Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-21
TAE BEECnER BUSINESS.

MsuIton WitRdYRws hts $50 ,OOOSUit
h.csuse of IL change If Beuu
The litigation Faded ON Ala
sides.
New J York Special to the Chicago Times.l
The suit Of Francis d. Moulton
against Henry Ward Beecher for
malicious prosecution, in which
damages were laid at $4,000, has
been discontinued. The following
lis the decision Of Judge Westbrook,
changing the venue and place of
trial to Delware county. Order Of
discontinuance was made by Judge
Gilbert in the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, to-day, on application of
Mr.. Moulton's counsel. Mr.. Moul-
ton, it was explained to a reporter
this morning, had no money to
spend. All that he has had been
recently invested in business, and
he had no resources upon which he
could draw other than these. OF
outside help he had absolutely
none. His business was prospering
beyond expectation, and to give W
that and place it in jeopardy by
lopg absence was not advisable. i
was sheer and irresistible necessity
which had compelled the discoutin
uance, and no thought of such /
course had entered into Mr.. Moul
toms calculations until the decision
of Judge Westbrook changing thO
place Of the trial was announced
| A reporter had an interview witt
Mr.. MoultOn this morning, result
ing substantially as follows:
Reporter-I understand you hav,
discontinued your suit against tn,
Rev. Mr.. Beecher?
Mr. Moulton-I have instructed
my counsel, General Pryor, tt
| do 20.
R-Haye legal papers b!eh mad
out to that effect!
Mr.. M.-Yes, sir
K.-Will you tell ME why yoI
have taken the course you have?
Mr. Nudge Westbrook ha
decided that the case shall be trieu
in the county Of Delaware. Nj
I Beecher may have means and tim
to try the case there; / have moi
for ] am enc man against a grea
many. / am not poor, but nelthe
; am I as wealthy as Plymout
Church. am a business man, an
| have re-entered business. Thi
trial, in u place so remote, woul
,iag9lye, perhaps. the abandonment
IF my pg6sent business. | cannC
afford to make these sacrifices.
wonld gladly have tried tbe case i
Brooklyn, because there would Il
T. no such expense attending it as thcl
must, necessarily be in Delawal
? county, where ! would hagO TO g
, myself and take all my witnesse
and remain there for weeks or pc
haps months together In tn
whole matter | have been tFyin
. to yindicate myself and my iamil,
rather than attempting to pq
down Mr. Beecher. This migl
/. he an incident of it, but was ney(
my mai4 purpose. | think he a
tackled me. AID I sought to deien
7 myself. | am ne5 G black male
). and | am not false friend, I g
n = accused of being both. What VI
left G9F me to do except to tigI
u back?
a Suppose Mr.. BeeGher's cou
sci do not accept this discoptin
~ ~ ance?
or Mr.. MI do not believe tn
ln na have any choice in the matter, b
liz they have, and they want q tri
Id in Delaware county, they shall ha
no it if | have to give up bnsintss Al
DO sacrifice my last dollar.
70 Litigation in the celebral
~ y. Beecher case may now be accept
as ended on all sides. Mr.. Tilt
could have another trial, as the fiji
one was not conclusive, but be i
at no time announced any int
ton to have another trial. One
} two libel suits which have groV
- - out Of the case have gone with
Tn case itself. Rumors that a diyol
re- re- suit would foilow from more rect