The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-27
WELLsBURG.
The Enoeh Arden Case - The
Pious Fraud, DC.
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WELLSbGASI SutI SVs
corrsspondsncs Of The Intellirsneer.
The steubenyille, Ga,stte, 10 8 recent
issue, still insists that John Kimberly (it
should be Kimbesland) has actually re.
turned after an absence Of sixteen years.
We gave You a statement few days since
concerning the enlistment, capture and
sickness Of John Kimberland, for that was
The man we had reference 70, and Of the
very strong probability Of his death.
Since then some transactions have been
brought to light here that knocks all the
sensation out Of the Gdtettt's Euoch Ar.
den stories. Prior to 1851 Mr.. John Kim
berland was as we'll known in this COM
munity as any man in it He was hard
working man, by occupation a carpenter;
q devoted husband snd kind father. The
statement Of citizen Of steubenville TO
the Gasette that Mr. Kimberland did not
live happily with his family is false, and
does the family Of Kimberland and
friends \ great injustice. Mr.. Ktmber-
lands widow still lives and is married.
/. seems that the two girIs-accordlng to
the Gasetts. have been prone To wander
which is to be regretted.
The reverend pious fraud now incAr.
eeratsd here, and awaiting Iausfer 70
Carthage, Ohio, was strangely. suspected
NJ bainy The foundation Of the Enoch Ar
den spoken OF By the Gasstte, as il was
known that be had been at Steubenville,
and very likely had met Mary at the
house Of Mrs. Welsh; also that he had
asserted here that John Kimberland, who
was In The war and supposed to have
died in prison, had escaped and gone TO
California where he recently died in good
circumstances, which was = lie out Of the
whole cloth. Yesterday Mary Kimber'
land, Of s,euberville, called upon The
authorities here and requested 10 be Ad.
mit,ed TO the Jail, stating that the man
John Taylor, better known as the reyer.
end pious fraud, was her father, and that
she was going 10 liberate him. She was
informed that the man che sought was
not her father. Insisting, abe was allowed
10 hold conversation with the prisoner,
who informed her in the presence OF a
number OF witnesscs, that he was not her
father. The interview to the bystanders
was simply ridiculous, "a many Of them
knew Mary from infancy and her father
for years, prior to his enlistment in the
army. The girl, Mary, was quite small
when her father went into the army, and
| |, would be hardly possible for her TO
know him II he we're alive and before her.
Mary il satisfied now that she Is the vic.
Tim Of q notorious fraud. The report
that John Kimberland was alive and on
The hunt Of his two daughters caused q
little excitement here, as his widow and q
number Of relatives reside here, all oil
whom are OF our very best citizens. 80
ende,h the Enoeh Arden, discovered BY
the GG.stte.
The man Taylor, claimed TO be 4 Ma
son, oi, being asked what was the name
and number Of his Lodge, he refused for
A while 70 give Il. Finally he said that
be belonged to "No. lSl EbensbOrough
Scotland" (he has passion for gettipG
names wrobsl. II took him only y min
ute 10 satisfy his ibterViewers that he was
40 imposter. He has consented TO go tC
Ohio Without requisitieu.. He is :
queer ease-shoWs come Ingenuity oi
thought but lacks discretion and good
indictment in the execution Of bis plans.
We have learned that ne had obtained
the names Of quite . number Of widow
women here. de, no doubt, thought be
had struck 4 bonanza but = bonanL.
struck him. Other frauds and pretended
shnrpers will do we'll to take warning a.
| Il might as we'll be understood that al
such will receive their reward II they
come fooling around here. g. B c