The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-16
PASTOR ALIENS
MORALS
Bergen Baptist Divorce Suit
Really "0n Trial Before
the Newspapers.
LINDABURY SAYS "WHITEWASH"
Certificate Of Character from
the Hanson Place Church
of Brooklyn.
EAVESDR0PPING EXTRAORDINARY
Deacon cort's prayerful Advice.
Also Why He Became Dis
gusted With the
Pastor.
EAVESDR0PpING EXTRAORDINARY
Special to the Jerssy CITY Ns.ss.


NEWARK, Dec. Is, 1Ss6.-The blizzard
8 storm of this morning was respon-
iie for great many things and not
.he least of these was long delay in
sChancery Chambers here in continuing
the divorce suit brought against the
Rev. John C. Allen, pastor Of Bergen
Baptist Church. Jersey City. by his wife.
Mrs. Anna Sloane Alien, who complains
that her husband will neither live with
her nor support her. The snow kept
the trains back. and ii was nearly eleven
o'clock before Vice Chancellor Stevens
appeared on the bench.
Il am sorry" he said. apologetically,
{ 'but my train was late.''
So was mine.2 said Counsellor r. v.
Lindabury. for Mrs. Allen, who came In
at the same moment with her two sis
ters. Mrs. Allen was dressed as on the
former occasion in plain black cos
tune, without any jewels, frills or furbe-
lows. Her sister was more magnifcently
dressed in a rich satin dress and elab-
.orate cape. When the smelling salts,
small boxes OF candies, ETC., etc, and
other feminine necessities were brought
out and placed within reach, the ladies
whispered to their counsel for some time
Your Honor, Mr. Parker wants me to
admit certain documents pertaining to
a resolution passed by the governing
body of Bergen Baptist Church and the
church in Brooklyn Now, I have no
objection to them being put on the rec
prd but !. object to this attempt to
whitewash Mr.. Allen.
This nettled Mr.. Cortlandt Parker.
Ett4,4 rD, T
wsay.s.sh had moi yet appeared in court, and
the lawyer repliedi--
This is trial really before the news
papers, and / think that the letter of
the trustees of the church saying that
they didn't take any sides in the troubles
of Mr.. Allen and his wife in their de-
sire to separate should be admitted"
The Vice Chancellor agreed with Mr.
Lindabury that unless the paper con-
tanned anything contradictory Of what
had already been put in it was mad
missible. After a long legal wrangle
bristling with references to Doe VS.. Roe
and Tweedledum VS.. Tweedledee, the
embarrassing document alluded to by
Mr. Lindabury was read, as follows:-
To the Hanson Place Baptist Church,
The committee appointed to prepare
minute in reference to the resignation of
our pastor, Rev. J. G. Allen. offer the fol-
lowing:
About four years age. after much prayer
ful consideration in the matter of the se-
3ecH9n OF pastor, our minds were united
rected to Brother Allen, then pastor
Nsdptist Church of Elizabeth His
1ous record commended him to our
church
ring his ministry 22s persons have
rere received by baptism. The heavy
Dus OF debt pressing on the energies of
onurcn, has been practically removed
united effort largely suggested and
~ the pastor under the blessing Of
ministry has been uniformly char
Ized by loyalty to the truth and de-
N to the highest interests Of the
fh, and the extension of the Re-
1er's kingdom in our midst He has
been erninently helpful in developing
promoting the spiritual growth of our
ger members.
ATS printed on regular form like
FORMAL certifcate2' asked Mr.. Linda
with q touch of irony in his query.
,don't know what counsel MEANS"
ped Mr.. Parker, tits a document
jnan should feel proud Of"
,ell,' replied Mr.. Lindabury, "since
Is the only thing Mr.. Allen has to be
of have no objection to it,
pre- Mr. Lindabury began his argu-
dispositions taken In the case before
ster In New York were put on the
4er0TG.- The first was that Of Deacon
Joshua H. cort, Of No. "a Cambridge
lsee Brooklyn, who deposed that he was
leetsd with Hanson Place Baptist
rch, Brooklyn, when Pastor Allen was
e az minister. Mr.. Cort told of the
ting with Mr.. Allen when the latter
Deacon Cort, Mrs Allen must go.''
said to him." said Deacon Cort, shat
absolutely impossible"
r. Cort then related remarkable in
lew with Pastor Allen In these words:
requested Mr.. Allen to visit his wife
elizabeth and before God on his knees
make the matter the subject for pray
Mr.. Allen said to me that he doubted
Mrs Allen would see him without
esdropping or something OF that kind.
lid to him, Pastor, we have something
i similar nature occurring right here
At with my back to the window and
e was a brown glass ooor on the ex-
Ion and an eavesdropper was there. I
I'd his attention to It. and when he
81 It to the door the brtson disappeared.
vas disgusted with him and the whole
1g.
zeacon Cort next turned to the scan
circulated that Pastor Allen was al
IS taking out riding and driving his
pfed sister, and which scandal induced
church to interfere The deacon
the lady was Miss Dickerson
aarlss Frazer also a member OF Ham
Place Church. Brooklyn. eorroborated
con Cort,s testimony as to the plead