, 1863-01-17
SCANDAL IN The 4. ME-. CHURCH.
Letter from The Fugitive Dove.
AN INTERESTING STATEMENT,


headed, "scaadal IN Co1ored Religions Cl1clea-A
Colore1 Clergyman charged with a Series Of VII
hs s to tss %sa to sfeE s P1
epectng the respectable coloted citizens Of Chicago
On lie third dsy Of December, 1862 about seven
o'clock In the evening the parsonage Of the Church
was linked, and the next morning a rnmor was
spread abroad that four Jouns girls we're pregnant
6{ the writer @ Que q the stewards Of Quinn's:
the 4th. Hearing that my house was linked, he in-
quired Of nc If I had had any difficulty with
aefesse an a haa IT, rn
it duty to visit all ths the families where these
Es va sRo1s ded
and aeked them If they were in that state by me.
They seyera11y answeIed crnphatically NO and
on Fy q bs Church
formed themselves tntoa committee ,unbeknownto
me-, between the hours Of and 10 o'clock p. NJ,
of he rnmof. Upon their investigation they were
they knew not who had started it, and If they
sS1s oa a &C. la
them fbe sfeSssas felt it thsi! IL duEs to es tic
cember 9Th, the Church assembled in the basement
Of Quinn's Chapel. between the hours Of and
o'clock, to hear The report Of the IarestIgating
100pereons. The Stewards then read their report:
A certain party who were present, who are and
s sey aogehe1 saslss s.tzsea rs ss
that it was moi full enough, Tor It did not embrace
s gs @ 4Ree IN the Sa
desired that these girls should make their state
rnents public before the whole Church. They were
q bat
they etil declared that they we're not pregnant By
me. nor had committed adultery or fofnication
en ainsf me 81 h q css?
which motion was taken by The Church, exon
Grating me from the rumors. The vote was
The enemies referred to above, finding themselves
defeated, said they knew Of pereon with whom
hsd some unbecouiinG Gonrcrsatfon, and that they
arosc and made her statement, which was 80 much
out Of Ieason and such lie, TINT the d. himself
wonld have blushed to hare told It, The members
Thus flat meeting ended satisfactory to majority
of1he members present, as far as the runner was
On The 14th. OF December, the Official Board
met, composed of the Stewards, Class Leaders,
Trustees, Legal PREACHERS. :, E1horters and
ness Of the Board was finished, The evidence Of the
girls was considered with the Eote Of the Church
= e M a1a caGy e
q vote WAS taken there on the Testimony Of the
woman ecnt for BY my enemies, and the entire
there agreed to stand BY the Church and her Elder
Al things being IN peace ne shook hands and the
viii now make statement Of the second case.
Mr;--. one Of the class lcsders Of my Charge.
feeling himself and tami!y slande1cd By
sgS q hs &c bsog
she having told certain perzons that she WAS preg
nant BY certain young man: Understanding TINT
1at 5
had informed ne On tho eighth day 81 August 1862,
our return from our excursion to Canada felt it
my church, and his mintster. and seeing TINT ho
was going into trouble and about to make enemies
for himself to inform him Of tie danger that he
he came to my house on. Tuesday, December "a,
1904 eail to him: '>Brother, hare something
to tell you and Iwant son to keep It as a secret
not tell you tlia to make fuss, but merclyto np.
Yourself Then / told him The following: Thai
from Canada She tol nc iat % sic haa been s doine @
soetksilns T9 asked her what that w1onE
thought Was best for her to Do i told hcr that the
Sat she ssId s'no Sessaseif Il she to1d her mether,
sisters. Bnt ehc said that her intention was t.
aagay 5s es III tc Nh es was whs thu tbs M
ny house, and went home and intcrrogated the
GIRL. After an examination. she was found to be
with child: BE then aekcd her who the father waa
SG0 hhTkL lhtc tt1tB anu told hlu That It was fht
! young man that ehe had told nc. Tic returned tt
ms hanec tn the evening OF the came day.
lwill now give his words. Said1 to him, "hart
] you been hone!" he said: 'syes-" said: 'how
IL things - He said, II went fishing and caught
! miEnty, and with that ninneY caught Gin
drh:" askrd him il the report was true. Hs
said "ycs, that ahe was with child. md by tht
came man that she told yon, and that he on hft
sli1g lin I'D lie s!t fsee 70 snd I It appe.s @
from what can understand, that after that, the
girl takes It of the young man. Then the girl asket
her step.father who told him. He told her that
told him. She then said that done 1t. Thar,
since lcarncd By Of her friends that the
why ehe said TINT It was mine, was because toll
| hcr father. after had promised not to tell; hu
c1Tgnmstancss changed. and 60 = IreTcalcd to he
The Bishop arrived on the asth. 4 charge was
made out hy the mother Of the girl, and placed II
his hands. The charge was not for hastardy
hut for adultery or iofncAtion. The specification
were certain times when the acts shonld have becl
committed. He summoned before him commit
tee Of ministers. before whom appeared Ate
, their examination tllere, stand acqnitted viii
my credentials in hand. When the Bishop cnm
to Chicago, resigned my pastoral charge. for lha
people, and desired him to place some one clso i,
!. charge. Ny business now ended with the Ch1cag
! | Church. MJ enemies not being able to sAtfaf
thctt revenge upon me, propos In secret conclav
to make the girl swear before the court her chill
, upon mt. FeinE a1visea 1.y friends to leave, an
. Mpossible eaye the colored people from cxposin
their fgnorance further, LETT for my home i
+ Iowa.
! Ey way ofconc1usion let me here say, that til
respectable colozed people havehad pa1t in thcs
REV, ". A. Do-s.,