerated. Had Tiltons
testimony, she says, been the truth instead of a
part OF 1T, had he not attempted to make him
self out saint, had he frankly acknowledged
his harsh and, on account of his own errors,
uncaled for treatment of Mrs. Tilton, his state
meut would have earned the conviction of
truth upon its face. But his opposite course.
his utter neglect in his cross-eXamination to
admit any OF his own ungalant acts and his
taI-fetehed attempts to show that his connec-
ton with the editors of the Weekly was en-
tered into to prevent them publishing the
scandal, has so complicated matters that had
1t not been for the new evidence and that which
will be given when Mouton speaks, the final
decision might have been indefinitely post
poned. 1t is not Mr.. Beecher, Mrs. Tilton and
MI. Tilton who are the real subjects of this
terrific seance. The social system is on the
defensive, and the circumstances have made
these persons its advocates Mrs. Tilton's
course seems dictatorial By her fear for religion.
Mr.. Beecher's position has been and is most
trying one, knowing aud living in the truth, he
was not yet strong enough to teach it and thus
give his vast influence against old and rotten
conditions and in favor of a new order, but
now that has been rudely torn from his face.
may we not hope that his manhood will come
to his rescue and give to the world the useful
ness ut one of the greatest men that ever
lived?
She says l have the power think to COM
pei Mr.. Beecher to go forward and do the duty
for humanity from which he sbrinks, and be-
lieve that when forced to encounter he will
rise to the full height of the great enterprise
and will astound and convince the world of the
new doctrine of freedom by rhe depth of his ex-
perience and the force of his arguments 1t is
Mr.. Beecher's friends who have managed the
affair. May it not come out after all that Mr..
Beecher has been consisted in his own acts? [
commit no breach of confidence as no conf
dence has been in me except as have COM
PEELED them with free knowledge that l was
endeavoring to induce or enforce the parties to
the front along with me in the announcement
and advocacy of the principles of the social
revolution. Let me add that in my view
Beecher is to-day as good, as pure and as able
a man as he ever was in the past or the world
has held him to be, and that Mrs. Tilton is
still the pure, charming. cultivated woman, and
l know that Mr. Beecher passing through this
cruel ordeal retrieving himself aud standing up
on the most radical platform, will gather
around him an army of glorious and emanci-
pated spirits, and that the new social republic
will have been forever established.
MIR. Carpenters Story.
The Brooklyn Argus publishes the rest of
Mr.. Carpenters story of the difficulty between
Beecher and Tillon. Carpenter is willing to
swear that his first absolute conviction that
there had been adultery between Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton was derived from the statement of
Oliver johnson to that effect. can prove that
he says Oliver johnson used the words: ''My
lips are sealed by solemn promise, but if |
should disclose what l know the roof of Ply
mouth church would come right off,
Another time dr. johnson said to me: 81
know great deal more about this case than
you do, and what you know is bad enough"
Carpenter also says: "Mrs. Tilton, in my
presence, was asked by Mr.. Tilton to put in
writing something in reference to her relation
with Mr.. Beecher that he could show to DR..
Storrs. This was in Dec. 1872 or Jan. 1873.
Mrs Tilon assented willingly, and and going
to her room returned in a few moments with
manuscript on which was written, as near as l
can remember, these words:-
''On a certain occasion, Mr.. Beecher solicited
me to become wife to him with all that is i'm
piled in this relation. This proposition COM
municated to my husband. Mr.. Tilton took
that writing to Rev. DR.. Storrs. l accompanied
him. He said, 'sDr Storrs, come to you for
advice in regard to the proper action to be
taken by myself in reference TO the statements
made in the Woodruff letter.
DR.. Storrs replied: 81 have not read the
statement made by Mrs Woodruff, but If you
think it is of sufficient Importance to merit,
will do so.' DR.. Storrs read the remarkable
Woodruff story and a few days later when MT.
Tilton visited HIM said-"Mr. Tilton, | have
lead this paper carefully, and if the statement
is true draw from these four conclusions:
First that MI. Beecher and Mrs. Titon had
criminal relations; Second, that you discovered
that; Third, that Mr.. Beecher received paper
from Mrs. Titon denying that such relations
had ever existed; Fourth, that Mr. Moulton
got that paper from Mr.. Beecher."
Mr. Tilton said: DR.. Storrs, what if those
points can't be denied. DR.. Storrs replied
"It those points can't be denied, L have no adj
vice to give you An evasion would be worse
than silence
Carpenter also said in relation to Samuel
Wilkeson's statement: 'Mr. Wilkeson has
surely been misinformed. The idea that Theo.
Tilton attempted to blackmail anybody, | can
dispose of in about five minutes, and l am glad
you mentioned Wilkesons communication.
Mr.. Bowen employed Mr. Tilton to edit the
Independent and Union, making contract for
FIVE years. The contract provided that in case
Bowen should violate its terms, the forfeit
should be six months salary in advance.
When Mr.. Triton was discharged he naturally
expected that Bowen would according to con-
tract, pay him six months salary. The matter
was left to arbitration. The gentlemen selected
as arbitrator we're James Freeland, Horace B.
Clafln and Chas. B. Storrs. The arbitrator
examined the contract made between Tilton
aud Bowen, and in few moments decided
Bowen ought to pay the principal aud interest
tC Tilton up to the last penny OF the amount
claimed. This. said Mr.. Carpenter, is the truth
about the so called blackmailing operation Of
Titon's.
Reecher Calls upon II oulton.
The Brooklyn Eagle says it is authorized to
announce that Beecher has very recently writ
ten letter to. Frank Moulton in which he
earnestlylasks and adjures Moulton to 90 be-
fore the committee, exhibit all he has and tell
all he knows with reference to the controversy
between Theodore Tilton and Henry Ward
Beecher. The letter is declared to be long. eX-
plicit, unmistakabIe and to the effect that
Beecher has no wish and Moulton no alterna-
tive hut for the latter to go before the commit
tee and frankly to say all he knows forthwith.
Testimony of n Domestic.
The Eagle also says the witness before the
committee last evening was female, and her
testimony, among other matters. went to show
the unreliable, inconsistent, passionate char
acter and career of Tilton. 1t covers series
of years.
Carpenter Talc-Bearer.
Oliver johnson told a reporter to day that
Frank Carpenter was well meaning tale
bearer, who had rolled this scandal under his
tongue over three years. johnson emphati-