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...Last week Vermont Episcopalians met to choose their sixth bishop, successor to Rt. Rev. Samuel Babcock Booth who died last June. In four ballots they eliminated such of the 42 Vermonters as had been nominated, went outside the State for the third successive time, elected Rev. Dr. Joseph Wilson Sutton. 54, vicar of Trinity Chapel, Manhattan. Vicar Sutton learned of his election with surprise while vacationing in Mexico...
Rich old Trinity Church, whence such bishops as William Thomas Manning have been elevated, has seven satellite chapels, snug berths which are insulated against penury as well as against inordinate theo logical liberalism. Grey-haired, good-looking Dr. Sutton became curate of Trinity Chapel 22 years ago after having been headmaster of St. Paul's School in Baltimore. Made vicar, he was nearly elected suffragan bishop of New York in 1921. Dr. Sutton is a bachelor. Inside his small parish he devoted himself to friendly pastoral visiting. Outside it he demonstrated interest in causes like the Society for Promoting...
...while terribly wounded, he developed his lifelong fear of lynching, surrendered to the authorities, who let him escape. Cutting his way out of jail in broad daylight, he wrote that the guards told him when to work, "as the saw made a big fuss." Free, he plunged into the Sutton-Taylor feud, killed Sheriff Jack Helms, enjoyed a period of relative peace and prosperity until he killed Deputy Sheriff Charlie Webb, whose friends, resenting it, lynched Hardin's brother, two cousins, and a friend. Escaping to Florida, Hardin was captured by a Texas Ranger who traced him through...
Wall Street Journal (Aug. 11), article by Thomas Sutton on p. 1, headed "S. O. N. J. World Oil Unit," states in first paragraph "so that today it stands as the world's leading producer and refiner of petroleum...
...writing strikes the reader as un-English in its flavor, that may be explained by the fact that Doris Manners-Sutton, born in Australia, is of Irish-Breton parentage. A scrawled statement of her own, reluctantly given, contains all her publishers have been able to discover about her. It runs: "Manners-Sutton, Doris. Biographical sketch. . . . Wandered about the world. Always interested in the occult. Has 'the sight.' Spent a year collecting . . . information for Black God. Nearly eaten by cannibals. Believes sincerely in magic and the power of created thought. Has written all her life...