The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-28
ASKED TO GUARD GIRL
FROM TRINITY VICAR
Court Gets Charges Of Greek
Priest Against the Rev.
W. G. w. Anthony.
INFATUATION Is ALLEGED
The Rev. I. w. w. Irvine Ac-
cuses Preacher Of Plot
to Separate Family.
INFATUATION Is ALLEGED

Amazing charges against the Rev. W.
George W. Anthony. vicar OF st. Angus
lines Chapel Of Trinity parish in East
Houston street. were made by tho Rev.
ingram ". W. Irvine. an unfrocked Prot
estant Episcopal clergyman who Is priest
of the Greek Church. in an AFFIDAVIT be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Cohalan yes
terday.
The charges against Vicar Anthony were
made BY the Rev. Mr.. Irvine in support Of
an allegation that Mr.. Anthony and others
we're parties TO a conspiracy to take the
custody of the four children Of Mr.. Irvine's
daughter, Mrs. Annie Ingram Roney, away
from her and deliver tho thirteen year
old daughter. Theresa Dewey Woodruff
Rooney. to the Rev. Or. Anthony and his
Wife Mrs. Lolita Rowe Anthony.
Mrs. Roneys husband, James Allen
Roney. law stenographer and election
district captain under Deputy Register
Halpin. who was divorced in November. is
charged with being a party to the con-
spracy. Deputy Register Halpin Is also
accused
The charges against the Rev. Mr.. An
thony were submitted to Justice Cohalan
on motion by the Rev. Mr. Irvine to set
aside an order signed by Justice Cohalan
on December IL last committing Mrs.
Roney's four children to the Children's
society pending an investigation into
charges by Roney that his wife and her
father were improper persons to have Gus
tody OF the children.
The proceeding was brought before Jus.
tee Cohalan by Roney without notice 70
his former wife, and when the courts or
der was presented to Supt. Walsh Of the
et.ly -, t-s,s -
The children are still in possession Of Mrs
Roney and are out Of the State.
Vicar Anthony Denies CHARGE.
In a statement to THE SUN last night
both Vicar Anthony and his wife denied
the charges against them. They said
they were Influenced only by affection for
the girl. who was In their home for a year
while her mother was unable to care for
her. They said Mrs. Roney agreed al one
tine 10 let them adopt Theresa but
changed her mind. Vicar Anthony said
that the allegation that he had been In
fuenced by improper motives was a cruel
falsehood The Anthonys have no chill.
dren.
In his affidavit the Rev. Mr.. Irvine
said:
1T Is the belief OF the deponent. hav.
ing received intimation thereof that GER
tain ecclesiastical parties outside of de-
ponenCs church, inimical to deponent
have been promoters OF the scheme to re-
feet on the reputation OF said deponen
because he left the Protestant Episcopal
Church and would not consent to i'm
proper disposition being made OF one o'
his daughters children to one Rev. W
George W. Anthony"
The affidavit then alleges:
That the said W. @. w. Anthony be
cause OF his improper infatuation for one
OF Mrs Annie Irvine Roney's children
Theresa, an infant of 13 years. desired &
obtain possession OF the child. and fearina
that his rector would condemn his con
duct. informed his wife that he would pa!
a lawyer. whose name Is mentioned a.
aforesaid. $50 II he would get In toucl
with James A. Roney. whom neither ha'
heretofore known. and by degrading an,
misrepresenting the mother OF said chil'
obtain possession OF the same through tn
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Il
Children.
Calls Conduct q Scandal.
THAT the said Or. Anthony sought an
urged the child, Theresa Roney. TO com
10 the vicarage and stay with him durin
the absence of his wife, although Their
was no proper female guardian for III
child at his residence. That the said An
thony hung around the street corners @
until his conduct had become scanda
That his conduct has been so unparallele
that for the protection OF the child he
mother and grandparents had to continu
ally guard her and finally had to remov
her from the city"
Irvine says that although Halpin knee
all the facts he tried to induce Irvine
persuade Mrs Roney to deliver the chill
up TO Mr.. Anthony. and II Mrs Roney ha
consented all the proceedings before Jus
t!ce Cohalan and hts order committing III
children to the society would be ignored.
He said he met Halpn in the latter
Office In the Hall Of Records on Decembe
10 last, and that Halpins proposals weI
that Theresa be given to DR.. Anthem!
that Roney should live with his three oths
children and his mother-in-law. and tha
Irvine should not live with them.
Deputy Register Halpin said yesterda
IN his Office that he never heard OF III
Anthonys, but had known Roney polit
cally for some years. He said he guarar
teed the payment OF alimony when Rome
was hailed to court and made some PAL
ments for Roney. He said that Rome
came TO him after he had been divorce
and stated that his wife had contracted
bgamous marriage with one Chaplin. a
erecting engineer. because her final deere
had not been signed. and for that reaso
he wanted to get possession OF his chi
dren
u got into the thing as a mediator
said Mr. Halpin. "Roney told me
wanted the daughter. Theresa. to go
Or. and Mrs. Anthony, but gave no reaso
for!t"