The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-14
r,e clerical Elorenent I'm New York.
.nother Phase Of the Case.

THO Now York Tribune Of yesterday says
..,'ar,,;nc the e,opement Of Rev. Mr.. Cook,
=, tIe Methodist Episcopal Church, with
Miss Annie johnson; one Of his pa
,:elioncTs:
n,r ycnoYtov called OH Mrs. Cook and
..,ni her stricken sorcly with the painful
.,.}amitr which had hefallen her. The in
,.o,otinns which have been made impeach-
.... hcr husbands hitherto correct life were
oS, Hastily refntai. His former parishioners
- >aa,aronetk amply testify TO his pre-
..7;~cat rropricty daring his passionate
.<.,.r. His companion a" toyagf on his
,.,,.t tYin "a Enrore witnesses 20 theclean
IL &C his lie while abroad. And no
...g IN ro;m TO hlcmish in his life until
.};s understandable dercliction. That he
r..< moi the heartless scducer which he is
,,,d, 70 arpear is also shown in the letters
which Miss johnson wrote to him, and
which were in the possession OF Mrs. Cook
until the other evening, and which MIR.
T-sDson now holds. In these letters the
sang lady expresses her longing esgerness
~ ~ lav on which she will become cigh-
~ mi hca>is that when she arrives at
.,.ernnol she will hazard her life and
.....vil;r- for the man she loves. The let.
u.s. are :Ult OF fcryia feeling and atlcc-
,..,. She saws in one o. them that she
...l,- .,,!v 4 lille o: being eighteen years
are. and until that time she must pay
,...,.7,aI aiIcsiancc hut after that she could
Boa, lie r.easet.
,,:.s ncroc, il seems. has been priyy to
Ills Improper intimacy, and is now the
...,;s:iau Of letters which were written by
ID, % Hiss johnson. The letters are all
~. ...;.t SIGNATURES and dates, and are only
...". #s; ~ the pcnmanslip. TWAS Miss
U.gar who first communicated the intelli
..q... II: Miss .lohnSon's light to her fam
.,. TN Friday afternoon at about 4
..,,ars she y,cul 10 Miss Johnson's home,
wi :al The family that Matte had LETT
Mill r,r. tn,E That Miss Johnson was
-, ncrc,c lasSive in the hands Of her
r..r-ruan, hu; that. on the contrary, she
.... her na2t to allure and entice is convin-
..... ,:orr0. One time she addressed a
,..s 10 Lvr pastor expressing her disap-
,..amcnt ., lis failure to fulfil an engage
..enr wA:@h he had made with her, and
49,. .fla: i, he wouii send his son Baldwin
80 ,lay cA.,s with her she would be salts
81.
-. Cooh 1olI his vile that he was about
ID .'o.c wiki :, young lady, and that when
,.... Lad made their escape she would be
-...:,i-ci III The choice he had made. lie
I: with hut 500 aud left his family
F. ..;!. :. cent. The strange willingness
~agci 10 have his wife know nj that
~ connected with the matter. and the
=. les iulroyiieEce in which he left, the
a'-I,-aA Which he exhibited for wife
a~iiM.iiy which he has always cherished,
:, ,,.'v of & !reatal alteration. When
IT,; >era he was at the jersey City Ferry,
.t "a 2. ". Friday. He was seen b.
mra VINO KNOWS him By sight only, and
s,, remembers the hour distinctly. as
Aa :4..i iu>t arrived from Philadelphia by
.r 'l;.ia enc q; that time. Detectives are
~: Tie ,ra>3, u The panty, and the brothers
aa.r constituted themselves the avengers
~, ,a.tr BETRAYED sister. Mrs. Cook thinks
it",. j,.ca"sc Of his slcndcrly-stocked wal
,.t. Aa ,,ull -! have gone TO Europe.
Tie lrri| says ina: Mr.. Cook is heir to
.ar-e c:s;ai!cd property in England, and
,,:n Jetomc wealthy upon the death of an
uncle.