New-York tribune., 1894-01-03
PENTECOST IS DROPPED.
COLONEL. FELLOWS WOULD NOT HAVE HIN
on HIS STAFF
,,,.,,xrvrorr HOURS AFTER HEARING THIS
r,fr rx.crrIGYMAN WRITES LETTER
OF nFCIINATIoN- SYMPATHY run

or Drc1IyATIoX-IiIs SYMPATHY FOR
THE CHICAGO BONE TlrEowER>.
,,a, n pentecost will not be an Assistant
! District Attorney. Colonel Fellows 'o'u ",'
New Years Day that he had appo''''" ~,
under misapprehension OF the ia''' a"'
,,ot have him on his staff. Therefore MT fen'e-
- .oraov sent the District Attorney Il
,o,,, ,.,ter telling him that. in view ci 'ne
oor criticisms he would decline thc
omoo Thus the ex-clergyman withdre" a.
| s.or,,,,,, a ., he knew how. In his letter ne uo'
,.h, ,e had thought that the Chicago poino,
,hrouors were unjustly hanged lie adnh''eu
| .,. ,r,,,.be was over fcrty years OLD he "aS
| . "area,ner" but said that in the last t'Iee
| ,ears he had unlearned the lessons OF HIS l
| ufa and had come TO believe In prisons anu '""'
In view Of the suddenness ana CUM
% this change Of views it VIII De ''''e' ~
| - ,ora tho next swing Of the pendulum
| lands him. .,or
! To ,ho rencrters Mr. Pentecost made par
| ta, confession as 10 how he got the appo"l'',"'
J1a said his wife had secured 1t for MN pS "''
nersonal efforts. but would not say 'i'o"e
| whom she had made her appeals Inc D''',
| Attorney said that several mercha''S'
| names he could not give, had urged MN ~ "a"
| .no oy-c,erqvman. Mr. Pentecost said further
| to the reporters: . ou,;col
| "Weu now. YOU know enough about pof'ica'
',u.,ts +, this city to knew that they
are never made without 'he
powers that be-"
WAS NOT MAN OF AffAihs.
A., D,,,ooos, leaves many things unexplained
+, his long statement Part of it Is as foio"s'
For fifteen years was @ @ minS1gr sen q for the most
| mart In the seclusion of the siuuy. .dr,T never
OF me dr the subetes Of theology but loved vim ins
study of the Bible and Sr1s, became refected on
Ie His Words and conduct lie became to me me n being
reality with whom lived moved ana maq Ills
love His syIrpai6hy 1sidn to foh injury His deli
ny nd eenteness touched charmed ana sup'u },
me into devotion Him and His cause i eas neas
burned bur I'd anb nibers rnpvii what lie had been o
While in this highly wronse' and nap Poverty and
in The light which that clever book threw on r .ne
world saw semns Sich tn my mind as influenced by
Mr. George injusy mic'ed Ipo" 9b viii OF the
which seemed to me contrary 10 'he VIII "a ''
These poor people haunted me day and and nign, 1bsm
saw them | imagined they were al stnslns "d, de
of their Tayss "Hd 5a 0fy hSd rased up
person of Henry George ana ing Ig pursng the
world of poverty and bringing about millennium nun
When | was in that state of mind 'he ,,ot, Doi,'p
Tn tn that time / had hardly heard Of Anarchists
and certainly did know what manner oI & pg,''G 3
they were / then began to read apo1' f h ,nV siorv
nmhca tions which only gave their sue Oh tl'v ~ So
and after the trial Of the men wh2 Cbcaeo boT1b-
hrowers read what purported to be S Win
Of the Irai presented the men Who
tried as enthusiasts for the welfare OF hulailrS III -
% ana esnonsb reI M, for the act Of the who hrew
the bomb. The throwing or the p%Qlp % We S ,th.r neo-
bic an arrocity in my eyes as III 'nose Vi o''''
''N THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS
was not lawyer then was ceisH man
totally untitled weigh evidence. ,neie'V
| thought it a mistake to hang those men, '''9'' "
Cause as a disciple Of Jesus. did not believe o"p'-
-, ,shroent was IN accordance with His teach
irgs or spirit: second because had been lea ~
believe that the men were not sui,3 III jnaare
cause horng peopie to deeds Of violence instead oi
checking their discontent. In ne stat o, N IN ib
49, i,sst described | preached sermon III tIe
Tewark church Of which was pasor eXprss,hhe ,h
my dsapprova OF the hanging on carn sncs,n," my ab
horrenes an and Sissgo StssiaT asator
sympathy with the views OF 'e ,han fonT years ago
from nv own Sunday evening lecture platlori, , =,
,tG" i ci.y my referred to the Chicago hangns' ou
ms c'i' i',,ra distinctly said that since those mel
III III mrnce,ed violence they had no right TO coiipan
that violence arf,,ra pad that said that while believe,
those men wholly wrong ID '' 5id no; regarc
he "a as common thieves murderers put as rev
n Government of which they did no Ip' app'o'e' " W.
forefathers made war on t.nglanu' T., my, Nevarl
When / preached the sermon M, III ynre y innoccn
cHuOn I'M charge brought against them aterWar' ar
1ecane Convinced that the bomb-'hrowe' was u"
OF thef tre however that under the influence OF tn
feafhEi Ih agrive at what seemed 10 me- to be iogira
concmsion from those teachings tn" src aas ~ arm
mem,S controry 10 the idea Of Peace ON earth an
%ood viii toward men.
! WHAT ~ NOW BELIEVES.
; Eventually. however. it dawned upon me 'hat IN,
l., o, a world of dreams, but one oil pracue" 'eai
- Is. "' ond I ceased to indulge my Utopian magn
@ @.'' 1',.o ~, INV sunday lectureship, and began
,1d,, blackstone was admitted to the bar III u''
o, nassing the regular examinations IN me legd
manner practised law }oneI i'm bemocratc prin
pinles for about eight years. during whlch nm Ne,
SSnpn,entIv voted the Democratic ucket & nw'
iiequeithhE, We live in a world in which the govern
not n,ic and the social system which prevail are I'D
~ g., ,hat human beings In their highest wis'O ia
tS, ',d nae TO- construct that law is necessary an
,nst he obeyed If society is TO eNlsl a. an a. ,i,
- punishine,n. % nr nrorerty rights of others ma!
p perhaps pardoned for SAVING @ onns ~ u The crit
& n,sr,S that have been made or my past ol,liiol
n nn one has ventured to assaii my moral c"''"0'
n MY IN rern rcedncuson' permit Inc to that while BE-
leve myself capable OF perio M consciei
e tiously and faithfully to the puDiIc, anu mi
IS solemn ef in view of the newspaper criticism
lie which have been made, unjust ana unla'I M enous W.
e. rom nv standpoint. l feel them to be- am al ul
- willing to embarrass you by accepting ue oAi'
~ vou have rendered me-
e. Reporters brought this letter to Solonei re
,e lows: Mr.. Pentecost had not sent MN d ."p.
m although IL was addressed To the plstIic',A
IS / torney OF course there was no real heed
to declining an appointment which had been r.
Is vcked twenty-four hours before; Inc O1'oi', at
., he Of the simple. Christian lie, Iead u
n statement then leaned back In his chalr an
r. grinned "Mr Pentecost has always oeon sii
I'd cere" his comment ~, . .,e
u .'Did he get out at your request! was ashe
e. e. II told him Yesterday that | had read the e.
re tracts from his addresses. and that he must al
Of tinctly understand that whatever views ne ne
= nnvv he ought not come into Office. having e
nressed such opinions recently
II Is said that stephen 5. Blake VIII no
be named 10 succeed H. u. Il. Stapler Dut u
ty District-Attorney would only say that he wou
OF make no appointment yesterday He mas e