, 1879-01-14

Daring Cua.ptrary to Ncfraul-Pron,Ineu
0dd-Fcllowa OF Tcnncsscn Accused OF Has
calty Games.
DtsDafch 10 Cincinnati Enquirer
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 1l.-Abuut i've
months ago 0ra1ttl-aIaatcr Dudl, Ut tho Odd
Fellows, received Information from Memphis
that there was conspiracy III operation TO DE-
fraud tho Order Of Insurance money. and that 1t
was engineered bY prominent member OF tho
Order. It was stated that at tho head was A.
o. r. II. schorn, Of Murirccsboro. past.tirand
Muster, and a leading member Ut tic Order.
Tho matter astounded Nultl. wllo sought advice
Of tic Grand otllccra Of tho Order, mud together
they went to work. Thu lcrcopments proved
tnor1 astonishing oven ttsnn expected.
II was discovered that IN 1916 eelloru was et-
gagged In reatorlng tho list of membership uf the
Murfreesboro Lodge, the records ',ayi.g bern
burned. While doing this he Inserted two hc-
ti,lous names, James Lively md TlIomas Abby.
\ fuw months after u man who turned out to liz
ID. q. Howell, VI Chattanooga, claiming to be
Alby, applied Tor rtatimtsston to tho Lodge, u.,d
ol, 8ohorn's strons Endorsement was rcadmtltesl.
L. f"w dnys sehor1, and ilowell eatnu - Nasl'-
Vile, and flowel, ttIlt p~rsut,atEng Abby, was
Insured In tllc N.l-Fcl!ows' benevolent Society
Of Chicago for $1,000, Howell being nusned ii.
Administrator,
Two OF thrcs naonths later occurred tbs Ash
tabula accident. When the uows reacl,el Clint.
taHoogn, Howell Jumped on tratu alll hurried
IT, the ecenc oE tho disaster. Arriving, be went
orrr the ruins, cautaously .aroppinv > pocket-
book containing v'stting.card With Alby's
NRn,c. soon he returned. pretended to Ind the
bDuk, and tho card aNd bos,k wero to be acnt TO
tho Chtrago Office, MD by It transmitted 10
aiurtrccsboso, with tue sad Intelligence that
Brother Ably had rerishc.l In tho wreck. How
ell, III tho character Ut administrator, COLLECTOR
tho q. tO0, which was dyiacd between hu aud
sehorn. lie also suHl the LnGo Slurc s. Mich
lynn Southern for tho loss of 4 relative. Tie
.att was compromised, !loweIl und sclloru yet
ti1tH8 1,0D, leaf lpi7YpfRt fees,
The cut,aplrators soon began TO lay plans for
another cxplo!t, and approached promInuut
O4l-Fcliow, Offering to taso hilu into tho con-
spiraey, anl At t!c sanle lio1e telling hin, SONG
details ot the Ably affair. 1la prcten1ed to full
In with them, but gave tiranl Massor Duld ult
tho Information Ac co1'd Get from them. This
information %as .uYAluublo Iu working up tho
case. Lsst Wednesday night schoru was con-
fruuted with the terrible evidence. Ilo confessed
to all, pleading financial embarrassment aud
lmplurlnR for mercy. un tho following muru-
MSnt to Chattanooga an! called o!. Howell.
When taced with the evidence ana Hehorhfs
confession be also confessed, begging mercy
Oh Ills knees. Tho Odd-Fuilows attached lii
proeecllig. have yet beou instituted, but viii
prouHbly follow, as tho Lodge seems determined
to M'ake an example for future protection:
The confessions embrace other plans. n ons
yllle, now living Al Lebanon, pcnn.. who was to
be called John Martin. Martfu was to prutent 10
die, all coffin ililel With earth xas to bu bur-
led. Tho undertaken wus to 0o In tho secret for
thu sum Of s2tp. Thu man was previously to
lotu several societies. Another euke Involves
prominent citizens OF shclbYyillo, Tenn,
| aud elsewhere, whnso na.tles uro with.
held by tic O.lu.Fellows' ofllcrrs-
A corpse was to bo exhumed, snutilated beyond
recognition, and witnesses anborned to recog-
ntzo IL as tho senalua of James Lively, q ticts-
| tous uatuo cntercd on tho Lodge rceurtle, aud
Insured In tho Chicago and also tho United
brotherhood Of Pennsylvania tor several thou.
sand tol!ars,
HuE,orn Ia over GO years old, md. besides hold
inR prominent Offices in the Order, IL . church
deacon, and has been repnted Al wfalthY nla.,,
| coTnulanAing the realcct Ut thu people through
out tl,u Stptc. Ills downfall II great slloek 10
his friends. Howell cat.,e froIn Dhto during tho
War. settled In Chattanooga. and became poll
| ttclafl mud otllcchuller. Thu Order lna cm-
pioycd lAwyer, and will prosecute tnattcrs.
bIole interesting developments IRE expected.