The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-13

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and raj out his sign as a real estat'
agent. His little love affair, however
went on smoothly, and he had en-.
gagged two preachers to marry him
but the good Lord will protect the
innocent, and justas everything seem.
ed favorable for the contamination o.
his villainy, Rev. B. f. Rawlins re.
ceived a letter from n Mrs. Sarah
Roley, making anxious inquiry about
the aforesaid S. NJ. Roley, Real Els.
tate and Insurance Agent, and claim
ing him as her lawful husband,
though with evident shame and NOR
t~ifcation. A subsequent correspond
ence revealed the fact that be had
been married to Sarah Davis, in
Washington, Fayette County, Illinois,
on thes30th Of January, 1855, by Rev.
Nh. Adams. Bro. Rawlings, having
satisfied himself of the facts, brought
the matter home to the would-be
bigamist In public manner, when he,
with hat unblushing efrontery which
has characterized him for the last If
teen years, attempted to deny the whole
matter, averring most positively that
his wife was dead aud his daughter
was at St. Mary's Institute, and prom
Using to verify his assertions by ire
fragible evidence. Charges were pre-
ferred against him in the Church
For lying, for deception and for
profanity and Tuesday night, No
.vember 18th, was set for the
hearing of the case. Inc the
meantime the engagement was broken
of-theIt too ~confding young lady re-
coiling from him with loathing and
horror as soon as his true character
was made known. Subsequent cor
respondence with the deserted wife
has developed new phases in the his
tory of this would be bigamist, and
last night the official Board of the
Lngle Street Church met to try the
cause, but the accused did not APP
pear. A week ago he left clandestine-
ly for parts unknown. He left a note
for Justice Emery, in whose Office he
had stopped, saying he had gone to
Fort Branch and Princeton on bust
ness and would be back at the last of
the week, but we have information
that he did not stop at either
of these places. The trial pro-
crossed in his absence, and he was
guilty of all the charges and
specifications, and was unanimously
expelled from the Church. During
the trial the pastor of the Church
read a letter from the deserted wife.
forth the full particulars of
their marriage, which was confirmed
by the af6davits of three witnesses to
the marriage, also a letter written by
to his wife, dated Evansville,
Indiana, September5 th, 1867, in which
he advised her to apply for bill of
divorces, also a letter from Rev. N. S.
Morris, Pastor of Oakland Circuit,
.estifying to. the good character and
standing of Mrs. Sarah Roley, in the
Methodist Church; and last though
1ot least, a letter from ST. Smith,
If Conkey's store, Edgar County, IL
inois, in reference to Roley, in which
he writer says: He left Danville in
,rder to avoid the officers of the law.
The grand jury found three indict- 4
nents against him. One was for
orgery." All these facts go to show
he character of the man. to which
be added hundredsIof facts de-
In this city, to-wit, his swim
ling Of boarding houses and hotels, /
lis unmitigated falsehoods in refer
nee to himself and his little daugh-
err, his base and diabolicaI SANDER
f a most excellent, respectable and
nd Christian lady of Terre Haute,
but enough has been adduced to
lamp him as the worst of lei and
he most dangerous, and we hope the
apers throughout the United States ]
ill give him a boost. He is a short, q
orpulent individual, with a peculiar
Urn of his head and blinking of his Z
yes while lying, and a most dogmatic
tanner Of Speech I
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