The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-05
ADIRONDACK MURRAY.
BE Leaves Texas with $4,000 of Debit
and a Young Woman.

Boston, April A special to the Globe
from San Antonio, Texas, says that the town
is greatly excited over the fight of the Rev.
Adirondack Murray, who has been, is said,
deeply in debt for some time. His creditors,
after having been long put off, at last demand
ed settlement, and Murray agreed to meet
them and make some proposition. A young
woman, with whom Murray is reported to
have been intimate, left town the morning
after Murray wrote his creditors, and the ex-
clergyman, having packed up his goods, set
out day later About noon last Saturday
he was seen to drive out through back street
and take the Sequin road. He had pair of
horses attached to an army wagon, and in the
army wagon were trunks, two or three small
boxes and some small articles, all that remain
ed of his once elegantlot of personal property.
Driving eastward about eight miles, he
forded the Cibole river, and proceeded ten
miles further to Sequin Station, on the GAL
weston Harrisburg q San Antonio railway
Here he waited for the o'clock express,
East-bound, and, leaving the team, put the
baggage on the train and was out of the
5laSe by noon on Sunday, and in New Or
leans OH Sunday evening. Here all trace of
him was lost 1t is supposed that his friend
went from Marshall to Longyiew by rail-
and there took Red river steamer, which
would have brought her into New Orleans
about the same time that Mr. Murray got
there. Murray's Indebtedness in and about
San Antonio will aggregate something over
$4,000. None of his creditors will suffer
very heavily for their individual claims are
small. One man holds Murray's notes, long
overdue, to the amount of So, He is
probably the largest creditor
Murray sudden leave-taking from Boston,
where he was pastor at the Music Hall, and
editor of the Golden Rule. was largely due,
as is still believed, to debt. But he was also
involved IN a scandal, which was the theme
of talk and comment in church and social
circles for many weeks. He employed as
stenographc reporter young lady of most
prepossessing appearance, of fine education
and brilliant attainments. The tongue of
scandal soon linked their names together in
a most unpleasant manner, and resulted in
hurryipg his fight from the city that once
honored him and offered him every induce
ment for a most remarkable future. He left
behind him number of creditors for the
reverend gentleman had pleasant faculty of
borrowing money without limit, and there
was great hue and cry to learn the ex- pastors s
whereabouts. For months he wandered
from place to place, was seen in the Adiron-
dacks-made famous by his book-and fin
ally located on a ranch near this city. He
started horse and cattle breeding, but it was not
success. Tried newspaper editing and
failed. Speculated and lost and rapidly got
again in very stratened circumstances,
and endeavored to raise the wind as best he
could. His amanuepsis Joined him soon af-
ter he arrived at SaheAntonio, it is said, and
has lived with him ever since. His persua-
sive powers in the money borrowing line
proved as successful there as in Boston, and,
after all his other failures, he raised capital
and built saw-mill but this did not pay.
He then essayed the pulpit again, but his ad-
herents learned his past story, and he was in
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much Impoverished that he had to resort to
hauling wood for living. He was then
very different looking man-dressed in
brown overalls tucked into coarse cowhide
boots, and blue and white checked shirt
from the sleek, well-fed handsomely clad and
happy whilom pastor of the largest congrega-
tion in Boston.