Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-12-07
The End of Another Political Preacher.

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The country has been literally cursed
for several years past 6y set OF Intensely
loyal scamps who have got up as preach
ers, and donned Tie livery Of Heaven to
serve !he Devil in. Here is an account
from the n. Y. Tribune Of the end Of an.
other Of these fellows:
TIE self styled Rev. Wm. H. Green
who has just been convicted IN Li'chfeld,
Conn, OF the murder Of his wife, by poi
son, has run race OF cripe during the
last two years which few men, in long
life, equal. He first became conspicuous
in the western part of New York, in the
fall Of 1854, as the Rev. Geo. w. Long.
He presented forged credentials, purPort-
ing 10 be from Methodist Conferences in
the South and West, and obtained the
ministry Of the church At Cenieryille, Al
legany county. He proved so acceptable
10 all the brethren that after two weeks
Acquaintance, he married in one Of the
nelghboriUg towns. and took lis wife home
with him. He then commenced borrow
ing money 10 NEE, his increased exPen-
ses, and before long had run up debt
OF 500. Thinking ha. he had reached
the end OF his rope, he borrowed means
10 pay his travelling expenses to Dunkirk,
Ohio, where he pretended that he had real
estate 10 sell. His return was anXiously
expected by his bereIred flock, but time
passed, and instead of The long-expected
Long, arrived letter saying that he had
gone to New York TO conclude the sale OF
his Texan property. He told his wife 10
be contenled and good, and TO pray for
MIN. EXIT Rev. Mr.. Long-enter al
Utica The Rev. VIM. II. Green, preach
er, political speaker, and temperance ora
tor. Temperance lectures around tie
country were the most exPedieni for rals-
ing the wind. bat this wasn't as profitable
as the clerical fraud, for The man he en-
ployed TO personatc the habilual sol had
moment Of sohriety, and refused 10 con-
,inue the partnership unless he was paid.
On the 30ih OF last December Green
married Mrs. Searles in Guiiford Chen.
ango county, New York, and in March,
moved 10 West Cornwall, Connecticut,
where he made his debut as a refugee
from Texas, and delivered 10y speeches,
being engaged as astump orator by the
Republican Convention for Li'chfeld
county. On May 9th Mrs. Green died,
having been taken with couvulsions. The
physicians thought her death unusual, but
did not then attribute it 10 its true cause.
On the fourth day after her death Mrs.
Green was buried, and in month ihe
Reverend left for Utica, where only five
weeks after the death of his wife he mar
ried an Irish chambermaid employed at
hotel. But he was hurrying matters too
fast. His conduct excited suspicion. The
body of his wife vas dsinierfed, the
stomach and liver examined, and the Rev.
erend's' race was run. Srychninc was
found, end Green was arrested and i'm
pEisoned amid popular execra'ions. In
The Lilchfeld Jail he made two attempts
10 destroy himself. lie dashed his head
against wall and choked himself with
handkerchief. Meanwhile he averred his
innocence. Last week he was tried al
Litchfeld before Judges Loomis and
Granger, distinguished counsel appearing
upon each side. The evidence was over
whclming. he was convicted, and we
may presume, will shortly be sentenced
to suffer the extreme penolly Of the law.