Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00131)

In 1995, Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote the following 
on the evidence and the documents in the Leadbeater 
Scandal:

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I find it interesting that you are the only person 
who has requested evidence regarding the statements 
I made concerning CWL. Others have either offered 
silence; unsupported protests in affirmation of his 
innocence; or demands that I be silent on the
subject. When I first heard about the scandal, I 
also protested and demanded evidence. None was given, 
therefore I refused to accept the statements. It was 
many years later that I finally did see the evidence, 
and was floored by it. The reason why evidence is hard 
to come by, is because it is locked away in archives 
and members (or researchers) are not normally allowed to
see it. As for outside historians, the sole exception was Dr.
Gregory Tillett who is the author of ~The Elder Brother.~ He
gives comprehensive coverage of the scandals based upon source
documents.

But this was not your question. You ask what evidence *I* have,
and the sources cited in the documentation. For whatever it is
worth *some* of the most relevant documents *I* have personally
seen are listed below:

1. Author: [transcript]
Title: "Meeting called by Colonel Olcott [President-Founder
T.S.] to discuss certain charges against Mr. C.W.
Leadbeater, held at the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace
Road, S.W., on Wednesday, May 16, 1906, at 5 p.m."
Publisher: [unpublished. Original in Adyar Archives, but
copies exist]
Sources cited in documentation: Is a source document in
itself, because it is a transcript of the meeting. CWL's
testimony was given in the presence of thirteen witnesses
and a stenographer.
Significance: Has the actual charges made against C.W.L., his
admission to them, and his admission to further, more
serious charges.

2. Author: C.W. Leadbeater
Title: [Cipher Letter]
Publisher: [unpublished. Original (last I heard) was in
possession of the Mahatma Letters Trust, but heard a rumor
that it was destroyed a few years ago.
Source of documentation: Source document.
Significance: Letter written in code to one of the Children.
The child revealed the code to his mother.

3. Author: Helen Dennis
Title: [Letter from Helen Dennis to Annie Besant, May 1906]
Publisher: unpublished document.
Sources cited in documentation: Is a source document itself.
Significance: Establishes that the mother did not give
permission, and gives further confirmation that CWL had
bound Mrs. Dennis' child to secrecy.

4. Author: C.W. Leadbeater
Title: [Letter from C.W. Leadbeater to Annie Besant, Simla,
June 9, 1906.
Publisher: unpublished document
Sources cited in documentation: Source document.
Significance: Shows that CWL, gave Annie Besant, who was not
present at the hearing, a very different story.

5. Author: Helen Dennis
Title: [Letter to Annie Besant from Helen Dennis, Jan 25,
1906]
Publisher: unpublished document
Sources cited in documentation: Source Document
Significance: Helen Dennis' learning of the independent
admission of the Knothe child to his parents.

6. Author: H.S. Olcott
Title: "A Brief Statement of the Case of Mr. Leadbeater."
Publisher: unpublished document, dated 18 Sept. 1906.
Sources cited in documentation: Source document.
Significance: Olcott expresses his shock, and gives the
circumstances that brought about the hearing.

7. Author: C.W. Leadbeater
Title: [Letter to Alexander Fullerton from C.W. Leadbeater,
Feb. 7, 1906.]
Publisher: unpublished document
Sources cited in documentation: Source document
Significance: C.W.L.'s response to learning that he is to
answer to the charges.

8. Author: Annie Besant
Title: [Letter to Helen Dennis from Annie Besant, Feb. 6,
1906.]
Publisher: unpublished document
Sources cited in documentation: Source document
Significance: Annie Besant states that she knows C.W.L.
"better than you can do", therefore C.W.L. is innocent.

9. Author: [document]
Title: "Precis of the Leadbeater Police Inquiry as furnished
to the Sydney Lodge Executive Committee, by its
representative after inspection of the Report presented to
the Minister for Justice, N.S.W., as sworn to on oath March
2nd, 1923."
Publisher: unpublished document
Sources cited in documentation: Source Document
Significance: Gives Mrs. Martin's testimony concerning her
observations of C.W.L. with Oscar Kollestrom. Details of the
Police investigation of the Manor.

I also have seen many other supporting documents, but these are
the most revealing of the major facts. I had seen these
documents well before the publication of Tillett's ~The Elder
Brother~, therefore I can affirm that the documentation presented
in this book is accurate. Since these documents have all been
suppressed by the Adyar Society, ~The Elder Brother~ is the only
published book where these documents are discussed, and in some
cases, quoted. I suggest that you first read ~The Elder
Brother~, then we can discuss the specifics. If you can't find a
copy, I have them for $12.00 each, including postage.

Quoted from:

http://theos-l.com/archives/199501/tl00097.html