Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-08-03
A Wolf in the Fold.
A Minister Gets His Ears Pulled
Henry Ward Beecher outdone.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

oulJ A1St, IOIO.
Rev. l. /. Webb, who reside
; on Hester's creek in this count
(Madison) was arrested on tn,
10Th inst, on the charge of at
!, tempting to commit rape on thu
person of Mrs. Mildred Malone
: wife Of Mr.. John Malone. The
facts are as follows: On the
: evening Of the 18th inst, Webb
went to Malone's for the osten.
sible purpose Of remaining al
night. After partaking of sup
per and conversing on religious
matters for several hours, the
family proceeded to retire-Ma-
lone and wife occupied one bed
and Webb separate one. In
the still, dark hours Of the
night when the world is wrapped
in drowsy slumber, Rev. l. I.
Webb. a minister belonging to
the Christian Church, arose
from his couch and got into the
identical bed occupied by Mr..
Malone and wife. The preten-
ded follower Of the meek and
lowly Jesus then and there pro-
ceeded to outrage the person
of Mrs. Malone. The husband
was asleep, but the wife grasped
the priestly rufian by the ears
and screamed loudly for help,
the screams awakened Malone,
who instantly leaped out of
bed; so did Rev. I. I. Webb.
Malone caught the hypocrite
and would have administered a
severe castigation, but the slip
perry eel jerked loose and ran
ont Of doors into the yard
While in the yard, Webb had
the audacity to face about and
say-"John, don't say anything
about this affair; it Will only
make things look dark or both
sides" TIE ruffian then jumped
the yard fence and disappeared
in the darkness Of the night.
On Sunday, the 10Th inst, Rev.
|. [. Webb went to church.
After services, he went to the
residence of Mr.. Arch Sneed
for his dinner; while eating. din
ner, Webb was surprised to see
Malone make his appearance
accompanied by an officer and a
civil force. Rev. L. [. Webb,
who resides on Hester's creek a.
bout four miles from New Mar
ket, State of Alabama, in the
United States Of America, was
then and there arrested on the
charge of rape by the aforesaid
civil force-from there he was
conveyed to New Market, on
the next day, the 10th, for trial
before Justice Saterfield. His
bail was fixed at two hundred
and fifty dollars, which he gave
after great difficulty, as no re-.
spectacle person could be found,
who was willing to aid a would
be-Wife-ravisher. He was bound
over to make his appearance at
Court in Huntsville in Novem-
Der. Rev. [. |. Webb has been
a member of the Christian
Church for a number Of years
he has been preaching for
twelve months, but has had poor
success, as all who knew him
believed him to be a devil in
disguise, and he has certainly
proved himself puny Beecher.
Rev. II. Webb is a thick, stout
man, rather above medium
height, with dull, heavy eyes Of
a light color, hair mostly gray,
face without expression, save a
sardonic grin; his carriage is
erect as that Of a soldier, but he
walks as if lac was treading on
eggs. His age is about fifty
years and his weight about one
hundred and eighty pounds.
Webb has an excellent wife and
family whom he has disgraced,
No wonder that the black
night Of Infidelity is spreading
over our land when ministers
of religion slow the cloven
foot. No wonder that the aOorld
has so little confidence in reli-
gioE, when those whose duty it
is to follow the footsteps Of the
Saviour are continually SHINING
away they souls--hiding their
light under a bushel, and bring
ing everlasting reproach upon
the name of religion and every
thing that is sacred by their
vile acts. Breaking up fami-
lies, tearing asunder the fond
ties of affection and rending
the links of conjugal love to at
oms-can such men be called fit
leaders of the people? We
have too many Reverends like
II. I. Webb in our midst; let us
drive out the hypocfites, there
by cleaning our garments, and