The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-28
TALBOT WILL BE
HEARD AT TRIAL
rull Presentment of Charges
Against the Bishop
GRAVE CHARGES MADE
EXPECTING RorH His EcaLEsi,
ssTlcAL ANo PRIVATE opAR-
AcTER.-TEAT or AL &C.
Eo oFFE,sEs.
nv rha Assnciated press


New York. Dec 27Lln 81; sen.
torieht Herbert Noale. rep cn;il
tic presenter in. charges reccntly
msde against Bishop Talbo If the
uantra diocese Of the Episcopal
church OF Pentsylvan,a. bri5ay cut
| lired what those who will appear
agalngll the bishop win take un. Ills
itatement says the pres sntu eat has
its foundation In let er said to have
been Frltten by Bishop Talbo 10 Rev.
Samuel lIpjohns. when the latter was
presiden Of the Philadelphia Catholic
club in 1902.
"Thc prescntmeu. Is based on this
letter, says Noble, =. Is in the
bands OF Rcy. w. D. Bcdine. ID. Of
Philade phia. II charged Bishop
Talbot with a crimlnsl ihel. immortal
ity7-towIt; false statements. The cir
culation of false malicious cnd do
farha'ory report. falsifylng. breach Of
ordination and conservation VOWS. and
conduct moi becoming bishop"
These charges are the headings
Of allegations made III the present.
rilent, said Noble tonight.
they will como before committee
Of invegtiga .i0n appointed by presid-
ing Bishop Tnt,ic of 81 Louis
Il Is clear from developments to-
night that the names Of several wo-
men will be- brought into the case
The letter referred to as the Letter
ftoS t'p;ohn Is signed BY Erhef
bert Talbot" and charged Dr. Irvine
with immortality. and closed by re
forring to Bishops Whitaker White
head. Seymour, Scarborough Potter
Doane. Adams, Taylor and DR. Letting
yeli "and a host Of others who will
bear on. all 1 have raid In regard TO
his chhrrctcrr
II f~~ a. - e-v n the Up,
iohn ctier in ghcli i . bisloa's name
was brought. and in witch It was
atatel the bishop. would
bear out al that Talbot
had to say. Bishop Potter said
tonight u have not communicated
with Bishop Talbot ana have no
spowledge Of such a fact"
According to the Times, Or. Irvine
went to Huntington, Pa, as a miselon'
AIRY in charge of the parish after BIsh'
op Talbot was made bishop Of cen.
.ral Pennsylvania. This subsequent
ly became st. Paul's parish, one of
tbe most powerful and fashionable
churches In the town. Among tho
members of the church there waJ Mrs
Alexander Elliott DR. Irvine foun'i
thas Mrs. Elliott had gotten divorce
from her third husband, q llr Coll
idge of Philadelphia, on the grounds
Of non.support. sufficient ur1er thl
laws Of the state, but not under tho
canonlcaI law. El lott got divorce
from his wife on the ground OF de.
sertion, sufficient under .he state
laws one more, but again no. suffici'
ent under the cnnonical law.
irvine wrote Bishop TaibDt stating
the cate of parties a. Hypothetical
The bishop in reply wrote that wo-
man in this case was "by c-nvn ex-
communicated" and with this anihori-
~ Irvine refused communion 10 Mrs
Elliott. Her friends informed Bishop
Talbot and he ordered her rs'nstatc
ment.
The matter came before. lrviue's
church and decided 10 withdraw frou
their position as a mission aud be
come an independent church. Thi:
having been done. Irvine refused tC
obey the orders of the bishop o re
insiaie Mrs Elicit. Irvine was ac
cused then of having forged letter
10 Bishop Talbot. purporting to hav'
been signed with the namc ot Mrs
Elliott The charges. which Irvine
before the tribunal organized BY Bish
op Talbot and whose findings he was
TO review, vas charged with inmora'
conduct and ipsubordina n refus
ing 10 obey the orders of bis bishop
The charges Of immoral oondrct were
pot substantiated. Those OF irsubordi
nation were sustained. and The bishop
deposed the offending Clergyman.
Irvine appealed 10 he civil courts
but the Pennsylvania supreme cour'
decided il could not review be find
inga of an ecciesiss;icsl c0Sri.
All these proceedings Jed 10 the
first presentment Of the case Z :
church tribunal, in which. after long
hearing. Bishop Talbot did MT come
before the house of bishops By a vote
of ; to 1 i'm his favor.
Then Irvine went 20 Philadelphia
where be has since resided