The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-08-03

UST 8. 1871.
they ksve hsh obliged 10 make Hseulean
els for - oomfon, gofbg almost to the
poiot Of oGnmitting infanaieide fnr IL sake
Of insuring quiet in his sanctum. They have
known all the receipts for collie, and have
been posted IL to the bert method with the
measles; they have made their own clothes
and part Of their husbands. Friends (?)
have partaken Of their graceful hospitality.
md praised their sponge cake rhapsodially;
yef after al, everybody seems to believe that
literary women are set Of helples incom-
Petents. So dif6cnlt Is it to eradicate pref
udice, in competition with which proof has
no chance uhaseyer.
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IxDIAxAroLls, July 5, 1S7l.-Ther. now
languishes in tn, Shelby County Jail one Of
he mos interesting culpFiis I ever heard Of.
/! think may multiply adjecfives on this
Charles Mcwiriams Is his name. This is
not BY any manner Of means all his names.
He has called himsslf Harry Wilson and
half score Of other taking sohriquets. His
proper surname ia supposed to Be McWil-
h.,:ns, as he vas born under that name aome
thirty-6ve yeas ago, in the little village Of
Cfctesville, in this State. As far ~ heard
from there is nothing particularly airocious
in his anteoedents and early history. As
L. ! be supposed, he was a comely lad and
THE PET OF THE NElGHBORHoOD.
IL this respect he has held his own ne
ma, kably we'll for nearly forty years. He il
foe looking fellow, and exceedingly mild
hammered He is tall and graceful, has good
features and complexion, and an allurins
smile, while the fascination Of his gaze il a
irresiseable - that OF serpent
In addition to his pef,onal charms he has
az wonderful memory, and can preach like a
Beecher, lecture like Cough, and sing like
. nocking bird.
LAA summer be spent at Monrovia, In.i.,
where, - IN interesting widower, he caused
quite sensation among the fair. As a re.
vivalist, his success was ciedit to the United
Brethren church. His success ~ a sensation.
alist vas complete when arrested and placed
in the Rensselaer, Jail.
AN ACCOMPLISHED CLERGYMAN.
The requisition from another county wa
for breach of trust. He had settled down
in community rs Christian (Campbellite)
minister, on condition that he should be fur
n,shed with hone and buggy to make the
circuit. Barkis was willing, and straight.
way set out on his mission. In process OF
preaching he got dOctrinal points Of the
church 50 mixed up with more liberal plan
of salvation that il created disturbance. In
secular point Of view it would have been
considered general row. The accomplished
gentleman snuffing the breeze Of discomfort
far and near, took unto himself the horse and
buggy and decamped.
For this offence he Was arrested and landed
in the close quarters Of the Jail. He was
waited upon in his new quarters by couple
Of brethren in the faith. He Was asked why
he had not preached the doctrine he had
bargained to.
by G., preached better doctrine OF
my own, and If you will get me out Of this,
"a sure as there's universal salvation, | will
preach Tor you again" &
In connection with his arrest there are
many interesting particulars. When Accosted
in that friendly way known to police officers,
with slap on the shoulder and a gentle adj
moniti0n that he was WANTED" he replied !:
A HEALTHY TWIN.
''rhere must be some mistake"
"IOu are Charles McWilliams, Of Rens-
selaer, late of Monrovia?' .a
"Mistake, again. Inever Wis there in my
life. The fact is, am a twin. My brother
resembles me very much. Now l come to
think, believe he did spend last summer in
MOnrovia. He is my twin; looks astonish-
ingly like me-"
"YOu," said the officer, 'lOok enough
like the man We want to suit us. Come
along"
The moment they were outside the door he
commenced swearing, and gentleman who
was present says he never heard sach BIAS
phemy before nor since.
His soA-hearted captors permitted him to
have all the whisky he wanted, and by the
time he reached the JUSTICES Office he was
uproarOusly drunk. With all he said nothing
to criminate himself, as his captors thought
he would under the influence of liquor.
Consigned to the Jail, he still had por-
ton of whisky left, and the first thing he did
was to compel the Flew inmates to 60 down
on their knees, as he expressed it, to take
the sacrement." This blasphemy over, he
snatched fiddle from one Of the cells, and
beginning to play, ordered the prisoners to
dance. He behaved like mad man, and
the poor fellows were forced to obey him.
Then he formed them in line and sung
about hundred hymns to them. As said be-
fore, his voice is really magnificent.
ASA BIGANIsr.
also, he is a great success. He ha, two wives
in Wisconsin, three in Indiana, and two in
Ohio. As general thing, he married daugh-
ters of well-to-do men in whatever church
he happened to belong to. His favorite mode
Of proceeding was to forge certificates of
license to preach, and it Is astonishing how
successfully he carried on his system of
knavery within radius Of few miles.
On one occasion he was travelling on foot
through the country, when he stopped by
the wayside at a house Of the humblest de-
scription. Upon inquiry, he found it had
belonged to widow, but on the settle
ment Of the husbands estate it was taken to
pay his debts. All the property she poser
sed any claim on in the world, was COW
and q calf
McWilliams actually married her that
evening, and the next morning, with her
consent, drove the COW and calf tn the near
est town, sold them and put the money in
his pocket. That was the last seen of him
by the widowed bride
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