Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-17
THE HEAD-HOOBER TRIAL
A Malicious Attack on the Presiding
Elder rs Well as Pastor Cue. and the
Reply.

Presiding Elder Head but upor
Pastor Cue. Of this city, purport.
ing to be a statement from the
standpoint of Mr.. Hoober regard
ing the recent trial Of himself ano
Mr.. Head. Marked copies of these pa,
pers were mailed to every newspaper Of
Importance in the state. and to Mr.
Hoober's old Pensioners in Smithen. IL
linois, and also TO about every member Of
Mr.. Cues church in Rock Island. The
evident object of this scheme was NOT
only to work injury to Mr.. Head but to
Mr.. Cue, and in view of the fact that
when the conference closed that vIndi,
Gated Mr.. Head of most of the charges
and of all of the serious ones. no stten-
ton was paid to 1t by the ARGUS. But
one OF Mr.. Heads former parishioners has
come to his defense in the following
communication to the Peoria Journal
ED. Jomndl:-We notice in your Sat
urday's issue nauseating mess from the
Galesburg Press purporting to be q
christian review of the Head and Hoober
trial at the late conference at Galesburg
We were little surprised TO see the COLI
umns of the journal used in circulating
the paid statements Of Hoober from such
an unreliable source. We are quite sure
that the Journal would not father such
one, sided statements. The article is low,
unchristisn and ungentlemsnly, and with
all its pretended sanctity cannot hide its
true spirit. The columns of the Journal,
however. have given it responsibility and
must be credited with the reply. The
trial is over, and long bitter fight
ended. The preachers returned to their
homes Inundated, and many of them sick
of the whole business. Elder Head had
no fault to find with the report of the
committee. while Hoober claimed to be
indicated and satisfied. Now what is
his plain christian duty in such a case ?
Is be to continue to whine and vince
around like Peck's bad boy, because of
wrongs discovered and fioggings received
yesterday Or is he to rush to the press
for the healing of his wounds, and the
establishment of a sanity character? If
vindicated and satisfied, what more does
he want, 1t does look very much as if
he was not quite sure that the stains had
not all been rubbed out
The public has doubtless had enough
of this already, and much more than in-
telligent people care to hear, but il is
very hard TO be compelled to eat stale
meat without resistance. Elder Head has
many warm friends here in Peoria, and In
Hale chapel. who propose to stand by
him; but for the sake Of peace and the
good of all concerned they have kept
silent. Not one word has appeared in
print from them in any of our city papers,
but now justice demands them to speak
Hoober's pretended review of the case
was altogether misleading. and some of
his statements absolutely false He
quotes one witness as saving that three
tourths of the people of Hale chapel were
opposed to the return of Rev. Tullis. 1t
looks very much as if this statement was
made for effect and not for the cause Of
truth. What the witness said was that
he believed that three fourths of the peo>
pie of Hale chapel were opposed to the
prosecution of Elder Head By Hoober,
and his friends in the church. Then
when he asked If he believed the Rev
Tullis was assisting Hoober, why the
church unanimously asked for his return,
he stated that none voted in the mega
tive, but some did not vote, because of
the Rev. Tullis, and that the church was
not unanimous by any means. 1t is a
little strange to say the least to begin q
newspaper article with terrible woe
pronounced upon the christian liar in
vindicstion of what a six-dsys' trial
failed to accomplish. aud then prove
yourself one in an article
This trial was the most bitterly con-
tested one that has been before the con-
ference for years, especially WAS this true
on the part Of the prosecution. They
were determined to humiliste the elder by
taking him of his district, and this is all
they hoped 10 do. but in this they signal
ly failed. and Hoober. is evidently still
mad. Nothing criminal was sustained
against the elder. but it does look as if
the brethren finally agreed to let Rev
Cummings sdmonish the elder Just lit
tie, in order TO heal the wounded feelings
of the good Hoober Now as a friend of
the elder, we want to say, il Mr.. Hoober
and his friends want to bring up the
whole nsusesting mess OF evidence for
and against, and the part that Hale chap-
ell took and must take in this whole mat.
ter that the people may be able to form
an opinion as tn who came out of the
furnace with the least smell of fire on his
garments, We are ready, but for the sake
OF Hoober himself and the suffering pub
lie, we much prefer to leave it Just where
the fifteen judges left it after hearing al
the evidence pro aud con. OBSERVER
Mr. Head was seen this morning and
he stated that while he had conversed but
little on the subject since the trial, anC
especially with newspapers. yet he fell
very indignant at the course Hoober hsC
pursued. and he believed it malicious
contemplate and undetermined effort or
his part to ipjure both him (Hesd) snC
Mr. Cine