Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-05


tonight or tomorrow night, as he can
LOT testify satisfactorily to himself or
otners until he has seen the alleged
Originals OF the letters written by him.
he mas Kept no copies Of any letters he
has written.
Mr. Sage said to-day that to the best
OF his recollection nothing was omit
ted from Illton's testim ony in the pub
l1shed statement; and that he (Saeel
did not near Hilton testify to Beecher's
and Mrs. I1lton's confession of crini-
nality. He might have said this in an
informal chat with some Of the mem.
| bers of the committee.
Mr.. Clafin says he was not present
when the omitted testimony was given.
but understood the statements were
made in an informal conversation ON
an afternoon when no testimony was
taken.
Another member of the committee
says that Tllton came one afternoon
before them and said he was not we'll
enough to proceed with his testimony.
A desultory conversation ensued, I'D
which he made the statement about the
confessions of Beecher No notes
were taken {" this as the meeting and
/ convent re informal. The same
committee Liam said that Beecher's ex-
animation, when made, will be most
rigid, but whether written or oral he
could not say. -.-s.
The Graphic has had interviews with
several committeeman who say
| Baecher has no intention of resigning.
The stories to that effect are mere
gossip.
| Theodore Tilton was arrested on TIVE
charges of Hbeling Henry Ward
Beecher, and brought before Justice
Reilly, Of Brooklyn, at 5 o'clock this
evening. He was seated IN his parior
when arrested, and treated the matter
with the utmost composure. His bail
was fixed at 81, 500, but upon his Civ
ing his word of honor that he would
appear at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
i ing with bondsmen, he was allowed to
go till that time on his recognizance.
The prosecutions are based upon his
recent statement arraigning'' Mr..
BeecEer. He was arrested at the
instance Of William J. Gaynor, recently
from Boston, where he had law Office
He IS now member of the Brooklyn
Argus staff. Gaynor says his only OBJ
ject in causing the arrest is to bring
out all the facts Great excitement
prevails in Brooklyn and the matter
is discussed in all the leading New
York hotels.
The following additional facts in re-
lation to the Beecher-Tilton scandal
are contained in the Associated Press
dispatches Of Wednesday night:
The Brooklyn Eagle says: 1--WE
are informed and authorized to an
nounce that Rev. II. ". Beecher has
very recently written letter to Frank
Moulton, IN which Mr.. Beecher
earnestly asks and adjures Mr.. Moul-
/ ton to go before the committee, exhibit
all he has, and tell all he Knows with
reference 'to the matters in controversy
Beecher.' This letter is declared to be
long, explicit, earnest, unmistakable,
and to the effect that Mr. Beecher mas
no wish, and Mr.. Moulton no alterna-
tive, but for the latter to go before the
committee, fully and frankly, to say
all he can say forthwith. This earnest
letter Of request from Mr.. Beecher,
coming IN with the request Of the COM
mittee itself, will reach, or has reached,
Mr.. Moulton, who is at Narragansett
River, where he has been with his
wife"
The Argus concludes Carpenters
story of the difficulty between Mr..
Beecher and Mr.. Tilton, from the re-
port of yesterday, at the point where
Carpenter made an allusion to Oliver
Johnson's connection with the case.
Johnson stated before the committee
that Tilton never charged in his John
sons hearing) that Mr.. Beecher had
been criminally intimate with Mrs.
T1lton. Carpenter is willing to swear
that his first ''absolute conviction that
there had been adultery committed
between Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton
was derived from the statement of
Oliver Johnson to that effect
| CARPENTER continues: [ can prove
that Oliver Johnson used these words:
"My lips are sealed by a solemn
promise, but If disclose what [ know,
the roof Of Plymouth Church would
come right off," Another time Mr..
Johnson said to me: Ct know great
deal more about this case than you do,
and what you know is bad enough
Tilton when he went to Dr. Storrs for
advice, and that the latter said = DR..
Storrs, come to you for advice in re-
gard to the proper action to be taken
by myself in reference to the state
ments made in the Woodruff letter.
DR.. Storrs replied = have not
read the statement made by Mrs
Woodruff, but if you think it is OF
sufficient Importance to merit atten-
ton, will do so.'
DR.. Storrs read the Woodruff story,
and few days later, when Tilton visit
ed him, he said: g Mr.. Tllton, have
read this paper carefully, ana ii the
statements are true I draw from them
four conclusions" Mr.. Tilton asked
what these conclusions were. DR.. S.
then said: SFirst, that Mr.. Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton had criminal relations;
second, that you discovered it third,
that Mr.. Beecher received paper from