New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-23
THE LANAHAN TRIAL.
CLOSE OF THE rEsTIMoSYm osnsuL raSchER'
ARGUMENT FOR THE PROSECUTION
:. -oanmntinn of the Lanaban trlal,

Az o ,ho ruIes were suspended on motion OF DR..
y.",ng and the following communication from d.
Carlton was read:
o-. ,,< Rook Commitoe 49,.
Drsn Understanding that certain persons are SEEKING %
on The public Ens Sn sT Gs other
Ss BOOK Concern e1%nc best solicit :. hereby DO h.,
such Ss 'R Ss and .SsS way ys VII; Nat s
examination snail be s a and early As Poso Sn
p'EsS York June ~ is7i THOMAS CARLros, Agent
Mr. Buckley was called and gave ooroborating testi-
mony the refusal of Dr. Carlton to grant the &C
countan OF Dr. Lanahan access to the checkbooks &c
Dr. Lanahan was recalled, and testified:
did not say to Dr. Carlton that did not for the
Book Committee, did make such remark to any
Of to the books and If they did they had no a
thority to do IT. did not co say Dr. Carl tTo
vouchers from Mr.. GoOdenough, took one or two Of
his books; in 1860 the Book Committee passed resolu
ton directing the vouchers in the printing department.
Vouchers that received from Mr.. Goodenough to my
house for examination and then returned them Dr.
Carlton did not say GOULD nave access 70 inc poVAo o
the Go0denough suit.
Henry c. SERVER testified that he heard Dr. LAnahan
tell Dr. Carlton that he not responsible to the Book
Committee for his actions but to the General Conference
At the afternoon session Mr. Buckley addressed the
Committee for three hours but his remarks contained no
strong arguments and interpreted with ilustra-
lions Of such character to be scarcely suitable for
publication.
E. L. Fancher began the summing MP for the prosecu-
ton at the close OF Mr. Buckeys remarks speaking sub
| stantaily as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE You are called here;
to the church, and not because you have any hostile
eyes to the fact that previous to this trial there
state OF things in this church which was ag1tang IL 10
its foundation You know how The charges OF Lrad anu
made, and you know how they have been kept awe un-
til the Methodist Book Concern mas become ALMOST 9 W
rnp1au md arenr
here Assistant Agent, appointed by the General SG1
ference to stand by the Book Concern and aeien1 s
he do thisi No! He Is the first to assault srsnd.
and me saws Grs will p1 be when the case can
into the courts. His specifications of fraud are ad ne
ought to have abded by But instead Of that he con
tnues backba the Concern andiulure Its good name.
Concern under certain restrictions What was his OBJ
ject in that examinat3n he has his results printed III
over 1OO copies EACH printed He says ne sent Two OF
three copies to his bTohsr IN & ana gave
DO believe those results We're printed to defend hn6
to keep the question of frauds agitating this Concern
That being the case let US look at some OF the ante
have the agitation cease this man goes rushing into the
secular court for manddmus He knew, and every
tSn WI n donbIe force. He knew here was another
opportunity when he could blow as with trumpet voice
his cry Of frauds against the Book Concern he knew
every newspaper in the city would take up the cry OF
another quarrel in the Methodist Church. He is peril
sSs' hs a Ehf6 To hS end
the consequences He has started on this crusade
against the Concern and he has never turned aside
from It, This mandqmus is but part Of that course
Was not ask, the last step for an Agent TO take
is the Goodenough suit. That excuse is plausible
that we must look at IT. His counsel told you here that
when DR. anahan called attention TO the fact that no
mention was made of the GoOdenough suit in that man
damus he replied that had it been mentioned the Su-
In the Superior Court The Superior Court has power
equal the 1t issue subpoena dnees te cum
Ianahan tells us in answer that DR.. Carlton,
Mr. Grant, and Mr.. Denham we're not in concert with
They didn't believe there were frauds and they wouldn't
help him to bring them ne cbd g FOR He G one 20
anything to him. He gets an affidavit from cashier
who went out OF the shoe ana Leather BaPs one Oh
court with most scandaOus mpuaton against the
tsa ee e Sand of dollars in the pocket Of the
agent that belong to the Book Concern and
Methodist Church, and who is officer of the Mission
airy society, is guilty Of embezzlement crime which
would send him TO the Pcnitenary. ask you not 70 be
Influenced your decision by words, but by the solemn
facts; Say whether there Is any consideration IN me
such thing to steal from Missionary Treasury In
man with the honors OF the church upon him. with the
duties which the Methodist Discipline Imposes upon h
and with the vows Of the ministry upon him. performed
DE- Ianahan has said that in seeking this the
yon believe that whep he went for mandalnus without
| the knowledge OF the Agenti resolution p" sed by
the Book Committee, meeting Feb IL, 1853, declares
in 10 be the unanimous opinion OF this Committee that
the book agents not coquals in authority but that
the chief responsibility dcyolyes upon the Agent, and
that the Assistant Agent is officially in all respects sub
ordinate to him" The very terms OF Agent ana Assist
that in ordinary business matters the Assistant
in one department he not in ali The language Of
| the Discipline sufficiently defines the relation.
Another excuse Is the GoOdenough suit. undertake
70 saw that man can be justified for Islander by
proof which he has found out after the Islander Is
ttered Have these check and bank books any bearing
on these charges in the GoOdenough suit He wants to
show what deposits for ten years we're In the shoe and
Leather Bank He wants the cash books TO uphold his
aboinable charge against the Book Concern. Look ut
the facts The adayts which charge these outrageous
things put print and to the public before they
can Be answered. DO you want anything to show
his cause for this act He said he was sued In the
Goodenough suit in June, and he wanted the books in
| October lie gave all of his time for ten weeks TO
making up his defense in the suit The printing OF these
hensibe. He bad no right to print them without the
knowledge Of his superior IN Office he very carefully
in ali OF his discoveries avoids the possibility OF eorree-
ton and refuses to ask about the truthuness
agent who viii DO such thing would not be retained
| ten minutes after Il was found out IN any
anime according to his testmonyi Here they
the books OF the bndery, OF the printing department,
the Annual Conferences edgers Of the house, period
ica accounts inventories OF the bndery inventories of
cash balances in the bank since 1863 cash balances OF
the cashier since 1862 interest account OF the Concern
Do06 0 a The House. co. What signal u ndSs
| Try In RaPhaels picture, Burning OF Borghio
in the wind The Book Concern has been all ablaze
1861 and no has tossed his skirts against the wind
in carving water but the Assistant Agent The whole
purpose this examination TO discredt the Book
Concern His preense that IL the GOodenough suit
that inspired his dnddmus attempt is refed by tie
fact that during all of the weeks his exaTinatOns
were not directed 10 the end OF discovering testi-
mOny in it, but for the sinister and hostile purpose
of njming the Concern His new paper put before the
Committee contains charges already examined by them.
According the idea suggested by his own counsel II is
rise and progress OF the suspicious OF the Assist
ant Agent, (which led him TO the final declaration OF
fraud and Encouragement That Is it, II has been all
along suspicious and realities. When the history Of
these proceedings is written its title should be- Rise,
Progress and Downfall Of the Assistant Agent touching
| the Book Concern"