Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-03
The Father Whom DR.. Dowie
Denies Tells the Story of
His Parentage
HAS THE DOCUMENTARY PROOF
Widow With Whom the Elder oewie
Boarded Was His Mother and Judge
Murray Dowie Father Of Her Child
Born in REPUTATION of Wild
insinuation.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Shenandoah, Nov. 3,-The true story
OF John Alexander powies parentage,
accompanied by documentary proof, has
been 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
ison Square Garden to the effect that
he did not know who his father was
and that he was born out OF wedlock
cause great deal Of interest here and
at Essex, where DR.. Dowies 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
Dowie in the Sentinel Of this city and
II unquestionably true and Judge Dow
lie has the evidence to substantiate his
statement. The story OF John Alexan-
def's pareMage as told by his father
Is az follows:
While john Murray Dowie was
young man in Edlnburg. Scotland, he
t'ss.a 'E.it,, J, widow. RE had known
Ase~husband before he married the
:. ..l.... ...s. se knsw her well. Il adj
sait that we sinned- grievously sin
ned said the Judge as he bent his
not bear that the dear, good woman
so
ana 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
EHnburg 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 ppblic service and no objec-
ton was made This marriage &C.
CURED In April. ls47 and John Alex
ander Dowie was born May ~. follow
ing. The marriage certificate. as wen
- the birth Of the child were duly re-
corded by the town clerk, and may
1tin be seen by any one who goes to
Edinburg 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 ofiicer is q base Islander on his
mother.
When the boy was Is years old the
family went to Arelaide, Australia,
and lived there 35 years. the father
oeing commissioned a justice Of the
peace, an ONCE equivalent to our
Judge and having Jurisdiction in sums
Of El00 and under. There was MOI
pay attached to the office and there
Tor 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, daughter OF the
Judges brother, who stood up at the
marriage with the widow. Objection
vas made by her relatives on occount
OF blood relationship and the Judge
intsrposed 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
innmense audience in the Auditorium
as his dear father, and spoke of him In
the most Anal 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 Dowis
speaks only in the kindest way about
him--never a harsh word.
On the walls OF Judge Dowie's home
ct Essex hangs picture that OF itself
10 a refutation Of DIR. Dowie's wild in
situation. II 10 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 a 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 II 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 DIR. Dow
lie can not refute.
Why should he desire to deny his
father7 The secret Of IL is probably
this: Judge Dowfe did not agree with
his sons religious opinions and meth
ode. He has always been an orthodox
christian and in their correspondence
he refutsd DR.. Dowie's claims by a
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.