Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-09
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nj. Tile n0euntmg's Trial
cCrlRING lNTO 1hk pKATH OF PtsoR May
rONARUN-THE TESTIMONY CO. MR An ~.
hIILER-THE CLEkaNNAN's NfSrrs r, 80
eIRL-wBY HE eAvE HkR COSTLY wATCs.
J bs Rev. Mr. NunFoe. IN Yesterday morn
- session of the JeF-sy cts Fresbysery
IIaNFd FsTIeNtlN fDr g. Brother lslenfegnfnc-ft -
that tie LoTa m ght bring him oUt bright and
shining from under the dark cloud which en-
ve'Cps him, that be might have strength 10
beAs Up urCtT Ets sfIctious. sui b. ~ Ast re-
stored 20 the Ir,sbytrTy IN good standing. also.
Uat tLe Prospect Avenue church IN aght bs
blessed. Mr. GlrudeUuiUg glumIy listened 70
tie prayer. and 81 itr couCiuslUn smiled. When
ihe grave charges preferred against him BY poor
Mary fUmCrnN were mentioned iu his presence
he exhibited NO concern. Pew sroke O. him.
those WHO did we're steAdfsst friends, VINO VIII
lot believe AL OF hiu. The strong feeling that
grew uP against h'm when Che scandal Was nrst
lGo.tsied has not = sted, and yesterday many
hsIsh things we're said vi him.
Messrs imbrie, hsgee. Riggs, Metgs, stew
art' aud Dewitt, the judiciary conm tee which
acts a kind OF grand jury iu the csSe. met an
the pastor rcom m tue Prospect avenue CHURCH
yesterday afternoon. sitting IN the rcws I'M the
church proper were MT. James = MnIar ans
wife, the uncle aud aunt OF Mary Pornerov.
Mr. G. X. Miller, Mr.. A. n. Demont. Mr. .ISs
r. .DAison ana son. Mrs CN-Msyor sawyer. Mrs.
Graves, Mrs. Metz, Mis- Birmingham. Mrs.
Randall. and others. all waiting 70 be ones
uOned by the committee. The san reporter
encountered hr. George L. Howell, the SPECIAL
friend oi Mr. Giendenning, near The church
door. MI. Howell Ssid, This iuycStig CATION q,
strictly private. m the CON mmlttee see III % tel
tie PrtsbNteTy shat Mt. GIeudenuing should ha
IUt on tTial, then, OF course. he goes bef0r
rhtm. This COmU.,tge - Lac = grand 1Iry. /
- their Gaty 20 bring In an Indictment OF die
miss the whole thing. and" hurredly stded Mr.
Howell moving toward the street, ''ycIll sc
10 uCWs here. No one cau dIvUiFc ANYTHING
The committee Will al 5ouru A. O'Clock f,r tea
j have invited them 20 ms house" Mr. Howell
acted A. though Re expected The reporter Woult
AZ once depart, and when he saw him take a
scat, -aid. .M ell, th.s iuycs'is st.on b. strtcdy
IrNate-striC'ly private au1 hurried awav.
NLENrhfhiNS'> NIsITs TO MARY roNKKoY.
Mr.. Miller, Mary POmcroy's uncle. Nas the
Grst witness examined. lie told the story OF her
stay IN Jersey City, OF her acguaiutanGe will
GleuceuninS, OF the birth OF her child, and OF
her uutrlely death. A. tileudeuuiug and some
OF his friends recently gave out that he Glen
denIingl did not visit Mary POmerOy for weeks
or months before her death AIR. Miller was
particular In telling how many times the cler-
syInan did visit her. Glendeuuiug Wa AZ Mary
Pomeroy's home, according 90 Mr. Miller, sew
eTal times week up O. Witain q lev days Of the
birth OF the child.
MIR. DalsOn, one Of the most respected resi-
dents Of the heights, snd his son testified that
they saw MARY POmerOy and Glendanning to-
gether frequently just previous 10 the publica-
Mrs. Miller testified TO the visits OF Glenden-
Dng 20 her house q see Mary POmerOy, and
gave the compittee much Information concern
ing the clergyman.
Other witnesses testified that thev saw Glen
deuntug with Miss POmerOy very often up 20
the time her betrayal wac made public. Glen
Msry BomerOy any presents. Her relatives
were prepared 90 show 80 the committee A gold
lOcket and chain, a gold watch, a pair Of slip
peTs, and other things which he gave her.
WHY HE GAVE HKR WATCH.
There we're Witnesses who remember that
he said when be gave beT the wstch that she,
beng the OrgaDist, Should DE on time ~ church,
hut That she was invariably tardy because there
were no clocks IN her house. he presented her
the watch, be said, ~ that she would be more
prompt. The witnesses who testified 70 this re-
tnaf-n lfrur
SAID there were no clocks in Mary POmerOy's
house, kBoSing as they did that there was a
clock IN the kitchen, one ia the usrlor, and an
other IN Mrs. Millers bedroom. They also knew
that Mr.. Miller had watch, that Mrs Miller
possessed one which Mary PUmeTOy usually car
RED, and that Mrs MIller's two sons had watch-
e. The witnesses thought that GieUdcnning
was an extraordinary kind pastor Eh n ne gave
Mary POmerOya watch simply that sne mi yht
know the time and be IN church in good season.
The wItueF> recalled the occasion when Glen
Itnuiug purchased 4 pair OF siiIiers for Miss
PomeToy. While at prayer meeting she CON-
planned that her shoes punched her, and after
he close OF the meeting he went with her 70 q
-E0v sore and puTcha-ed slippers for her. The
slippers she wore on her way home. Many
other Ike kindly attentions were recalled. but
GlendennIUgs friends, who knew that these in
cldents were to be gwen 10 the committee, per
sisted ma saying that he showed her nO especial
attention, N ade her no presents, and wa- an un-
iTcguent visitor 70 her house. Mrs. Miiler's ser
wants remembered that Gltndenuing was IN the
psr Tor with Mrs POmeTOy many times until an
early beuT In the morning.
1HE GIRLS UNING DECLARATION.
those who were at the death bed OF Mise
PomeToy testjHtd that according 10 her diving
declaration GleudcBuiug WAS the father OF her
CHILD. Some Of the witnesses suggested thai the
'flCeTS 81 the infant asylum u Clinton place,
New ok, be called, aud one OF them said that
some tine alter tie mAfrUu Of the Institution
uao ss-d that she rtc. gLized G'eudelning a. n
man Who ca itd or Ter 20 make arrangements
Tor the beard Of a young lady, He VIZ ted the
place again with three or four embers OF ths
church, NLO wished TO satisfy themselves
EEefLer De had been there or not; that when
he door Was CFeneu on the last occasion he
stood behind those who were With him an
shook Lis huGer a. the matrOn, giving her 10 IN
itrst and that lie wished her u keep silent; that
she hurried from the door, ami that A uurss
Who oid not know ndtnning c5uvcTsed vita
ii> companions, and Ol course failed 10 recOg-
nI1e him.
The examination did nOt close until late las
night. More than forty witnesses are yet 10 he
-Nami mined. Gleraruuiug's defence will be an
tt'cmpt 20 tmpeacb the rsFutatOn Of poor Mary
PCneTOy, and shOw that tue really gu4Ity ones
instructed her to lay the guilt On hIm.--N 4.
San, sth.