The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-08
LYNCH, THE MESSIAH
AT THE notion or THE KILLING
or AVA TON BoWDEN.
How Lynch. the "sanctfficd." Poisoned the
Minds OF Islanders aud Broke Up
Happy Homes-Thc Murder

here than any single event since the Ia
maus September hurricane OF isZi. when
three vast Atlantic tidal seas rolling In
from the southeast oyerswept the island
one after the other. drowning many PEG
pie and multitudes OF ponies.
The simple news In the matter Is that
eleven men-an Chunkcrs-have been
lodged IN Accomac county Jail at Drum
mondtown To answer for B0wdens taxing
of. The Chunkcrs thus placed IN noe
are: Irwin s. Sturgis, Arthur Burns, VIII
Daisey. William Bloxon. Henry Savage,
Daniel Becbe, Oliver Jester Lewis Daniei
and Frederick Fresh.
did IL under the following circumstances;
Last Saturday night he Joined "a picked
up gang, and they went hullabaliooinS
up the Neck Their pnrposse was to sca Are
island. About half-past Ii o'clock the
Chunkers were In front Of the Sancuned
church. AS Workman was not comeata-
Bile and as about all the windows N the
church had been smashed the only thlns
left for them 10 do, according 10 theT
own notion Of 1t, was TO KICK Wy a racket
for the purpose OF terrifying the peoPie
who live In Sanctined houses near Dy.
Within n rod or so OF the Sanctihrd
church dwelt BOwden. an oysterer-a sOo1i
peaceful man-with his wife ana SIX sAnaIi
children. all boys, who range down III
stair-steps style from ten years to seven
months. Bowden and his wife were In
bed in the upper front room 81 the!i
story-and-a-half frame house. Inc ma .
tress was on the floor. The baby was
asleep between it's father and motner'
VINO were as still as death. listening 70
the Chunkers. They had been SanctlilCa-
church IL was hot night and BoWath
lay with his head close 10 the mosquito
netting Of an open window oyeriookklhs
the Chunkers. There was shOt. a Dull
let cut hole In the netting. entered Bow
den's skull and embedded itself I'm ms
brain gush Of blood stained me
Notwithstanding under the Wlhdow' In s
wife, startled by the shot. reached over
the baby and put her hand on her hus-
hands body. calling, "TOm! Tom" but
like the fool in Macbeth, poor Tom was
The Chunkers ran. Across the way
lived another Bowden, zeal-hred sane.
tifcationist. At first the story went that
Bowden had Killed BOwden Inc bittcr-
ness OF brother against brother ana hlns-
man against klnsman here In TINS Sahcu-
fcation war is intense; hence the dccusd-
ton But on the coroner warrant
Chunker after Chunker was gathered III.
There was tail lying. The Inquest Was
searching. a young Chunker finally tod
the truth Then SturRis confessed thai
he had fred off his pistol rms pistol
was found hidden under a plle OF rlssl'is
on board the oyster boat OF which ne is
the captain. Sturgis is onc-eyed man,
and halls from Drummondto~n. re is
said To have killed a woman on the VII
ainia main. As TO age. the jailed chunk
1rs range from eighteen to twenty-five.
The Daiseys are OF noted Revolutionary
stock -, ,,t,,,t,o
shooting. but back of the news Is big
etorv-a story that, in one sense Is moral |
~ lincanny and disgusting but. in an
other sense piquant and amazing. Here |
81 is
LYNCH. THE MESSIAH.
Chincoseague Is seven miles long and |
less than a mile wide. To the east
west Chncoteague broadwater. me |
town proper is midway the island on !
the bay side; All below IS Bown-she-
Chunkerr call Up-the-Neck delaware
City, because IT Is mainly peopled by |
who hail from Sussex,
I'm Delaware. Delaware city is the
seat Of the Sanctihcation war. The
Messiah Of Sanctihcation Is Joseph Is.
Lynch. Lynch comes from Baltimore
Sussex There he was farm
lived in Chincoteague for twenty years.
He is a dark visaged man. low In stature,
and quick in his movements. Ills eyes
are black; likewise his beard. His nose
have proved SO fascinating TO the Sanct- |
fed sisters, have no lady-killing beauty |
N them Yet at ilfty-tve he would make |
. splendid Mormon.
FELLOW wArCuMAH SARAH.
Lynch says that he feels no fear OF the |
-hunkers. but latterly he has Kept aloof.
threatens TO rottOn-egg him,
10 tar and feather him, and even TO |
execute his own name upon him. SO
since the killing of Bowden he has kept
iway. Yesterday he was seen sailing
Town The broadwater, To q sailor who
log Island and that he should never return
o Chincoteague In his canoe were two
women, one OF whom is Of celebrity
Utmost equaling his own. This sanctihed
led woman, is spoken OF as
>ynch's fellowwatchma She Is young
nd pretty. she has black hair and rosy
heeks. and is Of the dashing sort She
las more book knowledge than Lynch.
Who is so illiterate that when he reads
rom the Bible in public he makes all
orts or blunders., one Chipcoteaguer
ays Of Lynch; He cont know y. from
nough TO write little book on the
iscipline Of the Sancitihed Church. More
YER byt the Two-by-Two doctrine. she is
he Fellow Waterman of the Messiah of
modification.
TWO by TWO.
This two-by-two rule II Is that has set
II Chincoteague by the ears. 1t has
8rted man and wife, broken up home
fter home, set father I'm deadly hatred
sanst son and son against father. What
tWO-bN-iWOI Inefe Is passage in |
he Scriptures whereby Christians are
dden to study the word two 10y two"
therefore,. when Lynch, who broke away
om the Methodists, founded the Sane
fled Church, he arranged that its men, |
srS should study the Bible two 10y two.
here Is another passage In the Bible
hich says that Sarah was deeper in the
1Owledge OF God than Abraham. Con-
quently. argued Lynch. man must study |
it'll woman and woman with man. two
two.
But would not the secret meeting OF a
an with woman give rise to scandal?
No" answered Lynch; The man Is sane
ID. and can do no wrong, the woman is
notified. she can do no wrong"
In his dreams, said Lynch. a man will
g the vision OF a woman. 1t is God
no thus tells him that the woman must |
come his fellow-watchman In the study
the Word Tee man must 20 TO the
'use of the woman, and by the light OF
q lamp they must sit together and
'nder upon the ways and means for the
read Of Sanctincation on island and on
ain. from empire TO empire.
RISE OF THE sAScTIYIRp.
lynch obtained from the Accomac ,
'urt license to perform marriage. He
ilt up large handsome meeting-house {
D-the-Neck For a time the cOngrega- l
IN grew. The people who Joined were
illiterate. but OF the decent. simple {
rt There We're great meetings In the ,
w church. The singines and shoutings | {
rpassed anything of the kind ever known
the Island. White-winged canoes sped
ross the bay on a Sunday morning. ,
inging curious people from every creek !
q cove II brought TO mind the glories !
Taneier. when Parson Thomas drew 10
m ne boatmen OF the Chesapeake shore. ,
~ Parson Thomas was OF robust. ster- ,
IL character. He had no two-by-two ,.
ctrine In his cateohism. /,
THE DREAMING UP or uoMYs. $
Trouble soon overlook this theological | |
KEY leading his rar-tag up lions hill |
iere were unsanctihed husbands with !
Notified wives SuCu a husband COM [