Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-29
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The trial Of Dr.. John A F. Baker OF Alb
ingdon, indicted for causing the death Of lis
wife by poison fifteen months ago and of at
tempting, in conspiracy with farmer Gilmer's
wife, to poison him to death, is set foy to-
day Baker appears to have been a great
religious lypocrite, and erected on his farm the
Baker Chapel at a cost of 50, 600 Later, three
years ago, he and Mrs. Gilmer were arrs. igned
before their church for criminal intimacy and
on confession were permitted to withdraw
quietly. Many persons of standing, includ-
ing DR.. Geo. Wiley, the physician he sent for
to attend his wife when she was dying, believe
firmly in his innocence of murder. 1t is
claimed by his friends that Gilmer has suit
for $4,000 against hin for alternating his
Wl1es affections, aMd that it is to affect this
suit the letters alleged to have been written
by Dr.. Baker have been concocted. They
claim that frIsA the weather-eXposed place
the letters Ws4e found it is impossible that,
written in pencil, they would be declnherable.
The woman who is, Oh her own confession
J indicted for administering poison to her hus.
band under Bakers direction, is also to be
tried next month. and has been bailed and is
at her fathers home. DR.. Baker is in Jail
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&. Summers, will be assisted by Hon. Daniel
TGigg, whilst Jas. l.. White, Hon. John A.
Buchanan and ex-Attorney General F. S.
Blair are counsel for the def endant.
A Louisville telegram to the Cincinnati
! Enquirer. May Doth, says that Manager E. IL.
Stevens of the Pearl of Pekin opera company
and Miss Bertha Fisch the leading lady of the
troupe, We're ordered out of the Fifth Avenue
i Hotel at Louisville by Mr.. Prior the propri
etor, for being there under compromising cir
cumstanees. Mr.. Stevens claimed that he wa.
engaged to be married to Miss Fisch and hat
gone to- her room at o'clock in the morning
to take her lunch. They were, however
turned out OF doors by the proprietor, WHIT
= also slapped Mr.. Stevens face. The follow
4 ing week, at Cincinnati, Mr.. Stevens, Will
, taking Turkish bath, stepped into the steam
t room, tainted, and was badly roasted ant
v scalded before the attendant found him. Ill
a has entered suit for So, 900 damages against tn
proprietor of the Turkish bath.
The Protestant Episcopal Council at Pc
y tarsburg, did not act definitely OH either t.,
IL division of the diocese OF the amendment o
e the 10Th canon, the two most prominent sui
i iects before it. The Committees pr oppose
L
D feated-clergy-aye %, noes Al; lt.lty-ave
IS, noes So. A James River line ag diyisio
. was then defeated-clergy-aye 30, noes 81
laity-ayes 80 noes 80. The matter was the
referred to committee OF : clergyman an
" 6 laymen to report to the next Council. Th
b amendment of the 10Th canon was also post
L poned. Danville IS the next place of meet
S ing.
| L. IL I
! } cy of the Methodist University at Ogden
] Utah, and filed his financial statement Til
!, Trustees refuse to accept his report as salts
factory. The fact seems to be that the Uni
L versity is a fresh prairie one, which had NJ
Il funds except such as Mr.. Small could collec
S for it on his lectnring and begging tour l
t IS the amount he turns over out of his receipt
/? that the Board objects to.
k The Ladies Aid Society of the Birmingham
Connecticut, Methodist church, recently pub
lished and sold cook book of nice recipes
V for the benefit of the church Later it was
n discovered that there were ''wine sauce re
Il cipes among them and the Ladies Aid Societ,
= is now split in twain, one-half holding that il
a book gotten up for church for a win
, sauce recipe to appear was "horrible.'
{ Rev. Sam Jones has been conducting a grea
IS revival meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn
It Among the converts are eX-Gov. Robert l.
l. Taylor and Chancellor VIM. Henry Dewitt
II Mr.. Jones has given notice that he canno
: conduct services at the Round Lake CAM
. meeting this year, and Mr.. Moody has there
fore been secured.
/ The skeleton of Mrs. Jane Curry an aget
e lady, who wandered away from her hom
S in ul,a n ro
d has been discovered in the mountain SOM
Ie distance from her home. Being of feeble mint
it is supposed she wandered aimlessly and get