The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-26
PASTOR DILL FOUND GUILTY.
A MAJORITY OF ONE A0AIysT HIM
ON ONE CHARGE

A MAJORITY OF ONE AGAINST HIN
ON ONE CHARGE.
Convicted or Using UnSecoulnE Language
but Acquitted or Improper Conduct and
Uatruth rulnc ss-Means TO stay In the Put
pit, No Matter what the sentence-They
Want Him Hack In Stirling. if Not In the
| Church, to Preach In tho SchooIhouse.
The Ions. awaited verdict In the Dill trial.
which has been going on before the New Jer-
soy Presbytery at Morristown of and on for
months. was finally arrived at yesterday. At
10Y o'clock in the morning Lawyer Theodore
F. Little finished his summing up for the pros
ecution. and then. after noarly seven hours Of
discussion and voting behind closed doors. the
| Presbytery made this announcement:
AS the result Of the trial the Presbytery OF
| Morris and Orange found the Rev. Arthur
Gushing Dill guilty Of using language incon-
sistent with tho character Of q minister Of the
Gospel. and which tends to tempt others to
Sin or mar their spiritual edifcatlon."
| 1t was further announced that committee
OF three ministers and two elders was appoint
| cd to recommend an appropriate sentence in
tho case for the consideration Of the Presby
terry at its next meeting which will be held on
Thursday. March 3. at 9,s A. NJ. In the chapel
| Of the First Church In Morristown. The YER
dict OF guilty. 1t leaked out after the meeting.
| was decided by q single vote or tho twenty
| five Presbyters present. ten were in Mr. Dils
favor. eleven went against him. and four de-
clincd to voto,
1t was only on one OF the three charges urged
| against Pastor Dill that the verdict OF guilty
was rendercd-that OF immoral conversations.
On tho two other charges OF improper conduct
| and untruthfulness he was acquitted. Each
one of the eighteen specifications under the
charges was voted on separately. and each
Presbyter on being called up had the privilege
OF discussing and explaining his vote. Nearly
oil OF them took advantage OF the privilege.
and this consumed the seven hours they re-
CURED to arrive 1T conclusion.
The verdict. it came out, was based on three
specifications. all the others being let go as
not proved or insufficient. The first OF these
states Of Mr.. Dill. in the wording Of tho Pres
bytery:
ION a certain occasion he said to Miss Anna
D. Cooper that the ladies Of Mt Freedom were
not so healthy as those Of Stirling. because
they do not take frequent baths.'
The witnesses to this were Miss Cooper and
her mother. Mrs. Alexander Cooper. to whom
she had repeated what Mr.. Dill said.
Tho second specification on which the YER
dict was based was the statement made by Mr..
Dill to Robert N. Cornish OF Stirling In regard
to the Jardin Mabille in Paris. where the pastor
said 300 naked women danced every night.
This specification in the printed list follows
two others in which Mr.. Dill Is charged with
telling the story by H. G. Torrcy and his wife.
and also. with variations. by Mr. Torrey's son.
1t says:
AT the house Of Robert N. Cornish he re-
peated the same story. with the contradiction
that he had not been at the house. but that
Henry Ward Beecher had.'
MIR. Cornish. who testified to this statement
Is said to have been regarded By tho Prosby
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pcared very confident that he would BIO acquit- |
ted.
whichever way the verdict goes." he said
with smile. II shan't let 1t worry me much, |
and don't intend to allow it to Interfere With |
my church work in the least. II the trial goes
against me. it may prevent me from going on
as u Presbyterian. but 1t Will not prevent mo |
from cattry,pF on work under any other de-
Mr.. Din said that before the horse painting
episode In Stirling last spring he had accepted
9ork c if He had preac6sa here as ' ca nav
date. and had made all arrangement to take
the church the Sunday after he left Stirling
no received at Stirling. The people Of Stirling
he said knew. that he was going to leave
painted by the White Caps, and all the charges
were circulated against him In tho news
papers; the New York church thought it would