I need help with this. J. P. Brushingham, B.D. was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman serving in various Illinois cities. In 1888 he was tried in a Chicago criminal court for seduction and fathering a bastard child. The first trial resulted in a hung jury because two jury members were Methodists and unwilling to see one of their own blameworthy.
I need the results of the second trial. I cannot find them, and with an impending surgery do not have the time or energy to follow this further.
Also,
He was tried in a Methodist Ecclesiastical Court the same year. Indications are that he was found not guilty, but I cannot find a record of the proceedings. Can you?
Never presume I have something you've found.
The relevance to my history research lies in this: Brushingham and E. L. Eaton were best friends. Each had a seriously flawed character. Their flaws are relevant to the Eaton-Russell debate of 1903, which I am researching for a journal article. Eaton misrepresented his credentials on many occasions before and after the debate. Later he described himself as a scientist only on the grounds of his amateur astronomy and creation science lectures. In fact he had no relevant education. He called himself a well known scientist and lecturer, Dr. E. L. Eaton without noting what his degree was and that it was only honorary. Eaton supported Brushingham despite the evidence that he was in fact guilty of seduction.
So, can you help? Any? Even a little?
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