The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28
Daughters Of Rebskah Aid De-
serted Wife 10 Find Him.
NOW BREAKlNGSToNE AT OGDEN
He Denies He Is The Pansn Who Preached
90 Long Island Knows Nothing Of
Miss ksTshaW,

Ogden. Utah, Jan. 2s.--william Spring
of mild disgust with his present plight,
was found here yesterday pounding rock
I'm the stockade. where Ogden's authori-
ties utilize the, Drawn OF their tramps and
malefactors.
He Is the prisoner who is said TO be the
Rev. w. II. Springfield. formerly of Ja-
maica, l.. J.. whose anxious wife has been
flooding the west with inquiries ever since
last July. when he disappeared mysteri-
ously ana simultaneously with the dis
appearance of Mrs. springneld's pretty
niece, Mary h. kershaw, who was "A
brooklyn school teacher.
William Springheld-he Of the prison
stockade-has neither the appearance nor
the manners OF "a clergyman. His con-
yersation II not suggestive OF familiarity
either with theology or exhortation.
do look like preacher" he asked,
as he paused In his stone breaking and
mopped his. prespiring brow. II don't
know anything of Mary Kershaw. nor OF
Mrs. Springfield. of Long Island. She is
no wife OF mine, that's sure"
Chief of Police Cornish says Springfield
Is not the man who IL wanted In Jamaica
rhe prisoner. however, admits that he
former state OF the Rev. w. III. Spring
field, and says he came here from Cal
ifornia. which was the supposed desti-
nation OF the missing clergyman last
summer
VIEW OF FORMER FRIENDS.
New York. Jan. 2s.-Former friends OF
the missing preacher. w. ii. Springfield
are not sure that the man breaking
Stt,np at Ogden Is mt he The RpV Mr.
Springfield was not the kind OF man 10
wear clerical uniform lie has mingled
I'm many phases of life outside OF the
pulpit, and his ecclesiastical rhetoric
they say, has undergone vicissitudes
through which it's quandam purity may
well have become affected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Springfield. accompanied
by Miss Kershaw, left for a tour of the
west early I'm March. They went to ,2S<-
lahoma city, where they purchased n
prairie outfit. consisting OF canvas COW
cred wagon containing three bunks with
cooking utensils, provisions, guns and
ammunition.
They went through the southwest on
the wagon. and during the trip the Rev.
Mr.. Springfield gave exhibitions with a
graphophone and delivered lectures, for
which he received small amounts by TAX.
Ink up collections.
The party at last came 10 grief at Raw
Mrs. Springfield's money was at low ebb
the prairie outfit was sold for a good
price. Miss kershaw had a large umsof
money with her, she had received "a
legacy from grand uncle shortly before
she left for the west.
Springfield divided the money with his
wife, taking the lions share for himself
he said that he was going To the
I<londike to make a fortune digging gold
Miss kershaw said that she would go to
Ogden, Utah, 10 look for position In
one OF the schools. and that II she were
not successful there she would go on TO
Salt Lake City.
WIFE SOUGHT HELP.
Mrs. Springfield is member o. the
Daughters of Rebecca. To them she
turned i'm her distress several months
ago Mrs. Springfield had received word
from a woman I'm Centerville that Miss
l<ershaw had written for some household
articles and that she was I'm Antioch, Cal
The goods were shipped 10 her at Ant
ioch, where they were claimed by some
person and taken away. Mrs Springfield
wrote TO the noble grand. the head OF the
order at Antioch. In the hope OF confirm
ing this report Then the~ Antioch
Daughters OF Rebecca donned their sew
eral disguises and pursued clews. They
finally reported that Mary Kershaw had
not been i'm Antioch at all
Next the Noble Grand at Rawlns
Wyo. and then the Noble Grand of Og-
den. Utah, were enlisted In the hunt. The
whole west was overrun with Daughters
of Rebecca looking for the lost preacher
and the missing teacher. and at last the
efforts Of the Noble Grand of Ogden and
her vigilant staff resulted in the arrest
of the man who Is now breaking stone
for the state.
Mrs Springfield. when seen last night at
Dunton, l.. IT, said:
"My husband has always been n good
Christian man. 1f he can explain his long
silence and absence l will freely forgive
him"