Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-09
TILToNIANA.
letter from Mss Catherine Beech
er Asking aSUspensi9n of
PChiis Judgment.
AOultOn aus HIs Statement-'FIl-
ton Still Cnaritably inclined
T0war5 Beeeher-bis
suit.
Bowers Denial = Mrs. Powers
Statpmeat-Beecher's Whole
Career Fully and Thor
oughIy RsVieWed-Etc.

career rally ana hOT-
OughIy ReVieWed-Etc.
IoUL-od Assc his STATEMENT
NEW YOax, August s Reports OF in
/ tervieRs, with little inthelu, and specu-
/ lations are ouiy made public to-day
about the cTeatf 5rOoklya scandal. Mr.
I Beeeher mas gone 10 faezskil ans the
committee aud counsel s-re out ~ town.
General Butler has arrived ia the city,
ana 10 a reporter wh9 called on him ne
said he did not desire % talk about the
case at ali, and did not. Mr.. mouiton
has concluded his statement. 1t Is said
10 be very long, and 10 contain an ailu
sion TO q difficulty between Rev. ID. w.
Beeeher and M. c. Bowen. Mr.. Moul-
ton was caught IL his house by an inter-
viewer and askeS, WAS your reference
to Mrs Hooker in your letter to NJ.
Beecher intended 10 create pTezuup-
ton OF the guilt Of the iatter0r designed
simply TO indicate the character OF some
OF the documents il your possession.
HHk AlAA- EftEAAfi[ GNAlG La VIZ DE El4
friends charge the former Object?V
Mr.. MCui.on said in Teply: 'tThe
letter referred to in your inqGiry was re-
gaTded by me at the time l. was written
as a private note, which [ never sup
posed would Os published. 1t has been
published through no ins truunentaiity Of
mine, and such being the case ! decline
to say anything further about it than
- Climbed EF. OF In
tended to create the presumption Of
Mr.. Beecher's guilt, nor was It designed
to indicate the uature Of the documents
in my possession
4 gentleman connected with the case
being asked what the committee pro
posed to DO il Mr.. MOultou should Cfftr
= statement but should decline 70 sub
nit to a crOss-eXamination, said the
committee would then decline 70 receive
I MOultOn's statement at al, and if Moui-
ton should then make public his state
ment, they would simply have TO go be-
fore the country ca such state Of facts
and let the people decide the question.
1t is certain that the committee would
receive from EoultOn the documents, if
be should elect to turn them over, with
out any statement, bat should he wsay
those documents into q statement In
which he should characteEizs those pa
pers, and draw conclusions from them,
/ aud then decline to submit TO a cross
examination, the committee would GER
tainly refuse 60 accept such statement.
TIL-oN STILL CHARITABLE.
Mr. THton was capture6 twice by the
/ reporter, while on the way from bis res-
/ fdence to his lawyers Office, and stopped
D long enough TO say, in answer 20 The
question, as not the fact Of MuuitOn
i making his statement Ia advance of
/ Beecher an advantage 10 the latter ?''
/ that II (Tiltonl neither desire nor need
] an advantage. ! 80 not wish to humble
/ Mr.. Baecher neetiesslv; if the state
ment OF MY case first viii save Mr..
I Reecher one hesdiess word which be
might wish to recall / am very glad to
reuder him this service. He needs AL
/ the charity which it Is ia my power 10
l bestOw. ] am receiving vinGicatiOn eve
cry Tine that any real fact in this mat
ter comes out; and I am so near nay full
and final vindicatiOn that l can afford
to wait little longer"
To the question, I'D d you see q Letter
which Mr.. Beecher wrote 10 your wife
after the Woodruff disclc csures-the let
ter that alicies to Theodore Tilton stil
loving herT1 Mr. Tiir0u answered,
"Why, 1 carried It to Elizabeth. II was
written for her, that she might show it
to her friends and satisfy herself"
TILToN's SUIT AGAINST BEECHER.
Ex-Judge Morris, counsel for Mr. Til
ton, says: "Tle suit which Mr.. IiltOn
proposes TO bring against Mr.. BeecheT
has 10 reference 70 the action of the
committee whatever. When Mr.. Til
ton announced his Intention not to APP
pear before the committee again, aud
bis instructions were given TO his cuun-
sci to begin suit against Mr.. Beecher, he
had meant exactly what he said. The
action Of the committee will neither
hasten or delay the commencement Of
the suit, which will be brought in the
supreme court. 1t will be an action
against Mr. Reecher for criminal con-
nection with Mrs. Tilton. The
amount of damages claimed will
be in accordance with the magnitude Of
the suit, but TiiJon's purpose in bringing
action is not to receive any pecuniary
benefit, but simply to vindicate his good
name against the atr0eiOUs slauders to
which he has so long been subjected.
So far SIS Mr.. TiltOn is concerned, the
case will be pressed for trial at the ear
Hest day.
BowEN's DENIAL.
Henry c. Bowen telegrsphs that be
has had 10 iulerHew with any person
on the Brooklyn scandal, and chsrac-
teFizes the alleged interview with EiB,
published in a Brooklyn paper, as a stu
pendOus fraud from beginning to end.
LITTER FROM CATHARINE BEECHER.
The following win appear tomorrow:
To the Editor oc the Tribune:
SIR-Untn recently l had supposed
that the secular, and esuecialiy the re-
Iigious, press would mGintsin Jha sacred
rules OF justice that an established char
acter is full evidence against Improved
attacks. bad supposed that charges
against such q character would be treat
cd as slander until fully proved. l am
the elder sister OF seven ministers OF
Christ, of whom ! can say that from
their early childhood l never knew of
an impure word or act by any one OF
them, and therefore when the one
who from early youth has proved a
model lover and husband Was acc&Sed q
by hapless woman tortured iutO self
accusation in tea pOrary insanity, d
supposed his established character " as
his sure protection, and felt 1t an insult
to him and his church that an investi-
CATION was demanded to prove his in
nocence, aud it has Jeen with u shiveT-
irg sense os danger to every delicate
and pure woman that it IS SO often
claimed that in this case there
must be suspended judgment"
| regard this treatment Of my brother
as a declared war on womsnbood. lt &
practically saying, let any vile woman
/ or vile man accuse any lady Of most
/ disgusting crime, aud she shall be sus-
pended before the public as guilty until
/ She proves her innocence, ln the pub
/ lie papers already pure and DIS iuguisneo
| ladies are being assailed rs Is my broth
/ er, and ask every honorable man who
| has a mother, vile or sister he respects
10 come TO the rescue by maintaining
that all persons shall be treated as slau'
derers who circulate unprovoEed attacks
on established character. This Is nol
written in aid OF a brother who is sure Il
bs still more believed and respected Than
ever. It's an appel for the protection
of myself. CATBARINE E. BEECHER.