Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — MRS. CISSELL STANDS BY FALLEN HUSBAND. [ARTICLE]

MRS. CISSELL STANDS BY FALLEN HUSBAND.

Wife of Disgraced Pastor Will Not Leave Him But Accepts His Confession and Forgives. Kokomo, Ind., May 21.—The Rev. C. C. Cissell has again gained favor in the eyes of his family and expressed confidence today that the episode with the Indianapolis woman in the Minneapolis hotel would not disrupt his household. His wife, it is said, has accepted his confession and is standing by him. He has three grown children, all of whom sympathize with him. A member of the family said today that they expect to leave Kokomo at once and move to some town where Mr. Cissell >will either buy a newspaper or operate a hardware store. It is understood he owns a half interest in a Fort Wayne hardware concern. Dr. C. E. Line, superintendent of the Muncie district of ’the North Indiana Conference, made the statement today at his home in Mupcie that the Rev. Mr. Cissell's successor had been named at Minneapolis and that he is the Rev. M. S. Marvel, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Montpelier. “It yas at about the time of the middle of the Minneapolis conference that suspicion was directed at the Rev. Mr. Cissell,” he added. “He was seen on the street and at the Y. M. C. A. with a strange woman. An Indiana woman who was present at the conference informed certain ministers and laymen of what she had seen, and Everett Warner, of Muncie, and A. B. Kline, of Bluffton, laymen, were named to make an investigation. Dr. Cissell admitted his guilt resignation when approached with the evidence. The bishops congratulated the delegates to the Minneapolis conference from the northern Indiana district because of the fearless manner in which «hey took the action. There was no personal feeling in the matter.” Dr. Line received scores of telephone calls today from ministers and laymen all over the conference. All made inquiries as to the truth of the story relative to Dr. Cissell and were informed that there had been no mistake. Auburn, Ind., May 31.—The report that came to this city concerning the “fall” of the Rev. Dr. C. C. Cissell, of Kokomo, caught in a Minneapolis hotel with an Indianapolis woman, caused consternation among hjs many *fribnds. He was born and reared in Corunna, five miles, northeast of Auburn. His father is B. J. Cissell, a druggist of Corunna for many years. Noblesville, Ind., May 31. —The Rev. C. C. Cissell, superintendent of the Logansport district of the Methodist church in the North Indiana Conference, who has just resigned, is well known in this city. He was very promintent. in the conference held here a few years ago.