Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-15
i PROMISED EXPLANATION.
Re-, N. Kimberly Tells of the
Galveston Episode.
SEARCHING FOR AN ERRlNG SISTER.
,,.,tea Bad Houses-rwo Brotners
brought odium on the Heads
of Good Men.

rnnferenca uuflnB Tue pHS. Nueh W
en,,on in which the presiding elder of
nsnrsnham district and the pastor IN
" 49, ware rs clearly designated as II
.Ss,, names had been called at the outset,
"a now an investigation Is being made,
~ matter having been reported to the
bishop. - ,.,,, ,.,,,.,,,. ,,,,,.r
-. was in session In Galveston and the
ssn,stion was sprung by the Galveston
S.ws last Thursday when It published
~ following article, which was copied
Ne the Evening Press of this city:
rnvorth I,eaguers who were in the city
~, week were not aware that two Lead
vs. Of flocks were having very gay time
tieht In their midst. But right az tne out
ssys moi fallen from grace, for II is i'm
asssibIo for a man to fall from an emf
ppSoce 10 which no has not attained; or,
Il there was fall, II was years ago, for
,hroleh at least four years there has been
M Two preachers. -Four years ago one
NV rsprimanded by sam Jones for flirt-
inr' with young girls at camp meeting,
slnee which time there have been Wills
pers, built upon suspicious brought about
H. necuiiar acts. Some deyillsh fate or
sisyer manipulation threw the two preach
srs together In the same town. The hiSh
SSSry a ara sSPef Il 50 that lis
ppauId he ma Constant companion. How
shocked the little city up tho country
will be TO discover that two Of me hlgh-
Methodist church in Texas have gone
radically wrong and may have been hay
lng orgies and high lonesomes within the
,aeredness OF their own homes.
The pair came to Galveston Saturday.
The high dignitary was on the programme
Of the Epworth League conference for
nressnt on Saturday In the church the
LADY, most Interested, who Is pretty ana
sttfactiye, says that he made remarks
having peculiar Inference, and passed
10 her what she calls love notes" She
talled him to task about IT.
II came here to get spiritual benefit and
strength" she told him, and II you did
NJ, Come for the same reason you had
better get out" He laughed and let the
n is moi known what the pair did Sat
which took the leaguers to the Jettles;
they were stopping at the Beach and haa
j quite gay time there Wine Mas SEM
10 their rooms. and n merry time they
had Of It. spending money freely.
sunday by going 20 church, but AZ some
time during the day or night they went
cut to a well known beach resort with
With couple OF women, There they
4 drank, threw pieces Of money at the
walters and other people.
Monday seems to have been quiet day
with them, but about II o'clock Monday
fIght they started out In a mack ana
II VISITED nearly every lDlbIlOuN bARlAAe "a
i the city The hackman is authority for
The statement that the nigh dignitnry
. vas well acquainted with all the resorts
\ having lived in this city q few years ago.
4 The hackman also says that he could see
i through an open window and viewed the
two preachers playing cards with lewd
vnmen
4 Ii was In the nelghborhood of o'clock
4 when he started Up fremont street to
the hotel with them. When In the Vicin-
4 ny Of avenue Q he noticed that the back
doors were swinging open. He got down
lroin his seat and found the hack empty.
4 The driver of the hack is not the owner,
who Immediately went TO the police sta
ton and procured the assistance OF the
police. Officers went out to the hotel,
and. getting the preachers ont OF bed
~ o'clock In the morning took them to
The station, where they settled by pay
Il Just how the story got out Is not
known, but on Tuesday local ministers
4 and aymeh started an Investigation and
q iound tho informntioA which Us above
A outlined IN general The bishop was In
formed and request made for the ap-
Al lqintment Of a committee TO investigate,
a i all the allegations are true there VIII
{. ierial spcrts viii be ousted from their
Il Nah positions. The ntws may come as
shock to laymen, but Il Will not be SO
70 many minister's for, thr reason thnt
the real characters of the two men have
+. eng been suspected. but previous TO
e this time no sufficient evidence upon
"Ahsh " bllllk II illhlHF has hN'lA ANAi'A
No sooner had this article been read
here than the people began to speculate
On who the ministerial sports" could be-
md they were not long in arriving at
The correct conclusion that the article,
while II did not call rnnes, referred TO
Presiding Elder Il. IL, Harmon OF the
bfenham district, ami the pastor in
charge Of the Methodist church here.
REV. W. Wimberly. twn OF the brightest
minister's in the Southern Methodist
ehureh, and most people have believed
Them guilty.
However. as the dayn passed and they
refused TO talk the gos.fpa were energetic
N wiring and soon ascprtnined that they
we're the two ministers referred to with
.u' Doubt and It then became necessary
LOT them TO talk.
saturday evening thire was secret
meeting At the Methof'nt church OF the
eoard orktewards and saey W. Wlmberly
.ppeared before them end admitted that
mel We're the men refsrTtd to and pIo-
.seled to vindlcate tho pair with ro-
mantle story that reach like the climax
f.ges OF a novel
ne announced at tins outset that he
sal Mr. Harmon hG1 been terribly
@onged' and that this cider was COM
hsfy Frustrated and ,utferlng with "a
sa ,nhg Fever that prsTnhted him from
naing this Stewards meeting on ac-
st OF his grief and humiliation over
w, 'ufn affairs had tax 81, for they were
M. aWare that some OF the stewards
AssNeu them guilty Of ihn grave charges
"A 10 ihe article and he then proceeded
N. nIVll the following story. which Is
sfpuel OF their trc'ihles and which
.s-peoiea TO vindicnte item before the
,p When the comm ,ttne now inves-
wlnhus are ready for their trial. Mr..
sh,a 'snten, you all remainder last spring
Sss ny sister was hers On visit from
I|pn,,, oUsahsF To whlGa there was the
sW. "a response In the affirmative.
ke,sA he continued 'whne she was
fsm,,,i learned that shs had had some
M, trouble and INTERCEPTED some OF
les,res ets to find out Chat It was.
.hr,s mat the serpent had crept into
ma, nohe ana that thr, had separat led.
ta,bss." pr. s. Il. Sch wing, my sisters
IN nv. az Plaguemlne. La, and finally
<Coult W differences set Ned so that she
20 back to him, ans I was instruct.
M r ~ sehd her to New Orleans, where
me- ' ~. meet here. Sha left here to SO
>Dfls,s. ner husband. but was met In New
.|5Ssv a., W Or. Emile Niriatt, and tho
HA Syeahs Times Deiss e-at OF May Q
@.has = AlHhef the mex. chapter better
En- ON an tell it, an6 he produ.ad a
the paper and point
Ina M, the six rtery heading
rllei.' ''.strated four g i've column
'Anrs Nhish bol,ea dow Z, among o;hci
tccs,,.s say "a despera- shooting affaii
2An ss,s ~ the Canal .sse yester,lty
Hraln,d tise1 husband kilFh the man who
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