The New York herald., 1878-03-11
HAMILTON SQUARE CHURCH SCANDAL.

no FURTHER INTERRUPTION TO THE CHURCH
sERvIcEs-AN ExPEcTANr CROWD pIsAP-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Mr.. AND MRS.
MOUNT AND JUSTICE GooD-sEvERE Re
ELECTIONS ON THE REVEREND CASE.
TRENTON, March 10. 1s7s
Hundreds OF strangers visited Hamilton square To-
day In anticipation OF witnessing lively scene IN
OF the stad old Baptist church building wherein
tho Rev. W. w. Case oifciales Mrs. Vincent Mount
and her HUSBAND been the leading actors
At ieas, they had promised they would about
week ago But DO such scene eventuated.
rhe services in the church were not inter-
yupscd and everything went on In quiet
manner. The hundreds OF people who drove TO the
village bugges carriages, wagons ana o'her snaPeo
vehicles, and most Of whom congregated In 'front.' oi
the church. we're very much disappointed, and about
tho hour OF they commenced 10 weno 'heH way
homeward
APPEARANCE THE ENEMY
wh,Is the crowd was waiting Tor developments and
when they we're nigh giving up in despair, just al
ouortcr past eleven O'Clock, hrs. Mount, with her
husband and adopted daughter were seen turning the
,orner Of the street coming from Squire GOODS
house fabouL a block from the church) In
ihe direction OF the edidcc. Little boys hal
looed out ''Here they come here they come" and
every ones head soon turned TO look AZ them
Up they walked IN single 1le, Mrs. Mount 0rst, the
child second and the husband in the rear. Just as
they arrived opposite tho door six stalwart young
mon filed outside deputy constables the sexton put
key in the and, locking IT, took the key out aud
nut il IN his pocket. All eyes were upon what was
supposed TO be tho attacking party; but. without
FASTING glance hardly At tho assembled multitude,
they walked by and went into the cemetery, where
they spent about nttosn minutes viewing The tomb
stones Then they crossed tho street and went into
Uncle Jenny Aliens house, where they remained for
hour or
A COUNCIL OF WAR.
Before they passed by the church tho trustees
Messrs. Euoch South. Alfred Fagins, Samuel Smith,
James Robbins and David s. Hutchinson-hslo q coun
eli OF war outside and course decided the plan
OF action should the Mount party make an attack.
They remained outside all tho time during the service
within and constable Robbins filed the position OF
general.in- chief Rev W. ". Case. who Is suffering
from an attack Of Quinsy, was not able 10 ohcate,
although he Was in attendance and 50 student from
the Peddie Institute, H'gntstown, named Wilson, occu
ped tie pulpit He preached for about orty minutes,
but never once alluded TO the scandal
STATEMENT MOUNTS.
Whilo Tho Mounts were In Uncle Johnny Aliens
your reporter held an interview with them. Mrs.
Ncunt reiterated her charges against Mr.. Case she
said that what no stated ABOUT squire Good was 2
he first nsultcd her.
.srhey wrote me liar on the church books, and
must have II wiped ont ! moan what say (wth
wicked determination and terrible lookl joined tho
church when was fifteen years OF age and was only
First Baptist Church In Trenton. Five years before
this lrpube came back Mr.. Case should not step
down from his calling . minister and commence 10
writc Wills want jury OF five disintsrested pco-
pie 10 settle this case. Tw0-thrds OF the members
Of the church do not understand it-lhereiore they
are prejudlccd against me. want i've men 10 hear
my statement, ana know Will get justice"
Mr. Mount said he WAS not going 10 spend any
money IN the matter. Ii Mr.. Case and the church
people chose take The first step IN law let them. He
was ready to follow ana defend bis wife and himself
He would violate The iorco into
Tho church, but lac would not promse that he would
not 20 tuere any That the only church
had 10 90 TO- as he belonged nation.
III am not going ngnt and violate laws Of the
country to 10 in. We don't care to be taken back
members, but we want the lies taken OF the books.
They into this trouble. We did not intend TO
80 to-day; We had appointment with Mrs
MOUNTS sister in the graveyard. We Will 80 TO wor.
ship there again. sure You see to-day how the door
was locked In our tace"
STATEMENT OF MR.. GOOD.
Your reporter also interviewed Mr.. E. r. Good, q
ijustice Of the peace, whose wife is a niece OF
Wihelmina Hutchinson. Mr.. Good won't into the
history OF the Will making aud sad-
"On the Gay oi the writing Vi the codicil MI. Case
called upon me and wished mo to 80 with him that
afternoon 10 Bee Aunt Wiley; that she desired codi
Gil 10 her will told him had no objection and
would take min there In my carriage, aud did SO. On
the road the conversation was IN regard 10 tho will
aud Inc writing OF tho cOdiciL He told me that she
had made disposition oil some Of her property
" uuincorporaled body aud that ne had been and
seen counsel in reference to it, l asked who his
counsel was, he told me Judge Buchanan. He
she had lett tho residuary OF ner
10 the sunday school, ana ne had been c0unseed to
get her revoke that part Of the beQuest and 1t
TO the church, as they wore incorporated body
After mad arrived there he went up INTO her
aud talked 10 Aunt Wiiioy aOout the will, sur pose
After while he called me aud Mrs. Jones up into the
room ~ witness the codicil After that had fre.
Quent conversations about the will.
TAE HEIRS DIssATisFIED.
"After the deceased had been buried and tne will
made known found there some dissatisfaction
among the heirs. had frequent conversa, IONS with
the family, and shey united a whole that the
resduary part OF the estate which Mr. Case bad taken
counsel upon, ought to so the heirs and TO the
church, II had enough already. l Hade PROPOSE
the church would take the responsibility OF Inc mat.
tho money TO be distributed among the hcirs, who
had received nothing, for the purpose Of
creating good feeling among the family and
the church. Hc replied that he did not have
nny money hand ana he would consult the trus
tees. they refused 10 comply. After our examina-
lion in court during Tho contest the Will he
graduated me ON my evidence ana aftorward ex-
tended my hand 10 him. when he reused TO take IL
and told me TO 90 away; was u treacherous man. l
have never aided or abetted the Mounts any way
slanoer, the complaint having been made and
u is now IN tho hands oil the proper officers
II Mr. Case had contradictcd the statement he
made about me through the press would
have done nothing. Mr.. Case is the
aggressor, anu has publicly called Mrs. Mount a liar
on humorous OCCASIONS, merely because Mre. Mount
would not give evidence tor him TO substantiato the
validity OF the WILL he knowing that she would likely
know all about IT, Mr. Case told lie 10 me when he
SAID he had takcn counsel upon the codcll. He at
terward said he had mercy counselied with his vile.
He also lied 10 when he said that Judge Buchanan
was president OF the state Educational Society. Mr..
Buchanan denied being such PRESIDENT
The feeling Is deciuedly in favor OF Mr. Case, and
but worry few sympathize with the Mounts. Hamilton
tQuarc never saw such large crowd there TO-
day, but they were all disappointed