Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-07
REV. WHITES STATEMENT.
The Main Points of the State
ment to Presbytery.

Vi EAptauutiOu DE Niue lie tells all
of the Facts I'm the Sad Affair--A
Straight Forward Plea for Justice
"A statement From the Presbytery
Judicial Committee.
am well aware that the long suf-
fering public has had enough of my
affairs within the past four months.
But think it will also testify that
/ have never yet written a word in
explanation of the sad affair with
which / have been connected. | was
fully determined the first of last
June, to call my church people to
gether and give them full expla-
nation OF everything. But / was
strongly advised against doing so,
for fear it would make division in
the church. would still keep ST.
lent, were it not for the fact that
friends here and elsewhere most ur-
gently demand that, after waiting so
long,at least, fols my statement before
the Presbytery, be made known In
my statement before that body |
confessed to two things: % In
discretions ~ An act of immor-
atty, which consisted solely in reg
istering as | did This comprised
the whole Of my statement at that
time, whatever else may have been
reported.
Under the head Of indiscretions.
which extended only over a period
Of about five or six months, it should
be known that they consisted in six
interviews which ! had alone with
Miss Holmes, and in a couple of
notes written to her at times when
she seemed greatly perplexed and
troubled With reference to these
interviews, three of them were at
the residence Of her parents, as she
had sent me word each time, asking
me to come there and help her in
practicing some church music The
other three were in my study at the
church, and were entirely without
any appointment, or pre- arrange
ment, by me.
Under the second head, the word
immortality" in my confession, APP
plies to nothing more than the way
] registered, and should be qualified
so as to be clearly understood by all.
The act of SO registering is gen
orally understood to be done for an
immoral purpose. The right or
wrong, of such an act, however de-
ponds on the motive with which tits
done |, myself, so acted with no
other motive, or intention, than that
of saving life. / went to Pitts
burg on business for myself, and me-
her there, as l had promised, at her
own request. | found her possessed
Of the idea of taking her life which
she had often before expressed a de-
sire to do. With her in such a
state of mind, | pursued the only
course which occurred to me at the
the time would prevent her doing so,
as she threatened constantly to end
it, if / left her, or tried TO inform
any one about her All my efforts
to get her to return to her home with
me, or to take her to her relatives
were Of no avail. And it was rot I'M
til the second morning that | could
induce her to promise to return to-
her relatives.
She then said. II have come out
of my spell of insanity, and see
clearly what | ought to do, and will
take the best care of myself She
also expressed her gratitude to me,
saying: "Mr White, you have been
so kind and good to me- The two
nights l was with her, l watched her
and cared for her just as a brother
would have done, having the utmost
confidence in her pure and virtuous
character And had | not a clear
conscience in this regard, / never
could have lived through the terrible
ordeal which has come upon me.
In the record of Presbytery, the
second registering is worded: s'On an
other OCCASION There was no other
occasion, except the next night follow
ing the first, and that is what Presby-
terry meant. On that night, all the
conditions remaining unchanged, /
registered as stated. Also, in that
record, the denial of All immoral con-
duct is not placed so as to include
both nights, as it should have been.
The committee of Presbytery, in an
explanatory note, published. here, sets
forth its correction Of these errors.
In the absence of any other witness,
I have thought best TO refrain from