Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-16
The Drowning of Ii. Rucker.

LOST His LIFE WHILE RE>CUISG A CONRADE
IL was mentioned in yesterdays STAR that
Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker son of
General ID. III. Rucker, assistant uiarteTmaS
ter general of the army at Philadelphia WIS
recently drowned while on duty in the Indian
country. Young RuCker was a Lieutenant i'm
the 9TH United States cavalry, stationed at
Camp Supply, Arizona territory. Among his
camp mates was young man named Austin
Heneiey, d lSt lieutenant in the 6;h cavalry
Rucker and Iientley had been IN the same
class at West Point, at which time they were
devoted friends. Being subsequently sta
toned in the same department of service thA
friendly relations OF academy life ripPned into
warm friendship. Late i'm the afternoon ot
Thursday last, the llth inst, the Young men
went 10 me White Canon river, near the
camp, 10 take swim, and lleneley, il appears
through some cause or other, began To- sink
when Rucker went to his aid and made a drS-
perate eifOIt 10 save his friends life Though
Il strong man and an excellent swimmer
young Rucker was unable either TO rescue his
friend or save his own life, and both were
drowned.
John \. Rucker was born in Michirau and
at the time OF his death was in his twenty
seventh year. lie was for several years at
West Point, and among his class mates was
highly esteemed. Like his father. General
Rucker, he was a man of high moral charac-
ter, OF a bold, fearless nature and was tha
making ol good soldier. He was appointed
from civil life by President Gram and re-
celYed hlS commission as second lieutenant
on the I'd OF July, 1872. He was stationed for
some time on the Kansas frontier, but for the
last tlllct years HAS served In the 9TH cavalry.
IN Arizona territory, where, for considerable
time, he was III command of a company of In
dian scouts, and did good service in several
encounters. Both the young men were spoken
01 IL the official reports of the accident in the.
highest terms, being described as two of the
best Indian lighters in the regiment
NEWARK SCANDAL.-Rey. Geo A Simon
son. pastor OF the Fifth Baptist church, corner
oil Prospect and Lafayette streets. Newark
was called upon last evening, and asked as 10
the truth of the report that certain members
OF his church had been expelled recently for
immoral conduct. He said he was utterly OD
posed 10 saying anything on the subject as
ne beleNed that the least said would he better
lOr tie cause Of morality and religion He
positively declined TO give any names or Spe-
cine facts. He admitted, however. thai it was
True mat last spring certain persons mem-
berS OF the church, had been put upon trial
and convicted OF dlSgraceful unchTiS,ianIik.
cOnduct, and were expelled. but since then
most OF tneln mad shown 4 sincere desire to re-
pent, and efforts were now being IN lde 10 re-
store them them TO the way OF truth and tn.
paths OF rectltude. An officer of the church
sad 1t was stale news. and that the least said
about II was the soonest mended. There Wpr-.
TWO sides 10 The question, and il was hard to
tel which was true. Three persons were eX-
PEELED, ii was true-a male Sunday school
teacher and two females, sisters The former
was DO longer In Newark, and one of the latter
has also gone away to some other part of the
State. As Tor the church. il entirely sustained
the action of the pastor and his advisers i'm the
course they pursued in the einyeStigation,-IN
Y. Herald, 18th.