Smyrna times., 1872-10-02

SINGULAR CAsE-A A Young Girl Terribly
Injured, but is Unable TO Tell the Cause.-On
Thursday morning last considerable excitement was
created in this town by report that young girl S
had been criminally assaulted by five circus men
(the circus exhibited here Wednesday " and that
she and young IN III accompanying her were found
on the roadside the Landing road, after mid
night, in dying condition. The truth OF the
matter seems TO be this Some coored men, in
returning from the circus "Wednesday night,
when the Landing, whilst feeling their way in
the rain and pitch darkness, heard groans Shortly
flash OF lightning reveaed to them the PROSTATE
forms of two persons in the road. They Qhe mem
proceeded to the residence Of Mr.. John CosgrIff,
near by, and reported the circumstance Mr.. C.,
who had been awakened by terrible report OF
thunder, had also heard tbs grOans, some time be-
| fore, and at acceded to the request OF the
coOred men to allow the injured parties TO be brought
into his house, winch Was according done They |
proved to be young man named JOS. Sheldon and
| a young gIr named Frances Glow aged about 5
years. The young man had sufficiently recovered !
to walk TO the house, but the girl was helpless, |
entirely unconscious and comforting and grOanIng
| terribly. Sheldon stated AS above, that they had
been chased from Smyrna TO the point where they |
were fuun', mile distant. by five C rtus men, where
he Knocked down and the girl overcome by |
them Whilst IN the house, however, he acted and |
talked in the most ncoherent manner, walking |
around the room, pulling at or caresslng the girl,
etc. DIR. Swain was called in and on examining
the girls injuries found them to present the appear
ance of burns. The skin torn from her back
aud limbs aud her shres bursted from her feet while
the flesh appeared to be scOrched. Her under
clothing were scOrched and nearly burned of, not
witlstandng their thorough saturaii0n by the heavy
rain, while her dress was terrible torn. She re.
maIncd unconscious for about 4S hours, but
able TO converse with apparently ratOnalIiy on
Friday, and has been improving SINCE She does
not remember anything of the circumsl ances-dGes
not remember the circus anything that
I han hafnr aba
down. ME. Sheldon, we believe, still insists that
, the men did the injury. short distance
D from where the parties found, and between
them and the house near by, was large hole in the
ground supposed TO be the effects Of the lightning
If it vnldted all the rules Of attraction LAID down
j for it, Miss Glow, who lives with her uncle, Mr..
4 F. Slaughter. near Brick Store Landing, about
miles from town, is still suffering greatly but her
recovery is hoped for, and she seems entirely con-
} scious. Shelden's mind is still affected.
: PREsByrERY NEw CAsrLE.-The Elkton Scan
del Case Referred to a Commlttee.-'Fhe New Castle
Presbytery met at Newark in this State on Monday
evening last, Rev. l.. Marks acting as Moderator
/ The Preshytcry includes all the PRESBYTERIAN
=, Churches on the Peninsula, 50 in number
The session lasted from Monday evening Thursday
!, morning, the principal interest heng manifested in
d what is known as the "Elkton Scandal Case" The
pastoral relations of the following ministe~s were
!, dissolved, at their request Rev. Robert White, o
u }rIdgev,lIe; Rev. e. II. Smith, o! West Church
n Wilmington and Rev. ID. W. Moore, Of Lower
r. Brandy wine Church.
0 Rev. }. &. Alexander, OF Monmouth, was received
into New Castle Preshytery. Application was ais,
# made by cOlored gFadute Of Lincoln University
to be transferred from the Presbytery Of Chester
s this PresbyteTy, but as he had come away from
r home leaving his letters of dismissal behind him
n action on the application was deferred.
Revs II. J. Gaylord. George w. Kennedy and J
:" pare resolutions the death Of Rev. Richard A
: Mallory, late OF Milford
A communication from Rev. Henry Mathews, o
:" ElktOn, was read, stating that false charges OF
criminal nature h been made against him, an,
asked that conmIttee be appointed TO investigate
them.
a The request implied with and the fnll-win,
IN committee appointed Rev. DR. John Patton, o
oi Middlelown; R;v. J. l.. VlIandIngham OF Newark
to aud Rev. J. II Johns and Elders John Y. Foulk,
d. Milford aud Hugh Steele, Of Port Deposit.
er The 60 nmIt'ec propose making thorough inves
ugatlon of the case, I'd viii probably repO;I at
Us meeting of the Pres 'ytery TO be held IN Yves
IN church n WllInlngt IA on the 18th Of October
nd In sp' akng OF the case the Wilmington CONNER
of cidL says Puonc opinion divided the guilt
or innocence of the accused.
ld A lew DAYS after the disclosure Of the poor pir
ParSon Mclntre, he is arnil trly illed Colectu
d, OF Internal Revenue tor the FIRST MARYLAND d.,
ch trlcl, had an interview with Mr.. Matthews at hl
us Office IN Baltimore. Every opportunity y as tn.
i'd offered the accused to deny the charge but he onl
u sealed his lips gave evIsIve answers To the Pa
et sons questions. Mr.. McIntre to him lf he woul
as Ouly give positive contradiction 10 the gIrs tat,
ment, that his sympatbIes and his etfMts should b
~ united in attempt blot out the STAN which wa
u resting upoE his character. The Parsons in
in poTtunites were unavaIlIng, and no denial wa
-, made, we assured.
Al When Mt. Matthews visited EIkton for the pu
We pose Of having interview with the gir his fenc
Iv again attempted TO extOrt from him a DENIAL eve
assuring him that f he would make oath Of his il
m nocence they would believe him gutless the asst.
tiORs Of the girl TO the contrary notwIthstandini
re- Tic, however, maintained his usual retlcence
,a In com any with couple Of elders Of the Churc
n one at whom was J. L. Mccullough, Mr.. Matthew
NO visited the girl while in jail aud when he asked h,
er why she had told the terrible story about him an
,u was answered that she was compelled to, and
the same time declIred the story to be correct
only wrung his hands in anguish and was uther W il
s moved with deep emotion. While there, VI
" Mccullough removed the covering from the chi
whIie was sleeping in its cradle. but Mr. MATTHEW
- refused to look upon Il and turned away. IIe h
N never yet seen the child
"k Almost every one expected Mr.. Matthews
attend the meeting Of the Presbytery hut he failed
appear, and merely sent the letter asking an inves
~ CATION into the charges alleged against him. Eve
IN this letter there sad to be equIvoca tisn, al
ast the denial is oIly made be implication. lie sa
u; that certain tase charges" have been made again
OK him, which may mean that the main is CORE
Nv. and minor ones false, may be construed into
en' NAL of the whole story. The letter very careful
hr and guardedly written. II he is guilty he is certain
her acting IN a most conscientiou, manner rpfus,ng
'an add per rury to his other crime.
ng Another singular fact in connection with this ca
I'M is the political anecedenls of the Rev. Mr. Matthew
A VIrgnan by birth, he inherited all the antipath
;s Of his people towards the coored men, and broug
os with him his political predictions his hor
u,s in EiktOn. lie most ultra in his views a
ons strong IN his preudIces-so much so IN fact that
10. church separation could barely be prevented amor
q, lis people In view Of this fact, his present stu
La ton is somewhat anomalous, but not more so fro
vc this reason than by his departure from the csso
Of " P"''y """ ""'" ""'o" "o "aS oee" lhcu'cali
,Lo these many wears.
ned
nee PERsoNAL-Among the visitors to our town Il