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Show "NEEDED REMODELLING,,' A Church Board in Leavenworth, Km,! Keoelves a Scathing; Letter. Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. 1. The committee appointed by the Methodist church to try J. II. E. Wiegant upon a charge made by Mrs. M. A. Redden, that he assisted in selling beer at a picnic pic-nic on July 4th, began its sessidi this afternoon. The defendant was not present, but tho following letter, Written by him, was sent as his answer to the charge preferred: Rev. A. S. Embre Dear sir and brother: Your letter, with charge, has been received, and In anBwer will eay that I shall make no defence; and furthermore will say that If there Is anyone on the board, without sin, let him alone pass Judgment. I know a member that practices gambling. Others havn unlawfully ta ken money to shield violators of the law. Another An-other is accused of assisting in the wrecking of a bank by wheat speculations. There Is also room enough for Mrs. A. M. Redden to take care of her own family, to bring them up inthedoctilneof temperance and sobriety. I am accusing no one personally, for I think the whole board needs remodelling, r i Yours truly, J. H. E. Wiegant. Notwithstanding the absence of Wiegant, Wie-gant, the trial went on behind closed doors. All information as to what the committee will do being denied, Wei-gant's Wei-gant's letter has created as much if not more talk than did the charges against him, for it is an open secret to whom he refers. |