The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-07
CLERICAL CRIME.
Particulars of the Seduction and Murder Of n
YOunR Indy by the ReV. WnlIa.

OLEhlCAL ChImEs
Particulars of the Seduction and Murder Of n
Young Lady by the Rev. Walls.
The outlines of the case of the Rev. s. s. Walls,
now in Jail at Centreville, Indiana, charged
with the seduction and murder of Miss M. e.
Lambert, have been published In THE TELI-
GRAPH, but the following resume of the whole
terrible history will be read with interest char
aeteriZed as 1t is by circumstances of an unusual
and peculiar nature:- lH
The supposed murder of Miss Martha Il. Lam
bert, by her seducer, the Rev. s. s. Walls, of the
United Brethren Church, appears to be one of
the most infamous of crimes, and should the
murder be proven, the probabilities are that the
villain will be hung, and certainly the punish
ment would seem light compared with the crime.
The facts In the case, so far as ELECTED by the
Investigations of the Grand Jury, now in session,
are substantially as follows: the 18th of
last October q man calling himself Samuel
Salmon, accompanied by his wife, stopped at
this place, and went to the house of Henry
Gates, member of the United Brethren Church,
who resided about two miles west of Centreville.
They were travelling in buggy. The woman
was quite ILL., making ii necessary for them to
remain week, at the end of which time they
started west again; but when they reached
Indianapolis the woman was taken i'll again, and
they returned to the house of Mr.. Gates. While
staying here the reverend villain made the ac-
quaintance of q daughter Of Mr. Gates she having
been married and divorced from her husband.
An intimacy sprang up between Walls and this
woman, and from his statement to me it seems
they had an eye to the future. On the 7th Janu-
ary tn pretended wife of Walls gave birth to
child. After confinement she recovered rapidly,
until the 18th or 18th, when she was taken vio-
lenty i'll, and died at 1920 o'clock on Friday
night, the 21st. While at Richmond he wrote
letter to the parents of the girl, which illustrates
the sublime hypocrisy of the scoundrel. 1t will
be observed that he does not date it in any
place, nor state where he lives, and that he sends
the expense bill simply matter of gratifca-
tion to the family. He seems to have mathe-
matical system of making names, having signed
the letter G. Henry using the name of Henry
Gates reversed. The family knew his hand
writing and knew the author of the letter as
soon as they received it, 80 ..r..
January the 23d, 1s1O-Joseph and Elizabeth Lam
bert 1t has become my Duty to pen you few lines
relative to your Daughters af1ctiOn death your
Daughter came here on the Evening Of the 18th Of
October last stating that she had left home Tor
trip west for her health and requested to stop with
us which she did her well ordered walk aud chris
tian conversation won for her q number OF friends
that will not forget Matte her health improved
some until the first OF January and on the seventh
of January she was taken down Belfast the family
physiOn was called all care was taken that could
be Of her | am satisfied that thare was not a
stone left unturned that could have been turned
to her advantage on the 21st at 1890 NJ she De-
parted this life her spirit went to the land Of spirits
while her Body remained with us leaving cOunte-
they never saw any Body leave the world more
cam. She never struggled tleft us smyling heard
the remark made by some that She was a good
woman and is better of than We are. She said
nothing about wanting home the day she
Died was sitting by her bead sled thare being no
one In the room but myself, and she repeated a
of hymn that she had learned after she had
come here commensing as follows
Fare away in the land OF the pure and the bright
Is the City Of god with its golden light
Oh thare is our home and we ever shal stand
Mid the shining ones Of that better land
After repeating these lines in firm tone OF voice
said Matte do you love those lines and she re-
sponded firmly yes for a few hours before she Died
she was blind and requested us to light the lamp
told her that the lamp was lit but she could not
see 1t the room was full wnen she Died and thare
mt Arin hnnr InR with ltlyn
dead while am penning these lines my heart aches
within me never saw stranger that / took as
friends thare are bereft of lovely Daughter and
friend - EXpences here give with you the eX-
penses OF the afction and Death
PhySian i've VISITS. .$ll 90
C0in.. 2OO0
Expenses during afliction n.................. 1900
Expenses Of express. $50
My expenses on train .........,...... ....... 290
Total ................ ..................s5 SOL 80
accompanied the corps as far as Piqua and Tele-
graphed to StringtOwn and made all arrange
sary for Saturday for her delivery might have come
all the way but 1t being Saturday night would have
to Of state til over Sunday which could not 10
| yeniently, her afiiction was Inflammation of the
in few day at the Station will express the goods
to Dinsmore. She said that she wanted Jane Abbott
about anything els had to stop over at Richmond
and thought that would wright there and start II
| from there SO you get ie immediately. G. HENRY.
| j have given you the above figures more for the
| qualification OF you than for my own benefeit as
have made no charge to you your circumstances
are limited am member OF your faith and order.
| G. H.
Owing to the short notice OF her Death there was
quite number OF carriages and People accombined
us to the Depot.
On Monday warrant was issued for his
arrest and the sheriff followed him to the house
| of Mr.. Gates, making the arrest within twenty
minutes after Walls arrival there. Since the
scoundrel has been in jail he has told all manner
| of stories in regard to himself and his family
| but all of them so interviewer with the truth
that it is impossible to tell whether he Is attempt
| ing to play the game of insanity or not. Miss
| Emma Gates, with whom Walls was contem
| plating an elopement, has given cue to the
! whole matter. Fearing to deny what she thought
could be easily proven, she admitted and testified
that she came into Centreville two days before
| the death of the girl and purchased ten cents
worth of arsenic at the drug store of Pritchell &
Dickey; that she took it home, the intention being
| TO poison rats with it, but that the paper was
| never opened. Mr.. Pritchell, who sold the poi
son, testified that the paper had been opened
and tied up in an awkward and different man
| ner from what it was when IL left the store
The purchaser of the poison further testified thai
the deceased made her supper of boiled beans
on the evening of her death, and that she haC
carried the dish to the sick woman. The Rev
Samuel Salmon is rather a good-looking man
about five feet ten inches in height, dark brown
hair and whiskers, rather spare face, and wa
dressed in brown coat and vest, dark pants, anC
heavy cowhide boots
VULTURES.