Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1931 — Page 11

JUNE 26,1931.

HIGH JURISTS ' UPHOLD PASTOR IN COURT DEFY BaGks Up His Refusal to Bare Confidences of Parishioner. By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 26.—The refusal of the Rev. Emil Swenson, Minneapolis, to reveal confidences made to him by a parishioner, although theratened with a jail term and fine during a divorce trial, was upheld by the state supreme court today. A SIOO fine for contempt of court ordered by municipal Judge Paul W. Gudford when Mr Swenson refused to divulge the matters discussed by his parishioner, .Arnold Sundseth, was reversed by the high court. Holding that Mr. Swenson’s Lutheran church did rot countenance the confession, Judge Guilford warned the minister that unless he testified on what Sundseth had told him, a contempt of court sentence would be made. Carried to High Court Sundeth contended that confessions made to a Lutheran pastor were equally privileged with any other confessions. Lutheran groups carried the case to the state supreme court. In the court’s opinion, to be privileged, a confession to a clergyman must be “penitential in character and made to him in his professional character as clergyman in confidence while seeking religious or spiritual advice, aid or comfort.” Confession Is Privileged The court .can not require the disclosure of the confession to determine if it is privileged, the high court ruled, but must determine that question “from the circumstances and facts leading up to the making of the confession.” “The disclosure should not be required unless it appears that the clam of privilege is made erroneousiy ” the court held. “Under ,^/ ac . ts stated in the opinion, the confession was privileged.”

SA ™is^rfsPo3s£ market STOCKS ' of Women’s \ Footwear fe J° % Patent, Red, ARC Blue, Green' MM W \ BOYS ? ww rt r- m .19 rr 1 Oxfords | ’MPORTEO A Reg. $1.99 Value ife t 1 89 1 OXFORDS^ dais. leather U J Ui Bj I Genuine Goodyear Welts Straps—-Oxfords I ffiSjji 99c--$ 1,1 9 $ .49 DR. KARL’S FAMOUS ” fefe l§||fP^ Arch SHOES an GYM “wORfT “ SA.B9 SHOES 09 - Extra Good ill women’s hand turn www Weering m flajaHaißr e wIITSOS HB .i,ton 69c Men’s Regular $2 and $2.50 a AND |i BOYS’ -I ROM EOS'Ail (Words I j|7i D . 5 99 r^t 6 ypß 324 East Washington Street 132 East Washington Street Pint Door East of Meyer-Kiser Bank, Formerly Lester’s. nwrffr—T—nnnrrm rn mn ii nn ■■■■

BELIEVE IT or NOT

Che - ■—— ~~ . n BLACk r AMo'Gdrc <CTOB . I are the Lightest colors : pThe Air IWE educed X / The weight of each o? TheirJZansj a £ ys£T 50 toukds' V pAf/TTiNfs. Them black, \ jT? ' AMD GOLD^ Ocolum&us Twimkie Starr' X r - __ . , Lives in Rdst/and, Oregon • Perfect Triangle^ OH to , UW3MBKS >, 3 &MH.! .HIS HEAD. T4ff<M\aki,N.z. &sa> t> Vt King Fa*aar Syndleate.oc. Great Britala rUtts rim if

On request, sent with stamped addressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

tc XT Registered 0 a U y Patent Offle# RIPLEY

6,670 CHURCHES ARE MERGED AT JOINT MINCLAVE Congregationalists, Christians Are Combined at Parley. By United Press SEATTLE, Wash., June 26.—The Congregationalist and the Christian churches, under anew constitution approved by a joint convention here Thursday, have merged to form a combined membership of more than 1,000,000 persons. The constitution was approved by separate assemblies of the two churches. It provides that the two denominations will be governed by a committee, made up of officers of each church, until 1935, when a single directing group will be organized. The merger affects 6,670 churches in the United States with a total membership of 1,050,000 and a constituency, including adherents, of slightly less than 3,000,000. In voting the merger, church officials said they believed their move represents the beginning of a larger movement toward combination of Christian denominations. The world’s largest salary is perhaps that paid by the American Tobacco Company last year to its president, George Washington Hull. He received $2,283,000.

Betty Gay Fires the First Gun With the New Low Summer Prices Before JULY 4th I A revelation in value. The new styles are gorgeous and the prices are ridiculously low. We don’t have to wait until after July 4th to give you sale merchandise. Our quick turnover allows us to give you fresh, new fashions in wanted styles, colors and materials, with a full range of sizes —ll to 50, when you will really need them for your vacation days. We will continue these remarkable values throughout the summer. jyiJl 4 GREA T HOSE m a & f' Specui/A With Purchase of SIO,OO | EXTRA SPECIAL Doors Open ~ , Tr ™ p Z ent , . Paiama* 9AM \ Velvet Jackets \ ’ s / i / v<D ?w C v o J *^ v s *5 [mf a. \ X ft> / Or*m/i £ n / \UnderselUng&BtryStont ’ II / £verifl)ayln theYtar. j II Or Money Refunded! VI BETTY GAY’S * l i\5T 5-7 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Writes of City

my W| >iV ffi&jjjSl

The Rev. John F. McShane

BOLSTER POLICE FORCE Field force of the Indianapolis police department will be strengthened July 1, when lieutenants, now assigned to emergency squads, will be replaced by sergeants, Chief Mike Morrissey announced. Morrissey said more lieutenants are needed on general work. Names of the sergeants who will replace Lieutenants Marion Van Sickle, Leonard Forsythe and Walter Claffey were not made public.

LIFE OF CITY IS PICTURED IN PRIESTS BOOK Experiences Are Related in New ‘Around Old St. Bridget’s.’ Cross sections of life as seen through the eyes of & priest are pictured in a newly-published book, “Around Old St. Bridget’s,” by the Rev. John F. McShane, St. Bridget’s pastor. The book relates experiences of the pastor in St. Bridget's parish since his arrival there shortly after his ordination in 1904. An account of the kidnaping of the priest by two Negroes on a fraudulent sick call on Oct. 20, 1906, is given to the public # for the first time. “It was about the time,” writes Mr. McShane, “that three of our priests, one in California, one in Wisconsin and one in Missouri had been kidnaped and held for ransom. One of these men, when the ransom money was not forthcoming, was found on the seashore brutally murderde.” McShane relates that a Negro came to the rectory doer at 11:30 at night, and asked him to come at once on a sick call. He tells how he was led far into the outskirts of the city where, with the assistance

PAGE 11

of another Negro, his captor locked him in a barn. When one of the Negroes, in a drunken rage, attempted to drive the priest into a comer of the hay-mow, tripped: over the lantern and kicked it far into the hay, then fell helpless, Mr. McShane made a break for liberty. After he had broken down the barn door, he freed himself from the remaining pusuiing Negro by a wqU-dtrected kick with a toe that playing football at Notre Dame had developed. Other human interest stores are included in the book.

7rday Crulde sr7$ r 7 C CHICAGO l D BUFFALO (Niagara Falls) and return Including Meals and Berth S. S. Tionesta Sailing every Monday xr P. MStoppwg at other principal ports Consult agents about Lake Superior Service to Duluth S. S. Juniata S. S. Octoraxa For Further Information AppF; any R. It or Tourist Ticket Agency or GREAT LAKES TRANSIT CORPORATION 203 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, IIL Wabash 6474