The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
|IIyE OF REV. BROWN.
..,.aI from Bay Conference De-.
App' cision Being Heard.
.,,,pyEs HE WILL BE SET RIGHT.

- Minister Expects to show That lie
~. Not Given = Fair Hearing at san
ao,sco-Defe adant Biames Dr. d. X.
I for His Dismissal Because He
NJ. ,,,slv Opposed the Views of the
seminary President
chicago oct. 27.-The question as 10
q Browns conduct toward
nv Nattie Overman and Mrs. Nj, A.
S,octton. while the clergyman was liv-
IN san Francisco, is being inquired
no Cor the tenth time within two
Us The trial opened at the Young
80 christian association hall, the is
',o bejng the appeal of Rev. Brown from
49, decision of the Bay conference OF
~ congregational church, which read
w, out Of the pulpit April 81, 1896, for
49, alleged unministerial conduct.
rhore was some delay in the arrival
, ,be various interested parties and
,no morning wore along before any min
.ters appeared. The Rev, DR.. Brown
as late. and the Californians, DR.. Nc
- the Rev. G.. b. Hatch and the
nov e r. Brown, were also slow in
making an appearance. DR.. Bradley
and DIR. HOLSTER, both of Grand Rap
Sss Mich. were the first ministers to
enter the hall.
What Dr. Hollister Said.
aUe will not do much for a few
,orrs I" said DR.. HOLSTER, excepting
10 organize as a body and make few
preliminary inquiries. l really don't
tnow whether the trial will be public,
United to the ministry or open only to
ministers and leaders of the church. AS
nr Brown has said, the trial is largely
an Investigation of the Bay conferences
methods in suspending him."
The ministers began To assemble at
,O9O o'clock. Among the delegates who
first reached the scene, besides a num-
her Of laymen, were the following: Dr.
Bradley. Grand Rapids; DR.. HOLSTER,
Grand Rapids: Dr. Martin, Detroit; DIR.
Wallace. Chicago; Dr. Waterman, Chi
eago; DR.. Burnham, st. Louis; DR..
blanchard. Aurora. Dr. Brown with his
counselor, j. A. Adams, came in with
a brisk step and smiling face.
81 think this council" said he, will
set me right. The conference seems. as
far as l can ascertain, determined on
Justice. while every circumstance since
nv troubles in San Francisco has been
in my favor"
Pastor of "a Chicago Church.
The defendant is now pastor of the
Green Street church in this city. After
the suspension he appealed to a mutual
council to determine whether his dis
missa was secured by unprecedented
and improper methods as charged. This
was granted. The council is composed
Of five members of churches selected by
Rev. Mr. Brown, five by the Bay con-
ference, and the eleventh appointed by
two disinterested pastors.
The defendant claims his troubles are
directly traceable to DR.. j. K. Mclean,
president of the Pacific seminary, whose
views on Christian socialism he opposed.
He says he was instrumental in pre-
yentng the Bay conference from in
dOrsing the theories of Professor Her
rom leading exponent of the cult. For
this Interference, DR.. Mclean never for
gave Rev. Brown, according to the lat
ter. About the same time a woman
named Davidson tried to blackmail Rev.
Brown, he says. Contrary to the adj
vice of the police. the clergyman pros
ecuted her, and thus brought upon him
self an inquiry into his conduct by a
council Of Congregational ministers,
and an generation.
Suspended without Trial.
Then said Mr.. Brown, 1.-The Bay
conference suspended me without trial,
charge, specification or witness; and
the trial now is an action brought by
me against the Bay conference to COM
pei them to do me justice"
The minister claims to be in posses
SIGN of reliable information that the
Davidson woman was an ex-inmate of
Massachusetts workhouse and an adj
venturess. Later the names of a Mrs
NJ A. Stockton and Miss Martha Over
man were dragged into the clergyman s
affairs.
The finding Of the Bay conference ex-
onerated the defendant of some Of tn
most serious charges, but intimated that
the evidence established the fact that
Dr. Brown had paid Mrs Davidson $500
ana agreed to pay her $35 a month &c
insure the silence of a Mrs. Baden. DIR
brown approved Of leaving the delibera-
.ons OF the council open to the public