Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-30
A PRHAoHHH's QUEER WAYS
oroste . Bsnsation In Religious Circles Ia
tho Keystone state.

Il
PIrTsBuRGH, juno 20 Rev. Lloyd
Morgan, young baptist minister, who
has been preaching NJ Apollo, Allrphc
ny Junction, Logansp0rt, lecchburg
and uther small towns about thirty
miles distant from this city up the Allu'
| gheny river, aud against whom damag
| Ing charges were made on different oCCa
siOns, IL Just now undergoing an lnves
tigation on u charge oi immortality s the
hands df Homework Baptist Church, NJ
l.nganspOrt. The charges were made
by Deacon Snyder t0 tho 0lhCurs and
mumben oi the church on Sunday,
Moderator Hunter presiding.
Statement OF q Deacon
Deacon snyder sialos that IN April
last the Rev, Lloyd Morgan was making
his homo NJ his (Snydrr'sl house. Ga
tho night Oi the 10Th Oi April Morgan
went To u room occupied by Miss Eva
COnn0T And hig ,Snydur'E) eldest
daughter. Morgan oponod the d1or and
called % Miss Connor Ia come Ia him,
saying he wanted tn talk io her. Nilp ~
fused 10 leave hOr room, saying u was
no time Ia talk, aud that II ho did not
90 away she would alarm the house.
The next morning the giIls told Mrs.
snyder Ol the occurrence, hut nothing
was said Ia Mr., Snyder. Miss tunn0r
vent home. On tho night oi tho 26lh
u. Anil Mr., Snyder'u two daughlrrs,
in ,hr same 'fS6nir. MM SnyhUrGGnl
IN the next, heard tho dnor oi Morgan =
room Dion, aud also heard allcr"ard
the door ui her daughters room
npcned She said Ia her husband
that there was something wrong
Ia Carries room, ani asked hlln
~ pni up aud scn what was The mat {,
tsr. Mr.. Snyder did 80, aud found
the door nl M0rgan'S ruom partially
opened, aud mw that hls lamp was
turned low. Entering his daughters y
room lao found Morgan
Kneeliug at tho Head OF tho Ours Bod
llo graspcd him aud pulled him out oi
tho room, forcing him into his own
apartment. Mr Snyder then went Ia
his room, procured revolver, aud, tni'
lowed 10y his wife, who begged hin Tor
Gods sake not t0 shoot, went back To
Morgan llo put the revolver Ia Nor
gan's head, whercupOn The latter Saih
"Brnihcr snyder, ioT Gods SAKE dn not
srud my soul into eternity unpropAr"d,
Tor | meant uu wrong, and only went to
CaTriC's h,tEidc to talk Ia her MI.
snyder then LETT him.
The next morning Morgan C0axcd him
aud his vile 10 keep the matter quiet.
snyder SAID Ia him
al the Pittsburgh papers knew nl
A ...,,II N,,. l.r'l
Morgan answered "Ii they knew
| tllS,
I Might as Wen go To tho Doss al Once
| hut, unless | can retain you aud your
wle'H confidence, ! might ~ we'll give
M any way
Mr. snyder then SAID that, on account
ol the ChurCli, ho concluded 10 Keep The
affair quiet, aud, 81 divert suspicion,
ntill ALLOW Mr. Morgan t0 board at hls
| house; but he told Morgan that every
uivhI lao would luCk his door aud carry
| The key in his pockct Morgan agreed
10 this, and stayed another night at The
house, nn which occasion snyder locked
him IN his room.
Miss Conner, when she went home,
told what had occurred when she vas
| at snydcrr, aud the story spread. Sub
| srquenlly Morgan went iu Ipganspdrl
| 10 yaihoT evidence with the intention %
bringing a suit inT slandeT. MI. hnydeI
aitorwArd saw Morgan, and the latter
| Denied that the story wAs True
SNYDER struck ~ him, and demanded
that thu evidence Of the girls Ice taken
| THIS Was agreed Ia, aHd they repaired IL
squire Iogan's. Here Morgan Sanlo'
snyder and his family Ia sign papeI
certifying that What the girl was report
| iug "a having occurred was untrue
liereupon Mr.. Snyder attempted Il
strike hun again. aud, as a rcsdli, Nor
gan entered suit aIaina han iJr ASSAULT
and battery, aud also for assault will
intent t0 Kill
The oirl's story,
Miss Cora snyder, the Deacon
daughter, xas next examined, and cot
Toborated her fathers statement hiH
Eva Connor testified that vhlle on
visit Ia relatives "a kimeTEbuTs she Sa
snrprised hy visit from Morgan, VII,
said that ,he Snydsrs we're on the out
uith him and we're circulating a sioT
der0gaiOTy To bis character, aud Sanie'
her Ia sign paleT NlnuloAtlhg h'Uh
lao charge that hs had entered shsr
sha Sas, taken impTopcr liberties Wit
her OF uSd offensive Language. so
said she certainly would sign a paper {
that sort, and he rad shat pnnorie
10 be docunntnt of that rhararte'
which she signed without feaiini
but Aitervari asked him ." l'
her $50 IL, aud he SAD
wasn't necessary. lie hal come 81 h'
by ihe advice OF the parents, and ia
paper hai been drusn uT'sIy himself an
Esluire Logan. shs Eaid u there ~
Any thing ia ,be paper that Has ~
ighi shs sould tell the truth.
Mis- Cunnor then prncscied "a
Couoeorsis Cora sny dsT's Statement
about Morgan coming W the room az
being ordarvsi a~ay sevsrsi uiBes belol
he would 70, and she said II he hal a.
paper Ia his possession that denlsi "a
| ID vas not vhst he represented 30 b.
she Gas signing. and vOuld. therefor
rsooasidsI ssd recall lhs sisnAisre, IA
ias Aas msds true sistsnsat 81