The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-09

been found about their door until the mis-
siOnary's wife swept it there "a lady he
never saw and had never spoken to of their
deviltry). He picked un in detail the entire
bundle Of their infalnles and laid them on
touched, and | would not except for the
scripture: Things done in secret shall be
proclaimed from housetOp," and the sancti-
fed propriety of always following divinity
doctors in their executive acts. The load he
left behind was the dear boys" denuding
their diseased person in the ''holy of holies''
and inquiring each OF the other, Brother,
how is the work of the Lord prospering with
you to-day? Keep stiff upper lip, and if
yonr wife kicks, fix hesso she'll never speak
: sssIni Murder as 4 u,eassae of suppression, by
these devils was openly recommended and
used. tsasty /. siftf,t is.isi n,.. ..,....
The doctors article and the babble of his
gang had convinced the public that Dear
Brother Chapin's wife was not congenial
and didn't sympathize In his work; tied his
hands, clipped his wings, but for which he'd
soar to heaven: married to one Of their kind
he would be a divine Prodigy. The doctor
new ordered Mr.. Chaph to quit his wife and
| home and never mOracroSS his threshold, OH
| pain Of death. ! He dfti that, and was next
ordered to swear something against his wife
| to get a divorce. He-c0uld- not; said his
| wife was an eXcelleM woman; there was
nothing againstih her. EaIhey suggested several
| things; he said, mo; Tie neghbors all know
| that's d lie. ." But at iHSt an application was
/ filed ON bogus pretenStt SuppoSing the wife
too near dead to answG. She did, however,
and they withdrew, sHihg it would never do
| to face her. i0I no
,Theythep semitic IAh to Mormon court
/ and b6ightsa ciieap f45ce Of paper stamped,
'sDivora, n annspYtSsS3ed to her, supposing
she would then tthinkahersef divorced be-
yond remedy. This failed. and association
wives repoltpd. ii They might 90 to bed mar
| ried and wake mp divorced, and never know
! it. Nothey would not stand it; their hus-
4 bands should.not be Mermons. The doctor
! had to take this back, with lies enough on it
| to reach to heaven. He had never thought
of it%the guilty wife had done it all to hurt
her poor husband; butwhen his deacon Joe
published the court proceedings he had to
! father it and take it home
Next came, anOtherpi piOuS fusilade. The
doctor has asked divorce No. 3, in LuZerne
count, court, from which he had just with
drawn. and sends to Mis-. Chaplin, 1--WE have
got Con Smith for our lawyer to fight you;
YOU know he never gains his case by law,
but bv abuse and obscenity. Will you meet
a decent place to enter. but If | am driven
there shell tell the truth, though none but
Con and can stay to hear it,"
That ended that divorce, and it leaked out
to the doctor that Mr.. chaplin was frequently
at his house, in terrible anguish of spirit,
broken in health. bapSrnpt, and desperate.
and that his wife stOoT by him as she had
done from the first, and he was going home
to live again. This frenZed the doctor, and
Mr. Chaplin was ordered to take that Nor
mon divorce and fly to parts unknown and
marry on it, or take the consequences.
HhoDiD IvithOut health hone SDirit Ol1plz
or piptv, Obeyed, went to York. Nebraska.
and picked mp harlOt of association brand
and lived with her, rather than longer face
the terrorS of Dr. Logan and his gang Of
devils.
This experience, few sketches OF which
give YOU here, covered years of the black
est pages ever penned in hell. A CALLING
fire IS kept on Mrs. Chaplin to this day, to rob
her still of the home they have so completely
desOlated. Years OF fauitleSs effort to get
paragraph of criticism in the papers proved
the doctor had them. The editors all said
they ought to DO It, they wanted 70 40 Il. out
could not stay in Scranton if they did. A
like experience with lawyers proved he had
the courts, sure enough. Judge Ward, who
! took Mrs. Chapin'S case and money, when
pushed to proceed said he might just as well
cut his throat as conduct a case against these
very influential men. But paper did start
in this SodOm, with hero at its head, and
. ne gave HE leave W say Cll1 L plCt'oH't'
published the matter and it was copied
half way across the continent | said Rev.
| S. C. Logan, Rev. Van SchOck, Rev. \. W.
Hellings, j. G. Platt and Henry Rockwell,
I the devils who signed Logan'S obscene sheet,
were murderers, aduIterers, thieves, liars,
ETC.. guilty of every named and naneleSs
! crime, of which had fullest proof, signed
nv full name and bid them take care OF me
if / had wronged the truth in tissue; AS
the second article appeared Logan fled at
midnight in a snow storm, for Europe. to
stay till the matter died out. Every effort
to draw a word from this crew was made,
but failed; they were speechless. put this
complaint into two sessions OF the PreSby-
tery and saw it read by six Of their number.
made complaint of Van SchOlck to two
presiding elders, and kept continuous fire
of this horror into the ears of the churchfOr
a year, and all by their silence. with one ac-
cord declared that these crimes are their
standard and their piety is abreast with It.
This ordeal weighed the church and Chris
tian association as accurately as balance
weighs a pound Of merchandise.
This letter istoo long, but contains only a
tithe of the history.
MRS. P. G. MUNGER.