The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-29
BISHOPS SUMMON II
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Especial to The Tirnea- Dispatch

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$38S rI1Nss YORK. 6. Dec. 22S --B shop Tuttles%
the preslding n1embe ber Of the 81 ouse SofSS
Bishops sS.ss of the Prot testant p pisoopaly
member fof 4 tho board sof2 inquiry sy
TO hear the case ainst bot.
SofB Central Pcni,syl VA lace tho
8Revs DR.. Morgan ID s q Ell his K city ~
least 4 has {E boens one, the fac fsS
mot n known to the counsel Sot the pres
#senters in this city.
Herbert Noble, of Rcouns sci for the pre-
seniors, will go to II hi lade sip hlaS Sto-mor M
morning to meet the counsel for the prs
senters & In that q and 81 81 fornulat $s NJ
mode OF procedure TO II be 80 loved In the
presen tatlonS OF II tho q eyl ldence they have
against the Bishop. III s.s 81
INK All & OF tho Bishops n med In tte lIp-S
John letter. which forms the basis for
THE charges "a gains 81 shop Ia bot. have
been summoned u to ~ appe EAR before NJ tho
board or Inquiry. 3 and II ts Is n kn own that
/ at leas t. four OF the 81 ght ha We proHl-s
Used to be- In attend lance.
Bishop Talbot has met the startling ao--8
scusatlons brought again inst him WI b e b-S
isolute silence, a lnost equal 81 lent al i e.
the four prominent minlst rs! and laymenS
who are definitely known to espouse d hid
cause, 4, 4 Hence nothing Is known as ] TO-
his plans for meeting the Z harges be- ~
fore the Committee Of Inquiry. Il. Inc pre-
senters will gath at Reading III $as body
with their powerful legal counsel and Sass
5slnal army OF with es. s35
History Of Case. S5S8
Briefly. tho trouble between the Bishop 1
OF Central Pennsylvania Il and Il the q priest |,
arose from the excolnmunic lion of Mrs. Il
Elliot, a member OF the & church at Hunt.E#
ington, Of which Irvine was the rec-ss.
tor Bishop Talbot had often been en--SS
8tertained at the I1l lott house. Mr. Irvine.
learning that Mrs. ~ lott had obtains
cd a divorce and had married Mr.. Fl !io IT,
who had also obtained a divorce, pres
sented 8tha facts but not the names g 4
the Bishop, who 4 Is n said i5 to 5$ have ~
yised the Clergyman to suspend the gWo- -sS$
{rnar, mentioned thettcally In ss the
case. On learning OF the Identity OF the
person the Bishop Is alleged to have d
disapproved the ctionS Of the res tor and
to have ordered the renstat tement t@s OK n
Mrs Elliott, CHARGES were made a ga nst
the rector, and he was de clared BY tho
Bishop to be no longer q priest Son-ys
cerning the case, as seen from the polnf
OF view OF the prosenters, M .S Soblsg
yesterday made q statement; b sls$
5} " am willing. he said, ''in order thai
the truth may be known II give an out
line OF tho facts. BlshopS Tnlbo he's y
pursued Dr.. Irvine relentlessly. The Su-8
nremo Court OF Pennsylvania b said of 4
Bishop Talbot and Mrs. Elliott lin a suit
brought by&tlo Director for r{reinstatenentj:g 81
t.Undoubtedly defendants (Blshop abbot l
and Mrs. Elliott combined to prefer
charges against Irvine In the Ss SssS t,hurcf8
Court and acted In concert 70 !sup pport
tho charges. ~ (. This was not uni W w, III
although their action was tlnctured with:
yindlctiyeness In some par lars. is They Il
wanted him deposed from the ministry
!. That they also hated him and ,by
their course possibly titicd less worthy
motives than those which pronap t q true Il
Christian to action 10 Of no moment.a3
except In so far as 1t might have af-S..s
footed their credibility as witnesses be-
fore tho court which tried him
Discovery Of Letter,
i"This case went OFF because the civil d
courts could not review the action OF an
.ecolesnstieal court. NJ H s Ss s. IA g5 y y
'.AIrs. Elliott had been promo ncad Sbytt "
Rishop Talbot eXoomnlunicate{ To- because &
she mad married, ofter having obtained 8a x
divorce from her husband on groundss
other than the statutory one IN New
York. She was. tllcrefora, under 90 non
law, not lawfully married to her prosene
husband and the E!shop had PR rnrlourfed a
her excplnmunicat II s % 3s * III !
'.Although. therefore, this case wan satf III III
for want OF jurisdiction. the public MAJ n "a
understand the gravity or the situa lon
wben the highest court in Pennsylyss ~
ynna says that this Bish0p 81 this G'hM 70 IA
combined With AIRS. Elliott 70 pre fep 4.
lci,a rees against Irvine. and that ma n tba ~
Bishop and Mrs. Elliott werc prompted