The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
PASTOR DILL ON TRIAL
80. FREE WAY OF TALKING WITH
h'' YOUNG WOMEN
u,. Coun.e, Int,n,.tes that the wn ..s.s.
nave Been Instisated ~ VT
-.,.n Give Damaging Testimony.

women Give Damaging ies"'
NH, erin, q, the Rev. A. G. Dill. the former
nv ~ tho Presbyterian Church OF Stirring
voe begun yesterday before the Ires.
..,orv Of Morris and Orange In the rns,
p,oehvtorian Church Of Morristown. penihu
',aaod doors, The Rev. Dr. Harlow OF Menuhaih
VIZ Moderator. About thirty members OF 'he
pr.shytery were present. ,...,
against Mr.. Pill Tho hrst accuses mn VI
..,ain, language inconsistent with the char-
ue,"s n,inister of tho Gospel and which
~. B., tomnt others to sin or mar their
,s,,,,ol cdiacation.'" The second charge Is
.r",ndnc, unb.coming n minister OF the
o.,nal which tends to tempt others to sin
wa their spi,ual edincation.' And the
third charge is untruthfulness.
w,dor zach of these charges are number
.no.;ncations, which consist OF evidence
,,rn;sbei by tho members OF Mr.. Dills Stir
,;n, congregation and others all tending TO
NV him immoral and untruthful.
n,,, nrosecution Is conducted for the Presby-
49,. h.. tho Roy, George Green OF Orange and
rId.r Theodore +. Little. Morristown lawyer.
ridor A. c. smith Of Orange Is MIR. Diis
counsel.
,onnr man, with brown hair and small
hrown moustachc. He was dressed IN black
,astsrday and wore n black Derby hat. He
has now Of language when he talks and his
manrer Is exceptionally suave and gracious
He Is q graduate OF Yale Coiiege ana
-.s covswain Of Bob Cooks celebrated 80
srav in addition to which it is said he was
vs,o's champion light weight wrestler
th%rouchout tho sly years OF his college course.
Hs studied at the Yale Theological Seminary.
end also t, o. he was very popular at Stirling
rho frst demonstration Of nnpopularity was
When some young men took down the church
horse red. white. land blue. In the latter part
9b hs dGGse 70 rsssns GS s sSes sS
Ss would 20 hold open air meetings on =, the
dancing platform Sunday ater1n s'9, This This
v ra 10 men Of the place went to. his house at
Ii o'clock at night and Cssye him weeks Tsess
notice to leave the town. Pistols were drawn
e,Sny Sfsts5d AZ. WAS appsren.ls
called In nsr To shove es in
sigated by H. g. Torrey. and th hri they gave aye
Mis- carrie Halliday testified that when she
was III in bed Mr.. Dill came to her room and
Elf Ha TRSpe ahG Lucy to He Bke 6a
been sppr9ached in the same way and had
daTs t. that S ss tell We sthsr
the parsons immortality were thrown out on
"a $ r.. ss xd ssstsa a sh Mr. DIN
where he was pastor before he came to Stir
ling. we're not as health, as the women
tx. S eansnt enaass bsss and MD xeTs
wore. Mr.. pin had also told her. she said.
s:D.d S h. said % ns f6s%
many snz t asah sad begged n@
R Rsndi saf o for yoSns lady Who was
. manners That soon after he received let.
Ssr ISS q martina ms
sttsr her Husband had died and asked him
h seS a E
70 Sleep III in the sitting room down stairs
and she picked Tho up ons q IT, them
and followed her upstairs. be stayed uD stairs
falling with her while she ,u un H is,d her
put them to S Sed Mr pil asst sted her and
undressed ono o. the little girls. He spoke
Miss Wolf. who is a tlne-looking blonde. tes-
titled that one night when she was boarding at
Mrs ,B9Swmans she and all the others I;s in the
She heard him calling. but did not answer.
Then he threw pebbles at the window to wake
her. and called again.
- How did you Know it was Mr.. Dill 2" asked
tho pastor s counsel.
Because heard his voice"
How do you know he threw the pebbles ?"
Because nobody else in Stirling would do
such thing. Besides there was no one else in
the neighborh6od at that time OF night"
Gray Torrey testified that Mr.. Dill one night
at his mothers table had described dance
hall In arts where 800 naked women danced.
me pastor said he had gone In with friend
and seen them.
Mr. Robert Cornish testified that the minister
mad told the same story about the dance hall
at ms house. only on that occasion Mr.. Dill
said that he had not been in tho house him
ell. but that Horny Ward Beecher had been
Miss Florence Pember testified that she and
Carrie Newman had gone to Mr.. Dilrs house
one Friday and stayed all night there. The
next day it rained and they stayed in the
hm9nse all day and the following night. Mr..
Dl read strange love stories to them and told
minister to tell.
Carrie Newman testified that the minister
zane 10 her bed room one day when she was
indlsposed, and sat by her bedside and taught
herhow to sing alto.
Frederick Mofrett and Frederick TufY both
m INN rnl t,v,o hat khx,x,