The Washington times., 1922-07-17
BILLY SUNDAY
!. GIVES CHEER To
MEL TR0TTER
DeviI-Fighting Sky-Pilot Is
Worried Over Charges
Made by Wife.

GRAND RAPIDS, July 17.-"Biily
Sunday" has again come to the aid
of his brother evangelist, Mel" Trot-
ter.
The devil.fighting "sky pilot" the
only rival to the ex-ballplayer In the
evangelistic field Of the nation. who
is contesting the separate mainte-
nance suit of his wife. received a let
ter of sympathy and expression OF
faith today from the reformed pail
player and Mrs. Sunday.
The receipt Of Sundays letter was.
as Mr.. Trotter said, one OF the most
pleasant and encouraging incidents
that has come into his life since the
filing of the separate maintenance
suit by his wife. Sundays letter II
the second expression of sympathy
the famous evangelist has tenoereo
his brother soul saver" since the
snectacuIar suit, replete with the
sensational charges Of his wife.
opened in the superior court here
early last month.
Sunday Has Faith.
The letter containing Sundays ex-
pressions of faith reached the fight
ing parson while he was in the midst
of preparing his sermon to be de-
livered from the pulpit Of the rescue
mission Sunday evening. The text
OF the "sky pilots" sermon for Sum
day, taken from the Book OF Mark,
chapter eight. verse thirty-six, is:
For what shall 1t profit a man II
he gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?"
The letter from the famous evan
gelist, written at Winona Lake, Ind,
to Trotter follows:
Dear Friend Mel:
at want you to know that there
is nobody who sympathizes with you
more in your great trouble than /,
and that l am standing by you.
do not believe the charges preferred
against you are true, and j will
not believe them unless compelled
to do SO, and in saying this am say
ing what is true of all your friends
that / have come in contact with
over all the land. The clouds look
a little dark, but I believe they will
lift. and you will come out all right.
I'VE are having a great time here
at old Winona, and 1t has never
looked more beautiful.
81 thought ! would write you this
to cheer you up a little bit. Mrs.
Sunday Joins me in sending best
wishes.
with prayers and sympathy. I
am.
your friend,
wv. A SUNDAY"
Trotter Is ANXIOUS.
The 'sin-chasing' evangelist says
he Is anxious for the suit to reopen,
so that it may be completed as quick
ly as possible and either his guilt or
innocence of his wife's amazing
charges made known.
Trotter's face shows he Is troubled.
whether guilty or innocent of the
sensational charges that have been
aired since the wife's suit opened.
The famous evangelist has suffered
great change. The notoriety re-
sultant from the filing of the suit
and its subsequent airing in Judge
Major L. Dunham's court here has
exacted a heavy penalty from the
sky pilot" both in a monetary con-
sideration. loss Of prestige and mem
tai worry.
Reports current here are to tho
effect that the fightin' parson has
been supplanted as head Of the
Winona Lake Bible conference
which is held yearly. Trotter, how
ever, denies the rumor with the
statement, "were 1t true / had been
ousted as head of the Bible confer
ence, which position I have held for
more than twenty years, would
surely have been informed Of such
action on the part of the directors.
AS yet / have heard Of no such move
on their part"