The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
HER FAME NOW CLEARED.
MINISTER'S TARDr CONFESSION or
DEAD GINS MLRRI4GE.

She Was HI. Nephcw's wife and for Mnny
Months He Permitted Her to Suffer the
Suspicion of Her Neiahbors RrsiE-
nation from His Passionate Explained.
EAST ORANGE. n. j.. Nov. AT the morn
Inc service In the Elmwopd Presbyterian
Church tomorrow the resignation of tn" pas
ter. tho Rev. Samuel J. McClenaghan will be
read to the congregation. While it 10 an
nounced that the pastors res gnation. which
was accepted by the session OF the church
Monday night was occaSioned by III health, n
deacon OF the church asserted tonight that It
was brought about by the suggestion Of the
officers and because OF the general criticism Of
the pastors not on In allowing q young girl. a
member OF the church. to bear stigma Oh her
character in the eyes OF the community while
he held il In his power to prove her bam eless.
The young woman was Lillian ELAN. a
daughter OF Policeman Duncan ELAN Of East
Orange. Two years ago the girl left homo
for a month. and upon her return brought
with her girl baby. who was said by
tho family to he tho child OF dead
friend. which tho family had adopted.
The story got little cr-dence. and gradually
the girl was ostracised by the other young
people Of the neighborhood. So keenly did shs
feel her position that It Is said she left Brick
Church few months ago and went to Boston.
"
In tho Children's HOSPITAL. She became
victim OF typhoid and died on Oct. 2s
The funeral was held in the Elm
tom ehiidhoca. and MI. MscsnssnaSna
nnuncei that the dead g had been hlain elcss,
a. for over two years she hat been the wifi oi
a young man then in tho congregation among
the mournerS.
The hushapd's name was not nm nouncei but
after the iun.rnl i became known that he was
snd ERIK IN Ii. East Orange rNN National fp anp
rern'ntion to he malisHed while he could
said he pleaded that tho young mars
situation was not such that hs could support
what he tthe minisier1 believed to be Tor the
best ercsts 81 both families The pastors
many Of he church members aud The feeling
against him became 40 strong. II Is said. that
at ~. sIGgss,ions Of iri,nd; he sent hLs resis-
He smiled for Cuha the next day One OF the
degSccns 81 the church said to-neht:.
Rno o1 ami 'n Sr M
.ake aSreet 70 ALLOW the statement to be made
Az a mat sr Of fact, il he hal not resigned his
resignation would have been asked for. a. the
members 81 the session were practically unan-
imous IN con Tenn ,nR his action IN allowing
young girl to suHsr because OF his family
Mrs. ELAN. the mother Of the d.ai girl, said
that her daughter hal heen married to VIII t.
mixer by Mr. McCI.uaghan. the mans uncle.
md that ltNwas at the request Of the rHstor and
gu ~ regard for his family that hey had al
lowed he msrr nHe 10 remain secret.
After her dauSh'er'~ death. Nrs ELAN said
the minister had reluctantly agreed to make
the m, ouncement at the funeral Tut had
refused even then to mention Whtnknrs
name In his announcement She sal that her
daughter and herself and hushan had 'elt the
GIRLS pnsltion ks.uly, hu' rat they ha be-
liev"d llr. McClenaghan's advice to be actuated
by good motiv-s
The child whose r,rcntag. has been tho
cause OF So much ne ghhcrhood gossip ~ now
two years Old and lives IN the vicinity with her
grandparents, whose name she bears although
Hrs, ELAN said that when the Girl was two
months old she WAS privately bartt7ed bv Mr..
hcC'rnaghan M Msrvery Louise WHITAKER
Whitaker refused tonight 20 talk OF tho
own business,
The Rev Mr.. McClenaghan has hsen pastor
OF I'll. Elmwood Church for ten years. He Is
married.