The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-12
PUTNAM ARRAIGNS POTTER.
T8E NEWEST PHAsE or THE BhP-
1Isr TABERNA Gle SCANDAL.

The Co-Pnstor Say. re Hns Obtained In
Advance n Copy or the Report OF the
Committee that 4. Investigating the
Charges Against Pastor Potter - De.
nounces the Report and Challenges Arrest.
The investigating committee Of the baptist
Tabernacle will report this evening on its
work in the matter OF tho charges against the
Rev. Dr. d. G. Potter. pastor OF the church.
The Rev. J. W. Putnam furnished for nuUlica-
tion yesterday the following stAtome nt, which,
he says. Is based upon COPY OF the report he
obtained In advance. though he declined to
state how or when.
"T" IA. pr.- and PuS'e =, Nor l'mk cri
After all these weeks OF scandal brought out
by the charges preferred aGainat d. e. Potter.
pastor OF the Tabernacle Baptist Church. there
seems to be q demand for the results Of the In
vestigating com mittec. and the committee Ia
ready to report to- morrow their action. This
report was written two weeks ago. before the
committee actually entered uron their DELHI
CITATIONS By the Rev. DR.. Jesse B. Thomas. q
gentleman who may know OF many favors
granted to him ty Potter. but who knows
nothing about the case EXCEPT whit he heard
from Potter him self. and who Ind no evidence
before him to be guided by. Tho report was
revised on Monday. Whether DR.. Thomas has
only done him self the honor OF being the clerk
OF Potter for the time being. or whether he was
prompted to write this report BY feelings OF
gratitude for favors received in the past. can
best be explained by Dr. Thomas himself.
The report OF the committee IN to date
says in substance that the Rev. James W.
Putnam. co-pastor OF tho Baptist Tabernacle
Church. charges Potter with being In habitual
liar, Incorporate, dishoneRt. and i'm m Oral, and
that gave these charges to the press, md
l have treated the invest eating committee
WITH co.I , in fsinsinG to produce EVIDENCE
committee has labored long and arduously to
failed to find anything dctrimentalto Ma moral
character. and therefore eXonerates him from
all the allegations made against him. Tho re-
port censures me and recommends that be
winds ur with n tecomm endation that the
church call council to review tho work OF tho
Mr.. Putnam reasserts some Of his charges
against Dr. Potter and the members OF tho
committee. and continues:
committee What a cunning. shrewd device
s.t had no 70 os s9rk
before it which the prosecutors Of this case
purress OF reviewine this e commitees astion
would be prevented by church law from hear;
Ing an evidence. desire to have q council
ca led but not one whose function Is limited |
The press and the people ask that light be
turned on. This can only be done In tw ways. |
evidence and witnesses before u committee
from sister churches or q church council. or to |
have me arrested for libel. and thus bring |
the whole matter before q court OF Justice. |
As Potter has frequently pleaded that my
connection with his church prevents him from
meet him on i'm partial grounds. hereby offer |
to withdraw from his church whenever am |
assured that he will have me arrested. II for |
any reason should fail to reach an honorable |
place the evidence and witnesses before the |
public and let them hscome the jurors. The |
testim ony is cle,r. convincing. and sufficient. |
! stake my all on my ability to convict D: c. |
Potter OF every crime charged against him. |
s'ns NFs YSRR July H. 1sas '" PUTNAM
The Rev. Dr. Potter was before Judge Van |
Wyck Of the City Court yesterday In supple |
mentary proceedings brought against him BY |
James Il Taylor. carpenters. OF lob South Fifth |
borrowed 81. 900 from them two years ago.
and desnite his promises to repay them has |
not done so. Lawyer J. H. Hull represented |
the plaintiffs. DR.. Potter was sworn. and was |
about to take the stand when the case was |
adjourned by consent until next Tuesdsy
missed the Doctor as the latter hurried out q
court.
At last evenings meeting Of the investieat-
Ing committee q letter WAS rend from Daniel |
Harding. the Putnamte who had been sum.
ms Sad arsn sr m h r ss.dns t ea so
appear before the committee whose author.
ity he questioned. but he expressed his
Intention of giving his testimony with alacrity |
before any tribunal whose right to hear 1t was
until Tomorrow evening. whom the report will |
be submitted.