The Topeka state journal., 1898-03-03
To BE OPEN.
The Hearing of the Charges
Against DR.. Embree
viii Be Open to All Those Who
Have Evidence.
NOTHING TO CONCEAL.
DR.. Embree and All His Friends
Not Afraid
But That a Plot to Blackmai
the Pastor
Will Be Easily and Fully Re-
VeaIed.
NOTHING TO CONCEAL.

The situation in the Embree case is
unchanged today. County Attorney
Jetmore says that no information has
yet been filed against the Criths
The church friends of DR.. Embree are
waiting for the result of the hearing
Friday. and nothing will be done until
after that is closed and the result is
announced. From the developments up
to this time there is nothing which indi-
Gates anything else except that Dr.
Embree will be cleared. Every circum-
stance indicates that the pastor was
the victim of a clever scheme to secure
money.
Criticism is heard of Attorney R B.
Welch, who advised the payment of the
$500. The church members of the
First Methodist church say that if that
mistake had not been made, there
would have been nothing whatever up
on which to base any charges.
Mr.. Welch defends himself by saying
that that was the only course open to
prevent publicity by trial in the
courts, and that DR.. Embree shrunk
from such publicity. Few people think
that the Criths would have carried the
matter into the courts if DR.. Embree
had refused to have anything to do
with them or to pay them any money.
The actions of DR.. Shields still con-
tinue to be mysterious. While he re-
pears confident and says that he has
not employed an attorney
An attorney who has had something
to do with the case, said today:
'tDr. Shields is relying upon being re
leased by the justice of the peace at
the preliminary hearing. The plan is to
make as good a showing as possible
and have all the testimony taken, and
then have the justice say that it would
not be right to put the county to the
expense of a useless trial. 1t is, how
ever doubtful, if such an arrangement
could be fixed up with any Topeka jus
tice.'
Performing criminal operation is
penitentiary offense.
The official board of the First Metho-
dist church viii meet Friday afternoon
to hear both sides of the question
While the meeting will not be secret,
only those who are connected with the
case in some way or another Will be
admitted Nothing will be covered up
and everyone who has any evidence to
offer on either side of the case, will be
given a hearing.
Newspaper reporters will be admitted
and there will be no cOncealment of the
testimony offered.
The official board of the church met
last night in the parlOrs of the church
for the purpose of deciding what should
be done concerning the charges public
" preferred against DIR. a. S. Embree.
Dr. Embree was present and appear
ed composed and confident He an
nounced that he was perfectly willing
to withdraw if that was the wish of the
meeting.
By unanimous vote he was invited to
stay.
An invitation from Presiding Elder J.
r Madison was read inviting the board
to meet with the ministers on Friday
afternoon at o'clock for the purpose of
investigating the charges against Dr.
En- bree. He said that an effort will be
made to have all who know anything
about the matter, present
The board decided that anyone who
was found to know anything about the
case should be referred to J. R MadI-
son or P I. BOnebrake, as the evidence
of anyone who can throw any light on
the matter is. or will be, invited.
T. B. Sweet offered the following res
olution, which was unanimously adopt
"Resolved. By the official board of the
First NJ. f church, that desiring the
fullest investigation of the charges pub
Iished against our pastor, We invite any
and every person who can give any eV-
idence in the matter, for or against DR..
F1rob bree to communicate with P. l.
Bonebrake in order that they may be
invited to present such evidence at the
Investigation to be held by the presid-
j ing Is. elder on Friday afternoon "aF'n
The meeting then adjourned until
Friday afternoon at o'clock
Among those present were: T. B.
sweet. J. B. bartholomew, J. a. Trout
man. J. P. Davis, c. P. Adams. J. P.
Griswold. J. L. ShelIabarger, A. S. John
son, Mr. Fuller, r. B. Welch J. w. sid
vvaT w NJ. Forbes, Mayor Chas. Eel
lows, A K. Rodgers, J. G. Gossett,
Harrison Clarkson.
J. ". Ripley of the Topeka Steam
laundry says that Lena Crith was en-
nIoved at his place for six months about
two years ago.
Mr.. Ripley says that while the wom-
an was there she brought a colored
man there one day and said he was her
husband. She said something about him
being a Spaniard. Mr. Ripley did not
know the man.
Mr.. Ripley says that he considered
the woman queer, and after keeping her
employed in the laundry for six months,
he discharged her.