Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-06
NEW CHARGES
Against Bishop Talbot by Some Of the
Presenters.

InllaIelpnla, .!1n. - Inc presenter
of Bishop E,thrlbert TaIbcrt Of tht
Centred PennsylVaniI diocese Ui III,
Protestant Episcopal church, who hith-
erto have not TrDudiat"G IN" papei lilet
against him, tonight. formally with
drew the charges i'll writing" mad,
against the bjsnop by friends If Rev
DR.. |. y. W. irVin". tn" dcposed rector
They reserve the right to present neW
charges in writing"
The document was banded to Rev
Dr. W. T.. Bo1in". nrcsiucnt If The
board nf inqn.rY. 10 hhnr The case. latA
tonight, by j. Frederick Jrnkinson OF
this city. whp spent thG day in New
York in cOnf"rrn % With those interest
"a in the cas-. After reading the with
drawai, Or. Eniinc said:
TIN. charges .,cainIt the bishop OF
Central Prlnsy.yanil having been
Withdrawn by the pres, htcrs i; has
been hoped that arrangements might
be made whereby Il rl"etiug Of tn"
board Of inquiry could b. avoided. a.
this has been found 10 )r il: practira ole
TIE meeting viii take plac" as directed
by the presiding bishop AT 10 a. NJ NJ
Tuesday, Jan. 10. The place Of meet
ing will be III The Mansi"n house in III,
city of Reading"
The withdrawal is date Jan .. an.
is addressed 10 Iiishoy Futile. to whom
u copy has b,.an SEM. The document
begins by saying that an lhe sgnrrs t.
The present paper knew the contents
and tn" purpose of the Oh: rges in writ
ing, and enum -lates The charges ii : fol
lows:
Crime, to Wit. a criminal libel"
'Imnnsality. TO wit, false state
ments."
''l'r.ach of ordination and coneerrAa-
tiun vows
"tolduct unhccomina Il bishop
We are in possession Of such proof
as is sufficient in cur opinion. to put tn.
Right Rev. Ethclbert Talbot D. ID. L.
d.. upon his trial. We believed. ana
still believ" that the grounds are sufi-
ci'nt to put the accused bishop on his
tritl. The charges were formulated il,
order that the manifest scandal in tn
church ANA the disgrace Of the ,.ftice Of
the said ltt. Rev. Ethelbcrt Talbot
should he inquired into by the board
Of inquiry i'll the expectation and belief
that the board would direct III" church
advocate To prrl"irr 4 rrcScntmcnt To
be signed by such of the board as
agreed thereto"
The paper Then StHtcS that since the
board Of n!Uiry MAS appointed tn.
canon laws have b"-n changed: 1ilat a
bishop * now not liable to be tried for
'brcach OF his conscS.r1trd VOWS" no,
longer liahl" 70 hr tried for conduct un-
becoming Il bishop. In th,. canon exist
ing when III" 'chargcS in writing We're
made those offences were among those
for which !; bishop could he tried. The
"Char2eS,' the Withdrawal, says. were
sent to w. G.. Miller Of Huntington
with the request to procure signatures
thereto. upon returning the document
to Dr. Irvine. 1tr. Miller sent letter
IL which he said:
Dear doctor: Your letter to
hand, and | send YOU the same
by mail herewith with six names, th,
very best | could st in such a shor:
time. Hope il may bring about the
matter all @. X. they all seemed very
slat to sign the paper. if it would help
you iii any way
Arr III" names Of the sioncrs had
been published. the paper says Dr. r.
vine learned through the nrW>p.i pors.
that the Huntington siCners lad rcpu-
dated the document.
Continuing, the Withdrawal says
IA ii.comrrch, nsibl- as thiS seems
upon invt Stigati"n the signrrS find upon
information given 10 them that at leaSt
two 1f The Huntingdon si2nerS confirmed
these reports. Thcy also find that two
of the Huntington sgncrS desire to
withdraw their names from the charges
we 10 not know thr attitude of the other
two.
For al these reasons we cannot 50 be
fore The board of inquiry, and accnrdingll
We Withdraw rui ram, from I'll" chaiScs
i'll writing h"rr;"I"re delivered t" YOU as
IN thus Withdrawing our rarlcs how
eyer. our .tctinn must not p. misunicr
stood We again rtlt"tatt that We sign
"'l the ''ha?s" IT, writing believing thai
they Should and ought TO hr finally ana
iSulutclH settled by Il proper inquiry and
trial.
We dopl,re that owing to the serious
legal difficulties ara the p">ition taken y!
som" OF the iiunt tin,tl"n ~iSnrrs il has
orally. to request tke return of tn"
'cErrG"S i'll writing heretofore delivered
said charges III writing shan hr duly en-
dorS"d III writing in Sucn manner, in ac-
vordAncc with the facts. as Will not preiu
die. the delivery 10 the presiding nShou
ol another Gorum.nt 10 take the piaC-.
th"r"ut executed in accordance with the
cXiStlUE CauCrS.
III, uithdr;, wal concludes by asking |
that if before any further ''charErS iii |
Writing are made against Eishop Talbot |
hr H;iShop Talbot Shall make Il request |
ir the manner provided in the ranons OF
the ci.iirvh Tor Il board Of inquiry ~ in |
Vt.Sti:,a. r1n-oTS. reports or charges il |
circulation affecting his moral or religious |
cha;#ctcu. the ard i'll that event We will |
furnish 10 the proper person or persons |
the proofs we would have produced he |
lolr III" beard IF inquiry ordered hy YOU,
Thc l|pt' II signed ~ >, fr"urrick |
j. N HcrH. William y. Wilson and Rich
ara g. Cannon.
Alihnl.ch tn, Rev. Dr. Gilhertson signed |
III. above pa',rr hc issued a statement |
,li-avuNrg any further connection with
~ c.l..,- .IuI viii not ALLOW hiS nam" To
h,. uScG "a support such fraud as has been
y, rp"trat,d i'll this ct$e