The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-05
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TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line. Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
vile Conspiracy against IA Clergy man

vile Conspiracy against htiersy man
SAN FRANCIsCo, July 3.-The Post this
evening publishes II narrative of nine
columns purporting TO be q true story Of
circumstances connected with the trou-
bes of Rev. Mr.. Parshall, Of Oakland.
Some two Years ago Parshall was tried
by Church council, in October and No
yrmbcr, 1873, for lascivious conduct with
certain members OF his flock, and was con-
victed and left town, going To Nalliso,
finally settling at Healdsburg. On the
18th o: October last the community WAS
startled by the report that p. II. Sumner,
Il prominent member OF ParS hal ;
church at Oakland, had been the victim
OF an attempted assassination and
taken to his room severely
wounded kept his bed several weeks, bes
ing attended by friends and physicians
and interviewed by reporters. lie showed
anonymous letters warning him Of harm
If he did not stop his persecution and
finally made an ante-mortem statement.
He was waylaId by two men on the night
in question and upon his refusing to con-
sign TO the compact u set Parshall all
right; attacked us before mentioned. In
stead of dying after thi, statement, Sum
ner went east with his family. During
his absence Parshall commenced suit
against the Post for publishing Summers
ante-mortcm statement. Sumner rGtsrn-
ed in MAY last and said he had obtained
a good deal of information about Parshall
in the East. which would help the Post !;
called on Colonel Barnes, who WAS con-
ducting the case for the Post; showed him
Il number of Anonymous letters, which he
claimed to have received during Septcm-
Der, 1914, all breathing u spirit of hostil-
ity on account of his opposition to Par
shall subsequently, tod Barnes he had
discovered the man who attacked him,
and within day or so brought him to
Barnes Office; the mans name was Pur-
Wis, who acknowledged having commit
ted an assault on Sumner, ut the request
of P,rshall that Parshall
was an old friend of his
and worked on his sympathieS
unit, lac consented u commit the deed.
Rivers was also named a. his accomplice
One j. c. Rogerson, of Oakland, clerk III
the employ of Barnes, was shown letters
purporting to be from Parshall, relative
TO the contemplated assassination, which
were in the same hand aS those produced
by Sumner. Captain Lees detective
was called into the case, and made II
critical examination OF the whole affair,
and discovered Il discrepancy which
aroused his suspicion, and the upshot of
the whole matter is, that Purvis, and
subsequently, Sumner, being confronted
with the evidence attained, have finally
confessed that the whole affair,
including the injuries received by Sum-
ner. the anonymous letters received
by him, and the supposed correspondence
between Purvis and Parshall WAS q con-
,pirucy for the ruin of Par>hall. The
Post wa> informed OF the disclosures on
account of their being IL libel suit against
it by Par.hall. On Monday Parshall
was no;iilrd by telegraph. On his arri-
val on Tuesday, it was determined to
proceed at once against Sumner and this
morning suit was commenced against
him in the Twentieth District Court by
Parshall, with damages set at $4,000, or
libel contained in the SO called ante-mor-
TEN statement.