New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-03
4 DOCTOR OF DIVINITY ELOPES WITH
ANOTHER DDS WIFE.

ln TpVtr
an alleged attempt the part " certain high disn-
tarier Of the Roman Catholic Church 10 seGnce u
yourg unmarried lady FROM her home ara ner r'iou.
faith rev incident has arisen calculated partially 10
distract their attention from the SUBJECT and |" dVert
il i1to another channel In this new affair reverend
gentleman distng ngushed member OF the Free Churoh
Of Scotland, and who IL privliesed to a1d Do 10
bic name s il one Of the principal aetois-the other
being female the wife o gentleman si-o 10 hoiy
orders whose affections he has seduced and VINO Il
nav living in tbis city in ftate Of concublnage WITH
her debaucher The following the leading facts OF
this painful ard most disgusting case:
Dr. Humpbreys-ior such il the name OF the person
who has seduoed the affections Of anothers Nlle-~as
for several years the head master OF the Cheenham
Grammar School. Some few moths ago, under the
plea Of pecunary pressure, be sought the protection OF
the Insolyent Court 10 himself from arrest nile
sppsreIty preparing for biz e1amina.ioD ne hs1 been
scrsping every chilling together be could possibly lay
hold Of in order to form fund 70 aid bis candestne
and undetermined departure from the country. only
three days before that departure he convened meet
ing of the parents Of his pupils, and sancudioniousy
talked about acknowledging tnat " DIVINE heip, WIN
out which all his lsbors would have been VAN! On
the morning of his departure he " borrowed ms vines
watch and all the loose money she happened to have
in her pocket and went away on the prrsnse of get
til money from friends in Derbyshire to assist IN
hi- ceterss Ii the lrsovent Court. lie "ro'e 10 MS
wife from Liverpool telling her he had been grew
ousy dsapp onted IN not getting The money ana say
ing that must be absent from Chetenham for scne
dsys. Ou the very morning on which Mrs. Humphreys
received this letter she received another letter from the
friends whom he bad gore, asking her AID her nus
band to spend the holidays at their house Her ears De-
jIg thus opened, on her following him TO Liverpool,
She found that he had taken passage for America 10 an
assumed name; that large quantities OF luggage had
been forwarded by him from time 70 time IN antcipa-
ton Of hs departures and that on his arrival al Liver
pool he had met, by previous arrangement, married
sdy-the wife Of Of his largest Cheitenham credit
ors- whose affections he baG seduced and IN whose
con parry he had left the country. When We add TO
ihis that be has left his heart-broken wie VITA her
Fix children without the slightest means OF support;
and that the lady who Is the guilty partner o' MS
fight wac her.elf the mother Of eight children, we
have said enough TO show that the man who could
conceive and cary out such scheme OF duPncty ana
depfayity could have been no ordinary vilsin. w nat
the course of this holy and bis pafamOur after At
riyirp IN America was We are not =are. The
first that We find Of him IN this country Is
bis arrival at Albany, and, after short stay
there, his departure tor Toronto, ,wneTe ne ar,
rved some weeks ago. Alter his nasty ana
rhane.u flight from England, the friends OF the lazy
who had been ruthes-y torn from them, haV-
iIp become sOlcltous about her iucre wcltsTe dis
patched 10 the head of the New.l ork police CON-
mupicstiUn stating facts Of the case, and advising
the arrest of DR.. Humphreys. In that city however
if he ever touched tneie-as 1t IL very prooao'e he
dd-be eluded the vigilance of the detective officers,
and came on 10 Toronto. The New. Workers were not
to he codged this way, and detective was sent to
hunt up tue game, which he succeeded IN tracking TO
this city, arriving here about two weeks ago. AN
interview had immediately with Detective
graph Of the fugitive Doctor given him 80 that he
might also be on the qut rre for the divine arrest
Not many day after ne had the good fortune TO meet
the reverend gentleman on Queen street III cenpany
with his iDamoratO aud instantly recognized hlm as
the person for whom he in quest. By proper OBJ
seryation il was discovered that he resided on utnai
street and watch instantly set upon his house,
which has been continued to the present time; Slnce
he arrived here he has passed by the name OF Hunter.
The lady who has thus chosen tn share the fortunes
Of the wandering and athless doctor was, We under
stand the wife Of a DR.. Cummings, clergyman OF
high standing in the church of which he is me nber,
and also person of considerable wealth. 80 that as
far as riches could purchase the good things and the
enoynenis of this life, she had nothing TO DESIRE
Nothing was denied her. but still she was not happy
hat NAV have been the peculiar attractions oi ur
Humphreys which forced her to tear herself from the
arm of one who from anything we can learn 20 the
contrary loved her with the tender and auecuohae
love Of true and devoted husband we OF course do
not presume to say Bat Dr. Humphreys, IN compars-
tyeiv poor circumstances 10 her mind more To De
desired tran Dr. Cummings, TO whom she ma pfeVi
ously phghed her troh ana affections ANA sue male
the choice and TO all appearances does not regret H.
When the Dr. ar rived here he made application 10
gentleman hi. h in posion IN the ducauonai hstuu
lions Of the country, for Leadership, out none was
vacant aDo whether the person applied 10 hai Deeh
eviouslv acquainted with the Doctor or not we are
not aware. but after some conversation bad between
them the whole story Of Dr. Humphrey night an his
seduction of cIedi ,oTs wife was revealed. cores
popdence ensued in which the lady took part, decar
Inc m true romantic spirit attachment to her ne
affinity and relating in tender strains tne many sad
and heartreDdng oay she had spent before er wsnes
| III this respect were contaminated She ioVsu num-
| she affirmed, as she had never loved anolber anu
nothing but death itself should part tneln She stu ad
| here's TO tbe same opinions. All the entrea'les oi
friends all the inducements OF wealth cannot pesua
her to alter her determination o! shathS ior 'e o oe
If one who has already proved athless to her VINO ior
many long years has been the partner o! MS Joys anu
Of his erieis and who, after bearing him SIX chireh,
he has left to tine mercy of compa ssionste pubic
| ON Thursday morning last, MAJOR Ferns
who had also been employed in watching the parties
implicated in this saI having reason TO beheve tuey
would visit the Normal School during the day. 10 WIZ
ness the Model School examinations, accnuipahle1 ny
cwo or three persons and Mr. Cock, cousin oi MIS-
| Cummings, who arrived here from England no: many
dnvs since the latter took the precautl1n 10 ietire
| ino q private ioom in the building lest he MiSht DC
| seen by Humphreys. But the Ssrgeant-Ma alor TOOK
his station the main entrance 10 the building WE
a photograph likeness of the revereId delinquent 10
his hand and waited there TIL near O'Clock IN the
afternoon, when be deserted persuuage Answering
the description in the likeness, enter the ground III.
IumphIeys-for it wac he-wslhsd INTO the oui"i X,
and having looked around lit,le took MS seat q1iie
comfortably in the theater where the przes were De-
ing distributed Sergeant Major Forbes then cJuhu-
nicated with Mr. Cock, ard the other parties ID "a.
ing ard two Of them wen. forward INTO he tea'et al
once auc served Humphreys with citations from tue
| High Court of Divorce, Euglaud. Humphreys dis
msv al this unexpected turn Of affairs msy be more
| easily imagined than described. There was nothDS
for it, however but to submit ami Is soon ~ nc re-
covered his eouanimity he lett the builiing With the
paIties coming in search of him, and proceeiei WIN
Them 10 his lodgings Mutual street, wneTe he occl-
| uies two rooms Here the lady confronted with
her paramour by Mr. Cock, her relative and was also
! served with "a citation from the English Divorce Cont
In the course Of the same evening the man a-chng
Humphreys and Mrs. Cummings sac thein tahe cap
and cIye 10 the ROssin House. Fearing they proposed
leavil town, Sergeant Major Ferris was rsneSei TO
follow Them in another cab and he cid so. They drove
round the suburbs of the city for about az hnr and
follox.d at a cautious dis By the Serge 4u-