The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-04-05
FOUND GUILTY.
THE REV. GEORGE II. HRIS-
TOR, ID. ID.
The Committee Of the Newark
Conference Recommend
His Expulsion.

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Conference Recommend
His Expulsion.
The committee appointed by the New
ark NJ. +. Conference 10 try the Rev.
George L. Brstor, -. H., Oh charges Of
immortality. listened 10 testimony for the
defense on Tuesday night until II o clock.
Dir. Bri>tor denied the charges, and called
as witnesses some members Of the official
hoard If st. Lakes Church
The Rev Eir. Fitzgerald, the appointed
prosecutor, called no witnesses IN rebut.
tai. 1t was 6 o clock on Wednesday morn
ing when the committee heard the last
argument and adjourned. The Rev. Mr..
Parsons spoke for the defense. and then
DR.. Bristor addressed the committee for
three hours with arguments and entreat-
les. \ member of the committee said
afterwards that it was the most yehe-
and that he was unaware that there was
a man in the conference gifted with SO
much ability and clo4uence. Bristor's
final appeal. lie said, was tremendous.
The committee convened again on We'd
nestlay at 10 o'clock, and conferred upon
its report. This was agreed upon by
o'clock Two hours later the chairman.
| the Rev. Or. Todd, arose IN conference,
| and. stepping before the presiding officer,
| Bishop Andrews said the committee de-
/ sired TO present report. All the MON
, beers Of the conference were present, and
| the galleries, of the church were well
| Tiled with women. The brief report was
! listened to with hushed attention.. Tie
| cleri; read it, as follows:
! 70 til" N-.r,pL -tanti ConfrftHrv:
| The select committee TO try the case of
! George Il. Bristor respectfully report that,
| after deliberate and careful consideration Of
shr evidence presented in the case. the, find
that Specifications l. ), &, :, S, Is, II, -, III,
! Is, -, 20, -, 80 II and II are sustained,
and that specifications l, >, ;, 9. ID, II, l..
| II, n. 80, p - o. Is, 90, 80, 81, -, IS, n,
-, 81, 81, IS AMI 10 are not sustained, and
/ that they unanimously tin,i that the charge
/ of immoral conduct is sustained, and that
'le said George i. Hristor he, and hereby
| is. expelled from the ministry and member
slip of the NJ +. Church.
JACOB TonD, President
! GiLrERS II. WINANs, Secretary.
! AS soon as the reading was finished the
! Rev. Mr. Parsons arose and said:
! 81 am requested by the accused brother
/ to make an appeal to the General Confer
ence. request the secretary to make
note Of this appeal
The Bishop directed the secretary to
make the note in view of the appeal.
No vote was taken on the report DR..
/ Fitzgerald was appointed to represent
/ the conference at the hearing of the APP
peal The Rev Mir. Gill moved a vote OF
thanks to the committee for its ''fidelity
/ in discharging its onerous duty but as
the case stands appealed, the conference
/ thought it was unwise for it to express
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| DR.. Blistor was not in the church when
/ the report was presented, having left the
/ city for Philadelphia iE the morning. He
said before going away:
SIT was all cut and dried, and the only
/ thing could gain by coming was to get Me
/ testimony reduced to writing for future use
| Dir. Pristor's father said the meetings
/ of the committee were unfair. lie took
occasion to deny report that his son
was expelled from Dickinson College for
/ immortality.
/ Many persons thought that DR.. Bristor
would be arrested as soon as the invest-
/ CATION ended. One Of the newspapers of
the city called upon the pnhIic prosecutor
I" bring him to Il trial in court.
\ Methodist layman who has been Off
ciaily connected with tie case said:
'Dr Bristor would have been arrested
last week but Tor the interference of a GER
tain ,nar. The latter found that some Of
/ the boys WHO wee witnesses against Dr.
BrisI"r intended 10 have linn arrested
/ Their fathers had tie same intention, while
I the other boys and their fathers di,, not
want 10 take tie case into public CONT.
Well, this gentleman whom refer to per
/ suadrI the hoyS not TO make the necessary
affidavit. As for Prosecutor Keen. know
/ he felt that il was not his duty to make th.
! charge, bnt only 10 prosecute ii should some
( body else make it.
BristoI address last night was Won
/ dcrfnl. lie has studied law since he left
Newark last summer, and his speech was
! oi DERBY, lawyer like and almost over
! wheimins in power. but his cause was
weak. and the committee was uDani-
/ mously against lin.
| Some Of the specifications were rejected
on technical grounds. For instance, one
alleged an otienSe on July 81, but the
| testimony showed that it was committed
after midnight, and therefore on july %
Others simply alleged that Bristor told
the boys that it was not wrong to do GER
tain things, and it may be that some of
these were rejected.
Those specifications which charged one
or the other of the gross oifenses were
mostly sustained. Some members of the
official board OF St. Luke's Church tes-
titled that Bristor admitted at the first
investigation having committed the les,
ser of these two onenses.
DIR. Brstor was seen at his home in
Baltimore on Wednesday by newspaper
reporter. He said he expected nothing
more, as the committee gave him no
| chance, but had determined to convict
from the beginning. He complained that
| the committee refused to hear evidence
as 80 the bad character of the bows who
| testified against him, aud that the sworn
certificate of Drs. Steel and Coyner Is to
/ his physical inability to commit one of
the crimes with which he was charged
was totally ignored
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