The evening times., 1898-08-13
LADIES' s1.oO WHITE DUCK SKIRTS. Ho~
EISENMANN'S, 49, sss 5sssnss isss Pens' st. Ave.
SCENES IN THE JAEGER TRIAL.
Several Exciting EpisOdes DuriAE-
Examinations Of Witnesses

Lynchburg, Va, Aug. 13.-The first WITT
| ness today in the ecclesiastical trial of
! DR.. A Jaeger. on charges of immortality
and conduct unbecoming a clergyman"
| was a lady who gave her name as Sister
| Sarah. She stated that she had come
from Philadelphia to assist under DIR.
Jaeger in the work of the colored asylum.
Her testimony was a relation of one con-
tinuous chain of unpleasant incidents.
She told of how. when she left the institu-
ton, the negro children were ranged in q
line with tin pans, which they were beat
ing.
On the cross-eXamination, at one point,
Mr. Robert E. Scott, of Roanoke, who Is
conducting the prosecution. asked the
court to make Dr. Jaeger stop his noun
tebank tricks whereupon Rev Dr. Lo-
gan informed DR.. Jaeger that he must be
dispassionate. To this the accused replied
that he was "sick unto DEATH and that
being a foreigner. his ways were different.
He resumed his questioning, but became
SO vehement that a member of the court
exclaimed: "Oh. this is all wrong. it is
unjust" while another said: THE ac-
as a gentleman should" and still another
told him: We've stood this sort of thing
as long as We can"
All his seemed to depresS the doctor.
and turning to the window with OUT
stretched hands. he shouted in dramat-
ic manner: My God. my God, why hast
Thou forsaken me?" Then, turning to
the court he complained of having been
tormented by its rulings, and asked for
hi sod i'm
he hurled invective speeches at coun-
sci for the prosecution, who said with
some warmth: Il am not ashamed or
my position here; l consider it privi-
lege to expose the hypocrisy and unclean-
ness of this man"
After some unimportant evidence by
Mrs. John ]. Lloyd, Rev. w c. Wilmer
was examined. He told of the conduct Of
things at the asylum. and Dr. Jae-
gers conduct toward his sister, Miss Luz
cy Wilmer, and others.
At one point in the prosecution. While
Dr. Jaeger was speaking petulanily, a
member of the court exclaimed: Il OBJ
ject to improper imputationS being made
about this court. and will not have it,
while member of the prosecuting COM
mittee suggested that policeman be
sent for to keep order and put the ac-
cused out of the room if he did NOT be-
have himself
The afternoon session was consumed in
a searching cross-eXamination of Mr..
Wilmer My God, my God. have N
on mer' cried DIR. Jaeger. as the court
declined to let him ask a question in re-
gard TO Miss Winners letters. While
Mr.. Scott was petitioning the court to
check DR.. Jaeger, and not permit his
inuendoes on Miss Wilmer, the doctor
sprang from his seat. and. declaring that
he was already condemned. seized his
hat and started to leave. When DIR. ,Jae-
ger resumed his seat Mr.. Scott. continu-
ing. declared that DR.. Jaeger was acting
dishonesty. You lie,'' cried DIR. Jac-
ger and the courts interference was
necessary.
DIR. Logan. president of the court, told
Dr. Jaeger that if he did not treat the
court with more respect they would re-
tire and pass upon the case without him.
You have addressed me-" said DR.. Lo-
gan, ..as no man should address another"
Have pity on my condition, 1 am
poor sick man. replied Dr. Jaeger.
1T is an outrage" said Rev. Mr.. Kuyk,
rising to his feet, you have been treated
with a forbearance that you would have
received at the hands of no other court.
There must be limit to endurance
Such alterations between the court and
Dr. Jaeger occupied nearly all of the time.
His excitability knew no bounds.
The following statement by Mr.. Wilmer
as to what had made him change his opin-
ion of DR.. Jaeger brought the afternoon
session to a close: First, my reasons for
changing my opinion of DR.. Jaeger are
those that have been presented to the
court in the trial. Secondly, when / re-
turned in the fall of 1897, in reply to tele-
grams, 1 exercised every faculty to know
the truth, and what convinced me that
their charges were right and his wrong
was a slanderous charge that he made
against his wife. and l said that any man
making such a charge must be thorough
ly insane or his mind must be a cesspool
of filth Since then my dealings with him
have convinced me that he is engaged in
a desperate and reckless struggle and Is
willing to do anything to crush men, wo-
men and children who may stand in his,
way"
Ready to Leave the Ways. 30.