Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-12

The regular meeting of the Second
Baptist Church took place last Monday
night, Rev. q. d. Lewis, d. D., presid-
ing; Morton Deane, clerk. The min
utes of the previous meeting were read
and approved. Routine business was
transacted Then came the report from
Deacon Board. This had been awaited
with much interest as embraced in this
report was the case of Harrison Reed
who had charged the pastor of the
church with criminal intimacy with his
wife. AT this point, Rev. Lewis left
the chair and Deacon w. II. White pre-
sided. Brother Harrison Reed was not
present, although he had been cited to
appear by Deacon John I. Taylor.
THE DEACoN's REPORT.
The report contained spicy references,
and it was finally explained by Deacon
Miles B. Jones and others. 1t seems
that at the first meeting of the Deacon
Board, Brother Reed had stated that he
knew nothing of Rev. Lewis, but a
Christian and a gentleman. He had
signed the paper stating that he (Reed)
bought the Raglan for his wife. But
at the hext meeting at which ne was
cited to appear he stated that Rev. Lew
is had been giving him trouble in his
home for about four years. He had
made no denial that this was really the
cause for his destroying the Raglan ON
Christmas day.
THE MADAAIE'S ADMISSIONS.
1t was further ascertained that Mrs.
ii koA olr 4haA
band had complained of Rev. Lewis Wis
its and had told her to tell him to stay
away from his house.
Mrs. Reed had said to her husband
that ne was man and he could tell Rev.
Lewis himself. 1t was also shown that
Brother Reed had signed the statement
at the solicitation of some Of the dea-
cons, which statement was published in
the newspapers.
THE HUSBANDS STATEMENTS.
Reed had not exonerated the pastor in
this statement He had simply said
that he bought the Raglan, but he had
exonerated him in the first meeting of
the Deacon Board in dealing with this
question.
After hearing the statement, the
Deacon Board had given Brother Reed
thirty days in which TO make up and go
back to and hive with his wife. With
this understanding, no charges were
made against Reed.
RE WOULDN'T GO BACK.
But the days passed by and Brother
Reed, not only would not return to his
wife, but openly charged that she had
been criminally intimate with the pas
tor of the Second Baptist Church, and
for this reason he would not obey the
Deacon Board.
Mrs. Reed became greatly incensed
and reported to the deacons that her
husband had not obeyed the order. At
the next meeting of that body, at which
he had appeared, he then stated that
Rev. Lewis was the cause of the trou-
BILE. In view of his previous state
ments and his failure to comply with
the requirements, Brother Reed was
sent on to the church to be tried upon
the charge of fighting, drunkenness and
not living with his lawful wife.
SUED THE PASTOR.
Brother Reed secured counsel and in
stituted a suit for divorce and later
supplemented this suit by another for
ten thousand dollars against Rev. u.
ID. Lewis, ID. D., charging him with
alternating the affections of his wife. 1t
seems too that Sister Reed caught her
husband on the street and beat him. 1t
is said he carries a scar on his head now
as a result of the encounter. AS a re-
suit of this, he secured an order from
the court restraining her from attack
ing him or in any way interfering with
his peaceful ayocation.
DIDN'T EXCLUDE BROTHER REED.
After hearing the statements at the