The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-14

The Former Principal OF Green
lawn Seminary.

principal OF the Orteniawn Seminary NJ
Lung wood. The villain Aed the country,
leaving . wife penniisss.
From q Union county, Pennsylvania,
paper, we Obtain The foilo~ing cubs. quen,
chapter of this rxscxi's career:
lie was not exactly an exile from Erin,
though he was far from home and sm"nx-l
strsnger; nor Vas he the wandering Jew,
yet he wns Constantly on the g.. lie vas
both s8abie and entertaining aud quite q
favorire .m"ugst the ladies'. An air II
romance seeued 10 surround him, and Of
his past history nothing Was known except
what lie chose to relate. He claimed TO
have served in tine ret'el army during the
late rebellion; IN fact was . Major in one
Of the Maryland regiments, and many
thrilling stories he had TO relate Of hi.
escapes from death, both BY fi,od and FIRE
He said he c.me from Oregon, and de
liveIed several Lectures upon that grOwing
State in the village Of SmitL6eld. Fsyell~
county, Pa, bling introduced BY Rev.
Morgan, Of Connellsvi.le, Baptist minis
ter Of the latter place. Rev. Morgan had
occasionally supplied the pupit Of the Bap-
list church At Smith6rld, and on one Of hi-
visits he brough, the subject Of this sketch
with him and introduced him 10 the church
rs Rev. John Mofilt. lie was an excel
lent talker, won hosts oil friends, aud wac
svon the lion Ot the place. Here his ca
reer was short, bu, brilliant ard popular
especially popular amongst the ladies.
He was employed by the church a. the
pastor, and fer about four months w..
quite acceptable. In the meantime ne hxo
Oeen engaged Ia Various uncierical habil.-
such A. procuring whi.ky On the sly aud
not refusing TO take an occasional drink a,
the bar. The frs, thing that excited =
doubt in the minds Of the good people vi
Smilh6eld, ss 10 his character, Was his
lifting letters at Unioniown addressed 10
one Gordon Turner. But this doust WINS
soon removed by his explaining that Tur-
ner was an intimate friend Of his and
whom ne was expecting -oon 10 join hmm,
and that he was merely taxing cafe Of his
letters until his arrival. But his subsequent
Conduct proved him 10 be . cold hearted
villain, a liar, an impos;er and 4 thief.
During all this time he was sporting
amongst the aides. lie was looking Tor n
vile (~ithough he had wife al Long
wood, P.ttis county, Mis-ouri). lie hna,'y
gained the confidence and esteem Of very
rerpeciable lady of me.Hs-Snd thai wss
the On.y Kind lac seemed 10 Look alter. snu
from whom the facts set forth in this ariicie
asr Ottained-and married her Un the first
day Of July, 1878, aud immediately i,u
for B.lumore, wi,h his BRIDE, taking along
all the available money Of his vile with
hun. Being PREACHER, she had the VI
most cu,.hde..Ce la him, yet she soUn bexsL
10 think th-t preachers dad strange thiny-
sOn.e times, ior he trgsn To- induige IN
drinking, ~Dd 10y the tune they srrivra ~
Balumore he Wac quite Intoxicated. There
his stay WAS OIi.f. B,eakiny OPEN hi-
wiIe's trunk, he took all her money,
amounting 10 Sl5O0 and lett, telling lac,
That size Deed not b. uneasy il he did not
re,urn beiure the E Il u,oraing, ~ lac LAS
going to pre".h Tor = brother B.ptist that
evening The .ex, evening can,e. tut hsr
husband did mol rtaIn. Becou,ing un-
easy st Is continued absence, rhe bes zn |
making some inquiries. Getting no n~w-
If hiu,, .he notified the police, vino insiiiut |
ed Nh un.vailing search. i" her disirer-,
she looked at her irunk-ihe money var /
gone! The int ,muus wretch had stolrn |
her money and left her in a strange city,
amongst entire strangers, without Cent.
The lady war furnished money enough to
come home, aud Immediately returned.
while he skipped "a to Longwood, Mis-.,u-
ri. Shortly alter her arrival, information
Was made against Mofilt, aud 4 warrant
issued Tor his arrest.
Armed with requisition from the Gov.
ernor of Pennsylvsnia, K. II. Lind-ey, |.
prominens young attorney Of Cniontown,
accompanied with the lad,'s brother, start
ID in pursuit Of the impostor. They went
% l.ongwood. No., but the Rev. rascal had
led Their search was un.v.iling and
hey returned home. But the search Va.
,ot abandoned. Since his heYira, Mofht
,as BEEN in constant motion. Traced to
i. Louis. he skipped out and liz down in ,
East Tennessee. A letter I'D
|ressed to the postm aster. again set him in
notion. This time he changed his name
0 Rev. w. W. La Verne. The next iidines .
re had he was in X me, Georgia. HE $
t.y here was brief. Leaving Rome be
suiiously stole cut 10 Halls Mill, in the
.me State, still retaining the name Of b
,ev. w. w. La Verne. Here he imposed q
Imself upon Rev. J. A. McMurry, .
orihy Baptist minister. He told Rev. "
IcMurry that he came from Monticello, +.
'ashington Territory. The latter gentle Il
ian seems TO be . good judge Of human
siure and had hi. suspicious Of Rev. W. n
7. La Verne. He doubtless thought tina, n
e Rev. La Verne never got that scar on
Q lace, or that blue mark under HE eye.
nile ia the pulpit At any rSie, McMurry -.
-ot~ to the postmaster at Monticello, Who &.
swereJ that NJ such man had ever beer, m
ERE. This gave the Eev. La Verne Al, IN
tolerated motion towards CartervilIr. =
ne State. Here he tried on his old tn
'iih6eid trick. and smused himself ne
,rting with the ladies, and Occasionally
.achinx for Rev. w. s. Tumline, another r.
ptist brother, sill retaining that French ,m
me. La Verne. He Vas about TO b~ 4
rried. when IN article appeared in the ~
IiiA Observer which exposed him and r,,
d Of his marrying lady in Penn.yI vani.. the
at little game VAS busted" and Rev. hal
Verne, aIiss Mof6rt. alias Turner again ne
"a, n . es~A a., hnns ANNA ,,ssn,> o>-