Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-05

JOINTLY indicted with Chas. l.. Lawrence
for smuggling silks, and who escaped to
Montreal, returned yesterday and vol
UNFAIRLY SURRENDERED himself to the U.
S. district attorney. Graft was admitted
to bail in $1,000, and will be used as
states evidence against his alleged ac-
complice.
Evarts bad a large crowd to-day to lis
ten to his address in behalf of Beecher.
The following report of what he said is
furnished by the Evening Post He be-
gan by referring to the letter known as
the Catharine Gaunt letter, written by
Mrs. Tilton, June, 1874. The letter had
but one meaning, and furnished CON-
plete refutation of the pretense thar
she had been guilty of adultery. 1t
also furnished an explanation of the
manner in which the pure relations
between clergyman and penitent
could be made the cause of disturbance
of the peace of household. Evarts
read the letter in which Mrs. Tilton said
her eyes had just opened for the first
time to the consciousness of her sin, and
this effect had been produced by the fic-
titious experience of Catherine Gaunt, as
narrated in Charles Reads novel. Til
ton, in confused relations of affections
which he had displayed in theories and
ideas which he had allowed introduces
themselves into the columns of news
paper, had been advised by his wife to
disregard these ideas and practices in a
letter which conveyed such reproaches
that he did not dare publish it without
mutilation. Mr.. Evarts sketched the
outline of the novel, showing how a
wife, by devotion to her church and its
representative. was led to place her al
legiance to the latter above her allegiance
to her husband. This excited her hus-
band to q degree of jealousy and passion
which induced him to forbid the priest
his doors, and resulted in the discord
and prohigacy of the husband and the
final vindication of the wife's purity.
The letter of Mrs. Tilton, in the light of
that which inspired it, showed her heart
as in q mirror. A part was omitted
in the letter when Tilton published
it and no asterisks were inserted to indi-
cate that anything was left out. It was
bad enough for husband to publish his
wife's letters, az he had long since found
out by the opinion of men and women OF
this country, but to mutilate letters in
order to murder his wifs's fame, exposed
him to differences which were terrible
Evarts read the letter in which Mrs. Til
ton expressed the hope that her husband
would never need the explanation of be
ing misled by good woman as she hat
been by good man. 1t was undoubtedl,
hard that Beecher should be judged b,
these letters or any others which passet
between husband and wife. but tn
Catherine Gaunt letter showed that n,
, guilt of sexual immortality with Mrs
, Tilton could be imputed to him. Coun
sci read the letter written by Mrs. Tito
to Beecher, March, 1871, in which sh
asked him if his heart bounded toward
all as it used to. This was a quotatio
. from Harriet Moore, whom no one SUI
pected of incontinence. Mrs. Tilton ais
> said in this letter that when Frank sal
|, she might visit dear Plymouth again 81
9 would thank the dear Father. This w
d man was suffering, and why should 81
! not be, after the part she had played
It regard to the charge she had retracted.