Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
A Preacher .i.ek.maiIed.
From the Morning News.

= DhTkhAt Iol.y Shus AVs-7Aho 'A'es
a tigatIon which has been going on Il
h tho case Of the Rev. Mr.. Foreman
J. chArged with criminal seduction, ha
not only brought TO light q great mas
= Of evidence Of itself sufficient TO olea
: Mr.. Foreman, but has opened up YER
/. peculiar state OF Affairs as existing II
, That stsia, littls town Of Leipsic, and |
Suggestive Of deep consideration fron
the public generally. 1t will be re
! msmbersd that the girl, Cora A ndsrson
: sWore tsfors magistrate 10 Mr.. Fore
. mans guilt, and 1t was upon her recog
lnigiuoe that writ was subsequently
8 served upon him by the sheriff OF Ken
county, and finally, 1t was upon thu
strength OF this action that the Presi
ding Elder brought him up for trial be
: fore q clerical court, which court agar
oonvenes In ths Methodist church hsre
next Monday, the 18th inst. At first
his indignant friends charged the whole
offence upon the N. P. church OF Leip'
sio, claiming that 1t was nothing
more or less than an attempt to black.
mail a Methodist minister, gotten up
by that church IS q means Of making
members q. the expense Of the other.
| Unfortunately, for Lsipsic, her, ,repu.
tation 81 . religious community has
Invariably stood At q heavy dis.
count, and the religious war wsged be-
tween the n. p. and the straight-oat
Net hoiist Church here has frequently
been carried on with such seal as ab-
solutely to sndsngsr the personal safe.
ty Of cns or the other Of the unluoky
pAstors. And, werst Of all, this spa-
cies Of religious irreligion has at times
stopped so low as to manufacture sosu-
dsl purely for scandals sac. One ease
in particular was tat Of young Har.
,1ringtoI, sho vent TO LsipsiO last year
and took charge of the public schools.
y WAS q member Of the N. K. Church
and a very quiet and moral young man.
A rumor was set up against him, insti'
gated by the n. P. Church, aud q
young girl was made TO charge him
with seduction,
50 far was the persecution carried
that Harrington was literally driven
s@Ry, although avowins his entire in
nocSnoe, and appealing to the law for
protection. The girl afterwards svore
bofOre the magistrate that there was
no truth ip 1t, and, moreover, that she
was influenced by older and more res
popsible citizens ofthe church. Nor has
! this continued quarreling aud seahdal-
monSling all been on one side. What
curious spectacle this must bel Que
half of community arrayed against
the other and both working In the name
OF religion. This foolishsst Of all follies
has not only been INDUCED in BY the
churches bat has spread out among the
community at jlarge, and extending
through all the rsmidcations OF what
little society there Is In the place.
! Now, that most OF the evidence is in,
doubt if q more deplorabls state Of a.
fairs exist anywhere on the Pen Lgula
than here. | must confess | never knew
of an instance, where tive churches,
backed by the whole community, would
stOop TO such subterfuge to encompass
their private euds.
SO to return to the case, such has
been the state OF affairs a. this retired
spot that this belief of the oo,Aplicity Of
q church, which ought 10 be lasting
dssradition. is generally accepted as
the true solution OF the affair.
The father OF the young girl, James
Anderson, is, by common consent, o
notorious lisr, aud 1t is Of record that
this same truthful James cannot DO
trusted with such little trinkots rs
musk rat hides, for which there Is
ready market down that way. Added
to this the testimony Of his fellow-towns-
men to the fact OF his drinking heavily,
and more than all, their testimony
most emphAtically that he wOnld DO
anything tor money, snd it is not hard
70 see how this whole csse was boil
stored up.
This same modest, sinister-looking
James is on reOofd as saying that he
ha1u't clothes good enough to 90 TO
church in, but as HIS clothes were
always god enough to see the circus
In his nea' little excuse was not valid.
Cora, the plaintiff, ia OF light complex
ion, p1gnUsed, red-haired, and dscidet-
ly a healthy little girl Of II summers,
or thereabOuts. Saortly after Mr..
Forsmsn's coming to l. ipsic she en-
tered lis family Is domestic, aud for
time, rs the village gossips say, sll
Things went On swtmmlDgly, bat after
due tins they ceared TO glids smoothly,
aud suddenly began to get very rongh.
The sharp eyes ct the o,ECr good folks
iu the n. p. Church quiokly took upI
the hue and cry, the girl was taken be-
fore ragistrats--uue Walls, by name
AID made to swear to FoIemsn's
guilt. IL is the universal testimony,
not only OF his many friends, but OF
the community aud surrounding coun-
try, that tho unfortunate minister is
eatirely innocent Of the gross charges
brought against him.
All during the time while the girl
lived with him, and during the periods
when his wife was away, he sent her
regularly 10 her parents at night, that
hsre might not be even q case for sus-
picion. And stronger proof than Ill,
at the time desigusted by the girl in
her affidavit as taking advantage Of by
Foreman, his attending physician tes-
ti6ss to his being pIostrated with
nervous disease that absolutely pre-.
ciudod any idea Of his having any init
macy with Cora.
Later, the evidence has been 80 mar
roSsd down as to point out two Of
Leipsic's moct worthless young oiti-
zsns as the real authors OF the crime.
ana II rendered necessary by Cora's re
newed assertions of Foremau's guilt,
steps will al once bs taken toward ex-
posing these two young gentlemen,
who have thus lent themselves TO this
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