The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-03
as . letter addressed to Mrs. 4. may rems
uncalled for at the Post Office here. Z
The editor of the Times adds:


To explain this letter more fully, and to
show that Mr. T. had full knowledge OF
his mothers destitute condition long before
the date of the letter Of the Rev. Mr. Dunning,
we quote an extract roma letter from an EN-
inent lawyer, of Richmond, Va, relative to it.
Andrew Johnston Esq, says: '::, The
Rev. Mr.. Duhning Of this place, 1RichInond,
Wallis very worthy and excellent man, but
he knows of Mr.. Turner only through the me-
dunn of a correspondence with him, in which
he had made known to Mr. Turner the desti-
tute situation of his mother, and dependence
upon the charity Of her neighbors. y x = :
Passing by the conduct which terminated
his career as Rev., and by his course at Mack
inaw, where even the boys secuted at his Ca
reer among the Indians, we find him IN Wau-
kusha County, Wisconsin, and where he su
perinduced fond parent to put his darling
daughter in his charge for education, and re-
moved with her to this city where he seduced
her, and tho fact OF which in all their blightad
forms stand on record in the Allen Circuit
Court. drawn out by Mr.. .Hough whom he
sued for libel, and which Dir. Hongh fully JUS
tiled. In the course of the progress OF the
taking of the deposition of Mary Jessup, his
victim, he went to Wisconsin, and then the
neighborhood of Mss rs father was so Itrag-
cd that the best men of tie place were Just in
tho act of emlsculatng HIM, when the Hher-
iffe Of the County seized him for damages for
seduction. pinioned him and conveyed him to
Jail, where he was convicted and mulcted in
$1,000 damages, and refusing to bail it he was
imprisoned, where he remained for about six
months, every person refusing to bail h m, till
ct length Col Spencer, of tbs city, Va in
weighed by him. to send a bond oil indemnity to
some gentleman there to go his bail, and thus
and 4 .l~si
able for the forfeiture. za1laE
Tho following extract appeared in the Wis
consin Free Democrat on the 81 Dec, 1851
and coming so close on the heel Of the enquiry
ofthe Rev. Mr.. Dunning well answered it, anG
shows still further now he loved his "World
EducatOrD-hiS mother s. ts9zsfzgi, ia t,lEs al
'.CoyvICrIoN OF 4 CLERGYMAN ron SEDuc-
rIoS.-Tev. Reuben D. Turner, whose coun-
sci wrote us an abusive letter. last winter
charging US with being bribed for publishing
a true history of his clients villaihy, was las
week convicted, in the Circuit Court of Wau
kesha county of seducins girl of Fifteen years
ofage, and sentenced. we hear, to pay SI,00i
damages. 1t was case o the most aggravated
kind, and from what We have earne we shouit
think the only suitable place for such Rev
erened Seducer, is the States Prison Til
State ought To- find employment forsuch men
We may refer to this case more PARTICULAR,
hereafter q, 4rsa- ss.s 8 / ~ ,4e.5rs s.ss
We are rather inclined to believe that W
made a happy escape in the sudden change {
mind which converted the Rev. Mr.. Turnc
into an Old Line editor, Immediately afte
proposing 10 become an American editor. II
doubtless concluded that his particular tur
ofmind and morals would find no sympath
in the American party, but might very we
form the constituent parts of model OF
Line editor. lie is now preaching to the De
mccracy as he formerly preached to sinner
generally. and we presume he .is appreciate
as bright and shining light. We hope
long as his name is at the head of a paper, hi
brother editors will not hold up the sins
American gentlemen weak in morals