The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-05

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The iEev. Has. s. CTEss fsI1s from Grace
PoyfIeas-Joins eke RepuDdiean Hsr-
~ apd EOrthwitSy BeeoJaes n SeOgn-
drsF..
The >RevrJameS Green recertly con-
victea in Iaeiana Of obtaining money tgr
der fslse Protences, and sentenced 70 The
State Prison for two years, has been in
tervieWed ,apd Eelstes the following story Of
his dOxnfall': -
was won over, body and sou, TO the
faith of Republicanism. The eshaDcifa-
ton proclamation. diS, it--destp6y the Tvi,j
lest thing that>efer saw the sun, as M.
Wesley called it., and save the Union,
This was my doctrine. preached it. AS
the people of East Berlin and Westhsid,
and Midletown and Cromwell, and Hart
ford, and, indeed, all that part of Connec-
tieut know. And l prayed it, and
speechifed on it, from school house to
school house, in the open air. and WHEREBY
er could get ears to hear It, And while
! | made some personal enemies / made
converts to the faith, and would have been
| glad to have baptized them into it. And
| all this / did at my own expense Had it
not been for this / would not be telling
/ these things in Decatur county jail to-
night, expecting to start for the State pris-
on IN the morning.
While in Connecticut ! was rather re-
luctantly drawn INTO prsaching again, 70
i the exclusion Of every other business. al
ter IN different places l was invited by the
Methodists of MiddIefeld, Conn, to. be
come their pastor / did SO by the ad-
vice of other ministers, and with the APP
proval of Rev Z. E. Graves. presiding ei-
der of the New Haven district. raised
a good deal of money and finished a beau
tIful church for them, haviHg it entirely
free from debt before dedication ~
While preaching. for that church, the
parsonage IN which I4lyed- burned TO the
ground. The trustees of the property got
the insurance on the building, but I . had
no insurance on anything, and lost, ex-
cepting a mere triae, all | had II was
hlnted By some that | must have had 8
hand in burning it but why / shoulS dc
so, or why any one should suppose such &
thing, never learned. The trustees Wer,
indignant at the Suggestion SinceI hay,
been in jail in -Greensb1rg ! have seer
stated that l had been arrested for arson
! but there is not word Of truth in it
, That was three years ago last June
then came 70 Chicago. where, resuneC
my own name From Chicago went Il
ShaLnon, Carroll county, III There
connected myself with the Baptists, IN. 8.
and war ordained BY d council called TO
that Pnrpose tpreached for the churcl
IL that town ffqr several months. but go
| broken up Dy the revelations Of a scorn
J drei. who knew Of NV trouble twenfl
years ago, but which h1d kept secret
i5He first offered, If / would give him husl
! imoney, he would say nothing, but ha,
no money nor could getit, 70 ne expose
me r
II then came to Eikhart, in tie State {
: Indiana, where / preached hrs months
Hero my evil genius followed me an
here gave him filt < dollars 10 keep hin
quiet. st the end of the Ave months
J accepted call TO the .pastorate Of th
: Baptist Church there I had not bee
there long before the spirit OF TIE evil On
prompted me to the utterance Of ialsehoo
: respecting property which, | alleged, wa
! owned by ny wlie N BaltImorc. After
j l.wardl stated that We had sold il, and 4
stated Zines yere-lo rseeiye sums asaoani
7 ing in the aggregate I 81, ,0oQ, sssel
e lit. before God this hour, that had no OF
81 iect whatever that ] can conceive Of f
i making these Statements had no en-
~ " -. anu ~ e%A-7 t4SIl -
: as great q mystery 70 me as II ls 70 man
others why.f was left 70 fall into this sel
e rible temptation Sometimes | think
If get s glimpse Of Gods providence in j
d and then. again all is dark as midnigh
; But fall did NEST fearfully.
) After time contracted for the pul
chase of some property. which was sold |
! me on the faith Of those statements. Tai
II property have since teccnveyed 70, ]
: rightful owner I then negotiated fol
? bills of exchange, amounting in all
; El 600 the signers and endorsers lendiT
e me their names on the faith of my repr
; sentations. Part Of this money was spel
n in improvements on the prcpereg, Al
$500 of it in hush money to my relentle
Il prosecutor. / thought could improl
le the property and make II 90 desirable
! 70 realize a handsome advance on its sal
b Butin this Iswas mistaken. went
T. Baltimore and tried 70 rBise money the
!, to meet the bills as they become due. ]
/ this failed. ] returned 70 Greensbur
and tined by other means, which. were al
3 false, to provide the money to meet theI
n but without avail then became alarn
q. ed and fed went FIRST to Boston, al
3 obtained employment' there for q sho
n. time : thehosdo Connecticut, in the san
Of neigh borhood where had shNed beiol
e. and got 9, situation Out of the procee
m Of my salary there could have IN "
m years nearly, If not altogether, paid mp n
b debts in Grsensburg, and would have do
s, it. but was arrested before had worked
IN month, brought back 20 Greensburg, an
having pleaded guilty to charge
obtaining signatures TO bill Of eKchan
Or by false pretences." l was sentenced
:. two years in the State Prison. Iehsl
: lssinned-sinned Sgainst great Light q
3, knogledge--and ]. am sorry for II. /
a new to, ,"eat the fruit Of my doing
= Toward the close Of his NARRATIVES D
Il Green was much moved, and as The reed
~ lection ofothar and happier days cluster
he thicis,and fresh before him. his voice &
a tered and almost broke down. We cou
ar not resist feeling OF pity for this Inl
Of whose intellect might have placed IA
n high n the social scale. but. whose PAl