The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-08
SUIT AGAINST
MINISTER FOR
alienation
ACTION RECALLS
PASTORS THREE MARRIAGES.
AND TWO DIVORCES.

Boston. Jan. SEfforts to induce
Chester A Boynton, of Revere, to
withdraw his action for $4,000 dam
ages against Rev. William B. Ayers,
pastor of the Park and Downs Con-
EDUCATIONAL Church at Woolaston, for
alienation of Mrs Boynton's affections,
have failed, and the trial of the case
has been set for February 5.
Meanwhile, if Mr.. Ayers will make
amends to Mr.. Boynton for the treat
n1ent Mr. Boynton received when he
was expelled from the WooIastoTl
church following the charges against
a, letter testifying to his good stand
ing in the church which will enable
him to join the Revere Congregational
Church Mt Boynton,s friends say the
alienation action may. be dropped
Mr.. Ayers will not discuss the case.
''If it is to come into court 1 will be
cleared. as have already been by the
Until the case my comes to trial, # It
does, I will have nothing to say
Members of the Park and Downs
Church declare that they will stand by
Mr. Ayers to the end They are sat
isfied by a report of Rev. DR. Asher
Anderson. secretary of the Massach u
sebts Conference of Congregational
NJ. Y, that there is no basis for re-
ports of indiscretions by Mr.. Ayers
there, and they believe that the &C
quaintance between him and Mrs
mo matter what the church people
say" said MIR. Boynton, there is
basis, and plenty of it, for the sErit
when in January. 1910 MI Ayers came
into our home in WooIaston as a
lboarder and they have been going on
ever since. My wife loved me until
he came, and we were perfectly
The faet that Mr.. Ayers was mar
ried three times and twice divorced
both times before he was twenty-five
years oId-cannot be disproved, and he
admitted these facts to the Suffolk
South Association Of Ministers.
DR.. Anderson has not disproved the
fact that Mr.. Ayers name does not
appear on his third wife's gravestone
at Cape Vincent, N Y
Mr.. Boynton's references to Charges
of falsehood' are in connection with
the clergyman as to his age.
George CoIburn, of Sc Rossen road,
who as a member OF the Wollaston
church fought the exoneration of the
pastor. said.
I'm looking him UP in the registry
of voters of Quincy I find that he gave
1906 at Watertown, n. Y, he swore
that he was then thirty two
The Suffolk South Assocfa ton OF
Ministers, which investigated the
suited in a church split and the eK-
puIston of Mr.. Boynton. says in the
report Of It's investigation:
The Suffolk South Association o.
Ministers, having investigated to the
best of its ability and facilities fo1
securing evidence charges affecting the
ministerial standing Of Rev. william
B. Ayers, finds that the most serious
charges against him have not beer
established, and while we disappruve
of certain things he has said and done
we continue his ministerial standing
with a brotherly supervision, which
we hope will insure his increased use
| flrIness in the Christian ministry
About fifty members of the church
| have withdrawn from it. and they are
anxious to have Mr.. Boynton pusl
! his action and bring out facts in thu
case Of Mr.. Ayers which, it is de
clared, have been suppressed by hi
| friends
Mr.. Ayers was born near Toronto
Canada, and studied in the Harvard
Theological School and the Andovel
Theological Seminary.
Mrs Boynton was Miss Helen Their
esa WiIlett before her marriage. Sh'
and Mr.. Boynton were married Angus
6. 1907
IF the case ever comes to trial viii
be proven innocent of everything m!
husband has charged she said; 'sbu
no matter what happens, there vii
never be reconciliation between U.S.