The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-26
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
The Rev. Waldo Mtssaros, the Renown
Orator, in Trouble,

Mrs CouI-ton, II M"muer of His Cnns;resa-
tion, Charges Him with An Attempt t"
Ra>i,h-The CIerSyma.ns Friends and
Others Di~crc;iit the story.
The Rev. Waldo MrssmoS, the renown
pulpit orator and lecturer, pastor of the
Northwestern Independent Chulch, Phil
adelphia, was held i'll -, 600 bail on Mon
day by Magistrate Clements on the
| charges of criminal assault on and an at
tempt to ravish Mrs. G. w. Coulston of
| No. 1910 Master street Philadelphia.
| Mr.. McsSar0s is well known i'll Elkton,
| having delivered two of the five lectures
of the course of last winter. lie proved
himself to our people to be very elo-
quent speaker. 1t appears that Mr.. Mes
| saros called at Mr.. CoulStOn's house
about 10 O'Clock Monday morning, and
twenty minutes later Policeman John
| IohnSnu, of the Twenty third district,
was hastily summoned to arrest the rev
erend gentleman. Upon entering the
house TIE officer found Mr.. Messaros
upon the parlor floor, being held down
by Mr. C0ulston, DR.. Thomas ). Butcher,
| OF Nineteenth aud Parrish streets, and
| Daniel Tulpit, of No. lIl2 Wylie street,
| the latter il member of Mrs. CuulSton 5
| sunday school class Mr.. Coulston had
| gone out in the morning, aud had re-
turned unexpectedly. The other gentle
men and Mrs. Coulston' 5 sister had
! dropped in by invitation, and We're IN
time to help pummel the pastor.
| Mr.. MeSSaroS was removed to the sta
| tion-house and detained until Mrs Coul-
| Stnn secured a warrant, alter which the
pastor was taken to Magistrate Clement $
Office and given a hearing.
At THE HEARING.
Mrs. Coulston was the first witness
and she sworc that for the past three
months Mr. Mcssaros had made remarks
to her that she interpreted as immodest
advances. She had called at his house
on Sunday night to again demand the
| interview Mrs. Messaros was present, but
shortly afterward, when she left the
room, the pastor turned to her and said:
81 want you to 80 to New York with me
| some day Mrs. Coulstou declared that
she Indignantly rcpulsed him and charged
him with having insluted her before.
Nothing launte,l, he shcn pressed her
to meet him at some place Ill the city,
| an she again refused. IIa then said that
! he wuuid call yesterday morning and
| talk over the matter of granting the let
| terS OF dismissal. Fearing that he might
| renew his advances When he called yes
tar,lay morning she had her husband, DR..
| Butcher and David Turpit, member OF
| her Sunday school class, at the house.
was afraid of him." she continued,
| '';ud his repeated advances had made me
nervous When they entered the parlor
he used cndcaring language to her and
called her pet names, she said, and, al
though she reproached the pastor, he
coolly seated himself on the sofa and
asked her to sit beside him. He held his
arms toward her and and begged her to
sit beside HIM, but she walked away and
stood by the piano.
THE STORY OF TIE ASSAULT.
Taen Ae went to her and sat on the
piano stool, aud, casping his arms around
her waist. drew her down on his lap. lie
! held her So firmly that she could hardly
command her voice. but when his actions
became so deliberate and unmist.kable,
she managed to scream. "Charlc, Char
lie. come quick; Then the husband
and Dr. Butcher anl Mr.. Turpit, whom,
rushed down and caught the pastor in his
compromising condition. She said that
he released her as her husband entered
and struck the latter in the mouth. They
clinchcd and fell, aud in the struggle
! CnuiSon bit the pastor on the thumb.
| DIR. Butcher then separated them and
went for an officer. This ended Mrs.
| Coul>ton' $ te>tim any.
Daniel Turpis, the Sunday school
scholar, of lSl2 Wylic street was the
next witness. He said that he happened
to be in the house at the time of the al
| legged assault and after running down
stairs, i'll response to the woman cries,
assisted in holding Mr.. MeSSarOs down.
| lie noIlcbtl lilt i.Sfti Va INV
| pastors clothing.
DR.. Butcher. of the corner of Nine
teeuth and Parrish streets, said that
when he heard the shrek of Charlie.
| Charlier' he rushed down stairs and
| helped Mr.. CoulSton throw HIM on the
! floor.
Mr.. Cuulston testified to the same eff
feet and this concluded the testimony.
| Tho HI furnished nv DIR j
| keyes Johnston aud wife, of 1888 North
| Twenty-lirst street, who are members Of
his congrega alton.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the church
at a meeting on Monday night expunged
| Mrs Coustons name from the roll.
MIR. MESsAlos' STORY.
L cannot divine what the purpose of
| Mr.. and Mrs. CoulstOn can be, except to
| ruin me- said Mr.. Messaros. Mrs.
| Coulston had been constant visitor to
our house, and has been very intimate
with my wife. She was here on Saturday
night last, and spent two hours with
| Mrs NcSSaroS in the room adioining my
study. Her husband, Mr.. G. w. Coul-
and had refused to give him a letter.
| because believed he had been the au
| thor of an anonymous communication
| rejecting upon my character. lis wife
| had called here several times concerning
the letter, aHd as she was leaving on Sat
| urday night | told her | would give it if
| it would benefit her in any manner. Not
| long since she asked Mrs. McSsaros what
she would do il she learned that her hus-
| band was bad man. Mr.. MesSaros
promptly told Mrs. Coulston that she
would leave me.
At ENMITY WITH MIR. COuLsToN.
Il made no indecent proposal TO Mrs.
Coulston on Saturdy night last, and did
not ask her TO go to New York with me,
as she testified peiure the Magistrate,
continued Mr.. Messaros. ''Dn Sunday
she met me at the school and told me to
call at 10 o'clock on Monday morning at
he- residence did not desire to meet
her husband, because had not spoken
to him for some months. On Sunday
nig ht, in my anniversary sermon, | spoke
of Mr. CoulStol-pointed him out, in
fact. without mentioning his name. |
said: This congregation has been pecu
harly free from Scandal-mongcrs during
the past year, and it is to be congratn-
lated upon this. The only person who
sought to create a disturbance is not now
one of us. He has with drawn and gone
to other pastures
al rrlIpd at GnulStnu'S Nnnd,v mann