The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-02

THE REV. DIR. >. n. KING.
TWAS brought out yesterday that Pinkerton
Aetectives had been hired BY Methodist min
i,ters to look up tho origin OF certain anony-
nous letters and had been put on tho track Of
thslr fellow ministers. When suspicion fell up
onthe Rev. DR.. King o man went to DR.. Kings
once at 14O Nassau street and rummnged
through his papers and opened his desk. while
no was at homo III In bed. for the purpose OF
Obtaining evidence.
among tho members OF the Conference In tho
Park Avenue Church yesterday. although
none OF 1t came to the surface ut the public
4 session. The spectators who watched the
proceedings from the galleries didn't get the
slightest inkling OF the trouble from the pro-
ceedincs. but in private room the seven min
Isters who made up the committee OF investi-
ration were busy all day taking testimony
from clergymen and laymen.
Two distinct matters are occupying the at
tention OF the committee. One Ia tho anony-
nous circular which purported to expose tho
locrolllng methods OF the ministers who met
at Poughk eepsie early in February for the o.
tensible purpose OF denouncing loerolling in
general In Conference politics. The other is .
still more serious matter.
Bowles Colgate. the President Of tho New
York City Church Extension and Missionary
Society received an anonymous letter week
or two ago protesting against the election Of
tho Rev. F. Mason North as Secretary Of the
society. The letter said that DR.. North was
unlt for the secretsryship and made direct
ehorges against him. When the society met
on Tuesday. 1t showed its confidence in DR..
North by unanimously electing him Secretary
kho d, n r,>v rho
tired.
Bowles Colgate was before tho committee
yesterday, and told it's members what he had
done to ferret out the writer OF this anony-
nous letter. Other witnesses who gave testi-
nony bearing on this letter and the circular
xere the Row DR.. c. 8. narrower. the Rev. F.
J. Belcher. the Rev. DR.. King. several other
ministers and Superintendent Bangs Of Pink
rrtnn's New York agency; The. committee ex-
e b s n0 oS f:s as y VIZ g ts wok
ioGeiSe report would be ready for Conference.
T. the
i%m tho once Of pr. King in ths MORSE
ut Mt Consider that It was strong enough to nut
Knps e pasor 81 g. Johns
Church In w 1T Fitk,third street and r. also
a ls,m Of Tho Morse ba! ding There are
l;st : qsy Win ths soeisty's eorrsspondsnoe.
over a month nSo.. some Of the friends Fl the
s ea 'V wopk on their oe cWn look The
s y. sut VIII ssss ' EeS andrew Sshrisss9;
among ali tile printing houses there and
,c.nd that the circular had not been printed
ssdis SseH na 9 HS had been
sp IN the The c"nfe!enos ' on wsdassday md md
mailing q tho oirc1Iar: The amateur detcc.
E:alnst Mr. Osbon when they learned that q
s had cohe up from New York for him
mo 10 stsr
Ea that this WAS q bundle Of his WHO'S be-
S sSSii the missters though. no detected
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::iusr was hif,d. and after q careful examinn-
WI he gavo, fas his opinion, that tho ad-
INES Of o. -. ~ anonyliSps eirculars were
nv si ;I o@ lss mialstsIs wop. sSol'Is
custom e yann Woman Who "nS wo eTss% tho no
| typowritsr there This IL the story oi what
Egpsned' rs told by several minister's yos-
~ laid before her an official envelope In
snEn some oftcial matter had been sent out
N NJ asxGh ser tho writing upon It was hers:
ssie,. Then 20 he hid beside It ono Of tho en-;
SoS SDs s.I y which IN pn9pymops letter t,ah
Wins VII EN- out ana asked her II that WIS hsr
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sag 70 have como from nm inside room:
svsstiu ma'Hnd you not to answer any further
tio sI minister couldn't get any more iniorna;
the e ofs and b 10 .departod. Dr. King was not
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sid os es %Sss tn Z ss %oItt OF
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shtuax and the two made I'm extensive
"a n .. s,nother time" said this minister. IN
y sSifIys; because It Is too much to say tint
fellow ministeri came eet to Dr. 70 K tTaSs
S ~ and h2rroSsd sheet Of paper to writs a
ts ah o %ss tass nisss q paper away
Which the Anonymous letter had besn
St otS, and Mt the .s same wGtsr mark was found
,,d,$%d isss. rss.s tssr's Start!
BS@ XIII, .s.t xt SSe sone a oss.lJ, con:
- ~. sseia.ious PURPOSES. But tbs committeo
~ ,o 81 b 70 ths bottom Of this whole affair
York conYsssnos Is inyoivea. 1 II u Il t1 10
tened on any minister IN The CONFERENCE tho
b. Rss 2, was sSnsuss y.s,s!
ssass sssS 70 appear before ths cominittss.