The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-29
TIE TRIAL OF DIR. TALMAGE
Mr.. RTMTNG TON READS 4 NEWSPAPER
INTERYJEW ~ ETIDENCE,
And Explains the Ground OF his Beiief that
Dr. Tnimnee Acted DeceItruiiy Some OF
the Things Excluded now Admitted.

| the lhtnHs Excluded now Admitted
When a Presbyter complained TO the Rev.
Dr. Samuel Spear, the counsel for the Rev. DR..
/ Talmagc, at the opening OF the fifth day OF tho
latters trial. that the cross-examinatiou OF Mr..
Eliphalet Remington. the gun manufacturer.
/ was too much on one topic, DIR. Spear replied:
We know lust what we arc about. and il you
knew what know is to be- Dr. Talmagc's de-
fcnce. you would say that I was doing right"
| At 3 7. NJ. after the throng ot lady members OF
/ the Tabernacle were in ther snats. and the
/ galleries h1d become n bank Of human faces.
among which were those Of many lawyers. tho
| Moderator set the trial in motion. There was
vase Of tea roses and fresh smilax on DR..
Talmages table. and in their centre. above the
roses. was pure white lilv. On the left Of tho
| pulpit. Ms the audience entered. sat tho
young counsel for the prosecution. and in the
front pew nearest to them snt DIR. Theo
Cuylcr and DR.. Henry J. Van Dyke. Tho wit
ness's chair occupied the centre Of the altar
/ platform beneath tho pulpit. On the right
hand side Of the pulpit Dr. Talmage. with DR..
Samuel Spear and the Rev. Benjamin F. Mil
lard. his counsel. and Major b. H. Corwin, his
elder. sat Mt a mahogany table in continued and
close conference. The Prcsbytcrs were by
themselves in tho middle pcws. and the seats
back Of them wore filed with visiting clergy
mon OF other denominations. who listened to
|
the Prcshytcrs by n stout rope. In the frost
seat on the right hand side Of the church sat
Mrs. Tamagc and Mrs. A. W. Tenny.
The counsel for Or. Talmage said that they
had finished their cross examination OF Mr..
Elphalot Remington. Mr.. Remington. how
over. took the stand for redirect examination.
and. rising in his scat said. imprcssively:
"M Mr.. Moderator and members Of this Presby-
terry. yesterday was physically III and exhaust
ed. My mind was not In condition to fully ap-
preciate the questions which were put TO me.
| must think moro for the purpose Of confusing
me than OF getting Mt the truth. Never before
was | a witness, either in nny ecclesiastical or
civil proceeding. The position is a novel one.
and | need not say that II is an unpleasant
one. am mere not by any desire OF my own;
| came reluctantly. Some replies were elected
yesterday from mo which are calculated 10 place
me IN false position. and dcsireto state these
Tho Rev Arthur Crosby then elected the fol-
lowing testimony from Mr. bennington on re-
direct examination:
mage in anything connected with his retiring
from the paper che chrisiidn at work. and, ON
the contrary do believe that he injured me
and greatly wronged me in the manner Of his
retirement from the work. had spent thou
sands Of dollars on the paper without hope Of
return, Dr. Talmage did not come TO see me
about the matter after his withdrawal. and did
r28i go to See nm 91r re- TseeyGd no eXampe OF
minister OF the Gospel and was not. There
was q large Indebtedness, on the paper when
Dr. Talmage left IT, and ] paid OF this debt.
Dr. Taimaee was sharehodcr, and he did not
help me pay the debt. which had been Incurred
Witch was pad up ito to the ist Of june j R before he
left; and In paying similar salary Of $4,000 10
Dr Talmase's special rSanssi' The debts OF
the paper have been paid TO the last dollar. prn-
In reference to tho averment made by the
witness that DR.; Ialmage had dated back
le'ter four days before the night OF his alleged
| nNrHHlffmI conduct CHRISTIAN
Office, Mr.. Remington said that ho believed he
Mt. lemiugi9r, was justified in masking II
lamages behalf which gave strong color to
tIhle suspi'ion he had formerly ,cnbisrtained.
Oct . $50, and was postmarked New York.
MIR Milmrd offered to admit on tho part Of Dr.
Talmage that there was sufficient reason in the
witnesses mind for him % make the averments
he had made about Dr. Talmage,
Mr., Crosby aughingly rejected the proposed
Then Mr.. Millard pronounced the offer an at
tempt 10 spring trap upon the defence. Under
the Disguise ot -oiting the witness right lie said
the prosecution sought 10 Introduce testimony
70 hear against Or. IalmaCe. II WIS great
injustice to the defendant.
Dr. Spear-I unhesitatngly declare that 1t Is
design TO inlure this defendant, and not TO set
Mr.. Crosby-And unhestatingly deny it. as
The Moderator called upon the Presbytcry for
advice in deciding the question. and on Dr. Van
| Dykes motion IL WAS almost unanimously voted
that the witness should read such parts Of the
published avermonts ms Influenced his mind.
Mr. Remington now read from an Interview
published IN the World in October. 1876. in
which DR.. Talmage is represented as charging
that Mr.. Remington tricl TO soil the Christian at
Work after he learned that DIR. Tamage in
tended TO abandon It's editorship.
., Mr.. Remlngton also read from letter. pub.
DR.. Talmage first discovered conspiracy to
drop him out OF the editorship Of the CHRISTIAN
al NOrk. and that then DR.. Talmage dropped
himself out. The witness further testified that
ne wrote To Or, Ialmage, explicitly denying
all the charges in the publications from which
he now read before the Preehytery.
As TO Dr. Talmage's valcdctory, the witness
testified that. rs principal owner Of the paper,
| he lthe wltnessl would not, II no had known il.
have permitted the yalodintory to be published
even though DR.. Talmage. as editor in chief, and
all the other editors on the paper had united IN
Odd YOU learn any facts that led you to
suppose that Dr. Ialmage brought that vacdic-
tory and the Adrdnce Acknowledgement To the office
and composing roomY How did you connect DR..
Talmage with il at all? A.-By the fact. OF
which WAS Informed by the printer. that the
bill for the extra labor involved was raid by DR..
OFF DR.. Talmage Ms editor in chief had
right 70 insert that yaledictory would he have
naturally paid the bill Al think not.
Mr.. bennington said in conclusion that taking
into Wow his solemn position and his OATH and
searching into his lnmost soul, he was not con-
wrong.
on tho re-croas examination Mr. Remington
SAID he was vet Of the opinion that Dr. Talmagc,
disnQnorahy and deceitiuly When Dr. Spear
| asked, HOW utceNtul p an Oblectpn pre-
vented him from getting an answer. Mr. Rom
ington added: " There was aoatng indebted
ness Of s45.Oo0 whom DR.. Talmage left do
not know what It was when he came there in
1873. 1t was increased during Mr.. Talmage's
service as editor
Mr., Remipgton's examination was then con
cluded. and as the book by which the ex-
animation is conducted requires the testimony
10 be signed by the witness u Commisso ion com
prising the Rev Aaron Peck. Elder ID. G..
Eaton, and Elder Lalmbeer was appointed to
read the testimony 10 him aud have II signed
The counsel for the prosecution then called
Mr., Dickinson, There was no answer. They
called Mr.. Hawley. There was no answer and
they got no answer when they called Mr., Bright.
They then said that they had no more witnesses
for that session. In the case Of the six wit
nesscs who refused to appear before the Pres
| hytrrY In res pIu-e To- two citations, a commit
tee composed of Mr. lIalsoy Sherwood and Mr..
| Hussari was appointed to report what action
the Presbytrry should take. The clerk said
that he would have no money to pay the eX-
pcnscs Of the trial il it did not proceed faster.
Dr, Spear said that he would leave the case il
they had moro than one session day. He was
| physically Incapable OF n greater task. Tho
Rev Mr.. Crosby said that he was mentally in
capable of 1t, and the clerk withdrew his mo-
tiou to SIT seven hours a day. AT 5ls the Pres