Telegram-herald., 1889-07-30

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msT rector 81 81 MARKS 81 seopal
Church. q THIS city
Aun 4roor mas another sensation.
D1f-ag several weeks past i has been
ran0re3 ga the streets, oat las been
kept iIom tne pres. 1t eliminated TO-
day n the removal of BeT. SAMUEL
E4gp 10 the Battle Greek s4a.l4nnm
foi rest. He has broken down from
financial STRAIN Hl1er Nll~1 10 ias
been s4lCf.ils ioT Y1als-
Dr. Eafp la, been rector g - An
drew claIcl for tour wears, a1o IT.
Gently presented ll, resignation 90 the
yestrA men. 10 take effect NQEtIlpeI 10.
ne res gaatlon Was lmmeala ely ac-
cepted. h tll slrpf ~ gI the majority
ot tile parish, but uot u tAe business
men ANA Others MAO had known oI A.s
financial matters.
Nlen Dr. E4rp came 20 Ann Arbor
ne was lcak .y involved the amount
beng placed az from 5000 10 st00ol.
To carry TINS amount has been an
almost -4peruumal effort, while al tlle
Same tmt be- Was dong great amount
az wogk Wnen develops upon tne
rector of ta., parish. BotA these things
Nh. IarD succeled IN dong during the
past lour years. his work IA IAe parish
beng remarkable.
Mr. E4rp's financial work has heen
known 70 the vestrymen Tor the past
Two year, and cast considerable Ieiiec-
ton on the church, the yestrV being
glad 10 remove this by accepting las
resignation, although they al clam
/ that he WAS not asked nor wa, il init
mated that they would Ike the reslg-
nation.
! That the yeStrv were aware OF the
| facts Is proven by their actions when
carp MAS a candidate for bishop after
/ Bishop Harris death. one yestryman
/ said AT that time the vestry held meet
ing and concluded 10 ask carp about
/ the miscellaneous borrowing of money
aud ascertain what disposition he was
/ making of so much money, no one at
the time, or even now, beng aware
what he was dong with money. Or.
carp was called before them and asked
regarding the matter. the veStry assur-
ing hlm that Il he made j satisfactory
explanation the vestrv would be glad
10 support HIM. Mr.. carp simply sad
he had no explanation TO make and
was not a candidate Tor bishop. This
explains why the Ann ArbOr delegates
did not support INN at the convention.
Or. Earp's Indebtedness amounts at
present to between $4,000 and Sll 900.
This large amount he has been carry
ing by borrowing from Peter TO pay
/ Paul. At first he borrowed from
| members of the church, getting men
and women indiscrlminatel 10 ndOrsc
MS paper. The members began talking
among themselves, and during the past
two years he has borrowed o. every
body thl would loan hlm, from mem
bers OF oti denominations and men,
bers of no church at all. His position
rs rector gave him a standing where
almost anybody would loan hmn.
Finally business men began TO doubt
him, and then he began going to
Npsilanti, Dexter and other places.
Whenever anybody pushed him be
would hustle around and find some
one else to help him out. Several
widows have been ON ms paper, and it
is thought that some OF them are still
| ndOrSerS and VIII get stuck.
The outlook is poor for the creditors
u Get out whole. Some of the paper is
not due yet, and what the disposition
Of those who hold it remains 10 be
seen. The reputation of the church
has suffered greatly from these trans
actions, some of them bordering on
misrepresentatiOns and impossible
stories.
Rev. Mr.. carp IL very well known in
Detroit, where he Is regarded as one OF
the most prominent men IN the EpiscO-
pal diocese. The Detroit laity and
clergy in the convention to elect a
bishop decided to support him as next
choice after Detroit candidates, but DR.
Earp's emphatic refusal to accept the
, election or TO even have his name used
) broke up the combination.
Dr. carp was regarded as one Of the
strongest men IN the diocese by BishoI
Harris during his lifetime, and the,