New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
cH,PGCs or FRAUD REVIVED.
TILL, ,,.ruoplsT roOX CONCERN SCANDAL RE-
crrvEs \ NEW LEASE OF LIFE.

t,t,i,,,ro March (Specia administers ana "'''"
ns ~ rho Method list Episcopal Church III al pir %
or tho country viii be interested III t"e ~ =,
Iohn Lanahan's forthcoming BOOK III ""
stated he will give in detail his dscoN9,'9 T.,
leeel frauds in the New-fork BOON No g.,
1S75 DR. Ianahan. who IS now ana H's
soma years the agent of the Methodist BOOK 'oh,
.ti .i., comnletel the manuscript several
81, AGO n IA, since been revised by the rev
Dr 7 r. Townsend pa ftor Of Mount vernon az
Methodist Church and is now IN press II "'.
ISSUED lust before the assembling OF 'he t
Conference Of the Church at C!eveiand :" ,.
,I ,in ,roh,ble cause a sensation in Methoiist
circles 1t is said To Dc l'r. Lanahah : pup
stand As a canlid1te for election as delegate - vac
Cen.ral Conference at the annual session Oh tne
pol,lmora Conference in March next ana shoui" "e
become "A nrmbe~ If tae supreme poiy VI W.
Church. h. will move the appointment oil 0o'
ni,,e- 20 investigate and report upon Inc CHAR se'
as detailed IN his book. =,
Twenty vears have elapsed since the Rev Dr.
Lanaran made these charges OF fraNi ana sio'
mismanagemen, Of the financial affairs OF me hoof
Concern. ard many Of those Wnom tnVy i. go
have since died OF retired rom a,Vte bai no then
accuser has retracted one Jot OF VIM re- f
alleged and what he seeks now Is Fihuac.t.'' rbich
the position he then assumed me ch"s 80 arc
sin in his possession in the nature OF ch'Tns' 80
tors accounts ANA Other written n'n,Tr nnsrsnce
submitted by rim i'm 1876 to the Gene ial ON ~
wlich vas held IN the Academy Of Music ~ tn,s
civ DESPITE their grave Chdftcei, IN' CP"'. -
declined - investigate them, and huSnei the "hoir
ullfflr up a. quickly possible. CERTAIN Vhdi."'s
We, made In the personnel 81 the mtnasehie!s -, -,
IN. Book Concern. ana more enectuaI system u
control over tt funds established put .iD.n-
ing has ever been done in regard TO the losses
which the Church sustained. -.
Or Linahan charged that for years a systema,ic
robbery had been going on. involving thou9ihcs OF
DO lars annually in nearly every department ne
Concern used tons o. paper every year ne ~.
clared and every paper dealer VINO Soic 20 II hnS"
that a commission must be PAID on every Dill Sori.
Nearly every officer of tn Concern ne airge'i,
was in. ?. sted in oil spccuatOns. into Whc1 llOuS
apparently not capitalists. they had put thouSaiS
of dollars. .o. %, D.,
The Influence of the men accused. however vas
used = such good purpose that the Conteren nee COM
rrittec promptly took steps 10 remove Dr l.ahahdn
from Office and the prosecutor became prosecuted
ITS charges were denied. and he was arrested ana
taken To Ludlow Street Jail accused OF SANDER lie
was soon released, however. and IN fc" years
became the agent Of the Book Concern IN haltl-
mQl" 49,. -...t,, -
Tho Rev. Or Lanah,n is now the oldest m sGue
IN point Of ,service in the Baltimore conference
IL was prominent in the Church in the years ~
lw,an S.n ami $3.50 and in those years as "A pulpit
orator had few snperiors. II + an opinion enter
iliraJ hv large majority OF Eastern Methodist )
tina, but for the enemies Or Lanahln maze ar the
fimo. of these charges. by reason OF when ne ar
raved against himself n" controlling influences Oh
~ church ne would have been elevated TO the
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