Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-29 | Page 2 | Preacher's Name Dragged In

NAME I IN ACCUSED OF OP BEING EG ACCESSORY TO o GOEBEL V Prominent in Kentucky Performed Marriage Mage Ceremony for Mr and ad adMs Mrs Ms Potter Palmer Pamer Paris Ky March 28 The people of Paris were surprised today in reading the confession slon of W VI H Culton Culon charged chare with wih being an accessory to the Goebel murder where he implicates Elder J 3 JS JS S Sweeney Sweney state auditor with wih being one of the men men who was present at atthe athe atthe the he conferences conference previous to the murder Elder Sweeney resigned January 1 as pastor pa p astor of the P ris ds Christian ChrIstan church after a er serving continuously for twenty twentynine tW nine n ine years yeas He was vas born in southern souther Kentucky Kentuck K KIl but early in n life le moved to Illinois Il and ami an served 8 as a pastor of a Christian hristian C church for five years yeas While siding residing r there he performed the mar marriage marriage marage ri rite age ceremony for Hon Ron and ad Mrs Mr Pot Potter Potter ter te r Palmer anti and ad Mr and Mrs Fred Fed Grant G rant and baptized and received into the he t church both of these tho ladies Elder Sweeney Is a noted debater on baptism b and has held more than one onehundred hundred undred h debates dabate He Is I a brother of El EI Elder EIde Eler der de d er Z T Sweeney of or Columbus Ind md Id who w ho was consul general at Constant Constanti Constantinople Consta nople ople n under Harrison HarrIsons s administration No N o man ma stood higher with the te people of o f this community than ta Elder Sweeney Sweeny and a nd they cannot believe that he Is guilty gity g of o any act even indirectly in involving v him in the alleged conspiracy