The New York herald., 1874-08-05
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MIR. TIL.
TON.

The following correspondence has passed be-
tween Mr.. Sage, the Chairman OF the Investigat-
ing Committee, and Mr.. Tton. IL Will be seen
that Mr. Tllton declines produce the originals Of
the documents referred to in his statement before
the committee and hints that he VIII take the en-
tire matter to the law courts
Nh. SAGE TO MR.. TILToN.
BkooELYN, July 81, 1874
THEODORE TILroN, Esq. -
DEAR SIR am instructed by the committee to
state that the letters and documents referred to
in your statement presented to us have not been
delivered Notwithstanding your several promises
to furnish them.
AS your statement. in the absence OF these docu-
ments, is deprive OF It's greatest iorce, we think
you should desire 10 place them In our possession,
and desire to impress on YOU the Importance of
delivering them 10 US at your earliest convent
H. W. SAGE, Chairman.
Mr.. TILroN'S REPLY.
ia LIVINGSTON STREET, BgoOKLYN,
August g. 1874.
Mr.. HENRY W. SAGE. Chairman of Committee -
MY DEAR SIR have Just received your note Of
July 3l-lour days alter date Unless you acciden-
tally misoated IL, the communication should have
come to me several days ago. This leads me to
recall similar dilatoriness Of delivery OF your
original note first sunmonlng me to your commit
tee, whcn received only iour hours before was
day prev GUS But let these trlres pass.
Your note. just received surprises Inc by its
contents for you seem to have forgotten that, on
the last dav OF my appearance before your COM
mittee, carried TO your meeting not only
ALL THE DOCUMENTS
which quoted IN my sworn statement save those
IN Mr. Mculton's possession, but many more be-
sides, making double handful OF interesting and
important papers, vital TO my case and destructive
10 yours. All these papers | purposed to lay be-
lore you, but no sooner had begun TO read them
aloud III your presence than
ONE or YOCK ATTORNEYS STOPPED
me Ia the reading. and proposed that | should
save the committees time oy referring these pa
ners to one oil your members, the Hon. John
winslow l acquesced in this suggestion. and re-
tired from your committee with tue expectation OF
A SPEEDY CONFERENCE WITH Mr.. wINsLOw.
Perhaps II was my proper duty TO have called on
Mr.. Winslow, but, as the whole committee had pre-
viOusly set the example OF calling IN a body on
one OF the oiher parnes 10 tins controversy, took
1t ior granted that MI NiDslOw would repeat this
precedent by doing me the honor to cal! at my
house-at winch be would have been welcome
guest.
But while waiting for mis- coming, was called
POLICEMAN,
VINO arrested me, ana carried me, at thirty
10 answer charse OF hbeliing the Rev. Henry
libel, but the TRUTH
Up to the time OF this arrest
HAD EMPLOYED no LAWYER,
not needing any; but, on finding myself before
police court. and not understanding the motive OF
my arrest nor the me hods OF courts, requested
my friend, Judge ;. d. Morris, TO answer lor me in
technical proceeding in winch knew not how
TO answer properly or mysen. Twice already
have been before this unexpected tribunal and
may be called before it . third time Oh Wednesday
next.
Meanwhile my counsel, to whom nave just
sbewB your note,
MsTRUCrs ME- TO LAY NO DOCUMENTS
papers or remaining testimony before your COM
mttee, nor to hold any further communication
with you In any form, except 10 send you this
present ana final letter, containing
THE REASONS FOR THIS STEP.
These reasons are the following
First-You are 3 committee or Mr. Beecher's
friends, appoAted by himself, expected 70 act in
cusivey for hls vindicatlon, holding secret
sessions inaccessible TO the public, having no
SN,t to- TO fS@pe @ s,a giving no opp1r
such as voluntarily appear. publishing or sup
pressing their testimony as you see bt and, so far
tions save sucn as Irrelevant to the case and
emitting to publish in your imperfect ana unjust
report Ol my te tlmony all that was most pertinent
10 my own side OF the controversy.
Second-Ihe dally papers Of brooklyn and New
York have been arttully fed day by day with
CRUMBS OF FICTITIOUS EVIDENCE
against my own character, as If not Mr.. Beecher,
bit / alone were the man Oh trial; and though
have little right. perhaps, 70 hod your committee
responsible for this daily Misrepresentation, which
may come through the malice OF Others, yet the
designed it. and that result Is this, namely IL ex
pect no jusuce either from your tribunal, since
you cannot compel witnesses to testify, nor rom
your reporters, since they do not give Impartial
reports ,,o ao,,,o.,o, ,.,o,., r
mean no offence IN expressing lD that your com.
mittee has come az last 10 be
LITTLE SATISFACTORY TO THE PUBLIC
as 30 myself, and thai your ver0lct ar you render
onel could not possibly oe based on toe iull lacts
since you have
nor to verify their testimony ny oath, nor 10 silt IL
by cross-eXaminatlon.
For these reasons, which ought 10 have moved
me carrier nave at last Instructed my counsel
TO proceed at once, at his discretion, to carry my
case rom your Juridiction
10 COURT or LAW:
and In view OF this instruction rom me he has in
turn instructed me TO mold no iurther commuDica-
tion with your committee except this present let
Ter OF courtesy ia which nave the nonor TO bid
you farewell in doing which, allow me to add
that the respect which am unable TO entertain
for your committee as tribunal, ! cannot help
expressing Tor you, each anu all as individuals
Truly yours, THEODORE IlLTON