Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-05-31
THE GREATCLERICAL BANKRUPTCY
Bishop DOano of New Jersey.

Bishop DOane Of New Jersey.
I'VE compile the following curious his
tory partly from the Burlington IN. J.)
correspondence of the National Police
Gazette, and partly from other sources.
-Hargord Times
The amount of Bishop Doane's liabil-
ties is not far from 100000. Fresh
Developments are being brought to light
almost daily, of the unis ersal and whole
sale system of swindling which he has
practiced and carried on in this commu-
nifty for number of years past. Not
only has he reached the thousands in the
hands of the capitalist, but he has OBJ
tanned the widows mite, the orphans
portion, and the accumulated fruits of
anxious toll and often ill-repaid industry.
The amount of his Indebtedness to indi-
viduals in Burlington city and county
alone, is more than $lOo, 900, varying in
sums of fifty up to three thousand dol
lars. What renders this case pecul;a ly
aggravating in its nature, is the fact that
he has taken advantage of his position as
a christian minister and Bishop of high
ly respectable christian denomination, to
carry on his schemes of gain. and bolster
his unworthy conduct. Repeatedly has
he pledged his faith, not only as man of
honor, but as christian minister, often
upon the most solemn, voluntary, and un-
called for af6rmations, declaring that GER
tain of these liabilities should be met at
specified times, or whenever called for,
and most signally and in almost every
instance has he failed to do this.
We now proceed TO give some interes-
ting information respecting the life of this
great financier.
Tie Right Reverend George Wash
ington Doane, D. D., LII. D., Bishop of
New Jersey, was born in Domestic in
1897. Oh his ca y history we know but
little, and as regards his parentage it is
not expedient to inquire into too closely.
Our first recollection of him was at I'm
ion College, Schenectady, in the year
1917, at which institution he graduated
ip 1918, with the highest honors. Dur
ing his stay at Union College, he was q
close student, and gave indication that
his intellect was of no ordinary cast. His
good qualities at that time were striking
and attractive. A warmth of heart, a
generosity OF disposition, an elegance of
manners, and certain playfulness and
originality of wit, engaged the appr,ba-
ton Of his fellow students, and rendered
him universal favorite in the polished
society at Schenectady.
Two of his classmates are living, viz,
Alexandor d. Fo"d", B,q., ntsorncy AT
law in New York city, and Alonzo Pot
ter, the present respected and esteemed
Bishop of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Doane re-
moved to Boston a few years after he
graduated, and was received as candid
ate for holy orders. While engaged in
his theological studies, he enjoyed the
advice and assistance of the late amiable
and 'amented Bishop Griswold, the ia.
ther-in-law of the Rev. DR.. Tying of St.
Georges. In due time, George w.
Doane was admitted to the deaoonate
and at the canonical age, was promoted
to the higher and more dignifed order
of the Priesthood. After ordination, he
was appointed one of the assistant min
listers of st. Paul's, Boston, and labored
in this parish for many years in connec.
ton with the Rev. Alonzo Potter. It is
singular coincidence that Messrs. Pot
ter and Doane were classmate in college,
rectors of the same parish in Boston, and
in later years Bishops of adjoining do
ceses.
In 1923 the Rev. Mr.. Doane married
the widow Perkins, of Boston. a lady OF
great wealth. By this union he has sew
eral children, all of whom are living and
residents of Riverside. His marriage to
Mrs. Perkins did not give general salts
faction to the family of the latter. Mrs.
Doane's sons by her first husband reside
in Boston, and are noted for their mild
and benevolent dispositions, as we'll as
for their warm and UNMARRIED affection for
their pious mother. One of them is well
known for his generosity, his liberal style
of living, and his costly equipages.
Mrs. Doane, before her marriage, was
entitled to the income of the estate of her
former husband, James Perkins, amount
ing to $50, 600 per annum. BY her mar
rage to Mr.. Doane, the bulk Of the for
tune went to trustees, and 500, 900 was
the amount of her dowry when she be-
came the wife of tie Bishop. The re-
mainder Of the estate was retained for
the benefit of her children. Previous to
the removal Of the family to New jersey.
they lived in Pearl street. Boston. in
much splendor. Mr.. Doane probably
here exhausted his own income, his wife's,
and somewhat encroached upon the rents
of the children.
On the sOth Of July 1882, owing TO
the decease ofthe Right Rev. John Cross,
D. D., the See of New Jersey became
vacant, and in the following October the
Episeopalians Of that diocese, in conven-