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ARREST or PENNSYLVANIA MINISTER 70
nRyAcu or PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

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BREACH or PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
WoxlKsDoRr, PENN, September GA
sensation was caused here to-day by the
appearance Of the sheriff OF Berks county
with a cap;as from the court at Reading
for the arrest Of the Rev. Alexander s.
kciser, pastor OF the Pottsville German
Reformed church, to answer the charge OF
breach OF promise TO marry Miss Elizabeth
X, Miller, Of Upton, village OF Berks
county.
Mr.. Keiscr was In Zion church attending
a meeting Of Lebanon classes when the
sheriff appeared with his writ. Five per-
sons in attendance At the meeting went his
bal. i'm al 900 for his appearance at the next
term OF court at Reading. The Rev. Mr..
Keiser, previous TO his going to classes
Yesterday, visited the vicinity OF the resi-
dence OF Miss Miller with view TO set
Ting the case, as he said, but no settlement
was made, which was owing probably to
the fact that her father lay dead in the
house, and preparations were being made
for the funeral. which took place to-day.
The Rev. Mr.. Htmbert, OF Bowers station.
In whose family the plaintiff resided a
number Of years, and where defendant
first made her acquaintance when he was a
theological student, stated yesterday that
she was very industrious and economical,
and
DURING THE C0URTsHIP
gave him all her savings toward paying his
expenses in pursuing his literary and theo-
logical studies. and that be promised TO
marry her as soon as he should be ordained
md settled as n minister OF the Gospel.
1t appears that while he was student in
the seminary at Collegeville, Montgomery
county, he formed the acquaintance OF an
other Young lady, whom he married after his
ordination. and they went TO housekeeping
at Pottsville, where he was elected to the
pastorate Of congregation. He is hand
somc-looking man, about thirty years OF
age. with dark hair and moustache. Miss
Miller is an intelligent and beautiful wo-
man, twenty-fonr years OF age. She says in
her affidavit, filed in the courthouse, that
about seven years ago, when she was seven
teen years old and living in the family OF
the Rev. David Humbert, ut Bowers, Berks
county, she formed the acquaintance OF the
Rev. Mr.. Keiser; that he became
sUITOR FOR HER AFFECTIONS,
and that his visits were frequent and char
acterized by the warmest demonstrations
of affection during the entire period from
their first acquaintance TO the fall OF 1881.
He was pursuing his studies in theology
preparatory for ordination as minister
OF the Gospel Of the German Re-
formed church, and when at school
or elsewhere kept up constant
correspondence with the plaintiff, his
letters numbering upward OF 400. They
were of the most endearing character and
filed with ardent professions of his I'M
dying affection for the plaintiff; that his
personal visits TO the plaintiff during this
period were frequent, and his conduct
toward her on such occasions was marked
with a display of affection so apparently
real that he succeeded in completely gain
ing her confidence and winning her AZ
fiction; that when she heard OF his mar
riage she went to Pottsyille, where he was
stationed, to inquire into the truth Of the
matter. She called at his residence, and
was told by him that IL was true, but that
be attempted no explanation OF his con-
duct. 1t is said that he gives as a reason
for not marrying Miss Miller that she was
not true to him. This she and her friends
deny.