Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20

credentials and certificates of location
from the Mississippi conference. he
was stationed in Quarry street, Fall
River, Massachusetts,, and under his
newIy-assumed name Immediately
opened correspondence with Bishop
Paine, of the NJ. E. Church South, re-
uuestiug an appointment either IN the
Virginia, North or South Carolina con-
ferences. He claimed that the north was
uncongeuial to him, and he had 10
feeling in common with abolitln1sts.
Warren meantime was carrying op
his devIish work i'll Fall River. 1t ap-
pears ne was engaged to MISS Iripp'
in Fall River, and to Miss Mary
Swain. OF Nantucket, Mass, at the
same time, and both of whom had
the troUsseaus ready for the occasion.
SrispiciOns were afoat when he began
his correspondence with Bishlp Payne,
and he was in haste to avert the pend
ing storms He received an appoint
1neut from the south to take charge OF
the Fifth street church, in Wilmington,
y. G. He vent thither in january,
1873
IN order to get away from the faii
River people nicely, he announced
th,t his darling, pct daughter was al
til,. point OF death; that info rmht1on
from her aunt, with whom she was a'
Berlin. Prussia, bade him go immedi-
,sfciy 20 her. His grieving awakened
such sympathy that his people gave
INN money TO go OF Ills ocean 7oyaB"-
Once away from them, lie went immo-
Iiutely to Wilmington. \. Z.
Here follows q full and very accu-
rate history Of his exploits in this city,
with which our readers are familiar,
and which we Will not reproduce.
This account ends With his arrest, on
June 10th 1873. for attempting to oh
;ain valuable letters fr ON the post-ot-
flee on fraudulent pretenses, and his
escape, after giving bond for his re-
! cugaizaace. He reached Baltimore,
and departed by the Baltimore and
! OHIO Railroad, thus following the ad-
vice 81 the lamented Greeley.
| go WEST YOUNG MAN"
After scattering frebrands in Vii
lrirotf:n. as he had done elsewhere, he
/ fled, not only for the above ms ntloned
reason, cut doubtless fearfully appre-
| hcnsive, at the same time, of the dread
ea arrival Of a dead wife, who bad
strangely come to life. This phenom-
en3n was reported by the Rev. DIR.
| rivers, OF Louisville, who correspond
Cd with his Wilmington friends, and
stated thata short time before she (the
dead wfe) was in that city pursuing
| Horton with a loaded revolver, to
aveuge herself on him for having sto-
len her wardrobe and jewels. 1t ap-
pears size was q woman OF QnestlOnn-
! bic virtue, residing III New York, and
the Rev Horton had sufficiently gam
ed her conf 1ence to be allowed to
}ock occasionally at her valuables-
Suddenly both the reverend and the jew
| ,,i3 disappeared together, and hence
the pursuit. Soon after his hasty aud
icn0minious flight from Wilmington, he
feil jI4 with Bishop Peck of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and offered to
accompany him to California and take
! work He evidently could not ANAL
guInate with eastern people and de-
| sired to strike a new field. The bish-
op informed Warren that proper Gre
| dautiais and references would be ne
cessary The bishop properly thought.
ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERs,
| and Warren turne away in disgust. He
90l.orred the Yankees, particularly
! Norheru Methodists, applied for work
a. Rev DR.. Rice, of Hamilton, presl-
/ l-Lt OF the Wesleyan conference. He
! yGye credentials from Bishops kava-
u.ugl, Mc Tyere, Payne and others.
| He said the southern church was gong
10 the dogs, N0thern MethOdlsm he
could not endure, and being man OF
means. was willing to take any posi-
ton in Canada. Mr.. Rice sent him to
Htv. Mr. Howard, superintendent OF
Guelph district, who appointed him
junior supply on the Flora circuit.
and at this point it may be mentioned
that Chief of Police Beck, of Mllwau-
kee. had in 1871 notified officer Kelley,
Of Guelph, by photograph and descrip-
tion Of Copeland. as follows;
Left Milwaukee, May 81, 1871,
Chas ". Copeland. Is Methodist
minister, 50 or 81 years OF age; five
feet nine inches high; full forehead; !;
under jaw and teeth project over the
other; hair sandy and curly; beard
rather haevy and perfectly red; some
| times wears mustache; Is very smart
and keen looking, and very neat and
gentlemanIy. | think he had a woman
| with him, but am not certain. L will
pay you $500 if you stop him and tel
eGE&HE me 80 LIldL L Call Stb I'LL.
"W. BECK, Chief of Police. ="
For sometime Warren progressed
swimmingly at Flora, Ontario, and
Was very popular with his parishioners.
Or the 10 tn OF October 1S73-that
fatal day-Warren preached at Guelph,
and was then and there identified by
! Officer Kelley as the forger, sc. W.
! Copeland" mentiond above. Throuh
-
| his friends what he had learned. and
| before night it had reached Warren's
ears. He returned at once on a freight
| train 10 Flora, thus eluding arrest.
/ He collie ctAd his effects and his friends,
a1d stated THAI telegram just recei-
| yea auEouccd that his brother Tom"
had met with rail way accident, and
was lying at the point of death lii
| Chicago.
After vast amount of crying, lying
! and praying for Il short time, he OBJ
| tanned money from nine or ten parties
| and, promising to return in a few days:
made hiS escape that night on an eX-
press train. He passed into tn" United
States at Fort Edward, and there
aOrro v.ed two dollars from Rev. JAS
! jtD &, vino still remains creditor
! Whether Brother Tom" died or not
we do not know, but the imposter next
made his advent at Parkersburg, West
| Virginia., as an evangelist, under the
alias OF
REV. LUcTUS f. HORTON.
The elder there suspected SON.
thing, and SO did Horton, for he soon
disappeared. All was quiet for awhile,
when suddenly the Kingston district
N Pennsylvania began to communicate
with tie Wilmington people, and max
'ng inquiries as to their beloved pas
tor, L. T. Copeland. The 'beloved'
soon disappeared from Pennsylvania,
! having wind" Of tie commun ication
| regarding his identity. He is next
heard from in Indianapolis, Indiana,
where II assumed the aristocratc re-
| 1pUnsibihty OF the
REV. LLOYD COPELAND.
! His ways that are dark and tricks
! that are vain were reh earSod in tn at