OCR Text |
Show MINISTER SAYS BE ISJNNOCENT Greenovlllc, Tcnn.. Jan. 18 "As to my innocence or guilt, my friends will have to Judge for thomselves from my past record," declared Uqy. Dr. W. D, McFarland today before tho arrival of an officer who was to tako him to Pittsburg to answer a coroner's charge that he was responsible for , the death of his former socretary, Elsie Dodds Coe. I "I am expecting an officer from Pittsburg today." ho continued. "I ! will tell my story to the grand Jury. So far as I know, Miss Coe waB a good girl. She was like a child t me. I loved her as my daughter." Dr. McFarland declined to say whother he had bocu in Pittsburg this month, declaring it was "nobody "no-body s business but my own." Ho admitted ad-mitted ho knew Rollln McConncll, said to havo boon mentioned in Miss Coo's dying statement as having been responsible for her condition , McFarland Is held In Jail hero. Tho - i I confinement appears to havo affected t ihim considerably, according to the "" Jailer, who says tho minister is nervous ner-vous and sleeps little. Dr. McFarland's wife is In a hotel 1 hero and probably will accompany him to Pittsburg. I oo |