The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-26
THE ADAMsON-MoNK AFFAIR.
A Statement From the Deacons After
Their Investigation.


Macon, Ca. Aug The following
statement was prepared by committee
OF Mulberry Street church in reference to
the account Of the difficulty which &C.
CURED in that house Of worship Sunday
night. The committee request its publica-
ton in the Morning News.
Macon, Ga. Aug. 25.-To the Editor: In
view Of the sensational and altogether in
accurate account Of the late unfortunate
occurrence in Mulberry church in this
city. which account appeared IN your pa
per OF the Path inst. the undersigned mem
bers Of the board Of stewards Of said
church were appointed a committee TO
prepare a statement giving an accurate
account OF the occurrence and TO ask your
journal to publish the same
The committee well understand. that
many false rumors were set a-going i'm
mediately after the occurrence, and it is
possible That to this fact your reporter
owe the serious mistakes which he made
IN his account sent TO you.
After the services were concluded and
the congregation had been dismissed,
the church came down TO the altar for
the purpose of shaking hands with Mr..
and Mrs. ". B. Burke, missionaries, to
take leave Of whom the services had been
held. While the congregation were en-
gagged In this exercise and in conversation,
and the pastor was standing in the pulpit
near the desk and leaning upon the same,
Mr.. Adamson came up to MIN from the
amen corner, ascending the pulpit, and
touching him on his shoulder said to him
as he turned around.
Doctor. did you refer to me when you
mentioned infamous sources
DR.. Monk turned around in considerable
astOnishment and replied:
Mr.. AdamsOn. I did not refer TO you at
all in any portion of my talk
The young man made no reply TO this,
but began to talk about an interview
which he had sought on Tuesday evening
of the week before with DR.. Monk.
DR.. Monk then said by the way, Mr.
Adamson, 1 am sorry that you misrepre-
scented me to Mr.. Bleckley, for Mr.. Bleck-
ley told me you told him that l said 1
would hold you personally responsible if
my name appeared in Wednesday morn
ing's Telegraph
Mr.. Adamson replied: You did say it
doctor"
DR.. Monk replied: Il did not say it Mr..
Adamson."
Mr.. Adamson replied You did"
Then DR.. Monk said: Il say Mr.
Adamson you state that which is positive
ly false"
With this Mr.. Adamson closed his fist
and threw his left hand down to his peck
ct, squaring himself in an attitude 70.
striking, and invited DR.. Monk out of the
church.
DR.. Monk said; What did you say?''
When he repeated his invitation with a
threatened gesture. Dr.. Monk then put
hrsfh ie hun Il aqfa 4
pushed him slightly backwards twice in
the direction Of the rear door of the
church, saying: you get out of here. -
He then turned to some of the stewards
and members of the church who were
present and said: Put this man out OF
here" and this was promptly done.
DR.. Monk then turned about and con-
tinued to shake hands with the people.
| No blow passed, no unseemly scuffie oc-
| CURED, there was no bandying Of epithets
| and the word lie was not mentioned in
the whole transactions. and no ones face
was bruised. Not a dozen people in the
congregation, many of whom were but a
few feet from the altar, knew the event
| had happened. All statements to the con-
trary are absolutely untrue.
| The occurrence was regretted by both
| parties Immediately on it's happening, and
| it would have passed over doubtless with
| out notice, but for the extremely mac
| curate and sensational statements that
were sent out concerning it. These state
ments reflect on the honor of the church,
| and their lack of truthfulness has been
a matter of the most decided astonish-
ment and distress to every person wEc
! was present.
We trust that inasmuch as the Con-
| stitution has aided in giving currency to
| the utterly baseless and unjust misrepre-
sensations of the transaction that your
| paper will publish this account in at least
as conspicuous a place as you gave to the
| first account
The board of stewards, consisting of the
| following twenty-nine members, Isaac
| Hardeman, chairman; D. O. Abbott, c. B
Adams, c. NJ. Adams, George T. Beeland
r. F. Burden, Arthur Dasher, ]. T
Derry. w. S. Deidrich. ]. w. Domingos
! S S. Dunlap, w w. Gallagher, J. H. L.
! Gerdine. j. L. Gerdine, assistant secre-
| tary; N F. Harris, w. B. HILL w. r,
Holmes, A. Flew Holt, George S. Jones,
! secretary; c. T. King, con. collect
or; w. b. King, E. c. Leonard. D. L. Nc
| Rae, T. c. Peek, o. A. Park, w. r. Rog-
| ers, treasurer; w. r. Rogers, Jr., w. G.
Solomon, A. D. Williams, carefully inves-
| tigated the transaction. Some of them
saw the affair in person. The statement
of both parties were had concerning It,
| and the above is the result of the inves-
| tigation, which may be relied on as the
| truth. This whole conversation was car
ried on in an undertone and attracted no
| attention.
The above adopted unanimously at a
meeting of the board this day, Aug. 25,
1896 w. G. Soloman, Chairman pro tenn
George S. Jones. Secretary.
This was offered to the Atlanta Con-
! stitution, and although the account of the
! occurrence which appeared in that paper,
was likewise exceedingly inaccurate, that
! journal declined tonight to publish the
| correction, although rendered at the ex-
| pense of the church. We hope it viii still
! do us the justice to copy it
r. F. Burden,
d. Q. Abbott,
!