The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-13
Officials Declare
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purpose Of participating in the secre
eonferent es.
The Rev. J. W. Walker, of Ala
bama, another member of the com
mittee was the host of Bishop Gram
fo1 the entire week preceding tn,
trial. II is barely possible that h,
was selected. because he himself was
not so long ago whitewashed in con
neetion with charges of making ar
attempted assault unon Miss Arm,
istead, a teacher at Payne School.
Brother Glass. of Georgia. it is
supposed. represented Bishop Foun-
tain's contribution to the dirty pro.
gram. This writer won a box of
cigars on a wager that Bishop Foun-
tain's high regard for his wife and
daughter would restrain him from
going into Alabama and participating
personally in this diseracefnl affair
Flipoer is Whip"
1t was difficult throughout the
trial to tell whether Bishop Flipper
or Bishop Parks was chairman of
the committee. although Bishop
Parks was the senior bishop and the
presiding officer. Bishop Flipper
did all the interpreting" of the
law, which Interpretation" was re-
markable in that his personal opin
ION was the only authority in all his
interpretations" He threatened to
leave the committee if Carter were
permitted to serve as attorney. stat
ing that it was Unprecedented but
citing no authority to sustain his po
sition.
In the trial he took an unfair back
hand HEX at the poor girl in the
case, by asking her why she did not
make any cutlery when she was at
tackled. This in the face of the very
clear proof of the element of seduc.
tlon In the case on the part of the
Bishop. 1t must be said that under
the rigid examination of shrewd law
yers like Adams and McGill, the de-
Tense failed completely in their eff
fort to discredit the girls story.
Without the slightest pause or oui-
yer, she answered clearly and frank
~ every question they asked, even to
the very unfair and irrelevant cues
ton of Adams as to whether She was
virgin. or had ever before had
any connection with man. as
though the ives or mo" reply
could have any bearing on the par
tlcular Casa question as much out
or place as one on the part of the
direct examination would have been
as to whether or not she knew that
Adams was a notorious liar and
drunkard.
Lays Bare Family History
Everybody comedies that the Rev.
Adams is a brilliant leader. and he
took occasion to tell the men before
the opening of the trial, that he was
sent there by Bishop Gregg to help
clear Bishop Grant, and that il is
commonly accepted in the Fifth Dis
trict that Bishop Gregg and Bishon
Grant are half brothers. Whether
true or not. such statements only
add to the nastiness of the whole
case
Let nobody deceive themselves into
believing that there has been anv
trial; there has been nothing but an
Official embarrassing. This case sim
ply serves to prove the futilitv of
attempting to bring one of these dir
ty Episcopal rascals to trial where
inc tunctioning of the court is to be
entrusted in their hands. There NAV
be no further effort to bring Grant
to justice, but he will continue to paw
the $1,000 a year Tor go to jail.
To assist in caring for his baby boy,
who is the very image of Bishop
Grant, and who. perchance may vet
represent the Grant name on the
Episcopal Bench of the Church.