St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-29
The Warner Infelicity to Be
Carried to an Ecclesiasti-
cal Court.
Plymouth Church Appoints a
Committee to Try the g
Couple.
Calvinistic Blossoms Over the
Installation Of Rev. E. P.
Lewis.
A Pretty Flower Festival Gel
ebrated by the Plymouth
Church. &

The Warner divorce suit and the civil
trial thereof in the district court of
Ramsey county went through the better
class of society in st. Paul, and more
particularly through the congregation
of Plymouth Congregational church, like
buzz saw into swarm of bees housed IN
log, so great was the sensation created.
The commotion has since that trial
broken out afresh in Plymouth church
by the transfer Of the trial upon the
ordinations and recriminafions pre-
ferred by Mrs. Sadie K. Warner and Lu-
Glen Warner, from the civil to the eccle-
siastical court. Lucien Warner has
Plymouth church, and reputed
man of wealth and social stand
ing in the city. and when he
married the widow of the late Gen.
Jones, the present Mrs. Warner, the
people of the community thoughta suit
able matrimonial match was made.
When Mrs. Warner Instituted an action
tor divorce, charging cruel and inhu-
man treatment. large circle of friends
held up their hands in holy horror and
amazement. A long and quite sensa-
tional trial followed in the courts, in
which it appeared that Mrs. Warner al
legged that she had been caned until
her body was black and blue, had been
thrust into the cellar way, dragged
about the room of their dwelling.
knocked down on the street, beaten with
a buggy whip, and bad been supplanted
III the direction of the household by the
daughters of Mr.. Warner and by a sis
ter OF MIR. Warmers former wife, besides
being subjected to other abuses. Mr..
Warner retaliated with charges of vio-
lent temper, false charges ON
his virtue, unreasonable demands for
property and sundry acts of unwifely
diSobedience and eXtrayagant habits.
At the trial before Judge Brill Rev.
Heath, pastor of Plymouth church, and
a large number of his parishionerS were
daily attendants as spectators. in addi-
tlon to great many other persons
drawn to the court room to listen to the
sensational developments of the testi-
mony.
After the decision of the case by Judge
Brill, the officials of Plymouth church
deemed 1T their duty to make an eeelesi-
aSiastical inquiry into the matter, as
both Mr. and Mrs. Warner are leading
members in the church. Deacon War
ner was not permitted to act as an
official of the church until the matter
should be investigated by the church
and the question of charges as to his
unchristian demeanor shall be deter
mined. The standing committee of the
church. consisting of leading
members thereof, were author
lied to take the matter in hand :;
this they did. and at a meeting of
church members held after prayer meet
ing Wednesday night in the church
parlors. report was submitted by the
standing committee. which embodied
charges against both Mr.. and Mrs. War
ner of unchristian department. The
principal charge against Dean Warner
is cruel and inhuman treatment of his
wife. The chief charge against Mrs.
Warner is that she twice brought ac-
tions for divorce against her husband
The standing committee asked that3a
special committee be chosen to try Or
investigate the charges preferred. After
some discussion such recommendation
was adopted and a committee of seven
was named, consisting of 5. S. Crooks,
Rev. III. III. Hart, Rev. Richard Hall,
Deacon Sanborn. j. w. Smith, Mr.
Humphrey and one other. The COM
mittee will proceed to the investigation
OF the charges preferred by the standing
committee OF the church.
1t is needless to say that the pros
pective Investigation will be little less
sensational than was the civil trial, in
SO far at least as Plymouth congregation
is concerned.
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