The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
|, MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
,UE n CHsRLEs q. PRESTON or
JtuE,IOWN, X. j., FOUND IN TROr.
uo yn. Supposed to Have Committed Sui.
IA. Prom u sound steamer on Nov. q
Iound Living with a Girl of His Con-

81 y,. supposed TO Hav. Committed Sui.
al. Prom u sound steamer on Nov. Q
t,und Living with a Girl Of His Con-
.,,Vnt,on Under the Name Of Earl.
Tooy y Y. Jan. 2D.-A mystery was cleared
-, ms, night by tho arrest In this city oi the
uoy Chnr0r, Earl Preston Of jamestown. r.. l.,
.ho deserted his family on Nov. g. Preston
wo.kpown hero "a Horace Charles Earl. He
un. Iect,r Of an Episcopal church In James,
,,,r and was last seen by his friends In Provi-
t,,,, on Noy. q. when no was boarding a
.,.,oer u tho Providence Line. His destina-
It,, yn. not known. When his stateroom was
.,,.,,I the morning following. his clothes
vcre found scattered about the floor. and there
woe ,nrnn letter, addressed. My dear wife"
lype ON the stand near the berth. One OF the
letters read a. follows;
MY DEAR WIFE AND CHILDREN: I'm very
.,rry for ths rash act. | am aboard the
.,.,mrr and cannot endure my troubles any
lopyor ,n made up my mind to end my
No. and before ! mail these letters | shall
h,yo uano ont OF your life forever. I shall
,omr .ato the river. Good bye. wife and chill
drrr. %'o,cy"r'
The suicide theory was accepted and his
xtrrnt on mourning. His two sons came to
,,e,rI their father as dead. Six weeks ago Il
u,s Innrnod tha: Preston had been intimate
With young woman OF his congregation and
was supposed that he had gone away with
ber A month ago a man from Providence
.,y man In Albany he believed to he Preston
and rotll, Supt. Willard OF that city. Detec-
rive K-rnsky was put on the case. Ho learned
ina, / r,ston had leen living in Albany with a
rul ,a,I e. hail from Providence. He obtained
description OF the girl. and a week ago saw
FER IN a car going 10 Lansingburch. He fol.
l.vrl ald saw that she went TO a c,rfaln place
md ,Ntaued several letters. He learned that
the letters were addressed TO Miss Ella
NIr.sal. The detective followed her TO Troy
elElraiucd that she was stopping at n board
rul,usc ut Grand street and lilth avenue.
IL hlcl Il room opposite and waited Tor
In The meantime Mrs. Preston and a private
detective had been sent Tor and they anne TO
Troy last evening a man supposed 70 be-
lrp.'uu entered the boarding house and De-
,rctlye Kocr SKY and Private Detective Decker
man entered the house ana went To the room
occupied 10y Preston AMI MISS Niossai,, They
found the i've there. Preston was Indignant
and demanded what they. wanted. II arrest
yoa lur deSrrtiou." said Detective ksensky,
Preston icnlcd that his name was Preston and
sail that II was tharles Earl. He was told that
he would have to 20 the police station. Then
lie acknowledged that he was Preston aud
wanted IA" girl to him. She did.
Al Police Headquarters Preston was brought
face 10 face with his wife, As lie saw her he
sttetcu,d out MS arms and said:
WY dear wife, I'm not right will you forgive
me ll DO anythlns yoH ass me To-. was ~
was going 10 kill myself. but my courage failed
Mrs. Preston turned from her husband and
sall she was not ready to forgive him for the
disgrace and worry that he had caused her and
her children. Preston agreed TO go back to
Proyden,Gs with the officer and started Rte
While The scene was being enacted in III
Police headquarters, the girl slipped ont and
disappeared Miss Nossaf was a member OF
preston's, church in Providence and became
and They planned To run away and meet IN
SOM city where they were not known. She told
her family that she had, obtained employment
in JOhnetown. \. \. From johnstown she
came 10 Troy and theme" 10. Albany. where she
Joined Preston. The pa have been living at
The boarding house on FIFTH avenue for IA week
past, aud were kuoNn there As Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ear. The girl did not look to be
older than IL or IL years. IS OF slight puiid and
quite pretty.
+ Preston. who was arrested IN Troy ye-ter-
DAY. was born in Portsmouth. \. H., and was
ordained to the priesthood, in, $50, under
Bishop Clark of Rhode Island. II 5 fret charge
from $50 to 1892. He then went to the Church
Of the Ascension in Auburn. Il. l.. and was
from Is q to lS!ai from lSni untll hs sem
satouHl dlsaIp-iranrc on the Sound steamer.
he has cen rector OF ". Matthews Church az
jamestown. Il. !. He was the originator Of the
Church on Wheels, "A Chiuel accommodating
about fifty peOp.e. which he designed should
he hauled ahou' on the Island Of jamestown.
This novel edltico was extensively written up
and illustrated in the leading newspapers and
magazines last summer. The chapel is now
stranded on an cmpty lot. Originally the
chapel was n street ear and was operated In