Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-26
Running A REVEREND.
a Young and Handsome Missionary I'm
Hot WateF-The Mysterious At
tack Made upon him by
Young Lady OF Brook
Ign, New York

Ign, New York.
BROOKLYN, May 23.-The busy gossips of
Brooklyn, and more especially those who
reside IN the arlstocrahc neighborhoods of
the Heights, have again found a subject for
scandal in connection with Plymouth church
The principal in the case this time, however.
happens to be Rev. Frank Smith, the Young
and handsome missionary, who has charge
of the Plymouth bethel, on Hicks street. The
Plymouth bethel Is an institution that was
founded by the pastor of Plymouth church.
and Is supported by his congregation.
1t has reading-room for mechanics
and for poor children, and on SUNDAYS
divine services are held in large room on
the second floor. Its Sunday school scholars
number about FIVE hundred, and although
under the charge of Superintendent Isaac
Signor, it Is really controlled by Rev. Frank
Smith. Before the latter took charge of the
bethel he was secretary of the Young Mems
christian association IN Rochester. He came
to Brooklyn about year and half ago and
was regarded as one of Mr.. Beechers pro
tegeS soon after taking his present position.
On Tuesday morning, as Smith was leaving
the Bethel,
MATILDA KETTEL,
young woman handsomely dressed and of
lady-like appearance, walked hurrledly to
his side. Smith started to leave, but the
young woman stood in his path and excitedly
denounced him In unmeasured terms and in
violent language, and at that point an elder
ly gentleman, said to be Mr.. Smiths father,
caught the woman by the arm. She turned
and struck at him several times With her UNI
breila. The younger Smith ran, but he
could not escape from her.
THE OLD GENT,
meanwhile, took the woman by the arm, and
then she walked away. Mrs. Kettel is
member of the bethel bible class. re-
porter asked the younger Smith the cause of
the trouble, and if Matilda had not charged
him with seduction. Smith preferred to say
nothing about the matter, but said he had
better see Lawyer Sherman or Mr.. Signor.
He added that where one had to visit aban-
doned people, as he often had, such attacks
must be expected. Signor said: 1.-The
charges of this woman have been investi-
gated by the committee, and we don't think
they amount to anything. They arrived at
the conclusion that Smith was innocent, be-
cause the young woman was incorrect as to
the date" The reporter was not allowed to
see the testimony.
MATILDA's BROTHER
said: 'We don't want to say anything about
this matter. My sister and myself made our
statements before the committee. You can
say Plymouth church committee. l made
my statement In writing. l have written to
MIR. Slgnor to have him return my documents,
and un1l get them | don't want to say any
thing. / propose, however, to make the case
public, and when do, will surprise Them
The charges were made against Smith two or
three weeks ago, and the investigation was
conducted very secretly, and publicity would
undoubtedly have been delayed had not the
rencounter brought the scandal 10 the sur
face. Smiths friends say the case is one of
blackmall, and are confident of being able to
establish his innocence Of any improperly.
A Delaware Public Whipping.
New York Era
NEWCASTLE, DEL, May lion the morn
ing of this bright May day your correspond
ent witnessed a scene which carried him back
In memory to the old slave times. Whip
ping, as legal punishment, Is still practiced
IN Delaware, where. indeed, many primitive
customs are yet in vogue. The penalty is
publicly inf :cted in the jail yard. On the
present occasion three white men and three
colored men underwent the sentence of the
court. Here was equality, at least. The jail
yard-a paved space about forty feet square
was crammed with people, black, white
and intermediate shades; men, women, and
childen. In the center of the yard is the
post, thick and immovable up
right. 1t is about three feet higher than the
average hight of a man. At the top is a
pulley, through which a strong rope is
drawn. Around the post there is a space
rallied off, about FIVE feet square. From this
space to the all door there is pathway kept
clear from the crowd 10y ropes affixed to the
stakes that line it on either side. Precisely
at eleven o'clock the whipping began
the execution of the sentence of the
court, was standing near the post with his as
stalwaTt men. At different
points stood constables, with their clubs IN
land, ready to preserve order. A sharp,
oud gongbell was struck, and then the jail
loor was opened and a colored mainland
,uffed and stripped to the waist--was led out
between two burly keepers. The culprit was
an understood, broad-shouldered
elbow, whose ebon countenance was hideous-
Y ugly. He looked at the whipping post.
hen turned away his bloodshot eyes, as a WIS.,
bic shudder passed through his frame. The
moment he got within the Enclosure the sher-
ifs three deputies took him in hand, and
urning his face roughly and quickly toward
he post, drew down the rope through the pull
ey. At the end of this rope was large hook,
With which they caught the chain-about
hree inches wide-attached to the handouts
Then the rope was hauled tightly through
he pulley until the man was taken nearly off
lis feet, his toes just touching the ground,
us bare black back being fully exposed, and
Inning In the sun. The crowd maintained
perfect silence during these proceedings.
The sheriff now read the judges sentence, as
ollows: at is the Judgment of the
,ourt that you, Ulysses Grant, do
eceive twenty lashes, on the eleventh day
# May next ensuing, at ten o'clock In
he morning" As the sheriff was reading
he above, the rope was fastened round a
MOB Oh the post and held there by one man,
While the other two-both tall, powerful
nen-stood at a convenient distance from
Ulysses Grant, each holding cat-o'-nine-
ais raised aloft As the sheriff ceased, the
nan on the right measured his whip across
o,,lryit'S Shoulders The hlou xuoS da-
vered with terrific force and drew from the
ecipient piercing yell. Then followed the
ian on the left, and SO they alternated,
ne sheriff keeping count. The man
creamed and screeched and wrIthed every
me the whip descended-and streams of
lood followed every stroke-until toward
ne last he became so hoarse with yelling that
is outcry, though greatly diminished in vio-
,nce, gathered concentrated, subdued force
nat was more telling on the spectators than
is loudest shrieks. The demoralizing effect
these exhibitions on the public was plainly
Isibie In the brutal CALCULATIONS and inhu-
ian gloatlngs over the culprit's agonizing
les. 1t was noticeable that this was epecial-
the case with the negroes, who gave vent
} their sentiments in such explanations ass
Give it to the black scoundrel!''
All dat was a good oneI' "HIl
i! He felt dat onel De black mig
-r!' These were some OF the expressive
from the mouths, be 1t remem-
cred, of blacks, which greeted each success
We blow, while their faces exhibited all the
arks of fierce, almost fendish excitement.
hen Ulysses Grant was let down and led
broken, forlorn and very much damaged
arky-your correspondent left the jall-yard.
o much sickened with what he had seen Co
yait the remainder of the spectacle, though
excited imagination probably more Than
pplied the reality, as he sat in his deserted
'tel and heard at regular intervals Eve dis
net voices utter prolonged shrieks Of excru-
atlng pain, which, notwithstanding the dis
ne 6 pro6aoly q hat. -he heard plain-
, I,l WAC bearing the wotei sot ads to his