The New York herald., 1878-03-06
A PASTORS CROSS.
A Teapot Tempest in a Church at
Hamilton Square, N. ].
THE TRUE STORY.
Mrs. Mount to the Minister,
You SWore to Lies"
Clergyman to Parishioner, stop
Making Faces at Me-"
THE TRUE STORY.
MONEY IN THE CASE.

SQUARE situated about six miles from here, Is aolo 10
furnish sensation OF such character as occurred
there last Sunday Il was the outgrowth OF scandal
that commenced about a year ago The people there
are all considered honest hard working farmers, who
70 to church regularly every sunday aud seldom
commt any crime against the laws OF God
country short time ago they were visited by
temperance orator who organ ized temperance clubs,
succeeded in damaging tho rum business ard con-
vertcd nearly every person 20 the cause oil cold
water. When report Of the churcn row appeared
exclusively in last Mondays HERALD the good people
were horrfed, the whole village WAS abashed. As
some conflicting reports OF 1t nave appeared IN print,
your reporter proceeded TO the for the purpose
OF getting an accurate version OF the affair
MRS VINCENT MOUNTS STORY.
The nrst person interviewed Mrs Vincent
Mount the "heroins' OF the sensation. She looks
younger than her husband, who Is forty-sight years
Of age She wears a very determined look, dresses
plainly and neatly and seems TO hold high opinion
vi herself She sud she was wiling and even ANXIOUS
that she should be put IN PRINT on TINS matter she
Mr. Case had often preached very insulting ser.
mons, particularly against her and husband We
these personal assaults as long az II was poss-
Bile and would never have spoken OF II again had u
not been Tor Mr. Case About month ago. she said,
she attended Sunday school, and upon taxing her
seat Mr. Case, who giving blackboard lessons 10
tho cndron i'm n,ediateiy threw aown his books and
and aud sat down right IN front Of her and
"Mrs Mount, I come and sit down here on pur-
poso SO that you take good look at me-
She remarked, Il am very much Obliged to you'
but will not take q good look al you."
After gong TO the pulpit no came back with a
menacing ana determined look. and she remarked to
+ why don't you 81. down again SO can look at
you; you are preityl"
In regard 10 the win OF wlhelmina Hutchinson,
she up with her nights before she died. and
sne declared TO her that she was going TO
leave the bulk Of her properly to Sarah
Good hcr niece The will had already been
written, but she did not tell her about II, yet she
knew TIE fact Wnhom,na mad been drinking very
tie day Mr.. Case wrote tho will and 1t was not
drawn as she desired but Mr.. Case dictated, and
therefore Sarah Good did not receive the amount
which W,lhemina had desired, The Baplst church of
which Mr. Case is pastor receiving the bulk ol her
property m
ssThc circumstance under which called Mr.. Case Q
liar was ioowsl was sitting IN church last Sun.
day week, listening atienIivey 10 the sermon, when
Mr. Case sloppea short his discourse and looking at
ne sharply said, Mrs. Mount, you don't stop max
ny faces at will have you removed from the
shufcn' answered and said, Il am not making faces
" you.' He sald, You are.
i.He was preacn,ng ABOUT being weighed In the bal
and found wanting and said to him, You
night well weigh liars while you have your scales
In use.
safer the church was dismissed met Mr. Case at
.he foot of the stars and TO him. Mr Case, why
tId you wish insult me? You have already lied me
oil the church aud you wish 10 publicly insult
me. You have he'd and sworn; you did lie and swear
10 iics
"he remarked That is just what wanted TO hear.
81 sa,d, You have heard IL, then, and walked away
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
"Last sunday We went 70 church as usual, and whed
I arrived there met large crowd OF people.
passed up the door, when The constable SAID 10
me- you can't come IN here to-day, Mrs. Mount
~ ASKED IN reply, why can't go ins'
"Hc replied, because you mado faces ut and Insulted
Mr. so sunday, and you caH't come In tu-day. ;.
II denied DOING or saying anything that would inter-
rap, the services unlii Mr. Case nsued me, and that
IL they would let 20 IN would De quiet tho
rest attempted 10 60 IN when she constable grasped
roughly end hurled me back, whereupon slapped
him IN tue lace, would like 10 slap bin again.
also remarked, You will all Ue IN good condition TO
pray wncn you go III, so good0y'
QUITE PEAcEABLY DISPOSED.
at intention 10 go 10 that church next Sun
day II the law gives US the priviiege If tho law is not
with us we~iii not attempt anything that WIN create
disturbance, as We are penceaoiy disposed"
Mr. Mount coincIded with overy hing that his wife
stated, the remark that lie "never has been any
Dody's dog and will not Dc driven home " the law Is
good for any thing"
Mrs Mount nd that Mr. Case made the assertion IN
Washington Market restaurant that she was IA lar
and that she had TO get out OF the Hamilton square
Church he would -; that he was not going 10 be
taken down by a woman. Mrs. Mount says woman
10 n woman and she Will never give up 10 him; not at
all
REV MR. CASE ALSO SPEARS
Rev. W. w. Case, the pastor Of the Hamilton Square
Church, is u stout, horid compiexoned maa OF about
iorty, with long, SAMMY whskcrs, ignt har; tho top
OF ms head Is somewhat bad In answer TO The in-
interviewed SO that both parties might DO heard, he
broke IN with the EXPRESSION that tnere was ''ony
one side 10 the wnoc question; the other SIDE is an
emphatic lie, sir-an emphatic lie Mrs. Good
icit only 81, 900, and Mr.. food Was mad because
she did uOt get more from NiIhemina which had been
The whole OF the trouble Mr. GOOD said, had IT
Tor that coniouGded minister be would have
been IN modest circumstances 10 dsy." Mr. Case says
it mpbatlc lie; he dsd not dictate to nelnlna
one word IN reglra TO tae dsposin0n OF, tue
property. lie SAID bis eogrcn is sds .s-isrsest
IN Hamilton square, and his coDzres CATION IS united
WITH hpn. A reporter Of Ses YosE gsyer instead OF
coming 10 HIM ior iuormsIIoa ~eat 10 "a Sood, who
his worst enemy and ~no ec 20 Tue re ss9fler. He
gave the lacts oil the case as foilOws:-
THE True s1ARDHxss-
NV lhemina hutchinson was aJouI TO Gle, aud she
yent ior me, her brother coming alter TIE, Febru
tTy L. 1875 and alter dinner weai into tDe Of
Tho osing woman anu had few moments converse
non with She said she desired TO write her
Will. then went down stairs aud tod her brother
that she wanted me 70 write her Will He brought his
Iather's WILL as We dd not Know the form, and COM
meneed 10 write the VIII, constantly consulting the
deceased, that might know her desires after writing
tho viii read II over shd she said she was satisfied
that II was correct. then spoke TO ner concerning
The witnessing OF will and she SAID, Can Squire
Good and Mrs Jones, as they have no blood relation
10 me- They came up aud Witnessed tue will and
sodiciL | was sent for again March t. 1875 and the
next afternoon went TO see the deceased, ana
she agreed that tho codicil should be writ
ten, and before writing l told her that
rs the sunday school was an unincorporated body,
that her resduary legacy would not stand, and sug
OF 1t TO the Sunday school she could give II IN the
codcll TO The church, and she tQld me that should
wriie the codicl IN accordance with this suggestion,
Whhelmina signing ~ alter II was completed. This Is
the only suggestion ever made, and that was done
iu the presence oil hor brother Edward.
ONLY QUESTION or AMOUNT.
"Had MT. Goods wife received $4,000 instead OF
81, 900 there would never have been anything said
about tins matter 1t is he who has stirred up tins
feeling against me. He Is n man oil no prucipie and
nm enemy 10 me. 10 him Is TO be attributed this
scandal He Is the man. During the last three years
MrA Mount has been conducting herself toward mo
like brutc-making iaces at me IN church, haioaIng
me IN the public streets and annoying me In various
uher ways.
great mystery OF the matter u.s. what did Mrs.
Mon nave TO do with the VIII OF Wihenina Hutch
jns on that she should ce aggreved over the dspos
ion OF the property There are rumors rio that sbc
expec secure portion OF the property herself
having during hcr Sickness, anu, IL Is
supposed tried TO induce her to leave portion to
her Before Mr. aud urs Mount were expelled
the charges oil prevarlcaiion, had u
talk with them the church. In com
pany with tho deacon. They both agreed
TO let everything drop and resume their duos III the
cnurcn. Hardly week elapsed before they tried TO
raise a disturbance a,an. lhc church then expelled
them on the above charge The viii was dated
February IL, 1915, bcqueathiug her property as iol
lows
DISTRIBUTION or THE LsTArE.