Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-02
How the Affair Came to Light 49, The
Asthsr's Statfmsnt---cOnfessIo
Of ths Girl.
The Reverend Gentleman Submits HIs
case TO an feOleslasticaI Gourt---
His PrsVIous HlstOTy.

the hsFsFena denueman SUBMITS nls
case 70 an FGCleslasticaI Court
His Prsylous HIst0ry.
The girl whose young life has been
biighted by the touch Of the seducer,
as the tender rosebud by the early
frost, was pupil Of the Western Fe.
male high school, the daughter OF
lady we'll known to many Of the peO-
pie OF Baltimore as lady of culture
and refinement. She was a fair schoI-
ar, stood well in her classes, and up to
the day of the melancholy discovery
there never was anything in her CON
duct that excited the least suspicion
on the part Of her companions or her
teachers. A pretty face and a we'll
rounded form are precious gifts, but
sometimes they expose the pOssessor
to periIs from which those less favored
are exempt. The "eVil eve" had
gazed on this budding beauty, but the
charm OF mOdesty and at least the
emblem OF innocence still remained
There Is no truth in the story which
has been published to the effect that
was first aroused by finding
an improper note in her desk. Two
weeks since one OF the assistant
teachers at the high school told the
principal that a rumor had come 70
her ears seriously affecting the reputa-
ton OF this unhappy girl. The prin-
cipal was much psrpleXed as to what
course TO pursue. He was desirous of
avoiding the scandal which any
TNVEaTTc1 TTOpg
would create, and yet he thought that
the girl ought not to remain in the
school if the rumor was true. On the
following day note was placed in the
hands of the principal by a young
man to whom it had been addressed.
There was not hing particularly inn
proper in the language used in the
note, but there seemed to be an under.
current Of inuendO that was suspi-
cious. The name Of the young man Is
not known, except to the party to
whom he delivered the. III. starred mis-
sive. The principal determined to
show the note to the girls mother,
and to ask her to withdraw her
daughter from the school quietly, so
as to prevent the necessity of any ac-
ton on his part. When the daughter
was brought before her mother 70 ex-
plain the language of the note she had
written, she made the confession
VIII b has driven the Rev. DR.. Hus-
ton in disgrace from his church and
from his adopted city. Up to this
time there had been no mention of his
name-the inquiry started at the high
school had no relation to him-and
until the poor girl told her sorroWful
story to her mother, there had not
been suggestion that implicated him
In the least.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER,
We yesterday had prolonged in
tervieW with the mother OF that one
Of the children whose name has been
most prominently connected with
this terrible affair. We found her
overwhelmed with grief, and while
the story of her child'5 terri
bic wrong was at times scarcely able
to articulate.
Itappears that about four years since
she attached herself to DR., HustOn's
church, and at his bis request sent her
two daughters to the Sabbath. school.
Very soon after that the Doctor either
conceived or pretended to conceive a
great liking for the younger of the
Two, and urged the mother to allow
him, as the child was fatherless, to
perform a fathers duty toward her
and aid in her instruction and moral
and religious training. From that
time during the four years that have
since transpired scarcely a day has
elapsed that
THE CHILD
lid not spend some time in his COM
pany, and on some days he would call |
at her house four or five times, nOmi- |
1ally as he said to kiss her sick sister,
but really to fasUen his meshes more |
secure around his fatherless victim. |
The mother at the same time feeling |
all the devotion and attachment to her |
pastor which were so universal in DIR. !
dust0n's congregation, thought her
laughter always safe when she |
vas with him, and returned thanks
70 God that such shield had been
Vouchsafed for her protection. AS |
lined moved on, and her child ap-
preached womanhoOd, the attentions
If the Doctor became more constant
md prolonged, he frequently calling
or her to walk with him, or to 60 to
certain places, always with the cant
If hypocrisy on his lips ana lust burn
ng in his heart. She appeared to
are for the company of no one else,
md showed an attachment and affec-
ion for him such As is sometimes de-
7eloped by child for a father.
THE TERRIBLE REALITY.
Still the mother rested in happy Sc
'urity, and 1t was not until q few
weeks since that the terrible reality
anne to her knowledge, which In de-
all exhibits such systematic villainy
hat it seems almost Incredible. 1t was
lis constant habit to kiss all the young
,irls, and during the first two years
le cOntented himself with kissing and
Juggling this one Of his victims, but (
.wO years ago he took her out With
him, nOminally for the purpose of a
walk, but really to an assignati0n-
house on Caroline street, kept by a
;OlOred woman whom he had brought
here from Virginia, where he accom-
llished her ruin. Subsequently he
,ften took her to this house, and
aught her, in her childish innocence,
hat there was nothing wrong ia 1t,
1t the same time frequently making
ler swear, with her hand upon the
Bible, that she would not divulge the
matter to her mother or any living
,Oul. On some occasions he took her /
70 house On Penn straet, and others
70 house on Josephine street, and
THE MEMBERS OF HIS CHURCH
viii remember that during the camp
meeting last fall he returned tO.the
:ity for one day, as he said, to baptise
1 sick infant, but in reality to satisfy
ais wicked lust. Early In the morn
ng OF the day he spent in the city he
,alled at the house of his victim, and
asked her mother to allow her daugh-
.er to spend the day with him at his
house, as 1t would be a holiday for
ler; having left his family at camp, it
would be so lonesome for him, and he
would assist her in her studies after
he had finished the sermon he bad
,ome home to prepare. The deIuded
mother consented, and now the daugh-
or confesses that it was nothing more
lor Iess than an sssignatiOn for the
most unhoiy of purposes, Under his
lwn roof. He returned next day to
he camp ground, and took part in the
exercises, preaching and exhorting up
o the close Of the meeting.
THE ALLEGED LETTERS,
Rut this Is not all the vilIainy
charged against this monster. The