The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-20

, would a man with self destruction
| in his heart choose such title and
actually be finishing his sermon prae-
| tically at the time of his death?" de-
clared Mr.. Sneyd today.
On the afternoon of his death Pastor
Tomson attended meeting of the West
Jersey Mission Conference, and. in the
course of an address on Mission Work
in Japan" spoke of suicide among the
Japanese. He made the point that
since Christianity had spread in Japan
the practise was becoming less fire.
quent
They also point out that he had mads
enemies by his attention to several
women; that one of the guests in the
hotel heard quarreling in the pastors
rooms; that access to and egress FROM
the room are easy; that any one fa-
miliar with the hotel could escape un-
observed: that the door WAS unlocked
when the body wns found, and that
his position behind the bed may have
been The result of an attempt at con-
ccnlment
These circumstances have been called
to the attention of Prosecutor Rogers
Prefers Death TO Disgrace.
Yet Mrs. Kenworthy is practically
alone In her belief. Opposed to her are
County Prosecutor Rogers, Coroner
Hunter. S. b. Breese. Judge Jessup,
Il. IL. Kroner and other elders of the
dead pastors church. and big ma
jority of the citizens of Woodbury..
These men are now convinced that
the Rev. Mr.. Tomson committed suicide
because he knew that an investigation
into his many affairs of the heart would
be made by the elders of the First
Presbyterian Church.
They declare he made his tremend-
ous vicarious sacrifice in order to save
disgrace 10 his church, 10 his cOnEre-
cation and TO himself.
Mentally Irresponsible.
II am convinced that MIR. Tomson
committed suicide said County Prose-
cutor Rogers to THE EVENING STAR
representative today. II made per-
sonal examination of his remains, and
the room in which he was found dead
Immediately after his death was re-
ported. / ordered a searching invegti-
cation and have thus far found no eYi-
dence to warrant the conclusion ar
rived at by Mrs. Kenworthy that her
tiance was slain. I do know that there
was talk of an investigation into the
domines relations with four or five
women BY the elders of his church. That
fact leads, in the absence of evidence
that he was murdered, to the inevitable
conclusion that his worries over pos
sible disGraceful revelations made him
mentally irresponsible and that he de-
termined to kill himself.
''AIrs. kenworthy desires me to re-
open the case. shall do so. however.
only upon her presentmSnt of tangible
proof that his death was not seIf-in.
Gicted. AS the case now stands the
Rev. Mr.. Tomson died from a self-in-
hicted wound. and have 10 reason to
believe any murder theory"
Funeral from Fiancce's Homo.
Funeral services over the remains OF
the minister were held at 9 o'clock to-
day from the residence of Mrs, Ken
worthy. She was in deep mourning, as
was her daughter Florence. Almost
everybody in Woodbury. went to the
homo of Mrs Kenwortlhy today to oh
tain glimpse of tine remains of Mr..
Toms)n. From 1880 o'clock until the
Rev. Alfred 2. Betsford, formerly pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church at We
nonah, began the service at 8 o'clock.
a continuous tream of men, women
and children filed through the mousse
So great was the crush that no one
was allowed to pause beside the casket.
The dead clergyman was laid out in a
black shroud in plain walnut casket
On the top was a silver plate bearing
his name and the date of his DEATH
The Rev, Mr.. Botsford delivered q