Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-09
RICHMOND WHIG.
An EXEMPLARY CLERGYMAN.

An EXEMPLARY CLERGYMAN.
! EXPLOITS OF REV. GEORGE NUGENT MONRO-
/ HEELOPES WITH THE WIFE OF A NEW YORK
| LAWYER-THE OFFENDER TO BE EXPELLED
! FROM TIE CHURCH.
From the Philadelphia Press, Jme g.
| An account Of the recent elopement of a New York
preacher with another mans wife has been extensively
copied from the Cincinnati press. As the husband has
reclaimed his wife and child and with them lately pass
ed through this city, and the parties are extensively
known have taken particular pains to ascertain the
/ facts Of the ease aud history OF the eopement. We
are personally acquainted with the husband aud wife,
and me. the reverend LOhariO in New Ork more than
I once. The husband is promising young member OF
the bar of New York known somewhat in Bslleietrss,
/ and respectfully connected there, also is his
wife. lie formerly (uot Dor the papers repre-
sent connected with the District Attorneys Office un-
/ der Hon John McKeOn of New York They are both
| Young and we're married in April, ls5I The result OF
the union is 4 bright intelligent little girl years
old About two wears ago they we're residing on Twen
teth street New OH opposite tie General Theological
Seminary where ths Monro then 4 student Of theo-
! ory He there made the acquaintance of the lady by
seeing her at her window from his own and by writing
huienug aud anonymous letters 70 her trOa time To
| time finally obtained an Introduction 20 her and was
| soon after formally introduced 10 The husband.
Mono being OF some intellect, occupying
pectabs position IN society aud looked upon OF
morality The hush ,nl deemed The cultivation oi his
quaiutance quite desirable. An intimacy began and con
nuei between them ulu tins unfortunate affair. MOnro
enoyed the husbands perfect confidence and hospitality
! being aG AL times welcome guest and friend even
% The extent of standing sponsor 10 the infant when
! il was b4pLed. About his time of thOS- occasion
al incidents IN Young tgriet life tucompaiby praug
up between the young couple aud tae wife looking upon
MUnrO a. one capable Of advising aud cOusoug her in
! her domestic ahlictOn made him her couilaut How
that confidence used for his purposes he sequel
/ has shown MourO graduated in Juue 1889, aud went
to Lake Providence, La to teach school and act all
assistant iu that parish AMI IL appears that he in
vited correspondence with the lady, which main
aiuei up To the time she lt New York. Occasionally
bis letters were shown 20 the husband as models of
Diey aud morality Several friends OF the husband had
| limited while MonrJ in town, that his intimacy
! was not proper; bUt The husband having the
most implicit confidence in his wife, indignant
! ~ repealed any ausiOn TO the subject. About
! the first OF last April MOuro came Unexpectedly to
New ork and remained there two days visiting
is usual for the graduates OF the Seminary his old pro
essOlS and friends aud then mysteriOusy disappeared
representing that he d,gused with the South and
was going somewhere North. Ga the l0:h Of Nav TIE
lady told her husband that their child had been i'll she
thought ,he would 20 the country with iOra few weeks
TO which the husband ch .erfy acQujesced. She took
the o'clock A. M New Haven train for Norwas Conn.
Tor which place her husband purchased her ticket and
checked her trunk she said she could make her
mind her way whether she would take branch road
Norwalk for Diubury where her brother lives
tuue on 20 Boston. TIL proposition the husband
sdered perfectly rational and they then parted in the
lti,ctiOuae The lith came, and the hush ard
not hearing from bis wife though he had written 20 her
Immediately ttlegraphed Boston and Danbury aud al
swers came back that his wife and baby had been seen
This in connection with tril,ng circumstances
which amounted 20 stubborn facts gave rise TO hor
rbe suspicious among them that she had proceeded no
farther than Norwak, aud had returned 10y the $50 p
W. train TO New York and taken the =. M train on
the same afternoon for Albany. consultation was had
nd teegrams sent TO all parts OF the country, and to
halifax 20 stop the steamer In the parties had sailed
Or Europe Nothing, hOTeyer heard OF them until
the 2%l when telegram received bv the husband
stating that the parties had been recognized on Sunday
che 95th MAY az Cincinnati. The husband Immediately
elegraphcd friend in that city connected with the
Press and the message placed bv him in the hands
Of Detective l. Ruiln who soon deceived the reverend
ssducer by letter to the Pest Oicc aud after track
ng him house Fourth street arrested and locked
him up. The lady, with her child Wa- Immediately con
lucted by the husbands friends of the principal
hotels where She kept until her husband arrived
The scene that ensuej between them be better una
gined than described-lhe husband hi, part almost
frantic the heart broken and rcpennt wife almost
whelmed by grief
The friends OF the husband anticipating trlgcal
conclusion the Affair." took every prec4utou and have
succeeded in preventing it, The reverend prisoner Mon
TO- kept in close confinement, and the husband was
not permitted 10 see him until he brought into Court
| where "A charge made against him 10y the detective
| and the husbands friend ami he Immediately re.
/ ududtu 10 prison IN uciaul' Oi gNug SJHu bd. lue
husbands trienGs in consideration OF ;he Wiies lament
able condition aud for the little chlds sake demanded
that be should her iron her terrible tate aud
tall her back 10 New York and, probably from the best
aud most humane impulses and motive they were hur-
| ried from Cincinnati tue -ams night Tor New York
What " Il be termination of this sad affair il is difficult
| 70 predict We uus, ior the best
The husband and wife have "a large circle OF warm
feuj- in New York Sni their influence and advice will
u all probability, produce somr whors jme result Tuat
the vile has been basel, bsrave by this clerical scoun
drel and her weakness taken advantage Of there be
| no doubt. The yey mau who should have rcconciled
their difficulty being minister Of the Gospel tl no 9th
er motive should have dictated it, has used those very
difficulties for bis dihOno able purposes and nvad-
ed the Ros sacred rights of civilized society He has
used "Le livery OF the OF Heaven the dew
1 Il in Yyiy, the way OF the transgressor is hard.
There is nothing known of this man except that he
comes from England aud represents himself as the ne
phew Of Sin George NugeDt He taught school in Wales
aud came TO tbs country without friends means was
| located time at OohOes, Albany aud then
At West Point school teacher The seminary IT which
be graduated has already repudaied him. aud We are
| formed that Rev. Eishop Potter OF the New York
Diocese has taken the matter in hand and when the
| deuce yGust Nouro is received from Cincinnati, wi
Immediately take step expel him from the Church aud
/ the Ministry