The evening world., 1913-10-03
PASTORS WIFE
SAYS HUSBAND
IS INNOCENT
Parents of Girl Jointly Ac-
cused With Schanck Say
impossible"
ALlBlS ARE PROMISED.
Youths Reassert They Saw
Miss Foreman Sitting in
Preachers Lap.
ALlBlS ARE PROMISED.

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AANA9oUAN. N. J.. Oct. a-rhs
vasrab's Mira orundy has this little
sseoes town By the ears. Wherever
go ~ three townsfolk are gathered to. |
ossAR In the name Of gossip one can
eeo b . glance At their shocked but
sassrly attentive villages that the sub.
5ect Under discussion 10 the new Metho.
dist Protestant minister. the Rev. Hal
deck =. Schanck. and the scandalou
doinsS' with which his name has been
connected.
Sra6mentay gleanings from the
desvaak pattss Of the natives revealed
to-day such observations - these:
And seen him with John Foreman's
youngest gal. Sarah. settin' on his lap
and him . married man with q wife
Aad baby"
"Jor me. don't believe q word Of Il.
! ngurs I can judge human nature
pretty keen and I'd whole sight sooner
taks that young pastors word for II
than believe all the Tom Rankins, Aus
tin Nswberrys and Harry Mounts put
together and them swearing on a stack
OF Bibles a mile high
WELL you can't tell me them boys
Amt seen what they say they seen.
Whey amt a'gon' to make up no such 4
story Just for the glory that's in it
From the number OF such CONVERSE
lions overheard in all parts OF this little
community II would seem . safe wager
that public sediments about evenly di.
vided fer and agin' ;" the young
preacher. For leadership OF the two
factions one may turn to the trustees
and Pensioners OF the First Methodist
Protestant Church to find them stand
Ing solidly behind their minister. and
four Of the towns most reputable young
men and their friends to get the full
force Of the accusation.
AccussSs STICK TO THEIR
ORIGINAL STORY.
This quartette. Thomas Rankin. Aus.
tin Newberry. Harry Mount and Joel
Parker. has not Backed down an inch
from the orig!na! statements OF the
charge against the Rev. Mr.. Schanck.
We can't DE mistaken" said New
berry. a likely youns fellow. = day stu
dent at a commercial college in Trenton.
We all know ScnanCk by sight though
We don't 20 to his church. We were on
our way TO Asbury Park last Friday
evening to go to a snow when we
spotted Schanck on the train. One .;
the boys mentioned having seen the
minister walking around town with
Sarah Foreman had suggested that
sehanck might bear watching.
In Asbury Park we were walking be-
hind Schsnck when we saw HIM stop
al vile!n's store and Join Saran Fore
man. Then we decided TO follow them.
they took a train back for Manasquan
bit got OF at Sea Girt and cut across
through the woods to where an old
\ Pennsylvania passenger car stands be-
side the track ve followed and after
they had gone the car We waited a
lev minutes am. then went In after
them. We struck matches and saw the
SRI sitting on his lap. We went away
without speaking to them. Afterward
We decided the church trustees ought to
know about It. 80 We told them.
"Schanck came to see me and told me
TO my face must have mistaken some
other man for him. but told him
didn't think 20. and that was going 10
stick to my story"
The board Of trustees called on the
Rev. Mr.. Schanck. but on his assur-
ansss Of complete innocence expressed
their entire belief In him and refused To
Jake any immediate action.
I'VE believe our minister" said Z. s.
Van Lesr. ono Of the trustees. to-day.
we have told him We would give him
every opportunity to clear himself In
the eyes OF the church and the general
public. Those young men must be mis-.
taken"
This Is the attitude OF practically
every member of Mr.. Schanck's church.
and. what 10 perhaps even more to the
point, Of his wife. Mrs. Schanck has
prepared an affidavit to the effect that
her husband was home all Friday eve
ming. The other evenings Of last week
are all accounted for In other ways.
FEARS SCANDAL MAY COST HIM
HIS JOB.
VIVA, makes the blow fall with Pc
culiar force is the fact that the young
minister was eagerly looking forward
20 the annual conference OF the Eastern
District Of his churcn at Atlantic City
lex, Tuesday. 1t was at this confer
tnce that he expected the recent unani'
Gus call given him by his new parish
rerg to be ratified.
If you only knew the years OF work
pu, In preparing myself for the min
.stry while earning a living in the shes
.ac;ory at Vineland. you would under
sand what a crushing blow this charge
8 % me-" said Schanck to-day. Il have
Lts. in the ministry only about a year.
~s given this chance last April II
f1a vacancy here for the rest Of thu
term. II was understood that II mad'
good the church here would ask to have
me retained as their regular pastor
Only last week they gave me a unani'
nous call and instructed their delegate
10 the conference to bring me back OF
: nobody
my church stu wants me, but know
I shall have to face this thing At tn,
conference. I am getting all my an
davits together to present In my dc