The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27
Io0NR0HICATIoH.l
THE CITY PASTOR CASE.
MONDAY N1eHr, juno a5.

MONDAY NIeHT, June 20.
Editor of The Epening 7eIegrdph-sR:-There
appears In your paper of this afternoon a COM
municatbon purportipg to have been written by
william McElwee, City Pastor, which not only
nisrepresents me, but has the demerit of i'm
pugning the motives of those who prosecuted
him for an alleged embezzlement. If there was
any one to blame in the matter it was himself.
published the appeal which he forwarded to
the Press office. 1t was especially Tor Mrs. H.
Dowell. In response TO that appeal he acknow-
ledged that he had received especially for her,
3e1 80, and package of tea and coffee. | took
II for granted he told the truth. He paid first
So then $40, making $50.
Two or three weeks after this Mrs II, DoweI
called upon him for more money He repned
che bad no more for her; she ought to De SALTS
fed" month after he had received the money
he paid thirty dollars more, making SIXTY collars
This payment was made because OF the lnterVen-
ton Of Mr.. Charles Perkes, nara. ."orklng,
indusiri Gus mechanic Of Phlladeipnia, Wn0se
character, in my estimation, IS excellent. The
tWenty.one dollars and fifty cents, the balance
Of the amount, was paid in the Court, after
partial hearing of the case.
Here the whole matter should have remained.
In his communication the City Pastor asserts
the follOWing:-
chow exactly this letter corresponds in its state
ments, TO my own explanatory letter to the Press,
which Mr. Wilson had in his hands twenty. four
hours at least before he had the warrant ISSUED Tor
my arrest, wi | be seen by comparing them
"hcie is the letter in full 1t was published bY
Mr. sill on, though entirely private IN the Press or
Saturday, May rs, as testimony tor the prosecu-
tOn."
This contains two falsehoods. First. did not
have the letter in my possession at least twenty
four hours before the arrest.
Secondly. l published the letter in the report
Of the proceedings before Recorder Eneu, not
az testimony for the prosecution, but simply as
the defense of the defendant. l knew the hear
ing was eI pdrte, and therefore was very par
ticular in this case, and publicly produced it, as
"a matter Of in ST pp to the (ItV Pastor.
He denies in his communication that he did
not charge tor carriage hire. or course he dld
not charge; he attempted to do so, however This
was sworn to by Mrs. Dowell before the Re.
corder, and the City Pastor himself, in the pre-
sence OF crowded audience, absolutely acknow-
ledged the truth OF the witness. be admitted
that all the evidence elected on that occasion
was true.
He further says that he exhibited letters to
Mrs. II. Dowel, giving him dI cretonarY power
TO disburse the money. Before the Recorder he
absolutely said he had no letters; he had thrown
them into the waste-paper bag, and they we're
gone. This was within about twenty-four hours
after he paid the last instalment of thirty dol
lars There are several other misstatements in
his communication, but have not the time nor
the patience to Gull them out. / have given
enough TO exhibit the general character of his
publication.
The public should remember that the District
Attorney abandoned the case and therefore,
Judge p cree, who was on the bench, had no
opportunity to decide upon the merits OF the
question:
Had the City Pastor received written state
ment from me, in reference to the S2l'5O, he
would have had no further trouble. But he re-
jected it. Hence the appeal to the law. AS the
reverend gentleman insists on appearing in pub
lie print he may, if he chooses, answer this
question. If the $2l'5O did not belong to Mrs.
II. Dowell, why did you, Mr. City Pastor, con-
the case =? Upon my word, Mr.. Editor, I really
think the City Pastor had better attend to his
legitimate business of preaching the Gospel
have disposition, especially during the
cheated term,' to enter into a newspaper dis
Cussion with him. l should not have written
this much had he told the truth in reference to
myself So far as the attacks upon the chacac-
ter OF Mr.. Perkes is concerned, have nothing
to say. My religion teaches me to pay regard
to n EMS moral character, and to assail no man,
but TO speak OF him as find him.
Respectfully,
CHARLES G. WILSON.