Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-24
MINISTER WEBS
 0EAC0NESS AND
 CASE DISMISSED
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ed Miss Matthews with the result that she said MT Buhler was responsible for her condition. The minister was summoned to police headquarters, where he was confronted by Miss Matthews, who repeated her charge, ;n the presence of the chief and Miss Robinson. Then began an attempt to persuade Mr. Buher to marry. the young woman. He held steadfastly against such proposition until near lv , o'clock in the evening when he gave assent, and an officer went with him to the office of the county clerk to procure a marriage license.
 BuhIer Suddenly Balks
 With this in hand the scene shift ed to Judge Woodruff's office. All went we'll until the judge asked Buh- Ter if he took the young woman to be his lawfully welded wife. He re- piled in the affirmative, but added that he did so because he was com- pelled to. Judge Woodruff halted the l ceremony at once, and declared that he would have nothing more to do with the case as a civil matter. He al- so directed that Buhler be held in bond of s2,0O0 and that if he did not make it he should be locked up.
 Early Wednesday night Buhler sent word to brother minister and received a visit from him. following which the prisoner underwent a change of heart and announced that he was then willing to wed Miss Matthews. Judge Woodruff was com. municated with. but he sent word that owing to the fiasco of the after noon he would have nothing more te do with the case so far as a wedding was concerned.
 Thursday morning several ministers visited and conferred with Buhler ane to them he evinced a willingness te marry Miss Mathews The officers hao learned that when he applied for the marriage license Wednesday he gave wrong initials for his own name ane mispelled the prospective brides name, so they decided that 1t Woulo be necessary for him to obtain new license. This brought on new compll cation for Mir. Buhler was without the necessary funds with which to pay fol a new license. Chief Rotenberry fin ally came to the rescue with tht necessary amount, and accompanied Buhler to the county courthouse tt get the legal paper.
 Woodruff Refuses to Act
 When it came to a question as t' whc would perform the ceremon! Judge Woodruff announced in posi- tive terms that he would not be thu one, and tho Rev. Dr. Millar final. volunteered
 Buhler's first service in Little Rocl was as assistant pastor of the Flrs church. Later he was transferred t. Capitol View church, which was thel a small struggling congregation. MI Buhler proved tc be an excellent or ganizer, and it was not long befor the congregation was in flourish ing condition. The church in whicl the congregation now worshlps wa erected largely as the result of hi efforts, and his name, as we'll as tha of Miss Matthews, whc was deacon esS at the time, are carved in tn corner stone. MT. Buhler is 32 year old and his wife is 30.
 Later, when Dr. Buhler was trans ferred to Hawley Memorial churc] :. at Pine Bluff members of the Capito View church entered vigorous pro test, and some of them went so ia as to accuse Dr. Alonzc Monk, presid ing elder, of making the transfer be cause of personal dislike for Buhler. MT. Buhler has recently been em ployed in the campaign to raise al endowment fund for Hendrix Colleg at Conway, and he is reported to hay met with considerable success.
 4O iDf pnfn rIn1 Miss Matthews said she and Buhle lived together in local hotel unti the management became suspicion and ordered them to leave. Then. sl said, she moved to another hotel where Buhler had been supportin! her. This hotel is run by woman and she was on her way to pcllc headquarters Thursday morning witt the hotel register to prove tha Buhler and Miss Matthews were reg istered as man and wife, when som one met her on the street and told he that wedding had put stop t. criminal proceedings.
 Ousted From Hendrix Campaign
 Dr. James Thomas of Little Rock chairman of the committee raisin! funds for Hendrix College, said tn affair had automatically severed MI Buhler's connections with the cam paign. Friends of Buhler's believed h would surrender his credentials a a member of the Little Rock M. E Conference, of which he was mem Der to avoid being busted.
 Although member of the Littl Rock Conference, MT. Buhle.r was i the Pine Bluff district, of which tn