Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-26
EVENING STAR.
IUE n.LIIMokE SCANDAL AGAIN.
snoekins Charges Against Rev. L. ID.
Huston.

sboekins Charges Against Rev. l. ID.
Husfon.
The Baltimore ArSricaa OF this morning has
tong and sad story of the alleged criminal prac-
Z -rS OF the clergyman in that city, charged with
S Inch We make the following extracts:
The apparent effort making by certain parties
20 shield the Rev. l. ID. Huston, late pastor IF
Trinity Methodist EPISCOPAL Church South,
fem the charge o. seducing several children
connected with the sabbath school OF St Paul's
Church OF the same denomination, has induced
W. 10 thoroughly investigate the matter. The
result OF this investigation has satisfied that .
more base and black hearted villain never dis
gIaeed any walk OF life. The girl whose young
life has been blighted by the touch or the
seducer, was a pupil of the Western Female
Ugh School, the daughter OF a lady well known
20 many Of the people OF Baltimore as lady OF
culture and refinement. She was fair scholar,
stood well in her classes and up to the day of the
melancholy discovery there never was anything
in her sonduct that excited the least suspicion
on the part OF her companions or her teachers.
She had pretty face and a well-rounded form.
MYSTERIOUS REQJ EST.
The day AFTER the neither had been made ac-
Guziuted with the daughters disbonor a note
fen into her hands which was not directed to
her. II contained request for the daughter to
meet the writer on the corner of Lexington and
Carey streets nj a certain hour in the evening.
10 was dated No. = German street, and the
daughter denied all k1,owledye Of the party
able that this note was blind, and that the
name signed TO II was fictitious The reverend
Ssnss4 may nave nsafd . whisper Of Impending
an interview. Overpowered with grief, and
perplexed by this mysterious letter, the mother
Rev. VIM Mansey, and from the disclosures , 1es
made to him the investigation sprung which has
given publicity to the whole affair. and excited
4 storm Of Indignation which the Rev. Dr. Hus-
ton did not dare to face.
THE MOTHERS STATEMENT.
The mother states that about four years since
She attached herself to DIR. Illusions church.
and at his request sent her two daughters to the
sabbath school, Very soon after that the Doc
great liking for the youngest of the two, and
urged the mother TO allow him, as the child was
iatherless, 20 perform fathers duty towards
her and aid in her instruction and moral and
religious training. From that time during the
tour years that have since transpired scarcely a
day has elapsed that the child did not spend
q me time in his company, and on some days he
would call at her house four or i've times nomi-
nallv, as he said, to kiss her sick sister but
really tofssten his meshes more securely around
ms fatheTless victim The mother at the same
time feeling all the devotion and attachment TO
her pastor which were so universal in Dr.
Illusions congregation, thought her daugh-
anu returned thanks to God that such shield
had been vOuchsafed TOR her protection
As time moved on and her child approached
wOmanhOOd the attentions OF the Doctor became
more constant and prolonged, he frequently
calling for her to walk with him or tn go to GER
tain places, always with the cant of hypocrisy
on his lips and lust burning in his heart. She
appeared 70 care for the company of no one else
and showed an attachment and affection fer
MN such as Il sometimes developed by child for
a father.
1t was his constant habit to kiss all the
Young girls, and during the first two years
ne COntented himself with kissing and hugginC
this one Of his victims, but two years ago he
took her out with him nominally for the pur-
pose CT walk, but really to an assignstion
house on Caroline street, kept by a colored
woman whom he had brought here from Vir-
gInIa, where he accomplished her ruin. Sub
se1usntly ne often took her to this house and
was nothing wrong in il, at the same tine
frequently making her swear, with her hand
upon the Bible, that she would not diyulse
the matter TO her mother or any living SOU.
On some occasions he took her 10 a house on
Penn street, on others TO a house Josephine
street, and the members of his church will re-
member that during the camp meeting last fall
he returned 20 the city for one day. as he said,
"a baptiZe sick infant but in reality TO satisfy
dsy he spent in the city he called at the house
OF his victim. and asked her mother TO
allow her daughter to spend the day with him at
hlS house, as IL wOald be holiday for her; hav- /
inE lett his family at camp, it would be so lone
come for him. ami he would assist her in her
studies after he had finished the sermon he had
GENE home 10 prepare. The deluded mother
consented, and now the daughter confesses il
was nothing more nor less than an designation
for the most unholy Of purposes, under his own
roof He returned next day to the camp ground,
and took part in the exercises, preaching and
eNhOrting up TO the close Of the meeting.
THE ALLEGED LETTERS.
But this j. not al the yillainy charged against
this monster. The letter which was found, his
victim positively AYERS was written at the sug-
gtStiCE Of Or. Huston. who had taught her to be
ucye that such things were common, and that
hy so doing size might save him from trouble.
lie told her 10 pick tut among her acquaintance
any Young man that she thought would best
serve the purposes and invite him to take her to
one OF the houses TO which he had 50 frequent
taken her. His object evidently was to blast her
character for reliability in case any disclosures
should al any time be made against him, and the
letter subsequently, Intercepted by her mother
was undoubtedly written by him and signed by
another name 20 throw doubt on the mothers
mind a. 70 the truth OF the revelations her
daughter had made 10 her. No such person lived
at the house where the latter was dated from
and no such person was known by the daughter.
THE OTHER viCTINs-
We have Intentionally alluded to but one vic
tim. ana the SOrrOwing mother and child beg
To mention none others, a. they would shield his
other victims from the sorrow which has almost
crushed their hearts Suffice il to say that there
were other children whom he held in the same
wicked snare, who visited the houses namsd
with him. and who were bound by like oaths
not TO divulge the secret They fortunately
have not been brought TO the public gaze, but
outraged parents would have taken the life of
the villain If he had not preciPitately left the
city.
SENTIMENT OF HIS CHURCH.
The Rev. Dr.. Munsey. in his sermon yester-
day AT Central Church, whilst not alluding d!
rectly to this terrible affair, left no room in the
minds Of his hearers that his whole discourse
was based upon it IL was the children of st.
Paul's Church that had been corrupted BY the
villain. and IL was he who, after listening to his
protestatiOns OF innocence, with his hand upon
the bible. charged home to him his guilt, and
ordered DIR. Huston TO yield up his license and
nv from the wrath which his conduct has awak-
ened- Those who listened TO him were under
10 uncertainty as 10 his conviction of the guilt
strong against those Who play the hypocrite and
use the livery OF Christ TO serve the devil and
minister to their own passions.
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