The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

/ with the spirits OF just men made
perfect" who told her 1t was to be
| completed with a steamboat ROOF n
attic like a Texas, with windows to
| open and shut that the spirits anD
angels might at their pleasure fly IN
and out. She laid her revelations be-
fore them and they saw that 1t was
| good, and 1t was so.
Scandal Started.
Some of the old settlers today say
the house was never paid for n that
plenty of trouble followed because or
this. Mary kept having revelations
and putting of the carpenters. but
this bit of the history is not contain.
ed in the printed works and has not
been verified.
The Rev. Hummer is said to have
taken moonlight walks on the blum
with the spiritual Mary; but this caus-
ed no commotion. Rev. Hummer lost
a colt and thought 1t had been stolen.
He went to Mary for a revelation
where to find 1t, and Mary told him,
after consulting the spirits, just where
it was, and described the place, the
farm of a widow Smith over across
the river. A party was sent to the
farm and captured what was supposed
to be the colt. This resulted in a
big suit in the justice court and later
in the district court. So near did the
colt correspond to the description OF
the lost animal that jury after jury
found for the minister and he kept
the colt.
Mary Margrave's next big bid for
fame and prominence was contained
in her revelations in regard to the
treasures Of Captain Kidd. She said
they were buried by the deed sea IN
the east, ana first Hummer and then
Lowe went east and consulted q noted
! medium, Lucretia La Nome. She
! gave new revelations and they became
still better satisfied that the kida
treasure would be found, that they
would indt it and 1t would make them
! rich and Independent.
Arrested for Adultery.
Parson Hummer continued to pay
his respects to the s~piritualist; they
! were followed and watched, and
| from suspicious circumstances at
tending their long walks in the
woods" Mary and Hummer were ar
| rested for adultery.
It was about this time, the history
tells US, that the spell was broken.
Hummer and Lowe quarreled about
the property, the M~argraves tax
ing sides with Hummer, n the
people with Lowe, whom they believ'
ed the victim Of a conspiracy.
And then came the big trial with
all its sensations, following 1ndict-
ments of the two, Hummer and Mary
! Hargrave, for adultery. The judge
who sat at the trial was George II.
! Williams, who afterwards became at
torney-general of the United States.
Both were convicted.
It was during the trial that Cyrus
Walker. attorney for the defendant
Hummer, played upon the insanity OF
Hummer as a defense. This was the
first time this was done in the coun'
ty. it is believed, but 1t seems Hummer
didn't like the idea. However, at the
same term of court a jury found him
insane, and Col. VIM. Patterson was
appointed his guardian to take charge
of the property.
Hummer quit the church, the Mar
graves left Keokuk, n Gen.. Lowe
| continued his legal work.
Runners Church.
There is another story of Hummer
| and his religious troubles in Keokuk.
When he came here he sought for and
received authority from the Presby.
terry to organize a church here which
he did. The elders were Col. VIM
| Patterson, General Lowe and Squire
/ Thomas Martin. But he did not re
port the church to the ~presbytery.
Rev Hummer preached in his own
house without pay. and 1t is said he
never took up a collection. though he
received money from some source.
The membership in the church was
restricted rather than increased. The
Presbytery finally turned Hummer
out, but the congregation resented
such action and took the case to the