New-York tribune., 1874-12-11

suit and the indictment Of Mouton by Miss Proctor
are embraced in the terms of settlement rs reported
but know that was the idea; am, however, only
giving you my opinion" When asked il this was
the first overture made Gen. Pryor said: mo; a
friend of hers whom she had known 20 years-a
schoolmate-came and met him at the Astor
House and we breakfasted together That was the
first step. This friends impulse was this: Will
rescue this woman They crushing her between
the upper and neither mistone' His theory was
that the Beecher people did not care for her at ALL
Then he her and her brother and Charles Storrs
and her friends individually. and it was all fixed up
Wednesday morning at the AstOr House. am told
the Beecher lawyers very averse toit they were
playing on our flank all the time by this suit and OF
course they didn't want us relieved from that i'm
pediment. Now you see we are free"
MR. BEEcHER INDIGNANT
The manner in which the Moulton case was con-
cluded caused strong expressions of dissatisfaction
on the part of Mr. Beecher Neither he nor Mr.
Shearman knew of the prearrangement, and both
were astonshed when they learned on Thursday
morning that the referee had closed tho case with
out calling Mr Beecher to testify or giving him an
opportunity to brand Mouton as a liar in naming
him as the authority for the statement libelous Of
Miss Proctor He claimed that Moulton should
have been driven out of court fully exposed not
only for forging the libel but proved guilty Of will
full lying in quoting HIM as authority for it. Mr..
Beecher was especially indignant on discover
ing that Judge Fullerton had left the
courtroom with a cOmmendation OF Moul-
ton on his lips, and that Gen. Butler, after
closing the case. had been allowed to
sneeringly declare that with all their admissions
they had not admitted that their client had not
been told the libelous tale by Mr. Beecher. He de-
clared the settlement great injustice to him, and
demanded that the be reopened. to give him an
opportunity to brand the liar as he deserved. Mr.
Benjamin ID. Silliman, the referee in the case.
stated yesterday that Mr.. Beecher had gone so far
as to suggest as much to him, and that he had been
compelled to reply that the case had been summed
up and closed and that it could not again be exam
ined into. Mr.. Beecher would have probably taken
further action by applying to the Court to which
Mr.. Slliman will report but Mr. Evarts, after eav-
ing the courtroom at the conclusion of the argu-
ment on the bill of particulars, consulted with him
and dissuaded him from present action.
MOULTON AND TILTON mot TALKATIvE."
Francis ID. Mouton Is not as dangerously i'll as
might be imagined from the remarks of his counsel
when before Judge Woodruff. reporter called
upon him at his house yesterday and found him
ounging upon sofa. He appeared somewhat
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undergone considerable mental anxiety Mr. Moul-
ton was in mood to be interviewed He said, how
ever that he did not consider the settlement OF the
Proctor case victory for Mr.. Beecher. He added
that he had never said anything against Miss Proc
tor and was satisfied with the settlement so far as
he was concerned. In regard to the criminal in
dictment for libel found against HIM, he did not
eyince much concern, although he declined to con-
verse about it.
Mr.. Tilton, when questioned as to the probable
effect of the settlement of the Proctor suit upon his
own case replied that he had not read the evidence
in the case. He also seemed in no humor for con-
versatiOn.
The rumor that the indictment against Moulton
for Ilbeling would not be tried in consequence OF
the settlement of the civil suit could not be veri
fled at the DstictAttorneys office. If Moulton is
found guilty on this indictment he can bo fined or
imprisoned as the Court may elect.