Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
CnAPsET TRIAL ENDED
Noted Heresy Inquiry at pa
tayla, N. 7.
ARGUMENTS BY COUNSEL
Exposition Of Church Doctrine by
Prosecution.
MIR. STINESS' SHARP COMMENT
Question Of the Incarnation Exploit
ed-vote to Be Handed Bishop
Walker Before May Is.
IR. sTINESs' SHARP cOMMENT

The fate of Rev. DR.. .Algernon 8. Crap
sey as a Clergyman OF the Protestant Epis-
copal Church rests with his judges. The
triad OF the rector of st. Andrew's. Roch-
ester. on charges of heresy ana violation
OF ordination vows, ended today at Bata-
via, N. Y. with the final arguments of
counsel for the accused and for the prose-
cution. Tho ecclesiastical court Of five
members took the evidence under consid-
GRAFTON and win render a verdict to Bishop
Walker of the diocese OF western New
York on or before May 1b.
BATAVIA, N. T.. April 2S.-When the
Crapsey heresy trial was resumed today
Edward M. Shepard OF New York opened
the proceedings with an address to the
court In behalf Of the defendant. He said
that Franklin d. Locke, who addressed the
court yesterday for the prosecution. Is not
member of the church. and that the
carons provide that any counsel addressing
the court should be communicate. adding
thereto that he .(Mr. Shepard Is a COM
municant. II am not here to speak for
any doctrine which do not believe in my
heart. My words come from my own con-
science and my conviction, he said.
Mr.. Shepard drew attention to Mr..
Lockes statement that DR.. Crapsey had
denied the apostles creed and said that
Mr.. Locke had no right to appear In the
case. He said that the administration OF
justice in an ecclesiastical or civil court
is fundamentally the same; that the court
is Independent and supreme.
your duty is absolute independence" he
said. You are not merely presbyters OF
the diocese of western New York. You
are high court with a high duty
He cited the McCreary case, in which he
said the bishop of the diocese had infiu-
enced an ecclesiastical court in its decision.
remarking that the verdict of this court
I had been received without respect or con-
sideration. -.
Two Variations Noted.
TT is inconceivabie." Mr.. Shepard said,
that any court should be willing to convict
of an offense upon the incorroborated tes-
timony of Mr.. Alexander. In this holy
Catholic Church of ours whatever the or
ganization, there is some division, some
variation. and in this trial we see two such
variations: First, those who see and are
convinced of the usefulness of organization
and discipline, and. second, those who be-
lieve the church to be a great growth and
that it will go on growing in beauty and
sacred extent. This division may be called
the liberal school. 1t is represented mere oy
DIR. Worcester fsss-f
I'm England there is court representing
the whole church to pass on matters OF doc
trine.. We have no such court in this coun-
try. According to the eanons 1t would APP
pear to BE the mind of the American church
that no court should pass on matters OF
faith and doctrine until final court has
.'Eveu in the time of the Auto De Fee in
Spain there was one invariable rule, which
was that the man accused OF heresy should
be labored with. In this presentment, which
only says that In the past Or. Crapsey has
made certain errors, there Is not a. word to
show that he was labored with in any way
before this case was brought to trial.
Church Center Of Good Living.
Continuing, Mr.. Shepard expressed his be-
lief that the catholic church, by which he
said he meant the universal church, for the
continent of America is the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. ut is to be. I believe" he
said, 1.-The center of life and good living In
every community in our land"
He declared that the church Is not simply
an organization ruled by bylaws and regu-
lations, a legal document, or club. but
rather a beautiful and expanding growth;
a church which loves liberty, which looks
with indulgence upon its presDyters when
they err through human frailty. IL recog-
misses the possibility, the likelihood of hui
man error and says, God will take care
that the truth will come out and prevail
The speaker then cited presidents In which
he said that several weli-knoWn Engnsh
could assuredly have been declared more
heretical than those uttered by DR.. Crapsey.
and either have never been Drought 70 triai
for them or have been tried and acquitted.
He made especial reference to the case OF
Archbishop Temple, who finally reached the
most exalted position In the Church OF Eng
land.
Concluding his argument. Mr.. Shepard
said:
In your hands the future growth and career
Of the holy catholic church as no oIher men
of this church do. You may know tnat
ndte One win guide you to make the holy
catholic church q living truth.
Last, and will say, with DR.. Crapsey.s
peruuission, least. you have TO CONSIDER II
YOU will drive out from this church sucn
man as all admit him to be.
Judge stiness Caustic.
Former Chief Justice Stiness Of Rhode
Island followed Mr.. Shepard and spoke Tor
the prosecution.
Judge Stiness said 1t seemed that the
defense was trying the case before the
public and not before the court Il nave
failed to see any connection between the
speeches of the defense OF the case before
the court" he said.
ment on this case, not to reconstitute the
Protestant Episcopal Church. Every fact
in the presentment stands before the court
without contradiction. I notice In DR..
Crapsey's answer. read by Mr. Perkins yes
terday. that he denies one portion OF the
presentment against him, and l call the
attention OF the court to the fact that the
counsel for the defense has offered no de-
tense whatever In support of this denial
ssThere has been one remarkable thing In
this proceeding which has led me seriously
10 doubt the good faith OF the defense,
namely, that It has not called upon Dr..
Crapsey to testify
Stiffness. writes q statement which Is In
frud,Iced and put upon the record. This ID
moi testimony before the court. and, fur
thermore. this statement Of DIR. Crapseys
amounts to violation OF the doctrines of
the church.
Quoted tho Scriptures.
81 want to refer to that part OF the adj
dress by Dr. Worcester In which he quoted
from the Gospel according to st. Matthew
10 the effect that the author had referred to
Jesus Christ as the son OF Joseph. and from
this argued that DIR. Crapsey also had the
right 40 to refer to our Lord. Had DIR.
Worcester read one verse farther In this
same Gospel he would have found these
words: g 8