The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-20
PASTOR ASSAILED IN
BACON DIVORCE SUIT
The Rev. T.. p. Hall Of Long
Island City Hears Frank
Opinions Of Witnesses.
FLOCK LISTENS INTENTLY
Clergyman Is One of. the Princi-
pal Supporters Of Hus-
bands Charges.

Tho Rev. Eugene i. Hall. pastor Of the
First Baptist church Of Long island City.
was the storm centre Yesterday in the
trial Of the separation suit OF Mrs. Dora
Racon agains, capt. Samuel Marshall
Bacon. who has intcrposed counterclaim
for divorce Mrs Bacon is to co TO the
Presbyterian Hospital in few days for
dangerous operation. and on her plea
that she wants her name cleared OF the
charges of inhdelty before she goes SUI
prcmc Court Justice Lehman is hearing
the case ahead of Its order
Capt Bacon. who owns tugboat line,
Is a deacon in Mr. Halls church. and Mrs
bacon was the organlst and choir leader
until her husband che says. began to
abuse her and she decided that she didn't
want TO be organlst OF n church where
such man as her husband was deacon.
The Long Island clergyman is one OF the
principal witnesses for Bacon, and both
Mrs Bacon and Abbott $. Lyons. one OF
the two correspondents in the case, gave
frank opinions OF him from the witness
stand. while many members OF his flock
listened intently
Mrs Bacon expressed her opinion of the
clergyman first when she pointed to where
present choir
There he is" she said. DIR. Hall
was my husbands friend Just so long az
he could get money from him. Or. Hall
broke up my home. and although he SAYS
ne Is my husbands friend now 1 believe
he Is his enemy"
Under cross-examination Mrs. Bacon
denied stoutly that the charges against
her were founded on fact, and when asked
n she still loved her husband she said:
Yes. unfortunately. I do s,ill love him
] am only woman and can't help the
love which still remains for him. ! am
willing 10 live with him again You must
remember II Is wife's sworn duty 70
be ever ut her husbands side"
Mrs. Bacon was asked If she hadn't
stated that she preferred to live with a
man other than her husband, and she re-
piled:
Yes, swore to that but I'd had no tn.
ing TO eat that morning and l was
nervous. l didn't mean It the way it
sounded anyhow"
Abbott $. Lyons. one OF the core
spondents. denounced the Rev. Mr.. Hall
for Interfering In the domestic affairs
or the Bacons.
OF all the takers I ever saw in my
life-and believe me I've seen some
fakers-that minister sitting back there
II tho biggest faker. mean Eugene
Hall. He sits there with a smile on his
face. and yet he has had the nerve to
say that he saw me in Mrs Bacon's room
when he knows II is false"
The witness was cautioned by Justice
Lehman to he more conservative in his
statements concerning the clergyman. AMI
Lyons then devoted himself to telling OF
extensive profanity INDUCED In by Deacon
Bacon before Mrs Bacon. Lyons admitted
that after Mrs Bacon left her hus-
band he called on her occasionally and
even helped her financially. He said that
Capt: Bacon had helped to eat food he
bought for the family.
Does she owe me anything asked
Lyons in reply to q question. "She does
not. 7 gave II to her gladly because her
husband was letting her starve. She can
have the last cent I've got because she
IL a respectable woman"
The case was not finished.