The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-01

erencc thereto even IL there was not pru-
rient public appetite for such details. But
we did not comment on the arrest because
we hoped, perhaps against hope, that as
the matter was now before the courts, the
investigating committee would stop their
work, the city reporters would cease
proving around after more dirty scandal,
and that there would be an end to the
stream of slime and filth which daily and
nightly, if not hourly, has been pouring
over the telegraphic wires from New York,
Brooklyn, Peekskill.and almost every other
place named in the gazeteers in reference
thereto, and We proposed TO be among the
! first to let the matter rest. The commence
ment of criminal proceedings, however,
| coupled with the arrest of Tilton, seems
to have had no effect on the committee.
and they announce their determination TO
continue as before. while the burden of
telegraphc reports is still the same old
thing.
| 1t is, perhaps, as we'll that we did not
comment on the matter Yesterday merning.
Reflection has convinced us that this
criminal proceeding is not as regular as
| it. perhaps, might be whether 1t turns out
to be the medium through which we shall,
at least, reach the exact truth depends upon
the nerve of the proper law officers the
! prosecuting criminal attornies-of the state
of New York. There is something suspi-
cious about. the whole matter. The scandal
that is 1ilton's definite sworn statement
first found its way to the public through
the Brooklyn AiYUs-thc copy of the
original statement being furnished by Au-
gusus Maverick, an 0ttache of the paper
and one Of Tilton's best friends. Not
withstandng Tilton's protcsiatons and
actions, at the time, is there now an intelli-
gent person who believes that it was not so
furnished with Tilton's knowledge, if not
with his actual connivancc. procurement
and consent We have carefully exam.
ined every statement that has been made in
reference thereto, on all sides, and Judging
thcreirOm, as well as from the knowledge
we gain Of his character, we can come to
but orc couclusion--and that is that it was
published as an added stabto the peace of
mind of Ills wife and Nj. Beecher. When
we come to the commencement of criminal
proceedings ms for libel, and 1'ilton's
arrest, how is it? Is there any
thing very serious about it? Who
makes the complaint, and who pro.
cures the arrest? This, too, comes from
the A5gHS Office. One William j. Gavnor,
another attache of the A'gus, makes the
complaint and procurcs the arrest. as lie
claims on his own responsibility. 1t must
be remembered that this Gaynor has but
lately become a resident of BROOKLYN. and
he certainly shows an extraordinary zeal in
seeing that the taws are faithfully execut-
ed. There are several things going to show
that this arrest is not intended as a serious
| proceeding in which to reach the truth, but
that it is the rather another of Tiltons
moves. One OF these we have mentioned
already. Another is the light, trivial, TO-
cose, anything but digniied manner in
which the matter was treated by Tilton
and the court. If the proceeding is in good
faith, what manner of a man must the
judge be who fixes bail at only twenty-five
hundred dollars, and requires no suretics at
that, for so vile and foul slandcrer as
Theodore Tilton must be, if he is a SIAN
dcrcr at all. Gaynor, it seems, had no
trouble in procuring a warrant for the ar
rest of Tllton after four o'clock in the af
ternoon, but when one of the men who had
suffered by Prindle's dcpredatons wanted
a warrant for his arrest, it could not be OBJ
tanned although it was only about two
o'clock in the afternoon.
But now that it is in the hands of the
court, what will become of it? No matter
how it came there, if the proper law offic-
ers have sufficient nerve and legal ability,
all the private counsel, all the Tiltons,
Moultons, Becchers, Plymouth churches.
or their friends that can be scared up, can
not prevent full and impartial investiga-
ton. Every person that knows anything
about the transactions can be compelled to
testify in reference thereto, and the pro-
duction of original documents can be en-
forced without any danger being incurred
of their loss or destruction But the uues-
ton remains, will the prosecuting officers
do their duty; or, if willing so to do, have
they the requisite pluck? This, we will
not pretend to answer There is another
and greater danger. Ever since the first
appearance of Tilton's arraignment, there
has been much said. on the part of over
Jealous friends of both Mr.. Beccher and
Mr.. Tilton, about compromising the mat
ter, about "hushing" it up-utterly regard
| less of the fact that such course would be
moral death TO Mr. Beecher and the placing
of an inelaceabe blight and brand on
1illon. 1t may be that these men-for it
must be understood that they are men of
eminent ability and great resources and
! perhaps, not over scrupuloas may so far
prevail as to procure the destruc.
ton of the original documents,
which are so vital to obtaining
the whole truth, before they reach the files
OF the court. If the district attorney
Of Kings county had been equal TO the en-
Urgency, he would, the very day that Til
tons sworn statement appeared in the
1'YNs, commenced a criminal action for
an alleged libel, and by process, well
known to lawyers, ''impounded"-th is
placed in the care and custody of the court
every original document of which there
was any knowledge, that could have bear
ing on the case before they could have been
a thought or suspicion Of any such inten-
ton, or an opportunity for their destruc-
ton. Then, too, if he had displayed any
energy or accumen, the whole matter
| mlght have been sifled 10 the hnilnm Ivy