The evening world., 1904-07-11
Hundreds Of the Angry Resi-.
dents Threaten Rev. Mr.. De
cordova with Violence n He
Dare Retdrn to Town.
GIRL WITH WHOM HE
El0PED IS FRUSTRATED.
n win Try to Live Down the
Disgrace" She Sobs-Fath.
er Forgives Her. but Would
Punish Preacher.
II realize that I have made a terrible

thing In my power TO i've Z down"
This statement vas made 20 ar Even
a Ing World reporter TODAY by Miss
Julia Browne. OF South River. the belle
OF the town. who was lured from her
home by the Rev. J. +. Cordovu. a
clergyman and a married man, trav-
elled about the country with himand
vas discarded finally when he Seeded
TO return to his wife.
The Rev. Mr.. Cordova has not re-
turned to his home In South River, and
Il Is not probable that he will, as $500
villagers have arranged to tar and
feather him and ride him on a rail the
minute he appears in the neIghborhood.
A committee Of women was organized
to-day to arrange for the reception Of
the clergyman s.ould he come bask 20
Sofa, River. The committee got right
to work by taking up a collection for
the purpose OF laying in an ample stock
OF tar and feathers.
Miss Bovine returned to her home Sat-
urday night with her father. He met
her In the Hotel St. Denis, where n rel
alive OF the Rev. Mr.. Cordova brought
her, The minister Joined his wife In
Brooklyn. after announcing to the
young girl he deceived that he had
made a terrible mistake and wished to
return 10 his wife.
Father Would Crush Preacher.
Conover Browne, the girls father. 10
q blacksmith. An Evening World re-
porter called on him while he was at
work In his forge at South River. He
Is a typical blacksmith, OF splendid
physique and was welding a great
hammer when the reporter entered his
shop.
When asked how he would treat tho
preacher who deceived his daughter he
replied by laying a horseshoe on the
anvil and then, with a mighty swing,
crushing It IN a single blow Of the
hammer.
THAT . how I would treat that man. -
said Mr.. Browne, and that Is how
every man In this section feels toward
him. I have brought my child back TO
our home and she will try TO live this
down II will be q terrible task for her.
and I do not feel sure that she will be
able TO Withstand the strain. or course.
} she will be put out OF tho church where
she sang SO long In the choir, and the
women will have nothing to do with her.
That will be her punishment, and |
hope she will be able TO carry the bur-
den Of her disgrace.
III she breaks down | will have 10
move away and begin -llfes over again
In some new community.
Pastor Always wrote Wife.
The most remarkable feature Of my
l.daughters elopement Is the fact that
. tpat minister was in constant communl-
cation with his wife all the time he was
touring the country with my daughter.
His wife replied TO his letters, and
finally wrote that any time he decisded
10 leave Julia and come back To her
she Nd welcome him with open
arms.
~ hen he got this letter he told my
girl that he had made a terrible mis-.
take, as he still loved hts wife and
.Jgether In Canada and Mexico, and
wherever they went they registered as
! brother and sister.
1t was reported that he liberated
my daughter with violent actions and
words. Such was not the case. He
her and she did not cave him until he
made up his mind to 90 back 10 his
wife.
"Then he brought my daughter to
Brooklyn. where he called upon his
brothor-inlaw, Harry Dudley, a letter
carrier. OF No. u Or No. III Berkeley
place. He telephoned To his wife and
she said she was ready to welcome him
back to her arms.
Preacher Not Likely to Return.
my daughter and Mr.. Dudley wrote
me In the Hotel 81, Denis, In New
York, Then Dudley called on me and
told me to come and get my daughter.
am not sure where that minister Is
pow, but l 6slisys hS Is stopping with
Oceanic. n. J.. 1t Is my confident be-
lief that he will never set foot In South
River again. IL he does she will 20 out
Of town riding on a rail and coated with
tar and feathers"
Before her elopement Miss Browne
worked in a big handkerchief factory In
South .River. Six hundred young men
\ and gfts are employed in this estab-
nshment and they are making separate
preparations TO receive the minister In
the event Of his return to the nelshlu<-
Miss Bown was exceedingly well liked
by her fellow-employees and they feel
her disgrace keenly. Many Of the young
men In the factory decarde that II the
Rev. Mr.. Cordoya comes home he will
not only leave syyA River riding on a
ran, but will MAKE a target for a num-
Der Of skiltul young marksmen,
The Browne home In South River was
darkened like a house OF mourning when
there porter called bhers to-day. The
girl h still In a state bordering on
aervous collapse, and her mother would
allow her to speak only one sentence,
stating, asst he tears sprans from her
eyes, that she would devote her whole
life to living down her disgrace.