The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-09

hS5 better say 0rs sax aos cause sn7
trsahas By ass<zp<srg 90 enter Bzs
.ns @o<s1r Insisted fkas ne Mss q ys-svass
ezsszsn sns ssze eharra herre Of paesze
xornasr sh.re Ae sorld eater II i: rsezse1
ks=. TIE d@sec;svs c1z.1 saox no s8s-
razs tor g-rrsssng ain snd rs be
~as perfectly orderly ssi good "a
tzrsd IA ais re-s<ss<nce tire detective vas
ssswe-less 70 sh0~ BIS good tssth
sa@ Socsar ~sss 70 The TolAce station sai
ted Ca8es " Lard hox tae matter stood
Tssn, no one hiaeerins Re xsas esex 20
eaa-eh The sermon sss aex~sy ever. bns
BE sat i 0~s With grsas apparent coatez.-
rze-.
Down Ia the church parsc-s besow there
Vas ;roGsse. however Tae trustees,
when they san toe aocso-'s form esrken
TIE Doors. bad hastily called ssseting os
fHe board 70 take Summary action. IA
csaer notice 20 cgls Vas speedily prepared
ssd wo1ld nave been served and possibly
personal vioseSce done bad "a. II tia
meantime the serruoa been taashed snt
tie eoa gr@Es;Ios departed. In tie eyea-
snx tie detective w2s again 81 the dor.
ezs tae doeE0- did not show up
The rzerabe<x az shs ehurch who we're
interviewed yesterday x.-e IN condition
Of great rzssssi sgftatsoa. They managed
70 ssy. however. that besides belag gzslsy
OF fhe alleged raSs1ee1s atovs cited. TIE
eoetor had confessed 10 several Of them in
private that IA bis early manhood he had
sscGcec . young g.rl in Hassour: and
sitter marrying her and living with her
Tor some years. deserted asr and two
little children and came 30 California
There. they said. be had told them be bad
ss+ueed another gtrs ard after marrying
her AZ tSs naxzls Of = shotgun had de-
serted bet and cane 70 Oregon. where b.
married bis present xifs. she was
dsggassr Of Presideat Poxsii. shsn Of sae
university .: Salem and afterwards
Of the state EaswersIiy n sass
cs;y. Before The doctor mas married
the last time. /, Is saas. his FIRST wife OBJ
tanned q divorce TIE members of the
church slisge tast tie doctor has tired %
paIliste bis oeense By saying that his last
marriage xas Illegal GA account Of the
prev.oas one not having been az
nEll~3. They also say thai be was
once q member OF both the Pres
byterian and Baptist churches. bat
Vas forced out One Of them said yesse--
day sfternooa that he could prove in
black and white that Doctor johnson tried
70 'snash" young ladies' OF sas ehareh
when be NET them On the street and seat
notes TO them asking them 20 meet him ~
prayer meeting and attend dances wish
him after IL
The Doctor denies the charges In every
particular. A Posr-fsrElLreKscKs repor-
ter called on him 81 hts ONE ~s and sleep
ing apartments In the Seheuernan block
last night The doctor liz student lamp
= -. l. 4
papers. among them q handsomely bound
Bible Stretching his feet out towards the
CRATE full Of soft eoai. he said:
This Is the most underhsndet. stink
INCEST trick I ever heard OF and coming
from Christians, too. From frs, 20 last |
have put great deal Of money into
Aetbodism IN this town Why, in one
year | put over $50 In tha. church alone
] helped build II. Whenever they called
on me for hundred or 30 pGf Nd . check
And now thew come and jump on ne
How do ] explain IL Why. il is i1ss
mean attempt 10 b.acken nv character
By fes members Of that church. of
which l am not nov a member. They
have scared Mr. shanklini Ike him
sp.endsdiy-ey telling him that am the
nam who has made ali the fuss in the
church and made the pastors quit. L,
isn't so. but that Is why Mr.. saankiin
wanted me out
THAT story about nay connection with
the servant girl is not true: nv wffs did
not tell them. The girl xas Gig French
giri who was lndsscrs Cp the conSfry
sofnss here ard came dowa 30 Seattle 70
enter Mrs Noble Erta%.ss house Of
refuge. she had . eoA1 saere- Nv
wife Is = grea. friend Of Mr. Eysher,
and 10 help her eat she has fG- the PAST
foar or ave years been IN f1e habit OF tax
Ing glfls ous Of thu reformstory afssr they
we're ali right again and having then do
the housework for rs. | diin'I like
every tine she woaIa 80;
fresh woraAn from Mrs. Rvsher's would
say that | was against it. and then let Mrs
Johnson 60 ahead and have her waY.
This girl came oown 10 town - hSve
said. and even before she xens 10 Mrs
RytAer's 70 be cared for, she worked for
my vile. and dlsgraced ne before sal the
callers for whom she opened The front
do0r- Ihas was the kind OF hired giri
that sirl xss. bat uay site never told them
that MAS intimate With the girl"
Dr. Johnsoa ~ss very evassvs and would
not say whether IL vas uatrns tia. be had
had iliscii relations w;th the girl, even
when he VAS questioned closely.
After this Dr.. Johnson depressed from
the sabjsct at hand. snd as,er denying
aha; he had ever se4ueed girls in Missouri
and Californis. went on 20 say that he had
once lahore3 under the impression that
the churches were glad 20 have
sinners IN them ana have them
hear the Gospel. not 20 grv and
put ,hem deeper iato the mud He MAS
better informed now. lie ;hec told the
reporter that Shen The notice hal been
served on him on Saturday, March -. he
had tried 10 6nd an attorney. bat. not
succeeding. had remained away frosa
church. Last week however be
sas ex-Msyax Ronald sad :. IL Piles. Who
told him that he Was st perfect liberty to
80 TO chBrea anywhere re pleased, pro-
viisd be behaved. and that, il the trustees
expelled ham. they would he liable Tor dam.
aSes personally and possibly the church IS
a corporation would he also It's
property would then be subject TO
execution. The doctor said the reason he
di4 no; 90 70 hear Mr.. Shankliu preach
iast usshs vas that he tad become ac-
qaaintet 9Th Dr.. Ford a. Grace NJ =
church ana. liking hia "a man, had
gone - hear him preach. He laughed
heartily when told that the church Was
guarded in the evening also
CaHfsTiA> E>pEsNoK MEETING.