Telegram-herald., 1888-11-05
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Psisfson. thea bishop Of ths reg Gus sscs 4
ku0-a a. ths childreh oi Zon. lie sas /
saozn 70 be q hypocfits Of the m0sG deIsss- |
s0ls sort. eOrrupE and 0isspaemOas Ia Tie |
sElrems. AMI guilty of TIE rn0st corrupt
and immoral practices under he cover of
religion. Hls relations With Mary Hssley.
his msthods Oi obtaining money, aud
other immoraAtiss VI which be Vas
guilty. were exposed The 81 posure created
. great sensation not only in the church
0us Va the wh0ls city. Tue Bishop made
al Sorts OF threats OF whal he would DO and
on the following sunday preached TO bis
people CO.. csi iug Ghe charges. reporter
u this paper VAS pfessnl aud sat Ia = iFOnt
sea. aud had q considerable portion OF the
sermon directed 10 him personslly. TINS
pspsr. however, reiterated It's charges
again anu A. al. and ia less than = week
the Bishop had lett TIE city aud has never,
- far as he public Is aware, returned.
AT that time portion ot The Bishops
n0ek Ia this city sustained him and others
we're IA doubt. Now. after the lapse Of Two
years. the leading members OF the
chLr have become convinced that the
charges prelerrsd agar Q. ths Bishop were
well founded, and 10 SET themselves night
they voluntarily published in yesterdays
IELEGBAN HERALD renunc A.ion IN which
they say. "Nos inat they have Investigated
ana found out the truth they clear them
selves OF il. and wish the p1olic 20 know
they will uphold no evil The nrst sigma
ture 10 this public notice IS that OF Elder
John Paterson, a brother e the Bishop.
Strange stores have been sioat among
the members OF the cuufCu since the death
OF the Bishop. When The TELEGRAM-HER-
AID reporter interviewed the Bishop two
years ago the Bishop said be did not expect
60 die. bat 10 be translated as Elijah was. A
considerable number Of the memo of the
church aud Others, while not believing that
the Bishop will never die, do not believe
that be has done 50 yet. IHE TELEGRAM
HERALD has for two Or three weeks past,
been ia 70 ; ssi n OF c1rfes Dondonce, too
yoluminous 10 publish from John A.
Burns, for the past seven years pastor OF
ine Children of Zion church in Philadel-
phiA, IN which the writer gives strong res-
sons for believing the report of the bishops
death is false. some OF the reasons, briefly
stated. are these:
/. ale Is pa5le OF using such scheme
TO deceive tne people If the occasion seemed
10 him 10 demand il. | have known him
for seven years and very tho roughly. |
have been associated with him in the work
o. the church all these years, and until
very recently, have been in his confidence.
1 have been long familiar with his methods
aud his habit of practicing deception and
putting forth false statements TO cover up
his dark doings. | am prepared to make
good this charge.
2 The occasion did demsnd that some
| radical move be made very speedily for the
safety of his reputation. There are those,
| not a few, who have been strong sdherents
| 10 him and his church, and who have been
| deluded victimzed by him and his coad-
tutors now in charge of the Grand Ra pids
church, who have of late had their eyes
| opened ana feel constrained TO disclose
| what they know for the purpose of opening
tbe eyes sf mony Others who are still IN the
| power OF this man aud his agents, and to
| let the people of this city knew what is going
| on in their midst His agents have already
| apprised him of the storm that was
| gathered not only over bis head. but over
J their own. lie has been fore i to remain
sn exile. in a foreign land, for the past two
| years. because Of disclosures which were
then made. Once he returned. on q trip TO
| New \ ork, 10 remain on American soil but
q few days, and as be said TO the Elder in
1 Brooklyn st that time, Il am 10 remain
here incognito." The impending new de-
| yelopments of which he has been apprised,
have probably led him to seek a deeper
| 'incOgnito, or 10 prevent the bursting OF a
| oient occasion TO put forth the report which
has cose, or is said TO have come, that he
Is dead
3. II was sudden. No lingering sickness
| had forwarned the publ Of his death, so
it would De IN the case supposed.
4. This death Is reported 10
have occurred in some out of the
| way plscs. where no one knew
| him. He il said 20 have been on his wa
4 D. ID, . !,
| Southern part of France What route
does ne generally take on those trips7 Why
was he in the Southern part of France2 II
is very suggestive that his death should
occur Just At this time; so suddenly and
entirely among strangers. where there was
no one who knew him. 1t is possible that
aud one Of these Circumstances might have
happened. but the probability that they
should all be present in the case is very
small
5. II is an exceedingly strange fact that
the telegram which announces 10 his family
that he Is dead does not locate the place OF
his death. Although the sender knew who
the deceased was and where his friends
I lived yet he does not ssy At what place he
died. Il was only somewhere in the
Southern part Of France Could 1t be
that he would koow go much and not know
where il wss2 And ifhe knew. what possi-
more words in his oablegram and
! thus adding 70 the expense "a
avoid telling where he died7 The cable
gram SAYS inst Elder Ewing, Of Glasgow.
! hss gone after the remains Why did il
not ssv where hs VENT he seemed n
know where 70 70 but does not inform the
afflicted vie suc family where the husband
and father died.
8 He IS 70 ~ buried in Glasgow Sslur-
! = = 40 a.
family n he SANE dispatch that tells Of his
death. Why was be not brought TO hi.
/ home in Grand Rapids for buria2 Her.
srs his -ifs snd family. Why bury him in
/ ~cotsnd7 A. .ssst why Vas not some word
sent 70 hls fsm " Of consultation concern
ing the place % huris2 But hs dies sud
/ suddenly in some nameisss place q which
ore who = no rsistiTs goes To- be re
msf-s snd without telling bis family - hers
he died or co1sul ting them concerning aoy
nat 81 corr ected WITH his fgnsrsi or pisc 2
q burisL simply stsnng that 10 I'll =
{ paried in g. asg0~. Everything shout this
report clothes Il with mystery snd = s1s-
pici0n.'
Later Nr Burr. sids
fSinre the sbove vss rrifts- there has a..
uesred il the pgara ~ ~ ko~ninc tie of
! ca orzsn 81 tne Children of Ii0n. edited
ID n Patterson. notice of his death
~ifk a otifrsry. 7 have csrsfuiiy read thi'
notice snd he sdit1fal srtlcie signed
/ "Iahn Paterson. an1 from taess | sm
confirmed in tEe opiuicn thst ths Reported
aazfh esruse. If there rss s1y pcss -iis :
( fhat he place af nis desfn va rot knova
when fhe e 81 nseSss - ~ss rsceivsd t1e-s
hss he@n smnie tine - . scover IS hefors
the puhEcsfen Of the D1a~a wh5ca vss
fa-ep sesAs srer. ft v1ni6 sialy - sx-
r~cf@i - ~hen ne ef3cisi pspeT q iks
church sacusd spp~sy . word cr1fsi-