Evening journal., 1893-09-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
why "Abduetionp was Charged.

Why abduction" Was Charged.
Editor Evening Journal"
SIR Under the heading. Converts to
the Adventist Faith" there appeared in
your issue of August 20, the following
ON Newark:
"On Sunday afternoon an excitement
was caused at the Seventh Day Advent
lists camp, by the arrest Of John Quinn
aud wife, of 2435 Bolton street, Philadel.
phia, on the charge Of abducting the son
OF Charles Perrine, of Pemberton. Bur
lington county, N. j. The warrant was
sworn out 1y the child's father, who had
learned through one of the Adventists
that the child was at the camp in charge
Of the Quinns They were brought be
fore Magistrate Smith, who, after hear
ing the testimony, ordered the child to
be given over TO its father TIE Quinns
were dismissed through the influence Of
the president and the manager of the
Camp meeting Association Mr. Perrine
claimed that the affections of his wife
we're slienated by members of the At
lsntic Conference. and that she left him
last April, and since that time has not
lived with him
In justice to your readers his T, ,quires
some explanation Instead of seven con
verts to the faith being baptized the
number was thirty three Instead Of
the Quinns (myself and wiie) being dis
missed through the influence OF the
president aud the manager of the Camp
meeting Association" they were dis.
missed because Magistrate Smith, 70 use
bis own words, wished it to be distinctly
understood that there was not the least
thing against Mr.. or Mrs Quinn" The
facts in the case, as they were brought
out in the hearing before Magistrate
smith, were these:
Last summer Mrs Perrine, Of
PembertOn. n. j., accepted the
faith Of the Seventh Day Adventists
and as a result received considerable op
position from her husband, whose fond
ness for drink led him to neglect to
support his wife and child. This made
it necessary for her to take ia washing,
aud at times she became so hard pressed
for the mere necessaries of life that she
was compelled to send her boy to the
whiskey shop to sell the bottles brought
home by her husband Last April, be
cause of her delicate condition Of
health, she was persuaded to 20 to the
Womans' College. at Philadelphia. Not
bei1g able 10 take her boy with her to
/ tnc uvc llldii ouo dchtA uo - We WOulu
take care of him until she got we'll We
willingly consented, and at the end Of
six weeks she came back to our home
Chen No 2435 Bolton street, Philadel
phia) with little baby girl IN
willing TO 60 back to a life of hard
ship with er husband she accepted !
position as housekeeper in the family of
a merchant in Philadelphia with whom
she lived before being married Again
she was unable to take her boy with her
She asked us to care for him, and, as we
had formed quite an attachment for him.
again we more than willingly consented
We took him to the camp at Newark
with as, where we were arrested on the
charge Of abduction; but your readers
can see, as did Squire Smith, that we
we're guilty Of no such crime.
When the boy was picked up on the
camp ground by his father, aud | ran
to see what the trouble was, from his
fathers arms be stretched out his hands
towards me and, with the tears stream
ing down his cheeks, requested that
take him to his mother. And his mothers
heart is almost broken to night as she
thinks Of the condition Of her boy, who
is dearer to her than her own life, is in
being sent, as he is, by his father, tC
the whisk shop and listening to al
sorts Of profanity
Yours for the right,
JOIN QUINN
No. 112 North Second street, Camden
| n 1902