St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-20
A CHURCH BROKEN OPEN.
Vandals Desecrate the Ninth Presby-
terrain Church.
McLean's Friends Suspected-State-
ment of the Two Ladies.

tor. Dr. Mclean, had begun to die out when
Yesterday morning news came that the little
church had been visited by vandals the
night before and made total wreck of the
interior. Lamps were broken, the organ
iisemboweled, the carpets ripped up, chairs
and stove smashed and the entire outht
treated to a bath of kerosene oil. Inc
panels of the door leading into the street
were split open and the windows in the
rear of the church forced up. Whoever the
lconoclaSt was who got loose in the little
mission, he went in for business, and EVIL
IDENTIFY carried it on very successfully.
The case was reported to the police and
they are trying to get some clue 10 the au
thor or authors of the destruction. Fred
Lemke, who lives in the adjoining house,
said he heard noise about 10 o'clock in the
evening, but paid no attention to 1t.
DEACON WILSON
Is reported to have told Chief Clark that he
went to the church Wednesday and found
it occupied by Archie McPhail and J. H.
Butler. and that he told them to get out.
They refused to go, saying that Dr.. Nc
Lean had authorized them to watch the
property. McPhail was formerly member
of the Dayton Avenue church, and took
letter from there to the mission. McPhail
and Butler were arrested early yesterday
morning for implication in the University
avenue street-car-barn row, in which Butler
had his head badly cut. The police are in
the dark as to whether these men did the
work or whether it was done by tramps or
disorderly boys.
DR.. Mclean was seen by GLOBE re-
porter last night, and said he didn't think
the work was done by any member OF the
mission, as it was property in which every
member of the church had an interest," as
they had built it by private subscription
When asked if he had told Archie Nc
Phail to watch the property, he said he had
at various times, as he considered Mr..
McPhail steady, reliable man. He then
stated that he took this step, fearing that
the
DAYTON AVENUE CHURCH PEOPLE
would do damage to the property or carry
away the furniture on account OF the
spite they bore him. In his opinion
this work was done by tramps,
and he depIored very much that it should
have TRANSFERRED, especially at this time. 1t
is probable that McPhail and his associates
will be investigated regarding the affair.
In his conversation Dr.. Mclean said the
evening and morning. paper had surprised
him with the unfairness with which they
had treated him. but that the morning paper
had suddenly turned a complete somer-
sault and come up on his sde and at this
point he showed the reporter letter to
which was affixed the signature of the city
editor of the morning paper The drift OF
the epistle, as caught by hasty glance of
the reporter, was an apology for any in
justice that the paper had done DR.. Mclean
and the avowal of an anxiety to make
reparation for any injury he felt he suffered
from the reports published about him.
Il will show in my Sunday lecture, he
continued, folding the letter and putting it
in his pocket, THAT l have been maligned
beyond all reason. and that the young lady
has been heaped with indignities for which
there can hardly be any pardon. There is
way OF proving her innocence. Of course
it will be hard for her, but she will undergo
the test in order to vindlcate herself She
has friends in the city who will not appeal
to the courts for justice, but will take it
into their own hands and deal with her ira
ducers as they deserve"
WHAT MRS. FINLEY SAYS.
A GLOBE reporter called on Mrs. Finley
and Lily Mitchell yesterday afternoon and
found them ready with written statements
of their side of the story, Mrs. Finleys
statement was as follows:
am Mrs. Finley, the mother of the young
lady whose name is connected with DR.. Nc
Lean in the church scandal, and must justify
myself and daughter by making statement.
From Menomone came to St. Paul Sept. T,
and consulted DR.. Mclean in regard TO my
self. l spoke of my daughter coming
TO st. Paul to learn millinery; told
him 1 had secured cher a situation
with Mrs. Dewitt, on the corner of Seventh
and Broadway. Ihad difficulty in securing
suitable boarding place, and having to re-
turn home at once, left the matter in the
doctors hands, thinking he would get suit
able place for her to board, and he engaged
board for her at No. "a Iglehart street. She
came on Monday, Sept. q. She went to her
boarding place, stayed until Tuesday, when
she went to Minneapolis to visit her aunt and
returned to St. Paul on the following Monday,
and went to work in Mrs. Devitts store. She
stayed two weeks and concluded she did not
want to stay any longer. She then went to
Minneapolis to stay with her aunt. On Mon
day, Nov. s, 1 came to st. Paul with
Mrs. Decker, a sick lady who came to
consult doctors here, and we went to the In
ternatioual hotel. We consulted DR.. Mclean,
but did not EMPLOY him until we consulted
Dr. Stone, and as the doctors agreed about
the case, Mrs. Decker employed DR.. Mclean,
and as she had to remain for treatment for
month or more she concluded that she would
take q room, which she did, IN A Seventh
street, where we came on Nov. Il. [ knew
nothing of this scandal until Wednesday
morning about half-past seven, when
my daughter came from Menomonie.
Of course / was very much aston
ished and thinking how the reporters eXagger-
ated every statement that is made,
L refused to talk to them. Now,
Of the charges made by Mrs. Rayson, !
[ do not know what object she would have, |
without it was to injure us. The doctors con-
duct towards US has always been that of a |
gentleman. And Mrs Rayson was not pleased |
because my daughter left her place. and be- !
ing, as we understand, very maize ious !
woman, had coupled my daughters name
with the doctors in this scandal / might say |
that l did place my daughter under DR.. Nc |
Leans protection and advice, thinking that
it would De better on account of her having |
no friend in the city.
WHAT LILY SAYS.
Lille Mitchell's statement reads as fol- !
lows:
My true name is Lille Mitchell, and my
home is in Menomonie, Wis. My mothers |
name is Mrs. Finley. l came to St. Paul Mon |
day, Sept. 81, to work in Mrs. \. Z. Davitt's |
millinery store, on the corner of Seventh ard |
Broadway. When came to st. Paul | did |
not know that DR.. Mclean had engaged board |
for himself at "a lglehart street. | stayed at |
"A Iglehart street until Tuesday, Sept. -, !
when went to Minneapolis to stay with my |
aunt, Mrs. F. L. Roberts, 1900 Lake street |
south, until Monday, when / came back and |
went to work in Mrs. Devitt's store. l re- |
manned there two weeks. 1 then went to |
Minneapolis and stayed two weeks with my |
aunt in that city. Ithen went to my home in |
Menomonie.
DR.. Mclean was only at Mrs. Raysons one !
week while was there. and as for doctoring |
me he never did, although he treated my |
mother and was my medical adviser. 1 am |
not engaged to young man at Menomonie |
and never was. l did not know anything |
about this scandal until Tuesday about 6 |
O'Clock. l took the train in Menomonie at |
2:50 a. m. and came to st. Paul. l came to |
Mrs Decker's and my mothers room at half |
past seven Wednesday morning. have never