The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-09-13
L|COR|CE
N OF Tobacco is Cud
Which Methodist Minis
ter Habitually y.Uses.
He WILL ADDUCE PROOF

Cleveland, o., Sept. 12.-At the sec
ret trial of public charges against
Rev. w. B. King, OF Uhrichsville'
Thursday, testimony of four witnesses
was offered to prove that not only did
Preacher King chew tobacco In viola
ton Of church rule, but that he spat
out the juice with skillful precision
that evidenced long practice.
In the 'cross-examinatlon Of these
witnesses the defense of Preacher
King was clearly revealed. He ex-
poets to prove to the satisfaction Of
all that he chews licorioe, not tobac-
co, and that the charge of telling tibs
which is based on his denial Of to-
bacco chewing grows out Of sewing
circle gossip and a misunderstanding
Of his statement.
The trial was opened before the
committee OF Is in the Second Pres
byterian church just across the street
from the church where the East Unlo
Methodist conference, before which
the charges against King were fled
Wednesday, was in session.
Elaborate precautions were taken
to keep the proceedings secret. A
young man from Uhrichsville, who
| comes as a witness against King, near
ly had Mysteries when reporter en-
tered the vestibule. Then the jan
itor was stationed at the door to see
that none but witnesses got inside.
When the first session ended at noon
the committee leaving the church
were warned to say nothing about the
evidence.
0RGANlST A WITNESS.
A former organist OF the church
was an important witness on the to-
bacco chewing charge. There we're
in all seven other witnesses called
during the morning.
Some testified 10 the charges that
King from the pulpit has said false
and unkind things about some au-
gust members OF his flock, and about
the presiding elder, c. y. Henthorne.
The defense, as revealed by the
cross.examination, shows that Preach
or King did indeed chew tobacco at
one time. That was before he be-
came a Methodist minister. and while
he was an attorney in Kentucky,
where lawyers absorb fine cut with
their Blackstone.
LEARNS TO SPIT.
II was then that King learned TO
spit with so much precision.
At Ubrichsville he told some OF his
flock that he had chewed tobacco
for years" Those who received this
confession missed the statment that
the years during which their pastor
had absorbed fine cut were far In the
past.
He hadn't tasted tobacco for years
he explained TO others, but the gos-
sips had already got in their work.
One Of the brothers, playing de-
tective, saw his pastor reach for his
hip pocket and take out a small
brown square.
He bit of chew, rolled IL under
his tongue and later on, while shock
ed eyes observed every move. King
did indeed spit out the Juice.
NOT A PLUG.
But the small brown square, the
defense expects to prove, was not a
plug OF Sailors Delight, but square
OF medicated licorice.
King takes II for his throat when
he is about to speak in public, and
the Juice of II is brown even as is
tobacco Juice.
The testimony OF the prosecution
was not all in when the second ses-
sion opened at ! p. m. Miss Rosetta
Scott had not been called.
King made this statement: I'VE
are going TO find out now II ! am a
liar or not" He wouldn't say more.