The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-30
HAVE THEY FOUND THEM?
AssAILANTsl OF DIR. H. A. JONES
BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED.
A Little Transaction at the Clarendon
Hotel, a Remark Afterward, and
Other Incidents, Afford a Chain OF
Pretty Strong Evidence.

A quiet but persistent and systematic
search has been in progress since the APP
pearance Of the spurious "church notice
in the Scinitar Saturday, rejecting upon |
the Rev. Dr. ii. A. Jones, for the author.
The indications are that there Will he |
developments Of a sensational character,
especially for the congregation and friends
Of the Court Street Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church.
Immediately after the notice went to
the public, through the medium OF the
lSciDItar, Dr. Jones wrote letters to the
moderator and stated clerk Of the Mem
phis Presbytery, to find out il any one bad
correspondent with them about a called
meeting Of the presbytery. The following
answers were received yesterday thus
showing that the guilty parties have rem
dercd themselves further liable by fabri-
eating libel on the Memphis Presbytery.
DExTER, Tenn, May 20 1889.
The Rev. II. A. Jones'
Dear Brother-Yours of 9th to hand
and contents noted. am very much sur
prised that any one should have put such
a notice in the paper No one has written
or said one word 10 me about called
meeting Of presbyiery at any time, and i
will not call a meeting unless the book 10
complied with. Fralernally yours,
Il. L. SMITH,
Moderator Memphis Presbytery.
ARLINGTON, Tenn, May y, lSS9
The Rev. II. A. Jones, Memphis Tenn;
Dear Sir and Brother Yours OF yester-
day received. In reply ! would say !
know nothing about n called meeting OF
the Memphis Prcsbytery. ! think, rs
stated clerk, ought 10 know something
about the called meeting before 1t is an
nouncad in the newspapers. This must
be n false announcement Your friend
and brother, JONI ID. HUNTER
Stated Clerk Memphis Presbytery.
With the proceedings OF the Cumber-
land Church session, after the morn.
ing services last Sunday, readers OF
TnE APPEAL are familiar Something
like $500 was pledged by individual mem.
beers TO uncover the perpetrator, II the
expenditure OF that amount OF money was
necessary, and il is positively believed rs
much more would DO cheeriully contrib.
uted by members OF the assaulted pastors
congregation II a call were made.
As an evidence of the sesious intent OF
the reverend gentleman and his friends,
the following was published to the world
Yesterday afternoon:
"The Rev. II. a. Jones authorizes the
!Scimiidr to state that he will pay the boy
who delivered the bogus church notice
concerning him at the Scimidr Office last
Saturday 500 ii he can identify the party
who gave il to hiiu."
An APPEAL reporter called on DIR. Jones
yesterday TO learn what progress had been
made in the Investigation. From what he
learned it looks like case very nearly
completed. Circumstance after circum-
stance is being quietly collected and put
together, and 1llcss the bottom unex-
pcclcdly drops out very soon the religious
community viii have something TO talk
about. Last Thursday there appeared al
the Clarendon Hotel man who stand.
high as u citiEsu and business man, whose
name is known, but withheld for the pres
cnt, and partially engaged rooms for
thirty or forty visitors, coming. rs he said,
to attend meeting OF the Memphis Pres
bytory, called 10 meet here about June 10
The man informed the hotel clerk that hC
could learn the exact number OF delegate
by calling upon Dr. II. A. Jones' WhOi
asked for his name by the clerk, the maj
would only slate that ho was serving as
committed Of arrangements, aud !
. was all right The next day, Fri
day, the clerk called upon the pas
Tor for his information, but was sur
prised ont Of years growth TO lear
that II was all u fake OF lSk. quality. Tn
clerk could not tell who the man was, hu
. described him pretty accurately, aud fur
Their said the proprietor OF the Clarendon
= was there ut tho time, and would probabl
be able to cnlighten them. lie was. tn
name was promptly furnished Ii has ais
been ascortainod that the same man r.
Il marked TO a thoroughly responsible n,
quaintance, ON Saturday before the Scim
flr appeared, "onr little English trien
:. referring 10 DR.. Jonesl viii hear som,
thing drop before the sun goes down tn
n evening"
A DR.. Jones has n lot Of other strong eli
10 cumslanlial evidence, aud IA the man n
!. icrrod 10 Il a member Of his congregation
:: he will probably ask ior a meeting Of n
prcsbytery himself, and have the offend,
"a ircd. As 20 the framing OF the notice thl
b caused the stir aud aggressive movement
suspicion involves another prominent cit
zen, one who IL not a COMMUNICATE Of u
Z. church, but who has for the past year
two taken lively interest In Us affair
and Is an ardent friend and supporter
the man who figured nc the Clarcndo
Hotel. A comparison ol the writing in Il
original Church" announcement and
other specimens OF the suspected man
pcnmanship shows a strong similarity, a.
has been pronounced ono and the san