Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-28
TILroN AGAINST BEEcHEx.
Mr. Tffton Insists ON Going into the
Courts with all his Evidence -Charr
Ing Mr.. Beecher with Seeking 1o
Contraveue the Ends of IusfIce bx
Cunning stratagem.

concerning IA
two triAis, the one civil aud the Other crimInai.
involving his controversy with the Rev. Henry
Mr.. TILToS's CARD.
Mr.. BeecheT : pronunoamento m the Christ
ian MON OF this week requffes me % reply A.
follows
|. have charged the Rev. Henry ward
Beecher with seduction and adultery. Thee
charges have already proved 20 the fau belief
OF three-guaTters OF the people OF tbs nation
inelHdins Almost unanimously the legal prOres-
petent 20 weigh evidence. nov Wait 10 repeat
and solenuiEe this proof i'm a court OF law m,
this end Two actions are PENDING lu the city
court OF Brooklyn. These are, drst. a civil saif
instituted by me against Mr.. Beecher. second
criminal Indictment procured by Sir. Beecher
against me.
The first OF thefe causes, namely. min.
against BIN, ls Continually thwSrted by his
strange and uneXsmplod demand Tor q cata-
logue OF the particular dates and places AZ
which ne committed hls acts. What i the
practical effect OF this demanl" Ths iat.masS
between Mr. BeecheT aud Mrs. TiItnn exfenlsa
(sccOTding "a their own account OF it} from tue
fall OF lsOS through the whole ot lsf9, into the
spring Of lS50-oysrlapping thTec saecehsivs
year., and yet Mr. Bcecher. white pubuctv
asking for what he calls the fullest iuvestigE-
ton, rec aests me q dwarf sud shrlvel my proof
or this prolonged criminAlity 20 two particalar
DAYS, namely, oct. 10 and y, 1865, q sl.niitstiou
which his counsel are willing 10 enlarse - a. -
include Sn entire autumnal month during most
OF which MIR. Beecher was absent from Brool-
lyn, sheltered iu a safe allbi beyond an opppF-
tuuity for crime. 10 u an sfrOnt to ethics ana
equity, and a miracle impossible. % limit Mr.
BeecheT's fourteen months OF adultesies % tsO
days.
UNWILLING To ArPzAR IN FARCE.
Accordingly, give the public due notice that
30 far ~ the civil case Ne concerned (which Is
the only one controlled by me-, 4 Shall 20 into
court on the nrst day when / am permitted 10
carry all my evidence with me, bat never while
must leave nine tenths OF this evidence out
side the door. In other words, @ try Mr.
Beecner for adultery, with the adultery care
fully forbidden 70 bs proved, IL a farce Al which
am not harlequin enough 70 play ia these sad
days.
III. Meanwhile, since Mr.. Beecher Is seeking
10 baute MY case against ham, I challenge him
TO end this by play OF strife over bill OF par
ticulsrs by calling up las case against ms. This
he has power TO do ~ any moment. What is
this case ON the 50 of october last Mr..
BeeCher went before a grand Jury in BrOoklyn
and by his own onth procured against me an
indictment for libel. This indictment furnishes
the best case 70 test the real issue betSeen Mr.
Beecher ana me. This real issue is not
whether he shall paw me a hundred thousand
dollars Tor running my home, Though not a
penny OF this money would 1 accept, even
II hundred iuries should multiply il 10
milion,) but simply whether the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher is guilty OF seduc-
ton and adultery. And whatever compljca-
tons may exist in my civil action against
Mr. Beecber Tor damages, elicitng his cease
less demands for particulars, on the other
hand, simplicity itself Is not more simple than
Mr.. BeecheT's criminal case against me for
v.
criminal case L shall neither trouble him for
particulars, nor drive him from the Special
Term % The General, nor drag MIN 20 Albany
70 the Court OF Appeals. nor compel him % try
his cause with mere 1.-THE of his evidence, nor
in any manner impose on him a gOssamer's
weight OF difficulty In his bringing me % JUS
uce. Moreover, IN the criminal case he win be
relieved OF his ill-OmeEed fears OF civil damages;
he will have the attack instead OF the defence
he Will be entitled 10 the last word 20 the iury:
and II have borne false witness against him ne
hfa oh IN
send me 10 the penitentsry.
CHARGES OF TRICKERY.
III. am advised and believe that the cum
ming managers OF Mr.. Beecher's safety are seek
ing TO cOntTayene the ends Of justice by the fol-
lowing stratagem, TO wit soon as MIR. Beech
er's counsel shall have restricted me 50 as 20
make inadmissible my proofs OF his fourteen
months OF adultery, thus cutting the very
hearts core out OF the civil suit,) their plan
then is 10 suddenly withdraw the criminal in
dictment against me; which withdrawal is 20 be
explained 10 the public by MIR. Beecher's chief
champion and fellow sufferer under a charge OF
seduction, the editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle, IS
an act OF uneNampltd d magnanimtty shown % me
by Mr.. Beecher.
BY this plan OF operations 1 am to be pre-
vented from trying Mr.. Beecher in the civil
suiti Mr.. Beecher Is a. the same time 10 be
saved from the grim necessity OF trying me
under the criminal indictment; and 50, by these
two devices, MIR. Beecher is 70 escape trial
altogether.
respectfully request all fair-minded persons
TO unite in determining that Mr. Beecher shall
not have the moral support OF the community,
either in thus Compelling me % restrict my
proofs of his adult rice OF 1865, lS53 aud IS70 %
two days, nor In mis- scheme OF first procuring
against me a criminal indictment for tempo
rary effect and then withdrawing il from sub
sequent trial
THR PARTICULARS.
~. Touching Mr.. Beecher's renewed de-
maGGs for impossible particulars, l here repeat
in substance what my counsel presented before
the court q fortnight ago, In prompt fu,flment
Of their pledge 70 supply At a half hours notice
all the particulars which we possessed. They
are these: That the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
committed acts OF adultery with Mrs. Elizabeth
K. Tilton on the 10th and 18th Of october, 1865,
and at intervals thereafter till the spring of 1870;
that the said acts were committed ~ I2f COlum.
bia street and Ia Livingston street, in the CITY
OF Brooklyn; that confessions OF these acts were
made by Mrs. 1iltOn on the Sd Of July, 1870,
and at other times; that similar confessions were
made by Mir. Beecher on the 3Oth Of December,
1870, and at other times; that the confessions OF
Mrs. Tilton were made % Mrs. Martha b. Brad.
shaw, Mrs. Emma X. MOulton, MIR. Francis ID.
Moulton, myself. and others; that the cOnfes-
slons OF Mr.. Beecner were made 70 SIR. aad Mrs.
MoultOn, myself, and Others-to say nothing OF
a series Of MIR. Beecher's letters By which he
makes plain confession OF has guilt TO all who
can read and think.
THRoDoRE's DEMANDS.
And respectfully submit that the statement
OF particulars, Of which the foregoing Is a di-
gest, and which WAS laid by my counsel before
the court and the public many DAYS ago, is suf-
tciently explicit 10 warrant me IN now demand
ing that Mr.. Beecher shall either be estODDed
by public opinion from imposing unheard OF re-
stricuons on my evidence in the civil case, or
else that be shall forthwith begin his criminal
prosecution.
Furthermore, ask all Just men 20 Join with
me in declaring that n Mr. Beecher shall stiu
further clog and hamper the civil action on the
one hand, and at the same time shall withdraw
the criminal prosecution on the other, thus using
both these cases only 10 prevent me from sub
mitting TO a jury the general fact OF his long
continued adultery, Mr.. Beecher shall then be
deemed to have confessed judgment, and must
stand self-ackRONledgeds g. guilty before the
civilized world. THEOpoRK TILTON
Brooklyn. Dec. p, 1s74.
THR DBAD OP Tak YEAR.-The necrOlORy
OF the year now drawing 70 a close does NOT
contain so many distinguished men as that of
1872, but the list rs still long one and Contains
many names linked with our political aud soci an
history. Among them are Charles Sumner
eI-President Fillmore, ex-senator WigfaII ex,
Chief justices Perley OF New Hampshire and
Thompson OF Penusy lvsnia, Hon. Whiting
GriswOld, Hon. Ezra Cornell, Mayor Havemey-
er, Gen. John q. Foster, Admiral Buchanan,