Smyrna times., 1885-07-08
The Mowbray Case.

in the hands of reporters and neWspa-
per men who cared nothing for him
any further than he could be used as
sensation. More reliance
seems to have been placed on these
than the merits Of his case. Surprise
is expressed that Mr.. MOwbray rs Il
man of sense did not have the wisdom |
rs has been tersely stated, "to get away |
even from the heels of friendly jack !
ass" At the Conference his ease Was !
greatly prejudiced by the expartc state
ments of the newspaper writers, who |
published to the world that he had
come ont completely victorious, where
as the records of the Conference showed
that he had been found guilty on two
specifications which would have suspen-
dcd him from ministerial work, but for
the magnanimity ofthe ministers in pass
ing his character in the face Of these
facts, and that on the motion OF one
Of the ministers who Is charged with
trying to drive the smart mel" out
of the Conference. Mr.. Hubbard, who
was the prosecutor, felt from the AZ
vantage that had been taken in the
misrepresentation in the newspapers
coupled with the wonderful demunstra-
tinn at the Frederick parsonage on Mr.
Mowbrays return that he was the party
who needed Vindication." Other
wise it is more than probable that that
particular " Mowbray case would
never have been heard Of again.
By the records of the Conference Mr..
Mowbray appears to have been con
victed of plagiarism and lying. While
ipX-a.tipatintr tla lact f.ba,ro tho fagfi-
mony being in reference TO money bOr-
rowed Of Mr.. Carlisle, Mr.. Mowbray
produced check that bore the marks
of cancellation To substantiate his state
ment 1t was the doubts raised in the
minds of many of the preachers That
caused a majority to do the anomalous
thing of passing his character after CON
victing him Of two grave offences.
| This check was offered to prove that
he had not lied in saying that he un-
derstOod that Mr.. Carlisle had consent
ed that the money borrowed, 500,
/ should be accounted on his salary.
| THE money he borrowed Of Mr..
/ Carlisle had been paid in the mean
| time. Mr.. Hubbard, smarting under
/ public censure determined to iuvcs, i
! gate this check. 1t bore the date OF
| May Sth, 1888, was made payable tu
the order of J. +. MOwbray ANA signed
! by VIM. Townsend. Written across
the back were the names, J. +. Now
bray and James Benson. 1t had also
the impression of bank stamp-Pay
to the order of the EaStOn National
Bank of Maryland. Under that was
the name r. Thomas, who is the cash
ier of this bank. 1t had also the letter,
stamped, paid, and a cancellation cut
Mr. Hubbard inquired of the Farmers
Bank in Dover and the Bank in EastOn
and the officers of each denied all
knowledge of it or that it had eVel
passed through their institutions. Mr.
Benson whose name appears on the
back as endorser disclaims also nj
knowledge of the check. At an inves
tigatiOn few weeks since Mr.. Now
bray confessed that the stamp was his
and that he wrote the name of L
Thomas. The confession which ht
wrote to James Benson of st. Michael,
is private and therefore not i'm on
province to use.
Some two weeks ago Rev. J. b
Quigg wrote to Mr.. MOwbray that un
less he published Il card within ont
week that the charges preferred agains
him at the recent Conference and sine,
were true. and that the clergymen VIII,
preferred the charges were not mali
ciOus prosecutors, as has been declar
ed, they would make statement
which appeared in the State Sentinel o
Saturday as follows:
We, the undersigned, having been uili
1,,ll II fL Il 4
deem it our duty to make the fullowin
statement, because of sensational and un
truthful representions made in some of tn
public papers: John +. Mowbrav. havin
been accused by complaint dmlv made {
his presiding elder of immoral cundur
e with certain specifications Of forgery, cour
terfeiting, false testimony and lying, d,
. sired permission to withdraw from the Con
} ference. The parties to the complaint cor
sented to the withdrawal under charges.
and the said j. +. MOwbray affixed his nam
= to such paper, and surrendered his parci
mcnts and hls pastoral charge We fur
ther state the said j. L. MOwbrav has b
> his own action acknowledged that his cor
, duct rs complained of Is entirely withou
D defense or justification, and we are full
pursuHded that it is the whole and SutiicieI
ground Of his withdrawal.
\. W. MuBY,
j. B. QUIGG.
Accompanying this was a name
{ signed by Mr.. Mowbray surrenderin
i his parchment, abandoning the invest
CATION and Withdrawing from the Con
ference, under charges. There is eSns
cial significance in the name of Nj
Milby to the above paper, because h
mas been the warm personal friend ,
= Mr.. MOwbray and would not haV
l. signed his name to this paper with0r
being impelled to do so bv the facts.
Z The PeninSUidr Methodist takes II
II the question of his not having IA fa
trial ut the Conference and shows tina
= he had, and that with commendabl
u desire to save him from the extrem
> penalty, his brethren by vote change
d the technical title of the charge frol
Z immortality to Improper conduct
7 IN order to save him from expulsio
. ana substituted as the penalty "publ
y censure by the bishOp.n He accepte
> the verdict and took no appeal.
= When Mr.. MOwbray abandoned h
= case at the late investigation almo,
:, at the beginning, the inevitable COZ
e cluslOn was there was nothing for hir
10 stand upon, nor can the aid ,
! newspapers whose only interest is
- profit by his misfortune, benefit him.
y Mr.. MOwbray is the author of h
, case. But for violations there coul
u nave been no convictions, and admit
ing there was an unusual virulence
!, his prosecution, it would have turne
! ON the head of his prosecutor if h
. escutcheon had been clear. There
u and has been sympathy for him an
: the rules of moral prOpriety have bee
. stretched in his behalf, and but for m
}, popular appeal and placing his case
the hands of those who cared notbin
!, top the outcome, he may have been la
: to settle the case between himself nm
! ais Maker while quietly ministeripq |
ms admlrlng parishioneps.
:, N. B.-Since the above was write
: Mr., MOwbray has come out over n
= own name in letter which apneare
~ yesterday in the M0rning Mems occ,
Pylng nearly three columns. n is fire.
lrom rancor or bitterness. in fact N
tone appeals to the sympathy of m