The Grange advance., 1876-03-01

you. In the Judgment Of the committee
there is NO ground for your assertion that
you are on trial. They are making q
preliminary investigation into the insinu.
ations and charges which you have made
against q fellow member Of the church,
concerning which you have repeatedly
expressed yourself ready to givethe es-
sential facts. These facts they demand.
The committee, therefore. renew their Re.
quest that you appear at the time and
place Specified in my letter 81 the twelfth
inst, for the purpose therein named.
Respectfully s. S.-B.-HALL1DAY.
- g~seENE NOT on TIE; BILLS. -
About 8 . clock, Mr.. II. G. Bo wen, his
s,sEEt1lWsFdaantla Henry 4Bowen,sand
DIR. Ward. publisher of the Independent,
entered Mr.. Halliday's house, and in
about an hour the door was flung open,
lights flashed, and loud and angry voices
were heard, the cause of which is here.
with set down ia the words Of Mr.. Henry
E. Bowen.
BowEN's STORY.
Since the receipt of that letter Mr..
Bowen has been busily engaged in prepar.
ing his statement Cor the COMMITTEES. On
entering the room in Mr.. Hallidav's
ehouse tonight. MIR. Bowen found, to his
astonishmcnt, a company of forty or fifty
persons assembled, embracing the mem.
bers Of the committee, the chairman of
the council in session, and others. Among
those present were H. w. Beecher, who
sat in corner of the room behind the
door, not in view Of Mr.. Bowen, his two
sons, Henry and William, Oliver john
son, Beecher's son.in'law, Rev. Mr.. SEQ.
VILE, and Benz. F. Tracy.
MIR. Bowen being called on for his
statement, presented and read it. Pre-.
vious to presenting his statement Mr..
Bowen expressed his surprise at such a
large audience. and asked for the reason
of their presence. He was told that the
committee never objected to his bringing
his friends there. The idea was that Mr..
Bowen had a right to bring in any friends
he cared to; THAT the company came with
the committees invitation, and not Mr..
Beechev's. "But," said Mr.. Bowen, Jr.,
''Beecher is chairman of the com.
mittee." To this Mr.. Bowen replied
he had no objection, but the responsible.
ty and publicity must rest with them !;
that he came there to present his state.
ment to the examining committee, and
nobody else; that he should decline to
give it to the press, and if published it
should be by the examining committee
and not by him.
After Mr.. Bowen made his statement,
continued the narrator, Dir. Tilney in
quircd if he had any more facts to give,
to which MIR. Bowen replied ''rhat is all,
this evening" AS Mr.. Bowen was about
leaving, Mr.. Blair, member of the com.
mittee, said, 81 protest against MIR. Bow
en- leaving" Mr.. Shearman said, "Mr.
Bowen you will not be permitted to leave
the ROOM" Mr.. Bowen stepped towards
the door of the front parlor, when MIR. S.
V. White jumped up and locked the door,
took the key and put it in his pocket and,
as he saw Mr.. Bowen looking toward the
door of the other room, Mr.. White called
out. clock the other door!'' and several
men jumped toward it, and every one
jumped to his feet. But Mr.. Bowen was
too quick, and got to the back parlor door
just before several of The crowd got to it.
His son, Henry E., followed, rushed to
the door and called for the press report
ers, thinking that they were there. Here
Mr.. Henry G. Bowen interposed energeti.
cally, thinking there was going to be a
row. Mr.. Henry E. Bowen continued:
"My father was in the hall, my brother
and DR.. Ward we're in the parlor, and
got on the stoop outside and called for
the press, and the associated press report.
er and another rushed up, and MIR. Bowen
told thnrn of tho Occa1rronco -
Mr.. Bowen expressed himself very
strongly in regard to the treatment he
received.
WHITES VERSION.
Mr.. S. v. White was visited, and his
version is substantially this: MIR. Bowen
read statement of So pages, to which he
failed to give names or dates. It refer
red to scandals of 10 or IL years ago.
After reading few pages he handed the
paper to DR.. Ward Then Bowen step.
ped toward the door, and Mr.. White, de-
string to prolong the interview as much
as possible, and being seated near the
door, turned the key, withdrew it from
the door and put it in his pocket. Bowen
stepped back several feet, and surveying
the situation saw means Of exit BY the
back door, and he dashed in that
direction. upsetting the chairs and other
articles of household furniture in his
fight, and escaped from the house. Mr..
Edward Bowen then pointed to Mr.. White
and said, II will fix you! You will paw
for this J" 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
Times came UP, and in response to their
inquiries, Mr.. Henry E. Bowen besousat
his brother not to make fool of himself