Evening journal., 1916-12-02

later he informed Mrs. Plunkett that
he had discovered that she was his
soul mate-shis real affinity. She
agreed that he was right. Ward sug-
gestod that they be entirely honorable
in the whole matter. and insisted that
they tell Plunkett of their discovery.
They told him.
Plunkett was placed on the posi-
ton OF having to practice what he
preached. and he consented 10 give
up his wife after being married to
her for twenty years. Ward and
Mrs. Plunkett went through
heavenly marriage as the ceremony
was known to the cult. They stood
before Plunektt and several members
OF the cult and announced that each
took the other as husband and WHO
in the manner desired by God.
A little later Ward and his heaven
ly bride" fed to New Zealand, taking
with them about $4,000 OF Piunketts
savings
CHAPTER 9.
In Christ Church. New Zealand,
they founded a Temple Of Truth in
August. 1890, and introduced them
selves as Brother and Sister Worth
ington. The first classes were for
young women. but later girls from II
10 20 were admitted.
Here Mrs. Plunkett finally suspect
ed her heavenly husband of unfaith-
fulness. When she openly made the
charge, ne few into a rage, repudiated
his MARI age to her and warned her
never 10 use his name again. Then he
fled with one OF the pretty converts
to his teachings TO Hobart. Tasmania.
He founded another Temple there
ana discovered another heavenly
bride" with whom he departed to Mel
bourne. Australia. They opened an
other "Temple Of Truth" and the new
doctrines as advanced by Worthington
became so popular that they had to
enlarge the temple, and made 100000
10 $4,000 in several years They mad
] 800 converts in few weeks
All would have been well with High
Priest Worthington had he not
swindled a wealthy widow out OF
Sc 600. He fed to Sidney but was ar
rested. and sentenced 10 seven years
in prison when taken back to Mel
bourne.
On his release from Jail he met a
wealthy Presbyterian touring in Aus
tralia and told the story that he was
/ a Unitarian minister anxious to gel
into the Presbyterian fold. The Amer
lean traveller helped him out Of Aus
{ tralia.
CHAPTER 10.
Worthington wandered in Europe
with a wife he married many years be-
1 fore in Australia and their four child
rem. Then he went TO Poughkeepsie
! n Y. and told Presbyter an clergy
men there that he was a graduate OF
/ Oxford. an ordained minister and hac
! lost in a shipwreck the papers that
would prove his status.
The North River Presbytery was
won by him. Just as his many wives
we're. and accepted him tentatively
They kept Worthington on "proba.
ton" for year, and then he was as
signed TO the Presbyterian Church a.
New Hamburg, n. Y.
He started to live extensively as o
old, and soon was borrowing money
again, on the strength of similar stor
les TO those he had told many timei
before. He. borrowed the last $500 o
the savings OF the Rev and Mrs. f. j
Stanley. retired missionaries of New
burgh. and from other members OF hi
passionate.
The North River Presbytery becam
active and hunted up the story Of hi
career. He resigned under oressur'
and moved with his family to a man
sion in Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Worthing
ton and their four children still liv'
there, but he fed TO wilmington wheI
he learned that his career was to b.
exposed.
Meanwhile he had formed the &C
quaintance OF Wilmington widow 4