The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-12
THE prous FRAUD, AGAIN..
THE DARLING PHILIP IN THE FAR WEST
HE SEEKS NEW FIELDS AND GREEN PAS
TUREs-HIs REGENT DoINGs IN EMPoR1A,
1 KaNsas-A WESTERN NEWSPAPERS Ac-
CouNTioF HAcRENsAcK's PIoUs FRAUD.

The pious fraud, whose preaching has
been 30 much talked about, and who figured
In Richmond as well as in cities north
and south Of us, has turued up again, and
this time in Emporia, Lyon county, Kan
sas. The reverend fraud still retains bis
bag OF wonderful sermons, and although
the newspapers have faithfully followed
him up he still dupes the people, and
wherever he goes makes. them believe that
he is the eloquent divine he has 80 often
represented himself to be. His aliases now
are The Rev. Walter Fl. Bruce. alias Rev.
Darling z. Phillips, atlas Rev. ID. D. Row.
land, alias Rev. Waiter III. III. Templeton,
alias Rev. Duffield, alias Rev. Stephen
Lloyd Morgan.
SOME OF HIS DoINGs IN KANSAS.
The Emporla Ledger Of the 4th OF April
gives the following account OF bis transac-
tions in that place:
For several weeks a young "Scotchman, !"
under the name Of " Rev. Walter ii. Bruce" :"
has been discoursing from the pulpit OF
the BAPTIST church in this city to the great
cdisication OF his hearers. He attracted
such crowds that the chapel would not ac-
commodate the people, and on Sunday be-
fore last he was invited to occupy the pull
p;t OF the Methodist church, and did SO.
The same evening he addressed tempe
rance meeting, at the Presbyterian church,
on which occasion the house was crowd
ed, every seat and aisle being filled. Men
who had not been in the habit of attend
ing. religious services were enthusiastic
admirers OF the young Scotchman. The
ladies all thought he was such a nice man.
He was the lion OF the day. He came from
Scotland to America, he said, aS delegate
from Scotland TO the meeting of the Worlds
Evangelical Alliance, two years ago, and
was so well pleased with the new world
that he determined to remain here. Ii was
such fine country. He was fayorably lm-
pressed with the people, with their broad
liberty, their democratic ideas, republican
government, and, aboveall. he thought there
was so much need Of Christian work. He
preached eloquently, prayed fervent!y, and
greeted everybody cordially. He came
among us quietly, conducted himself mod
estly, and impressed people favorably, and
but for the facility with which news travels
over this free country he might have been
still on the top round Of popularity to-day.
STEALING TBE GALESBURG NEWSPAPERS
WHICH EXPOSED HIM.
Some weeks ego the Standard, Baptist
newspaper published in Chicago, contained
the particulars Of trouble in the First Bap-
tist church at Galesburg, ILL.,, in relation to
Rev. w. Fl. Ell. Templeton. There are seYe-
raj subscribers TO the Standard in Empor1a
and vicinity. Mr.. Bruce visited various
members Of the Church here. and the issue
OF the Standard containing the account OF
the trouble in the Galesburg church myste-
riously disappeared from several houses at
which Mr.. Bruce had been visitor. Mr..
J. M. Miller had never been fully satisfied
Of Mr.. Bruce's authority to preach, and it
having occurred to him that Rev. W. H. 81.
Templeton and Rev. Walter H. Bruce were
one and the same person, he sent descrlp-
tion Of the latter. and areport OF his opera
tions here, to Galesburg, and in reply re-
ceived letter describing the aforesaid
| 8. Templeton and copy OF the Galesburg
Republican-Register OF February23, 1878,
which contained full report OF the pro-
ceedings OF the First Baptist church in re-
Iation to Rev. Mr.. Morgan alias Temple
ton, together with letter giving q
brief historical sketch OF the hero,
beyond doubt, OF this tale. In regard
to the charges against him in the Gaiesburg
church, we will only say that ne did not
wait for an investigation, but left the city
very abruptly; went to st. Louis, where ne
registered as Rev. Dufheld, and in few
days after landed in Emporia under the
name of Rev. Walter FL. Bruce. We VIII
not give the details OF the Galesburg trouble.
| but the people of Emporia and vicinity will
no doubt find the following interesting:
CHICAGO, February 10, 1878.
To the Editor of the Republican. Register:
Isee in to-day's Times short article about
| Baptist minister named Templeton. Per-
haps can give some information about him.
First, let me introduce myself. am Pull
man hotel-car conductor on the
Line, live in Hackensack, New Jersey,
and believe the Rev. W. Fl. Il. Templeton
is the same man who was pastor OF the Bap-
tist church in our town, and who forashort
time boarded at my house, insulted my
wife, and jumped the town at night. There
he was the "Rey. Darling r. Phillips"; ut
the Second Baptist church, Richmond, Va,
the "Rey, D. D. Rowland; and ut Lud-
low, KY, Just across the river from Gin
cinnati, the "Rey. S. Lloyd Morgan"
He has been in Memphis, Tennessee,
New Orleans, ETC., etc., and IN every
PLACE takes different name. He has a
wife and two children ut Monongahela
city, Penn, is about thirty years old; las
dark almost black) hair; weighs aboutsone
hundred and thirty pounds; has thin
mouStache; complexion very light; an al
most consumptive look; is Wesbman-
in our town he claimed to be from Porto
bello, Wales; had letter from church
there, but there is no such place in Wales.
He is a fine orator; carries all with him;
captivates all, and has peculiar twist to
his upper lip when speaking-a kind OF
sneer. His sermons he stole in Rich
mond; gives the same ones in every
place. In short tine-average, three
months-he gets fired out. I'll bet you a
dime he preached you sermon entl-
tied "Belshazzar's FEAST; another, "The
Judgment; another, g Paul Before Agrip-
pa.'' In the first two he would represent
God as mocking the lost, and as laughing at
those who had perished in their sins, ac-
companying the description with laugh
wonderfully dramatic His language in the
pulpit is perfect. Out of it you can see that
he ssputs on" his piety. There is some
thing about him not real. [The writer here
gives the full names and addresses Of seve-
raj persons whom he states are fully nc
quainted with the career Of the reverend
impostor, and who have photographs by
which his identity may be established
STATEMENT REPUBLISHED-RIcHAoN oND.
In Cincinnati he was arrested for stealing
books out Of the Public Library. He Is the
worst man ever heard Of. His history, far
as known, is like the Observation-Disclosures
stories in the dime novels. Dir. e., q
deacon OF the Baptist church in Richmond,
Va, saw accounts OF trouble in the New
York Sun; wrote to Hackensack, and finally
came on and identified him at aprayer-mect-
inc Friday nyanjnD SeDtenn6er Goth He