The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-06
MIR. CO0PER'S CHARACTER.
THE CONFERENCE FOUND NOTHING
 AGAINST HIM.

MT. Cooper Exonerated by the New York East Conference.-The Proceedings Tester day--The New Haven Minister to Demand
 a Trial in the Civil Courts-The Mains
 Roche Case Settled Yesterday.
 Stamford, Conn.,, April 5.-At the third days session of the New York East conference Chairman Hill reported for the committee of inquiry In the Roche-Mains case that the matters in dispute between DTS. Mains and Roche were not sufficient to justify any in- quiry. The two gentlemen had amioab- ly settled their dispute and shaken hands in the presence of the committee and the belligerent brothers were now friends again and had agreed to for get and forgive. This announcement was greeted with applause
 Dr. Roche nevertheless arose and ob- jected, saying 1t was not a light matter and that the question of his integrity and business honor had been raised and he had been lying under this charge two years, and he felt that there was sufficient reason for an inquiry into the merits of the case. Chairman Hill explained that the committee had declined to go into the financial ques- tions in dispute between Dr. Roche and the Brooklyn Church union. Its duty had been to see what the trouble was between Drs. Mains and Roche and in that the committee found noth- ing but slight misunderstanding of chance conversation. As the broth CTS were ready to shake hands he said the committee had nothing to do but to give thanks. Dr. Mains then stated that he had never questioned Dr. Roche's honesty and that he had never used the word Integrity in any conversation with Dr. Roche. So the matter was settled and the conference accepted and adopted the report of the committee.
 MT. North. presiding elder of the New Haven district, read his report. When the name of Rufus T. Cooper, the accused minister of New Haven, was reached, the bishop called for the report of the committee of inquiry in his case. Chairman Simmonds then re- quested, on behalf of the committee, that MT. Cooper be granted a super numerary, in order that he might re- turn to New Haven to demand a trial of the charge against him in the civil courts. MT. Simmonds explained that this report was in accordance with Mr. Cooper's demand, that MT. Cooper had written letter to the district attor- ney demanding that steps be taken inn mo ad ia al tn hfsfr lie grand jury and that the charges against him be brought to trial at once Dr. Buckley wanted to know If this disposition was legal and the bishop replied that 1t was, that the committee had made this recommendation in re- sponse to the request of MT, Cooper and because they understood he had demanded trial in the criminal courts, and because they were able to discover nothing of an evil intent in MT. Cooper's doings.
 The presiding elder stated that the committee had asked the district attor- ney of New Haven to present any evi- dence to the committee against MT. Cooper and he had promised to do so. Yesterday, he said the committee tel egraphed to the district attorney to hurry up his witnesses. The district attorney responded that he would be in Stamford to-day F'riday) This committee could not wait for him." said the presiding elder Tt Is now too late" On this statement the Cooper superhumerary was adopted and Mir Cooper's character was formally pass ed by the conference with the entry, nothing against him" Dr. Buckley asked the bishop to explain that the phrase nothing against him." meant | that there were no technical charges 1 against MT. Cooper. Assistant City Attorney Matthewman vent to Stamford yesterday CFrlday) | with the aflidavits which had been made | against MT. Cooper. When he arrived here he was told that the matter had | ,een disposed of and that MT. Cooper lad been placed on the supernumerary
 
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