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SUSPENDauoftoasEl lt;XHSI A STIC rl !11 A L FINDS HIM ii*1U ILTI ( II win s :ithe i is of anEXPERT'S REPORT IS CLEARi■.4;'-^..:-.. m lie;E\-C ham ellor'ci Representations BometoNot Tail) With Showizij* Frommam MhIsitDone ! liellooui- Fa I a f ul DutysejdoEx-Chancellor Charles M. Ellinv. o 1 of Wesleyan university wag last night found ! thi guilty of the charges on which he was tried by an ecclesiastical court. He is so!suspended from ministerial functions till )1 ^ the conference acts on the case next ‘i:;September.The committee from the Nebraska conference continued its session** at GraceMethodist church yesterday. Professor• t * : 0KEllinwood. Dr. Huntington, Id. O. Jones,Mr. Polcy, lt;1. A. Adams and J. M. tftlt; w-art were the principal witnesses. Pome of the evidence was of a very positive nature, and went to the bottom of affairs at University Place, in the management of the university and the Win iom bank.The defense sought to establish that in all his operations :n floating th“ warrantsof the university Professor Ellinwood h idchiwositdo,wishiTtiIacted its an agent for the board of I Tuihitruntees? w hk h the prnsuM• ution d c i D 'Hr* had dknipd a discount business in 1 f university warrants, and had done thisthrough the Wtnflom bank. It appearedthat the bank's assets were chiefly ontheinjwhterheh ei(hrfrojaiwoverasa c hinpaper.About the middle of the afternoon the counsel for the church threw a bomb into the camp of the defense by introducing as expert evidence a statement compiled from the books by the account- ‘ ]u ant, Mr. Polcy, which statement showed the amount of money received annually hv the treasurer at shown by the university books, and the amount of warrants Issued annually by the treasurer.The difference would be the amount of ..warrants which the treasurer could not j t^£ pay annually, and this was a flat contra- 1 diction of the statements made by Pro-feasor Ell In wood to the bo*, rd in his reports. If he h id applied tile money to I ’p'€ the payment of outstanding obligations, } ^he did not have on hand the amount he j $rx claimed of unpaid warrants which he {^y claimed to be carrying to save the honor ! of the college. This document fairly \ jj floored the defense, who were unable to J arr meet it. They cast doubts on the re-liability of the paper, but there seemed j pe, no way to overthrow it; the books w'*re tyKlbehind it. j witThe court took a recess, and after it re- i convened the defense argued a motion an for a postponement until a later date, ] (je( that they might examine the books and j verify or prove the falsity of this im- i a?r; portant document; it would take several ; cal days; but the defense had already had j jje much longer than the law’ requires in j wa which to prepare for trial, and this in- j vestigation not being in any sense final. j the presiding elder ruled that it shoti lt;1 gVk continue. No further evidence was intro- j mj, duced, and the counsel proceeded to sum j tp. up the case. \Dr.Halstead spok briefly for the chuich and in a plain and simple manner pre- foj sented the main points. It was evident h that the defense could not overcome the ,)(l|array of facta there outlined, with the ^evidence there produced.Dr. Isham followed, also for the church, and made a good presentation of the case, with more eloquence, and entered I ' into other than the figures in the case. ; ,Mr. Sheets of Chicago, a Methodist preacher, brother-in-law of Mr. Ellin-wood, made a splendid presentation of what he could not help but feel was a weak ease. He was followed by Dr. Abbott of Falls City, the “Chrysostom of ,the Nebraska conference/’ who made a ; V; pathetic plea for Professor Ellinwood, who with one of his daughters was p1 ent, both being much affected by the ; doctor’s eloquence, as was also Attorney G. A. Adams, who is supposed to be inured to pathetic scenes m courts.Dr. Lasby closed for the defense, and Dr. Halstead made the briefest of remarks. He appreciated the pathos of the situation, but righteousness must prevail. 1T He did not trust in eloquence, probably feeling that it was not necessary.In general the best of temper and Christian spirit was shown during the trial by all concerned, and it was ev dent that while the complainants and their ; counsel put up so strong a case that there was no malice in it. I hose in charge seemed to be full of regret that D*they must fulfil so serious a duty Thecommittee were very att* ntive and pai-1close attention in perform ng rheir thank- Iless task. The case was given to th m Thfor final action at B o’clock. strAt 10 o’ 'D k tha ver i t was avn o:nei TvBoth charges, of dishonesty in business i gir relations, were sustained, the committee anbeing unanimous in its findings, and anCharles M. Ellinwood was declared sus- *thlt; pended from the performance of all nvn- th*isterlal function* until the meeting of the pe,annual conference at Fairbury, Neb., Df Slt; ptember 23, 189S. St which time the case hi*is to he finally disposed of by a trial at which new evidence can be adrn tted an]new lt;harges may be formulated if noces- j aa sary. _eaipeiiniGlsiralooCOIyestlt;SOItetHewheragJuiVETO IN PROSPECT b„
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, May 27, 1898
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