New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04
c. B. Dore Calls Trial of DIR.
Price Before Methodist
Board a Farce.
WOMAN WITNESS
MENACED, SHE SAYS
Mrs. Dohl, Who Insists Minister
Acted Improperly, Tells or
Threats by Two Men.


90 Dbitewash Dr. Price shouted
Claude B. Dore. lawyer, 10 the rev
Arthur Jameson. who is prosecuting
charges made by women OF his parish
AGAINST the Rev. Jacob Embury Price
Dr price. who is pastor Of the Wash
sneton Heights Methodist Episcopal
Church. is being tried before commit
tee of the Methodist Conference in the
Metropolitan Temple.
4 wordy battle ensued, the climax OF
q day of wrangling over the admission
Of testimony and charges not emoodieu
in the original complaint. Accusations
of unfairness and attempts TO lh'iifli-
date witnesses were heard in the ante
room. where the accusers Gathereu
while waiting 10 be called to the secret
trial from which even counsel Ior III
Price had been barred
ONLY two witnesses were aho"eo ~
testify. Mrs. Dore. who alleged that Ut,
Price kissed her behind the ear anu
Nfrs FL Leger. Of No. 600 Beck street
who made similar charges OF conouct
unbecOming q minister
Saws She Was Threatened.
Ors Of the prosecutions star VIII
nssses. Mrs. Hilma Doll. or NO oVi
wet 14Oth street, was not allowed 10
,.s+ifv on the ground that her accusa-
tion was made after the charges h"u
been embodied. Her written statement
vvas taken under consideration anu
,otor Il was announced she would oe
nerrnitted TO appear before the ulai
body to-day.
"T was threatened il 1 lid on Dr.
Price " said Mrs. Dohl to the n1teeh
ministers. who constituted the uia'
committee. Two men came TO me
and told me I would shed tears the
,est ~ nv life If 1 testified. They
eaid my life in the parish "ouiu oe
miserable"
.eyvbv do YOU come here?" she was
asked. ~
Because consider II my Cnrls'lah
duty" she replied.
She was permitted TO write out
charges against DR.. Price ana leaVe
them for consideration. when she
reached the anteroom, where reporters
and women Of the parish whose test.-
,oonv was ruled out. were awaiting
news Mrs. Dohl in spite OF adnoni-
,ions from a man who hurried BACK 10
the trial room, gave out the charges
she had made.
81 accused DR.. Price OF improper
conduct. sinful temper and conduct IN
violation Of the moral law" she ex-
claimed. 81 went to tho parsonage one
dav in the spring Of 1910, and DR..
Price. after seating me on a SOFA put
his arm around me and kissed me.
CT am a widower and you are
widow he told me. and anything we
may do ia our own affair I struggled
quay from him and left the parson-
ege / said nothing OF this to any one
until n few days ago. when 1 told
friends I would appear against him.
Right after the news spread WAS
threatened by two men whose names
I gave to the trial board"
ANONYMOUS Letters heJeCteo'
Claude 3. Dore, the lawyer, whose
wife alleges she was insulted by Dr.
pr,ce Is working the prosecution from
the outside. He was not allowed 10
testify regarding a conversation In
which he alleged DR.. Price admitted the
charge and apologized.
40 ha rpada e6Orf
10 get several anonymous letters before
the conference. but they were refused
on the ground that Anonymous letters
arc not evidence unless signed
A handwriting expert, ]. Vreeland
Haring. WAS present an day with photo
graphs, tending to show that the hand
writing on tho anonymous letters was
similar TO that on a letter written by
DR.. Price in answer 10 a decoy letter
sent out 10 obtain standard Of the
minister's penmanship.
The TIT between Dore and the Rev.
Arthur Jameson occurred when Dore &C
c,,s.d the minister Of defending rather
than prosecuting DR.. Price.
you made no effort TO get up case
against DR.. Price by notifying Wit
nesses." said the lawyer.
you are wrong" replied the minis
ter. II have notified witnesses"
Several witnesses Jumped up. shout
ing. you didn't notify me-"
well, I'm not trying this thing FOR
the newspapers" retorted the Rev. Mr..
Jameson. referring to Dores interviews
while urging a case against DR.. Price.
n II wasn't for publicity there'd
be no trial" said Dore, who would have
said more II Mr.. jameson hadn't hur-
RED away.
Affidavit Not Admitted.
An AFFIDAVIT from Christine Schocn-
heit. who is now in Detroit, charging
improper conduct on the part or Or.
Price. was not admitted az evidence.
Neither would the conference hear
william Daniels, q member or the
board OF trustees OF DR.. Prices church.
who wished 70 testify 10 stories told
him by women Of the parish.
Mrs Lis Miller. one OF the origi-
nal sccuecrH Of DR. Price, is in Balti-