The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-28
A QUEER REVIVALIST
Preacher Marston in Illinois
With Another Mans Wife.
DEssaTED Ms OWN FAMILY.


fsh~hssss. Ian. Ns--efrrizi.-Rev. C. C.
unrstsu. the Hzptiss minister who last
xfyfnner caused - uaszsh scandai and SO
,sizsca letter writing for tbs newspapers
fram CentraIi4 and Olympia on arconsat
81 his .l,expss fnpr0pey rsaa5cns with .
female ras7rssser Of the centrasia DOCK, has
been beard from again. According 70 .
letter received hers from Gresnshie. IN.
nv Rev. d. u. Proper. superintendent OK
Bapssst Home Missions for the. state.
1aarssou h operating In h!s new field as
: reytyanss. and Is accompanied By hrs.
ALICE l.. Freed, Of ceniraha- who, prior
- October Is. Was prominent ". =. I.
L. woman In that city. On that date she
tefs her husband and children TO join MAJ
SION IN the East M2rston himself mas
) wife and fsse easIiren "a Olympia. who
arc now SAID 20 be In actual. want, but
who ssEli have fatth IN che husband ana
hope fof his early retarn to them
Charges were made against Marston
sevsral months AFRO. These be denied Wig
orousiy, and zass peopse al censraiia joined
In 4 testimonial to his good conduct. He
sent from centraiia 70 Olympia. After a
short nine he WAS dismissed. leaving his
church divided and demoraiized. Ills con-
d,ct was investigated by the church a,-
ssor1siss. but although II was sincerely
believed he was crooked. no direct evil
aenee arainw him couid be secnret. and
his aecasers were constrained to puolicsy
retraet. THIN Marston disappeared and
nothing has been heard from his Until the
ktter just mentioned came TO Rev.
Proper.
Light upon the whole affair Is shed by
che ATTACHMENTS OF w G. Gaanee. of Gen.
sraiia. who was hound to secrecy by Mrs
Freed Until saer departure for the East.
Mr.. Gzunee states that Mrs. Feed told
him sesesaa months ago she loved Rev.
Marxepn and would leave her home and
family TO join him.
II feel she said. THAT We can serve
the dear Lord better together than apart. "
s:az refused 10 take any advice from Ar.
Gaunce or to listen TO any. However. he
Induced her before she left To deed all her
interesfin certain properly to her husband.
When she went 10 join .Marsson she was
ACCOMPANIED by her year-old son.
The dreenvslls letter In from Rev j. l..
Hogser. who. after inquiring about Mar
ston. asks further: rs Marston legally
divorced from his wife. and Is the woman
he II now with divorced from her nus.
band7 whose IL the boy with them
Ples.e give Us wha. particulars may he.T
10 establish these facts In the minds ol
many Of our members VINO have been cap
sivatea by this man. and that without his
having any Recommendations but a letter
wrztisn By one Fouifon OF East ST. Louis
ssve utterly refused to pay a cent TO-
ward his work or TO hear him, until
know he Is warranted In the above &C
tons. etc.
Rev. Proper visited Freed, who now
lives with me remaining children in Ho
9ssiaua, short time ago. He found tina
Freed knew his wife was with Marston
but Freed said he would do nothing about
the matter. Some had advised him 10 fol
low Marston and XIII him. but. this hs
{ would not do. He preferred that the rec
reant minister should 1--we and be piaguet
with his sin forever.
Rev. Proper made the statement Of facts
~ shove last night He regretted. the dis
grace that must come upon the church
btR ha considered 1t his duty to expos.
these guilty persons Marston Is a mar
of good presence anA pleasing ways, ans
II In apparent wnm this ,---ser that unless
no is exposed he Will repeat In othe
places the sins he committed here agains
his church and against his fellow nen.