The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-31
w1NsLow's WORK
A Short But Spirited Sketch of His
Checkered Career.
A 'sERIEs OF sPECULATIoNs.

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THE ARMY AND NAvY-A STOCK ePECULA-
TOR on THE sLoPE-JOURNALIsTIC AND
REAL ESTATE vENTURES-HIs LAST SER
MON.
The Boston papers which reached here
last night are full of facts and fancies con-
cerniDg the career OF the fugitive fOrger
Winslow, whose sinnous speculations
have been fully skerched in the Sentinel.
The following extracts are from the Globe
as the Post don's seem to take a very lively
interest in working up Winslow's
record, allowing its enterprise &c suffer
for the sake of q departed friend:
Mr.. Winslow was man OF high ambition
and desired to be prominent ana taxed
about. He has doubtless succeeded to his
fullest desire. He has been prominent In
religious, temperance and political move
ments, and has had the pleasure. OF prefix
ing both "ReY.n and Hon." TO his name.
Now that he has gone South,
for "rest," or perhaps In searcn
OF Boss Tweed a little sketch of his
Life and his eventful public career may be or
was born in humble circumstances, and his
prominence has been gained by his
untiring energy and good supply OF
native cheek. Mr.. Winslow was born az
Whitehall, n. Y, Sep ember q, lS39, and
studied theology az the Methodist Institute,
at that time in Concord, n. II but recently
consolidated with the Boston University
and forming what is known as the TheOlog1-
cal Department. His first station was st
PhillipstOn and Baldwinsville, in 1850, when
he was a member of the Ware Quarterly
Conference. In 1861 he was located at Ches-
ter Factories, and upon the opening OF the
w5r
ENLISTED as PRIVATE IN BILLY WILSON s
ZOUAvEs.
While the regiment was lying at Yorktown
he was commissioned by Governor An
drew as chaplain Of the nineteenth regi-
msnt of Massachusetts, volunteers. His
health falling him, he was subsequently,
transferred, through the personal influence
of President Lincoln, to the chsplaiuey of
the flagship Lancaster, of the Pacific squad
ron. Ii was while in this service on the
Pacific coast that he first developed mania
for speculation, as when the SQUADRON lay
before San Francisco he Wss in the habit OF
going ashore and dabbling in mining
and other fancy stocks, making a.
high as $1,000 or $1,000 one day
years he was relieved and ordered to Teport
at the CharlestOwn Navy Yard, where he
drew pay as chaplain until CrdsTed to the
navy yard at Pensacola. His health again
failing him, he was discharged from the SER
vice. In 1866 he was settled as pastor at
Meridian Street Church, East Boston, thence
to SedaIis, Mo-, and thence TO Brookline,
where his experience has already been mar
rated. On the 9th of August, 1868, his
name first appeared as business or
PUBLISHING AGENT or zIoN's HERALD,
and this position hs held mp to February 2,
1871, when he was retired, and Mr.. AlOnzo
S. weel, the present agent, was appointed
in his place. Mr.. Winslow joined the New
England conferences of the Methodist Church
in April, 1860, and was a member of that
organization when he located or took his
name from the conference list of active
preachers. 1t will be seen by this record
that his preaching was very irregular, and
that be has occupied but few churches
as pastor. From the minutes OF the
New England annual conference, 1t
appears that Winslow was shelved by
his associates at the last session, held in
Sprir gdeld, last April. Upon his retirement
from the Office of business agent, he began
series of speculatiOns. He bad previously
removed TO Auburndale, and had purchased
or vas party in the purchase Of farm,
which was cut up into house-lots. He then
built several large houses and subsequently,
several smaller ones, for speculation. Some
OF these were sold at the time and others at a
later period. He was engaged in
the the. effort effort to ,hs oTgani1e Rnl.on Mdrt Mhal
gage Company, which, owing to a defective
charter or other causes, was never engaged
in business. By an exchanged Of real esi ate
in Auburndale he, with many others, came
into possession of the skating rink at the
South End, which was then fitted up and
furnished as a market, and known as the
fremont Market. Something like a year
ago the papers announced that Mr.. Winslow
was to be the business manager
for DIR. ]. @. Aver, of Lowell,
but he was soon after engaged in
business again in this city, taking a part
IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DAILY NEWS,
he having purchased it when the Daily
News Company went into bankruptcy.
This paper was subsequently joined with
the Post, and Mr.. Winslow was announced
as the business manager and treasurer oil
the Post Company, position he held up
to the latter part of last week. On Wed
nesdsy evening Of last week Mr.. Winslow
went to New York, taking the express train
at Auburndale, and il is asserted that his
family had been sentin advance on Monday.
He gave out that he was going to Phil
adelphia to purchase press, ana some have
1t that he announced his intention of going
South for "r rest" He promised to return
on Thursday, out telegram received in
this city on that day announced that he YVES
detained and would be- here on Friday.
THERE'S rumor that he was in this city on
Sunday, but so far there is no confirmation
OF this report, and it is generally believed
that he " skipped out" on Saturday by some
one of the numerous steamers sailing from
New York on that day. From information
which appears to be reliable, it is almost
certain that Mr.. Winslow and family
sailed for Brazil. There is no
extradiion treaty with that country for
such ofienses. and 1t isa significant fact in
this connection that, some time ago, Mr..
Winslow consulted lawyer with regard to
extfadition treaties and the countries COW
cred by them, on pretense that be wished
to prepare an article for one OF bis papers on
the subject. The Hon. Edward 4. Porter,
who has been a strong friend of Mr.. Wins
low, and has been associated with him in
his newspaper ventures, suddenly went to
New York one cay iast week, and return
ing
SHOWED A BILL OF SALE TO HIMSELF OF THE