The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-27
Committees Report Read at
Morning Service Yesterday.
A COMPLETE vINOICATION.
Extract From Letters Written By Mrs.
Wooster, Formerly Miss Simmons.
COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE
Girls Fahs Appears as Much Pleased With the
RspoA as DOES The kln,ier Bfda
and Groom Attend Church.

Waterbury. Conn. Nov. 27.-The ex-
'bhenation of REV. r. Carson Hanna, an
nounced at she Union City Baptist
church yesterday morning for the first
u htinre. did not bring forth its fun meas
ure of happnesg
Bev.,Mr. Hanna read The regular SER
vice with a tremor in his voice. He
said not a word about the trouble.
j. A. Morse read the repor5 Of the
committee which was TO make the
clergyman free. The meeting of the
committee ended so late Saturday night
there was no chance TO make a state
ment The church was chosen as the
place 10 vlndicate the parson.
Rev. Mr. Hanna was charged by
Charles House Knict and Floyd Woos-
ter with alternating the affections OF
their resDectice fiances. and by the
I young women-Irene Squlres and Eta
Simmons-wi.h conduct unbecoming a
married man in making love 10 them.
Judge Verrinice Munges attorney for
the cOnplainans, was quoted as say
ing Rev, Mr.. Hanna was as innocent as
the angel OF God" He says he said
no such thing; but the committee says
he did
Mr.. Munger insists he said: IF the
] minister was as innocent as the angel
of God ii would not be wise to try my
case before this exparte committee"
Some of the committeeman. before
there was any evidence submitted, de-
clared loudly. he says. their belief III
/ the innocence Of e accused.
/ Letters written % the minister by
| Miss Simmons now Mrs. Wooster. are
! Incorporated and are interesting. They
were dropped into Mr.. Hanna's car
riage as IL stood at his house. which
Mrs. Wooster must pass to go To tlp
Center. Extracts are: Mrs Hanna
knows my feelings 10 you and that
YOU do not care for me. 50 she Will
blame IL on me il you come. and so
YOU must come lust once. NJ" Please
stay home tomorrow. Then You can
send me away forever. Then you can
know II | come ard you must meet me.
You never never done anything for
one who thinks so much of you. T."
Incorporated An the report or the
committee, also. is this paragraph, re-
ferring TO Mrs Wooster: Here ne
have a young woman, about 81 years of
age. engaged to be married to young
man, declaring her love for "a married
/ one of about 2S years and stating that
| his influence over her was such that II
he desired he could use her as he
pleased
The official action of the board on all
the charges Is as follows:
eve each and every one OF us firmly
declare that we believe Mr.. Hanna 20
be pure and upright that he has been
fearfully wronged; that. he has Deen
tried in the furnace or afhictlpn ana
comes out without "a scar. that he has
shown a Christian spirit i'm trying to
save this girl from her own ruin; that
his devoted wife. who has known Tor
a year past how matters stood has
shown Christian fortitude ana pru-
dence
Vengeance IL mine. saith the Lord,
| will repay Therefore. we ask that
, Mr. Hanna VIII NOT prosecute these
parties. That as Christ forgave the dy-
ing Chief upon the cross, 50 he, in the
I sLTrit OF the DIVINE Master forgive the
ones who have 50 deeply Wrong3d nm
, ! and may all OF US. Who desire 10 see 4
work OF grace la this community, hock
I W Hls nelp SupNNlA lllHh lil ms - -,
? and thus build up the kingdom ot Goa
3 Further k'hat We meet AT this chape
g on Tuesday next AZ me EndeaEol
I meeting at 1880 TO thank the Lord io'
!. his goodness to us: and that thry Wh'
Y have been led away by these chaige'
J be hereby invited 10 meet with us
Ernest simmons father Of me glrl
seems to be no more pleased over IN
report than the minister. lie 'ook
wise and acts as though he thought M
thing not vet settled. Mr. and Mrs
% Wooster viii say nothing. They Wer
bright and early at church Nts,eiuay
but at the EPISCOPAL. not the bapus'
r The brides girl friends soN with a wy
ter she is really an Episc p1Uan' Du
she attended Mr.. Hanna's chulch oc
$ cause she liked the minister
= Extracts for the SUNDAY srho!i lr
- son given out yesterday morning py 'n
I. troubled parson were: Who hath woe
!. who hath sorrow2 Who halh conttn
: tions2 Who hath babblng' VINO mar
n wounds withou. cause? Who hath i,e
IS ness Of the eyes2 Thine eyes shall h'
a holdstrange women and thine hr"
n shall utter pcrVerse things. ThcN nav
stricken me. shalt thcu say, ana ] w,
9 not sick: thew have beaten me-, lnd
n felt u noa When shall / wake Wl
. seek "a vet again.
To- 4.