, 1870-12-16
THE CLERICAL CONVICT 0F
aKEENSBURG. IND.

A. Fc1y Itc1n. OF His Eventini Lite
WHICH he Failed to Cou7nauutcarc
TO shc Cincinnati Enzctte's CorKe-
sPondcut.
"a tAs Essfor oftae c5aeiandH Gs;sse.
The rc1y ptorm and penitens Rer: James 3.
Green, whose real name Is JOHN Wesley
Greene, has nsde Whist pnrpotts to be = full
confession snd couaplata history Of hinaseif
from the time and rlaee Of his birth up TO the
commission OF this, bis arss and only GRIND.
Now hare known this innocent pTeacher
ever since he served hs full ter1u Of fifteen
months IN the A1oJsuaenaing peuitentiary.
/: When be emerged from that humane inehtu-
:tion, he Immediately 1cpaared to this city 10
ioin his wife and ttfee children. having aban-
<soued his first wifo some tive years Eevionaly,
in Ehzabethtoxn, S.J., leaving her destitute.
with four small children to support - bess
nis fryt appeazaa,e in Cincinnati was in
ses1a- Methodist T1eachsr of the Churnh South.
In the following winter hs married worthy
Young lady ip this city, livsn NTH hor 1t inter-
vsla between four sDt five years, Or up to the
time he vas sentenced to the Penitensiars iron,
I to srindle his mother-iu-lAw ont OF the very
ynluable property where tho Times building il
poR located, besides robblng her Of soma hun
dseds Of dollars IN money and relieving the
| loardass 1t her house OF nntnter Of Watches
1ud other articles Of sa.rs. In Tho fall Of
se On tarred up il draavil'e, Ohio, with 4
third Hife, a sister ct ; brothhfs vlte,
= school EiEi Of that place., Soon after
hc emigrs'ed to New ao.s s stts; md. ana w y
Ore ear. the :. Great Couddence Man" Ten
| indi etments were found agaiust Linn for OBJ
tain ing watches and iewelty under false
pref encea. He was tried npon only ons Of
10 Sing Sing for the term Of five Year,. Here
his exemplary conduct and gIost interest il
reltg gtous nasteru brought pardon from the
Gpve snor after service Of si1 months.
Upon bis release be again sisitsd this city,
and married heIe grsss.v1aoa !or h,s fonItt
wants regiment "a Chaplain. Was sent to the
Potomac, and there. on acconnt Of strictly
honest 4ud busiDees-1ike qualifications. WAS
appointed 3sigade Postmaster. In this q.
{ pacity he managed to steal Atout Ill the
nancy and v11uah1ea belonging to the
soldiers. VISA detected, tried convicted
ard sentenced to tho Atexantir1a prison.
Again his good conduct socn induced ApAraon
tor peace between JeF, DaS,s aud TIE United
States President Lincoln furnished him atot
for this p.ttpcsa out Of the Secret seEvic<
fund. But n = few days he ohtained = ves,
ccat!y set osfn1s for bis wife from house II
Baltimore upon !alss pretences, and hed 4
Chicago Ihtze he xae arrested, but escape<
| INTO Canada, remaining there atout one year
when be made his wsy TO NiddfeheM, 0onnee
| ticut, under the assumed nAnae OF II. IL Euni
| tou, with his Ai1h wife.
t In Canada, ~ be says, - he worked for =
per week, ;" md vent TO Conn ecticnt In auAwc
to an advertisement for IN "ornamental il
, pAnnef.' There he soon commenced preach
. ! ing to 4 F" mixed people" without congteg1
: tion, upon salary OF only +25o yesF. Thi
ea1aty w.s fton year to year raised until
, reached $500, when biz parsonage .Eery tnyt
.eriousIy, one dark night, VI
= burned A few Of his "miIed people,
i out Of pity for him, made up purse nor
I than sufficient to make him whole again. Bt
j the dltcovefy MAS eoon made that ho had hi
:. AWAY undsr Tho church four large t1unks, We
filed, and npun his attempt to remove thel
= tbev we're attached. and pa1t Of tte content
! eold for the support Of hiA abandoned famil,
- Very soon sftef this he 4ppeated In Chicago
y 1t As FrnnAlin street, Is jApAnuaz, under tn
i aeenrneu name OF Jas. S; Green. His csree
= since Is best known to the peop;e ot Oteens
burg, lad, and other@ pisces in that Stat.
whero he has lately preached 1nd prayed {
q successfully.