The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-28
ma .iNI. 7HEFr. EJTGHT.
The Chcck~rcd Career ~ Cicrrymnn's Son
The Young MANS Thrce wives.

PorGnKrrIsiE. March ~ The cscapades
of n w0ll-huown clergy IS son have Just como
to liah in this city, and the story is full Of theft
forgery. nnd hilumy. The person referred to
is Charles N,kown. son ot the E"v. Mr. Nc
kown. a Methodist clergyman of jersey CITY,
For some time past he had been employed in
tho Whitohousc shoe factory in this city.
little over five w"rks ago hr married Nellie
Smith daughter of Daniel Smith Of WaiIlngcr's
Falls. and brought her here taking her home
occasionally on Saturday.
H. wrnl home with her last saturday having
hired horse and wagon at ono Of the city liv-
cries. On SUNDAY afternoon he Kissed
his wife goud-by and started for rough-
kccpsic. hut did not 10 far before he
turned his horses head southward. and
brought up Mt Bnrnums Hotol. fshkill. He
urrNutsiv uskrd for writing mHt"rinl ana hur.
rirly wrote u letter huf hndn't II siamp. and
that increased his nervousness, state lrensur-
or Nlarkcn happened to- be- IN the hotel office at
tho tim" and gaV" him Two twp-r'nt STAMPS.
THIN M'kown said he would tax" The letter 10
the drpyt ami pui II on tli' 5;2, T. ~ trAln
for New YORK. aud return. Bui ho didn't return
AMI p" hasn't ben som ~'nc" On Monday
morning Nellie Smith : father received the iol
low iug telegram;
Nrw yors March ., Charles dying he wa. shot by
pistol shot h, himself q l.. MckowN
Soon another telegram was receved.ms fol-
lows;
NV Yom March p,
'gnres ia .SieeA lie wr.te, letter t. NJ sw,l before
The signatures T., the kilograms were those II
the E',. MI Mckown A. soon us po-s lhlr
Charles Nlckowu = wife tNrllic Smith and her
mother proceeded to tle Rev. Mr. MckoWns
house. 2i2 Monte 1mory street, Jersey city. and
were u-hrr"d into the iarlnr. the reverend gen
trmNu aupruring soon alter. said the grief
stricken WIFE. Is Charles horoy' and Mr.. Nc
kown replied. " fl i- not" with wondcrmrnt.
Then the wife exclaimed. why. We expected
To ini his dead body hcrc.' and showed the
tplpErln~.
Mr. Mckown said that he knew nothing of the
youth whereabouts. did not hrlirV" he had
shot himself. and that the signatures To the trle
gram. were iorserles They then returned 10
y W Hamburg.
The clergyman said yesterday that It was
twelve years ago that he first noticed that
Charles was Inclined To BE- bad. He borrowed
money on his iathcr's name and hrsititrd not
tp steal. II resulted in his father sending him
g the House of Refuge un Barkweli's Island.
When his time WIS ont he obtained an engage
ncut at Woods Museum IN New York us n
iourth -rnic actor. and married the only child II
wealthy parents. \ child WAS torn To- them. II
died ana then MrkuWu deserted his family
and ran away. going into the army There he was
arrested Tor then. The parents gave him NJ. The
neSt that was heard of him he had shipped on a
Wlal"r Tor whaling voyage in the south seas.
Last summer Lr learned that Charles WAS IN
pougA krrpsic. The next time he heard from
him WIS when Mr. Daniel Smith and daughter
tChar.-'- wilel called at his residence on Mon
day. Mr.. MckoWn says that the woman whom
his son first married - s,ll living in New York
and I'm last winter was anxious get a divorce
from him.
ter from VI Kown. dated on Monday saying
h" ran away because hc was in debt 5000. and
was afraid ~ being arros osted and had gone
homo To die. Since his departure 1t L. said that
county. three wears ago and deserted her
shortly aittrWAIi.