, 1875-04-26
BEECHER.
The Correspondence Between Mr.
Beechor and Mrs. Woodruff.
Tho Afghan Alii,1.--C0inciucnccs
iii the Scandal.
Sam U0MIcs OIL Dceci.cr'g Eyldencc.-.
Kate Stanton on I,eecher's Course
10 Mrs. Tllton.


.Ntn 1'ork !stn.
&1r. Dcocher. u lis croes-examinatlon. said
that hfs acquaintance with Mira. Woodruff begun
la 1871, after her published intlmation that ebo
waa In possession Of tho facts Of tho scn,1Jnl.
Later In tho samo ycar he received the following
lottor, which has MT before boon in pint:
No. II EAST Tn1hrr. THHTrt Fl ngE1, Sny. II, 1911.
Tile Her. II. ". Nsfshfr-uyAn Elm: Fur reahnns
IN wllch you arc deeply interested well M 1nys*f
you Without ISL Il come ho,r to-,nurrow. Twu 1t
your sts.efa have gone out of tltr w.y 10 nsra my
lie psess ana y ps... ot ,nsss ', ,styas rtt"s
written TO various rerFota. with wtou? they srek to
tn5s ne and thus u ei. the ,o!:a end" a.
power to rtsike back and In waya moro dssastrnNs
than ANYTHING that culd 10 but do MT de-
Iron, whom have 1isnt 70 ezreet il: md !easo,.
as o fS5 .fa r Ni as S + H.
pest that must t,1se hi interview tomorrow ainea
I'm 10 speak to,aorrhw evening Il s,einway 1aL, sn
the ie@aa Of tue interview: YOUR. very tr"1Iy,
VICTORIA q. Wuopuu1L,
r.s.-rlcase return answer " learer.
SIr. Enechcr testified that flo showed the let
ter to Mr. Mouiton, who disBnadad him from
answering IT, The next tlay i.o l4ad M Interview
with AfIA. Wondhu1l at slr. Moultons house. az
described iii his direct testimony. In which he
declined to preside At tho Ateinway Hull meet
ing. Another letter written to lin ty Mrs.
Woodruff waH tho following:
+t nnoAp A7RfEr. Ter. 70. 1e71.-Mr DEAR Mn.
III ECfiEh: Aff. Hahtf1n anG u1FG tuYt had EJIs
ference about who ought To Le procured TO reak at
the Ton,anH Suffrage Convention at Washington, IA
10 l,ela at Washlne'ou, Jan. Ii und y. You asa
aware that Intend 10 every effort to persuade
Congress- to pass tho nll just introduced By Butler
aul we haya c1auludca tin. thrse Is that Could
urc 20 great an n,ucnec on coiREets aA yorse, mud
We hoIe ynu may deem the occa1ton worthy Of yonr
I'M W. III ase 4 TO y:a2
a' IN ths negative Il no as % eu y v aos.f v
forge, It." Yours, vIc1uRn woppIlcLL.
Il was, VI. Eeccher aail. with tetcrence to
tbs second letter that he wrote to Mf. Sloultou,
nj follows:
Tuesday Evrs1sn, jan. ?. 1s.?.--Mr Dran FnAxx;
Iscnd yon vlera WotAhnlr sleu"r IL :na my re-
p,y. wtieh 1ub,.i. 70 ,pqr iule1asut Tell sh:t
you tldtE ri It. is it tO inERw she fus p,i-
hshnG7 wouldn't wish to have ii 40 usch. do
not mem 70 sIsat upon iAr platform upon lAshrr
uee On my own honk. do INT mean .o ,ratn
with either party, and II i: not iair to psrsr wien
jndee for me. ha,e leaned upon sou hitherto, aud
have l.ersr been tosFy for II.
=. WI Do you tlnk II would be better 10 wrsc ii
agau, and say much? Will you krtI, the Latter
ssd ssn IN ust to M So Sose ens u e =
aefy na sN'' ''1 ''D'DNe 'N'' ''s INV Il. sss 4. L.
| Mr.. Fullerton drove aIr. Becchcr into quali-
fol admission that his aim in consutinE with
Mr. Mouton on the subject Of Mrs. Woodhrll's
lotter wGe to deyise 4 way Of placasing her. end
70 preventing her from publishing the scandal. !:
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- ~ ~ MN tne 6ei;y ~ Mae, ~ s4at. t
~ ms: w. suni.eu Ne 3,.,,, ~ ~. 4st
!os so''Floo' Ill" 1eae1eo ia'p' "oooooA Ill t"'s
'otin'
nhooELfS' Jan. !, a5!2.-slT DEah 1lAnAAE: annr @
,sNar ei nes w. ~ W'.'su, a.!ct snhiIshce WIN
inoon Inu,33tn l., i,.af ~, Sdan aute,rs i
t!1ly received ntn enr.rcl Iurfug ihs whole week
It the Consentiun vissecsures III 3taa,achulcta and
Ma!ne. cannot say am 50 rnnsai,,s of the IN.
mediate ur ncnr admission OF wonieh to the rights
o. suffrage. uut of Ha ultimate acooIaplahn,s;i!t -
earhno moi H. -sn"i,1 e' nat r1,pnul M ts
,r,nin snt ~ istcr ~, r. +ro1Tnr ~. ,trc ~ n,rtici
win, t,' tic mi. onI r..nnstIcs - sc4tvs Iii
tcurhip. nutwhttanina inedeftai eyis. Il becomjpc
Tic sentiment Of tls civilized woFI nor is tLcre any
tcason tiulbt that, in s,c Of temporary aud Incl
es e s.s navsntaSo M wou 70
ior tos eoneaaon on o. auu enineoisehAet' u "oas11'
Aops "4"A'H " ~ IL s''o'4ii Ii;snr w.np nrrcnrr.