The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-12-01
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I We have just been informed Of ona
OF the most disgracefuI crimes. It has
been our duty to record Since we have
been connected with the Hernia. A
human blotch, calling himself, Rey-
Richard E. Hovey, claiming to be a
minister of the Baptist Church. aud
hailing from New York, made his apr
pearance not long since in the vicinitFsy
OF Iruxton, In this county, where, by :,
,hls plous professions, pleasing address,
and, eloquent delivery, he ingratistedg 81
rrhImsef into the confidence of the good
people of that locality. He paid thess
most, devoted attention to Miss, Emma
Holiday, and, winning her affections, J,
made oyertures of marriage, Sus-~3
Pecting no evil, following the dictatez,z
OF too contidiRg nature, she poured !,
out the fqlness of woman-heart Ion.,T
tins man, who afterwards proved to be
a villain. To further the success Of
his designs, he feigned sickness, during; :,
which he had viii written out in legal
form and signed by witnesses, in which,
he Professed to will to. certain sparties,,s
whom he named as relations something
near, 500, 600, willing to Miss Holiday, =
as his af6anced wife, about $50, O00.-r-,ssyy
Y Unfortunately, he did not die. Oa
the 4th inst, he profaned the holy In
stitution. of marriage, and Miss Holt
day became his wife. He borrowedss
money from her father and several otlr !.
er persons, representing that he had ~
certificates of deposit on several prom
lnent banks to quite an amount, and
when in company with his confidinged
wife went on5ea ministerial mission tos'
Florence in Montgomery County,
where he preached several sermons.
At this place he hireda buggy and %
horse to take his wife to the Montgomsia
cry County fair then being held atlal
Montgomery City but went to Dame
vile instead. AT Danyille he became
beastly drunk, and the mask Of hypoe
risy fell from his guilty soul, exposing
the demon that possessed him. Hs4
told the lady whom he had So cruolly-
deceived that he had eight wives, and
that he intended to have smother in less
than three months. The next morn-
ing she left Danville with him, intend
ing to send for her father when she =
arrived at Florence "A short distance -
from the former place he intimated his i
intention of gong to Fulton. Beliey-sb
ing from what she had already seen
and heard that it was his intention to .
dispose of the horse and buggy andm
desert her, she seized the reins, and
turning the horse around, drove back;
to Danville. Here she informed some
persons of her suspicious, and succeed
ID in getting to watch the pious indi-fg
vidual on his way back 10 Florence, 60
naming that it was her intention to-
cave him at that point. Arriving at
florence, she dispatched to her father,
him of what had happenes .9s
In the meantime she procured the SER
vices of a gentleman to conduct HERTZ
home, and was standing in the door of -
heir apartment at the hotel, making
arrangements to leave, when the 'Re-:
7erend" made his appearance and cali
ed her back into the room. The gen-yH
leman hearinga suspicious noise, emf,
cred, and, found Hogey in possession. -;
# a club, scufflfng with his wife. !. She :.
afterwards stated her belief that he in-eD
ended to kill her. In due time Mr..
Holiday, the ladies father, arrived at.Ei
florence, and got out a warrant for his ,,u
rrest on charge of obtaining money :.
lnder false pretence. The rascal got
yind of it, however, and, decampingad
cross cornfelds into the woods, mada1Id
lis escape. Ere this, no doubt, no
as again donned his hypocritical robe
0 hide the ugly deformfty Of his warp
d and demon-like nature, that he may
ontinue in other quarters to perpetrate
Is hellish designs. = 1t is be hoped heiD
I'LL be oyertaken in his crime, and ~
nat punishment SO justly due all his l,
lass will be quickly dealt out to him