The Washington times., 1922-07-23
SIN
TO HER SPOUSE,
/. TELLSIN COURT
Nobody Loved Him." Purity
Orator Complained to His
Pretty Secretary.
HARD FOR GIRL TO TELL
Famous ''SouI Saver" Smiles
at Threat to Shoot Him.
Protests Innocence.

-. SISAND hAHIDS, July ZZ.-
Mel" Trotter, evangelist su-
preme, and Miss Florence Moody,
his erstwhile pretty private sec
retary and so-called mission
mate" confessed not only once,
keen-eared persons to Judge
relations.
So testified Mrs. Lottie M.
Trotter, whose suit for separate
maintenance from the purity"
orator, is drawing hundreds of
kneen-eFed persons to Judge
Major L. Dunham's court daily.
- Began at Christmas.
The alleged intimacy of the fiery,
tongued sin chaser" and the Oft
styled perfect girl'' which, 1t is
charged, climaxed with the birth of
the mission love baby" to the latter
In July, 1917. had It's inception with
q Merry Christmas" salutation In
1915, the sray.haired woman, who
has been pictured as a wonder
worker" in her husbands mission,
asserted.
Mrs. Trotter sprung an amazing
surprise when, in answer to ques.
tons Of her attorneys, she related the
sordid details OF the alleged second
confession.
This admission, Mrs. Trotter de.
clared. Immediately followed the al.
legged confession her husband and
Miss Moody made of their sin in the
Tnotter home July 13, 1917. In the
first confession, the witness had pre-.
viously testified, the evangelist ad.
mitted he was responsible for the
condition of his then private secre.
tary. The second confession came
four days later, Mrs. Trotter said.
Did either Mr.. Trotter or Miss
Moody tell you. after they had con.
fessed to their sin, the origin of their
illicit relations?" Inquired the plain.
iffs attorney.
Tells OF Inception.
They both told me how it com.
menced."
Yes, understand that, but want
you to tell where they said that and
WELL" returned the witness, who
appeared reluctant to speak, ION the
Tuesday following their confession
at our home, Irmet them both at the
mission office. / asked Miss Moody
about the starting of their relations.
She replied 1t had its origin Christ
hAab VI lolO. MISS MOOOY
then related to me the dialogue that
took place when she went into Mr..
Trotter's office to wish him a Merry
Christmas
Tell US their dialogue as Miss
Moody told you," interpolated the
attorney.
well, Miss Moody said she went
10 the door Of his private office to
wish him Merry Christmas. Mr..
Trotter then said, L was feeling
srouchy and told Miss Moody that
nobody loved me-
why, / love you,' Miss Moody
said. He said, Well, come on over
here and prove it, I went around
the table to his side,' Miss Moody
said. When I got there Mr.. Trotter
put his arms around me-"
Q.-And Miss Moody came back to
the mission after she left the hos.
pital? Ayes. sir.
Q-And you say Mr.. Trotter would
70 right from his sin and preach
from the pulpit Of the mission? A
Yes, sir.
Q.-It was customary for those
around the mission to testify at
the services? Ayes, sir.
Odd Miss Moody testify after
she came from the hospital? A
Yes. sir.
Odd she always testify? A.
No, sir. After one of the meetings
Mr.. Trotter went to her and asked
her why she didn't testify. He
said, Have you some unforgiven
sin7' adding. Didn't we ask God
TO forgive us7'
Odd Miss Moody ever refer
20 her sin, the birth Of the baby,
IN her testimony. A.-No. sir.
Hard For Girl To Tell.
Odd you ever ask Miss Moody
n IL wasn't hard for her to testify.
Ayes. sir.
o.-What would she say?
Mrs. Trotter paused a moment
and then replied, Miss Moody
said It was hard for her to testify.
adding, Why, do you know. Mrs.
Trotter. lust the other night I
came close to getting up and tell.
Ing all"
The narration by the witness OF
the conversations that took place
st the Blodgett Hospital during the
confinement of Miss Moody. shat.
tered the tenseness that pervaded
the court room from the time
CnaTleb u. "dTu' CHltI OI tne Oe-
fense counsel, completed cross-ex.
amining Mrs. Trotter.
Mrs. Trotter. according to her
testimony, knowing her husband
was the father Of the unwed
mothers baby, attempted to cover
the eyangeIist's sin by misleading
the ntrses, who demanded the guilty
man be located and shot.
q. Was Mr.. Trotter within hear.
ing distance Of your conversation?
A. Yes, sir.
q. what did the nurses say?
A. They told me must wiring q
confession from Miss Moody.
q. What did you tell them in re-
turn7 A. said. "Oh! Miss Moody
says she can't tell; he Is a married
man with q family"
The witness then declared the
nurse shouted why the man should
be shot."
ct then turned TO Mr.. Trotter."
the witness. continued, and said,
"Oh! how terrible all this is."
what did Mr.. Trotter say. II
anything7"
The evangelist then retorted. the
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