The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-06-14
Dailp ARGUS.
SCAN MAG.
4 jolly Iowa Radical and an ex.
Rock Island Lawyer Caught
in Flagrante Delictu.
He Escapes Coat of Tar and Feathers with
his Jezebe.

tains the following account OF hour "goody'
goody' parsons turned, lawyer, class leader
in church and ex-Radicsl member of the
Iowa Legislature exemplifed all these pre-
emently worthy qualities in his deportmen,
in Marshalltown, Iowa. illustrates how a
union of all these attributes in one person
constrsins him TO the observance of one oi
the clauses of the deoAlogue which shall be
nameless
MARsHALLTowN, Iowa, June S.-The
citizens of our city last Sabbath morn were
startled as BY the sharp cry of fire ct mid
night. crins. con- of the most scandalou
magnitude was found to have existed for q
long time between parties protesting to be
OF the cream of the church, state and
society.
The constabies of Msrshalltown, Iowa
while skylarking at a late hour on Saturday
night TO ferret out new importation of old
bavds and pimps, stumbled upon an sbom.
Unable couple an taaqrante deIictu in the
barn of Lawyer L. G. Henderson. Amaze
ment seized upon the police when, upon
striking a match, they found substantially
stripped to the buff no less a person than
one OF the elders and preachers in the
Iowa legislature, attorney for the Chicago
and Northwestern railway company, the
owner of the barn himself, consorting with
married female member of the same
church! Tears and bribes were of no avail
TO the iucorruptible constsbles and bystaId
ers who tiooked in, and the exposure and
disgrace were final and absolute. saSs
A full confession was made by the guilty
pair, showing that for months this mon
strous coalition had been carried on with
the utmost secresy In the dead hour of dark
ness. The masculine member was on Mon
day last expelled from the church and the
lodge, and, ere this, both have fed to parts
unknown, to avoid the tar and feathers o.
al outraged community. Suits were at oncs
instituted by the injured husband for divorct
and for damages for the deli berate seduction
OF his wife.
II may be superfuous TO add, but it i.
true that this wretch has been the head
centre of republcsnism in this county fol
fourteen wears the loudest In his haranguel
concerning "God and humanity" making
the longest prayers and the most speeche
on temperance, morality, and the world tt
come, condemning the religious opinions
and political belief of many of his neighbor
whose shoes latchet be was not worthy u
unloose.
Since this catch, many other peccadilloe
of similar character by this would be Con-
gresham have come TO light, which proves
him a hardened villain of the blacklist dye
FINS.
From the Marshailtown Republican.
GRIM CoY-One of the most startling anc
astounding cases of GRIM con. that eve
startled an unsuspecting community, hs
Id ~ - oaH
withhold the names of the parties, as they
have left the city and probably the State
out of regard for and sympathy with q dis
tressad family-an aged mother who mourn
over the disgrace and degradation OF a favor
lie son, and crushed, heart-broken wife
whose happiness has been destroyed, AM
future domestic peace and comfort blighted
and innocent children, all of whom ar
bsmeless. The case is this
"One of our supposed most estImsbl
citizens was caught in q barn with q neigh
boring woman, and confessed to imprope
intimacy with her. Both were members /
good standing in the church, and the bio
to both morals and religion is staggering
Never since our first appearance as a Jou
nalist, have We penned article with sue
pain at our heart as now. Our entir
city seems as if overshadowed with dreaC
ful doom-the moral atmosphere is tainted
aud we confess it with shame and humilIi
tIOn.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MARsHALLFowS, Iowa, June Cur cit
Is to-day in high state OF excitement. In
knowing ones are, as ever, on the alert, an
what has heretofore been gossip has no
been proven to be another scandal IN hIg
HE. | has been whispered around for
hat hn n HandprSD
mas been on very intimate terms with Mr
c. c. Carleton and another woman OF II
city, and it was feared that this intlmat
had ripened into crime, but nothing dehnl
was known till last Saturday night, when II
police pounced upon them In the nay mo
IN his own barn. The facts relative to the
capture are as follows:
For some time woman had been SCI
late at night to enter SAID barn, situate
the rear of his residence lot, and suspici'
was aroused that all was not right. Chief
Police McCord was notified, and he conci
ded to watch the premises. bis suoor'
mates, Garfield, Miller and Parker, bel'
secreted, watched for coming events, ana
II O'Clock D. m, on the 4.h inst, the ia
aforesaid entered the barn, and was soon
the embrace of her amorous lover. L
police then entered, and found them snug
ensconced in the hay-mow-the Iady pei
partlv undressed for the occasion. '" n
discovered, she showed fight, but the ID
Il. c.. as he is familiarly called here, so
wIlted and cried like a child, begging
police to save him but the stern and cru
hearted officers saw nothing but crime
an offended law before them
Mr.. Henderson is one OF the oess la"y
in this state. He formerly praes'ced at
IL l. .nh nj
moved here. He is also q leader IN
republican party, with very tar prosp
OF being elected to the next congress
has been twice q candidate for district lud
but as often defeated. He is a member
the womsns suffering convention, lat
held in this country, aud this woman {
Of its secretaries, shrleking loudly for suit
ing woman Mr. Henderson was q mem
of the Methodist Episcopal church for mi
years, as steward and leader, and for Ii
time the superintendent of its Sabb
school, and about ten years since, he bece
hcenhate, aud was ordained to preach
gospel, which he often did, but alas he
turned from the licentiate to the hcenti'
and, at church meeting called to-day,
was lonnd guilty, and the sentence
communication was pronounced.
1air OBJECT OF hls love was also q mem be
the same church, in regular standing, O
Jealous IN all good. She, too, was to
exeommunicated. Mr.. Henderson is
father of ak interesting daughters,
growing into womanhood. and what
mother and these lovly daughters vii
time alone can determine. The outr,
husband has already commenced suit
divorce, and has also sued Mr.. Hende
for damages. We feel sorry. and onr b,
rrov sad uhpr
but no punishment which the law can
out to the offender can be too severe, An
indignant community should point
finger of scorn and contempt, and loa,t
as vile wretch. Truly, the mig hty
fallan.