The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-25
NEW YORK.
The Beeher Investigation.

line beeher Investigation.
NEW YORK, July 24.-It is stated now
that there Is a strong pressure on the
committee making the investigation into
what Is commonly known Us the
Beecher scandal to throw open its session
and have the examination public day by
day. 1t seems that the scandal will drift
into the courts. The connection Of Gen.
Butler is said to have been brought about
Us follows: Mr.. Butler has been counsel
for Mr.. Frank MoultOn for some time.
When the war on Beecher was reOpened
Moulton went to Gen. Butler will all the
letters and documents in his POSSESSION
and laid them before him. Mr. Buffers
comment was, Theodore Tilton has u
case On Monday Butler went to see
Gen. Tracey, counsel for Beecher, and
told him that Us counsel for Bcecher he
could not afford To have the COM
mittee meet on Monday night. He
must arrange to have one or two of the
the members away, 50 that there would
not be quorum The Committee insist
ed upon hearing Tilton's charges, and he
read them. There belief up to Monday
night was that Tilton was 4 slanderer
Then, it is said, they Thought more
gravely Of the question and on Tuesday
afternoon talked with Tilton of recon-
cilatiOn.
Beecher remained in his residence yes
tcrday and saw no visitors. General
Tracy called on him i'll the morning
and evening and said he was ioval and
in good spirits and ut work on his COM
ing testimony. He will testify before the
committee very soon, and Mrs. TlItpn l.
to testify again At length. Then M"ul-
ton is to be called on. There i Il pros
pcct Of reaching an end by next week,
when all the te,twlony that has been
taken will br made public with the YER
diet of the Committee.
TiItOn Interviewed.
The Brooklyn argus this afternoon
publishes u supplementary statement
from Tilton in the form of an interview
with one of its reporters. in which Til
ton SAYS: "All accounts of hi, Cro>>-"N-
animation bv the committee have ictn
incorrect. onc-sidcd and half maliciou,
misrepresentation Of him, furnished TO
reporters by the counsel Ofthc committee,
for which the committee themselves are
not responsible. The latter have II grave
ca>e ON their hands and ar" wise enough
To- acknowledge its gravity, but tn" roun-
sci are full of tricks and Stratagcns 10 Ge-
little and distort it. They in the end
will be the two worst beaten attor-
news who ever conducted y
case. They have made hidrouS
blundcr, in divcrting their cXami-
nation from the facts at issue int"
AN inquiry into tn" names and character,
of his lTit"n'>l female acquaintanc"s.
This gives him the right to institute Il
counter inquiry into the standing Of tn"
ladies of Mr.. Brcchrr'S acquaintance.
He informed the committee Yesterday
that he deprecated such II plan of hattI"
but if forced upon him ~ committee, ,
counsel he could draw II sword with two
edges to their one If this new aspect i,
To- characterize the remainder Of the con-
trovcrsv it would De- better for Bcrchrr
he had never been born.
Replying 10 the statement printed IN
this mornings papers, that he told the
committee he had no other evidence OF
Bcrchrr adultery except what Mrs. Til
ton told him. Mr.. Tilton said t. the re-
porter. Il wish vuu would do me the tI-
vor to say through the columns of the
irguS, that though | have hitherto de-
| clined being interviewed concerning my
| appearance before the committee, have
strudtaStlv remained silent concerning
| the proceedings in the committee. yet the
above report, coming as 1t does. from
| the committees counsel, i an ah-ulut"
| Justification; | told the committee dis
! tinCtlv that Mr. Bcccher had confessed
his adultery tonne, that h" had c"nt''>>rd
| it to Mr.. MOulton, that he had confessed
| it to other persons whom ! named. and
furthrrmor" ] gave the names of several
! persons who for the last four wears hav"
| been perfectly we'll aware that Mr. Muul-
tons entire connection with ths case.
from the beginning 10 the end. has been
| based on the one and only corner stone
of Mr.. Bc"chrr> crimiua'0'y. ! a.krd
that all thrS" persons b" lrnJucrd hriur,
the committee; asked Furthermore for
the privilege of being prr,rntto cross cX-
anime Mr. Berchrr and answer witnesses;
| | still further suggested that the. cas-" had
come To- be- "f -uch magnitude that il
would BE- better for tn" committee to dis
miss this informal examination III which
no one but myself has thus far spoken
under oath, and adjourn t"mcrt in court
! expressed willingness to hc sued for
libel or 10 be put in any other
way befpr" tribunal which could
compel the witnesses 10 testify un-
der oath, and which could punish
perjury with the Stat" prison. II Thu
case with all the facts which be- behind
it revealed and unrrvralrd. were now h,..
for" criminal court instead Of Il yoluu.
tary committee. and if Mr.. Bcrrh"r
printed statement had been made under
oath, subject t" cross questioning and
overthrow. hc would indeed be- compelled
to step down and out feel m liberty
t. speak freely bocau,r Mr.. Brrrher
counsel hay" falsifcd me. and I have n,
resource but to snite him in The face 20
More of tn" Bccchcr-Tilton Matter
Henry w Sag. chairman of tn,
Br"chrr Investigating Committee, had :
long interview with Tiltou at the h"u,,
Of tn" latter this morning. Iti- rumorrc
that 4 complete change of front l. to b,
7 mad. md rnvf Syr... ,i.it ., 'l'''...r ~,