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1happy of thia ManyY*l Of in andkittingeahnntSENSATIONAL GHJUKES.beem it hern (1 park katin*?««iblenlianahority rocery i em-autilv jousea koocI?, id not v theMade Against the Bev. U. Q, Sutherlin Who Will Now be Defendant to Two Charges.Paternity Charge the Latest.S?ointfBUL'l)eiriirs, other been go of many jredi-:i«i in There thatP08l‘(iiriousIE OlltIftTgeI notTroubles seldom come singly. In the recent experience of the Rev. U. G. .Sutherlin however, lie has been either greatly persecuted or his sins are rapidly finding him out. He has been charged with two awlul crimes and the fact that be is a preacher, one above all others who should conduct himself circumspectly and in accordance with the doctrine and religion he preaches—makes the charges all the more sensational.Rev. Sutherlin was arrested last week at hia home in Silver Grove by Polica Sergeant A. P. Xeafus on a paternity charge preferred by Anna Adelia Moore, who had been employed as a domestic at the home of the preacher before the suicide of his wife in 1904 and afterward. Mr. Sutherlin was arraigned before Magistrate Fogle, entered a plea of not guilty ami was released on bond for his appearance to answer today, his father. Charles Sutherlin, becoming his surety.In her complaint the woman charged that Mr. Sutherlin was the father of a girl baby born to her December 5, 1005. at Hot Springs, Ark. This child, she says, she placed in the All-Prayer Foundlings’ Home in Louisville the first week in January. She says that she went to Hot •Springs last October, her expenses being paid, she claimed, by the Rev. Mr. Sutherlin, who had paid out, she asserted, about SI 75. This assertion, she saidthey 8^e would repeat under oath at the trial.ways:o on. nny-a oneI herriting iver-jad a ne of , but real ice is pub-Pbil-i villa beenlencMiss Moore was an important witness for tbe prosecution in the case of the State of Indiana against the Rev. Sutherlin for the alleged murder oi his wife,Mrs. Geneva L. Sutherlin. At the January term of the Floyd Circuit Court she could not be found, it was alleged, and on this account a continuance until the March term was asked for by tbe prosecution, other reasons for the motion for coutinnance being that several witneaset, women living in Silver Grove, were unable to be present to testify.Anna Moore is the daughter of John Moore, a farmer living in Lafayette township. Her whereabouts was ascertained by Col. Jacob Haager, who was acting for Mrs. John 8cheller, of 8ellers-burg, mother of tbs late Mrs. Sutherlin, who baa been taking great interest in the prosecution of her aon-in-law. Col.Haager was assisted in the work by John Shutt, formerly chief of police of this city.Rev. Mr. Sutherlin after he had ap-ifc*ri| pearsd in the Magistrate’s court declared that tba allegations made by the woman in the affidavit were untrne, and that he had in his possession a written statement signed by' her to the effect that no improper relations had ever existed between them. Jtsat why be shonld have exacted this statement of Miss Moore, however, if he was not guilty and if be was in no wise responsible is not just exactly clear aud yet he may have had reasons for demanding it. *Th« paternity suit brought against(.him, be declared, was tbe work of tbe I prosecution, who waa doing it for the I purpose of injuring him in the case to I be tried next month in the CircuitI Court, when be will answer to the charge I of having murdered hia wife.'Sutherlin aaid that one of tbe leading|CHA*#wit nesses for tbe defense bad been offered by persona interested in the prosecution a trip for himaelf and family to California and ratorn, providing it was made during the term of court at which tbe case was to be tried. He claims that ha will have no difficulty in clearing him-mu.Tha cast of the 8tate of Indianaagiinat|the Rev. Ulyaeee G. Sutherlin i aet for trial lor March IS, uhan ha will anawer^o a charge of murder in the first degree feft the alleged killing of hia wife, Mrs. Geneva L. Sutherlin, who waa supposed to have committed suicide in October, 1904. Rev. Mr. Hutherlin ia reported to have aaid that Miss Moore bad been a domestic in bis family six months before tbe death of hia wife, and aba left in October.An agreement waa made between tbe attorneys] for tbel prosecution and defenaa to continual the paternity case against the Rev. U. G. Sutherlin until March 5th. Thia continuance was arranged because Judge Alexander Dowling, one o£the attorneys for the defendant, will be compelled to be absent from tbe city. It;haa been tbe general impression that the paternity suit would not come to trial until after action had been taken in the case in which Mr.8ntherlin is charged with the murder of bis wife.by bn metal(M It tor rCON!THEM. U. 81ST0T3AtKit Hi Mi-(idr•eUnl-l-11r.aISditia14ioidi.ComIK(ItIND1PE(
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New Albany Public Press
New Albany, Indiana, US
Tue, Feb 20, 1906
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