Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-04
The Father Whom DR.. Dowie
Denies Tells the Story of
His Percentage
HAS THE DOCUMENTARY PROOF
Widow With Whom the Elder Dowie
Boarded Was Hi. Mother and Judge
Murray Dow;e Father Of Her Child
Born in Recitation of Wild
lnsinuation.
snecial to rames-Repnbltcan.

special to I1meS- Repuplicans
Shenandoah, Nov. 3.-The true story
Of John Alexander Dowie's parentage,
accompanied by documentary proof, has
bsen given out by Judge Dowie, the
father. whom the son recently de-
nounced and cast off. The sensational
statements made by DR.. Dowie in Mad
4 ison Square Garden to the effect that
he did not know who his father was
and that he was born out Of wedlock
cause a great deal of interest here and
at Essex, where DR.. Dowie's father
lives.
Il have always known John Alexan-
der Dowie to be my legitimate son and
born to me in lawful wedlock, and as
husband and wife We did our best to
bring him up we'll"
That statement was made by Judge
Dowte in the Sentinel OF this city and
is unquestionably true and Judge Dow
lie has the evidence to substantiate his
statement. The story OF John Alexan-
der's parentage as told by his father
Is rs follows:
While Jcann Murray Dowie was a
young man In Edinburg. Scotland, he
ssS.'ssss4.s ,sii,, > rsisow RE had known
her husband before he married the
4, S..ls.. .l..u ne l..seu her we'll. Il adj
nit that we sinned--grievously sin
ned" said the Judge as he bent his
face forward in his hands. But could
not bear that the dear, good woman
should be disgraced on my account
and proposed marriage. This was
perfectly agreeable TO her and her
friends and in company with my broth
.er and friend OF hers We repaired
to the parsonage OF Iron church IN
Edlnburg and were married by DR..
Hunter, the pastor. The bans had
been previously cried by the clerk Of
the parish on three successive Sun
days at public service and no objec-
tion was made" This marriage oc-
CURED In April. 1S47 and John Alex
ander Dowie was born May "a, follow
ing The marriage certificate, as We'll
Is the birth Of the child were duly re-
corded by the town clerk, and may
sth be seen by any one who goes to
sNd1nburg and is curious to hunt them
out In the records. John Alexander
Dowie knows all this, and the insinu-
alton that his father was a British
army oflcer is base Islander on his
mother.
When the boy was IS years old the
family went to Arehide, Australia.
and lived there IS years, the father
being commissioned justice OF the
peace. an once equivalent to our
Judge and having Jurisdiction in sums
Of E4O0 and under. There was no
pay attached to the ONCE and there
for merit alone was the basis of appoint
men. When the son grew UP he chose
the ministry and his father sent him
back to Edinburg University. He
married his cousin, a daughter OF the
Judges brother, who stood up at the
marriage with the widow. Objection
was made by her relatives on occount
OF blood relationship and the judge
tntsrposed and gained their consent.
Judge Dowie came to America at the
urgent solicitation Of DR.. Dowie in
1896 and was by him introduced to an
Immense audience in the Auditorium
as his dear father. and spoke OF him in
the most fiNal terms. This event is
recorded in DR.. Dowie's works, easily
accessible to any one. He gave him
an allowance OF $500 year and never
once intimated that the Judge was not
his father till the latter refused to fol-
low him in religious theories.
John Alexander Dowie is crazy or
mad, but as before said Judge Dowe
speaks only in the kindest way about
him-never harsh word.
On the walls OF Judge Dowie's home
at Essex hangs . picture that OF itself
10 REPUTATION Of DIR. Dowie's wild in
situation. It Is group photograph OF
DR.. Dowie's family On a lounge is
seated DR.. Dowie with his wife on his
left and on his right his young daugh-
ter who was burned to death few
years ago. Behind these stand the ia
Their, Judge Dowie and his niece and
nephew, other children OF DR.. Dowie
The resemblance between father. and
son IL so striking that one has to look
twice to tell which is the father and
which the son. There is the very same
shape Of head, the same brow and eyes
This picture tells story that DR.. Dow
lie can not refute
Why should he desire to deny his
father? The secret of 1t is probably
this: Judge Dowie did not agree with
his sons religious opinions and meth
DDS. He has always been an orthodox
christian and in their correspondence
he refuted DR.. Dowie's claims by.
mastery argument from Scripture and
reason. DR.. Dowie can not brook oppo-
sition or criticism as is clearly seen
in his autocratic ways among his peo-
pie and by his bitter attacks on the
press So he turned down his own
father because he would not blindly
follow him in his religious vagaries.
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