, 1874-12-28
7lLT0M AGAINST BEECHER.
A Singing Rcnly 10 Mr.. Dcochcr's
rrOnlnciamento.
MIR. Tilton Insists on Going Into the
Courts with All His Evidence.
lio Charges MIR. Deccl,or with Seeking to
Contrayeno The Ends or Justice
by Cunning Stratagom.


From. the Ses' York SIN, Dec. %.
Ihaodofo lllson has addressed tho following
card to tue puol'o CONCERNING tho two trials, tho
ono cl'il ana inc ot.ies criminal, involving lis
controversy Will tue Nov. Henry Ward Doochor:
aia' 9lh1oSs oAap'
mr. beechors pfonlneamehto In the Chris
tiaH UllioH this Wcok requires mo to roplJ as fol-
lows:
I. hnyo charged tho Rev Horny Ward Dcccher
will uo,,oct;on anil oar1t,,,, trhnae c,orro.
l,,v, a1ro"a., ro,,oa - ~ -, to11or ~ -.
SOW ".tI"as ttotou ~ Wv =, la'' oe.oA
quarters or tho people Oh th'a natlons 'neiuuln6
almost unanimously tho loyal profession, who,
above ali othur ctaasoy, arc moet coruDotont to
which nyi1enc,. now whit IN rcnoat nn1 so,-
n,a,s;.o t1,. ,,r,os -. aa.,., -, H.. ~, .,s,a
eHn'zo e1'h pfoot IN court ol INV 10 tn's
ouds two actions arc ponding IN tao CITY Court OF
Brooklyn. Those arc, first, civil suit instituted
by me agninst Mr.. Doccher: socontt. criminal
,ni1,otmcnt nroouro,1 Nv Air raoc,,or nanvl ,no
n,,'. ,."t 49, ~ ~ .ss,.' o4 Asass w..
lho i'tst g. 'hoao ca"Sos, na''osy 'no a8a1''b,
him, ta continually thwartad by hls strange and
! unoxnmplod demand for a catalogue of tho par-
tcular dates and places at which hc committed
~. s.ta 49, ,,,,.eu WI. =; A.. .,.,,..I .cr...
..a ats' y. ,,, "aas ~ w.
o. sllla oe"a'lot ino 3d., soaua1 ln1lm@cY oo1"ooh
MIR. Boccher and hlrs Ttlton extended {necord-
lug to their own account of it) from tho fall OF
1853 throurh tina wbolc os 1aGo ,nto t,,o snrnfr
~ 1s;o-nnorla nnn.r ,hroo a,,ceoas;ro pe xo,r,.
vi ~ NJ n"ea,,as ,s,,,,a ,,o,. s,.,, ,o"s -
what ho calls tho fullest Investigation, requcats
! mo to dwarf and Bhtiycl my proof Of this pro-
1oneed crlmina,itv to two nartlcular dnvs. namo.
H. not N ord - 1eoa, = 1,,n;t,.;,, .,'ioI, ,,,a
- W. ~ 80" IN, ~ Aooo '''"''o" "Ho. A'e
couuso] arc willing to enlargo 10 as to Include asi
| ontire autunlnal month, dstrlng most OF which,
| MIR, Beoclar was abscnt from Drooh1vn sheltered
in a sate alihi beyond GU opportunity for crime.
It is MI atfront to ethics md equity, mud a
miraee impossible, to limit alr Deeclera four
tcon months OF adutcries to two dayat
uxw11L1So 70 APPEAR IN FARCE,
Accordingly giyo tho public duo notice tl.at.
30 lar as Ie civil case il concerned (which is tho
only one controlled by me), l shall 20 INTO Court
on Tho tiret div wien I am rermltted to carry ali
| nv evidence with mo- but never while | inunt
| leave uine-tcpths Of this oyideuco outside lilo
| door. In other words. 10 try Mr. Boccler for
! adultery. with tie adultery carefully forbidden
to bo proved is faroe at which I an not harlo-
| uuiu enough 10 play in those sad dnys
II, AIoaflwl1ie, since 1fr. Deechor ia eeokipR to
bat1le mn case asainst him, challenge hiul to
and this by-n]ny Of Btrifo over bin Of nnrticll-
lars by calling in his case against me, Flis Io
Ina rower to do nt ouy moment. What ia tlin
cnso? On the Sd OF October Inst Nir, Deecher
wont boforc Grand Jury In Brooklyn, aud By
| M iMor iibeI. This Indictment furnishes tic bcat
case to tost tic rcal iysuo botwcen MIR, Koechor
mud me. This real issuo IL not whetl,or he pl,all
puy mo n hundred Thousand dollars Tor running
inv home Though not d penny Of this money
would accept, oven If o hundred 1urics should
multinl, 1t IL, n n,jon1 but Eirl,)ly yfether TIM
Tey. Henry Ward Decclior is euilty Of aecuction
! aud nduItory. And whatever COMPLICATIONS nav
exit IN my civil action against alr Deocnor Tor
damages, elicitiuc hjy ceasclcsH demand Tor par-
tculars On tho otlier hand, simplicity ityclf ia
not mora simplo tIan Mr.. l3oechnrIs criminal
case agninst MIC for nbol il I haye accused him
talacly. In this criminal case ] shall neither
|
tho Special Term to tho uenoral, nor drag hin
to AlGauy to tho Court of Appoals. nor compel
lin to try Ills cause with d moro titno of lis
oyltleuco nor in ary mapncr impose on him a
rousa,ners weight vf diilculty il his Drinrinp
mo to justice. Moreover, in his criminal case
lie viii bo relieved Of Ills ill-omoucl Icars OF
civil dn,nages; ho will hayo tho attack iuacad OF
tho defense; bo will be entitled to Tho Inst word
against linn ho viii DO ablo not ouly 70 provo INC
guilty, but to aenl mo to tho penitoutiary.
CHANGES or rn1oMErY.
! III. atn advised, and beiievc, tnat tho Gun.
iug 10 contrayono the anis Of Justice by tbe ful.
loSlug atratago1n, to wlt: In aoon as A!r,
BoecGor's counsel shall have restricted mo so ae
to uaIto naI,nissiblo my proofs of his fourscot
months OF atlultoly Titus cutting tho very
honrts coro Git of lie evil s.lit). their plum ho
il to suddenly withdraw the criminal Indictment
acnjnst me which withdrawal IL to 10 explained
to tic public by MIR, Uoechorn cef cj,anpou
tho ed,or Of tho brooklyn Eaqie. aa m acI Of
uuoxampod maguanitnity shoSn to mo BY aIr,
Decoucr.
by this plan Of operations a1n to bo pro.
yeutod from trying NJ. noechor III tho civil suit
from tho grim necessity OF irving mo under tle
criminal lp,jctmont: aul ao Dy theso two do.
y;eea' Mr. Doechnr is to oscnpe triol altorethor,
/ Respectfully request all faiir-ml,del 1orsont
to unjtn in tletermiuine llat AIr. Deccher sl1ai
| ot ovn +I,o ,pornI u,,,,,,rt ~ FIN