Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-08-14
GOTHAM.
MOuLTON'S STATEMENT Mon
YET READY FOR PUB
LICATIOS.
MORE ABOUT THE DISGrsrr>,o.
BEECHER BUSINESS

NEW York, August ii-Nicl.
Mou.ton was at his resi,l7..cc ali -
lie refused to- say if his stat.,u 10y:
would lie made public TO-DAY .e'is
would not answer Any ouea:ions q, Gnu 49,
subject. District Attrr3...v VIM VIM 'lie
Theo. Tilton and IMoaltop's a.a,'
grapher were Ill attendance unon
Mouiton from an early hour to-i,an
ana remained ciosetcd with him fo, ~,
indefinite period. The house was b al
selged by newspaper reporters h".
nothing definite could be learned o'
District Attorney Winslow, in cow.
sation, said that it Was more .ha-
probable that the statemant woDI1 nal
be ready for publication ror q dar Nv
two, as the committee had to con,r. ~
documents contained in il with ttoat
already IL possessions; more than H.;
he was unable to say. Ills
Mouiton's testimony was very hr;.s
He refused to give up any Gocnna ,e.
to the committee, excepting snch hA as
had been alluded to and of vh;ab d
tracts had been handed to ths oo eA'
mittee by T!lton. These show ~.
Iilton had garblod the letters f.. h:t
own advantage, and IL some cases t 'i'a
divided the documents for the nnrno'a s
OF handing IN cumulative testimony
New YORK, Aug. 13-Noon n.
following are the pointed nbrasaa pe
MI. ShearmeE, member Of the Cow,
mittee: ooin-
"And yet. even now. xopl1 ~.
ADVISE ar. beecher to speak out, know
ing as do the circumstances. !
Should tell the public what thev have
absolutely 10 right TO know. 4 =
Disgusting business is absolutelv
SHOCKING. Beechcr has held hi,tongus
IN speaking Of Mrs. Hooker. she #
was very well known. was 4 weak
minded woman, and the Woodruff
people got hold Of her ana preyeI
upon her weakened intellect. bn. r
Beecher opened his month aud told
his story there are distinguished c;t;-
zens, who have been mixed I'D in fms
affair, who would suffer and In his sill
ence he has shared their feelings. = r
When L reflect on what would be the
consequence of his telling ont what be
knows about the whole business. T
would advise him even now to keen
silent and explain away only what is
necessary to the ComI:Iittet.'
1t IS said that another effort is he;nr
made to compromise, ;an.l the Argus
goes SO lar az 10 state that Mrs. Yilton
IS prepared II state that she has been
iahoTing :.ultr an halluciration thai,
;.r. Betcher is willing to resign his
passionate; that the Society will refuse
10 accept his resignation, and that
Air. TIitnn will, upon these conditions,
again open the door of his house to
bis wife.
NEW York. Aug. 12-Night. There
is good authority fer tie following
statement: THAT Frank Moulton only
lad Ecf0re the committee the letters
Of Elton and Beecher called for b.
the COMMITTEES, which were quoted 81
referred to IL Tilton's statement: that
NJ milton Intended to hand over all let
t-rS III his possession, hut upon CON
situations held at his house on Sunday
and Monday between himself, his ia
tier, Butler and b f. Tracy, it was
decided that the best course to pursue
Was TO stick to the letter Of the re-
q ICst. which was TO furnish those doc
! .'ment5 which bore upon the case as
presented III Tilton's statement, and
this was done" 1t is not denied by a
Iar!y who was present at the consulta-
lions, that there are ether letters, but
the exact nature Of their contents will
not b. divulgcd by Frank Moulton,
unless lie IS compelled to do so BY "a
high court Of law. Whether they IN
voIye the criminality Of Bcecher or
not, or whether they justify the
charges made by Tiiton, could not be
ascGrtaiHeC
The brooklyn Eagle says: "Beecher
Will testify tonight. lis statement
will fill at least eight columns Of the
Eagle"