The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-05
AFTER ALL EVIDENCE
Is Heard DR.. Embree is Cleared of the
Charges.


The hearing of the charges of against
DR.. A. S. Embree was concluded at
$50 The members of the examining
board retired and in a few minutes re-
turned with a verdict that the charges
were not sustained and an expression
of confidence in DR.. Embree.
The closing of the hearing was not
marked by any flights of oratory. DR..
Embree said that he had nothing to say
and his attorney, r. B. WEIGH, also de-
clined 10 say anything.
The prosecutor, Rev. H. D. Fisher,
explained that he was doing only his
duty and that his only desire was to Sc
cure a complete investigation of the
charges.
Lawyer F. D. Fuller, who assisted
Mr. Fisher, made no talk in favor of
sustaining the charges. It was evident
to everyone that the case against DIR.
Embree was weak, miserably weak,
and no one doubted the result
The Criths, who made the charges,
did not appear, and while the whole
story was told by the attorneys, the
people interested in the circulation of
the charges, did not grace the hearing
with their presence.
Through all the hearing Dr. Embree
faltered but once. That was when
he referred to his wife, who died over
a year ago. Then his voice choked and
tears started to his eyes, but he soon
regained his composure. He conducted
the questioning himself and did not
make an attempt to conceal any part
of the truth about the payment of the
5000 to Lena Crith.
At the conclusion of the trial. Dr.
Embree took the stand himself and he
was questioned by R. B. WEIGH as fol-
lows:
when did Lena Crith go to work for
your"
Il can't tell exactly. AS near as can
recolIect it was during the Fall Festival
week, either the 18th or 29th of Sep
TENDER I came home from Europe on
-Iaio
had no one in the house except my
children, and we did the best we could
for about two weeks. We would get
breakfast and after the children went
to school I would go into the kitchen
and wash the dishes and prepare for
the return of the children from school.
My impression is that we got along
that way for about two weeks but one
day I told my children that we would
have to find a place to take our meals,
and started out to find place. 1t
was then that I called upon Brother
Reed, and the call resulted in Lena
Crith coming to my house a day or two
later.
After that I spent no more time in
the kitchen. The fOrenoons were spent
in my study and the afternoons in Wis
iting among the members of my con-
gregation. Consequently, I did not
know that the girl was receiving COM
pany at my house. I found afterward
! that my house had been the resort for
several colored men. It was only a
short time after I made the discovery
that I received the letter from Mrs.
Crith. I admit that I was considera bly,
frightened, and I at once consulted Mr..
WEIGH, who is a lawyer and member of
my congregation.
Mr. WEIGH said as soon as he had
read the letter that it was another
Matchmaking scheme, and that on one
occasion before an attempt had been
made to blacknail the pastor of this
same church. He advised me to pay
no attention to the letter and said he
did not believe the people would call at
my house as they had threatened to
do.
Soon after that the girl and her
mother came to my house. I should not
have admitted them, but I was in my
study and they were in the house when
came down. The girl started to say