Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-09-21
A BETTER FEELING.
w. B. Osborne, of Clarksburg,
tells about the White affair.

People have had Time to form Sober
Second Judgment-The Man is be-
Iieyed to be more Sinned against than
Sinning-Great Revision in feeling
among those who know him-The
Presbytery which is to try the affair
will meet on next Tuesday at King
w0od-They are Expected to Exon
erase Him of any wrong doing The
Talk with Mr.. Osborne.
w. B. Osborne, of Clarksburg
has been here with his wife visiting
Squire and Mrs. Camp near town
have returned home. Mr.. Osborne
is prominent business man of
Clarksburg and is identified with
many of the industrial interests of
the town. He and his brother con-
duct large foundry which was
established there years ago by ].
f. Osborne.
Mr.. Osborne is prominent mem
Der of the Presbyterian church up
there and he was asked about the
status of the White case and how
the affair was regarded there. The
first excitement has died down al
lowing them to take calm dlspas-
sionate view of the matter.
He has talked to a great many
people in the church and in town
and country. This has given him a
line on what they think about the
matter and what they intend to do
about it.
When the affair was first known
the feeling was very strong against
Mr. White and it made itself felt.
The people did not know what to
think and their judgment was utter
" at fault. They had had SO much
confidence in him that the blow it
had received made them unreasona-
bic and they gave him the severest
judgment possible. The family of
the dead girl of course wished to
place all the blame for the rash deed
which she had committed on some
one else rather than on their be-
loved one and the feeling was per-
fectly natural.
But tits question now whether
or not she did commit suicide. She
always got sick when she travelled
on water and perhaps in a spell of
vertigo she fell overheard. In case
this be true all the hue and cry
which has been raised is utterly
baseless and has done her memory a
bitter wrong. The examination
which was made Of the body after it
was found showed that she was a
virgin. This of itself would be
enough to clear the man who 10
charged with so much and who has
suffered so much in consequence
He should not have left Clarks-
burg. That was mistake but he
did it to avoid any trouble with the
girls father who was beside himself
with the discovery which hethought
he had made This was mistake
that any man would be likely to
make and he has suffered enough in
consequence to atone for it.
The sentiment of the people has
changed. A great many of them
want him to return to the church.
OF course the relatives of the dead
girl will object to this and their OBJ
jections will have some weight.
The presbytery is to try the
aoen ~ 41axrt tEfpaQlnxy
and they will then decide what
should be done The whole affair
will be sitted and the decision then
made as to the course of procedure
to be followed. They are expected
to exonerate Rev. White of all blame
in the matter as far as any thing
criminal is concerned. They may
or may not send him back. They
have the matter of supplying
preacher to look after also.
Mr.. Osborne's talk will have a
good effect on those here who have
been inclined to take only one side
of the sad story and believe a man
guilty of the most terrible things
without giving him a chance to clear
himself, in fact without letting him
be heard at all. 1t is inconceivable
almost that man with the training
that he has and with the position
that he had could do what has been
charged. Newspaper sensational
ism is responsible for the most of it
and that should mislead no one.