| Show DR IRVINE MAINTAINS RETICENCE declined to give any information langdon refuses to receive dr irvane huntingdon pa jan 1 tue rev I 1 W N irvine the deposed pastor of st johns episcopal church who arrived here from philadelphia last night and immediately sought seclusion the home of vestryman W F hillier one of the men whose names appear on the presentment against bishop talbot left for the east at noon today dr irvine looked careworn and haggard during his short visit he maintained an uninterrupted silence to all newspaper interviews at the sta tion a representative 0 the associated press was cordially greeted by dr irvine but the clergy man would give concerning the ot the visit vestryman hillier was likewise silent dr Ir vinea unexpected departure today i viewed here as inexplicable alike by hla friends and opponents he communicated munica ted with none ot his former vestryman vestrymen vestry men or parishioners and denied himself to all friends it is generally believed that the briefness ot his visit was due to his to influence the vestryman vestrymen vestry men who leave repudiated their signatures on the presentment to permit their names to remain on bat paper it is understood that aa effort was made by dr irvine to communicate with john langdon Laag don one of the men who repudiated the presentment but without success when asked today whether he had irdine mr langdon said no and I 1 dont want to he to come to my house I 1 feel deeply grieved at the publicity my name has been given in the matter and would gladly escape any annoyance no yance it seems that irvinia Ir vinea sole purpose Is to destroy the tranquillity tranquill ty ot our parish it is now definitely known that vestryman W G miller did receive a telegram with dr irvings irvines Ir vines name signed to it asking him to keep quiet and that a letter in chich explanation was made would follow dr Ir vines chief counsellor herbeat greene denies that such an agreement WAS sent by the deposed clergyman since alie receipt of this telegram vestryman miller who secured the signatures to the presentment has refused to speak further on the subject in expectation ot dr Ir vines appearance at st bolms chuich a acrond was attracted than the little church could accommodate the rector dr johnson made no inference to the present controversy which had its origin in the hansh under dr Ir vines mrs emma D el llott whose name has been conspicuously in the case and who was denied communion by dr irvine attended the services today after attorney departure some ot the details ot his visit became known it was learned that dr irvine and ur hillier had some differences over tha telegram received by miller and that dr irvine left the hillier bouse and spent the night at the home or air milter after dr Ir vines arrival last night mr miller called at tho bobie ot james denithorne and informed him that dr irvine would to seo him mr langdon was present mr denithorne replied that it dr irvane wanted to see him he knew chero to find him dr irvine he said certainly owed him an explanation but he did not propose to hunt up clergyman to get it during the conversation the miller telegram waa mentioned by mn denithorne and mr miller said that dr irvine had informed him that he had not sent such a message air Deno thome produced tho original telegram received by mr miller surprised mr hillier the latter then returned home and had a warm inter with dr irvine the outcome or which was that the clergyman went to the hoire ot mr miller |
