New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-17
DICKEY RAPS PREACHERS
THEY WROTE TO COURT.
Tried 70 Influence II IN Fa0or Of the
Reu. II. 4. D0rr.

y-o,-r ~.e~rvnlcn were ceasured hy Justice
rpirl1ov lr the supreme Court Brooklyn yes
.ersav morning when me suit ~ Mrs h1lln
rorr for n separation froal tue rev Leaiy a.
TDorr a Baptist clergyman. was called Tor il'a--
Justice Uic.ey refused 90 try tie case f1- ioicl-
bly, expressed rs opinion about The c-eras men
who had written 90 ri-1 say.as low eoor man
the rev. Mr. D5rr was ana hoU bad a woman
AIRS. D1rr was. in their estimation. The -asllle
seter,garl refused 20 make ire letters pubic
% he preferred TO think the ministers we're IN
nooent o. any intention 20 do wrong
II Is alleged By Mrs. Dorr En- her complaint
+ba- the Rev AIR Do~r abused her. sAore ~
her and otherwise Sd treated E-- in Their mar
ried life. She has had her husband IN me pc
lice courts several times. The case WAS feaeie-
yesterday morning ana counsel were ready 10
proceed. when Justice D.cEey, spreading iour
letters before him, said Indignantly.
I cannot try This case for the reason tha'
four q Che defendants friends have seen mt to
write nc letters in which they tel me At length
how good De is and how bad woman Is his
wife. This has so strongly Influenced me
araiust him thar would IKE - send him 10
San The idea Ct such thing. Ana from
clercymeu too. To Try to bias a judge against
one Of the parties in any proceeding before HIM
81 most unseemly. and especially so when one
- the parties Is q defeEcelcss woman. WHY
clcrgymen should Go such a thing is 10 ne
mystery. u has qua me under a disability 20
try the case because might do The TlalnilI
800 much justice or attempt 10 ST up so straig al
in trying IL that ! might lean over Backward
J shall SEND The case upstairs 10 Justice AeoSa'
Eno he viii take care OF it,
1Fr Chittenden. counsel for the clergyman
wished 70 have il understood that he hne"
nothing about ;hc letters.
sOf course not" replied Justice Dickey.
ssYogr reputation Tor honor is too wei known
Tor ne 10 think for o moment Of SUCH thing.
There are four letters. ana IN them am toiu
what q very good man BE is and What i--lseI-
able wife he has. And how he has been mace
victim Of her family's spite. And the worst Of
g. is none OF tie winters spea fny name flshl.
They al cali me Judge William =. Dlohey'
--llr, nv name rs William -. uIche}. The case
must go upstairs 10 Justice hcoE'.
counsel Tor Mrs. DCrr asked whether justice
Dickcy would direct that tue case le SEM az
once 10 part for trial Jusl-e Dlen - 80
Justice Ke0Eh would attend 20 ilai '-l w
case should be tried al once, before mere w.
any more letter writing. Ut ai-y elg r..-5
erof'rer letter in regard 20 the case. eellair-
Justice Dickev, De would be- put in Jan. st--'--
F-eorn after hearing counsel, SAID DE Nc1iA iiS
v-6en Justice Dickey was asked to give ont
tha letters trom the o.erg2rnen icr pu'---- '-1-'
NO I do not think 90 would be wise 20 make
public the names Of the clerevrnen- even tL1,H
their action was So IepTei.et7|.le' -.- 49,
might have written che letters innocent c- -o
iuE wrong. one of them was q 80 1li-------
Manhattan minister WHO ought ~ nave hl''"l
better "a is a alter Of astouisEmert TO me
fhat any clergyman would 90 suth 9 nue.
TTe-e they write au about This r1af- SAVING nov
good ne is and how wicked hls we anu ii.L
relatives are. how they are putting Up Inese
charges against him. one Of them Eo'ls lAlo
Tie alleged Facts On The case I'D an ei''l =.
rat me interested in him. EoJ can see ilat
fro letters are al directed the same WITH me
middle initial l1 instead of ~ plainly sao"lhs
tnnf they were insured"