The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-03

1~P BALTIMORE, APRIL %, 1959-TO THE
w PUBLIC.-FELLow-CL CITIZENS: 1t is with painful
Of the under which am
70 Se s po to an dae the pd RS mind
certain reports that are in circulation with regard to Ger
@ens and faithful the last day Of 4rSe
B HtaeV S to e'b Iii
BAPTIST DiriRe, and signed his in said pamphlet as
marked 20 cenor Witch PRICE he no doubt ses h
n AND RSs the money as one Of the
to walk to and fro up and down this earth"
honor Of man. had nothing to do with the above
pamphlet in any respect and did not know that such
first it, it shocked soul and made my wounded
one word 90 the best Of NV knoWdge1 Of confep tn @
with regard to his guilt of the murder Of Robert NJ Rgdon
The first that saw Of was sentence in of the public
Rev Messrs Brooke and IIid of the " E. Church, mot
If he made confession all, the above is likely to
to the public The Rev s. BTooke and the Kew Geoge
Hd are responsible men as ministers Of high standing,
Of the Gospel who selected and requested by
to he WITH f him iii his last hpm ea snG IKE @en Of
God they redeemed their promise Other good Christians
hin disrsPt }qgTEaIs q tins , , , ,,',
foul SANDER the Dead and vile persecution
minister Of the meek and lowy Jesus A stigma and re-
Of God As soon as saw the pamphlet Went to ty to find
him, but informed that he had left the city (The
believe his pamphlet be nothing more than items col
ected from certain particular sources and concocted and
formed pecuniary Of support and plan Of making
sultng and crushing hearts already faint and broken ncom
patbe with the character and spirit of Gods ambassador
burned with shame cinders before he would stoop
from his high and holy place to Seuge so insignificant
as that Incorporated in his astounding pamphlet to his
| bread and butter
Through respect had for the sacred office William
Scott Downey represented to me he filed. Christian
treated him with courtesy and kindness and permitted
Of
Marion, but he generally treated him with courtesysome-
he glad when he left his cell KlrioH's
doubt mortified and disappointed him From this crcum-
may have become vndcve and wrote his
ing developments and his faithful account he has
| bodied it, in his most extraordinary pamphlet.
| firmly believe he is an impoSor, and that his
pamphlet is tissue of alsehood from beginning to end
have read in the sacred volume that the devil sometimes
transforms himself into angel OF light and think have
| at least seen his cloyen foot
hope God in his goodness may have mercy upon him.
WILLIAM CROP
| j.
Baltimore April II, lS59Ths is to certify that have
been with MARION CROP from the 9th of February till
morning of the Sh OF April and there confession
William Scott Downey, during all that time, my know
ledge know he often worried Marion, and he Marion)
sey, think his motive to get Marion make
ftsson Marion Judged this himself and then said,
would watch him and be his guard he understood
books never knew of him making a confession to
any man, until heard of the confession he TO his
spiritual advisers Crews F. Brooke and HildD even
his father whom he loved never heard him deny
yisers Revs Messrs Brooke and Hdt, with him on
Thursday night, up till Friday morning
Subscribed and sworn before,
HUGH ]. MORRISON,
,.,o Justice Of The Peace: