Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-02
Bowen and the Plymouth
~. ~ Examining Committee.

.....c;sted Press dispatch of the
IN 49, exciting and unlocked for
esd ssys occurred at meeting of the
efents Ia church Examining Committee,
Pismou..sa s;stant- Pastor Halliday's house
held . Err, I'm on the evening OF that day,
ID BTo ees Henry G. Bowen appeared by
stxbien. accompanied by his sons Ed
and Henry b., and Dr ward, pub
sslu ur of the Independent.
lisnei !, E. BOwEN's VERSION.
- ALLOWING Is a summary of Dir.
Bowen's account OF the affair:
Hsni' entering the room Mr.. Bowen was
on ';shed to find a company of forty
sioa assv~ persons assembled. embracing
san,bers of the committee, the Chair
be 18th, he Council in session, and others,
nsn : the number being Henry Ward
DUP er his sons Henry and William,
g sar Johnson and Benjamin F. Tracy
W. ~ Bowen being called upon for his
mant presented and read it. Previous
S sa;ng q. he expressed his surprise at
large audience, and asked the rea-
If their presence He was told that
committee never objected tohis bring
III friends there; the idea was that
= Rowen had right to bring in any
Va he cared to; the only objection was
! renorters; that the company came with
~ committees invitation, not Mr..
Beeehers
...s;on bu. the responsibility OF pub
gsi,v must rest with them; he said
y came there to present his state
= lent 10 the Examining Committee and
n n,ld else: that he should decline
:" rive il to the press, and if pub
i;.Esd Il should be by the Examining
rom,eittee and not by him.
sfter finishing his statement and say
inc IN reply to a question, that that was
ri the facts he had to give that evening;
10 started to leave, when one of the com
nittee protested against his doing so, and
Mr. Shearman said he (Bowen) would not
r. permitted to leave the room.
MIR. Bowen stepped toward the door of
Tho front parlor, when Mr.. s. V. White
inmred up and locked the door, took the
lev. and put it in his pocket, and as he
saw Mr. Bowen looking toward the door
II the other room, Mr.. White called out,
Lock that other door" and several men
iumped toward it. Every one jumped to
bis feet, but Mr.. Bowen was too quick,
and got to the back parlor door just be-
fore several of the crowd got to it. His
san Henry E., followed, rushed to the
door and called for the press, thinking
hat they were there. Here Mr.. Henry G..
Bowen interposcd energetically, thinking
there was going to be row.
MIR. Henry +. Bowen continued: " My
father was in the hall, my brother and
Or Ward were in the parlor, and | got
on the stoop outside and called for the
press, and the Associated Press reporter
and another rushed up, and Mr.. Bowen
toli them of the occurrence. Then one
Of Mr.. Bowen's sons upbraided Mr.
White. Mr.. Bowen also expressed him
self very strongly in regard to the treat.
ment he received"
MIR. WHITES VERSION
Mr.. S. V. White was visited, and his
yrsion is substantially this:
Mr. Bowen read statement of fifty
two pages, in which he failed to give
names or dates. 1t referred TO scandals of
ten or eleven years ago. After reading a
few pages he handed the paper to DIR.
Ward Then Mr.. Bowen stepped toward
UT uOOl iuu MI. " HltS, dtsil III X W pro-
long the interview as much as possible,
and being seated near the door, turned the
key, withdrew it from the lock and put it
in his pocket. Mr.. Bowen stepped back
several feet, and, surveying the situation,
saw a means of exit by back door and
be darted in that direction, upsetting
chairs ard other articles of household far
niture in his flight, and escaped from the
house. Mr.. Edward Bowen then pointed
to me, and said | will fix you; you will
pay for thisr Henry E. Bowen then ran
to the door, with disheveled hair flying
wildly about, and shouted, Gentlemen OF
the press In response to his cries the
reporters of the Associated Press and the
New York Times came up, and in response
to their inquiries Mr.. Henry E. Bowen be-
sought his brother not to make a fool of
himself, saying that had made an ass Of
myself, and that he, Mr.. K. Bowen,
couldn't better the matter by shouting for
members OF the press"