The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-29

visited this morning by number of
members of the press, but his answer to
all Was: Il have nothing further to say
in regard to the case and / decline to be
interviewed" The question was asked AS
to whether he had any statement to make
/ over his own signature in retutatIon 10
! the statements published, and his answer
was: Il have nothing 10 say 1t Is
said that n complaint for libel is to be
made against him in one of the justice
courts. and that he will then bring for
ward witnesses whom the Committee re-
! fuse to call.
TiItOn Arrest ed for Libel.
/ Theodore Tilton was arrested on "A
| civil action for libel to-day at the suit
/ of one Gainor. and taken before Judge
| Walch and released on his own recog-
nizance to appear tomorrow to answer.
! GainOr claims that he i an Interested
party, and brought suit to compel the
! production of all the facts. His action
is regarded AS movement to compel the
| bringing of the case into court.
| TiIton Arrested on Two Charges.
| Theodore TiltOn was arrested on two
| charges of libelling II. W. Beecher, and
brought before JUSTICE Rcilley, of Brook
! lyn, at five o'clock this afternoon. lie
was seated in his parlor when arrested,
and treated the matter with the utmost
composurc. His bail was fixed at $1,000,
but upon his giving his word of honor that
he would appear at ten o'clock Tomorrow
morning with bundSmen, was allowed To
| go till that time on his own recognlZancc.
| The prosecutions are based on his recent
! statement arraigning Mr.. Bcrcher. He
was arrested at the instance of VIM. j.
| Gainor, recently from Boston, where h"
had law office. He is now member
of the Brooklyn lrg"s staff. Gainor
says his only object in causing tn" arrest
II To bring out all the facts.
Great Excitement Prevails
in BROOKLYN. The matter i discussed
! i'm ull the Leading New York hotels. The
following are the athdayits in the case
state of N,r Iork, KingS g., 81 =.
William J. Gainor, being duly sworn,
deposcth and says that on th" 10Th day
, of July, Theodore Tilton did falsely ma
liciou>l y and srandalou,ly frame, make,
write, compose, and cause to b" published
! in the Brooklyn Daily Eagie published
in the CITY of Brooklyn, in said county,
ON the 10Th dav of July, 1874, a certain
false and scandnlous and libellou' writing
of, concerning, and against Henry Ward
Beccher of the city of New York in .aid
county to purport aud effect following,
to-wit: That for period Of about III
teen wears extending both before and
! after this marriage an intimate friend
! shin existed between Theodore Illton and
! Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr, which friend
/ shin was crmcntrd to such dcgr"" that
/ in consequence thereof the subsequent
/ dishonoring bv Mr.. Bccchcrof hi friend :
! wife was "A crime of uncommon wrong
fIlncss and prriidy; and that about nine
wears ago Rev. Henry Ward Bercher be-
! gan and thereafter continued his friend
ship with Mr.. +. r. Tilton, for who's"
native dclcacy and extrcn" religious
sensbilitv he often expressed to her huS-
| band high admiration, visiting her from
! time 10 time for years and until the year
! 1870. when for reasons hereinafter stated
! he ceased such visits. during which period
~. ',,,"mr ,nLars and ,ttrntion. he won
~ "'"a, a;o,;"no,, Lnr. of Mr.. Tiltnp
whereby, after long moral RESISTANCE by
| her. and after repeated assaults 10y MN
upon her mind with 0vrrmastrrlhg nrgu-
ments. accomplished possession Of her
ucrson. maintaining with her thence for
ward during the period hereinafter stated.
! IN. relation called criminal intercourse.
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Another Affidavit.
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SAYS tnh' y" ,,., rI
1874, Theodore l'''"n Wv, 'n''''!'
msilc'ou'.I ana S'''',,,"I',', .aJ ,,Il;.% ''' ~
MAKE write; compose 'n, PIn.,,II pn.,'I III ~
Bro11'!,' D'"' '..y' "," n,lT.J,I - -
D'"g 'i'T"I1 ~ al ..rn,. ~,
III" cit! "I h''',N'i' i'T. ~, J." a., ,' a,,,ain
tn" Z'Ih %II 60, AMI ''"'i i;h.lion. wri,ipr 81
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,..I' r.Ea ,'',- 49,, e R,o%LIyn in the .uid rnun-
- -. -, ~ thc nurnort apd rff,c, following.
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''-T I ,,..,c,l,,. call ,,rIIi, attention to
.ba s,ri ,ba, ,bourh the Plymouth
Gr.L S,I' o,,n,,i,,.c L,v. ,Ii. ,nnrnipo
.tI; ,'l''' I.I .i,J, ,r ton c,Ip,uu. of ,rr,.k.-
I""''a,J aud dainI,or,. corvers,tior L,twreu
W. B..rb.r. counsel and myself in ,h"
c,,,rit,.e runn vet thi- yulumiuuu. re-
..a.,,.r,. amid. ,ln mn, imnortapt