The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-15
MINISTER ON TRIAL
ON SERIOUS CHARGES
Sensational Testimony InvoI-
wing Former Dean of st.
Marks Cathedral.
HEARING HAS BEEN
ON FOR OVER A WEEK
Argument of Counsel Com
menced on Thursday; VIII
Be Concluded Today.


Mark cathedral in this city, in inn
kind, has been adduced in Dean Ed
dies trial, which has been going on
for over week before a committee
Of elergymen in the crypt of the ca
thedral. Argument of counsel was
commenced yesterday and will be CON
cluded this morning. 1t will probably
be sixty days Dctorc decision is
rendered.
The chief witnesses against Dead
Eddie have been four boys, who were
connected with his parish, and five
prominent members of his church, who
claim that, when they confronted Dean
Eddie with the statements of one of
the boys, year ago this month he
made what they regard as a confession
of guilt, and rendered his resigna-
!tion as dean of the cathedral, to take
effect Immediately. Eddie denies hav
jng snid anything which could have
been construed into confession, he
declares that he resigned under duress,
,and because the father of one Of the
boys threatened TO denounce him pub
,liolY if he attempted TO preach again
In Salt Lake
The trial has been secret Dean Ed.
die and his counsel objected to this,
and demanded public trial. They
the residence of Bishop f. s. Spald
ing, and rendered the use of the
A o. U. ". hall on Mnin street for
the purpose of a public trial The com
mittee decided on secret trial, not
withstandiug Dean Eddie g protest. but
acceded to his wishes not to hold it in
Bishop Spalding's house, selecting the
crypt Of the cathedral, instead.
History of the Case
IT, is necessary, in order to under.
stand what transpired at the trial, to
know of the incidents and things which
led mp TO the trial. According TO the /
testimony adduced, one Of the four !
boys, the son of salt Lake business !
man, made confession to his father |
year ago this month, involving Dean |
Eddie
The father was thunderstruck when
the confession was made 10 him, but /
after deliberating over the matter, he
church After some dolibcration they
called in an attorney. n member of the
church. ycsiryman and another
minister. md laid tie story of the boy
before them Bishop Spaldine was in
the East, and an effort 20 get Judge NJ.
L. Ritchic into the conference was
unsuccessful. because he could not be
found. He is senior warden.
The five men, however talked the
matter over. and finally concluded 10
confront Dean Eddie with the boy S
story, One Of the ministers called
Dean Eddie up bv telephone. and made
an appointment with him for 9 clock
the next morning. At that time all
FIVE men appeared, and when all were
present in Dean Eddic's study the
minister informed the dean that the
father Of the boy, who was present,
had come 10 confront him with charges
OF grave nature.
Declare Eddie Confessed
The father of the boy then made mis-
statement At first il is claimed.
Dean Eddie denied stoutly the acts
attributed TO him. After some parlcy,
1t is claimed Dean Eddie told those
present that he had been in exceeding
feared he would follow the example of
his predecessor as deau-Dean Halsey
and go insane. He asserted that one
phase Of his illness had been lapses of
memory. Then the men declare that
Dean Eddie made statement substsn-
italy AS follows;
81 have vague memory that these
things arc true. y
Then. it is admitted the father of
the boy told Dean Eddie that if he
would denounce him publicly Finally
it was agreed that Dean Eddie should
write his resignation. to take effect
Immediately, and that he should as
sign ill-health the cause Of it, It
developed in the trial that compact
Eddie would resign and leave Salt
Lake AZ once.
Mrs. Eddie Is Informed
After the resignation was written.
IL Is claimed, Dean Eddie wanted his
wife to be called in, so she could be |
made acquainted with the matter They |
urged him 70 spare her the knowled pe
OF the reason for his resignation, but
when thev had gone, il appears. he told |
the wife tho M n |
TO her he denied his guilt strenuouslv, | {
and made no mention of his alleged
confession.
The result was that his wife called ;
upon some Of tho men who had forced
Dean Eddie 10 resign for an explana-
tion. There was another conference at | !
the rectory that night. at which Mrs.
Eddle was present, together with her $
husband aud with all of the men who I
nad Deen there M the morning, save
the father of the bow
That WAS on n Tuesday The upshot
or the conference was that Dean Eddie 5
agreed TO leave by the following Thurs ,
day night, and II was agreed that his /
salery Tor another mouth-S200- 7
should be advanced 10 him TO give him Z
funds TO go 10 Los Angeles
Dean Eddie left one dny earlier than
was agreed upon in the conference. /
but. before going, he called on the three
otner bows whose names had been I
'i"SS'h ihto tH' dIIdlT, ana, In tho | s
presence Of his wife. asked them ~ :
he had ever been guilty OF improper :
conduct with them. They all replied
In the negative =
Wife Demands Investigation.
Mrs. Eddie went with her husband | !
10 California. In a short time. how .
ever, she returned, convinced of her ,
husbands innocence, and succeeded in ,
interesting friends of Dean Eddie in /
fuG DaTiSD the ~ ho, 4
requested an investigation. which was :
granted.
Under the eanonical law of the !
church Bishop Spalding appointed a /
committee to conduct a sort of preIm- [
lnaTy examination of the accused min.