Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-25
4 SHATTERED IDOL
!, rrs Character Of Perfect Ms John B
Martin.
IvV UTSlVORY RECORD EXPOSED.
r,o,mittss Of Church Members Investigate
the Scandal
lpgIDFULB BLOW TOTHE PERFECT

c,xrrySArI, OHIO, July 24.-The En-
-, mi, morning says: ''The band Of
..;..o ~, Walnut Hills who are kneeling
l. Mrs. John B. Martin as Jesus Christ
r. sr5 their Sanctifed and holy idol
,,,.r,l II has been strongly suspected
I ,b,. Woman was far from being the
n, .be pretended to be. Several COM
,,;.,,ions rejecting on Mrs. Martins
/ !, character have been sent to the EH-
,,y hut there are always people who
~ undermine the reputation O. those
4. , 81 themselves up as models Of good
i. and purity, and for this reason the
NJ, were not credited. Yesterday, in
4 ,,o Ohio. 4 reporter made a discovery
D,o.t beyond belief were it not substan-
L. by indisputable evidence. Mrs.
4 r,in WIS. before her marriage, guilty of
! ,,irJ connection with VIM. NJ. Brooke,
BROTHER oF THE PIOUs FRAUD
\ i, moist and conspicuous among the
slpjr,l,,l people jOurneying toward the
,pl,ir l,,lum in consequence Of their
i aJ devotion 70 woman who parted
H. b.~ virtue and honor thirteen years
4 few of the members OF the group
4 p,r,,r;.uui>tS are without doubt good
aprn " whp would not cOntaminate them
! NJ, OF hriug disgrace upon their huS-
I, IL, gr,. and children by association with
4 ,,r~rr,l woman. The claims Of Mrs.
Etinaud hrr. .hrothrr-in-law tOPOSSeSs all
4 vrlr,pusurSs found in this world
4 srI ,h. entire community. Her Sacri-
,Yu, lmpudrnce IN posing ~ God per
4 &frl We, chlritably looked upon rs the
n ...uy OF disorlered mind. But
l.. /, method in her madness, for she
4 70, -! Il week from each OF her wOr-
H.. which brings her in the comfort
Al, ,ra OF from so to SEQ per week.
Ru, she uuit,E spiritual welfare with tenn
4 4 benefits and auctions OH her diyiye
.,r ,o the few who will buy. Mrs.
krm h,, repeatedly declared since the
fprurr OF her ElnatiCal scheme that
f Character lur the last fourteen
y ,hr has lived in Cincinnati is
etr,,. but she did not reveal her
NMoyRS AND LAIsONs
4, .ou, % that time. The Supplee family
.Sral to Eaton about twenty years ago.
sfn g. Brooke had married LOWE Sup
n. thr HOLY Ghost in the Walnut Hills
j rem ia Philadelphia, and subsequently
ID thrwholc family to his home in Eaton.
hlllh ~upplee. the pretended Christ, was
) gn.lrd IS a wild girl. She received
,nS.irrIhlv attention and among her ad-
h., wIS Young man who was said to be
u Mississippi. He was little fellow OF
aei address. but nothing was known rs to
ID character. One day Miss Hannah and
h >uthcrner departed together for Phila-
3hLl. OStensibly to visit some of the
il relatives The couple were gone
u weeks, and it WAS noticed when they
Amtd that Hannah wore a fine watch
t chain and an elegant dress which she
u ii have when she went away. Nobody
~ anything, but
&uE INFERENCE WAS TOO STRONG
s b. Li,rrgarded, and Miss Supplies
u linz Iu the community went down be
< plr The Brooke family was no better
j It ought 10 be-, although the grand
s r.. Er,. James b. Finley, was famous
&hoI.,l minister in early days. W. NJ.
~ DSr. % Younger brother. was notorious
4ruur. ana al the careful mothers kept
k6 daughters out of his way. John {.
~ u,c AND the Supplies were all MethO-
- aGl formed \ little sanctiticatlOn
o0 D. .u Eaton lur their mutual benefit.
a r,u,u stories are told about Perfect
~ e.. but. while many OF them are
abt.,,, true, the details have escaped the
~ p,ry ut ;hr old citizens. The disgrace
oItp,,ir in which Mrs. Hannah Martin,
"a Mis-, Supplcc. was involved, occurred
p nD,y,mbry. l~72 She went To st. Louis
~ elr same train and
IuE SANE SLEEPING CAR BERTH.
- her hro,hrr-in-law, William VI.
- ,a The facts in the case leaked cut
~ -a j. T. Charles, we'll known citizen
~ E,nn who was superintendent Of the
~ pm car company. Mr.. Charles wrote
~ ruUm>,IucrS tO Judge Gilmore, who
t pm un.~rd the matter abroad. 1t came
"a ,,r> nt the Methodist Church, aud,
y .Lm W. Erookc WAS a member IN
|ltt Standing, it was decided to make IN
~ .-Jrum of the various charges. A
sthn'tr, runsi~ting Of Judge Jacob
~ nrI,, Josiah Campbell and J. \.
~ ".S appointed to 20 to Cincinnati
~ 'lminc into the affair. The inyeSti-
~ p MIS- held on the 18th day of May,
.3 The statement Of Mr..
1skrnnry, the sleeping ear conductor,
~ rnr-uhorttrd by every other
W. The testimony WAS reduced to
~ b. aEd J., now in the hands of the
ptl l.lrrr.