Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-15
A MYTERIoUs REQUEST.


implicated him in the least.
A MYTERIoUS REQUEST.
The day after the mother had been
made acquainted with the daughters
dishonor, note fell into her hands
which was not directed TO her. 1t con-
| tanned request for the daughter to
meet the writer on the corner of Lex
| ington and Carey streets, at certain
hour In the evening. 1t was dated at
No German street, and the daughter
denied all knowledge of the party
whose name was signed to it. 1t is
quite probable that this note was a
blind, and that the name signed to it
was fictitious. The reverend seducer
may have heard whisper of impend-
ing danger, and invented this ruse in
order to obtain an interview.
Overpowered with grief, and per-
picked by this mysterious letter, the
mother naturally sought advice from
her pastor, the Rev. William Munsey,
and from the disclosures made to him
the investigation sprung which has
given publicity to the whole affair, and
excited a storm of Indignation which
the Rev. DR.. Huston did not dare to
face.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER.
We Yesterday had prolonged inter
view with the mother of that one of
the children whose name has been
most prominently connected with this
terrible affair. We found her over
whelmed with grief, and while relat-
ing the story of her child's terrible
wrong was at times scarcely able to ar
ticulate.
1t appears that about four years since
she attached herself to DIR. Huston's
church, and at his request sent her two
daughters to the Sabbath-schoOl. Very
soon after that the DR.. either conceiv-
ed or pretended to conceive great lik-
ing for the younger of the two. and
urged the mother to allow him, as the
child was fatherless, to perform a faith
er's duty toward her and aid in her in
struction and moral and religious train
| ing. From that time during the four
wears that have since transpired scarce
| iy day has elapsed that the child did
not spend some time in his company,
and on some days he would call at her
house four or five times, nominaily as
he said to kiss her sick sister, but real
| ly TO fasten 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. Hus-
| tons congregation, thought her daugh-
ter always safe when she was with him,
and returned thanks to God that such
a shield had been vouchsafed for her
protectection. 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 to
go to certain places, always with the
cant of hypocrisy on his lips and lust
burning in his heart. She appeared to
| care for the company of no one else, and
showed an attachment and affection for
| him such as is sometime developed by q
| child for father. ~se-~
THE CHARACTER OF THE VICTIM.
AS there appears to be a disposition
| on the part of our citizens to class the
unfortunate young lady who has been
mentioned in connection with this af-
| fair among the vicious and untruthful
we feel in duty bound to say a word in
| her behalf There are few ladies in
| the city who have been reared with
| more WalClllul anu lONl1iB NdASsllO al a
| iety than she has. Her parents were at
one time in good circumstances. and we
know them intimately, her father
prosecuting a successful business on
| baltimore street. Reverses came, and
the father became as dead to the fami-
Iy, leaving with the desolate mother
two daughters, al that time respective
ly ten and twelve years of age. The
mother, with no resources but her own
industry, has devoted herself TO the
moral and religious training and edu-
cation efthese children Nothing has
been spared to render them capable OF
| maintaining themselves, her object
being to fit them for school-teachers.
The eldest son, a few years since, be-
came afflicted, and is now a cripple.
The whole hopes of the mother thus
became eentered upon the younger
daughter, and she was strong IN the
hope that she would soon be able to Sc
cure her an appointment as teacher
in one of the public schools. At the
present time her age is just sixteen