Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-04
THE UBIQUITOUS WARREN
Further movements of the Clerical
HmpOstOr
HE CHANGES NAME, WHISPERS
AND RELIGION.
From Baltimore to New
Orleans.
HIS ARREST. PAROL e AND
ESCAP e.
THE WAY OF THE. TRANsGREssO OR

HIS ARREST. PAROL r. AND
ESCAP g.
THE WAY OF THE. TRANSGRESsOR
The Rev. (?) G. W. Warren, alias
W. E. Copeland, has had two adven-
lures lately, and from descriptions of
his person, as well as of his manner
and character and acts, we DO not
think there can be any doubt Of the
fact that he is the same man who Gig
ured" in this city d short time since.
About the LIST OF May, clerical gen
tieman registered at Barnum's Hotel,
Baltimore, as ". &. Copeland, Massa-
chusetts. He denuded himself of a
long, flowing, black beard. Getung
off Oh some pretense without paying
his bill, he removed to the CarrolltOn
Hotel, this time accompanied with a
wo man. and registered us Geo. War
rem and wife, Boston, Mass" There
he remained for two days. He told
| the clerk that his wife would leave the
Hotel that day, and would settle the
| ball. He WAS not subse queItly he ard
of III that city, where 1t appears he
had been III attendance Oh the meet
| ings OF the International Sunday
Souool Convention. Ms. Warren left
i'll the afternoon, promising to send
the money as soon rs she reached her
home III the city, which was On Hoi-
Inns street. But she failed to pay the
hotel bill or the rackman either. siam
ming and locking the door III the lat
ter's face.
Warren alias Cop land had also
stopped at the Eutu" House where lie
had reg stored Il" Mir. Reid. lie
preached dunrg las stay Ill Bait more
III Rev. ID. =. Murvlu's Church, corner
Green and tayette streets, where he
ccvated quite Il favorable impression.
His whefeabouts since have been
unknown until telegram from New
Orteuus announced that Rev. ". e.
Copeland lad escaped closely shad-
owed By the police.
his movements in that city we
gather the following particulars from
tue Picayi1le of the Goth inst.
) The revelations contained in Mon
l day mornings Picayetae exhibit
} striking coincidence OF circumstance:
t surrounding the Baltimore scauda
case uuu the case of the selt-styie
> Rev. w. 4. Copeiand, of the f'lrs
/ Baptist Church OF this city. There
wtr" apparently wanting OnIy two CIR
: cumsts>nces to bring the identity o
} both out as one and the same mail
his weight and the color OF his beard
The Baltimore dispatch stated that he
I was about one hundred and severity
, five pounds i'll weight, and wor0 |
E long, flowing black beard, which h
l caused to be cut closely before Leaving
: the Monumental CITY" Our" Mr.
l Copeland cannot be more ihan on,
1 hundred aud forty-iiye pounds. anC
5 though he is evidently capable %
i raising Il "long, flowing beard" 1t
$ co.or could never be black wlthOu
t the aid OF dye.
> 1t appears that on seeing the dis
II CLOSURES III Monday mornings Plea
: Y3iiiC. two prominent members OF tn'
; Fist Baptist Church repaired to th
, Central Police Office and euLmitte,
/ the matter to Superintendent Loan
!, They stated that though Mir. Cope
Il land was the Pastor of their Church
he was TO them
PERSONALLY UNKNOWN.
d About a north ago, being III want o
). a pastor, they wrote to DIR. Warren
" of Philadelphia, to recon mend then
3 one. DIR. Warren" wrote stIOpi
o recommendation IN favor of the ''Rev
: Mr.. Copeland" who. his letter stated
y, was young man OF brilliant parts
4 without family encumbrance, who wa
Il DESTROYS of procuring a settlement.
II A correspondence was then opene
g with Copeland himself, resulting i'll hi
b engagement Copeland then starte
e for New Orleans, and on his way dow
s dropped in upon Baltimore at the liz
V ternatIonal Sunday school Conven ion
). and only arrived here about ten day
u ago. a question here arises as t
l. who DR. Warren is. The elders q
:. the church seem to have obtained til
e name from II directory of some kind
e and the gener raj lief now is that Dl
1t Warren and Mr.. Copeland are one an
It the same person.
e With these facts in his possession
= detective Devereaux was detailed t
+. work up the case. He presente
n himself about noon at the Uppe
e City Hotel, where Copeland boarded
r but the landIady informed him tina
e his man was out. DevereauX Pre-
It cured the key of his room and wen
a inside. He found his trunks out i
i the middle of the room, packed, an
e over one of til, III was stretched
thnnuh no 70
J. plated trip. Davereaux waited Ill
i til he came in, and then took hir
l. down to the Central Police Station
l. Copeland manifested no impatienc
e or annoyance under his arrest, bu
e was
/. VEHEMENT IN HIS PROTESTATIONs
= of non-identity wi h his Baltimor
. namesake. He said he needed but
- few days to set things Alright, rs h
had written to some friends i'll Phi
: adelphia to forward evidences of III
= identity. Having given the names O
!" some of his sO-cailed friends, tele
l. gaams were dispatched to them. bu
IN no ins lance was an answer received
II /, Devereaux having siguitied a wis
y to examine his trunks, both of ther
Ii returned to the hotel. The Baltimor
y Copeland having gone under til
u abuses of Reid and Warren, the dett {
I tive's main purpose was to discove
, some written evidence that his pris
oner had gone under either of thes
names.
He went through number of let
|, tiers, but found all addressed to "Rev
W. E. Copeland" During the inves
q tigation the prisoner seemed yer
much affected by his plight, and witt
Ii difficulty restrained the tears tina
G starte d to his eyes. One of the let
ters, written by some of his persona
II friends, read something like the fol
. lowing Come back. The peopI
have forgotten all about that affair"
In explanation to this mystic para
graph, Copeland said that he had s. M