The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-17
A MUCH MARRIED PASTOR.
THE DFS,IOSIRI.S WHTCH SUOCkED 4
UEILTHY ,ONGRhG .fTION.
SIX wives aud not - single niVorcc-NYhnt ~
Genuine Investigation UcN rirpcd Lie OF
au Eloquent Liar aud Biganist.


SiN wives an" MOI " >iha'e "'N"''c- W MT
Genuine inNc>ti."tin" developed -I.iic "f
au Eloquent Liar aud Bisnmi.t.
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HANN1PNr, Mo. June io.-'Ihr great scne1-
ton of lhn snnspr is the fail ni tnn r. " John
fosi r. uto p -loroi thrt on-r'i,'t uuni I, ar IA
OF tIfis city. TINS ciiur'f stunos,ulN second IA
point of wealth numbers. uud influence i'm tNo
Snt' Tho ll1nnibnl church vs. orenn "a
about the year lS5Y. and was the SECOND Cone
prcpatiunal Chur h intrrdu. eel into NJ souri,
Tho Rev. Julian VI. Siurtrv,ini Jr.. son of rr.-,-
mt SturtnVunf oil Jralsovillr iii WIS it, nr-t
pastor. having bopn cnilrd IN $500. and rNtiriu,,
in 1870 He wa- al rord,d hy the {tv moi j.
Savng' who. ait"rp thr'r-vcHre' pAet"rNi'. hc-
ism, and accepted u cnil to Unitarian Church
in Chicago. from VIXEN 90 h. went to Unity
izcd his indcp"n,icn', hy lis nt,nrts un"n he
Moody and Sankny movement Following NJ
j. STggc the church hnd tn HN; u. J.. Lon
hence. after ycar's STAY. to Northn I'd. Mimi.
rhr Rry. ". II. slv0s,ot Ja,k-onyll' M. a
hfihtl" VI. y. savage, WIS clr.i NJ pastor
ait"r Mr. leon r.. and rnmnin"d only nine
months. n" rapidly drlit'd into nitarianisn.
anu NM accepted r.ll rom u rhnrch ct INT Sr.t
near Bo~i N. AIT r MN am" tosirr the lhll'n
H. WIS pr aching at Eroohi IL. Mo-, to small
9nnErrE'i' az Nh'n. u" was hhdrd OF ny, Wc
lHhhl,a rhur'h; lp-t'r pIrN"nnd ON trhl Tor
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w. nhlwi ~. M'',. ~ Tr,u e,,i M
ul' ehurrh went 10 W1rk ihN,silkhtlh-' iil'N
.uS away "ul.uN, ElNlnE no III, 'l'". s, ~ I,S
or lhe cnutth that they were uiler " very
lar,g. rat. .,
a NUS OF t-tmony wAs ilr,ted. nnd thr
+, W. ,' n,l,,''r "''i~" ny SuItu'
~ hirn' :. H'"lh"N iuI lie -Hut ~ surlIl@.i
'l' r"Nrr,ni E'hltlhuh 10y requesting nhh, -
,Nplan. IL was i3N,n aio.rtngr Hna'L' IL,
~ wi'i' y IT. sald, ur'Nhri'Ni vi, d. moo, am
admitted alternately. II" udintt haNih- Noon
a very wlcNrd man PRIOR - hiS CONVERSION;
that. having since thA,. s-..-...., hs DID MT
! think it lar Ia bring up his ante onv,ieI ON
! inI numc-"us w.yrs So the story goDs. Inf
said that h,. was DIVORCED from All ,.Ncet two
! whom he married villr drunk. The COM
mittoo gave him twrnty-four hours in which to
tender his resignation. H. considered the
matter. and con GUIDED that a rglrrM VAS all
visabl". H. prca he'd his final SERMON the
noNt dnv and lack M IA. trunk took his wife
| "A most osi,ineil, ladv hy thr wmv-anI
started for Michigan ~ he said but It is said
| that he went int, western New York and re-
| ported himself as still pastor If the Hannibal
! church, cnloying a six months VACATION and
! thai the church had agreed 10 pay ali his ga
Tha f.ii., n.s,nr has mazda ,anv friords IN
| Az L..
| drn,c here. 4 great many thought the action
| oi the church haety and ineXrusahle and much
| PREACHER: I'm, ns the public came to know all
! the reported facts in the ca-a tho sympathy h"-
! gan t. die out. Al ~ meeting of the church last
night. tho committee. vino had investigated the
case, submitted a report II the inrts which they
Ind unrarthcd AMI closed hv recommending
| the expulsion ot Foster from the church.
The church hv "a unanimous vote expelled
him The report referred to makes the follow
| ing statements. Ills true name probably IL FnS-
ter. bur he has at different times pass 81 under
assumed names In lsjO. wnilr in college he
wis a professor II religion and studying Tor the
/ Tho law lie was first married i'm : 2. hut about
1863 he deserted his wife. leaving her with hyr
| children dependent upon her for support H.
| bigamously married young girl in vermont.
persuaded her par % J. =, -e ihrir l.ule hom".
/ ICON after died amt Mr. Poster having sgnnn-
/ q 'r"d tins woman '-iui', ein"r"d "a i"rE'
amount of money and departed. leaving il.r
clr,un stances. Mlt1gut waiting Tor "a ddesree of
dN9r'.' ne hiurrlrH IA" thId' l."l,ll' l.'l, az
have been e. abandon the woman when her
money WIS gone, and his credit among her re-
emhezlrmeni- and has boon confined IN pr son
thesc erimcs II" has gtyMrous, times PLAYED
charartrr Tor any .,r.,t i.nlih OF Tine
. Your commute" also mt ~" r"rort con-
uthiu,s ,t sS,,',n "Y'" u,,.1 ~ 80 80
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