The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-15
Rev. Frank Horn Faces Charges
Of Having Married Redding
Girl and Deserving Her
Clergyman Declares That His
Twin Brother Is Guilty Of
Alleged 0ffense

Doctor Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde in real
life, now minister OF the gospel.
again deceiyer a1d betrayer of girls,
or is he the victim of nemesis in the
form Of mysterious twin brother
for whose misdeeds he is made to
suffer?
is he the single Rev. Mr.. Horn or is
Lavereau. alias Martin Mcintyre. alias
Frank Horn. accused in divorce COM
plant filed Saturday In this city of
having married. and deserted year,
later, Eva Mae Metz of Redding at Red
wood City September II, 1910?
THESE QUESTIONS AGITATE
These are the questions which are
agitating the parishioners Of the ac-
cused minister, whose integrity and
uprightness were unauestioned before
Not a breath OF suspicion rested
upon Rev. Mr.. Horn until Monday
night. when. following the positive
Identification of the clergyman as De
Tovrea by FL. Charles Metz, father of
Mrs. De Teyrea, Attorney C. A. Ode1l
served the divorce summons upon him
at his rooms at the home of Mrs. p.
Church, liz NichoI avenue. Richmond.
Notwithstanding the Identification.
Rev. Mr.. Horn Monday night declared
that it was all mistake. that the per-
son wanted was cousin OF his, the
black sheep of the family, who greatly
resembled him In physical character
istics. SO much so that since childhood
they had often been mistaken for each
other.
Yesterday he corrected his statement
Of Monday niglt and stated that the
man whom NiEa Metz married was
probably his twin brother, Edward.
who had long ago. been repudiated by
the Horns for his misdeeds. From
sickbed, to which he has been con-
fined for the last week, suffering with
slight attack of typhoid pneumonia,
Rev. Mr.. Horn, with wan smile, in
sisted that 1T was all joke, and de-
MED that he had ever known the Metz
family, that he had been married or
that he had ever been In Redding.
CHURCH MEMBERS STUNNED
Though stunned by the revelation that
their pastor may be leading a dual life,
the members of the First Baptist church
of Richmond rallied yesterday to the
support of the clergyman and declared
implicit belief in his statement that he
was NOT the man wanted To sustain
his assertion that his twin brother was
probably the man sought, Rev. Horn
produced picture of man resembling
him in features, which he said was the
picture of his twin. According TO the
photograph the supposed brother had
many of the general features of the
clergyman, though his mouth and fore
head were different and his face was
not as full as Rev. Mr.. Horns
Upon the testimony of an old miner
and trapper of Nevada Rev. Horn de-
pends, according to his statement last
evening, to establish beyond a doubt
I that he did not marry Miss Metz He
asserts that for three months in the fall
of 1910, during which time the Metz-De
Tovrea marriage took place, he and this
miner were engaged in hunting and
fishing in the Hetch Hetchy region. He
declares his mother, about whose where
abouts he is vague. can prove that he
has a twin brother and that the latter
has been involved in many -escapades
with women in the past
LAWYER is POSITIVE
Even more sure than Metz In his
Identification of the Clergyman as De
Tovrea is d. J. Hall of the Richmond
law firm of OdeH & Hall. former dis
trict attorney of Trinity county. who
was practicing law in Redding at the
time De Tovrea was alleged to have
preached there. Hall declares that
both he and his wife recognized De
Tovrea at the union Christmas services
in the Christian church, and that they
notified the Metz family where the
missing son in law could be found.
There is no question whatsoever but
what Owen f. de Tovraa and Rev.
Frank Horn are one and the same per-
son, said Hall. II attended the church
in Redding at which De Tovrea, then
a minister, was preaching, and I was
acquainted with him and with the Metz
family Rev. Mr.. Horn used the same
mannerisms. the same tone Of voice,
as De Tovrea. Not only I, but my wife
recognized him at once. Never did the
man / knew in Redding speak of a
twin brother. nor, from what 1 can
learn by inquiry. did Rev. Horn ever
mention. having twin brother AS
soon as I notified Mrs. de Tovrea of her
husbands location she desired me to
file a divorce action for her
If Rev. Mr.. Horn falls to prove his as
sertion that he is not De Tovrea he will
find himself in an unenviable position,
for. according to papers and documents
in the possession of OdelI and Hall, the
defendant in the divorce action bore an
unsavory reputation. The records show
that in the spring Of 1910 De Tovrea
appeared. in Redding as a young min
OSutinued On PAGE n Column 81