Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-01-15

An Abandoned Wife's Statements
Opened Ewes of the Faithful

An Abandoned Wife's Statements
opened Eyes of the Faithful.
FINALLY the Investigations succeeded in
locating foung's wife at No. 3lS Blue Hin
avenue RoXbury, Mass, taking in wash
ing Tor livelihood, also her attorneys
DAVIS, Lyon IL Gates, at Sioux Falls, $.
-, VINO were resisting the divorce suit
brought by Young in Moody county, $.
- also her Boston representative h. ".
Harding; also Young's attorney, in Elan
dreau, S. D., II. Brennan
10y these means Il complete history of
iounS movements were secured. The
coup de grace fell Monday morning, when
me mail brought a picture of the Rev.
+. James Lyons Young from his aban.
uoned wife. Mary E. Lyons of Roxbury,
uuly attested by her Boston attorney,
ana certified to by officials and citizens
AT al the points where Young had MAIDS
MS checkered career. The picture waa
an exact likeness of the reverend gen
.iemah, as he appeared here, and showed
IN the group with him his wife and son,
httle fellow of years; also an organ
lHation called The Boys Brigade" organ.
lzed by Lyons at Brighton Mass Ac-
cohpanying this was a mass of afiidavits
tracing Young first under the name OF
Lyon as an Episcopal minister in Rox-
oury, Mass, there deserving his wife and
running away to Canada with Mrs
. Brien; in Canada as Catholic priest.
thence as single man at Egan s. d..
pastor OF the Episcopal church, where he
maintained Illicit relations with a young
laoy, creating a disgusting scandal; at
which place a letter from his paramount
" Brlen, requested him for Gods sake
not to talk too much and give it away
that he was a married man." was inter-
copied and published in the Egan Ex-
press.
While in Dakota he sued for a divorce
from MS wife, perjuring himself in order
10 secure an order for publication of a
summons, besides other crooked work in
attempting to get decree AS soon as
ms wire was represented in the case he
cropped the matter, leaving the court
| MES as evidence against him. From Eg-
an ne went to Ponca, Neb., where he
preached in the Baptist church; was there
| engaged to four girls at once to one OF
| whom he proposed, that he might be al.
| lowed to ruin her virtue in order that
she might remain faithful to him; then
dismissed as immoral and fraud
from there nothing was known of his
| movements until he turned up at Pomeroy
under an assumed name.
The press of this city became convinced
| that Young was an impostor last week.
when the East Washingtonian denounced
him and demanded his removal
A BraZen Confession.
Monday evening the proof received was
| so strong that some of Young's church
| began to listen, and finally consented to
| confront him with the evidence The at
| tack of the local press had confined the
| reverend gentleman to his bed with an at
| tack of nervous prostration, where he
| was surrounded by his faithful converts
| of the female sex. At sight of the genu-
| Inc picture, Young admitted that 1t was
| his, but said that the woman was not his
| lawful wife, he having lived with her a
number of years, having had children by
| her. but that he was never legally mar
| ried to her To the rest of the evidence
he maintained a stolid silence, not seem
| ing to discern that the proof of his in
Voking the law for a divorce turned his
| words of explanation to lies on his lips
| This shocking confession of Young was
| finally evidence enough to convince his
| church that he was a criminal of the low
| est type. With sorrowing hearts they
| brought his personal possessions to hin
| and told him he might depart. The rev.
| erend gentleman's attack of nervous pros
| tration left him as mysteriously as ii
| came. He rose from his bed without eff
| fort and walked half a mile to the de
pot, taking the train for parts unknown
| A few of his broken hearted female ad
| mirerS accompanied him to the train anC
| shed simpering tears at the scoundrer.
| abrupt departure.
The same night the officers of tn,
church met to take formal action in tn,
|
lions has not yet been made public. Ru
| NOR has it that a stormy scene was en-
acted, the church having divided int,
two factions one for immediate exposur,
through the church journals, the other
backed up by his sympathetic femal
dupes, are for milder action. Both are IL
a measure handicapped, as the notoriou
blk carries with him the written resolu
ton of eXoneration of the church frs
mentioned which they failed to dsposses
| him of in the excitement of the last hour
| of his sojourn here.
| In person Young is slender, about fee
8 inches in height with dark brow
| hair smooth shaver, but If he allowe
| his beard to grow it would be of a sand
| color. He wears glasses and talks with
| perfect stream of words, with an Iris
| brogue and is easily mistaken for a Cath
| Ole priest. He frequently makes use o
the expression, My goodness gracious!
Word has just been received from Star
buck that Young has been seen there /
| company with a fake female pedlar VIII
bilked the entire Methodist church of thi
| place a few days ago with bogus relic
| from Jerusalem, consisting of Pasc
rocks and tin jewelry. If the two travt
together they will make an invincibl
l fna