, 1874-11-16

wook he Haw hor frequently In roforonco to
church muPio and sho had occasionally sent for
| him on business; ho had boon in tho habit of
| calling thcro In tho evoning az Into as 8
or o'clock, but usually caino away at or 10,
though ho had boon thoro occasionally as lato az
10:SD nnd IL O'Clock ; hc had vsltod her moro
frequently than othor indies Of his congroga-
ton on aocount Of hor peculiar situation road
scott. Burns, aud TonnyBon to her, and was not
| III tue hao't or residing to other ladies' alono /;
read one or two OF bis HotmonB to hor, but nevor
read them to any ono olso when lo wrote to
Allaa Pomeroy he generally addressed Aor as
Dear Mary" and signed Glen; noyor parted
from hor with kiss, but havo kissed hor; gayo
her somo proaouts-a lockot, pair Of earrings,
| bleevo-buttonH, ohain, aud thim1lo at different
times. In answer to direct question witness
said ho had never visited any asylum or iastit,.-
| tlon OF any kind to HecAro tho admission OF @
woman anout to DO confined. aud that ho had
neyor authorized any one olao to do 10. Ho
| aatd. II aotolnniy deny rhat ovor had any
criminal intorcourao With Miss pomoroy. that
hm the father Of her child, or that ovor 10
licited her to have criminal intercourse with
mos Miaa pomorog had told wltuouB Tint sho
! lad had criminal iutoroourse with others, and
| gave him to understand TINT Blo had been &C.
| ducod by young man i'll tho house Of hcr
thonsht h. snyo "a VIII GnS hsr a' IL ohnreS nss bns I'D
| not rocoilcct how long; the occasion was one
when aho had aaked him Tor a few mo-
mcuts' private, conversation; Miss Clinton
ssa'd ssa he BIN saa Lad Ss sS sssn bes ss'sg Il
late tho previous night preparing bis anniversary
sermon lo did not explicitly dBny before Mnrf
on tle night Of his arrest that ho was tho father
Of the child he had dono no fow MINUTES tc-
fore It did not occur to him to do it agRln, and
he said, "if you were not surrounded by these
inlucucos you would not sny this tho fact OF
tho matter Tas that lie wna not proparol to say
anything OF oil; ho supposed TINT Mary's roply
to Mr. Is question about whose chld it WIS.
waH addressed to him, because he had been in-
formed aoforal houra previously III relation TO
tho charge made againae him whom he learned
| Of hoi condition On July lo never walked Oh
the public aroet wills WITH her .,o, again h9
OF her dying declaration !; tue ouly cause
sne assigned for her douy In joining the church.
was tho luck Of Christian sympathy ct home;
aho mover inttmatod TO him that there was any
danger OF his eosting into - + power ho
head her say otlca that her cousins were mover
tiiod Of having her ]lvo thcre, but never hoard
that they wore anxious to hnye her marry him to
got rid Of her; after July Mary told lin dis
tiuot!y WHO Wad tue father Of her child; Mary
did not say that slo bad told tho
- who Vas the father OF her child
after bis arrost ho did not go to 800 Mary becauso
Lis COUNSEL told him not to 60; he mover kept o
diary but oaco When ho kept it for mouth, anu
Ao could not tell how oftcn ho had called on
Mary from Jauuary to July lust +; alter tho iirat
week IN juno. when sho 1nado het first confos-
Biun, he never went to the house again except
BY special request; ho delivered lecture On
July T., and did not go home with Mary, but ho
did subsequently meet hor on tho ayonuo that
night, ana she called him; he won't homo with
ler, hut did not 60 III; be Ind gone into drug
store With Lor QUE cyoong to get . glase Of eoda2
water. On tho 18th Of July he saw Mary sitting
at tho orgRn, and. al he passed her, lie said he
did not expoct to Boo her thoro again after whit
aho had told him Eho made uo repiy. but atarod
o. Linn 10 peculiar manner: ho did not ,obJoctt
sunday.aohool aftor her confession Of Juno; he
preached on scandal after tho accept Of tho
anonymous letters; ho also nroached sorios
Of sormona to tLo young during tic vim
tor; ho preachod = sermon Oh fallen woman;
It cano In nocessarllY (laughtor); 90 the 9Th Of
July whoo q sno 70 n made tho coutosHlon, be said slo
he could not toll tho conversation without i'm
pticattng other persons. md after debate on
he said Hhe told him tlat Bho bud sought to con-
coal certain things In her past history ut tho first
confession. aud then aho told hin tho whole
story shout hor acquaintance with q young man
WHO hoarded in tic noighhorhood some years
ago* When he moved sway he told some men
with whom he associated, and tLoy nad ono after
another succeeded in having tho samo intor-
oourso BY threatening to be;ray her other con-
drlvon from society; after heaving the story Of
her weaknoss ho WIS angry. and made romark
which he was aory now that ho had allowed his
anger TO move him to.
AT tas point the Moderator wanted to know II
1t waa necessary to have all theee stntomeuts
and details brought out He did not want any
statement that would implcata persons not On
trial.
Mr. 1mbrie did not want any ono implicated
ho thought theatatemout about a young man wan
indefinite enough no one would iMpllcAte him
or the Moderator but q story lad been clroa,-
lateo rotlecting Oh Mr. -. Is puro man as
Implicated.
Mr. Howell objected he did not think Ao had
been implicated. {Lauglter.)
Mr. bod objected to giving any unnecessary
details to the public through the press.
The Moderator said q card Ind boen banded to
him asking they wore trying Mr. Gendenning
or trying to find father Tor Mary Pomeroys
child. lsousation.l
Mr. Dod thought such details were perfectly
shocking, aud ho hated to speak Of such nut
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