1882 Allison, Rev. John Jessup, Iowa.; Milwaukee, Pres. Immoral assault, and indecent proposals to Mrs.
Wis. Alice Moffitt; expelled.
Allen, Rev. Wm. Osgoode, Ont. M. E. Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Eliza Hume;
got her married.
1875 Ackerman, Rev. G. E. Blue Mountain, Idaho.; M. E. Embezzlement of $3,000, church funds: a dead
Boise City. beat.
1882 Ahern, Rev. John C. Denver, Col. Cath. Adultery, immoral assault on women, insulting
ladies, lying: removed.
Ahern, Rev. Jere. Denver, Col. Cath. Immoral assault on Mrs. Miller; Mr. Miller
accused him. Bribery; the priest paid him hush
money. Drunkenness; says he was in liquor at
time. Lying about Rev. John C. Ahern.
Brooks, Rev. Wm. R. Hampstead, R. I. Adultery, bigamy--three wives.
Bartlett, Rev. Jos. Gorham, Me. Cong. Suicide; 70 years of age.
Billson, Rev. F. G. Kansas City, Mo. M. E. Drunkenness oft repeated; arrested, jailed,
confessed, fined.
1876 Boyd, Rev. T. B. Kittaning, Pa.; West Adultery, seduction, immoral assaults on many
Virginia. "sisters," and wife of "Brother Cook;"
confessed; jailed.
1881 Browning, Rev. Wm. G. New York, N. Y. Swindling, $10,000; convicted.
1878 Blanchard, Rev. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Embezzlement of $3,000, college funds; lying,
slander; so say Rev. Chapman and Rev. Prof.
Webster.
1882 Balky, Rev. Geo. Chilicothe, Mo. Forgery; drew a note and signed his father's and
Andrew McCroskin's names to it; arrested,
escaped, fled.
Brisbee, Rev. John N. Madison, Tenn. Pres. Horse racing, gambling; church trial.
Bentley, Rev. Chas., Ev., E. Baltimore, Md. Seduction of Miss Emma Martin, a "sister;"
bastardy; kept evangelizing very successfully,
until presented with an heir; confessed,
expelled.
Bedall, Rev. W. Barnesville, O.; M. E. Adultery, seduction of Rosa Arnold, aged 15;
Beallsville, O.; Ozark, O.; elopement with her, deserting wife and three
Wheeling, W. Va. children, penniless; embezzlement of $400,
church funds: expelled.
1882 Brand, Rev. Oberlin, O. Slander from pulpit; sued by Bronson.
Brand, Rev. G. F. Wintersett, Iowa.; Guthrie M. E. Indecent exposure of person; church trial,
Center, Iowa. expelled.
Bush, Rev., Ev. Covington, Ky.; Cynthiana, Adultery, seduction of "sister" Sarah Sherman;
Ky. elopement with her.
1883 Beattie, Rev. T. R. or F. R. Brantford, Ont. Pres. Immoral assault; slandering Miss Sershman;
arrested; bail $4,000; sued for $10,000,
slander.
Brown, Rev. W. H., Ev. Sioux City, Iowa. Drunkenness; fined.
Ball, Rev. H. Burg Hill, O.; Wayne, O. Bap. Drunkenness, lying; got gloriously drunk, denied
it; expelled.
Bowen, Rev. Randolph, N. Y.; Ohio,; N. Bap. Assault and battery on a "brother;" lying,
Jersey,; Wisconsin. swindling, making debts everywhere, never
Michigan. paying; fled.
1878 Chapman, Rev. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Lying, slander, so says Rev. Blanchard.
1882 Christian, Rev. J. T. Quincy, Ill.; Hannibal, Mo. Bigamy, adultery, lying, swindling; arrested.
Canary, Rev. Andrew New York, N. Y. Cath. Larceny, stealing horse, drunkenness; arrested.
Chapman, Rev. Richard Pine Bluff Spa, Tex. Bap. Murder of John Turner; stabbed him three times.
Colfelt, Rev. New York. Pres. Literary piracy; church trial.
1879 Clapp, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Swindling; prison.
1882 Cook Rev. Alvin O. Eugene, Or.; Springfield, Chris. Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of Rix,
Or. deserting wife and children; temperance
lecturer.
1882 Cleniheim, Rev. Cincinnati, O.; Avondale, Pres. Fighting with one of his elders; got whipped;
O. elder's name, Robert Hood.
1883 Cobb, Rev. R. H. Taunton, Mass. M. E. Deserting wife, leaving her penniless and sick
in bed; investigated; resigned.
Corken, Rev. Salisbury P't, Mass.; Lynn, Cong. Literary piracy; preached Wilberforce's sermons;
Mass. quack doctor; sued for malpractice; deposed.
Cox, Rev. Henry, D.D., San Francisco, Cal. Gross swindling U. S. pension agent; robbed a
("Hallelujah Cox"). blind and helpless soldier of $7,278, pension;
swindled a widow out of $2,535.
1883 Chambers, Rev. A. I. New Haven, Conn. M. E. Misappropriating church funds; sued.
Comstock, Rev. I. Tonganoxie, Kan.; Reno, Ad. Rape, adultery, on 13-year-old daughter of Mr.
Kan. Anderson; arrested; prison at Leavenworth.
Cook, Rev. Jo. Boston, Mass. Lying generally.
Copeland, Rev. Frasier Walhalla, S. C. Murder of W. J. Hunnicritt; confessed; hanged.
1878 Clark, Rev. W. J. Lisbon, N. Y. Pres. "Immoral conduct;" suspended.
1879 Curr, Rev. Alan Dubuque, Iowa.; Bap. Larceny, deserting wife, drunkenness, gross
Leavenworth, Kan. fraud, lying, cheating.
1882 Dye, Rev. J. H., P.E. Searcy, Ark. M. E. Assault and battery; knocked Capt. McCaulley
down and pounded him.
Denton, Rev. J. L. or J. W. Fayetteville, Ark. Suicide, charged with embezzlement.
Driver, Rev. S. M. Baker City, Idaho. M. E. Adultery with "sisters;" buried six wives.
Davis, Rev. Geo. Cleveland, O.; Fort Wayne, Deserting wife and children; proposing marriage
Ind. to several ladies; arrested.
Draper, Rev. Frank Youngstown, O.; Riverside, M. E. Robbery of his friend and room-mate;
O. drunkenness; fled; spent the cash; his friend
died; confessed.
1883 Davis, Rev. Geo., Ev., Logansport, Ind.; Fort In prison.
Wayne, Ind.
DePuy, Rev. Dr. M. E. Swindling in connection with "Isabella mine;"
editor Christian Advocate, resigned.
Davis, Rev. Madison, Ind. M. E. Seduction, bastardy, with "sister" Jennie
Williams; prosecuted.
1880 Deems, Rev. Dr. New York. Lying, so says Rev. Dr. Mackie.
1882 Dollman, Rev. W. Erie, Pa. M. E. Assault with intent to murder his wife and
family, with poison and "cold steel;" arrested;
prison.
Dowd, Rev. W. W. Portchester, N. Y. Pres. Swindling; would not pay bills.
Dollard, Rev. Wilmington, Del. Cath. Indecent proposals to Miss Lizzie Jordan;
slandered her and her family from the pulpit;
sued by her brother Charley Jordan.
Dufresne, Rev. Holyoke, Mass. Cath. Slander of P. Hackman; fined $3,400; selling
liquor in his church and school; fled to Canada.
1880 Dugan, Rev. Thos. Delavan, Ill.; Mason City, Cath. Rape upon his young housekeeper; she complained
Ill. to Bishop Spaulding.
1878 Dale, Rev., Ev., New Castle, Ill. Immoral assault on two girls, one 12, other 14;
fled.
Daley, Rev. John New York, N. Y. Cath. Drunkenness, habitual; workhouse.
1879 Esmon, Rev. Albert Alabama. Illicit distilling; two stills destroyed by U.S.
officials; fled.
1882 Ellis, Rev. Wm. T. St. Louis, Mo. Nuisance; arrested, fined.
1882 Ellis, Rev. Edwd. H., Ev. Thomaston, Me. Bap. Adultery, seduction, and elopement with Mrs.
John E. Rose; arrested, fined $400, jailed at
St. John's, N. B.
Eastman, Rev. Chas. A., Geo. Roxb'ry, Lewist'n, Me.;; Cong. Adultery, bigamy, lying, false personation,
E. Hindley, C. B. Merrill. Potterville, Whitehall,; deserting wife and family; first married Miss
Kendall, Alamo,; Mich.; Emma Keyes, of Lewiston, Me.; second marriage
Plainwell. with a Miss Piper, of Alamo; broke jail at
Kalamazoo; sent to Michigan penitentiary; very
religious.
1879 Eagan, Rev. D. San Francisco, Cal. Cath. Adultery with "sisters."
Edmonson, Rev. Nathan Schollsville, N. Y. Bap. Suicide; hung himself.
1882 Farmer, Rev. G. W. Tamaroa, Ill. M. E. Assault and battery; beat Deacon Johnson over
the head with a chair for saying "Good-morning."
Fern, Rev. Thomas, or Fernly, Philadelphia, Pa. M. E. Libel on William Entriken; arrested; most
Rev. Thos. A. popular preacher in the city.
Fulton, Rev. Dr. T. D. Brooklyn, N. Y. Libel upon Rev. T. B. Conway; sued for $40,000;
fighting.
Fleming, Rev. N. Cleveland, O. Cath. Drunkenness, visiting house of ill-fame; riot,
arrested, jailed, confessed, fined.
1883 Fleming, Rev. Boston, Mass. Cath. Assault and battery on a little girl; tore some
pictures away from her; she went into
convulsions; sued for damages by her father;
fined; riot with 1,000 Irish against the father.
1882 Garry, Rev. M. M. Cincinnati, O. Bap. Burglary, immoral assault; shot, badly wounded,
while scaling back wall of yard at midnight, by
Roger Pearson.
Gilmour, Rev. Bish. Ohio. Slander; sued by E. Cowlee, of the Leader.
Gray, Rev. J. A. Portland, Or. Bap. Drunkenness, confessed, resigned.
1882 Green, Rev. Abijah Philadelphia, Pa.; Atlantic Bap. Larceny, stealing books; fighting at church
City, N. J. trial with Rev. Wallace and others.
Gleason, Rev. P. J. St. Louis, Mo.; Louisiana, Cath. Seduction, bastardy, with Mary Proctor, née
Mo. Ryan; confessed, subsequently denied; after her
marriage adultery and bastardy with her again;
first child named John Patrick Gleason, second
Richard Gleason Ryan; suspended from priesthood
by Bishop Kenrick.
1883 Green, Rev. Mt. Gilead, O. Seduction, elopement with a 13-year-old daughter
of a "brother."
Gibbons, Rev. Baltimore, Md. Cath. Swindling Mrs. Simpson, while dying, out of her
James--Archbishop. property; sued.
1879 Gaines, Rev. G. W. Columbia, Mo.; Centralia, M. E. Adultery, seduction of Miss Maria Delly; took
Ill.; Louisiana, Mo. her to conference with him; slept with her at
hotel.
1882 Henderson, Rev. John Mexico, Mo. Larceny of cattle and hogs, notorious thief;
prison.
Hyde, Rev. F. S. New Haven, Conn. Insulted Mrs. Foster; demanded her removal from
hotel table because she was an actress.
Higgins, Rev. A. C. Hackettstown, N. J. M. E. Adultery, seduction, with wife of Mr. Hoff;
writing her to leave her husband and live with
him; detected, fled, deserting wife and
children.
Higbee, Rev. Jesse Drakeville, Iowa. Medical quack; ruined lady's nose; sued.
1883 Hooper, Rev. J. F. Petaluma, Cal. Cong. Breach of promise; engaged to three ladies; fled
to escape tar and feathers.
Henselman, Rev. C. D. Canton, O. Chris. Immoral assault on three married "sisters."
Healy, Rev. St. Louis, Mo. Cath. Immoral assault on "sister" Maggie Kinney;
bounced with a black eye by Mike Dunphey.
1882 Huderdault, Rev. Canada. Cath. Slandering Leon Lanson and Mathilde St. Jean;
sued.
Huber, Rev. F. X. Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Defrauding dying man out of $90,600; gross
swindling; compelled by courts to disgorge.
1883 Hull, Rev. M. S. Pelican Rapids, Minn. Slandering his hired girl, because she told of
his swearing, "God damn it!"
Haddock, Rev. Oshkosh, Wis. M. E. "Beecherism," charged by Dr Carhart.
1880 Hertzberger, Rev. H. A. Honesdale, Pa.; Port Luth. Drunkenness, lying, false personation; claimed
Jervis, N. Y. to be a French count; quarreling for the pulpit.
Hicks, Rev. Henry H. Camden, Mo.; San Francisco, M. E. Larceny, stole $310 from Neil Smith; fled.
Cal.
1876 Hanks, Rev. G. Litchfield, Ill.; St. Bap. Adultery; drunkenness in a brothel at St. Louis;
Louis, Mo. arrested.
1882 Hyde, Rev. Dr. W. A. Leadville, Col.; Portland, M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with a "sister,"
Or. deserting wife and children; arrested by his own
son; forgery of recommendation.
1876 Irwin, Rev. G. A., Ev., St. Louis, Mo. P. E. Adultery, drunkenness, beating wife, profanity,
lying, assault to murder; arrested, prison.
1876 Johnson, Rev. W. J. Eureka, Ill. M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of John
S. Brayman, leaving her children; Johnson is
single, and a great revivalist.
1879 Johnson, Rev. W. A. Lindsay, Pa.; Barre, Pa. Pres. Gross swindling of widow and orphan children:
arrested.
1882 Jeffries, Rev. M. St. Joseph, Mo. M. E. Robbing mails a long time; prison.
Jamison, Rev. Geneva, O. M. E. Embezzlement of church funds.
Keiser, Rev. Alex. S. Womelsdorf, Pa.; Luth. Seduction, bastardy, breach of promise;
Pottsville, Pa. arrested; seduced Miss Lizzie Miller; she
supported him while studying theology; he
married another; expelled; confessed on trial.
Kuhns, Rev. S. F. Lewisburg, O.; New Paris, U. B. Adultery, seduction of wife of "Brother" Hinkle;
O.; Dayton, O. confessed; said he "couldn't help it;" married.
1883 Kruel, Rev. Kankakee, Ill. Cath. Drunkenness, breach of promise, left the church;
promised to marry "Sister" Angela; took her to
hotel, staid with her several days, then
deserted her, and returned to priesthood.
1882 Lanritsen, Rev. Port Huron, Mich. Luth. Assault and battery; arrested; fighting for
pulpit.
Lane, Rev. Greenpoint, N. Y. Cath. Embezzling $174,000, church funds.
Loughlin, Rev. Bishop Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Swindling Catholic church at Greenpoint out of
church property to amount of about $200,000;
threatens excommunication if they "kick;"
obstructing legal process; defying the law.
1878 Lloyd. New York. Luth. Slander, drunkenness.
1882 Mesaros, Rev. Philadelphia, Pa. Pres. Quarreling, threatening to fight in church.
Morgan, Rev. L. Leechburgh, Pa.; Kentucky.; Bap. Adultery both in Kentucky and Pennsylvania;
Apollo, Pa.; Monongahela, marries a wife but retains an old "flame" as
Pa.; Ludwick, Pa. mistress; forgery of letters of recommendation;
lying; church trial.
1880 Mackie, Rev. New York, N. Y. Lying and libel, so says Dr. Deems.
1876 Murray, Rev. I. Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Fighting for the pulpit.
1882 Martin, Rev. Jos. E. Lafayette, Ind. P. E. Inhuman cruelty to wife; arrested, bailed;
adultery, fled.
Miller, Rev. J. H. Point Chautauqua, N. Y. Bap. Embezzlement of $10,000, church funds.
1883 Morgan, Rev. R. C. Connellsville, Pa. Bap. Adultery, seduction of a "sister," wife of R. E.
Booth; married, large family; editor Baptist
Messenger.
McGill, Rev., alias M. F. Cleveland, O.; Columbus, Cath. Drunkenness oft repeated; fined often; often in
Devlin. O.; Pittsburgh, Pa. workhouse; sent up for sixty days, and $25 fine.
McCosker, Rev. Rahway, N. J. Cath. Disturbing school; drove teachers and scholars
out of doors, and would not let them return;
brutal assault on women and children.
Martin, Rev. Joseph E. Lafayette, Ind. Inhuman cruelty to wife and children; divorced
by court.
Mongin, Rev. John New Albany, Ind.; Cath. Adultery, fornication, visiting house of
Louisville, Ky. ill-fame in Louisville; drunkenness, assault and
battery; arrested, fined; lying about it.
1882 Miller, Rev. T. B.; also Chicago, Ill. M. E. "Miller" as dean, and "Major" as secretary of
Major, Rev. Major the medical college; gross swindling, gross
fraud; allowed a paper reporter to register as a
student, and then for $25 gave him a diploma as
M.D.; Miller expelled, Major suspended.
1879 Munson, Rev. Henry J. Fitchburg, Mass. Ad. Lewd and lascivious conduct; convicted;
fraudulent divorce.
1878 Milligan, Rev. Parker Kansas City, Mo. Adultery, lechery, deserting wife, fled.
1883 Nicum, Rev. John Syracuse. Luth. Fighting for pulpit, lying.
1882 Nistor, Rev. Bishop St. Michaels, Alaska Suicide, leaped from steamer St. Paul.
Neal, Rev. W. H. St. Louis, Mo. F. M. "Immoral character;" dismissed; sodomy and
unnamed crime with young "brothers" of his
flock, too vile to print.
O'Niel, Rev. Peter Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Robert Hawks; caught
by her husband locked in her bedroom at night,
at 273 Thirty-first street, New York; she the
mother of several children; arrested.
O'Connell, Rev. Timothy Freemont, Neb.; P. E. Seduction, adultery with Mary Rogers, deserting
Cornellsville, Pa.; wife; illegal divorce; beating wife, lying,
Huntington, N. Y.; Nebraska perjury, drunkenness, and delirium tremens;
City. threatening to kill Bishop Kerwood and wife.
O'Donoghue, Rev. Morrow, O. Cath. Slander of Mrs. Green; Mr. Green killed him.
Parks, Rev. Noah Winston, Miss. Larceny, lynched, and nearly killed.
1882 Palmer, Rev. J. R. Mountain Peak, Tex. Chris. Indecent exposure of person to a lot of little
girls, pupils under his care; immoral assault on
Miss Ida Scott; failing in this, slandered her.
Philips, Rev. Shiloh, O. Assault and battery upon parishioner; pounded
Sunday law into him.
Parshall, Rev. R. F. Oakland, Cal. Bap. Immoral assault on many ladies and young
"sisters;" expelled ignominiously.
Penn, Rev. Texas. Prayed for the death of two men at church; one
died next day.
Podd, Rev. Jas. D. Chicago, Ill. Bap. Adultery, seduction, bastardy, with Cora
Wheeler.
Pringle, Rev. Paul Mansfield, La. Murder of Alfred Smith; hanged.
Posey, Rev. Dr. Oakland, Cal.; Dutch Flat, Swindling, obtaining money under false pretense.
Cal.
1879 Plunkett, Rev. Warren Springs, N. C. Pres. Adultery, seduction, elopement with Miss Kate
Ashton, daughter of a wealthy "brother,"
deserting wife and children.
Pennington, Rev. Scott county, Iowa. Bap. Incest, adultery, seduction, elopement with
wife's niece, writing to his wife not to expect
him back; deserting wife and children.
1880 Rossvalley, Rev. Dr., Ev., Sing Sing, N. Y.; Larceny in Germany; drummed out as rebel
Plainfield, N. J.; surgeon; counterfeiting, state prison; literary
Doylestown, Pa.; Auburn, N. piracy, stole Ingersoll's temperance speech.
Y.
Ross, Rev. Wm. J. St. Louis, Mo. Murder, convicted, penitentiary.
Rockwell, Rev. J. B.; or Rev. De Witt, Neb.; Wilber, Neb. Cong. Gross swindling, illegal use of mails; arrested,
J. H. Harvey. prison.
Rope, Rev. Andrew, Ev., Taylorville, Ill. M. E. Rape, indicted, fled.
1882 Rope, Rev. Andrew J. Texas. Married Miss Gessner; forgery, signed a man's
name to note who could not write; discovered,
fled, arrested.
Reeder, Rev. J. J. Milford, Pa.; Newark. M. E. Gross swindling, made great debts and ran away;
immorality.
1876 Robinson, Rev. Kansas City, Mo. Adultery; arrested in a brothel.
1882 Richardson, Rev. Brooklyn, N. Y. "Moral wreck;" expelled.
Roe, Rev. Frank F. Scotland.; Athens, N. Y.; Various Drunkenness; expelled at Athens from Baptist
Morenci, Mich.; Oakwood, denominations. church; went to Michigan, became a
Mich.; Lapeer, Mich.; Congregational preacher, expelled; goes to
Pontiac, Mich. Oakwood, finally to Lapeer, where he changes to
Baptist again; pastor at Pontiac, again
expelled, but continues to preach; popular
preacher.
Stearns, Rev. Harvey Fort Worth, Texas. Bap. Murder of Jeff. Wood; prison.
Sedwick, Rev. T. B. Dakota. Adultery with Indian women; carried off and
supposed murdered by them; he was missionary
among the Crows.
Sheppard, Rev. T. J. Mt. Olivet, Mo. M. E. Adultery with "Sister" Wells, wife of Rev. M. F.
Wells, who is blind; caught by a neighbor;
church trial.
Sullivan, Rev. J. C. Salem, O. M. E. Adultery, seduction of "sister," wife of A. L.
Halwick; she told; Sullivan married.
1879 Saxon, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Swindling Deacon Post; prison.
1882 Saunders, Rev. Mother New York, N. Y. Lewd woman; arrested in house of ill-fame; was a
captain in Salvation Army.
1882 Sklorzik, Rev. Bay City, Mich. Cath. Assault with intent to murder the organist John
Richards; arrested; Richards died of the
injuries; slander from pulpit; sued by Daniels
for $10,000; judgment against him.
Sentenac, Rev. Roxton Falls, Can. Cath. Slander from pulpit of Dr. Desgrobois; sued;
compromised, paying $1,000.
Slater, Rev. Ira Cherry Valley, Ill. Bap. Larceny, stealing horse; arrested.
1883 Sherin, Rev. A., alias A. Pierre, Dak.; Huron, Dak.; M. E. Adultery, seduction, false personation; occupied
Sheridan, or A. Sherdin, or Flandran, Dak.; Big Stone same room at Dakota House, Huron, with Miss
A. Sherdian. City, Minn. Rice; registered as "A. Sheridan and wife;"
introduced her as "Miss Rice, my wife's niece;"
preached next day at Flandran, "Miss Rice, a
cousin," still with him; married, and family:
confessed registering "A. Sheridan and wife,"
and occupying same room, "merely to protect from
harm a modest, timid, warm-hearted woman, of
generous impulses."
Shurtleff, Rev. Fabius, N. Y. M. E. Immoral assault, went into Miss Clark's bedroom
twice and tried to seduce her, while his wife
was sick; sued.
Smith, Rev. J. Hyatt Brooklyn, N. Y. M. E. Borrowed $1,128 for election expenses; wouldn't
pay, sued.
Spencer, Rev. Geo. T. Corinth, N. Y.; South M. E. Outrageous conduct, expelled; fled to escape tar
Corinth, N. Y. and feathers; adultery, seduction, bastardy,
with wife's sister, aged 16; confessed.
1883 Seguin, Rev. New York, N. Y. F. R. Brutal assault on a woman, sent to workhouse.
Satterfield, Rev. Jno. W. Brownsville, Pa. Drunkenness, beating wife very often; church
trial.
Starr, Rev. James Peru, Ind. Rape on a little five-year-old girl; caught in
the act, and arrested.
Smith, Rev. Silas Mexico, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. Bap. Arson; burnt, with help of some "sisters," two
churches; arrested, prison.
1879 Surnley, Rev. John Begging while getting $1,400 a year; lying
generally.
1883 Stoddard, Rev. E. L. Jersey City, N. J. P. E. Criminal carelessness--or worse; killed his wife
accidentally(?) with a revolver.
1882 Tryston, Rev. C. F. W. Newark, N. J.; St. Louis, P. E. Beating wife; arrested, prison; robbing his wife
Mo. of money.
Victorian, Rev. Vicksburg, Miss. Cath. Unnamed crime with boys under his charge at
Brotherhood College; caught in act, expelled,
fled, arrested, prison; a most beastly wretch;
he was principal of the college.
Van Dersall, Rev. S. S. Forest Grove, Or. M. E. and Immoral assault on Widow Marsh; slander and
Cong. libel; read a paper before college trustees,
alleging that she tried to seduce him, and was a
bad woman with others; lying; expelled; perjury
on slander trial; a most infamous scoundrel;
convicted by a jury.
1878 Webster, Rev. Prof. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Slander, lying; so says Rev. Blanchard,
president of the "parson factory."
1882 Willoughby, Rev. N. R. Yorkville, Can.; Brompton, M. E. Immoral assault on Miss Graham; church trial;
Can. lying.
Waite, Rev. A. A. North Adams, Mass.; St. Adultery, seduction, incest, with Lena Capron,
Louis, Mo.; Troy, N. Y. his twenty-year-old niece; deserting wife and
three children; beating wife; paramour
confessed; he was arrested; he "exposed
Spiritualism."
Whipple, Rev. Madison, O. Rape on girl 11 years old, he 70; arrested,
jailed.
Wharton, Rev. Henry Louisville, Ky.; Eufaula, Bap. Drunkenness oft repeated; church trial,
La. suspended.
Whipple, Rev. Henry Evanston, Ill. Grossly swindling a brother preacher, Rev. John
McComber, of Minnesota; gross fraud, sued.
1879 Webster, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Counterfeiting, prison.
1882 Waggoner, Rev. James Waverly, Tenn. Chris. Swindling creditors, fled.
Wharton, Rev. J. G., or J. W. Carthage, Mo.; M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with organist,
Wharton, alias J. D. Hill. Elizabethtown, Ky. wife of J. R. McGill; forgery for $2,600;
deserting wife and 15 children; stole $2,600
from his wife; Mrs. McGill deserting three
children; embezzlement; arrested, indicted.
Woodruff, Rev. R. H. Baltimore, Md. Robbing mail; pleaded guilty, fined.
Wallace, Rev. Philadelphia, Pa. Bap. Fighting in pulpit with Rev. Green, threatening
to kill him.
1883 Waldron, Rev. Thomas, alias Buffalo, N. Y.; La Salle, Cath. Rape on Hattie Carr, aged 7 years, a pupil;
"Brother Frank." Ill.; New York, N. Y. arrested, state prison five years; principal of
St. Joseph's College; formerly; principal of De
la Salle (Catholic) Institute, New York.
1882 Walsh, Rev. South Natick, Mass. Cath. Embezzlement of $8,000, church funds.
1883 Woodworth, Rev. A. M. Otisville, N. Y.; Port M. E. Drunkenness for a week, gambling in a saloon.
Jervis, N. Y.
Walk, Rev. David Indianapolis, Ind. Chris. Egotism, puffing himself in the papers.
Worthen, Rev. H. W. Northfield, Vt.; M. E. Rape on Mrs. S. F. Gibbs, by means of opiates;
Burlington, Vt. sued.
Wright, Rev. Prince Chillicothe, Mo. M. E. Adultery, expelled; an old man.
Walker, Rev. J. B. R. East Hartford, Conn. Adultery, inhuman cruelty to wife; lying,
charged by wife in divorce suit.
1873 Weeks, Rev. Thos. J. New York. Bap. Larceny; prison two years.