The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-04
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Tilton Tattle.
He thinks Adultery is look
ing upon a Woman to
Lust after her.
Prospect that the Dreary
Business of the Commit
tee will soon be con-
cluded.
An1nsan 9 Student wants to
be Ordained.
An Ascending City Clerk.
Practical Free Love in
Massachusetts.
Other News Items.
Practical Free Love in
Massachusetts,.
Other News Items.

Mrs, 1llton, in her examination Frida
night, denied the charges against her i
particular, especially the alleged touchin
OF her ankle by Beecher About the bed
room scene she said she only remembers,
she was sitting with her husband and Mr.
Beecher one day in the bedroom which i
connected by folding doors with the com
! mon sitting room in the home of the Til
tons, and Mr. Tilton went away a ahor
time. When he returned he found Mrs
Tilton and Mr.. Beecher in the same plac,
where he had lett them in the bedroom.
NEW YORK, Aug, 3.-The following is
said to be reliable summary of Mrs. Til
ton evidence before the committee Fri.
day evening; She told Miss Anthony the
story OF all the accusations made by her
husband and especially declared that Mr..
Iilton accused her OF infdelity with sew
eral other gentlemen of Brooklyn besides
MIR. Beecher. Mrs Tilton claimed that
she assured Miss Anthony that there was
not bit of truth in the accusations, and
she never gave the least reason to assert
that she had confessed any act of wrong
doing Miss Anthony informed Mrs. Til.
ton of certain acts OF in6delity on the part
Of Mr.. Tilton. Mr. Tilton seemed to have
a sort Of mania for dinning into her ears
the belief that Beecher was guilty. He
used repeatedly to take down the Bible
and read to her the passage, But | say
unto you that whosoever looketh on a wo-
man to lust after her hath committed
adultery with her in his heart" and then
would say, There. Elizabeth, don't you
see MIR. Beecher is guilty Of adultery p
Mrs. Tilton being asked if she had thought
of adultery in her mind, when in that let
ter she referred to her sin, answered that
she had not the least thought of that kind.
When Mrs. Tilton was removed from the
troubles of her home and the unhappy in
fluence of her husbands treatment, her
thoughts we're free to consider scrupulous-
ly what reason there had been for her hus-
bands perversity, and she realized then
as never before-how she had allowed her
love for Mr. Beedher to supplant her love
tor her husband and expressed deep
contrition for it.
The Brooklyn court room was crowded
this morning by people anxious to hear the
decision OF Justice Riley in Gaynor- Iilton
libel case. 1t was as follows; Il enter
tained the complaint in this case and is
sued warrant against the defendant be-
lieviug it to be my duty to do so. | had
no knowledge of the complainant or his po-
sition in the matter The defendant was
arrested on his warrant and appeared be-
fore me personally and by counsel, and
complainant also appeared at the same |
time, when it was admitted by the COM
plainant and thus made known to me for
the first time that the complaint was
not made with the knowledge or consent
of the person alleged to have been libelIed. |
Now, while it is true that libel is public |
Jffense. it is also true that it is such an of |
ense because OF the private injury it in !
hlcts upon the individual libeled. In this
case he has not seen fit to make any colII-
plant and does not unite in this prosecu
tion. | have concluded at this stage Of
the case that it is my duty to dismiss the
not because the complainant
did not have any right to make it, but be-
cause the person alleged to have been H.
belled does not now unite in this prosecu-
ton. But as | may be wrong in my view
of the law | will incur no risk of error in
the matter. shall not, therefore, dismiss
it now, but give notice that will do so on
morning next, at 10 o'clock, to
which time this case will be adjourned.
My object in postponlng the final decision I
is to afford the complainant opportunity to
apply to the Supreme Court for q writ of
mandamus to CONT ell me to proceed. If
| err in refusing,in this event | shall cheer.
fully perform whatever may be regarded I
as my duty in the premises. Otherwise | |
shall terminate the case as | have already
stated. =
When Judge Riley had finished reading
MS decision, Mr.. Gaynor said Does your
lonor hold that under the law have no right
o make this complaint Z Complaints Of !
his kind usually originate with the person
lssailed, although tits not always absolutely v
essential that this should be 50, aud many d,
.ases occur where a third person may in {
erfere without incurring odium or censure {
# any kind. As public offense, however, =
,onsists in injury done or threatened to an
it is hardly consistent with le-
,al principles 10 assume crime from oon-
-ersation or publication, however virulent,
when the person therein mentioned. who is
supposed to be the best judge of
what affects his own reputation, declines or
units To prosecute therefor. The person +,
mentioned in the publication complained
f is citizen of Brooklyn 10 whom courts 6
re as accessible as to the complainant in
his"
Judge Riley replied that inasmuch as he I
vas not supported by the party libeled, he !.
lad prepared this decision and would dis
Mss the case on Monday next if no other e
teps were taken by the complainant :,
,ount johannes here rose to speak, but ex-
Judge Morris, counsel for Tilton, objected o
o the court hearing anything he had to
ay. The court agreed with the counsel
nd the ,ase vas formally adjourned to
Wednesday.
Henry W.Sage, Chairman of the Beech
r Investigating Committee this afternoon
published this card:
The Plymouth Church Investigation
Committee earnestly request all persons
Tho have been invited to testify before
hem on the matter now under examination,
D appear before them to morTOw Tuesday
yeuing at s'clock. as that will probably be
he last meeting of the committee for the
eception Of testimony.
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