Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-11
REV. BuNDY ARRESTED.
curious Trouble Of n Colored lows
PreMioing Elder.

CURIOUS IfOuOl0 Oh u aSOAOIoSA AOW0
Presiaing Elder.
+ Davenport, June 11.-At the con-
4clusion Of the services at the African
Methodist Episcopal church, 623 West
Fourth street, Friday evening, Rev. ia
son Bundy, presiding elder OF the iowa
and Minnesota district, who had held
the quarterly conference meeting, was
arrested by Cons table Rumsey on
warrant charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses The IN
formation had been filed few hours
earlier by A. d. Corbin, the colored man
who Won fame recently by successfully
defending his own case before justice
Hall. Presiding Elder Bundy was taken
to the county Jail and was seen in the.
office of that place at II O'Clock by re-
porter. Following is what the reverend
gentleman had TO say:
1.-TWO years ago Last April, at a dis
trict conference at Muchakinock, where
I | presided, Mr.. Corbin was a visitor. II
was decided to have 800 copies Of the.
minutes printed for distribution, the ex-
lpense to be taxed to the various church.
les. Without solicitation Mr., corbir,.
l,came up and gave me dollar. asking
that fifteen of the minutes be sent 70
him. l gave the money al once TO the
lsecretary telling him to remember the
l5request or to make a note of 1t. Others
Iipaid money that evening as Mr. Corhin
\ did, and the coin was given to the sec
Iretary. I. of course, had nothing further
Ito do With the matter, and the incident
\ Slipped my mind until I was reminded
lof il by MIR. Corbin "a monthsor 90 later.
when was in Davenport. He asked
i where his minutes Mere. 1replied that
4 i did not know. but would investigate
| the matter. Later ! found that by mis-
take the fifteen copies had been sent to
! the church here. instead Otto Mr. Cor
/ bin. I'henth Davenport church offered
Ito pay The dollar3to MIR Corbin, but he
refused II, Tonight heshad me arrested
for obtaining that dollar under false
l3p,etenses
II have been in the ministry for thir-
~ wears. was seven years presiding
elder of the Indiana district. and for
4 the past four years Of the Iowa Mime
tssota district. 1 have forty churches
under my supervision. defy any one
lsto point To a blot of any kind on my
character. | am amazed that / should
! have been treated inthis manner.
4 Mr.. corbin has been trying To Dust
Rev. l.. l.. Christie and have defend
ed the latter. Corbin has proved such
a disturbing element in the local
4 church that he was dropped from the
4 local board OF stewards at this even
4 ing's conference. His retaliation is my
4 arrest on a false and ridiculous charge
4 evidently hopes In disgrace me IN
IsNiew of the meeting of the annual dis
5latrict conference at Keoknk next Tues
sisday, where ] shall preside. regard
1.-THE matter as the meanest piece OF
spite work ever heard Of
Rev. Dnndy resides in Chicago anc
comes direct from ST. Paul He is :
A man Of evident intelligence and goot
i presence. He bore the strange sortsoi
4 trouble he had encountered in a man;
4 full. Way Al midnight the local coloree
& Methodists5 secured his release by fur
s nishing bonds before Magistrate Fingel
4 at the iatter's residence. There Il
great indignation over Mr.. Corbin.:
i3action. The hearing took place in tn
:. police court al so.clock this morning