The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-09
A METHODIST MARTYR"
vado-A Night in Ludlow Street Jail
The Doctor Bailed Out


have taken on a new phase, or, rather perhaps, an
old and almost forgotten phase OF them has been
revived, by the arrest on Friday evening OF Rev.
Dr. Lanahan, late assistant agent OF the Concern in
New York. II win be remembered that when the
Doctor first began his search for frauds in the Con-
Germ he charged Mr.. Samuel j. Goodenough with
being thief and having swindled the Concern out
OF thousands OF dollars and that in one year, and
almost in one transaction, he had stolen $22, 900.
This was nearly three years ago, or In the fall of
1869. In the spring Of 1870 the Book Committee
came together, and, after investigation OF the az
fairs OF the printing department, OF which Mr..
Goodenough was the superintendent and head,
they acquitted him of the charge, and demon
strated that the Doctors arithmetic sadly In
fault in that the alleged 600 fraud came from
false addition, and the true result was an
error of two cents After this acquittal Mr.. Good
enough resigned his position in the Methodist Book
Concern, where he had spent thirty five years OF his
life and grown up with the business, and was more
familiar with 1t than even the agents themselves
He then went into other business and believed that
he might be free from the
MPUTATIONs OF DISHONESTY
which DR.. Lanahan uttered against him. But those
imputations were repeated In more aggravated
FORMS and to such persons DIR. william l.. Harris
recently elected Bishop; to DR.. Carlton, late Book
Agent; to Drs. Curry and Du Puy, Vincent and
Wise, editors, and to Rev. w. p. Corbitt lately OF
Baltimore; to Dr. Nesbtt, of Pttsburg; to the late
Bishop Clark, and many others who had long and
intimately known Mr.. GoOdenOugh. When
by repeated inquiries by those friends as to the
truth or falsiy of those statements Mr. Goodenough
learned the extent to which he had been slandered
and the manner of utterance OF those SANDERS, he
Immediately instituted legal proceedings against
DR., Lanahan, laying his damages at $4,000. This
suit has been on the docket of the Supreme Court
for more than year, but has never been fully tried
or disposed OF. 1t has been called up from time to
time, but on one pretence or another it has been
postponed. When it was called in March last DR..
Lanahan's counsel Drown, Hall h VanderpoeD had
the defence of Mayor Hall on hand and could not
attend to the other. Mr.. Goodenough did not press
his suit at the April term, because the General
Conference OF the Methodist Church would meet in
May, and he believed they would fully acquit HIM.
This they did completely and by q very handsome
vote--50 to- When the report of the special com
mittee on Book Concern came to be adopted
as whole in the committee there was strong
disposition to have 1t adopted unanimously;
but the half dozen who had voted the. straight
an implication OF fraud in the printing department
could be inserted so as to give DR.. Lanahan just
hcation for his charges The report originally read
that the frauds existed wholly In the bndery de-
partment OF the Concern, but to insure a unanimous
vote on II, the paper was amended so as TO read
Il
that department. AZ thus amended the report
was adopted by the committee and the Conference.
and both sides to the controversy left to take
as much comfort rs they could from 1t.
Incidental to the investigation however, q letter
from Mr. Goodenough was read to the Conference
REPUTATION OF THE SAME ISLANDERS
uttered publicly before that body and before 4
couple Of thousand visitors besides Mr.. Goodenough
was coupled with others who, together, were
charged with dishonesty, and Mr.. Goodenough
was challenged before the Conference by DR..
Iann hon m emit fnr nnIn
was declared that he dare not do IT.
that the Doctor would more than make good
able time after the adjournment of the General
Conference to permit DIR. Lanahan to retract his
ISLANDERS, but he has made no attempt to do so.
The Conference having laid him aside from the
book agency, he returns to his annual Conference
In Baltimore, to resume the duties OF the pastorate
Having disposed of his residence in East Fitysev
enth street, he had made his arrangements to
leave New York yesterday, and, once beyond the
nough saw very slim chance of ever legally iusti
Tying himself before the public among whom he had
lived He therefore, on Friday, repeated substan-
namely, the intended departure Of DR.. Lanahan
beyond the jurisdiction OF the State Courts; aud
upon this warrant OF arrest was issued for the
Doctor. II was placed in the hands Deputy
Sheriff Reyes who after Ruthless
SEARCH FOR THE REvER END GENTLEMAN
at the Book Concern and elsewhere was about to
give the matter up for the day, when 1t was sug-
gested that the office of Campbell, Hall 4 Co., in
Nassau street, was one of his principal resorts.
Thither Sheriff Reyes repaired and found his man.
In very modest and gentemanly way Mr.. Reyes,
without putting his hands at all on the person of
the Doctor, told him that he was his prisoner and
at whose instance the arrest was made and the
amount OF bail requred-s50OO. The Doctor asked
the privilege OF informing his friends bv letter OF
his arrest and desired to do this in the Office where
he was arrested; but the Sheriff had another i'm
portan arrest to make and suggested that the Doc
tor could have every facility for writing I'm the Sher-
riffs Office, and that OF course he could get the small
amount or bail required without delay. The Doc
tor thereupOn assumed the characteristics and air
OF moral martyr which he has tried to wear dur
ing all the Book Concern controversies for three years
past. The arrest, he nsinuated, was made at the
instigatiOn OF the late book agent and the editors
above named, and the deputy sheriff received
gentle ntimatOn that he too was In collision with
them. The Doctor insisted, in peremptory and
insulting manner, that Deputy Reyes should do his
duty, and absolutely refused to accept bail offered
by his friends He manifested the same naughty
disposition In the Sheriffs office, and met every
suggestion for his own benefit with sharp
Do YOUR DUTY, SIR"
"Do your duty, siru The sheriffs did their duty in
the quickest and only manner left open to them
and locked the Doctor In Ludlow Street Jail. There
every consideration was paid to his position and
on par with the other prisoners the Warden
made him as comfortable as he could.
night In Ludlow street Is apt to make man
reflect, and hence yesterday DR.. Lanahan was more
Daniel T. Appleton, the publisher, and Aug. Smith,
OF Campbell, Hall Co., became his sureties. Mr..
Goodenough denies that he had anything whatever
to do with the OF the Doctors arrest or his
locking up and was not instigsted to cause the
arrest by any outside influence whatever. His only
motive was to vindicatc himself and place his ac-
cuser in the position where he would be compelled
to prove his SANDER or to retract the same. The
case will not be called probably until the fall and
meantime Dr. Lanahan can return to Baltimore and
pursue his vocation in peace "BehOd how great
fire little matter kindleth."
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