The sun., 1902-01-01
ACCUSES THE REY. DR.. HILLS.
HOLP SAYS BROOKLYI PASTOR
RUINED HIN FOR hEPENGE.
Becsuse, he says, lie Charged Dr. Hiliis
win Plagiarism DIR. Wills Says All tie
Knows OF Acc,iser Is That the Ian and
woman Tried 20 Dlackmaii Him.

An alleged. clergyman known as the
Rev Philip z. Holp. with something OF
history, has caused more or less OF Juror
in the newspapers Of Chicago and other
places In the West, by an attempt TO dls-
tract attention from suit for divorce which
his wife has brought by charges against
the Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. to the
effect that Dr. Hills is plagiarist. perse-
rutor, and the writer Of an anonymous
letter. Mrs. Holp charges her husband
not only With consorting with young
woman not his wife and seducing young
rirls. but in advertising patent medicine"
under the guise of church lectures. while
no WAS the pastor Of a church. In his
defence, Mr.. Holp declared that DR.. hilhs
Ia the author OF all his misfortunes, and
that the enmity Of the Brooklyn pastor
dates from a charge Of plagiarism which
Holp made against him while DR. Hills
was a Chicago parson several years ago
In Mrs. Helps bill of complaint It is
syerred that mysterious brunette known
as Frances jackson was Helps consoT
and that the two were partners IN pIaok-
mailing schemes OF which Dr hlliis was
the most prominent victim II is charged
that Holp tried 10 blackmail DR.. HILLS by
stserting few years ago that DIT Hills
owed much Of his first book TO Henry Ward
BhprDeT ana B1NlCi hc'Bl -
reply, says Dr. Hills has waged a RELENTLESS
war upon him ever since that time, ana that
when Dr Hils's last book, THE Influence OF
Christ on Modern Life, appeared, he, Hop.
wrote a review Of II which he sent 70 the
Phiiis inc. whose editor, Elbert Hubbard,
sent the paper, instead OF printing H. to
Or. Hills Whereupon, Holp asserts Una,
he received an anonymous letter ua'eu
Brooklyn, Nov. /, which read IN part as
follows:
iournais tho documents which you tried to
use in your hlackmnilinR letter to me NJ ,'ctp- .
Sr sS In dccumsn, tse sTSnt al SeS any
paper in the country shall publish IN iuil
et1 ,5s g2s!.nSs SS"fei'Gn Of Sr
Ssrps, SGn Clover Of Chca go and his two friends
that You iaisifed my books and tried 20 black;
inSi r paTdon ard s' shall publish IN iu the report
Of the detectives rcEarding the |omn9 Oman 'Ss ghe
Brought in your handwriting, with the pho
togranh ~ the woman in question
IsSS any ny %ord "a That rdS forgot to nail
20 the woman. beginning Twins IS tis
most astonishnr revelation oftotal depravity
Your Your s record from the dsy. you deceived a
girl OF ia, is the blacklist story OF which
nsners re a"S Of tTis count-y are always wilnsto
',srose a man. whether his document 20
under the name Of llolp or Loonis. or what
ever al'as Won us".
DIR. HilNs said Yesterday when the Chi
og9 despltches and publications were
shown him:
There il not the shadow Of shade ot the
pTssonn!be pSSoS for Sf the msnS 81 family o. financial
troubles I have never seen his family. !
have never seen him but 0nes ana 'seh e fsp nos
Sf Dr findifeesg from s.. family did not cyS9 y9
his checkerrd career; that there was a move
inent on footto expr him from the ministry
sIthoush posing as a minister and securing
charge of two tin con gregations n IN" West
He wrote Tey,ew nnSd o my ai' to oobe be se e
wrote one Of an early work Of mine when was
In Chicago char ing plagiarism. The article
stsndinS ding in in that city. and young woman
OF the brunette type came 70 my house WIN
was told that could see no one before I o'clock,
she said she would walt She waited two
as i Ions ga S- necossary as it was iruportlntto
me that tho business she had TO transact
should be brought to ny pHrsEnS9, a st,r9}ona rr}sIa
70 60 away surrendered although It was
"A rule With me to see no one b"for. ! o'clock
I" me and said II was a pity 10 have such
thing published and said that she was com-
n'issionad TO say that IL could be suppressed
~ told her that nothing v"vld give me more
plea sure thhn 20 sce u N ntn, .a ~ reeno
bility of puhlish'n0 IT, and showed her ths
door Ihe"are co angry that even tereted
.hs W. went down NV toorsicns, Gct ther.
she aid that the article could he killed for
nhr,intiv f"r I then recoIlected that hod
received letter q few dave before maxine
witch tho letter -aid Nas forthcoming
cellcd Mr VI kohi.asi to m M az 40, and and
hs sd that ~, drtSCtye on .,ch tnc ,rsS6s ,6s
now spaper onlcc- ~ tho city. he would have
ne crSn in wres TOOK "p. ,hG ~" Sdy,cS OsS,
three name -iIclp wilson and loon,is-and
n tho editors of the { 4 o EreHinG o-t,
foroed llolp 10 come % No and lsg ny par;
the whole storv ~ tNr rllecod plari9risn
gi,h the rurro-" ~ 'laokms'E and that be
and becau.e his fsr,'lv wr- starving ON
,lese rsprc sentat ens md hi pr'mi." N go
better aid "Msl. " the man can le sHv"J
let the mNtter drop and don't pres hun
Tho confession he then Wnd", dulE rt"-tef,
baSrl nov ,sys elrs ne ~ s sl ss. @ len ss iis NE
moro than q ron mon crook for uWLH n".f-
.heye' ~. oTfr, Ia, ,.d aii,sg'h y" h'i
ueyfr he1rd of nuv r"yiev b' him - n' lH-t
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such ~, - Tie hois tor, T., a. ! -sd
arha'i Tho shedov rfs -brte ~ ths p".,l-
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shout ~ fry,h 70 p-u-i' lo ''f his 'fil - hnd
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charge against Df liius
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