Wilmington journal., 1875-08-27

by st. Haul, Tue Work goes DraNeiy On
But alas for human expectations !
Sundays Press & Herald uncovered
the monster and set the community to
noting and compared facts that had
previously attracted but litte attention.
Our pursuit of facts resulted in the fol-
lowing, among other, discoveries:
We found that soon after coming
here. Copeland having taken box IN
the post-of1ice, no ed the clerk TO
put all mail matte addressed to Sc,
w. Warren" in his (C.'s) box, since
Mr.. Warren was one OF his clients. ln
this connection, n few days since
Judge Andrews, U. S. District Attor-
ney, received the following letter:
GENEVA, N. Y, Aug.9 1875.
To y. S. District attorney:
! DEAR SIR-WnI you phase inform
me whether Mr. G. W. Warren Is IN
Knoxville at present? He wrote me
some time ago, saying his office of bus
inesa was in with yours. If you Will
answer, yon will confer kindness
unOnpe. Please answer Immediately,
md oblige
Yours, very respectfully,
MISS NJ, DIX
Box SIS, Geneva, n. Y.
P. S.-He has received his mail IN
care of Box 274.
Judge Andrews, knowing no such
man as sc, W. Warren" SO informed
| the lady. The explanation of this
matter is that Copeland has been oc
| cupying an office jointly with Mr.. j.
| G.. j. Williams, the State District At
| ton lney, (upon whom he had imposed
himself as gentleman), and the lady
who is probably one of 9. 8 dupes-
| erroneonsly assumed that it was q
United States District Attorneys Of
fee he was occupying, and not Pros
| ecuting or Commonwealth Attorney
as we believe they are commonly cal
ed in New York. Hence, Judge An
drews got the letter instead OF MIR.
Williams, who would have been as
much puzzled as Judge A, to know
who G. W. Warren was, that had been
occupying bis Office. Upon 1nqu1r1ng
at the post-office, we learned that box
274 belongs to L. F. Copeland. This
matter alone would be sufficient to fix
the identity of our 81. f. Copeland
| and the "W. E. Copeland" described
by the Baltimore Gazette. Besides,
| the personal description furnished by
the Milwaukee chief-of-police is an
| accurate description of the Knoxville
| CCDGlauu. DO VI lIol c5Cl4pIAOA Ie'
| never more marked.
During yesterday, we believe we
| beard of but one person who had any
doubts on the question of identity.
! Copeland himself denies it aud, we un
| derstand, says the Baltimore article
refers to brother of his, but unfortu-
nately for him, in his previous CONVEX
sations, he had told that his brother
| died several years ago. He denies hav-
| ing been at the Baltimore Sunday
school convention, yet there is a gen
tleman of the highest respectabllity
| and Intelligence now IN the city who
remembers well to have met him there.
He denie having been in Canton, IN
| der the name OF Horton. Thew have
identified him since Sundays publica-
ton. He denies having been at Will
mington, yet there is a gentleman
now in the city who heard him preach
in Wilmington as c.. ". Warren.
During Sunday, Copeland undertook
| to "brazen ont" the matter. But yes
terday morning his crest fell. He wan
dered nerv ously about the streets as II
conscious that his friends, whom he
| had deceived, had abandoned him. But
| for the consciousness that he has been
and sGili is playing the part of a consum
ate villain, we could have pitled him,
At an early hour in the day he ap-
preached his landlord (Mr. Leo and
sald, Il presume you wish me to leave
your house" Eyes, sir, [ DO" was the
decisive reply. After his baggage had
been removed, it was discovered that
he had burned a lot of his papers.
| There was found in his room a linen
collar marked &c. w. Warren thus
aiding another and clinching fact upon
the Question of i6eOtity.
Copelards fuarcial operations
money doesn't seem to be his main
point-appear to have been light
Two or three gentlemen, we believe,
had been induced to indorse for him in
small amounts, but We care to say
nothing about such matters, since we
understand the parties have secured
personal effects to make them whole.
Very many excellent people have
beeu deceived by this adroit rascal,
and it is creditable to them that their
adherence to him did not outlive the
deception. So base an lmposter-so
cunning and calculating vlliain-de-
serves to be exposed, and to be kick
ed out OF every respectable cOmmuni-
ty. He is prowling curse, carrying
ruin in his train. In the light of his
history rs given by the Baltimore
Gazette and his attempted achieve
meut IN this city, we may safely infer
that he has blighted many heart
aud carrii I woe into hundreds OF
households. We know not at this writ
Jug what has become of him, but we
presume that before the morning
dawns, he will have
Folded his tent like the Arab
And has silently stole away"
p. S.-Since writing the foregoing,
| we learn that as Copeland was making
his way toward the depot, OF about II
clock he was met by number If
ersons who did not present him with
gold headed cane, but ornamented
him with coat of tar and feathers in
token of their appreciation of his char
acter. We do not approve such com
p'iments. They are not al ways manly.
But this is O case over which we will
shed fewer tears than any one of the
kind we ever heard of.
Having divested himself, as far as
| possible, of his new suit, the Rev.
l.. +. Copeland departed at 2:330
clock on the Eastern train.
| Anew Enterprise.
Our Wilmington neighbors, denizens
of the "city by the sea-" are certainly