, 1863-01-07
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT UPON AN
EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN.
Arrest Of the Assailants-They Waive
ii. an Examination, and are held =
to Bail in $4,000.


a CLERICAL INIBROGLIO
The entire community was thrown into n
intense state Of excitement yesterday morn
Ing by the announcement TINT on tho
night before, the Rector Of the Church of the
Holy Communion, Rev. E., ". Eager, had
been attacked in his study, by two men armed
with deadly weapons, aud compelled under
threats Of bodily injury and death, to sign a
paper, the contents Of which tended to Grim
inhte him in transactions which he claimed to
be utterly without foundation. The parties
were brought before Justice De Wolf at 10
o'clock, when 1t appeared that their names
were Smith Lawrence, and David H. Perrigo,
the former said to be resident Of New York,
aud the Inter Of Joliet, in this State. They
came up from Joliet yesterday and stopped at
the Briggs House, aud after dark last evening
proceeded to the study Of the Rev. Mr. Hager,
which is In the rear of the Church Of the Holy
Communion, on Wabash Avenue, corner Of
Randolph Street, and there found Mr.. Hager
alone. They Immediately locked the door and
then with many threats and the use Of much
violent language, compelled that gentleman
to sigma paper which they provided, md q
eop! pTs,s ~ @ - ~ aos+;f,. nv p 49,
apa;nst lie fo}i5wint, m arned 1n3;ae hasair ~
ogatory to their characters, ali Of which do
hereby acknowledge to be utterly and entirely
ang ,,ar4fcu1a tue eS !Sl1s se1es u Ilata u
insults p1acticcd by me upon Them were ere
shameful IN the extreme Sarah E. White
- ato,a " H41ss nas:tt .lGien u oaAef' 1"'s o.
AGO. ~. IT, IT,. ~ - 80 80 snss. c.~ If ,,,s ,;fe
50 .,.s. - 49, s1s- | ssf, and Mr. Hneer
aEaa"asas 1 r pp' Nv t1,s .', residence Of 8. A
~ EanS,r,r asa -. ~ of Goodwin. Larued & Good.
~ . a.a ,c1otcd to him the entire transaction.
~ 'caodv7n immediately set tn work tn havo
49, ,,,,+;es nrrestnd md m M Ho1sr,s ,fa
doyjt a wurrant was ,ssned hx .1ust;ce n,,vo,r
and n1aced in the bands of 0ft,cora n,~on ~
M,can1cv vho anhsannant,v fonna ~ - 49, ~, :
mcn at the residence NJ he Rev John W, "
kjnson Chanla,n of the R;shon of Tho Mo
cese. on West Rando1nh street whore ta ,nd
the Rev Charles cnbar+ ~ Io1,at ,.;+,,
Mr. Wilkinson were on,ct1v en,ov;ntr +ho;,
c;cars The other 7vos fonnd ~ tha pr,or.
1{onsc vho-e he had mat vo1o fror, +ta rss;
dcnce n nrr W1lk,nson Tbev vcro hat,
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their annearance AT the examination ,o.to~asr
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nI4e1 lol ue oelense.
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cou1a IN LIE usual legal way get the contlnu
ance'
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ne desired was that Of ladies', and intimated
ne aollty 10 JUSTLY me offence charged
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1armon wh. f.,t .~,x,ar,ted ~ N. o,,~,r-,
committed m his minister md in th,s f.c1fn,
he sai1 ,c ronrcscnted the cnti-c consrr-s
finn nf The Ho1v comrnur.on Thrv tno1
+1,o~o ,,s m AIMS. tor TIN ,.s,r,+ .n5 +nor,
forc u WINS The rnorc un;ust;f,oh1o
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=, sho,- n,or. corc,rs,rc,v ,nd c,r.;,1,, a.,
the sanct;tv .. t,,ei- church hni,din. W. ,,o
fins rua,.,v n hc v,o1,tod and tlc;r n,sto
3roooad from fin rc,v ,,tor nc u ,xoro hx,+boe
ubo co,nc tn him bv h,ct doo- 40 t,,,oro
and rnff,ons rsr,,,v ,,,;r odm;ttonco
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to t1cm. Int farce wou,d bc mct hv forcc !
needed. hv renson nf thc assass,n,s cbo;co :,
the latter
s.rcra, sncc1,es ,vcrc mode ,v tin cor,so
w,,o h,.c,n,c somo1v1,,+ ex,;tcd o,or a.,
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e "t.A', - ts e"e.'At, "'ao 'e.'~" -"
ilst's.tois' u tnss e'e's.'' VI 'As' us .nes na'
done lnc perpetrators. lie denounced the &C