The sun., 1898-03-23
SLANDERERS 10BE ARRESTED
Mrs. Nelson Gray Will Prosecute
ScurriIous Letter Writers.
TROl Bile CAUSES DlSCORD.
Di>.ratcti,I Attack ON Mrs. Gray
Creates FmrOr in FIRST
Methodist Protestant
Flock.

Mrs. Nelson Gray will call>r the arrest
of several persons " ."n she alleges,
wrote her Scuriiou> letters
The di-gracciul manner III which the
Misses Minor attacked Mrs. Gray and
her niece threatens to create serious
trouble among he flock OF Rev. George
l.. Wolfe, pastor OF the First Methodist
Protestant Church.
According to Il statement Of Mrs. Mel.
son Gray, the glaring insults and the
outrageous abus. hcawd ON her by the
Misses Minor and the entire trouble
was known to Rev. Mr.. Wolfe from tn,
very first.
tn. strained relations between these
members OF the First Methodist Protest
ant Church was not ncca~ioncd by jcal
ollsv in the matter of selecting the wn
men ushcrS.
Mrs. Gray claims that the unwarranted
persecution Of her, by the Misses Minor
dates from 'he day ON which Rev. Mr.
Wolfe took dinner with her niece and
walked to church with her.
At frequent intervals from that time
she has been subjected to the intolcrant
insults Of the Minor family.
She is lead to believe tn the scan
daouS and criminal letters written tC
her were dictated by the Misses Minor
She bases her belief on this fact. On
February II, she was met on Seventh
street, between French and Walnut
streets bv Miss Elizabeth Minor and sis
ter Miss Sallir who Immediately began
to hurl indecent epithrts al her and
ta,lnt her ON her failure to persuade Mr..
Wolfe to change his boarding house from
Minors to Grays.
In the letters received by Mrs. Gray,
the same words and expressions are
used and thereby hangs her clue.
Mrs. Gray authorizes the statement
that aS soon as some pressing domestic
affairs are disposed OF, she will ISSUE
warrants for the arrest OF the parties
whom she alleges, wrote the letters.
Miss Florence seward explains her
connection with the affair as follows:
81 desire to state in regard to the
article which appeared March -, II
regard to the trouble ut First NJ. T.
Church. that am not Il member OF the
church and have nothing to do with The
parties living on F. Third street.
"The pastor did dine with us and as
al act Of poIitcncsS walked to the chrnrl
and back with me, and the next evenIn.
the whole family with the exception "
Mr.. Minor made an attack upon me il
front of he church.
AS ior our being the best OF friends
| viii say we were only .Eeakln!
aruvlaintrnancc. and that | never vl>ltt'
their house, l~ their language ON tina
occasion was more iurcblc than elegant
'Thi~ is the truth and in the future
do not wish my name used in the affair.
Rev. Ncorgr :. Wolfe was seen at hi'
residence last night III regard t" th'
Gluv-Minur affair and stated that NJ
party need expect the church to be
cloak for them IN their many dl>Satislac
tlonS.
III people have grievances against in
uivlduaI> the best way to settle them /
will the indiylduAl.
THE cause Of Christ has been made
to suffer many times ior what member
of he church ha,c done.
The hest way to settle private trouble
is to bury them in Il private grave.
"The church was never IN Il more
prosperous condition than it is at prrSen
and to my knowledge no member h;l
withdrawn his or her certificate iron
the church ON account OF the trouble
now existing between some Of its rIrm
bcr>.