«Преступления проповедников в Соединенных Штатах и Канаде»

Pearson, Rev. R. W. Pittsburg, Pa.

Swindling; gross fraud; arrested.

Parker, Rev. Benj. Elkhart, Tex.

Assault with intent to murder colored man named Worth.

Parry, Rev. Wm.

Bristol, R. I.

Worcester, Mass.

Drunkenness, long continued; expelled.

Packard, Rev. E. P. W.

Unjust confinem’t of wife in insane asylum.

Phinney, Rev. B. F. Westboro, Mass.

Adultery with the “sisters” in the church.

Pomeroy, Rev. Dr. Sec. American Board of Foreign Missions.

Adultery; larceny; embezzlement.

Porter, Rev. J. M. Bethlehem, N. Y.

Adultery, long continued.

Porter, Rev. G. W. Danbyboro, Vt.

Adultery, seduction of Miss Hattie Allen.

Parshall, Rev. Oakland, Cal.

Adultery with the “sisters;” convicted.

Porter, Rev. John W. VanSycle’s Cor., N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of pupil, a mere child.

Pond, Rev. Lucius M. Worcester, Mass.

Forgery $10,000; larceny; swindling; fled; arrested.

Parker, Rev. Ashland, Ky.

Adultery, seduction of deacon’s daughter; elopement; deserting wife and children.

1878 Patterson, Rev. J. B. Elizabeth, N. J.

Adultery, drunkenness; confessed.

Phillips, Rev. N. L. Monticello, Iowa.

Adultery, elopement with wife of Herbert Barnes, desertion of wife and family.

1879 Parks, Rev. W. J. Canton, Ohio. Pres. Adultery with sister Hicks; confessed; suspended.

Palmer, Rev. Lysander D. Jackson, Mich. Bap. Adultery with married woman; confessed; resigned.

Pledge, Rev. W. H. Atlanta, Ga. M. E. Suicide, cut his throat.

Purcell, Rev. Arch-Bish. Cincinnati, Ohio. Cath. Larceny, embezzlement of $4,000,000 deposited with him by his confiding dupes; confess’d; causing death of 137 persons.

Powis, Rev. Atherton L. New York, N. Y. P. E. Adultery in house of prostitution, caught by his sons; arrested.

1880 Paige, Rev. A. N.

East Hampton, Conn.

E. Glastonbury, Conn.,,

M. E. Adultery, long continued (five years), while he kept preaching; confessed; prison.

Paul, Rev. New York, N. Y. Bap. “Scandalous conduct,” charged by his wife.

Ponder, Rev. Chas. New Albany, Ind. M. E. Suicide.

Peltz, Rev. Jamestown, N. Y. Bap. Adultery; seduced two girls; caught in act; fled.

Perry, Rev. John A. Rhode Island. Bap. Arson, burnt his home for insurance; prison.

Peck, Rev. H. C. Hanover, Mich.

Assault and great bodily harm; suspended.

Pellett, Rev. Egerton, Mich.

Swindling, “too free with sisters;” fled.

1878 Peck, Rev. H. P.

Napa, Cal.

St. Louis, Mo.

Attempted bigamy with a woman who had a husband, deserting wife.

Quint, D. D., Rev. A. New England.

Adultery.

1876 Reagan, Rev. James Madison, Ind. M. E. Adultery with widow McHenry, caught in the act; suspended.

1877 Rublett, Rev. Albert Hoboken, N. J.

Bigamy, adultery, drunkenness; prison.

1878 Rowland, Rev. D.

Hackensack, N. J.

Richmond, Va.

Immoral assa’lt on Mrs. A. B. Foote, forgery.

Richardson, Rev. H. C. Baltimore, Md. M. E. Fighting, with superintendent Johnson about Sunday-school collections.

Ross, Rev. T. S. Jefferson, N. C.

Immoral assault and insulting proposals to Mrs. Dan’l Idol; fled.

Ribble, E. G. DeKalb county, Ill.

Adultery, seduction of four girls, desertion of wife and children; fled.

Reed, Rev. Dr. Maldon, Mass.

Adultery, fornication, seduction, sodomy, “unnamed crime,” rape.

Rice, Rev. Wm. Mason, Mich.

Adultery.

Rim, Rev. D. S. K. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Adult’ry, seduction of a young lady; she told.

Reedsdolph, Rev. Jas. Adrian, Mich.

Swindling, drunkenness; prison.

Reynolds, Rev. Muhlenburgh Co., Ky.

Compelling daughter to marry against her will; assault and battery, whipped her brutally to compel her.

Rose, Rev. J. H. Hartford, Mich.

Forgery.

Rich, Rev. Chas.

Boston, Mass.

Washington, D. C.

“Gross immorality;” died in disgrace.

Rudder, Rev. J. J.

New Milford, Pa.

Newark, N. J.

Adultery, horse racing; fled.

Rea, Rev. F. F. Durham, Conn.

Drunkenness.

Roberts, Rev. J. R. Allen, Wis.

Slander, lying.

Ross, Rev. H. P. Bennett’s Corner, N. Y.

Larceny, charged by “Bro.” Vanvauken.

1879 Rascoe, Rev. Stephen Mattewan, Mich. Bap. Robbing mails as postmaster.

Renforth, Rev. Jacob S. Lawndale, Ill. Bap. Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Ellen Manny; arrested.

Rohan, Rev. Gaston de

Halifax, N. S.

St. Louis, Mo.

Cath. Forgery, drunkenness, penitentiary five years. Swindling; prison at Halifax.

Rice, Rev. D. (clown) Ev. St. Louis, Mo.

Adultery, took woman to Chicago, lived with her as his wife.

1880 Roy, Rev. F. V. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bigamy; a converted Brahman.

Richardson, Rev. Henry

Sea Cliff, N. Y.

Long Island.

Adultery, seduction, elopement with his wife’s sister, Miss Lowther; deserting wife and children; fled; arrested with his paramour; prison.

Randall, Rev. N. B. Prattsburgh, N. Y. M. E. Immoral assault on Viola Smith, aged 14; she attempted suicide; expelled.

1876 Reynolds, Rev. John N. Booneville, Iowa.

Seduction of Miss Hattie Slater, a pupil under his charge; penitentiary 4 years.

1881 Reeve, Rev. B. F. Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Quarreling for pulpit with Rev. Hargrave.

Rogers, Rev. Dr. Delphi, N. Y. P. E. Irregularities; invited to resign.

Ross, Rev.

Geangaco, N. Y.

St. Johns, Mich.

Ovid, Mich.

Adultery, bigamy, three wives and families; deserting wife and children; forgery; states prison; still preaching.

Rock, Rev. R. Canton, Ohio. U. B. Profanity; suspended.

Ryan, Rev. Cromwell, Conn. Cath. Drunkenness; immoralities; monastery.

Rohe, Rev. Charles H. Detroit, Mich. Luth. Embezzlement, malfeasance, lying.

Rexford, Rev. E. S. Detroit, Mich.

Turned wife out of doors; divorced.

1882 Roeber, Rev. F. W. Elmhurst, Ill. Luth. Drunkenness, Sabbath breaking; resigned.

Ryan, Rev. St. Louis, Mo. Cath. Assault with felonious intent; riot, drunkenness, fighting, quarreling.

1878 Robinson, Rev. Fred Putnam, Ill.

Outrageous conduct; exposed.

1880 Robinson, Rev. E. Ev. Binghamton, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of many sisters; perjury; lying; desertion of wife and family; fled; kept diary of his liaisons in Greek and Latin; assault with intent to commit murder.

Roberts, Rev. J. P. Troy, Kan. M. E. Adult’ry, attempted elopement with a young “sister.”

Ranson, Rev. Bryant Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Inhuman cruelty, dug out live hog’s eyes.

Ronault, Rev. Todoro Loretto, N. M., and Los Cruces, N. M. Cath. Seduction, bastardy, elopement with Miss Marguerita Garcia, from convent; arrest’d.

1881 Rork, Rev. M. V.

“Abominable crimes.”

1878 Skews, Rev. Utah.

Adultery; driven from town.

Smith, Rev. John R. Boston, Mass.

Swindling.

Skillener or

Shiltner, Rev. J.

Webster county Ky.

W. Va.

M. E. Rape on a daughter of Ed. Baldwin only 6 years old, shameful breach of hospitality; prison.

Steadman, Rev. C. M.

Foxcraft, Me.

Dover, Me.

Burglary, penitentiary six years.

Simpson, Rev. John A. Simpson, Rev. Geo. A. Smith, Rev. Geo. A.

Carolina Mills, R. I.

Mansfield, Mass.

Maine.

E. Boston, Mass.

Univ. Larceny various times; arrested; one man, many aliases.

Shaw, Rev. Flora, Ind.

Adultery, incest with Mrs. Josie Shaw, his son’s wife.

Stray, Rev. Sydney M.

East Lake.

St. George, N. Y.

Warrensburgh, Ohio.

Assault with intent to murder his wife, attempt at suicide, shot his wife then himself, adultery with many “sisters;” deposed. Suicide.

Summerlat, Rev. Franz Waverly, Iowa. Luth. Drunkenness, assault and battery, trying to choke orthodoxy down Aug. Miller; convicted; fined.

1879 Smith, Rev. N. G. New Castle, Ind.

Adult’ry with Miss Emily Stipler or Sheplar, subornation of perjury; arrested for both.

Smith, Rev. J. H. Leavenworth, Ind. M. E. Adultery, seduction, eloping with a young “sister,” swindling; expelled.

Sanes, Rev. Ripley county, Ind. Luth. Adultery with a “sister;” locked out of ch.

1880 Sparks, Rev. Long Island, N. Y.

Immoralities; “cut off” by Bishop Littlejohn.

Summers, Rev. Mark Louisville, Ky. Bap. Forgery; penitentiary 6 years.

Sherwood, Rev. Jas. M. Princeton, N. Y. Pres. Embezzlement of ward’s money; convicted. Is editor of Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review.

Schneider, Rev.

Pres. Adultery; beating his wife, assault and battery; arrested.

1877 Simpson, Rev. John C. Oregon county, Mo. Bap. Illicit distilling; convicted; penitentiary 20 years.

1878 Smith, Rev. Frank Brooklyn, N. Y. Cong. Adultery, seduction of Miss Matilda Kettle; she told; missionary of Beecher’s ch.

Shaffer, Rev. W. H. Schoonover. Neptune, Ohio. U. B. Larceny; arrested in pulpit.

Schweinfurth, Rev. Geo. Ann Arbor, Miss. M. E. His tenets were those of the last female he met; too susceptible; expelled.

Spencer, Rev. F. A. Athens, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. M. E. Adultery; immoral conduct; breach of hospitality; expelled.

Stephenson, Rev. J. W., P.E. Piqua, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio. M. E. Adultery, bastardy, drunkenness, immoral assault on lady; convicted.

Schon, Rev. E. W. Louisville, Ky. M. E. Adultery.

Smith, Rev. Elgin, Ill.

Murder of wife, held her under water.

Sands, Rev. Hoosic, N. Y.

Adultery with “sister.”

Steelson, Rev. A.

Adultery with “sister;” confessed.

Strasburgh, Rev.

Pres. Adultery with negro woman, miscegenation; confessed.

Slang, Rev. Aug. C. Paterson, N. J.

Rape on sister Pfennibucker.

Southard, Rev.

New Orleans, La.

New Jersey.

Adultery, debauchery, drunkenness long continued; died in a brothel.

Stillen, Rev. Joseph Westchester, Pa.

Seduction of Miss Sarah Hall, made her insane, quoted scripture to convince her it was all right.

Stillwell, Rev. J. K. Logansport Ind.

Immoral assault on a “sister,” perjury, lying—this during a revival.

Speare, Rev. M.

Mason, Ill.

Bloomington, Ill.

Larceny, stole a roll of bills from a bank.

Schneider, Rev. R. Mt. Vernon, Ind. Luth. Ev. Adultery, seduction, elopement with a girl of seventeen, desertion of wife and children, embezzlement of church funds; fled; pursued by detectives.

Sluter, Rev. Geo. Shelbyville, Ind. Pres. Beating stepson inhumanly; arrested.

Severance, Rev. I. T.

Burlington, Ill.

Elgin, Ill.

M. E. Forgery; arrested by constable Schoonover.

1881 Sapp, Rev. Wm. M.

St. Joseph, Mo.

Savannah, Mo.

Larceny, embezzlement of $4,000 county funds; fled.

1877 St. Clair, Rev. P. Des Moines, Iowa. M. E. Fraudulent voting in conference, stuffing ballot-box; tried, convicted, suspended.

1880 S——, Rev.

Cincinnati, Ohio,

North Hogan, Ind.

Pres. Adultery, fornication with Susanna Schilling, attempt to murder her, adultery with lewd women, swindling; arrested, prison; deposed.

1881 Sheldon, Rev. M. G.

Harvard, Ill.

Marengo, Ill.

M. E. Adultery, immorality, obscenity, vulgarity, lying; church trial.

1882 Sherman, Rev. C. W. Ev. Abingdon, Ill.

Fighting.

Stillwell, Rev. M. Englishville, Mich. Bap. Adultery with “sister” Barrows; she told.

Smith, Rev. R. M. Indianola, Iowa. M. E. Disorderly conduct; fined.

Stewart, Rev. W. H. U. Philadelphia, Pa. P. E. Deserting wife and family.

1876 Schueller, Rev. J. M. Andrew, Iowa. Luth. Seduction and adultery with a lot of little girls at his asylum school; rape on Zetta Meeker, 8 years old; seduction and adultery with Delia Pardee and Mary Meeker, aged 14; Rose Shaffer, 13; Libbie Ingham and Jennie Adair, 14 years old; Bertha Nellis, 15; and many others; confessed; resigned; fled.

1881 Sharp, Rev. Thos.

Gowanda, N. Y.

Hamburg, N. Y.

East Otto, N. Y.

M. E. Assault with intent to rape sister Zuber; lying; she told; suspended.

Smith, Rev. W. L.

Brunswick, N. Y.

Rutland, Vt.

M. E. Seduction and bastardy with Miss Dora Farlies; lying; she told on child-birth deathbed.

Simmons, Rev. Geo. B.

Troy.

Greenbush.

Bap. Seduction, adultery with Miss Lillie Aiken; expelled.

Steman, Rev.

Assault and battery on another preacher.

1878 Smith. Rev. M. H. New York, N. Y.

Lying about what Miss Clara Morris told him. She never told him anything.

1882 Strongfellow, Rev. Frank Farmville, Va. P. E. Murder of many Union men during the war.

1879 Schilling, Rev. Carl. Alleghany, Pa. P. E. Adultery; drunkenness; expelled.

1881 Shrimp, Rev. Camden, N. J. M. E. Quarreling with Rev. Kirby over church dues.

Sale, Rev. S. O. Mason City, Iowa. Bap. Adultery with “sister” Eva Brewer, lying; deposed; fled. Swindling.

Shurtliff, Rev.

Elmira, N. Y.

Hartford, N. Y.

M. E. Slander against Rev. Lewis; fined.

1881 Steller, Rev. Erie. Rich Valley, Ind. U. B. Immoral assault on Miss Beamer; fled.

Stone, Rev. Dan. H. Queens county, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Forgery, swindling, fraud, robbing Mrs. B. Sherman (aunt of Gen. W. T. Sherman); indicted.

Smith, Rev. John L. Lebanon, Ind. M. E. Adultery, seduction of Mrs. E. Lovelace, 70 old, caught in act by M. M. Russell, Att’y; church trial.

Swift, Rev. Carlos Chicago, Ill. Bap. Adultery, seduction of several “sisters,” immoral assault on others; they told.

Spencer, Rev. Edward.

Immoral assault on a “sister,” embezzlement; arrested.

Stine, Rev. I. J. alias T. J. Black. Leavenworth, Kan. New York. Bap. Larceny, often repeated; arrested; confessed; prison.

Spargrove, Rev. J. M. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Suicide.

1882 Taylor, Rev. J. W. Great Bend, N. Y. Binghampton, N. Y. Bap. Adultery, bigamy; deserting wife and children; convicted; expelled from church.

1881 Teal, Rev. C. Ironton, Wis. Baraboo, Wis.

Incest, seduction, adultery with his own daughter; she is only 15, and told; arrested; prison.

Thornton, Rev. Abner Bartholomew Co., Ind.

Fighting and quarreling with Dr. Beck.

Thornloe, Rev. Jas. Montreal, Can. P. E. Larceny, long continued; arrested.

Taylor. Rev. Joseph. Philadelphia, Pa. Bap. Swindling; English convict.

Tice, Rev. David. Stillwater, Minn. M. E. Malicious prosecution of a poor widow.

Thompson, Rev. J. M. Philadelphia, Pa. Pres. Larceny, dishonesty, bribery; church trial.

Thompson, Rev. Alfred

Elgin, Ill.

New York, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Cobham; robbery of his paramour; deserting wife. Said in court, “We all do such things more or less.” State prison at Sing Sing five years.

Thayer, Rev. J. A. Warren, Ohio.

Drunkenness; arrested.

1878 Tice, Rev. Newark, N. J. Bap. Seduction of several girls; expelled.

Thames, Rev. Joseph Ashville, N. C.

Seduction of Miss Laura Palm.

Thompson, Rev. L. M. P. Cincinnati, Ohio. Pres. Adultery many times.

Torry, Rev. Western New York.

Seduction.

Thompson, Rev. A. T. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Adultery, bigamy.

Todd, Rev. J. H. Sioux City, Iowa.

Adultery with a milliner, elopement with her, deserting wife.

Tresselman, Rev. T. Annetia, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of several girls, elopement with wife of Mr. Hunt; bastardy.

Torry, Rev. A. W. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Falsehood; tried and found guilty.

Thompson, Rev.

Buffalo, N. Y.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Adultery many times.

Taylor, Rev. Horace Oberlin, Ohio.

Seduction many times; convicted; prison.

Thompson, Rev. John J. Orange county, N. Y.

Immoral assault on a young “sister.”

Thompson, Rev. John J. Washington, D. C.

Immoral assault on two young girls caught crawling into their window in his night-shirt.

Thompson, Rev. Chas.

Arson; arrested.

1879 Treadwell, Rev. Brooklyn, Mo.

Fighti’g, riot in church against Rev. Landers.

Talmage, Rev. T. DeWitt Brooklyn, N. Y. Pres. Lying, deceit, extortion, abusiveness.

Thompson, Rev. J. P. New York, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Deland of his choir, his love-letters caught by her husband; pastor of Broadway Tabernacle.

Tabor, Rev. Lorenso Kansasville, Wis. M. E. Adultery, seduction of Miss Nellie Foster; caught in act in her bedroom by Henry Combert; arrested; bailed $500.

1880 Trumbrower, Rev.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Hoboken. N. J.

Immoral assault on servant girl, kissing her for her spiritual welfare; fled.

1881 Tupper, Rev. Kerr. B.

Paducah, Ky.

Chicago, Ill.

Margaretta, Mich.

Bap. Arson, burning both churches; adultery, seduction, and bastardy with a girl; she left babe in his woodhouse.

1880 Towes, Rev. Minnesota.

Suicide.

1881 Thomas, Rev. Wm. Washington, D. C.

Keeping gambling house.

1879 Uttey, Rev. W. H. Detroit, Mich.

Swindling, obtaining money under false pretenses.

1882 VanAlstine, Rev. J. J. or J. W., alias George Ebers.

Elmira, N. Y.

Bradford, Pa.

Richburg, Pa.

Corry, Pa.

Buffalo, N. Y.

Ohio.

Bap. Adultery and seduction many times; seduced wife of a “brother” in Elmira; broke up the family; seduced wife of another brother in Buffalo; deserted her, seduced her daughter, lived with her in Richburg; deserted his wife and children; false personation; elopement with women.

Vanderborn, Rev. Saginaw, Mich. Cath. Adultery, seduction of wife of W. Colford, who shot at him. Mrs. C. confessed.

1881 Veterling, Rev. Detroit, Mich.

Drunkenness; immoral assault on women; arrested.

1876 VanOrden, Rev. M. Missionary to Brazil. Pres. Slaveholder; deposed.

1878 Vossburg, Rev. Geo. B. Jersey City, N. J. Bap. Assault with intent to murder wife; indicted.

Veal, Rev. W. G., P.E. Wasatchie, Tex. M. E. Rape of Mrs. John Griffin; arrested, convicted; expelled.

Valentine, Rev. Paul T., D.D., Ph. D., LL. D. New York, N. Y.

Rape on many little girls under his charge in College for Homeless Children; sodomy, buggery, unnamed crime on little boys under his charge; penitentiary ten years.

1879 Vine, Rev. J. Thos. Ev. New York, N. Y.

Deserting wife after squandering all her money.

1880 Van der Bone, E., or Van Der Born. Saginaw, Mich. Cath. Adultery with parishioner’s wife, caught in the act by Catherine Burk.

1881 Vandeusen, Rev. G. H.

Troy

W. Amsterdam, N. Y.

Forgery of pension-papers; indicted.

1876 Watson, Rev. Arthur Kinman. Prot. Murdered his wife.

1877

Warren, Rev. A. J.

Warner, Rev. A. J.

Warren, Rev. A. S.

North Vernon, Ind. M. E. Adultery, elopement with “sister” Stanton, embezzlement of church funds, lying, desertion of wife and four children; one person, three names.

Weizerbeck, Rev. Rudol. Bloomingdale. Luth. Forgery, swindling, fraud; arrested.

Whittemore, Rev. Jos. Mitchell, Iowa. Bap. Immoral assault and insult on wife of deacon Geo. Cummings; convicted, fined.

Wiswall, Rev. Alvah Rochester, N. Y. P. E. Fraudulent bankruptcy, swindling, perjury.

Wells, Rev. T. M.

Wells, Rev. John M.

Chenowitz, Rev. T. M.

Lebanon, Ohio.

Bangor, Me.

Illinois.

Bap. Dunk. Adultery, bigamy; arrested while fleeing to Europe; convicted; one man, 3 names.

White, Rev. Reuben Little Rock, Ark.

Adultery, seduction of Miss Bush.

Wheeler, Rev. Charles Mansfield, Ohio.

Larceny, arrested.

Waters, Rev. Edward Pantego, N. C. Bap. Assault and battery on Miss Fanny Worland—held her while wife put red pepper in her eyes.

Wray, Rev. New Brunswick, N. S.

Suicide, because arrested for drunkenness while in New York.

Wesley, Rev. Geneseo, Ill.

Adultery, seduction.

Wood, Rev. M. D. Decatur, Ill.

Seduction.

Wilcox, Rev. Illinois.

Adultery, seduction, bastardy four times in one neighborhood.

1878 Warren, Rev. Bussett Hills, N. Y.

Adultery, bigamy; four living wives.

1878 Welsh, Rev. Wash’n W. Holly, Mich.

Rape on Mrs. Louisa Green, wife of another minister.

Washburn, Rev. Geo. Alleghany county, N. Y.

Engaged to marry several ladies at the same time, lying.

Williamson, Rev. R. H. Wilksbarre, Pa.

Adultery in house of ill-fame.

Wright, Rev. K. N. New Bridge, N. Y.

Quarr’ling for pulpit against Rev. Kristettar.

White, Rev. D. M. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Larceny; penitentiary two years.

Watson, Rev. John S. Kansas.

Murdered his wife.

Whipple, Rev. E. Hillsdale college, Mich.

Adultery, seduction of deacon’s wife.

White, Rev. Washington, Pa.

Adultery, seduction.

Wilson, Rev. Sam. B. Louisville, Ky.

“Immoral conduct;” deposed.

Wright, Rev. Ableman or Ambleman. Whitestown, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction of a girl 12 years old; an old man with married children.

Winslow, Rev. E. D. Boston, Mass.

Forgery, swindling, $500,000; fled.

Wolfe, Rev. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Beating his wife; arrested.

Wimberly, Rev. P. P. Atchinson, Pa.

Larceny, embezzlement of church funds.

Williams, Rev. G. R. Griggstown, N. Y.

Attempt to commit bigamy, wife appeared, and he fled.

Wells, Rev. J. M. Springfield, Ill.

Adultery, bigamy; convicted.

1879 Waugh, Rev. J. L. Brasher’s Falls, N. Y. Pres. Beating wife, lying from pulpit; expelled.

Wiseman, Rev. D. M. Somerset, Ohio. Luth. Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Miss Hesse: convicted; expelled; confessed.

Wayman, Rev. F. H. New York, N. Y. Cath. Larceny, embezzlement of $1,000 deposited with him by two women; arrested.

Waite, Rev. Peter Madisonville, Ohio. M. E. Adultery, seduction of Agnes Murray, a young “sister.” He was over 60; entered house where she worked, in the night, and was killed by a watchman on the lookout for burglars.

Williams, Rev. Geo. Lanesboro, Minn. Pres. Rape on girl 15 years old; indicted.

Willey, Rev. J. H. Delaware. M. E. Adultery with a “sister.”

1879 Wood, Rev. John Cedar Falls, Iowa. Pres. Adultery, seduction of two young girls of 14 and 16; unministerial conduct, unchaste conduct; confessed the two last.

Woodry, Rev. Henry Knox county, Ind. M. E. Adultery, seduction of Mary Shoaf; arrest’d.

1880 Willson, Rev. J. A. Jewell City, Kan.

Adultery with a “sister;” expelled.

Walker, Rev. C. E. Somerset, Mass. M. E. Adultery, seduction, bastardy, abortion, with Miss Moriss; arrested.

Woolpert, Rev. J. M. Fort Wayne, Ind. M. E. Adultery many times.

Williams, Rev. John New York. M. E. Inhuman cruelty to wife; convicted in divorce proceedings.

Woodside, Rev. Nevin Pittsburgh, Pa.

Quarreling for the possession of pulpit.

Walker, Rev. W. E.

Iowa.

Vermillion, Dak.

Adultery; drunkenness; deposed.

Willson, Rev. Chas. A. B.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

New Baltimore, Ohio.

M. E. Larceny; arrested.

1881 Willson, Rev. David D. Henrietta, Tex.

Breach of hospitality; rape and adultery upon Mrs. Hickman; fled.

Winslow, Rev. Ed. C. New Haven, Conn. Cong. Inhuman cruelty to Louisa Rogers, 8 years old, his adopted child.

1876 Wittrup, Rev. Julius Winfield, N. Y. M. E. Immoral assault on his niece, a young girl of 16, showed his privates.

1881 Widdows, Rev. Kircardine, Can. M. E. Assault with intent to kill; disturbing meeting.

Wolchencraft, Rev. Chas.

Larceny; arrested with stolen watch.

Wright, Rev. Henry N. Northville, N. Y. Cong. Lying; gross immorality; dishonesty; arson.

Webb, Rev. J. W. Bloomington, Ill. M. E. Slander, foul, false, and unchristian.

Whitcher, Rev. W. T. Providence, R. I. M. E. Larceny, lying; caught in act, arrested, fined, confessed, resigned.

Way, Rev. Jesse Wabash, Ind.

Incest, adultery, eloped with daughter-in-law.

Willson, Rev. Davenport, Iowa. Bap. Assault with intent to rape “sister” Bush.

Witt, Rev. Chas. Sheldon, Ill.

Immoral assault on women; crawled under depot platform and peeked up through cracks under the ladies; arrested, fined.

Williams, Rev. La Plata, Mo.

Adultery. Says the Lord commanded him “to desert wife and children for this woman.”

Washington, Rev. Topeka, Kan.

Swindling, obtaining money by false pretense.

Weaver, Rev. Wayne county, N. Y. M. E. Immoral assault on lady; dismissed.

Willard, Rev. Wylie J.

Boise City, Idaho.

Walla Walla, Wash. T.

M. E. Swindling, embezzlement; cruelty to wife, desertion of wife.

Waite, Rev. Arthur A. Ev. Lynn, Mass.

Swindling, obtaining money by false pretense.

Webber, Rev. Chas. Saco, Me. Bap. Adultery, seduct’n, eloped with young sister.

Wetherwax, Rev. Berien Springs, Mich. Luth. Ejected from church for immoralities.

1882 Williams, Rev. Dr. R. H.

Pennsylvania.

Milwaukee, Wis.

P. E. Adultery in brothel; attempt at suicide.

Williams, Rev. Jno. alias Rev. A. C. Copeland.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

St. Catharines, Can.

Terre Haute, Ind.

Indianapolis, Ind.

M. E. Adultery, seduction; embezzlement; obtaining money under false pretense; arrested; prison.

Wardner, Rev. Morton or Wardness.

Little Genesee.

Milton, Wis.

Adv. Adultery, seduction of a lot of young girls; lying; fled; church trial.

Walsh, Rev. A. C.

Montreal, Can.

Port Royal, Iowa.

P. E. Fighting and riot for church; expelled.

Wright, Rev. Prince Chillicothe, Mo. M. E. Adultery; immorality, oft repeated; whipped by a mob; deposed.

1881 White, Rev. Little Rock, Ark.

Murder, adultery, seduction of a young girl, attempted an abortion; killed the girl. Her father shot at him four times, but he escaped and fled.

1878 White, Rev. Reuben

Adultery, seduction of Miss Bush; attempt at abortion; she told and died; manslaughter; arrested.

Willson, Rev. Reuben E.

Harrisburg, Pa.

Mifflintown, Pa.

M. E. Drunkenness; obscenity; jailed.

1879 Wolf, Rev. Wm. New York, N. Y. Bap. Assault and battery; arrested.

1881 Walker, Rev. Prof. Philomath, Or.

Adultery, seduction; lying—so says Rev. Isaac Belknap.

1880 Young, Rev. G. B. Indianapolis, Ind.

“Lewdness,” swindling; church trial.

Yates, Rev. H. C.

Dixon, Ill.

Soublette.

Bap. Immoral assault on many ladies, immoral conduct, lechery, lying, adultery, drunkenness, seduction.

1878 Zuner, Rev. Jonathan Philadelphia, Pa.

Larceny, embezzlement from Mr. Meyer; arrested.

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1882 Allison, Rev. John

Jessup, Iowa.

Milwaukee, Wis.

Pres. Immoral assault, and indecent proposals to Mrs. Alice Moffitt; expelled.

Allen, Rev. Wm. Osgoode, Ont. M. E. Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Eliza Hume; got her married.

1875 Ackerman, Rev. G. E.

Blue Mountain, Idaho.

Boise City.

M. E. Embezzlement of $3,000, church funds: a dead beat.

1882 Ahern, Rev. John C. Denver, Col. Cath. Adultery, immoral assault on women, insulting ladies, lying: removed.

Ahern, Rev. Jere. Denver, Col. Cath. Immoral assault on Mrs. Miller; Mr. Miller accused him. Bribery; the priest paid him hush money. Drunkenness; says he was in liquor at time. Lying about Rev. John C. Ahern.

Brooks, Rev. Wm. R. Hampstead, R. I.

Adultery, bigamy—three wives.

Bartlett, Rev. Jos. Gorham, Me. Cong. Suicide; 70 years of age.

Billson, Rev. F. G. Kansas City, Mo. M. E. Drunkenness oft repeated; arrested, jailed, confessed, fined.

1876 Boyd, Rev. T. B.

Kittaning, Pa.

West Virginia.

Adultery, seduction, immoral assaults on many “sisters,” and wife of “Brother Cook;” confessed; jailed.

1881 Browning, Rev. Wm. G. New York, N. Y.

Swindling, $10,000; convicted.

1878 Blanchard, Rev. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Embezzlement of $3,000, college funds; lying, slander; so say Rev. Chapman and Rev. Prof. Webster.

1882 Balky, Rev. Geo. Chilicothe, Mo.

Forgery; drew a note and signed his father’s and Andrew McCroskin’s names to it; arrested, escaped, fled.

Brisbee, Rev. John N. Madison, Tenn. Pres. Horse racing, gambling; church trial.

Bentley, Rev. Chas., Ev., E. Baltimore, Md.

Seduction of Miss Emma Martin, a “sister;” bastardy; kept evangelizing very successfully, until presented with an heir; confessed, expelled.

Bedall, Rev. W.

Barnesville, O.

Beallsville, O.

Ozark, O.

Wheeling, W. Va.

M. E. Adultery, seduction of Rosa Arnold, aged 15; elopement with her, deserting wife and three children, penniless; embezzlement of $400, church funds: expelled.

1882 Brand, Rev. Oberlin, O.

Slander from pulpit; sued by Bronson.

Brand, Rev. G. F.

Wintersett, Iowa.

Guthrie Center, Iowa.

M. E. Indecent exposure of person; church trial, expelled.

Bush, Rev., Ev.

Covington, Ky.

Cynthiana, Ky.

Adultery, seduction of “sister” Sarah Sherman; elopement with her.

1883 Beattie, Rev. T. R. or F. R. Brantford, Ont. Pres. Immoral assault; slandering Miss Sershman; arrested; bail $4,000; sued for $10,000, slander.

Brown, Rev. W. H., Ev. Sioux City, Iowa.

Drunkenness; fined.

Ball, Rev. H.

Burg Hill, O.

Wayne, O.

Bap. Drunkenness, lying; got gloriously drunk, denied it; expelled.

Bowen, Rev.

Randolph, N. Y.

Ohio,

N. Jersey,

Wisconsin. Michigan.

Bap. Assault and battery on a “brother;” lying, swindling, making debts everywhere, never paying; fled.

1878 Chapman, Rev. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Lying, slander, so says Rev. Blanchard.

1882 Christian, Rev. J. T.

Quincy, Ill.

Hannibal, Mo.

Bigamy, adultery, lying, swindling; arrested.

Canary, Rev. Andrew New York, N. Y. Cath. Larceny, stealing horse, drunkenness; arrested.

Chapman, Rev. Richard Pine Bluff Spa, Tex. Bap. Murder of John Turner; stabbed him three times.

Colfelt, Rev. New York. Pres. Literary piracy; church trial.

1879 Clapp, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Swindling; prison.

1882 Cook Rev. Alvin O.

Eugene, Or.

Springfield, Or.

Chris. Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of Rix, deserting wife and children; temperance lecturer.

1882 Cleniheim, Rev.

Cincinnati, O.

Avondale, O.

Pres. Fighting with one of his elders; got whipped; elder’s name, Robert Hood.

1883 Cobb, Rev. R. H. Taunton, Mass. M. E. Deserting wife, leaving her penniless and sick in bed; investigated; resigned.

Corken, Rev.

Salisbury P’t, Mass.

Lynn, Mass.

Cong. Literary piracy; preached Wilberforce’s sermons; quack doctor; sued for malpractice; deposed.

Cox, Rev. Henry, D.D., (“Hallelujah Cox”). San Francisco, Cal.

Gross swindling U. S. pension agent; robbed a blind and helpless soldier of $7,278, pension; swindled a widow out of $2,535.

1883 Chambers, Rev. A. I. New Haven, Conn. M. E. Misappropriating church funds; sued.

Comstock, Rev. I.

Tonganoxie, Kan.

Reno, Kan.

Ad. Rape, adultery, on 13-year-old daughter of Mr. Anderson; arrested; prison at Leavenworth.

Cook, Rev. Jo. Boston, Mass.

Lying generally.

Copeland, Rev. Frasier Walhalla, S. C.

Murder of W. J. Hunnicritt; confessed; hanged.

1878 Clark, Rev. W. J. Lisbon, N. Y. Pres. “Immoral conduct;” suspended.

1879 Curr, Rev. Alan

Dubuque, Iowa.

Leavenworth, Kan.

Bap. Larceny, deserting wife, drunkenness, gross fraud, lying, cheating.

1882 Dye, Rev. J. H., P.E. Searcy, Ark. M. E. Assault and battery; knocked Capt. McCaulley down and pounded him.

Denton, Rev. J. L. or J. W. Fayetteville, Ark.

Suicide, charged with embezzlement.

Driver, Rev. S. M. Baker City, Idaho. M. E. Adultery with “sisters;” buried six wives.

Davis, Rev. Geo.

Cleveland, O.

Fort Wayne, Ind.

Deserting wife and children; proposing marriage to several ladies; arrested.

Draper, Rev. Frank

Youngstown, O.

Riverside, O.

M. E. Robbery of his friend and room-mate; drunkenness; fled; spent the cash; his friend died; confessed.

1883 Davis, Rev. Geo., Ev.,

Logansport, Ind.

Fort Wayne, Ind.

In prison.

DePuy, Rev. Dr.

M. E. Swindling in connection with “Isabella mine;” editor Christian Advocate, resigned.

Davis, Rev. Madison, Ind. M. E. Seduction, bastardy, with “sister” Jennie Williams; prosecuted.

1880 Deems, Rev. Dr. New York.

Lying, so says Rev. Dr. Mackie.

1882 Dollman, Rev. W. Erie, Pa. M. E. Assault with intent to murder his wife and family, with poison and “cold steel;” arrested; prison.

Dowd, Rev. W. W. Portchester, N. Y. Pres. Swindling; would not pay bills.

Dollard, Rev. Wilmington, Del. Cath. Indecent proposals to Miss Lizzie Jordan; slandered her and her family from the pulpit; sued by her brother Charley Jordan.

Dufresne, Rev. Holyoke, Mass. Cath. Slander of P. Hackman; fined $3,400; selling liquor in his church and school; fled to Canada.

1880 Dugan, Rev. Thos.

Delavan, Ill.

Mason City, Ill.

Cath. Rape upon his young housekeeper; she complained to Bishop Spaulding.

1878 Dale, Rev., Ev., New Castle, Ill.

Immoral assault on two girls, one 12, other 14; fled.

Daley, Rev. John New York, N. Y. Cath. Drunkenness, habitual; workhouse.

1879 Esmon, Rev. Albert Alabama.

Illicit distilling; two stills destroyed by U.S. officials; fled.

1882 Ellis, Rev. Wm. T. St. Louis, Mo.

Nuisance; arrested, fined.

1882 Ellis, Rev. Edwd. H., Ev. Thomaston, Me. Bap. Adultery, seduction, and elopement with Mrs. John E. Rose; arrested, fined $400, jailed at St. John’s, N. B.

Eastman, Rev. Chas. A., Geo. E. Hindley, C. B. Merrill.

Roxb’ry, Lewist’n, Me.;

Potterville, Whitehall,

Kendall, Alamo,

Mich.; Plainwell.

Cong. Adultery, bigamy, lying, false personation, deserting wife and family; first married Miss Emma Keyes, of Lewiston, Me.; second marriage with a Miss Piper, of Alamo; broke jail at Kalamazoo; sent to Michigan penitentiary; very religious.

1879 Eagan, Rev. D. San Francisco, Cal. Cath. Adultery with “sisters.”

Edmonson, Rev. Nathan Schollsville, N. Y. Bap. Suicide; hung himself.

1882 Farmer, Rev. G. W. Tamaroa, Ill. M. E. Assault and battery; beat Deacon Johnson over the head with a chair for saying “Good-morning.”

Fern, Rev. Thomas, or Fernly, Rev. Thos. A. Philadelphia, Pa. M. E. Libel on William Entriken; arrested; most popular preacher in the city.

Fulton, Rev. Dr. T. D. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Libel upon Rev. T. B. Conway; sued for $40,000; fighting.

Fleming, Rev. N. Cleveland, O. Cath. Drunkenness, visiting house of ill-fame; riot, arrested, jailed, confessed, fined.

1883 Fleming, Rev. Boston, Mass. Cath. Assault and battery on a little girl; tore some pictures away from her; she went into convulsions; sued for damages by her father; fined; riot with 1,000 Irish against the father.

1882 Garry, Rev. M. M. Cincinnati, O. Bap. Burglary, immoral assault; shot, badly wounded, while scaling back wall of yard at midnight, by Roger Pearson.

Gilmour, Rev. Bish. Ohio.

Slander; sued by E. Cowlee, of the Leader.

Gray, Rev. J. A. Portland, Or. Bap. Drunkenness, confessed, resigned.

1882 Green, Rev. Abijah

Philadelphia, Pa.

Atlantic City, N. J.

Bap. Larceny, stealing books; fighting at church trial with Rev. Wallace and others.

Gleason, Rev. P. J.

St. Louis, Mo.

Louisiana, Mo.

Cath. Seduction, bastardy, with Mary Proctor, née Ryan; confessed, subsequently denied; after her marriage adultery and bastardy with her again; first child named John Patrick Gleason, second Richard Gleason Ryan; suspended from priesthood by Bishop Kenrick.

1883 Green, Rev. Mt. Gilead, O.

Seduction, elopement with a 13-year-old daughter of a “brother.”

Gibbons, Rev. James—Archbishop. Baltimore, Md. Cath. Swindling Mrs. Simpson, while dying, out of her property; sued.

1879 Gaines, Rev. G. W.

Columbia, Mo.

Centralia, Ill.

Louisiana, Mo.

M. E. Adultery, seduction of Miss Maria Delly; took her to conference with him; slept with her at hotel.

1882 Henderson, Rev. John Mexico, Mo.

Larceny of cattle and hogs, notorious thief; prison.

Hyde, Rev. F. S. New Haven, Conn.

Insulted Mrs. Foster; demanded her removal from hotel table because she was an actress.

Higgins, Rev. A. C. Hackettstown, N. J. M. E. Adultery, seduction, with wife of Mr. Hoff; writing her to leave her husband and live with him; detected, fled, deserting wife and children.

Higbee, Rev. Jesse Drakeville, Iowa.

Medical quack; ruined lady’s nose; sued.

1883 Hooper, Rev. J. F. Petaluma, Cal. Cong. Breach of promise; engaged to three ladies; fled to escape tar and feathers.

Henselman, Rev. C. D. Canton, O. Chris. Immoral assault on three married “sisters.”

Healy, Rev. St. Louis, Mo. Cath. Immoral assault on “sister” Maggie Kinney; bounced with a black eye by Mike Dunphey.

1882 Huderdault, Rev. Canada. Cath. Slandering Leon Lanson and Mathilde St. Jean; sued.

Huber, Rev. F. X. Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Defrauding dying man out of $90,600; gross swindling; compelled by courts to disgorge.

1883 Hull, Rev. M. S. Pelican Rapids, Minn.

Slandering his hired girl, because she told of his swearing, “God damn it!”

Haddock, Rev. Oshkosh, Wis. M. E. “Beecherism,” charged by Dr Carhart.

1880 Hertzberger, Rev. H. A.

Honesdale, Pa.

Port Jervis, N. Y.

Luth. Drunkenness, lying, false personation; claimed to be a French count; quarreling for the pulpit.

Hicks, Rev. Henry H.

Camden, Mo.

San Francisco, Cal.

M. E. Larceny, stole $310 from Neil Smith; fled.

1876 Hanks, Rev. G.

Litchfield, Ill.

St. Louis, Mo.

Bap. Adultery; drunkenness in a brothel at St. Louis; arrested.

1882 Hyde, Rev. Dr. W. A.

Leadville, Col.

Portland, Or.

M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with a “sister,” deserting wife and children; arrested by his own son; forgery of recommendation.

1876 Irwin, Rev. G. A., Ev., St. Louis, Mo. P. E. Adultery, drunkenness, beating wife, profanity, lying, assault to murder; arrested, prison.

1876 Johnson, Rev. W. J. Eureka, Ill. M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of John S. Brayman, leaving her children; Johnson is single, and a great revivalist.

1879 Johnson, Rev. W. A.

Lindsay, Pa.

Barre, Pa.

Pres. Gross swindling of widow and orphan children: arrested.

1882 Jeffries, Rev. M. St. Joseph, Mo. M. E. Robbing mails a long time; prison.

Jamison, Rev. Geneva, O. M. E. Embezzlement of church funds.

Keiser, Rev. Alex. S.

Womelsdorf, Pa.

Pottsville, Pa.

Luth. Seduction, bastardy, breach of promise; arrested; seduced Miss Lizzie Miller; she supported him while studying theology; he married another; expelled; confessed on trial.

Kuhns, Rev. S. F.

Lewisburg, O.

New Paris, O.

Dayton, O.

U. B. Adultery, seduction of wife of “Brother” Hinkle; confessed; said he “couldn’t help it;” married.

1883 Kruel, Rev. Kankakee, Ill. Cath. Drunkenness, breach of promise, left the church; promised to marry “Sister” Angela; took her to hotel, staid with her several days, then deserted her, and returned to priesthood.

1882 Lanritsen, Rev. Port Huron, Mich. Luth. Assault and battery; arrested; fighting for pulpit.

Lane, Rev. Greenpoint, N. Y. Cath. Embezzling $174,000, church funds.

Loughlin, Rev. Bishop Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Swindling Catholic church at Greenpoint out of church property to amount of about $200,000; threatens excommunication if they “kick;” obstructing legal process; defying the law.

1878 Lloyd. New York. Luth. Slander, drunkenness.

1882 Mesaros, Rev. Philadelphia, Pa. Pres. Quarreling, threatening to fight in church.

Morgan, Rev. L.

Leechburgh, Pa.

Kentucky.

Apollo, Pa.

Monongahela, Pa.

Ludwick, Pa.

Bap. Adultery both in Kentucky and Pennsylvania; marries a wife but retains an old “flame” as mistress; forgery of letters of recommendation; lying; church trial.

1880 Mackie, Rev. New York, N. Y.

Lying and libel, so says Dr. Deems.

1876 Murray, Rev. I. Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Fighting for the pulpit.

1882 Martin, Rev. Jos. E. Lafayette, Ind. P. E. Inhuman cruelty to wife; arrested, bailed; adultery, fled.

Miller, Rev. J. H. Point Chautauqua, N. Y. Bap. Embezzlement of $10,000, church funds.

1883 Morgan, Rev. R. C. Connellsville, Pa. Bap. Adultery, seduction of a “sister,” wife of R. E. Booth; married, large family; editor Baptist Messenger.

McGill, Rev., alias M. F. Devlin.

Cleveland, O.

Columbus, O.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Cath. Drunkenness oft repeated; fined often; often in workhouse; sent up for sixty days, and $25 fine.

McCosker, Rev. Rahway, N. J. Cath. Disturbing school; drove teachers and scholars out of doors, and would not let them return; brutal assault on women and children.

Martin, Rev. Joseph E. Lafayette, Ind.

Inhuman cruelty to wife and children; divorced by court.

Mongin, Rev. John

New Albany, Ind.

Louisville, Ky.

Cath. Adultery, fornication, visiting house of ill-fame in Louisville; drunkenness, assault and battery; arrested, fined; lying about it.

1882 Miller, Rev. T. B.; also Major, Rev. Major Chicago, Ill. M. E. “Miller” as dean, and “Major” as secretary of the medical college; gross swindling, gross fraud; allowed a paper reporter to register as a student, and then for $25 gave him a diploma as M.D.; Miller expelled, Major suspended.

1879 Munson, Rev. Henry J. Fitchburg, Mass. Ad. Lewd and lascivious conduct; convicted; fraudulent divorce.

1878 Milligan, Rev. Parker Kansas City, Mo.

Adultery, lechery, deserting wife, fled.

1883 Nicum, Rev. John Syracuse. Luth. Fighting for pulpit, lying.

1882 Nistor, Rev. Bishop St. Michaels, Alaska

Suicide, leaped from steamer St. Paul.

Neal, Rev. W. H. St. Louis, Mo. F. M. “Immoral character;” dismissed; sodomy and unnamed crime with young “brothers” of his flock, too vile to print.

O’Niel, Rev. Peter Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Robert Hawks; caught by her husband locked in her bedroom at night, at 273 Thirty-first street, New York; she the mother of several children; arrested.

O’Connell, Rev. Timothy

Freemont, Neb.

Cornellsville, Pa.

Huntington, N. Y.

Nebraska City.

P. E. Seduction, adultery with Mary Rogers, deserting wife; illegal divorce; beating wife, lying, perjury, drunkenness, and delirium tremens; threatening to kill Bishop Kerwood and wife.

O’Donoghue, Rev. Morrow, O. Cath. Slander of Mrs. Green; Mr. Green killed him.

Parks, Rev. Noah Winston, Miss.

Larceny, lynched, and nearly killed.

1882 Palmer, Rev. J. R. Mountain Peak, Tex. Chris. Indecent exposure of person to a lot of little girls, pupils under his care; immoral assault on Miss Ida Scott; failing in this, slandered her.

Philips, Rev. Shiloh, O.

Assault and battery upon parishioner; pounded Sunday law into him.

Parshall, Rev. R. F. Oakland, Cal. Bap. Immoral assault on many ladies and young “sisters;” expelled ignominiously.

Penn, Rev. Texas.

Prayed for the death of two men at church; one died next day.

Podd, Rev. Jas. D. Chicago, Ill. Bap. Adultery, seduction, bastardy, with Cora Wheeler.

Pringle, Rev. Paul Mansfield, La.

Murder of Alfred Smith; hanged.

Posey, Rev. Dr.

Oakland, Cal.

Dutch Flat, Cal.

Swindling, obtaining money under false pretense.

1879 Plunkett, Rev. Warren Springs, N. C. Pres. Adultery, seduction, elopement with Miss Kate Ashton, daughter of a wealthy “brother,” deserting wife and children.

Pennington, Rev. Scott county, Iowa. Bap. Incest, adultery, seduction, elopement with wife’s niece, writing to his wife not to expect him back; deserting wife and children.

1880 Rossvalley, Rev. Dr., Ev.,

Sing Sing, N. Y.

Plainfield, N. J.

Doylestown, Pa.

Auburn, N. Y.

Larceny in Germany; drummed out as rebel surgeon; counterfeiting, state prison; literary piracy, stole Ingersoll’s temperance speech.

Ross, Rev. Wm. J. St. Louis, Mo.

Murder, convicted, penitentiary.

Rockwell, Rev. J. B.; or Rev. J. H. Harvey.

De Witt, Neb.

Wilber, Neb.

Cong. Gross swindling, illegal use of mails; arrested, prison.

Rope, Rev. Andrew, Ev., Taylorville, Ill. M. E. Rape, indicted, fled.

1882 Rope, Rev. Andrew J. Texas.

Married Miss Gessner; forgery, signed a man’s name to note who could not write; discovered, fled, arrested.

Reeder, Rev. J. J.

Milford, Pa.

Newark.

M. E. Gross swindling, made great debts and ran away; immorality.

1876 Robinson, Rev. Kansas City, Mo.

Adultery; arrested in a brothel.

1882 Richardson, Rev. Brooklyn, N. Y.

“Moral wreck;” expelled.

Roe, Rev. Frank F.

Scotland.

Athens, N. Y.

Morenci, Mich.

Oakwood, Mich.

Lapeer, Mich.

Pontiac, Mich.

Various denominations. Drunkenness; expelled at Athens from Baptist church; went to Michigan, became a Congregational preacher, expelled; goes to Oakwood, finally to Lapeer, where he changes to Baptist again; pastor at Pontiac, again expelled, but continues to preach; popular preacher.

Stearns, Rev. Harvey Fort Worth, Texas. Bap. Murder of Jeff. Wood; prison.

Sedwick, Rev. T. B. Dakota.

Adultery with Indian women; carried off and supposed murdered by them; he was missionary among the Crows.

Sheppard, Rev. T. J. Mt. Olivet, Mo. M. E. Adultery with “Sister” Wells, wife of Rev. M. F. Wells, who is blind; caught by a neighbor; church trial.

Sullivan, Rev. J. C. Salem, O. M. E. Adultery, seduction of “sister,” wife of A. L. Halwick; she told; Sullivan married.

1879 Saxon, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Swindling Deacon Post; prison.

1882 Saunders, Rev. Mother New York, N. Y.

Lewd woman; arrested in house of ill-fame; was a captain in Salvation Army.

1882 Sklorzik, Rev. Bay City, Mich. Cath. Assault with intent to murder the organist John Richards; arrested; Richards died of the injuries; slander from pulpit; sued by Daniels for $10,000; judgment against him.

Sentenac, Rev. Roxton Falls, Can. Cath. Slander from pulpit of Dr. Desgrobois; sued; compromised, paying $1,000.

Slater, Rev. Ira Cherry Valley, Ill. Bap. Larceny, stealing horse; arrested.

1883 Sherin, Rev. A., alias A. Sheridan, or A. Sherdin, or A. Sherdian.

Pierre, Dak.

Huron, Dak.

Flandran, Dak.

Big Stone City, Minn.

M. E. Adultery, seduction, false personation; occupied same room at Dakota House, Huron, with Miss Rice; registered as “A. Sheridan and wife;” introduced her as “Miss Rice, my wife’s niece;” preached next day at Flandran, “Miss Rice, a cousin,” still with him; married, and family: confessed registering “A. Sheridan and wife,” and occupying same room, “merely to protect from harm a modest, timid, warm-hearted woman, of generous impulses.”

Shurtleff, Rev. Fabius, N. Y. M. E. Immoral assault, went into Miss Clark’s bedroom twice and tried to seduce her, while his wife was sick; sued.

Smith, Rev. J. Hyatt Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Borrowed $1,128 for election expenses; wouldn’t pay, sued.

Spencer, Rev. Geo. T.

Corinth, N. Y.

South Corinth, N. Y.

M. E. Outrageous conduct, expelled; fled to escape tar and feathers; adultery, seduction, bastardy, with wife’s sister, aged 16; confessed.

1883 Seguin, Rev. New York, N. Y. F. R. Brutal assault on a woman, sent to workhouse.

Satterfield, Rev. Jno. W. Brownsville, Pa.

Drunkenness, beating wife very often; church trial.

Starr, Rev. James Peru, Ind.

Rape on a little five-year-old girl; caught in the act, and arrested.

Smith, Rev. Silas

Mexico, Mo.

St. Louis, Mo.

Bap. Arson; burnt, with help of some “sisters,” two churches; arrested, prison.

1879 Surnley, Rev. John

Begging while getting $1,400 a year; lying generally.

1883 Stoddard, Rev. E. L. Jersey City, N. J. P. E. Criminal carelessness—or worse; killed his wife accidentally(?) with a revolver.

1882 Tryston, Rev. C. F. W.

Newark, N. J.

St. Louis, Mo.

P. E. Beating wife; arrested, prison; robbing his wife of money.

Victorian, Rev. Vicksburg, Miss. Cath. Unnamed crime with boys under his charge at Brotherhood College; caught in act, expelled, fled, arrested, prison; a most beastly wretch; he was principal of the college.

Van Dersall, Rev. S. S. Forest Grove, Or. M. E. and Cong. Immoral assault on Widow Marsh; slander and libel; read a paper before college trustees, alleging that she tried to seduce him, and was a bad woman with others; lying; expelled; perjury on slander trial; a most infamous scoundrel; convicted by a jury.

1878 Webster, Rev. Prof. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Slander, lying; so says Rev. Blanchard, president of the “parson factory.”

1882 Willoughby, Rev. N. R.

Yorkville, Can.

Brompton, Can.

M. E. Immoral assault on Miss Graham; church trial; lying.

Waite, Rev. A. A.

North Adams, Mass.

St. Louis, Mo.

Troy, N. Y.

Adultery, seduction, incest, with Lena Capron, his twenty-year-old niece; deserting wife and three children; beating wife; paramour confessed; he was arrested; he “exposed Spiritualism.”

Whipple, Rev. Madison, O.

Rape on girl 11 years old, he 70; arrested, jailed.

Wharton, Rev. Henry

Louisville, Ky.

Eufaula, La.

Bap. Drunkenness oft repeated; church trial, suspended.

Whipple, Rev. Henry Evanston, Ill.

Grossly swindling a brother preacher, Rev. John McComber, of Minnesota; gross fraud, sued.

1879 Webster, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Counterfeiting, prison.

1882 Waggoner, Rev. James Waverly, Tenn. Chris. Swindling creditors, fled.

Wharton, Rev. J. G., or J. W. Wharton, alias J. D. Hill.

Carthage, Mo.

Elizabethtown, Ky.

M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with organist, wife of J. R. McGill; forgery for $2,600; deserting wife and 15 children; stole $2,600 from his wife; Mrs. McGill deserting three children; embezzlement; arrested, indicted.

Woodruff, Rev. R. H. Baltimore, Md.

Robbing mail; pleaded guilty, fined.

Wallace, Rev. Philadelphia, Pa. Bap. Fighting in pulpit with Rev. Green, threatening to kill him.

1883 Waldron, Rev. Thomas, alias “Brother Frank.”

Buffalo, N. Y.

La Salle, Ill.

New York, N. Y.

Cath. Rape on Hattie Carr, aged 7 years, a pupil; arrested, state prison five years; principal of St. Joseph’s College; formerly; principal of De la Salle (Catholic) Institute, New York.

1882 Walsh, Rev. South Natick, Mass. Cath. Embezzlement of $8,000, church funds.

1883 Woodworth, Rev. A. M.

Otisville, N. Y.

Port Jervis, N. Y.

M. E. Drunkenness for a week, gambling in a saloon.

Walk, Rev. David Indianapolis, Ind. Chris. Egotism, puffing himself in the papers.

Worthen, Rev. H. W.

Northfield, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

M. E. Rape on Mrs. S. F. Gibbs, by means of opiates; sued.

Wright, Rev. Prince Chillicothe, Mo. M. E. Adultery, expelled; an old man.

Walker, Rev. J. B. R. East Hartford, Conn.

Adultery, inhuman cruelty to wife; lying, charged by wife in divorce suit.

1873 Weeks, Rev. Thos. J. New York. Bap. Larceny; prison two years.

ADDITIONS FOR FOURTH EDITION.

Abernethy, Rev. J. T. Snow Hill, N. C. M. E. Kissing Mrs. Grimsley; shot by Mr. Grimsley, resigned.

Anderson, Rev. J. T. Owsley Co., Ky. Pres. Because Wilson family deferred one year marriage of their daughter to him, drove nail through foot of their horse, necessitating killing, put petroleum in their well, terrorized them with forged warnings to leave, put powder in Wilson’s forge; escaped.

Andrews, Rev. Henry Marienfield, Tex. Cath. Murder (see under Peters, Rev. J. H.)

Andrews, Rev. Geo. Essex, Mass.

Arson to obtain insurance.

Anderson, Rev. S. P. St. Louis, Mo. Bap. Theft and forgery; sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

Adams, Rev. C. G. Lockport, N. Y. Epis. Charged with accepting bribes and embezzling.

Ali, Rev. Jos. Newark, N. J. Cath. Charged with assaulting nine-year-old girl.

Arnold, Rev. John Wellington, O. U. B. Charged with murdering wife.

Ahlfeldt, Rev. Carl San Francisco, Cal. Luth. Drunkenness; imprisoned.

Booth, Rev. James Coulton, O.

Raping deaf and dumb girl.

Bonsack, Rev. David Westminster, Md. Dunk. Suicide.

Bowles, Rev. Marion Omaha, Neb. Chris. Raping parishioner’s wife.

Bacon, Rev. Mr. Norwich, Conn.

Obscene language.

Baxter, Rev. Geo. W. Des Moines, Ia. Pres. Sporting tendencies; engaged to two women at once.

Barrows, Rev. C. D. San Francisco, Cal. Cong. Immorality.

Booth, Rev. C. M. Springfield, Mass. Bap. Forgery.

Bristor, Rev. Geo. R. Spring Valley. M. E. Seduction of sixteen-year-old ward.

Butler, Rev. Father Jersey City, N. J. Cath. Elopement.

Bennett, Rev. J. R. Morgantown, Ky. Meth. Obtaining money under false pretenses.

Benjamin, Rev. H. D. Portsmouth, O.

Suicide.

Butler, Rev. Mr. Raleigh, N. C. Bap. Elopement.

1892 Best, Rev. Ed. Hamilton, Ont.

Cursing his neighbor and praying the Lord to destroy him; this in a disorderly manner and at open window; fined $10.

Browne, Rev. Robert New York. Bap. Drunkenness.

1890 Bickley, Rev. F. D. T. Covington, Ky. M. E. Charged with immorality; lying; maladministration; profanity.

1889 Bohannon, Rev. Chas. Louisville, Ky. Bap. Elopement.

1889 Boyle, Rev. J. J.

Raleigh, N. C.

Winchester, Ill.

Cath. In North Carolina, assault with intent to commit rape; at Winchester, going to St. Louis on a spree and attempting to shoot woman in a disorderly house.

Bloom, Rev. Jos. Oswego, N. Y. Bap. Charged with theft of horse and sleigh.

Brom, Rev. Dr. B. Central City, Neb. Pres. Theft of $1,500; forgery.

Black, Rev. Mr. Springfield, O.

Arrested on charge of slander.

1891 Bowers, Rev. E. T. Kansas City, Mo. Pres. Adultery.

Brushingham, Rev. J. P. Chicago. Meth. Charged with bastardy. (Was fond of abusing Roscoe Conkling and other Freethinkers for Infidelity and immorality.)

1891 Buck, Rev. Mr. Yankton, S. D. Faith Cure. Swindling by alleged cures; starving and freezing his children; fled on suspicion of having murdered his boy.

1892 Best, Rev. Jos. Hamilton, Can.

Assault on wife.

Blanton, Rev. Mr. Cave Springs, Ga. Meth. Writing letter to mulattress to assign immoral meeting; expelled.

Barr, Rev. D. A. Allentown, Pa.

Slander; expelled.

Brown, Rev. Geo. Portland, N. Y.

Bigamy.

Butler, Rev. Jas. Dunlap, Tenn. M. E. Elopement and horse-stealing.

Brown, Rev. Wesley Bedford, Ia. Chris. Breach of promise (engaged to five girls at once).

Boone, Rev. Wm. Calhoun, Ga.

Poisoning a family.

Buchanan, Rev. S. H. Little Rock, Ark.

Charged with embezzlement of $5,000.

Bair, Rev. Mr. Royal Center, Ind.

Charged with adultery.

Baxter, Rev.

Charged by church committee with lying and wholesale love-making.

Bowman, Rev. A. S. G. Reading, Pa.

Arrested for breaking into church.

Broad, Rev. T. P. Topeka, Kan. Cong. Charged with criminal libel.

Burdette, Rev. Robt. (“Bob Burdette.”) St. Louis, Mo. Bap. Charged with continuous drunkenness which caused him to disappoint several audiences for lectures.

1890 Carter, Rev. T. C., DD. Chattanooga, Tenn. Meth. Charged with adultery and suborning witnesses.

1890 Cruchet, Rev. A. B. Montreal, Can. Pres. Seduction.

Crocker, Rev. Sim. Sweettown, I. T. Bap. Murder of a preacher.

Conyer, Rev. J. F. Chattanooga, Tenn.

Attempted murder.

Campbell, Rev. Jas. Columbus, Ind. Meth. Practicing abortion.

Clark, Rev. J. Dayton, O.

Charged with murder.

Corder, Rev. Willis Marion, Ill. Bap. Drunkenness.

Canterbury, Rev. J. C. Redlands, Cal.

Embezzlement.

Calvin, Rev. John Green Co., Ala. Meth. Murder.

Carter, Rev. H. R. O. Baltimore.

Adultery.

Campbell, Rev. W. H. Akron, O.

Intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Cave, Rev. W. A. Wooster.

Theft.

Copper, Rev. E. K. Rochester, N. Y. M. E. Drunkenness.

Dobbs, Rev. A. S.

Franklin, Wash.

Seattle, Wash.,,

Cameron, Mo.

Cruelty to wife, forcing her to black his boots before church and rewarding her with an insult; she became insane, recovered, got divorce; embezzlement at Cameron, Mo.

Dale, Rev. Walker R. Atlanta, Ga. Bap. Charged with bigamy.

Danks, Rev. John A. Pittsburgh, Pa. M. E. Threatening life; slander; convicted and suspended.

Duncan, Rev. Henry Birmingham, Ga.

Poisoned wife and eloped; hanged.

Dempsey, Rev. Thos. Highland, Wis. Cath. Made improper visits to Mr. Grace’s wife; on Grace’s charging criminality eleven parishioners dragged him to the priest’s house amid cries of “Lynch him!” when the priest beat him in the face, the party forced him to his knees, and he retracted to save his life; Grace sues for $15,000.

Doelling, Rev. Adolph Gr’nd R’pids, Mich.

Theft of watch and $2 from preacher; imprisoned one year.

Dudley, Rev. Mr. Gibbon, Neb. Meth. Seduction; abuse and desertion of the seduced girl after marriage.

De Ford, Rev. A. M. Hortonville, Wis.

Counterfeiting.

Durant, Rev. A. H. Sumter, S. C.

Murder.

Dyer, Rev. Ross Macomb, Ill. Bap. Elopement with a married woman, deserting wife and children.

Davis, Rev. Geo. E. Chicago, Ill.

Bigamy.

Downs, Rev. Mr. Boston, Mass. Bap. Charged with adultery.

Dill, Rev. A. C. Sterling, N. J.

Indecent familiarities with women.

Dawson, Rev. G. E. Wheeling, W. Va. M. E. Lying, robbery, fraud.

Dumont, Rev. Wm. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Swindling.

Dubs, Bishop. Indianapolis, Ind.

Charged with circulating obscene literature.

Dittke, Rev. Herman Shawano Co., Wis. Luth. Charged with cruelty to children.

Donnelly, Rev. Father Los Angeles, Cal. Cath. Desertion of wife.

Derepentencigny, Rev. Father Montreal, Can. Cath. Illicit distilling.

Dunbar, Rev. Edw. Oxford, Ga. Meth. Bigamy.

Davie, Rev. Mr. New Haven, Mich.

Charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Dobbin. Rev. John Wacousta, Mich.

Gross immorality.

Edgell, Rev. Mr. Parkersburg, W. V. Meth. Forgery of pension affidavits for purpose of sale.

Early, Rev. Father Pou’keepsie, N. Y. Cath. Assault on a parishioner during services.

Edward, Rev. W. M. Portland, N. D.

Charged with immorality with women; fled, deserting family.

Eastman, Rev. Jas. M. Olmsted Falls, O. M. E. Seduction.

Flory, Rev. B. F. Pawnee City, Neb.

Forgery.

Fritch, Rev. M. L. Shillington, Pa. Ref. Long course of theft.

Fitzgerald, Rev. Mr. Charlot, N. Y. Cath. Beating and choking a lady; fined $50.

Fleming, Rev, S. J. Monte Vista, Cal. M. E. Swindle of $6,000.

Finnerty, Rev. Mr. Dayton, O. Cath. Adultery.

Flaherty, Rev. Chas. Rochester, N. Y. Cath. Rape.

Fleming, Rev. Jas. Detroit, Mich.

Cruelty to wife.

Farrington. Rev. F’r. Louisville, Ky. Cath. Drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Guihot, Rev. Father Montreal, Can. Cath. Adultery.

Griffis, Rev. J. K. Waconda, Ill. Bap. Eloped with young parishioner, taking all wife’s money and jewelry.

Garland, Rev. J. B. Vermillion, S. D. Epis. Charged with embezzlement of $14,000.