Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-04
SAN FRANCISCO.

Omcers Of a Wrecked Vessel Arrested
at the IEstau ee OF Insurance COmPa-
pies.
SAN FRANCISCo, July 3.-Capt. Lindell,
and Dean, chief MAZE, Of the bark Union,
lost on Puget Sound May Z, by striking a
rock and sinking, were arrested yesterday
at the instance Of insurance companies for
willfully wrecKing the vessel. The mate
made a confession, charging the captain
with approaching him with plans to de-
stroy the vessel, which design was de-
liberately carried cut.
DsfauIfer for Half Million.
The Bulletin this afternoon will publish
details of startling developments in the
case Of Miller, the defaulting Secretary Of
the Western Development Company, the
substance of which is that bis name is not
Miller, but Woodruff; he has a wife and
family residing in New York, who sup
posed him 10 be iii Australia, whence Os-
tensibly he corresponds with them, The
dFfalcatiOn is greater than at first supposed,
and is expected 10 reach from half a mil
lion 10 a million. Large sales Of real es-
tate by Miller TO Woodruff were discovered
as being transferred 10 himself He was pre-
pairing when he was arrested TO desert his
wife here, and leave for Australia.
Trials and TribuiagIOns Of a Preacher.
The Post this evening publishes a mar
ratiye Of nine columns, purpOuing to be
a true story of the circumstances connected
Silh the troubles of Rev. NJ. PGTShall, Of
OsI5is-d, some two yeaTs ago. Parshall
YVES tried ~ church council in October
and November, 1873, for la5civiCgs conduct
with certain members Of his flock, was
aud lef5 town, going TO Vallejo,
finally settling a. Salisbury. On Cct. .
last, .he community was startled by a
report that p. II. Sumner, real estate agent,
who had been prominent member OF Par
shall's church It Oakland, had been the
victim Of attempted assassination, and
taken to his home severely wounded, and
for several weeks attended by friends and
physician. and vas interviewed by re-
porter. lie showed anonymous letters,
warning him Of harm if be did not stop his
persecution Of Parshal, and,
finally. lie was waylaid By two
men on the night in question, and on
his refusing to sign q compact to set Par
shall ail right, was attacked as before men-
toned. Sumner went East with his fam
iiy. During his absence lalSHall com
meHcal si-G against the Post for pUbllca-
tfons Of Summers ante-mgrtem statement.
Sumner returned in May last; said he had
obtained a good deal Of information about
paIshall in the East, which would aid the
Post in the libel suit; called on Col.
Barnes. who was conducting tie case Tor Tie
Post. showed him a number Of anonymous
letters which he claimed 10 have received
during Sep ember, 1874. all breathing a
spirit Of hostility On account Of LIS OPpOSi-
ton 20 Pa-shali. Subsequently he told
Barnes lie had discovered tie man who at
tackled him, and one day brought to Barnes
office q man named PUTvis. who ac-
krowlelEed having committed the assault
on Sumner at the request II Fa-shali; that
Parshall was 81 ola friend Of his, and
worked on his sympGhits until he con-
scented 90 commit the deed. Pur-
Wis also named rs Lis accOmplice
one y. &. K0gerscn, Of oakland, a
clerk in the employ Of Bowen Bros;
showed letters puTpOrtiBg 10 Oe from Par
shall relative to the assassination which
were in the same hands as those produced
bv Sumner. Capt. Iced, detective, was
! called into The ease, made an examination
/ OF Puryis and the whole affair, discovered a
discrepancy which aroused his suspicion,
and The upshol of the whole ma ter is that
Purvis and subsequently sum
uer. confessed that the whole
af.iF IHciuEiHE injuries received
nv Simmer ANONYMOUS letters e-eiygd by
I him. and supposed correspondence between
/ PurgiS and Parshall, were a conspiracy Tor
the ruin Of PaIshail. The Posi- was in
| formed Of ttse disclosures on account OF
there being a li5el suit against 1t. On
1 Monday Pa shall vas notified by telegraph.
/ On his arrival Tuesday il was determined
/ to proceed 1t once against Sumner, and
this morning suit was commenced against
| him I'm the Twentieth District Court by
/ Parshali, damages being set al S3,oOD Tor
libel