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Railroad Official Is Given Promotr mLinton Girl Who Traveled With the Rev. Mr. Tilburn Is Star Witness for State.PREACHER DENIES CHARGES.fi»Declares Church Owes More Money Than He Is Said to Have Embezzled.BLOOM F1KLD. Ind., March 15.--(Special)—Miss Mary Smith, until last September organist of the 'Christian Churoli at Linton, of which the Rev. Kthviml O. Tilburn wns pastor, and with whom she traveled tf Cnlifornin,' was the Rtm wii-ness for the stale today In Die against, the Rev. Mr. Tilburn. who Is charged with embezzlement, it being til-legftd that ho w-enl away with $1)5 1.0 have been given him In payment on a subscription for a. new church building. Miss .Smith.' scorns to • regret her escapade and told of their departure and travels, while the minister used an assumed name. In a frank manner, which startled the large number of persons who crowded Into the courtroom.The Rev. Mr. Tilburn disappeared hist September. Miss fcimttli also was mlssrd at the same time, and the report of the alleged theft of church funds affordedIF1.ojVC84t!\v'1'rsasi(’ot-r*«hy:(Ii,rl o:« f nW. W- RICHARDSON.-nonaldcrablc gossip in church circles. Thi:irfwrteftutu of the two was lie pi soccM until last Dftecmber, when they were found in Pa sad onn. Cal., and Ik* was returned here for trial. »’'Miss'* Mrti\v Smith, mill the story in aplain, simple manner nf how film hadjoined Tilburn nt Bloomington, liui.;that they had traveled together to chi-' cago. Tilburn paying-the expenses; iiuu after two or three my* In Hhic-ago they had gone to Lawrence, Ka^., then from Lawrence to Emporia and from Emporui to HutHilnarm. At one of these cities thov received word that the v.esudonhs o' Linton-believed that.the woman had run away with Tilburn am! that there was a great deal of excitement.Told Girl to Return.Word was received yesterday that W. W. Richardson, assistant - general passenger agent. of the -Pennsylvania lines tnthis city, has been promoted to the posl-•Ron of assistant geuornl passenger agent of. the Pennsylvania tines in Pittsburg, whore he will have charge, under the general passenger Agent, of all the Pennsylvania lines, lie succeeds ,1. Modlsetle, promoted.Mr. Richardson has been in -the employ of 11m Pennsylvania Railroad for* tIdl'dy-years. He. was chief clerk in the superintendent 's office In tills oily for Hovers 1 years, being; promoted in 181*3 1o iho position of ohlef clerk for the- ;ifro*lfct:ml general passenger agent of I he lines in Chicago. In ISM be went to Omalm, Neb., io become' traveling pittiger n'gelll. for the company. Later he returned to this .city an .district passenger agent ami hi tor was promoted to the position of assistant general passenger agent, which position he has hep] up to the present.F. A. Lauchens, of present ' district passenger agent for the Pennsylvania, tn Toledo, will succeed Mr. Richardson in this city.HII0U(1bs(1Lt«He suggested that she return homo, but she did not do so, and later they went to California, where they remained until he was arrested in December and brought here and placed In the County .lull, where be has slue* reme.inefh- According to Miss Smith's ; testimony. TlJhuru while' in Kansas passed under the name of M. ri. Oliver, mid In California he was known.as E. P. Onlioru. ' :• The most sensational part of her testimony was the- statement that In. California upon one occasion he .counted in her presence 5200. and made the remark that If he were arrested and sentenced for . embezzlement he would kill every person that had anything io do with the cane. Mia* Smith ‘stated that when Tilburn was arrested lie said he did not know why, as lie was not guilty of any crime.x In his statement to the Jury, ‘Webster ;V. Moffelt, attorney for Tilburn, stated that It would be shown that fit the time ’when Tllbnrn turned over to Orlo Osborn, financial secretary, the subscriptions of Mrs. Cravens mid l.)i% Porter. • that he tusked 'permission of Mr. Osborn.$200 which he had borrowed at the Linton bank fur the repair of the parsonage..The first paragraph nr the indictment alleges that he embezzled S5f of a subscription for the building of r church pnid In him by Dr. George Porter and j Mrs. John L. (.’ravens. Mrs. John L. f! ravens t call fled’ that she not only gave. Tilburn $30. which she had .subscribed' toward the building of the new church, but that upon various occasions slip hnd turned over to him. money which she hadcollected from other persons.Dr. Porter testified that he had lent money to Tilburn personally upon different occasions dud that on the last day of August he had turned nvor to Tilburn his cheek .for $600 In payment of his subscription. .El1inkiil:V.1nrdsbnARMY ORDERS.WASHINGTON. March 15. — Army orders were issued today as follows: .• Clint. Reynold* J- Burt, Ninth Infantry, will 'proceed 1o Pi. Leavenworth, 1C as... for the juirpom* of taking a special course. In I he army signal school.('apt. Thom us It. Parker, Fifteenth [tiffin-' try. will assume clmrge of construction work ui Ft. Douglas. Utah.Ry direct Ion of the President Lieut. Pul. Rhark'B 4 3, * Morton; Fifth Infnnlry, is clc* 'lallcd for service in the' inspector general's vice Lieut. * Pol. William T.SpS«1,S'Sid0AS? Si.oV.f'^llS SSI'Si««S ,vil;™i.which plan Mr. Osborn consented.Saye Church Owed Preacher.. .. He furthermore etnted that-they will befcb’le to prove that, at the time of his departure’ from Linton the church • owed \ 'Tilburn §101; that. n1 opr time Titburp paid out of Ills own money-525 plumbing* ..bill; and upon another occasion 5lW for . church. expenses, ■and still, upon another date $18 for the-church; that at no time has any demand been made upon Tilburn •for this $55.- . \The prosecution rested pt 5:30 this nft.-• crnoon and the defciiHO immediately umdo a motion to dismiss the ease and dls-V charge the defendant, hut Judge Hpnrl orison overruled the mol ion. The motion to discharge the. defendant, as to the slt;so-i (Viul paragraph of the Indictment was au«-;-ytained. That paragraph charges Tilburn pwlth apropriaimg to Ida own use $134' ofInfant ry to*oni the th* Twonty-secomi InfumNinthI try.Lieut. lt;lot. Abner Pickering, from the Twcnty-Mecund Infantry to the Ninth Infun-try. . •Maj. George Blakeley. coast • artillery corps. Is dtdalleil a» acting Inspocjor general. Mm will repair If ibis city for duly In Um of dec nf the inspnclnr genural of the army.urUc’ers • rur.vuitJv promoted have been as-Klyneil to rr-glmeritH an follows:Co I. Ucorgn !'\ t'nnk. tc» the Nlni'tccnt h infantry: lt;Nil. (’hiirlea St. .1. t.'hubb, tn the Thirtieth Infantry; Lieul. lt;’ol. Abner IMcker-Ing. tn the Twenty Hucond Infantry; Lieut. (ViI. .(pines A. .Matmy, to tin* Second tnfon-try: MuJ. George W. Martin, to the Seven-toenih Infantry; MuJ. Rharlos W. Martin, to.the First Tn fit ii try; Dnpt. John Jnrdun, tothe Kighteenth Infantry; Rupl. Walter B. 1U1 Hott. tn the Twenty-third Infantry; First 1, lenten ant Keith S. Gregory-. ‘ t«» the Iitgfh-teenth I man try; First Lieutc.tmiu. Irving M. Madhmn. to iho Seventh Infantry.
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
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