The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-08
BEECHER-TILTON.

OnEVAEh.I1hTUN.
II New YORK, August 1.-THE Plymouth
i Church Investigating Committee will hold
another meeting this evening chitfly for
consultation. Several minor witnesses
summoned have declined to testify, and
others have as yet given no answer. Itis
remarked by counsel that a considerable
number OF witnesses have been requested
TO appear before the committee who are
only expected to furnish unlmportant
links In the chain Of evidence. Some OF
them supply details concerning the mar.
ried lie oi Mr.. and Mrs Tllton, a class Of
evidence which the counsel for Mr..
beecher considers essential to the Inyesli.
CATION. The counsel also say that It is
still uncertain whether Mr.. Beecher will
present q written statement 10 the COM
mittee or simply submit to oral examina-
tons. He will be governed by the wishes
Of the committee. He has not received
Iany summons from them to testify, and the
report thai he has drawn up alHritten
statement which he will read 10 the
committee is declared to be premature.
The members OF the committee say It Is
Impossible to tell when the labor1 Of the
Investigation will be over. II Is uule.
cided whether Beecher will be called on
Monday evening or at q later date, as It
is thought possible the presentation OF
Moulton's testimony may suggest the
calling Of other witnesses. Alterward 1t
10 suggested by one Of the lawyers EN-.
ployed upon the case the committee may
conclude that 1t Is inadvisable TO present
their report for the consideration Of Ply
mouth Church till the return of many
who are now away for their summer rest
can render full meeting possible.
Mr.. Moulton said yesterday, II have
hitherto endeavored to bring about peace
between Beecher and Tilton, and I shalI
continue 10 do so. l hope to remove all
Misunderstanding and bring the parties
to an intelligent realization ot selF-
interest,""
Moulton has had long consultations
with three criminal lawyers and two civil
lawyers, as well as with Benz amin F.
Butler. The result Of all of these talks
Is said to be that Mr.. Moulton will not be
too much Of friend to Titon TO Join in
his bitterness, or OF Bsecher, to refuse 10
tell a lair story.
Ex.Judge Morris says that the evidence
Of which he was in possession and which
he was engaged in collecting, preparatory
to trial, was the most convincing and
conclusive that he had ever known in
any case Of law, and In particular, that
part Of Mrs. Tilton's statement concern
ing her husbands cruelty His locking
her In her room like prisoner, and
starving her, will be shown 10 be such
f1ctions, that if there Is any insanity in
the family at all, the charges will be at
the door, not Of Mr. Tilton, but of his
wife.
Rev. DR.. Richard storrs publishes a
short letter this morning, in which he
says that in the report Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Tilton's testimony before the Brooklyn
Committee, that she Is represented as
making the following statement concern.
| ing the conversation which che had 80.
licited with me at my house in March
last in which conyersation she ascribed
to her husband the real authorship Of q
letter written by her hand, which had
been shown to me fifteen months before.
DR.. Storrs looked up at me and said, II
wish had known that a week ago, be.
cause on that letter alone believed Mr..
Beecher to be guilty man" BE was In
hurry and he said that II I wanted TO
talk further that he would like me TO see
bis vile,
OF this statement DR.. Storrs writes: II
made no such remark to Mrs. Tilton con.
cerning Mr.. Beecher. She must have at.
tributed to me an impression which was
resting heavily on her own mind. Though
excused myself from general and pro.
longed conversation on the matters with
which her present testimony Is largely
occupied; 1t was not till she In hall
hours talk had said all that she wished
to say in regard to the origin ot the letters
referred TO, and certainly nothing could
have been further from my mind than
the thought of referring her 10 my wife
for further conversation on % matter 80
entangled and every way so painful"
INTERVIEW WITH HENRY G. BOWEN.
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes an in
tervieW with Henry G. Bowen, who is
Represented as saying Of the Beecher-
TiLton case: "This entire business has
caused me much pain. / have had no
hand in it and do not wish 10 have. The
public will yet learn that tho attacks on
me were brutal and upjustifAble. / only
keep quiet under them indifference TO my
family. Althoughlmy name has been mix.
ed up In this scandal I have not made
any charges against anybody yet, and
therefore, have not been invited by the
Committee to appear, II subpo ned in the
court OF course ! will have 10 appear"
Bowen alluded to the agitation shown
by Mrs. Hooker in Plymouth Church,
caused by her belief In Beecher's immor-
ality, and but for the fact that she was
restrained che would have announced 1t
to the congregation.
Being asked il Beecher ever did him
any injury, Bowen said: u could construe
his course unkindly. considered It my
duty all along, nevertheless, to retain my
position and pew in the church because
| intended 10 be there after him, as I was
there before him" AS to Tilton, Bowen
said, aI didn't care which way 1t went
with him. The end must necessarily
Justly me before tho public and will
never 90 down to the grave without say.
ling something concerning my relations
with this scandal. Moullon," continued
Bowen, "is placed In an awkward posi-
tion, but believe he will tell the truth.
The testimony Of Woodruff offered the
committee should have been received.
Were / o member Of the committee !
would accept testimony from every
source" W - 90 .ct i.5s a'i
Mou1ToN's REPORT POSTPONED.
To-day Mr.. Moulton was bualy en-.
gagged In the preparation Of his statement
10 be esubmitted 10 the Investigation Com