The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-25
WHALEY is GUILTY.
Committee of Elders COnvlctS
Him on Serious Charges.
LETTERS MAKE HIM TREMBLE.
The Colored Pastor Suddenly Changes
His Tune After Putting on boiu
Front The Findings.

Rev Allen W. whaley was last night
publicly suspended from preaching IN
any church belonging to the Puget sound
circuit of the African Methodist Episco-
pal church. and he has promised 10 mana
over his pastorate and ordination papers
to a committee of elders of his churcn py
IL O'Clock this morning. In case ne re-
fuses TO give up his credentials the COM
mittee will have published three letters
regarding the conduct of Mr.. Whaley
while he was pastor of a church in the
East which promise 10 contain some very
spicy details.
At the meeting in the Jones Street
church last night Whaley fatty refused
to give up his credentials. Whereupon
a member of the committee exhibited the
letters and Informed Mr.. Whaiey that
they would be published in fun unless
he at once agreed to surrender MS ere
dentials pending a hearing at the annual
conference. which meets in september.
AS soon as Mr.. Whaley saw the letters
he seemed to know what they contained,
for he dropped the staggering, defiant
manner, and humbly requested TO see the
committee in private. After the consul
tation the committee announced that
Mr. Whaley had promised to hand over MS
credentials this morning at IL o'clock
The committee of investigation, whicn
consisted of Rev. ]. Allen Whey. of Port
land: DR. f. Z. Markell, also of Port
land, and Rev. G.. c. Clark, OF Tacoma,
after a session lasting until late Tuesday
night and from a. m to p. m. yester-
day, made the following report, when
was read last night to the congregation
OF the Jones Street church, Mr.. Whaley
being present:
we. the undersigned committee, having
had a prayerful and an impartial consid-
Grafton In the investigation OF the COM
plants and specifications against the Rev.
Allen W. Whaley. by Rev. II. Mchenna,
do hereby find the said Rev. Allen ".
Whaley guilty of the following COM
plants and Specifications:
Complaint characterization, as per
specification I.
Complaint pastoral interference, as
per specification 5.
Complaint g. Misrepresentation of
money, as per specifications 1, - 8 ana D.
Complaint 5-Collecting money under
false pretenses, as per specifications l,
and 3.
.E. T. MARKELL Chairman.
&C. CAPT CLARK.
vi. ALLEN whey.
COMMITTEE"
The committee refuses TO give out all
the evidence in the case. but II was learn
ed that Whaley was found to be anything
rather than a man to be trusted with the
pastorate Of a church. One charge OF
nature that out Of regard for the general
morals Of the church the committee re-
fuses to make pubic. was brought home
to Mr. Whaley in a way that could ad-
init of no denial. Prominent and truthful
ms mbers of the church saw that Whaley
has a bad reputation for truth and YER
actty with those who know him well.
During the investigation the committee
produced copy of the Post-Intellfgencer
OF June a. the day after Mr.. Whaley
preached his first sermon in the Young
N~n 4 Wi
grounds On that Sunday night Mr..
Whaley made the following statement TO
n Post-Intelligencer reporter. which ap-
peared in the next mornings Issue. These
are the exact words used by Mr. Whaley:
You see before you the cream OF the
congregation CT the jones Street African
Methodist Episcopal church. Tonight
there cannot be a dozen people in the
church. as you can see that the congre-
CATION Of that church has followed me 10
this place. They know that l am being
prosecuted for no cause, and they come
to hear me preach and support me even
when those who are temporarily In
charge of the church act in the I'M
Christian manner you have witnessed. L
have nothing TO say in spirit OF bitter
ness. but ] must defend myself. and L
shall have this matter sifted tc the bot
tom at our annual conference.
When questioned ny the committee as
10 the duIHcnuCItN Oh the iubtiNiS"s his
Whaley denied having ever uttered such
sentiments and said he had not even seen
the reporter. When questioned about the
funds which he had collected and not ac-
counted for, his memory was equally de-
fective but when closely questioned ne
finally made admissions regarding certain
facts about which he had at first forgot
ten.
Before leaving the church last night
Whaley asked permission OF Presiding FL
der H. McKenna to say a few words. He
seemed still quite humble and was ap-
parently resolved 10 turn over new leaf.
for he said:
Tonight a new era in my life viii begin.
| will from this time on battle for the
truth and against falsehocd / VIII hght
for the right and against the wrong
There is a good deal OF speculation as
TO whether Whaley intends to keep the
promise he made to the committee last
night to give up his credentials. There
are some who say that Mr.. Whaley was
never properly authorized and that he is
afraid TO show up the documents he has
in his possession. much less hand them
over 10 the committee where they would