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the* toon. 1 RBIBTOB'H TRIAL.rJth •-Thm Jmrr •! WlnUtf linn* In a Vordlrt of «Nll«rJckiiit Oxtj. Ju. lit—Ths trial of the Ko?. O. R. Hrintor for improper wllHflM with Ida Downes «u ooutluuod to-day. Ida Downes was on Hod to the stand by Prosecutor PiUgerald. She told her story Its previously printed and answered the questions of Dr. Fitxgemld and Dr. Craig promptly and intelligently. Dr. Bristor conducted the cro*a-lt;lamination himself. Hhe became nervous and oonfnaed acd when ho a*ed her why she had notHr.ch,rm-i toIf-ley.lie,thoHr.ofIontenice*-oriraar of ary ttlomgto he the Hr. rilh up-his [ht-*n tho red d a but thotor-logtheon.rodfa..”1UB-bc-•y.ily«r,iryrs.ni-i'lilayraaonntiaJ10-chryran of the aaaault sooner did not reply. Bristor insisted that his qneatkm beaamrad, sb© broke into tears. The Prodding Elder iutcrfored aud said that Dr. Bristor wan |xwuring her. He then excused her from answering the question. Dr. Bristor,Inooutiuuing the examination, questioned her about her former life, when she became 'hysterical. When croM.eumiuud slout her two retrnetlou* ahe pointed her dngvr at Mr. Bristor urn! said i•*I wrote the first to save you aud you frigliteued mo into writing the other.,rIda was on I ho stand for nearly three hours and underwent a terrific cross-fire of qnestioua. When she left the stand she was suffering with nervous prostration.Mrs. Scott, a member of the Spring Valley Church, testified that eho was at Bristol's house when Ida mado her retraction, which was voluntary and without duress. Mrs. Bupell, the nurse in the employ of Mrs. Bristor, testified that she was a domestic in tho Bristor hoosohold nt the time of the alleged assault on Ids Downes. She thought the aaaault oould not have occurred without her knowing it. Presiding Elder Craig then adjourne* tho cose until to-morrow morning.Fifty million people, through their rep reseutativos in the press, clamored vainh at tho doom of the Centenary Method in’ Episcopal Church,near the boundary apci of Pavoula avenue, Jersey City, yesterday week, where tho trial of Parson Bristol wan being continued. The doors wore al locked and bolted, and oven the keyholei were oovered. All the wlluesaos, or the best looking and most important ones from Spring Valley had bean kept at i hotel over night at tho expense of thi parson. Tho first of these testified yes torday that in a conversation had with Ida Downs after the latter had rnndo hoi accusations she (Ida Downs) had said thnl tho charges were made in a fit of tempei and were not in any respect truo. Ida had kept the door of her room locked, tho witness said, because alio was afraid of fulling down btnirn while prowling about in her sleep at night, and heuoe no one oould have reached her room.Another witness said that both before aud after tho charges were preferred Ida had mid that for years she had boon seriously troubled with horriblo dreams, and that sho Iroumod tho crime of which ■ho had accused tho parson, and owing to its vivid reality related the circumstances as facts to a neighbor. Ida hud ouco dreamed thnt her father had told her of a murdor for which he expected to bo hanged, and this was so real, too, I hat ahe caused her parent the greatest difficulty in counteracting tho effect of the yarn when re In ted to and spread about by a companion.A justice of tho poaoe mid that ho had kept Ida away from the parson when sho fled to him, and he admitted having kissed her on tho check thnt the parson had alnpjtcd to assure her of his friendship.The old Isdy whose face has been do-scribed as bearing strnug reswublauoo to a well-known Brooklyn divino Maid, on overhearing this latter testimony, that ■he was glad to loam liow friends are made, and tho trial was then adjourned again until Thursday morning.When the ecclesiastical grand Jury w are hearing tho evidence Tor ami agnii tho Rev. l)r. Bristor assembled iu t Centenary Church, Jersey City, Thu: day, Presiding Elder Craig explain thut he had been misrepresented. Sen one had been garrulous uud divulged portion of tho proceeding* that pertain to him ami put 1dm In a false posiUc He was accused of having ignored L Bristor, who wroio him on January f.i This letter,*it was intimated, ho had r answered, lie wished to state that wrote the reply us soon as ho reeeiv the letter and had not displayed a prejudice or discourtesy to Mr. Uriah He accused Dr. Bristor of having mi plied this information to the reportei and tho • ......^--——• .....mm vmv lujn-- eocuaed pastor indiguantly den it. Au acrimonious discumion ensubut it was suddenly checke d by Step Burr taking the stand.Ho is one of the officers of the chu He testified that tho accused had ndmi to him that ho struck Ida Downes; doctor was angry and said. •Til tear throat out he bad just chased her of the house; he then narrated what had told him nbout the assaults.rbc witness was not cross-examii aud the prosecution rested.Mrs. Ixraiaa Buedcn, who was nallei the defence in rebuttal, testified l»ln had informed her that a 1c she wrote to tho Brooklyn On. Asylum, complaining of her 'homo \ Dr. BriKor, had been writtom nt tho Utiou of Mrs. (li-mniel. Ida hml I witnesses that Mrs. Gemm.-l was present wh. n Mr. Gctnmcl kissed her.Dr. Bristor desired to produeonesses to Impeach the testimony ofBurr that he hod tried to evade an in ligation. Tho presiding elder decli to admit the testimony.The Bristor trial in Jersey City ended Frldsy night. The jury of i ... . jelers, after two bourn* dcliberal of brought in a verdict of guilty char - Bristor heard the verdict with bo heed. He did not speak a word, looked downhearted. The verdict unanimous. Bristor was suspended t the meeting of the annual conference Mr. Bristor’s friends suy they I port live information that tho vcrdi( guilty wa* not uunnimoiiM, but was tmued by a bare majority. The vot suspend w.u» unanimous,but this sign nothing, aa it was inevitable «ft„r a diet to suspend had been declared, view of the strong projndico against Bristor. thoy regard tho verdict rathe tho light of a triumph for him. The cislou of tho council, they claim, sin shows that it holiovos tho evidences dent to warrant holding him for trir the annual conference, which will b« I iu Jersey City on April 1st. If tho c fcrenro decide* against Mr. Bristor friends declare that they will carry matter to the ni.pellate court, which c former trial decided in favor of clergyman when thisaauio oonforenco egntnei him.Mrs. Slattery, who was regarded by prosecution in the case as the most im, taut witness on their side, could uoS found for many days, but yeator morning she presented herself and os to be. sworn. Him was too Into. Tbo « deuce hod hecu close,! on botli sides, i the counsel were summing up. b Slattery is said to havo overheard Bril cautioning Ida Dowus not to toll nnyb. about hi* relations with her. The ar mcnU yesterday were made by the It Jnines N Fitzgerald for tho proscouti and by the Rev. Mr. Atkinson and Brin himself for the dofonce.Nvaok. N. Y.. Jan. 17.—The R. Georgo It. Bristor did not preach in the Spring Valley Church. Ho i lecture nor attempt it lecture, i fact did not put in anpearaneo at all. Many exthat ho would do ono ofthree. His warmest supportersurg to defy tho verdict of suspension at duct Urn service* as usual, but he n their counsel aud shrewdly refraiuc jeopardizing his cost, when it ah heard on appeal. It was hoped t would address his old congregationPU,.'*ew0.f ,oclurp* '“I. in dec md hinted os much himself, but who canio expecting to hear him away disappointed. It was given . ono who is m tho ex postor’s oouf that a lecture on next Hunday e, will bo arranged, and if his con sc bo gained immodiato steps will be for tho formation of on indepe church over which bn will be (U-i preside.
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Wilmington Delaware Gazette and State Journal
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1886
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