The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-12-12
A DRAMATIC MEETING.
Rev, DR., Charles O. Brown and
Miss 0verman Face to Face.
DR. BROWN MAKES A STATEMENT.

He Again Accuses the Woman, Now a Sal
vation Army Lass-Death by Asphyxia-
tion of Mrs. Cooper and Her Daughter.
Who Were Concerned in the Scandal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-"The Lord saves He
has saved me- of all sinners the lowest -
Uttered with fervor these words rang
from the lips of young woman at n Sal
vation Army meeting at Willard hall. At
the sound of her voice one of the heads
turned involuntarily toward her. A man
with pallid face started as though tc
rise. The eyes of the two met for a mo-
lnent, and there was flash of recogni-
ton. Then the man recovered control OF
himself. He resumed his seat, and through
the balance Of the services sat with bowed
head and shamefaced mien. Few in the
audience saw the little scene. The two
were the principals in the notorious Over
man Brown church trial in San Francisco,
Rev. Charles o. Brown and Miss Matte
Overman, At the close of the trial Miss
Overman went among the Crittendon
workers, and was made one of the army.
Henceforth she was known as Sister
Martha
1t was while on her way to Washington,
ID. O., where she goes to assist Mrs. Emily
Waller Barrett in rescue work, that
Sister Martha happened into Willard Hall.
When the meeting was over she went out
and went straight to the Anchorage mis-
sion, there to address an audience of
young women. The Rev. Mr.. Brown,
when the meeting was over, went his own
way, and that brief glance during the
services was the only meeting What the
Clergyman is doing in Chicago no one
seems to know. Shortly after the trial he
left San Francisco and drifted east, to be
lost sight of until his dramatic meeting
with the woman whose name was once
linked with his own.
The above was printed in the evening
| papers. DIR. Brown was hunted up by an
Associated Press reporter and made the
! following statement:
Having business in the Women's Tenn
| pie building, l saw the bulletin of the
noon meeting and went in. 1 took seat
near the center of the ROOM Toward the
close of the meeting | recognized Miss
| Overmans voice behind me. She had
arisen to give her testimony 1 was not
surprised at hearing Miss Overmans
voice The San Francisco papers had no.
titled us of her starting east, and knowing
her love for newspaper notoriety we ex.
| peoted that somewhere she would find op,
! portunity TO parade herself.
when heard her voice 1 turned and
looked at her. She was surprised and
| manifestly perturbed, for she brought her
remarks to close, dropped into her seat
and soon after motioned to the ladies who
had come in with her, and together they
left the room. l did not leave the room,
but stayed till the meeting was over.
did not in any way manifest any uneasi-
ness. The attempt to make 1t appear that
was greatly disturbed is evidently for a
purpose. The papers have printed what
Miss Overman has seen fit to give them,
without the trouble of inquiring of me
whether it was true.
Miss Overman wrote me from South
ern California, saying that Mrs Tunnel
would make n full affidavit in my favor,
affirming, as she had previously done,
that she knew nothing against me, If /
would pay well for it. But she added that
she and Mrs. Tunnel were surrounded by
my foes, who were ready to pay n large
sum for a statement against me, and that
they should make such n statement unless
would pay their price. This is the truth
about b n having sent for money. HeI
alleged confession full of awful false
hoods, is the result