Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-09
!. TRUE IT'S BAD
III
Serious Charges Against a
Missionary.
SAID TO HAVE TWO WIVES
OK the Gospel Alleged to be Gu;,tv
shady transactions. D-nounr-
=" AS IA Mi.ch'er a1akcr
and Einek sheep.
ND TO HAVE TWO WIVES

serious charges have been m,6,
.' t,'I!. the Rev. William Clark q mi,..
~, ~ >. WI" has operated il, this ,.i;v
Io II theN are subStanti;,teu i,v raj,
r'na s palSoh IS playing Il hypuc.ilj,.;,l
r,.s,,...,,.., H''ould q" drumincI out OF any
esptetabie community
ABOUT (; year ago the Ecy ,,-i,,;
E'a'N set foot IN this city Win Nr =,
~ !!Soh They ate. ana SLEPT tnmi,,,
81. ~ being understood that IN. iirs, -
.ha IVY" 10 strike oil" should s,,n,,,, ",
tne o'hef Il, IN he became equally as FOR
49, hes Claimed |" be mission
"ul We're apparently stranger. 4,
each either. II was not ions. 49,, a., j.,
,., i's"i arrived in the city bef,r.. 80
80 80 chiliuS"d To Sll!p1rint.nd tho w,,l,
-, ''te ny Mission. lie took hold or
,,i W.. work anu seemed To carry if on
,. ,,n good effect for Il month 81. s.,
"ten, tor some reason. Mr. N.;Iso,.,.
services We're disposed of III. ~. ~, :,
1H,.,"h Board OF Directors The, ~.
~ .'son established what WAS lnn,rr -:
,''e iiestUe Mission in IN. L,;,,,i,
u"'uli's Besides holding n,-a,i,,,,.
go nc pfSached'Un the street ,.oruars
ahi mingled quite freely vith ~; So,
vati"n Army. Recently W. W-itsn,, 80 ~.
=-NtWiort News and %.uI tn phna,,,,.
.Ihr Charge of the library 'astnbIisl4.,,
sailors s'1'ie'S and
r-v','rhilX bad feeling grew GU; of ,i,c
i,,isi!;p existing between tn. TWO
So ~, rs. W. Wilson, il Is unller-
900" ciaiiutd that th,. ,,:,,son viz ,
hrV' prefix had circulated slnn,l,.rn,,s
iNboftS about him ana thai We 49,,
-" WIS discharged IS Superintendent, ~
IN. CITY Mission "
,,,' ~ wv" men separated The REV
M,''k offended his work to norton,
Mhefr he is now said t.. Ia Inc,,1.a
S""p"rl News. 1t will be ren,r,nh,,a,.
.'i't Lark was TIN. man who inou,,,,
i"''" ti,cr7-r''re'".-"t T., c.,,..,,ii.-I, eli,
tendrn H"nie in this city for fallen NO
i'sh, nut Tie project fell through
II seems THAT Nj. wilson mas mace
inquiries regarding his former co la
borcr IN the Lords vineyard. The + Il :
lowing was taken from Il recent ISSUE. o
the North Hudson On. JD Observer:
The 1ser William Spear Clark,
whose varied career in North Hudson
towns is familiar to the majority OF The.
residents, has again been heard from,
and from people who give him anything,
but acknowledgements asSs+
The Following letter 10 Chief Of 70
lice Won. Der Bach OF Gutenberg
where the Rev. CLARK MAS located tor
while, and where he is remembered bv
nearly every iihah:taIt, explains ii
self:
The P"stoIlicr, I'Eoelius. Va.
Saturday, jnly 2%r,i. ls.iS
Sir-Wc would thank YOU if yJ,
could give us amy information about a
man named William CLARKE. k,io>yn
better as the Fey. William clarke. who
had chars,t, nf a SINAI! mission churtl.
and WAS also an na,ltrll!tcs: Who
claims that tie ,nLertakrr'S shop Mas
bAr,it down and that his ordn:lli,,il pa
pers qualifying him as il pastor were
burnt. Tie is ',sina here aud IN Nor
folk as Il pastor. ana is doing Il great
deal of mischief and causing ,.s an
amount OF trouble. Tie is u native 81
SErooklyn. about i've Zee; in height.
dark c"np!eNi"n Very hushy black
head and AN extraordinary square chin.
We understand that h has caused
trouble Wherever he has gone. ana any
information yol; ,se7n give us would he p
in our future proceedings against Sueh
black sheep. lie WAS located in your
city about The, year 1899 Or iS9l. Thank
ing yau for II return OF mail on this
Subjsct-
'''Iours very truly
''MR Il MRS. g. T.. WILSON.
IN iSsiunarieS.'
''rh.. history Of the Rev William
Spear Clark. While in North Hudson. is
an interesting one ANA would take
pages il given in fun. He FIRST turned
up in these parts in Gutenberg. Ec-
fore that time he was located 1T Hunt
ingion. Long Island. where. it appears
he made himself notorious. lie est"b-
i.lled mission in the place and start
ed in tu-cunVert the inhabitants. He en-
tered upon his work with a Will. and
held meetings in q carliase shop and
soon had many followers. Besides us
ing the place for worship. he started a
hrolm manufactory hut this soon fell
into the hands of the sheriff. The fail
urt. of the enterprise was due. it is said
to his spending too much TING counting
one of his converts. a Miss Mills who
ii is alleged. he afterwards married. II
is also said that he had Il wife anG
family in brooklyn at the time. He LEFT
Huntington suddenly one day. after {
law suit which he had brought agains
a paper. and in which his first wife ap
peared. knocking his case into cock
ed hat.
.'fIe next turned up in Gutenberg a:
the pastor of the congregational! s
church, on Franklin avenue. He wa
not satisfied. apparently. With the sal
airy he received and started up an nm
dertaking establishment. so that n
could perform he double service u
preaching q mans funeral sermon la
out the corps, prepare the casket ar.
lower the remains into the grave. Th
members Of the flock did not like thi
and gave him the alternative of Givin
up his position of pastor or that OF un
dertaker. lie gave UP the former III
was located at two different places j
the town. but as his business did nc
prosper lie Went to West New York a!
ter q whole lot of experience in Gutten
berg. His career AT Bcrgenlne an
Ferry streets in the former town W.,
Of short duration. From there he nave
his business 10 the Hackensack PLANK
road. Union Hill. He went out of tt
business in this place. giving the thin
4. .
straightencd circumstances, and /
gladly became a lay member of II
First Baptist church. of Union Hin. n
disappeared from the town. but return
ed later on and took employment und
a Union Hill liquor concern, in the 70
of q detective. fills work was to secu
evidence against liquor dealers sel!ii
without a license.
His connection with the First Bap:i
church and inVeStiga tions made l,y IL