The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-08-07

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chances Of escaping convicti On by
the pleadings of 3 dexterous Rtfor-
ney.
On the other side we may renpark
that nothing specially new had trsfns-
pired up till Tuesday. Mrs. St'en-
ton had been interviewed again, and
had reiterated her former statemen s
Mrs Tilton again denied the whole
matter, but makes q dangerous ad-
mission where she says:
Referring TO the scene Of the night
when Susan B. was there, she said it
was a scene of great violence and ex-
citement. She said she never saw
Theodore so crazed as he was that
night Miss Anthony slept with her
and made very free reference to the
stories in circulation shout Theo-
dore's life, She said most solemnly
that it was not true that she made
confession 10 Miss Anthony Of any
improper act on her part. What she
said to her on that subject was, that
Theodore was circulating stories and
had been for a long time, to her pre-
iudice and that of Mr.. Beecher. She
had not thought Of saying there was
a word of truth in it. There was no
truth in the abatement. II WAS en-
tirely false.
Part of the above is a literal con-
firmation of Miss Anthony's state
ment, and as to the rest there is on
ly question of veracity between the
two women, one of whom is vitally
interested in the denial.
Tuesday Moulton turned up, but
denied that Beecher had requested
him to testify, and so maintained 81
lence. Tilton received a note from
the committee dated four days pre-
vious, requesting him to produce the
letters upon which his charges were
based, as he had no case without
them. Theodore replied, calling at
tention to the difference between the
date and the delivery of the note;
claimed he had the letters with him
at the time of his examination; that
he attempted to read from them, but
they would not listen, and referred
the'letters to one of their number,
Mr.. Tilton acquiescing, but that the
member to whom they were referred
never called for them. That since he
had been arraigned for ibelling the
Rev. Beecher, he had obtained coun-
sci, and acting under advice of the
same he now refused to submit the
documents, papers or other evidence
to them, but on the contrary had in
structed his counsel to carry his case
before legal court which has pow
er to compel witnesses to testify, and
where testimony may be sifted by
cross examination. And 80 stands
the matter.
LATEsT.-Thursday mornings pa
pers say Gaylor's libel suit is dismis-
sed. Beecher had asked MouIton for
his letters; Moulton refused, having
refused a similar request from Til
ton, as trustee for both. Beecher re-
torted, and earnestly pressed his de-
mand; Moulton rejoined in a scath-
ing letter in which occurs these pas
sages:
aYou speak also of a letter or two from your
brother and sister, and I am sure you have not
forgotten the apprehensions which we enter
tanned lest Mrs. Hooker should fulfil design
which she had foreshadOwed, to invade your
pulpit and read to your congregation confess
sion Of your intimacy with Mrs. Tilton."
And again
''Mr. Tilton has seen only part Of the pa
pers in my possession, and would be more sur
prised to learn the entire facts Of the case than
you can possibly be-"
Both Tilton and Beecher have re-
leased Moulton, and his complete
statement is promised to be made
before the committee on Saturday
night. DR.. Storrs has also been in
terviewed and confirms the state
ment that Tilton went to him for
counsel, and that the facts as pre-
sented in Tilton's statement were
made known to him. He admits
Mrs. Tilton's subsequent denial of
her letter to him, and hopes Beecher
may be able to prove his innocence.