The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-10

K -'""soSnSs 'oN2S aug LnSI IC WhS COuuSt
for the Fifth Street church us. Charles Wes
Icy Warren, and that 1t was important Il
have his letters to her, and that she would
please forward them. and be would after.
ward return them. He signed himself ~.
| YOURS TRULY; l.. F. copeland. g. 4 ~
/ Meanwhile DR.. Moran wrote to the lady
desiring documents to prove Warren's ras-
callty. She replied, stating she had sent oil
to L.. f. Eopeland, counsel for the Fifth.
Street church. The postmaster at Whining.
ton was notified Of these facts at once, and
the Nantucket lady informed of the forgery.
The letters came that very day. and the lady
authorized Or. Moran to receive them, they
being withheld by the postmaster from Cope
land. 1t may be mentioned here the name
OF copeland Is very similar TO his Milwaukee
name of Copeland. Warren Immediately
put on an air of Injured innocence, and de-
tclared be had no time to notice these SLAM
ders. He soon resigned bis pastoral charge
Of Fifth.Street, and began to preach in The
theatre, the curious going in crowds to hear
him. Perhaps nowhere were the, people
fooled so badly by Warren as in Wilmington
ut the Fifth.Street church. On the 23d of
May, 1873, after investigation OF Warren's
case, the stewards of the Front-Street church
addressed communication to the stewards
of the Fifth-Street (WarreD's) church, prov
ing concluSiyely that Warren was ga bad
man."
! BADLY DCPED.
On the following day the Official Board OF
the Fifth.Street church published a card in
reply, and reiterated, as they always had,
their sincere love for their pastor. Thought
they and be were abused. Had investigated
to their entire satisfaction the charges against
him, and finally expressed perfect confidence
| in the earnest and self-sacrifcing man who
had proved by his walk and Cody life among
them that he was emnently fitted to minis
ter TO any whose pride and pomposity did
not exceed their piety. They repudlated the
| Methodist Church for its action, aud aVo~ed
allegiance to Warren even to the bitter emo.
Nothing could shake their confidence in and
| respect for the yillainous rascal.
| On the evening Of Friday, June IL, 1873,
| Rev. C.. w. Warren lectured at the Opera
! House in Wilmington on the subject, g. Tenn
parance." AS be a>cended the platform
Marsden Bellamy, Esq, met him and pre-.
scnted him with an elegant gold-aeaded
cane bearing the Inscription: "Rey. G. w.
Warren, from the young men Of Whining.
top." Had the cane been used upon him it
| would have had better effect The presena.
| tion was responded TO in BETTING terms by
| the Rev. Warren, who was deeply touched
by this token of respect.
He was finally arrested on June 16, 1878,
| for attempting to obtain valuable letters from
| the post-otfice on fraudulent pretenceS. He
gave the sum of 500 for his recognizance,
but left town that AFTERNOON. ln bis travels
he had occasion to use the B,y-Line steam.
ers, came TO Baltimore, and departed by Bal
j,;, nd Ohio rai1xrou f,llaU this
| advice OF the lamented Greeley,
eco WEST, YOUNG MAN"
After scattering frchrands in Wilmington,
as he had done elsewhere, be fled, not only
| for the aforementioned reason, but doubt
less fearfully apprehensiye at the same time
of the dreaded arrival Of dead wife, who
had strangely come TO life. This phenomenon
was reported by the Rev. DR.. Rivers, Of
| Louisville, who corresponCed with his W IL
mington irierds. and stated that Il short time
before she (the dead wife) was in that city
| pursuing Horton with loaded revolver TO
avengc herself on him for having stolen her
wardrobe and jewels. 1t appears she was a
| womau of questionable virtue, residing in
New York. and the Rev. Horton had suffi.
cienty gained her confidence to be allowed
| TO look occasionally at her raluables. Sud-
denly both the Reverend and jewels disap.
peared together, and hence the pursuit.
| Soon after his hasty and iynominious flight
| from Wilmington he fell in with Bishop
Peck, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and offered to accompany him TO California
and take work. He evidently could not
ama!gamate with eastern people, and desired
| to strike new field. The Bishop informed
| Warren that proper credentials and refer.
euces would be necessary. The Bishop pro-
peTly thought
ALL Is NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERs,
and Warren turned away in disgust. He ao.
horrcd the Yankees, particularly Northern
McthodistS, and SO crossing the line into
| Canada applied foI work to Rev. DR.. Rice. OF
| Hamilton, president of the Wesleyan Con-
| ference. He gave credentials from Bishops
kayanaugh, Paine, McTyere, and others.
| He said the Southern Church was going to
the dogs, Northern Methodi>m he could not
| endure and, being man OF means, was will.
ing to take any position in Canada. DR. Rice
sent him to Rev. Mr.. Howard, superintend.
ent Of Guelph district, who appointed him
Junior supply on the Flora circuit. And at
| this point il may be mentioned that Chlel-ot-
| Police Beck, Of Milwaukee, had in 1871 no.
titled Officer X LEY, of Guelph, by photo
graph and description Of Copeland, as fol-
lows:
| COPELAED'S APPEARANCE IN 1871.
| "Left Milwaukee, Nay 81, 1871, Charles
W. Copeland. Is Methodist minister !;
thirty-three or thirty-four years Of age five
feet nine inches high; full forehead; under
jaw and teeth project over the upper; hair
sandy and y; beard rather heavy and
perfectly red; sometimes wears moustache !;
is very smart and keen.lookipg. and very
neat and gentlemanly. think be had a
woman with him, butam not certain. will
pay you $500 if you stop him, and telegraph
| me so that can get him.
! "W. BECH, Chief of Police"
| For some time Warren progressed swim
mingly at Flora, Ont, and was very popular
with his parishloncrs.
| On the 10Th Of October, 1S73,-that fatal
day Warren preached ut Guelph, and was
then and there identified by Officer Kelley as
the forger &C. w. Copeland" mentioned
above. Through indiscretion the officer
| mentioned 10 his friends what be had learned,
and before night it had reached Warren 3
ears. He returned at once on q freight train
TO Flora, thus eludiDg arrest. lie collected
his effects and bis friends, and stated that a
telegram Just received announced that bis
brother Tom" had met with railway ac-
cIdent, and was lying at the point of death
in Chicago.
After a vast amount of crying, lying, and
| praying for q short time, be obtained money
| from nine or ten parties, and, promising to
return it in few days, made his eseape that
night on an express train. He passed into
the United States at Fort Edward, and there
borrowed two dollars from Rev. James Ross,
who still remains creditor. Whether
" Bro! her rom." died or not we do not know,
but the impostor next made his advent at
Parkersburg, w. Va, as an evangelist, un-