r
riRCILATIO.N SATURDAY
2,570 Cobles
THK WKATHKIl
Generally fair tonljclit and
Tuvmluy. Cooler tonight. Mod
erate Ni?rtliw??i wind?.
VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22. 192J.
SIX i>ac;es.
NO. 225.
Brokerage Failure Proves
OneOf New Y ork's Boasts
When Member of Firm Turned (Ip Mis?iiij> mill lliifje
'?^Defaleat ion Di?covered Bu?iue?* A?ociiili> Could
Not Tell the Police Where He l.ived
By RODKltT T. SMALL
Cwwyrtslite I S3 4. toy Th# Atfwuc#
New York, Sept. 22. ? It long has been the boast of the
average New Yorker that he did not know mui did ??ni
how his neighbor lived.
It has been said that you
might live in the next flat to
a man here in the metropolis
for a decade and never know
whether he was married or
single. New York is proud
that it is not "nosey." It is
the big impersonal town, a
sort of live and let live affair.
No longer need there be any
proof of these sophisticated asser
tions. Impersonality has been
carried to the last degree. A big
brokerage house has gone to the
wall. It has trailed on tho New
York Stock exchange for fifty
three years. Jt has been a pillar,
of business substantiality. It has
been pointed to ln^ the "street" as
the great example of business eth
ics. To be permitted , to trade
with Buch a house has been con
sidered a privilege almost equal
to that of entering the most ex
clusive club in the city.
But now the house has failed ?
failed for a million or more ? and
one of Its six respected members
is missing. general alarm has
been sent out for his arrest. He
was a member of the firm for 28
years having worked up from mes
Now that he has gone his fel
low members of the firm come to
sudden realisation that they did
not khow anything about tin- man.
They did not know whether he
was married, whether he had a
jNimlly, or where he lived. It has
..ever occurred to any of them to
call upon him In tbe evening. If
he had a club no one knew any
thing about It. Of course there
were the down town lunching
clubs, but they are little more than
restricted restaurants.
8omeone In the firm "thought"
the missing partner lived in
Brooklyn, but when the police
were called in at last to Investi
gate, the address one member of
the firm thought he remembered
turned out to be false.
Thus a man who had _ been the
Sally associate of Hit partners Tor
nearly three decades turns out to
be a "man of mystery." Nowhere
else In the world could that have
huppened?
"Isn't that Just like New York?"
You heard this in the streets to
day. And the comment was maile
with still thst boastful note in it.
The surviving members of the
firm of Day snd Heaton still are
too stunned to give a coherent ac
count of their relationship with
the missing partner or to even
guess at the amount of his sup
posed defalcation. Certainly it
Is over half a million dollars ?
maybe It will reach the million :
mark.
Oeorge R. christian, who took
advantage of vacation time to flee (
to parts unknown. Is bald, forty1
five, rotund of figure and about
fivo feet nine Inches In height. Tho
police In their two days on the
scent Jiave learned more about the
rx-broker than any of his business
associates ever thought to Inquire.
They have traced him to a six room
flat In Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn,
but found that he vacated the
pise* sometime le August. They ,
also have found that Christian 1
had a wife snd a mother-in-law. I
They lived In a most modest fash
Ion. In leaving the flat the Cnrls
tlsns took everything with them.
There were two van loads of furni
ture the neighbors remember see
ing go. The landlord found a note
on the mantel telling him regret
fully that he had been forced t.i
leave before the expiration of his
lease because of circumstances ov
whlch he hsd no control.
Naturally tbe assumption Is
that the missing partner, seeing
others get rich by "hocking" the
.market, end taking no heed of
ihose who go "brok*," could not
resist the lare of the ticker with
Its fortune alwsya Just s round
the corner. Evidently he specu
Isted mildly at first sad then
plunged more aad more as the
market constantly turned against
him. More snd more of the stocks
of cuetomers which he handled
personally for the firm were
thrown Into the breach with the
hope that they might tarn back
the flood watert of disaster. But
4he turning never came Thsfre
Is no present evidence that th?
msn "got sway" with anything.
But he Is gone and Impersonal
New York says:
"fsn't It Jaat Ilka this big old
townT"
ftOXIE STINSON
DENIES STORY
(lout rail irl-. limlim Mi'aim'
I a t < - ~ t I'alr ill ICffiaril lo
tin- llun^licrlv lnvcsli
gation.
(Ill T'.' A ' .it.. I r.TMl
Columbus. O.. 22. ? Miss
Iloxie S 1 1 ii s< hi , one of (In' Senate
committee's star witnesses in the
investigation of furim r Attorney
Cetieral Daugherty today eharac
t prized as "ridiculous" the pur
|w>rt**d statement frnnx Canton
Mf-iUiM, f??Mii<-i D'-fiitrt m?-nt of -Jus
tice agent.
Means' statement ro|iudiatod
his testimony h.-nvr. the WimiiU
lee.
Mlns Stinson donii-d the state
ments contained in Means' repu
diation In which ho declared that
she like himself hud given testi
mony "inspired by S? uator llur
ton Wheeler. prosecutor of the
investigation." and denied that
pressure had been used in obtain
ing her testimony.
Columbus, O., Se|it. 22.? -C?as
ton IS. Means issued a statement
here yesterday through II. 11.
Daugherty repudiating all the tes
timony he Rave before the Senate
committee investigating former
which was harmful to Daugherty.
Means said he made up the tes
timony because he was momentar
ily mad with Daugherty.
COTTON .MAUKKT
New York. Sept. 22. ?Spot cot
ton closed qul^t. Middling 22.40
a decline of 40 points. Future*,
closing bid. Oct. 22.16. Dec.
21.57. Jan. 21.59. March 21.88.
May 22.09.
New York. Sept. 20. ? Cotton
futures opened today at th? fol
lowing levels: Oct. 22.8"?. Dec.
22.25. Jan. 22.23. March 22.60.
May 2<82.
The Old Bus Rambled Right Along
Lcglonalrc* from Centuria. Wia.. entered this old ba? in the contest to determine th^i oUlom car driv?
to the American Lesion convention m at. Paul. W.th ?roet lamp, for headlight. and a Cognac bum
for a ca? tank, they made the trip to the convention elty under ih. ir a>\\ n uowr.r.
ARGENTINE I I. I Kit
REACHES HOING KONG
l|t< Thr A**jrla'nl I'rvut
Ilong Kong, Sept. 22. ? Major ]
Pedro Zanul, Argentine around
!)??? world flier, arrived here from
Hal IMtong, French Indo-Chinu. j
today.
INSTANTLY KILLED
IN TUNNEL SUNDAY
Lyiichburg. Va., Sept. 22- MIm
May Madren, aged 15. of Klon,
North Carolina, wan inatantly
killed and her father. J. E. Mad-'
ren. wan prohahly fatally injured ?
yoHtrrday when crtrght ? between ;
,twg traiiia In a tunnel near her?*.
I
TKXAK J?KCAX CROP HHOKT
Fort Worth. Sept. 22. ? (Spe
cial.) -The pecan crop through-,
out the Ktate Is being damaged by
Kra.iHhopperti, which are eating
the fofiage of the tre#>n. The yield i
In aoine orchardu has been re- ,
dueed 75 per rent.
FI NHIIAIj OF l.VFANT
The funeral of Elizabeth Morris,
eleven months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul M. Morris, 5 R?*ll
street, who died Sunday, wns con
ducted at the home Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
KAWKYKIWMtH klKOK
Miss Eva lirlckhouse and Mr.
Mark W. Sawyer, both of this ci
ty. were married Saturday at 11
p. m.. at the home of the bride on
Parsonage street by Kev. K. F.
friends were present. Mr. and
Mrs. Sawyer are now on a bridal
tour aftcr-^thich they will make
their home In Elisabeth City.
WORLD FLIEKS ON
WAY TO SAN DIEGO
Tuscon. Arizona. Sept. 22. ?
The Army world filers today
hopped off at 7:28 a. m.. for San
Diego. The sky was clear and
only a slight breeze was blowing.
MARINES HKI.I) FOR
SERVICE IN CHINAJ
San Diego. Cal.. Sept. 22. ? Tho
fourth regiment of .marines bared
here is being held in readiness for
duty in China, it was announced
today.
ENTIRE VILLAGE
WIPED OU11-TODAY
Montreal, Sept. 22.? Tlie til
lage of Saint Constance about 22
miles from here was wiped out by
flr? today.
PARENT-TEACHERS
TO MEET TUESDAY
Th*? Parent Teachers Associa
tion will hold Its first meeting of
the autumn season at the Gram-,
mar School auditorium Tuesday
afternoon nt 4 o'clock.
The president, Mrs. Cam W.
Melick Invites all the parents and
teachers to attend this meeting
End help start thp hall rolling for
a successful school year for the
boys and girls.
monk McDonald to
COACH nils YEAIt
ChapMl WUr Sept. 22? Th^L'nl-i
kersity of North Carolina an
nounced today that Monk McDon
?ld. star athlete for the last four
vears, will coach this season's bas
ket ball team.
PAPP* C.ETS HIS
VOICE BACK AGAIN
When tho Stale Highway fel- ,
lows returned to their camp In
Camden County 9unday after a
rldo they wore amaxed and iome
what startled that their cook was
talking right out aloud like any
body else.
Tho old man's name In W. F.
Stamen, but tho fellows call him
by the affectionate name of "Pap
py." because he la the oldeat man
at the camp .
"Pappy" hadn't been able to
speak above a whlaper in three
years, 8 months and 21 days, and
the miraculoua recovery of his
-vrriro-greatly-trnHvened the-earop.
lie lost hia voice at Albemarle
w^llo working as fireman in a
cotton mill. Physicians said that
the trouble was caused by hi9 g?t
ting overheated.
DEATH LIST WAY
COME TO THIRTY
St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 22. ?
Nineteen are known to be dead,
at least 10 Injured, and properly
damage estimated at hundreds of
thousands of dollars was the toll
of the tornadoes and wind storms
that swept across Minnesota and
Wisconsin late yesterday. Uncon
firmed reports placed the number
of dead at 30.
Partial restoration of wire com
mmrtrattrm gfadtiaily- Increased
the loll of deaths and at noon tho
casualties stood at 33 dead and
scores injured. H was feared
that further dbaths might be re
ported when communication be
comes normal. j
MINISTERS WAK
OVER KU KLU*
Richmond. Sept. 22. ? Thi
chargca agalniit Kev. Jamiwi Fill
Cher, who rume hfre from Michi
gan recently to addresn a Ku Klui
Klan meeting, which grew out oi
hlK interrupting ?er?lr??? at Bt.
Raul 'a ? Eulacopal church here
yesterday, wore diamlaaed today
In police court at requeat of Rer.
Beverly Tucker, rector.
Fulcher wan Mid to have apolo
gized to the rector and congrega
tion after he had been hailed at
the instance of Tucker.
Fulclitr look exception to th''
rector'* declaration that men whi
go about hoodfd and maaked
Reeking the' detriment of non
Protentant people were undemo
rratle.
Everybody Looking For
Profits F rom Grain Crop
? ? ? i
Kuilrnmlx. Shipping (jmrrriw, Northern unci Soutliern
P?rl? Vie V illi One Another for BuHinea? uh Farm
?ra llnxten Gruin to Market While Price* lligli
Hy J. <\ KOVIjfl
ICtnrlAL It34 ?* Tkl AltlMtl
wew York, Sept. 1!U. "Round
and round goes lh? little ball, am!
nobody known where it will fall."
Ev?rybody in look ill g for a piece
of thf profits from the American
grain crop at prone nt and not all
know who In going to get thorn.
KailroadH running to New York,
Philadelphia and Haltlmoro and
shipping concerns operating from
thorn* portM hoped to garner prof*
II ? Khun thu shipping congestion
became ho severe at Montreal
that further export* ef American
wheat through that gateway were
checked.
Montreal, by nason of lak?- and
river rates. eojojri during the
season from May until December
a differential of about throe cent*
a bushel an compared with the At
lantic porta. Hut the railroads'
hopon were nhattered to some ex
tent by orders of the 1*. S. Ship
ping Hoard putting more vessels
on the grain carrying routes from
New Orloann. Oalvoston and
Hounton. Normally between 25,
000,000 and 30,000.00 bushels of
Western American wheat are
shipped via Montreal. The Onlf
ports now are getting a goodly
share of this trade.
Farmers are shipping thoir
wheat as rapidly an possible In
order to take full advantage of
the present high prloos obtaining
In world markets. These markets"
will put to a decisive test an eco
nomic principle evolved 250 years
ago. At that time nn KngHsh
economist. Gregory King, declared
that "a defect of one-tenth In I ho
harvest may raise the price throe
tonths." If that Is true, this
country, the only one Of the large
wheat producers in which the
crop promises to he larger than
that of last year stands to bene
fit throe to one from the "defects
In the harvest" of other coun
Irtgj. '
The crop hor<? promlaen fo b??
around 28.000.000 bushela lario-r
than that of 1923, whllt* the
world wheat crop according to
latent ratlmatra In expected to he
300.000.000 to 400.000.000 huffh
ela leaa than laat year. Forecast*
from ft eountrlea compiled by the
Department of Agriculture Indl
cal* a world harvtat of 2.171,
000,000 buahela compared with
2,4 4!>,000,000 buahdri laflt Reason. 1
Th?i Kn-utciit loan in yield in re
ported by Canada, the cloaeat and j
moat dangerous rival of thin coun
try In the wh<>at marketa of tho
world. Th?? inteat estimate there
Ik for a yield of 2H2.000.000 buah
ela. aa compared with a crop In
1923 Of 474,000.000 buahelH. Fur
ther Improvement In d? pendent on
the wenther In the prairie prov
In
In Europe. Import needs prom |
Ipc to be large. Kuaala will hav?>
leaa wheat than last year when
?he exported 25,000.000 bushela.
The Chinese crop In only fiO per '
cent of normal. South of the-,
equator, the crop* have not pro
t:ri HRcd far enough, ft) determine
their ilie* although Indication*
point to on Increase In AuRtrulia ,
and Argentine acreage?. ,
The amount of wh?at the re
mainder of tho world will need in ;
the next year la affected very ?
largely by the yield of other food
Huffa. especially rye and potatoea.
Estimate* on tho rye crop? of'
Europe are running smaller than 1
I an t year particularly In Germany
and Poland which are big produc
era and consumers of that grain.
Hussta exported 40.000,000
buahela of ita rye crop laat year :
but thin neanon rye haa been af
^ected by the aamp weather and
climatic conditions which have
?checked the production of wheat,
in general the European potato
crop la good, while laat year It
wan far below normal.
There la small doubt that the
trad" and Induatry of thla coun
try la turning upward at present
largely aa a result of the releaae
of huge au ma Into commerce from
the aale of wheat and other crop*
Pig Iron, steel and automobile
production have gained in th?* laat I
six weeka. Tar loadlnga are only i
I 7 per cent lege than at thla time 1
laat year and basic commodity ?
prices have shown a tendency to- '
ward fltmncsH.
The curv?g representing Indus- '
trtil emplo^j<nt have ceased to
, dron In neanv every aectlon. Thla
would seem to indicate that thw
i maximum effee t of auch iinem
i plo> ment aa had exiated during
I the aumtner on demand for food
'snd clothing, has passed.
Kittens Born by Knife
If*. ' UM W ahown abova to doing ntraly. I hank you H*r t?ro kiUmi
nr? born KUi ? CHMittl operation perform*) hyD.CC Rokrai
Nrw Tort vturlaanta.
WILL CASE ENDS
IN A MISTRIAL
Work of Three Duyti of
Week's Court Term Goes
for Nought When Juror
Is Taken III.
The effort to break the will of
MIms Henrietta I*. Crecey, daugh
ter of the late Col. H. H. Creecy.
Elizabeth City editor and author,
culminated In a mistrial Sunday
morning when the Jury, which for
three days had llateued to the evi
dence In the case and since about
(5 o'clock bad pondered Its ver
ulct, was discharged by Judge I-y
on on account of the IIIim-sh of
one of the jurors.
The Jury la reported to have
stood 8 to 4 for the caveators
Willi, no prospect of agreement.
Col. It. II. Creecy died nearly
1 ?? years ago. oii October 22_
1908. Had btt lived until the 19th1
of the following December he
would have been 9G years old. He
wan Kraduated at the I'nlverslty
Qf North Carolina In the class of
1835, and wait licensed to prac
tice law In 1842. Horn near Ed
enton, he entered upou the prac
tice of law in that city, but moved
to Elizabeth City on January 1,
1843. The following y*'ar he tnar
rTed the^da ugWtr of a wealthy
planter of 1'asqootnnk County and
lived the life of a farmer until
1872. when he moved akain to
Elizabeth CUy infl bWIBfl editor
of the Economist. At that time
the weslth of his wife's fumlly
had beeu largely dlitslpated by
the war but the Creecys. though
not affluent, were in fairly com
fortable circumstances.
Colonel Creecy continued to be
the editor of the Economist until
about three years before his
death. A belle of the city lu the
eighties and early nineties was his
daughter. Miss Henrietta P. Cree
cy. and her constant and devoted
companion In her social pleasure*
[was her sister. Miss Nancy 11.
i Creecy. the two hiring known
among the! r friends of their own
! social set all Miss llenhle uiTiOTIs's
| Uee. When other members of
; Colonel Creecy's large family had
i married or moved away these two
? daughters remained with him.
! keeping hnnae_for him and attend
! Ing to his needs. As age contin
ued to make Inroads on his
? strength the duties or caring for
I him became more exacting and
tthe daughters were compelled to
i give up practically all social life
aud devote themselves complete
ly to the care of tholr father.
? When finally In the last three
[years of his life lie became an al
; most helpless invalid the daugh
' ters, who for some time had been
I supplementing the meager nalary
Main Street Puts Ban On
All Manner Night Riding
City I'":!! hern in Kentucky Town Ihwuc Kdicl Ordering
Automobile* unci All Vehicle* of K.very De
scription Off the Streets at iNiglit %.
of their father's latter days as edl
tor>r-Wi?ru compelled m finance
their household an- well an nurse
their father. Miss Hennle giving
inuulc lessons and Mlaa Hoe tak
ing In sewing.
A timely legacy from a relative
Id Raleigh ahortly before their,
father'e death, after the two hud
been schuoled to economy by rigid
necessity. wan the nucleus for the
little fortune of about $25,U0U
left by Mlaa Hennle Creecy to her
sister under a will made a week
before her death which made that
slater the nolo executor of her es
tate. The daughters had owned
the home with spacious lot where
they were living wheu their fath- ]
er died. The legacy, which
amounted to about $:i,000 for
each of the sisters. enabled Mlaa
Hennle, wheu In December follow
ing her father's death. Mlaa Dee
waa innrrU-il io F. R Cohoon. I
then a widower, to buy her sla
ter's share -of the -home. Within
ten yeara ahe had divided the old
home Into two realdences and
built three more reBldencea to the
back of It and had bought the old
Overman atore and lot on South 1
Road atreet where she built an
other ainall atore and wqh remod
elling the old atore Into u two
family apartment at the time of
her death.
To finance these operatlona on ;
her comparatively Blender ro
aourcea, Miss Creecy. now left
alone and living alone, accentuat- '
ed and Intensified the regime of
rigid economy to which ahe had
grown accutomed during her
father's laat yeara until ahe
ceased to care for convention,
fashions or appearances and. sav?
for Vihiia to "iTTew^oTd friends and
her aiater, ahe lived the life of a
recluse. Aa time wore on and
these old friends went out of the!
life of Elizabeth City Mlaa Hennle
kntw_ almost uo ? companionship j
save that of her sister. Mrs. Co
hoon. A nervous affection re-1
aembllng Rell's paralyala affecting
one eye and one side of her face
probably added to her Inclination
to avoid human contacts save
those of a strictly business nature.
Living more and more to her
self, Mlaa Creecy's eccentricities of
drcaa and habit became more pro
nounced and noticeable. Witness
es for the caveators in the trial
Continued on page 4
Hy A. I>. MANNING
??*?"- 0? *<????
I'lln-.tot.. K> S.'|.i Joy-.
rirtTr *g. or any oTher kind of rid
ing. be the vehicle high powered
motor, baby carriage, milk wagon
or wbut-uut., Iu.< been barred In
Princeton by city ordinance be
tween tl)"e hours of 10 p. m., and
5 a. m.
The law. which became effective
this week. Is aimed primarily at
desperadoes, particularly of the
dynamiting lypo who have been
active h^re of late, but It hM _
dealt u severe blow to almost er
erybody In this little city.
Complications multiplied far
beyond the expectations of the el*
ty fathers who framed the ordi
nance when it came to actual en
forcement by a corps of special
policemen.
I'hyslcluns summoned on hurry
calla had to d.i their hurrylag
Jtfiioi
Milk deliveries were Tfelayed ^
long past their usual hour.
Persons seeking to taxi to lata
and enriY- iXii I na. Jiilrised tham.
I'e rbapa the worst suffering,
however, was experienced by the
'younger generation with their
penchant for drives In the moon
light. *\>Jeekers" and even the
more xedate motorists who want
ed a little evening spin, had
complete their rides by ten, % or
else bide themselves outside the
city limits, there to remain nhtl! ?
f? In the morning, unless they
wanted to park their cars at the
roadttlde and walk home through
town.
One mother was on the verge
of hysterica when her daughter ar*
rived 011 foot y ? : ??
-"NTT mo flier. he didn't make me
walk," the daughter explained.
"You see Charlie and I didn't get
to the city limits until after ten.
flo we parked the car and came
iin afoot rather than risk being
! pinched."
The joy-riding part of the pop
ulation is up lu arms over the
law ordinance, hut the city coun
cil remains ndument.
| They say the law, with all Its
teeth, must stand. And the law
certainly has teeth.
"It Is unlawful," says the or
dinance, "for unyone to ride in
nr. automobile or other vehicle,
whether the same he drawn by
mechanical or muscular power,
within the city of Prlncton." Af
ter fixing tho hours between
which the ban shall bo effective.
? It he* ordinance goon on to tfro
' vide for punishment by a fln/>
of not less than $20 and Impris
onment at the discretion of the
court.
I l>yn limiting- ot-the- county prog= 1
editor's residence and that of a
woman resident of the city In re
cent weeks were the Immediate
cauHes of adoption of the ordi
nance. The soions, studying the
situation, nrrlved at the conclu
sion that all modern dynamiters
and denpernte persons of what
ever character, habitually tra
velled by motor. They also con
cluded that such travel occurred
between 10 p. in . and & a. m.,
when all good citizens of Prince
ton should be sleeping !inyhowt"
,The solution was obvious ? and
the council acted with all the vig
or it could summon. u
BOY fJOfW^TILn AND :
MUHDKHS HIS AUNT
Columbia, H. (?., s?-pt. 22. Aft- i
bury Wcaalngor. 14 year old boy,
eonffMiHl t? killing his mint, Mrs.
Una W<-*alngcr. ant] probably fa
tally wonndlnu h?r t lir?M? chl)4aMi >
with an axn Saturday olght b?
cauae ho got mad with h*f.
HAKVIN MMMJi VT IN
HK< V>KI>Hlt'M (WRY AOAJFf
*A? ? < ? ?
Trial of Marvin Ituaaell of Pro
vidence township, before a re
corder's court Jury, on a charge of
carrying n concealed weapon and
of bring drunk and disorderly,
wan net for Wedneaday of thla
week In recorder** "court Monday
morning.
Dave llateman and Preston Dad'
lela, tha latter of Wanrhese. V*M
fined $6 and coata Monday on ft
simple drunk charge.
Goldle King, colored, was fined
$10 and coata on a drunk and 41ft
orderly chaw.
Alfred Wlwlow, colored, for
failure lo Hat taxes was required
to pay taxes and coata.
WHOLE FAMILY IS
HKI.IKVED DKAD
*>?tnn. fU.pt. tJ ?An atki
family ? jrxt unidentified m
wiped nut the poller believe whaa
an automobile owned by Mlclwt
Dobroral rra?h?d ibrnofh m
Iron fence taat night unit plua?*d ,
Into r<irt Point channel riv? 1
bod lea Including that nf l>obr?v?l <
had bem recoyrred today and the m
pollca war* dragging tha
Ministers Suffer Most
At The Hands Of Gossips
Not the Vuntp Itul the Tuttle Talc Ih the Serpent lliul
I.urkx ill Every Church (luii^rrgiiliiiii, Ucelure* Chi
cago I'untnr, After Heading of Sweetin Murder
Ily MAKOAHKT D/tl.K
?> Tl? AtfvtMai
rcMyrllftt. ItM.
I Chicago, JRopt. 22 ? The pro |
vailing susp ilon that In every j
| minister's \ ock there in tome I
I woman with 'designs on him. mav'
? be responsible for the present pre-'
dlcament of the Rev. Luwrencn K.
Might, Mount Vernon clergyman,!
I who 11 being held for poisoning'
? a la wife.
This Is the view of the rase
i taken by several Chicago prrach- '
ers as expressed to the writer j
| today. Incldentallly this Is also
Ithe way the Hev. Mr. Hlght him
self regards his detention. if"
stoutly denies that he poisoned
his wife or Wllford Rweetln, wlfo
died recently of poisoning nnd '
whose wife goaeip has linked with ;
her pastor.
"It Is a peculiar thing, but
there Is a subconscious idea like
a serpent, lying In wait In every j
congregation." said the Rev. Mr.
Wight. "The Idea Is that after |
all a clergyman Is only human
and that If he la tempted he Is
more than likely to fall.
"My wife died and examlnaton 1
shows that she was poisoned In
some way. Because people are |
only too prone to believe that a j
minister Is peculiarly liable to be
tempted they Immmedlately '
weave a net of suspicion Involving
another woman and a reason for'
murder around me. I am not ,
igullty."
! (Reading this statement, the
Rev. Jerold Minor, pastor of ono ?
i of Chicago's West 9klc churches,,
| agreed that there are always per
sons who are willing to believe
| the worst about a minister of the:
* Gospel. He said that in nearly
j every congregation there Is some',
1 woman, or women, proclaiming
' hysterical adoration for the pas*
| tor. hut that temptation of this
i sort only rarely, in his estimation
causes the clergyman to fall
, Gossips, and aot vamps, are the
real aerpents of the congregations,
declared the Rev. Mr. Minor !
["Every man who preaches the!
Oospel fears them.'
The Rsv. James Palmer, pastor
j of a Routh Bide church, declared
thkt petty Jealousies In rfcurcb
congregations, wfetch are supposed I
MIGHT CONFESSES
POISONED BOTH
m? Tl?? Awrlilnl l'ir-1
?Mt. Vernon, 111., Sept. 22. ?
Tt?v. Lawrence Hlght today
confeased to poisoning his wife
and Alfred Hweetln.
In Ills statement to the au
ihorlilttH Hlght declared the
murder of his wife was prompt
ed to "relieve her of her suf
fering. " He said he placed
poison In her coffee on the
mornlnft of September 10. He
claimed to be temporarily out
of hln mind at th** time.
lllght ulio nald he put pois
on In Bweetln's water to put
him out of pain. This was on
the morning of Sunday, July
27, at the Sweetln home where
Sweetln lay III. Might declared
there had never been anything
between himxelf and Mrs.
Hweetln and absolved her of
any complicity In the double
crime.
to tic above that sort of thing,
nnd "well meaning" gossip has
caused grl^f for many church'!
worker* In caeca In which there i
did not exist the nil* litem foun
dation for Hunplclon.
"A ni In Inter Ih obliged to per
form hla work a-day duties under
different curcnmstancea than fall
to the lot of the average man/'
aald the Rev. Mr. Maimer to the
writer "Thla work la largely
among women and even the mln-1
later who tread* moat carefully
cannot avoid goaalp.
city koai> irmx ahkad
?In the attendance conteat be
tween the Men'a Bible Claaee*
Sunday the First Methodlat had
preaent yeaterday 62 und City
Road ?S.
T. K. L. (7LAW MKKTH
The T. ft. L. Class of the rirst
Baptist Sunday school will meet
Tuesday evening at night o'clock