married, made love to postmistress.
1901. Abbott, Rev. John F., Henryville, Ky. Methodist. Adultery.
1906. Abel, Rev. A. C., Chicago. Methodist. Bigamy.
1899. Abernethy, Rev. Wm., Circleville, O. Assignation; adultery;
arrested; fined.
1901. Adams, Rev. C. G., Berkeley, Cal. Episcopal. Murder.
1909. Adams, Rev. C. G., St. Louis, Mo. Episcopal. Bigamy.
1907. Adams, Rev. H. A., New York. Episcopal. Left wife to elope with
young girl.
1911. Adams, Rev. Henry T., Arcata, Cal. Protestant Episcopal.
Arrested for larceny, and confessed.
1913. Adams, Rev. N. Q., Starkville, Miss. Baptist. Indicted as bank
director for receiving deposits after the bank was declared
insolvent.
1912. Adkins, Rev. G. W., Poteau, Okla. Baptist. Convicted of grave
robbery.
1902. Alden, Rev. Chas. A., New York. Grand larceny. Indicted.
1907. Alexander, Rev. Mr., Indianapolis, Ind. Arrested for shooting
craps.
1914. Alexander, Rev. Mr., Chicago, Ill. Murderous assault.
1907. Alexander, Rev. D. R., Bluefield, W. Va. Stabbed saloonkeeper.
1913. Alexander, Rev. Henry B., La Crosse, Wis. Obtaining money under
false pretenses. Sent to the state penitentiary for one year.
Ali, Rev. Joseph, Newark, N. J. Catholic. Assaulting 9-year-old
girl.
1909. Allan, Rev. A., Cleveland. Drunkenness; arrested and fined.
1905. Allen, Rev. Frank, Guthrie, Okla. Revivalist. Disturbing the
peace. Fined $5. which he refused to pay, and went to jail.
1903. Allen, F. T., exhorter, Santa Paula, Cal. Methodist. Assaulting
little girls.
1903. Allen, Rev. George, Morrisville, Pa. Stealing. Ten years at
hard labor.
1899. Allen, Rev. George, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Presbyterian. Engaged
to two women; tried suicide.
1906. Allen, Rev. G. E., Breckinridge, Ky. Found in compromising
position with wife of host.
1900. Allen, Rev. Henry E., West Derry, N. H. Methodist. Betrayal of
16-year-old girl.
1910. Allen, Rev. Jesse, Nowata, Okla. Co-respondent in divorce.
Allen, Rev. Willard S., Boston, Mass. Methodist. Stealing
$80,000 from preachers' fund.
1899. Allen, Rev. W. A., Asbury Park, N. J. Methodist. Deserting
wife; cruelty; divorced.
1901. Allen, Rev. Mr., Uniontown. Hanged for outrage and murder.
1912. Alley, Rev. G. W., Royal Center, Ind. Methodist. Adultery;
pleaded guilty and paid fine.
1908. Allison, Rev. Charles E., Yonkers, N. Y. Presbyterian. Suicide.
1901. Ament, Rev. Mr., Missionary in China. Blackmailing Chinese.
Arrested.
1907. Amhyrst, Rev. H. G., Lafayette, Ind. Dishonesty; embezzlement;
falsifying. Suspended.
1907. Amis, Rev. W. T., Hot Springs, Ark. Baptist. Contempt of court.
1901. Ammons, Rev. W. J., Georgia. Breaking into post-office.
Convicted.
1900. Anderson, Rev. G. W., Frederick Co., Va. Deserting bride;
mobbed out of town.
1912. Anderson, Rev. James, Paterson, N. J. Baptist. Defaulted on
note given to a widow to secure loan.
1901. Anderson, Rev. Jos. (alias Geo. Hayford), Phoenix, Arizona, and
California. Evangelist. Bank swindles.
1912. Anderson, Rev. J. S., Houston, Tex. Baptist. Suspected of
complicity in the wholesale murder of Negroes.
1911. Anderson, Ralph D., Lincoln City, Del. Divinity student. Stole
horses.
1906. Anderson, Rev. T. C., Tarentum, Pa. Presbyterian. Beating and
choking his wife.
1911. Andrews, Charles, Portland, Ore. Street preacher. Arrested for
disorderly conduct, not specified.
1907. Andrews, Rev. J., Monroe City, Mo. Baptist. Left wife to join
circus; dealt faro bank; married snake charmer.
1902. Andrews, Rev. J. R., Lansing, Mich. Baptist. Delinquency in
money matters; arrested; went insane.
1903. Andrews, Rev. M. C., Oshkosh, Wis. Episcopal. Consorting with
immoral women. Whitewashed.
1914. Anthony, Rev. George W., New York, N. Y. Episcopal. Conspiracy.
Aquila, Rev. E. D., Mount Carmel, Pa. Catholic. Arrested in New
York for speeding.
1900. Archer, Rev. J. W., Norfolk, Va. Baptist. Illegal voting;
arrested.
1902. Ardman, Rev. John, Scranton, Pa. Catholic. Approved
assassination of President McKinley; enjoined by bishop.
1904. Armer, Rev. Norman, Sacramento, Ky. Presbyterian. Murder of
son; 21 years' imprisonment.
1907. Arnold, Rev. J. H., Ga. Evangelist. Cruelty to son. Six months
in chain gang.
1904. Arthur, Rev. A. A., Hiawatha, Kan. Evangelist. All-round fraud;
forged check for $10,000 in Texas; confessed; many aliases.
1898. Arthur, Rev. Chas. M., Weston, Conn. Congregational. Found
guilty by conference of obscenity, violent actions, cruelty to
wife; divorced.
1907. Arthur, Rev. C. W., Syracuse, N. Y. Congregational. Grand
larceny.
1908. Arthur, Rev. Mark, Spalding, Idaho. Presbyterian. Criminal
libel.
1899. Ashton, Rev. Mr., Union City, Mich. Baptist. Criminal neglect
of wife in child-bed.
1908. Assenicio, Rev. Mr., New York. Catholic. Attempted suicide.
1901. Astwood, Rev. H. C. C., Brooklyn, N. Y. Methodist.
Unministerial conduct; arrested for fraud; suspended.
1908. Atherton, Rev. Albert, St. Louis, Mo. "Household Faithful."
Taking indecent liberties.
1909. Atherton, Rev. D. F., Haverhill, Mass. Co-respondent in divorce
case.
1909. Atkins, Rev. P. J., Ogdensburg, N. Y. Methodist. Suicide.
1913. Atkinson, Rev. Edward J., Lima, O. Baptist. Abandonment and
non-support of 5-year-old daughter.
1908. Atkinson, Rev. J. C., Atlanta, Ga. Methodist. Sued for slander.
1900. Attaway, Rev. A. M., Columbus, S. C. Attacked his wife and died
of heart disease while attempting to throttle her.
1913. Atwood, Rev. W. C., Brookfield, Mo. Presbyterian. Assault.
1906. Austin, Rev. J. W., Gainesville, Ga. Methodist. Eloped with
married woman whom he had "saved" at a revival.
1899. Axtell, Rev. J. J., Royal Oak, Mich. Prize fighting;
non-support of wife; divorce.
1905. Ayres, Rev. Early, Lee Co., Tex. Cattle stealing; arrested in
Berwyn, I. T., while preaching.
Axtel, Rev. P. D., Pittsburgh, Pa. Presbyterian. Suicide.
1912. Ayres, Rev. William B., Wollaston, Mass. Congregational. Sued
for alienation of affections by an irate husband in his parish.
1907. Babcock, Rev. C. A. C., Frankfort, Ind. Campbellite. Illegal
marriage; immoral conduct.
1901. Babcock, Rev. Maltbie D., New York, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Suicide.
1913. Backtell, Harry S., Pittsburgh, Pa. Noted "boy evangelist" and
highly accredited "soul-saver." Swindling by means of worthless
checks.
1909. Bailey, Rev. Geo., Cincinnati. Abused his family.
1905. Bailey, Rev. J. J., Fletcher, Okla. Fighting.
1906. Bain, Rev. E. S., Waterloo, N. Y. Baptist. Arson.
1913. Baird, Rev. E. J., Woodland, Cal. Episcopal. Inhuman and
abusive treatment of wife.
1912. Baird, Rev. L. W., Winsted, Conn. Lay preacher. Arrested for
embezzlement.
1900. Baker, Rev. Mr., Cleveland, O. Discovered in a girl's room in a
compromising position.
1904. Baker, Rev. C. S., Wilmington, Del. Methodist. Gambling;
suspended.
1914. Baker, Rev. Francis C., New York. Congregational. Grand
larceny.
1899. Baker, Rev. Jos. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Evangelist. Wife
beating; convicted; ten days.
1904. Baker, Rev. Seward, Geneseo, Ill. Unitarian. Drunkenness; long
spree; dismissed.
1914. Baker, Rev. William L., New York, N. Y. Violation of the
medical law.
1904. Baldwin, Rev. Mr., Warsaw, Ind. Dunker. Assault and battery;
arrested.
1903. Baldwin, Rev. Ralph H., New York, N. Y. Marrying two wives and
deserting both.
1907. Balea, Rev. Moise, Cleveland. Greek. Criminal libel.
1907. Ballard, Rev. M., Texarkana, Ark. Murdered neighbor. Shot by
officers whom he resisted.
1906. Banbury, Rev. James, Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational. Left wife
to elope with choir singer.
1900. Bandy, Rev. S. S., Arkansas City, Ark. Baptist. Assault on
14-year-old girl.
1905. Bane, Rev. A. H., Hollow Rock, Tenn. Baptist. Unlicensed liquor
selling; prosecuted.
1902. Barbee, Rev. Wm., Cookville, Tenn. Evangelist. Bigamy; five
years' imprisonment.
1907. Bard, Rev. Paul, Detroit, Mich. Methodist. Took saloonkeeper's
wife.
1902. Barfell, Rev. Othias, Columbus, O. United Brethren. Suicide by
hanging.
1914. Barker, Rev. C. A., Benhams, Va. Methodist Episcopal. Lewdness;
convicted and fined.
1900. Barnard, Rev. E. H., Sylmar, Pa. Incest and child murder;
arrested.
1899. Barnett, Rev. Mr., Cambria, O. Methodist. Familiarity with
female member of flock; attacked marshal with knife; arrested.
1902. Barnhart, Rev. C. W., Tylers Switch, N. Y. Evangelist. Horse
stealing; fled from warrant.
1907. Barnwell, Rev. G. L., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist. Kissed married
woman.
1914. Barr, Rev. Earl, Macedonia, O. Christian. Immoral conduct.
1900. Barr, Rev. L. W., Fairmont, W. Va. Presbyterian. Forgeries and
embezzlements; absconded.
1911. Barrakman, Rev. Mr., Waterloo, Ill. Divinity student. Arrested
for robbery.
1911. Barranger, Rev. N. H., North Yakima, Wash. Christian. Sued for
$25,000 damages for stealing affections of another man's wife.
1909. Barret, Rev. J. W., Cleveland, O. Obtaining a signature under
false pretenses; 18 months.
1902. Barrett, Rev. Mr., Brazil, Ind. Evangelist. Slandering women;
fled from tar and feathers.
1910. Barrett, Rev. Wm. I., Blairville, Pa. Presbyterian. Arrested
for criminal libel.
1909. Bartemes, Rev. Mr., Amherst, O. Before grand jury for slander.
1899. Barth, Rev. Benj., Paterson, N. J. Christian. Absconding
debtor; household goods attached.
1907. Bartle, Rev. S. D., Mechanicsville, Ia. Methodist. Suspended
for intimacy with telephone girl.
1900. Bass, Rev. L. D., Saltsburg, Pa. Baptist. Fraudulent mail
business.
1899. Bateman, Rev. C. C. Army chaplain. Insubordination and
violation of articles of war; dismissed.
1901. Baum, Rev. H. M., New York. Bankrupt, he concealed assets with
intent to deceive.
1911. Baxter, Rev. C. L., Council Bluffs, Ia. Methodist. Sued for
breach of contract.
1911. Baxter, Rev. John F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Charged with
using questionable methods in collecting money for benefit of a
church in Ireland.
1911. Baylis, Rev. Edgar E., Somerville, Mass. Sentenced to three
months in jail for libel.
1907. Baynes, Rev. H. L., Englewood, Ill. Left wife to elope with
girl.
1900. Beahm, Rev. J. C, Brentsville, S. C. Betraying 18-year-old
girl; penitentiary for five years.
1912. Beall, Rev. J. W. H., Hampden, Md. Assault and contempt of
court.
1905. Beavers, Rev. Geo. S., Gainesville, Tex. Incest with daughter;
arrested.
1899. Beceljak, Rev. John, Cleveland, O. Catholic. Vagrancy;
arrested.
1902. Beebe, Rev. Mr., Delaware, O. Horse stealing; arrested.
1913. Beeler, Rev. Orville, Plainsville, Ind. Larceny.
1912. Beers, Rev. W. L., Wakarusa, Kans. Methodist. Wife-murder.
1913. Beesley, Rev. Jesse, St. Louis, Mo. Baptist. Bigamy.
1899. Belding, Rev. J. M., Lapeer, Mich. Presbyterian. Indecent
advances to boys. Admitted his guilt. Suspended.
1902. Bell, Rev. Basil, Huntington, Pa. Murderous assault.
1902. Bell, Rev. Edwin, New Canaan, Conn. Baptist. Slander. Arrested.
1907. Bell, Rev. E. A., Chicago. Fighting.
1913. Bell, Rev. J. M., McKinney, Tex. Campbellite. Adultery and wife
desertion.
1912. Bennett, Rev. C. O., Millwood, Ga. Baptist. Killed in duel with
his cousin.
1913. Bennett, Rev. Fred E., Evanston, Ill. Attempting to bribe a
witness to commit perjury.
1902. Bennett, Rev. Jos., Lansford, Pa. Owed church $200;
disappeared, leaving letter for girl with whom he was accused
of intimacy, saying he had committed suicide.
1909. Bennett, Rev. Jos., Owensboro, Ky. Suicide.
1907. Bentz, Rev. John, Covington, Ky. Sued for slander.
1912. Bergen, Rev. John, New York, N. Y. Roman Catholic. Indecent
attempt on young girl; convicted; later gave name as Rev. John
P. Devaney.
1902. Berkemeier, Rev. H. J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lutheran. Summoned
to court for detaining immigrant girl.
1899. Berrien, Rev. J. C, Steubenville, O. Crime of a revolting
nature with boys.
Berry, Rev. Chas. L., Pawnee, Okla. Presbyterian. Looting bank;
twenty years' sentence.
1907. Bertrand, Rev. August, Windsor, Mich. Attempted to entice
12-year-old girls.
1911. Besse, Rev. Henry T., San Jose, Cal. Sued for breach of
promise.
1905. Bettes, Rev. Sam'l G., Parkersburg, W. Va. Evangelist.
Bastardy; arrested as he was about to sail for Panama as
chaplain appointed by President Roosevelt.
1900. Bettles, Rev. Albert, Lincoln, Neb. Evangelist. Poisoning
himself and girl he had betrayed.
1905. Betts, Rev. S. E., Topeka, Kan. Methodist. Slander of another
minister's wife.
1911. Bichel, Rev. Albert A., Baltimore, Md. Methodist. Deserted
family.
1911. Bichel, Carl, Kansas City. Divinity student. Held for murder.
Bigam, Rev. R. J., Milledgeville, Ga. Methodist. Immorality and
drunkenness.
1910. Biggs, Rev. George W., Cincinnati, O. Former chaplain of Texas
Legislature. Arrested as a common thief; confessed.
1908. Billings, Rev. C. M., Blackville, S. C. Baptist. Intimate with
Negro girl, servant of family. Resigned; left town.
1910. Bivans, Rev. J. T., Salina, Kan. Methodist. Immoral conduct;
suspended.
1901. Bivens, Rev. R. D., Nicholasville, Ky. Methodist. Assault;
pleaded guilty; fined.
1901. Bixby, Rev. Jos. P., Boston, Mass. Contempt of court.
1901. Black, Rev. Henry, chaplain British cruiser at St. Johns, N. F.
Suicide.
1901. Blackiston, Rev. W. E., Windsor, N. J. "Left a trail of scandal
behind him," says his wife.
1902. Blake, Rev. John H., Montclair, N. J. Methodist. "Serious
charge" by a woman; arrested.
1904. Blakemore, Rev. F. P., Tecumseh, Neb. Methodist. Immorality and
profanity.
1912. Blanchet, Rev. John B., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopal. Charged
with stealing church and contents by means of a fraudulent
deed. Also arrested for cruelty to animals.
1910. Bliesz, Rev. A., Dayton, O. Catholic. Living in illegal state
with woman.
1899. Bliss, Rev. Leon D., Great Barrington, Mass. Congregational.
Defendant in $5,000 damage suit for slandering women.
1906. Bloom, Rev. A. W., San Jose, Cal. Christian. Eighteen months
for horse stealing on plea of guilty.
1909. Bockman, Rev. H., Beaver Dam, Wis. Lutheran. "Peeping Tom."
Ousted.
1904. Bolton, Rev. Floyd, Six Mile, Ind. Deceiving young women; fled.
1899. Boone, Rev. Daniel, Washington, Md. Stealing from woman;
disorderly; fined.
1910. Boord, Rev. Thomas G., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist. Tried to sell
his children at auction.
1911. Booth, Rev. A. L., Elizabeth City, N. C. Methodist.
Misappropriated missionary and conference funds.
1905. Booze, Rev. Coleman, Buchanan, Va. Baptist. Set fire to his
church and smashed doors of residence with an ax; arrested.
1905. Bope, Rev. F. W., Zanesville, O. Episcopal. Debauchery and
licentiousness.
1901. Born, Rev. Peter, Detroit, Mich. Lutheran. Abusing wife and
adultery.
Borrough, Rev. Geo. T., Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal. Passing
forged check; grafter.
1906. Boscher, Rev. Henry, New York. Lutheran. Vagrancy and fraud.
1908. Bostwick, Rev. Mr., Wyaconda, Mo. Methodist. Criminal assault.
1912. Bourne, Rev. Alexander P., Cambridge, Mass. Constructive
larceny.
1911. Bowen, Rev. Franklin, Paterson, N. J. Guilty of disorderly
conduct.
Bowers, Rev. E. T., Kansas City, Mo. Presbyterian. Criminal
intimacy and gross immoralities; found guilty.
1909. Boyd, Rev. F., Logan, O. United Brethren. Assault; six years.
1899. Boyer, Rev. C. H., D. D., Kansas City, Kan. Evangelist. Horse
stealing; five years in Missouri penitentiary.
1903. Boyer, Rev. Henry K., Robertsville, Conn. Deserting blind wife
after squandering her money.
1910. Bradburn, Rev. A. K., Charlotte, Mich. Methodist. Arrested for
larceny.
1908. Brady, Rev. James, Fort Smith, Ark. Catholic. Bastardy.
1914. Brales, S. Virum, San Antonio, Tex. Catholic. Shot by a
parishioner and his son, when caught by them in criminal
conduct in their home.
1903. Branham, Rev. Clifton H., Bluefield, W. Va. Murder of wife.
1900. Brannock, Rev. J. A., Cherryvale, Mo. Baptist. Inducing married
woman to leave home for him.
1911. Bray, Rev., Suffolk, Va. Took money and jewels from a woman.
1901. Bredlinger, Rev. Wm., Cumberland, Md. Evangelist. Criminal
intimacy with daughters, 16 and 12; justified his conduct with
Bible quotation.
1904. Breen, Rev. S. Edmund, Danbury, Conn. Congregational. Alleged
to be thief and liar.
1912. Brenton, Rev. Cranston, Hartford, Conn. Episcopal. Sued for
divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty.
1910. Bresner, Rev. P., New York. Catholic. Intoxication.
1911. Brewer, Rev. Charles, Olustee, Okla. Baptist. Held for
dynamiting Fort Riley.
1906. Bridewell, Rev. C. P., Atlanta, Ga. Presbyterian. Suspended by
Presbytery for gross immorality.
1911. Briggs, Rev. George W., Cincinnati. Methodist. Larceny.
1902. Briggs, Rev. G. W., Paducah, Ky. Local. "Cutting with intent to
kill."
1902. Bright, Rev. T., Charlotte, N. C. Baptist. Fraudulently
obtaining money by "endless chain;" convicted.
1901. Brinsfield, Rev. G. W., Cambridge, Md. Local. Criminal assault
on sister-in-law.
1903. Brobst, Rev. F. J., Chicago, Ill. Attempting life of wife,
which he had insured.
1913. Brodt, Rev. John G., St. Louis, Mo. Presbyterian. Taking young
boys to disorderly resorts.
1901. Brooker, Rev. L. C, Kearney, Neb. Evangelist. Bastardy;
suicide.
1914. Brooks, Rev. Frank, Warsaw, Mo. Child abandonment.
1910. Brooks, Rev. Lawson, Rochester, N. Y. Collected money under
false pretenses. Had two families.
1913. Brooks, Rev. Walter, Passaic, N. J. Charged with assaulting his
wife and threatening to shoot her.
1905. Brooks, Rev. W. H., Princeton, Ind. Attempted train wrecking;
jailed.
1908. Brophy, Rev. J. F., Coney Island, N. Y. Catholic. Suicide.
1900. Brothemer, Rev. J. C., Frank, O. Catholic. Assault and battery.
1904. Broughton, Rev. Len G., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist. Fighting with
chief of police at Albany, Ga.
1899. Brown, Rev. Mr., Kansas City, Mo. Neglect of children;
arrested.
1900. Brown, Rev. C. O., Chicago, Ill. Conduct entitling wife to
divorce.
1905. Brown, Rev. Chas. S., Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal. Sued for
separation by wife; reason unprinted.
1901. Brown, Rev. Chas. or David, alias Leonidas Brown, Roxbury, Va.,
N. St. Paul, Minn. Evangelist. Assaulting girl; jumped bail;
charged with felonious assault in 1897.
1908. Brown, Rev. Chas. S. S., Lee's Summit, Mo. Gambling.
1910. Brown, Rev. C. S., Kansas City, Mo. Christian. Murder and
suicide.
1908. Brown, Rev. F. C., Rowayton, Ill. Baptist. Seduction; expelled
from ministry.
1908. Brown, Rev. G. A., Bloomington, Ill. Mismanaged children's
home; used children to solicit funds.
Brown, Rev. Herbert, Paterson, N. J. Presbyterian. Resistance
to law.
1899. Brown, Rev. John W., Brooklyn, N. Y. Baptist. Attempt at
larceny; pleaded guilty.
1900. Brown, Rev. Lyman S., Liberty, Del. Methodist. Forgery;
indicted; suicide.
1906. Brown, Rev. O. M., Kentucky. Forgery.
1906. Brown, Rev. Wm., Burlington, Wis. Baptist. Arrested for
seduction and embezzlement.
1913. Brown, Rev. Will, Sterling, Ill. Caught with a woman in a
disorderly house. Pleaded guilty and was fined.
1912. Brown, Rev. W. A., Hyde Park, Mass. Presbyterian. Sued for
divorce on account of cruel and inhuman treatment.
1902. Brownback, Rev. G. W., Reading, Pa. Congregational. Conduct
compromising woman.
1907. Browning, Rev. W. T., Cleveland, Miss. Giving fraudulent
mortgage; arrested.
1912. Brownlee, Rev. J. M., Joplin, Mo. Baptist. Immoral conduct with
young girls.
1901. Bruce, Rev. J. G., alias J. B. Goddard, Selma, Cal. United
Brethren. Improper conduct toward women.
1913. Brueggeman, Rev. E. A., Zanesville, O. Disorderly conduct;
pleaded guilty and was fined.
1900. Brumbaugh, I. Harvey, Huntington, Pa. Dunkard (called Church of
the Brethren). Breach of promise. Convicted. Assessed $9,250
damages.
1899. Bruner, Rev. Otto, Long Island. Methodist. Adultery and
elopement.
1907. Bryan, Rev. S., Millen, Ga. Methodist. Intimacy with young
woman; wife beating; suspended from ministry.
1903. Bryant, Rev. C. A., Jessup, Ia. Baptist. Swindling; deserting
wife.
1900. Bryant, Rev. Gay, Shoal Creek, N. C. Methodist. Inciting mob to
burn a Sanctificationist church.
1899. Bryant, Rev. H. A., Fayetteville, Term. Christian. Arrested for
arson; committed suicide.
1911. Bryant, Rev. W. M., Moultrie, Ga. Operated a "blind tiger."
Buchanan, Rev. S. H., Clarksville, Ark. Embezzlement of state
asylum funds.
1911. Buchanan, Rev. Dr. W. D., New York. Convicted of speeding.
1912. Buck, Rev. Mr., Ind. Free Methodist traveling evangelist. Sued
for divorce on the ground of adultery.
1911. Buckner, Rev. Henry, Fairgeld, Ill. Methodist. Attacked young
girl.
1906. Budanauro, Rev. E. E., Monmouth, Ill. Baptist. Disappeared,
leaving wife and debts.
1908. Buddington, Rev. A. L., Adrian, Mich. Free Methodist. Eloping.
1905. Budlong, Rev. C. J., Rhode Island. Campbellite. Illegal use of
mails; assault on 12-year-old girl; one year in jail; long
criminal record.
1901. Budzikowiski, Rev. F. J., Minneapolis, Minn. Catholic. Suicide
by shooting.
1913. Buell, Rev. Henry A., Washington, N. J. Baptist. Improper
conduct with daughter of a fellow-preacher.
1908. Bulgin, Rev. E. J., Hanford, Cal. Evangelist. Swindling;
ordered by court to make good.
1907. Bull, Rev. D. W., Syracuse, N. Y. Congregational. Practicing
ophthalmology without license; arrested.
1902. Bullard, Rev. Frederick, Circleville, O. Presbyterian. Inviting
girl to assignation; suspended.
1904. Bullock, Rev. C. S., Stratford, Conn. Independent. Bastardy.
1899. Bumkala, Rev. Jos., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Absconding with
church funds.
1913. Bunn, Rev. W. G., Geneva, N. Y. Reckless speeding while drunk.
Fined on his plea of guilty.
1903. Bunnell, Rev. Noah, Up. Sandusky, O. Attempting suicide.
1907. Burbridge, Rev. A., Wichita, Kan. Murdered wife; attempted
suicide; executed.
1900. Burgess, Rev. C. C., Wolfville, N. S. Baptist. Though married,
seduced single woman; deposed.
1903. Burgess, Rev. Dawson, alias Bert Dawson, Wessington, S. D.
Christian. Left wife in Iowa; married again in S. D. and
decamped with mortgaged property, leaving creditors.
1911. Burgess, Rev. Dr. Frederick, Brooklyn. Episcopal. Arrested for
speeding auto.
1900. Burrows, Rev. Edward, Camden, N. J. Congregational. Bigamy;
arrested; three wives.
Burt, Rev. O. C, Quarryville, Pa. Methodist. Eloping with a
parishioner; whipped by girl's father and deposed; wife and two
children; bigamist.
1899. Bush, Rev. J. W., Cincinnati, O. Methodist. Theft and grafting.
1906. Butcher, Rev. A. C., Clinton, Ind. Arrested for criminal
assault on 14-year-old girl. Held for $1,500.
1900. Butler, Rev. J. B. K., Norfolk, Va. Baptist. Unministerial
conduct.
1912. Butler, Rev. George H., Sherwood Park, N. Y. Episcopal. Sued
for assault on a woman.
1911. Butler, Rev. G. H. H., Yonkers, N. Y. Episcopal. Slander.
1914. Butterworth, Rev. Robert F., Seattle, Wash. Reorganized Church
Latter Day Saints. Murderous assault. The clergyman refused to
quit a shack condemned by the city, and shot the health
inspector, who tried to eject him.
1907. Buttington, Rev. J. H., Hamilton, O. Jailed with his companion,
a married woman.
1903. Byars, J. P., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist. Eloping with
married woman.
1914. Byles, Rev. Charles H., Lockport, Ill. Congregational. In
trouble with his church for divers alleged improprieties.
1907. Byrnes, Rev. Wm., Luverne, Minn. Methodist. Suspended from
clergy for immoral conduct with two young girls.
Calaway, Rev. J. L., Adair, Mo. Methodist. Stealing horse and
buggy; woman in the case.
1903. Caldwell, Rev. J. M., Chicago. Methodist. Arrested on a serious
charge; attempted suicide.
1913. Call, Chaplain W. J., San Quentin, Cal. Grafting on prisoners.
Confessed and was removed.
1911. Callahan, Father Michael F., Denver. Catholic. Misappropriated
funds.
Calvin, Rev. John, Green Co., Ala. Methodist. Killed one man
and fatally wounded another in fight; intimacy with wife of man
killed.
1914. Cameron, Rev. Edward C., Palisade, Colo. Baptist. Larceny and
fraud.
1909. Campbell, Rev. H. R., Stamping Ground, Ky. Campbellite. left
wife for affinity; resigned; arrested.
Campbell, Bish. W. B., Toledo, O. Evangelist. Embezzling church
funds; arrested.
1900. Campeau, Rev. J. V., Manchaug, Mass. Catholic. Slander; sued
for $8,000.
1899. Canning, Rev. John, Exeter, Mass. Catholic. Seduction; sued by
girl's father.
1912. Capps, Rev. Marion, Bonanza, Ark. Methodist. Murder; sentenced
to death.
1904. Carack, Rev. Victor, Snowshoe, Pa. Catholic. Cruelly beating a
boy; jailed.
1914. Carlin, Rev. Philip C., Methodist. Wife-desertion.
1911. Carlson, J. S., Spokane, Wash. "Once a preacher." Fined for
intoxication.
1911. Carlson, Kurtz, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Bigamy; pleaded guilty.
1909. Carmichael, Rev. J. H., Battle Run, Mich. Murder; suicide.
1911. Carosini, Father Joseph A., Pueblo, Colo. Catholic. Arrested
for assault.
1912. Carpenter, Rev. Arthur H., Cromwell, Conn. Baptist. Resigned
pastorate under fire. Accused of "indiscretion" with married
woman.
1901. Carpenter, Rev. J. C., Eldersville, Pa. Methodist. Conspiracy;
indicted; arrested.
1907. Carpenter, Rev., Dover, Del. Holiness. Deceived wife; seduced
young woman.
1907. Carr, Rev. J. H., Baltimore, Md. Arrested for stealing.
1909. Carr, Rev. T. J., Topeka, Kan. Baptist. Wife-beating.
1909. Carroll, Rev. J. H., Wallingford, Conn. Catholic. Slander.
1902. Carrothers, Rev. Mr., Hackensack, N. J. Methodist. Conspiracy;
intimacy with a sister of the church.
1909. Carruthers, Rev. Francis, New Waterford, O. Presbyterian.
Arrested for drunkenness.
1907. Carska, Rev. A., Glassport, Pa. Murder.
1910. Carter, Rev. G. T., Paterson, N. J. Baptist. Paying attentions
to 15-year-old girl; divorced.
1908. Carter, Rev. Joseph, Columbus, Ind. United Brethren.
Intoxicated in company of two women.
1901. Cartledge, Rev. H., Rock Spr., Neb. Methodist. Attempted rape;
fined.
1910. Casey, Rev. M. A., Tacoma, Wash. Methodist Episcopal.
Immorality; resigned.
1901. Cash, Rev. W. B., Pierson, Ia. Christian. Eloping with
parishioner's wife.
1903. Cassada, Rev. W. R., Somerset, Ky. Violation of revenue law.
1913. Chadbourne, Rev. James P., Roxbury, Mass. Methodist. Wife
desertion. Sued for divorce, and hastily resigned from the
ministry.
1914. Chadwick, W. S., Greenville, S. C. Local preacher. Wife beating
and murder.
1905. Chamberlain, Rev. H. W., Priest River, Idaho. Congregational.
Attempted suicide.
1905. Chamberlain, Rev. Mr., Salt Lake City, Utah. Swindling in real
estate transaction.
1899. Chapman, Rev. Austin, New York, N. Y. Baptist. Assaulting wife;
jailed.
1913. Chapman, Rev. John C., New York, N. Y. Presbyterian. Fraud.
1903. Chase, Rev. Alfred, St. Johns, Mich. Stealing; arrested; fled.
Chase, Rev. E. H., Fairfield. Methodist. Stole another
minister's coat and Bible.
1908. Chase, Canon William Sheafe, Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal.
Contempt of court.
1906. Chattin, Rev. J. M., Chicago. Catholic. Immoral conduct with
inmates of his home for boys.
1909. Chavis, Rev. Jordan, 8th Regt., Ill. Co-respondent in divorce
case.
1900. Cheney, Rev. T. B., Washington C. H., O. Methodist. Suicide by
cutting throat.
1903. Cherry, Rev. B. A., Winchester, Tenn. Subornation of perjury;
incendiarism; fraud; expelled.
1899. Cheshire, Rev. Chas. B., Newark, N. J. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1908. Chew, Rev. F. R., Missouri. Methodist. Irregularities.
1900. Childs, Rev. John P., Marysville, O. Church of Christ. Failing
to provide for wife; sued for divorce.
1913. Chiles, Rev. John, Topeka, Kan. Illegal liquor-selling.
1911. Chilton, Rev. Charles H., Birmingham, Ala. Baptist. Arrested
for adultery.
1911. Chincaloni, Father Felice, Youngstown, Pa. Catholic. Arrested
for kidnapping.
1914. Chip, Rev. E. G., Parsons, W. Va. Deserting wife and child and
eloping with a woman.
1909. Christian, Rev. R. W., Ashtabula, O. Baptist. Embezzlement of
church funds; forgery.
1913. Christy, Rev. Robert, Columbus, O. Keeping disorderly house.
1912. Cissel, Rev. Cassius C., D. D., Kokomo, Ind. Methodist.
Unfrocked for adultery.
1899. Civill, Rev. Acton T., Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Methodist. Voluntarily
resigned as "unfit."
1909. Claflin, Rev. M. C., Garden City, Minn. Methodist. Disappeared
with money and girl not his own.
1899. Clare, Rev. E. H., Brooklyn, N. Y. Lutheran. Slander; summoned
to police court.
1908. Clark, Rev. Geo., Roseburg, Ore. Methodist. Money under false
pretenses. Eloped with 17-year-old girl.
1900. Clark, Rev. Thos., Wood Co., W. Va. Shot his neighbor, Dempsey,
dead.
1905. Clark, Rev. Warren E., New York. Episcopal. Raising and not
accounting for Japanese orphan fund.
1905. Clarkson, Rev. Nestor, Chicago, Ill. Evangelist. Non-payment of
alimony to wife who divorced him.
1901. Cleary, Rev. B. F., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist. Eloped with
16-year-old girl.
1898. Clear, Rev. M. J., Grafton, O. Catholic. Assault on girl; fined
and transferred.
1901. Clemmons, Rev. H. E., Memphis, Tenn. Baptist. Selling mortgaged
property; arrested.
1913. Click, Rev. William, McAlester, Okla. Apostolic. Manslaughter.
1909. Clifton, Rev. J. J., Sioux City, Ia. Campbellite. Criminal
assault on 4-year-old girl.
1906. Cline, Rev. E. C., Eden Valley, Kan. Methodist. "Led about a
sister" not his own wife.
1912. Coad, Rev. J. E., Butte, Mont. Methodist. Charged with
immorality.
1904. Cockran, Rev. W. F., So. Bethlehem, Pa. Methodist. Gambling;
suspended.
1905. Codman, Rt. Rev. Bishop, Diocese of Maine. Episcopal. Criminal
libel; indicted by grand jury.
1908. Coff, Abis, Tahlihina, Okla. Choctaw Indian Missionary. Murder.
1899. Coffey, Rev. Wm. N., Des Moines, Ia. Christian. Robbed an old
lady of her life savings, $600.
1908. Coffman, Rev. S. C., Marion Co., W. Va. Methodist. Wife murder.
1913. Cohron, Rev. J. L., St Louis, Mo. Baptist. Embezzlement.
1907. Colin, Rev. J. H., Wenatchee, Wash. Catholic. Betrayed
17-year-old girl; held for trial.
1902. Collins, Rev. Jas., Chittenango, N. Y. Catholic. Burglary in
third degree; convicted of assault in 1900.
1911. Collins, Rev. John M., Sacramento, Cal. Contributing to
dependence of 17-year-old girl.
1902. Coltharp, Rev. Ham, Knoxville, Tenn. Baptist. Divorced by wife.
1909. Colton, Rev. C. H., Buffalo, N. Y. Catholic. Embezzlement.
1899. Combus, Rev. B. C., Perry, Okla. Attempting extortion; jailed.
1903. Comer, Rev. J. L., Russiaville, Ind. Intoxicated; arrested;
fined.
1911. Condit, Rev. Henry J., Newark, N. J. Congregationalist.
Arrested for slander.
1906. Connell, Rev. W. J., Lamar, Col. Presbyterian. Assault on
16-year-old girl; eighteen years in penitentiary.
1901. Conniff, Rev. Jas., Louisville, Ky. Catholic. Paternity of
child born out of wedlock.
1913. Conroy, Coadjutor Bishop Joseph; Ogdensburg, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Conspiracy.
1911. Consolazio, Father Bernardin, Trenton, N. J. Catholic. Held for
trial for fraud; elopement.
1900. Cook, Rev. Elisha, Richmond, Va. Teaching boys to steal; six
months.
1907. Cook, Rev. F. J., Peoria, Ill. Methodist. Fined for assault on
13-year-old girl.
1902. Cook, Rev. L. O., Kenton, O. Methodist. Arrested in hotel with
grass widow.
1907. Cooke, Rev. J. K., Hempstead, L. I. Episcopal. Left wife to
elope with his "spiritual" ward.
1906. Coombs, Rev. C. T., Pittsburgh, Pa. Living with affinity
instead of wife.
1909. Coons, Rev. W. F., Hoosick, N. Y. Baptist. Visiting disorderly
houses; divorced.
1912. Cooper, Rev. R. T., Springfield, Mass. Methodist. Immoral
conduct; caught during the Methodist conference at Minneapolis,
Minn., and sentenced to the workhouse.
1899. Copeland, Rev. John A., N. Tonawanda, N. Y. Slander; fled from
tar and feathers.
1904. Copeland, Rev. Levi B. H., Palmyra, N. J. Baptist. Improper
suggestions to lady, who brought charges.
1912. Cordell, Rev. Harold, Beulah, Ind. Christian. Obtaining money
under false pretenses.
1904. Cordova, Rev. J. F., South River, N. J. Methodist. Eloping;
abusing wife; four years.
1901. Corey, Rev. Geo., New York. Methodist. Fraudulent land
transactions; sued.
1905. Cormack, Rev. Jos., W. McHenry, Ill. Methodist. Kidnapping;
indicted by grand jury.
1910. Cornforth, Rev. Athelstane, New York. Episcopal. Left wife to
elope; suicide.
1901. Cory-Thomas, Rev. T., Ishpeming, Mich. Episcopal. Improper
conduct; guilty; debarred.
1914. Cottam, Rev. J. A., Dearborn, Mich. Methodist Episcopal. Arson.
1908. Coultman, Rev. D. M., St. Catharines, Ont. Baptist. Ministerial
conduct.
1910. Courtenay, Rev. A. M., Zanesville, O. Methodist. Fighting.
1902. Couzins, Rev. I. D., Elm Grove, W. Va. Church of God.
Drunkenness; arrested.
1909. Covell, Rev. H. E., Long Island. Non-support of wife.
1902. Cowherd, Rev. Alex., Indianapolis, Ind. Giving bogus mortgage;
arrested.
1913. Cox, Rev. A. T., Elm Grove, W. Va. Christian. Elopement with
14-year-old girl.
1902. Cox, Rev. Charles, Morehead, Ky. Leaving wife and eloping with
girl.
1905. Cox, Rev. James B., Saltville, Va. Baptist. Chicken stealing;
30 days in jail.
1907. Cox, Rev. J. R., Jonesboro, Tenn. Baptist. Chicken theft;
thirty days.
1911. Coyle, Rev. E. T., Indianapolis, Ind. Awaiting trial for
larceny.
1911. Crabtreeman, Rev. Mr., Wayne Co., Tenn. Presbyterian. Illicit
whisky selling.
1904. Crafts, Rev. Wilbur F., Washington, D. C. Misuse of U. S.
mails.
1908. Craig, Rev. John W., Newark, N. J. Episcopal. Swindling.
1903. Craig, Rev. Robert Lee, Omaha, Neb. Episcopal. Slaughtering
song birds; fined.
1911. Crane, Rev. William, Redke, Ind. Christian. Celebrated
successful ending of revivals by getting drunk and disorderly.
1899. Cranfill, Rev. J. B., Texas. Baptist. Slandering Rev. Dr.
Hayden; tried; $60,000 damages.
1902. Crawford, Rev. C. H., Amherst, Va. Contempt of court; cowhided
by judge.
1911. Crawford, Rev. E. D., Chicago. Methodist. Found guilty of
slander; fined $4,000.
1901. Crawford, Rev. R. E., Tioga Co., N. Y. Methodist. Petty
larceny; arrested.
Cree, Rev. E. C., City of Mexico. Episcopal. Stealing books;
caught in the act.
Critchlow, Rev. L. A., Iowa. Come-outer. Living with woman not
his wife; arrested.
1908. Crociata, Rev. F., No. Adams, Mass. Catholic. Complicity in
assault causing death; three years.
1900. Crockett, Rev. J. Ad., New York. Left wife, who sued for
divorce.
Crooks, Rev. James D., Troy, Ida. Methodist Episcopal. Murder.
1912. Cross, Rev. Holmes, Louisville, Ky. Methodist. Disorderly
conduct.
1913. Cross, Rev. Sydney, Westfield, N. J. Episcopal. Criminal
conduct with boys.
1900. Crow, Rev. T. P., Owensboro, Ky. Methodist. Drunkenness;
withdrew from church.
1902. Crowther, Rev. J. C., Vernon, N. Y. Consorting with
disreputable characters; sued for divorce.
1904. Crudup, Rev. Essex J., Plainfield, N. J. Misbehaving with four
women; arrested.
1900. Cuff, Rev. John, New York. Obtaining money under false
pretenses; jailed.
1906. Culley, Rev. G. H., Philadelphia, Pa. Campbellite.
Embezzlement.
1900. Culver, Rev. R. M., Bowling Green, O. Receiving stolen goods;
fined $50.
1906. Cummings, Rev. M. G., Murphysboro, Ill. Campbellite. Arson.
1908. Cummings, Rev. Wm., Elk Rapids, Mich. Eloped with wife's
sister.
1899. Cunningham, Rev. H., Franklin, W. Va. Robbery; stealing $1,500;
five years.
1899. Curran, Rev. Michael, Gloucester, N. J. Catholic. Assault and
threat to shoot.
Cusack, Rev. John, Cincinnati, O. Catholic. Drunkenness;
resisting officer; jailed.
1913. Cuthriell, Rev. John F., Baltimore, Md. Dismissed from ministry
for running after strange women.
1908. Cutler, Rev. Frederick, Yonkers, N. Y. Reformer. Fraud.
1908. Dack, Rev. Herbert W., East African Missionary. Methodist.
Forgery.
1911. Dagenais, Rev. Father, Bryson, Can. Catholic. Sued for
defamation of character.
1899. Dahlke, Rev. G. J., Colfax, Wash. Running away with married
woman; jailed.
1914. Dahlstrom, Rev. Albert, Tacoma, Wash. Founder of Heliga sect.
Convicted of white slavery.
1907. Dahlstrom, Rev. A., Chicago. Abduction of 17-year-old girl.
1913. Daily, Rev. Elmer, Topeka, Kan. Wife desertion.
1911. Damstater, Louis, Cleveland, O. Jewish rabbi. Sentenced to six
months in jail for larceny.
1913. Darby, Rev. William L., New York, N. Y. City missionary.
Non-support of wife.
1899. Daugherty, Rev. H. C., Scott Co., Tenn. Killing Wm. Ross with
shotgun.
1911. David, Rev. Israel, Providence, R. I. Baptist. Robbery.
1909. Davidson, Rev. E. E., Piqua, O. Church of Christ. Eluded
officer with warrant for desertion. Denied common law marriage.
1912. Davis, Rev. Ben., Louisville, Ky. Baptist. Wanted by police for
murder.
1913. Davis, Rev. Cader Russell. Ex-Christian preacher. Adultery.
1902. Davis, Rev. John, Pedricktown, N. J. Baptist. Deserting
affianced bride at altar; fled.
1900. Davis, Rev. Edwards, Oakland, Cal. Deserting wife. Sued for
divorce.
1910. Davis, Rev. J. A., Woodstock, Can. Methodist Episcopal.
Adultery with 16-year-old girl.
1902. Davis, Rev. J. P., Coshocton, O. Sanctificationist. Beating
wife; intimacy with other women; sued for divorce.
1901. Davis, Rev. King, Earleboro, Okla. Assault on 12-year-old girl;
killing her father.
1900. Davis, Rev. Wesley R., Washington, D. C. Passing worthless
check; arrested.
1902. Davis, Rev. W. L., Dublin, O. Deserting family; divorced;
failed to pay alimony; arrested.
1901. Davis, Rev. Mr., Easton, Md. Stealing; jailed; escaped.
1901. Dawkins, Rev. Eliphas, Cherokee Co., S. C. Murdering his wife.
1911. Day, Rev. John, Muskogee, Ok. Christian. Bigamist.
1906. Day, Rev. J. A., Revelstock, B. C. Financial fraud.
1899. Day, Rev. Mr. Fairbank, Ia. Intimacy with another man's wife;
fled to escape tar and feathers.
1901. Deal, Rev. Mr., Rutherford, N. C. Assaulting 15-year-old girl;
jailed.
1900. Dean, Rev. George, Findlay, O. Adventist. Eloping with school
girl; arrested.
1914. Decker, Rev. Nathaniel, Bolivar, Pa. Saint's church (faith
healing). Assault and battery.
1912. DeGroth, Rev. Frank, Chicago, Ill. Arrested for "improper
conduct."
1905. DeLarme, Rev. A. A., Paterson, N. J. Baptist. Accused of breach
of promise; resigned.
1907. Deller, Rev. W. N., Altoona, Pa. United Brethren. Found in
hotel with 19-year-old girl; resigned.
1906. Dempsey, Rev. J. M.. Lineville, Ia. Attempted to wed a second
time while first wife lived.
1904. Denham, Rev. Benj. Q., New York. Disciples. Indecent exposure.
1908. Denham, Rev. B. Q., New York. Disciples. Adultery.
1913. DePue, Rev. James H., Arlington, Va. Presbyterian. Receiving
money on false pretenses.
1905. Derrick, Rev. B., bishop, New York. Methodist. Libel,
conspiracy, maladministration, and other misdemeanors.
1907. DeVries, Rev. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Christian Reformed.
Improper conduct; expelled.
1906. DeWoody, Rev. Chas., Utica, N. Y. Baptist. Conduct unbecoming a
Christian; resigned.
1914. Diamond, Rev. George I., D. D., Beaumont, Tex. Larceny.
1900. Diana, Rev. Fr., Alpha, N. J. Catholic. Drunkenness;
debauchery; forgery; arrested.
1905. Dick, Rev. Jacob, Indian Territory. Evangelist. Fraudulent real
estate transactions.
1902. Dickerson, Rev. Charles H., Newark, N. J. Congregational.
Stealing altar furniture; broke jail.
1907. Dickson, Rev. T. J., San Antonio, Tex. Chaplain. Shot a
soldier.
1903. Dillard, Rev. H. C., Spring Hope, N. C. Writing obscene letters
to a girl.
1903. Dillon, Rev. J. P., Rolla, Mo. Evangelist. Dual life; woman
confessed; sued, he fled.
1908. Dimmit, Rev. J. H., Valley Junction, Ia. Congregational.
Dismissed from ministry for misconduct.
1900. Dixon, Rev. Jos. K., Boston, Mass. Baptist. Adultery; divorced.
1911. Doak, Rev. J. A., Quinton, Kan. Criminally assaulted a little
girl.
1900. Dobson, Rev. Robert, New York, N. Y. Deceived Sunday school
teacher; borrowed her money and broke promise to marry; jailed.
Dodd, Rev. Richard, Clinton, Ky. Bastardy and complicity in
infanticide.
1905. Dodge, Rev. John, Lebanon, Ind. Holiness. Stabbing parishioner;
arrested.
1905. Doherty, Rev. Richard, Marcus Rock, Pa. Episcopal. False
report; horsewhipped.
1902. Donahoe, Bish. P. J., Philippi, Md. Catholic. Contempt of court
as executor of will; summoned.
1912. Donaldson, Rev. Aaron B., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist. Sentenced
to three years' imprisonment for swindling an aged parishioner.
1902. Donaldson, Aug. M., Rossville, N. Y. Manslaughter. "Straight
Edge" society leader.
1902. Donaldson, Rev. M. V., Vacaville, Cal. Nocturnal exploits with
women; drunkenness.
1911. Donatella, Francis, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Wanted for
abducting a 15-year-old girl.
1910. Donnelly, Rev. Ed., Bingham, Utah. Catholic. Dismissed from
church for drunkenness.
1899. Donnelly, Rev. Robert, Denver, Col. Evangelist. Burglary;
jailed.
1909. Donnelly, Rev. Mr., New York. Theft.
1908. Doolittle, Rev. Chas., Anderson, Ind. Evangelist. Non-support.
1904. Dorr, Rev. Henry, Brooklyn, N. Y. Thrice arrested for wife
beating.
1909. Dorsey, Rev. Wm., St. Louis, Mo. Campbellite. Stealing; jailed.
1909. Dougherty, Rev. R. T., Fargo, N. D. Congregational. Suicide
pact with college student; latter killed himself.
1899. Doughty, Elder L. M., Whitley, Ill. Improper conduct with girl;
resigned.
1914. Douglass, Rev. Archie, Sayre, Pa. Itinerant preacher. Arrested
on charge of serious offense against a 15-year-old girl.
1901. Douglass, Rev. Jas., Atlanta, Ga. United Brethren. Bigamy and
forgery in various states.
1911. Douthitt, Rev. S. W., Arkansas City, Kans. United Presbyterian.
Arrested for drunkenness and spent night in jail.
1912. Dow, Rev. T. J., Minneapolis, Minn. Christian. Sued for
alienation of affections.
1903. Dowie, John A., Chicago, Ill. Christian Catholic. Libel;
mulcted $2,000.
1911. Dowie, William, Cleveland, Ohio. Evangelist. Fined $10 for
assault and battery.
1911. Doyle, Rev. Clyde, Amite, La. Arrested and sent to jail in
Texas for four years for bigamy, embezzlement and wife
desertion.
1894. Doyle, Rev. Gregory, Hart Co., Ky. Baptist. Seduction;
abortion; girl died; sentenced for life.
1899. Drake, Rev. Edward, Chillicothe, O. Co-respondent in divorce
suit.
1913. Drake, Rev. Paul H., Beverly, Mass. Universalist. Disorderly
conduct and obstructing the sidewalk.
1907. Driver, Rev. S. M., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Unbalanced by
drink.
1900. Dryden, Rev. M. F., Wheeling, W. Va. Methodist. Choked wife;
killed by her father.
1908. Dryer, Rev. Geo. H., New York. Methodist. Defalcation.
1901. Duceman, Rev. J. V., Goshen, O. United Brethren. Attempted
suicide by shooting.
1899. Duchon, Rev. Fr., St. Louis, Mo. Catholic. Fled with parish
funds and his housekeeper.
1900. Dudley, Rev. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo. Church of God. Assault and
battery; arrested.
1900. Duffy, Rev. Fr., Port Jervis, N. Y. Catholic. Suicide in New
York, found dead in hotel.
1909. Du Lubicz, Rev. Antonio, Winnipeg, Man. Catholic. Obtaining
money under false pretenses.
1909. Dumouline, Rev. W. G., San Francisco, Cal. Cruelty and
desertion; divorced.
Dunbar, Rev. Edward, Cal., Ark., N. Y. Methodist. Desertion of
wife, and adultery.
1909. Duncan, Rev. D. B., Crawfordsville, Ind. Presbyterian. Cruel
and inhuman treatment of wife; divorced.
1900. Duncan, Rev. Kenneth, San Francisco, Cal. Evangelist. Petty
larceny; stole clothes; jailed.
1913. Duncan, Matthew and Luke, Knoxville, Tenn. Baptist. Assault.
1904. Dundonough, Rev. Jas., Eau Claire, Wis. Ran away with girl,
forsaking flock.
1912. Dunn, Rev. William F., Evansville, Ind. Methodist. Immoral
conduct; three months in jail.
1909. Dunnigan, Rev. A. P., Hempstead, L. I. Catholic. Alienated a
wife's affections.
1908. Dunworth, Rev. Wm., New London, Conn. Catholic. Suicide.
1900. Duperon, Rev. Fr., Worcester, Mass. Catholic. Deceiver and
swindler.
Dwello, Rev. P. N., Marshalltown, Ia. Methodist. Slander and
libel.
1911. Dwindle, Dr. O. T., Peoria, Ill. Methodist. Misappropriated
funds of the church.
1901. Dye, Rev. Geo. E., Willows, Cal. Baptist. Intimacy with widow;
resigned.
1905. Dyer, Rev. W. T., Reedbrake, Ala. Deserting wife and eloping
with her sister.
1902. Dynia, Rev. M. A., New Bedford, Mass. Catholic. Co-respondent
in divorce suit; threatened accusing husband with a pistol, and
was jailed.
1903. Earl, Rev. Daniel, B. A., Bedford, Que. Methodist. Too great
familiarity with a young woman.
1905. Early, Rev. Fred, Maury Co., Tenn. Sanctificationist. Murder
and suicide.
1907. Easterday, Rev. G. H., Stewartsville, N. J. Congregational.
Entanglement with his "spiritual ward"; left town on 48 hours'
notice from deacons.
1899. Eastman, Rev. F. W., Nashville, Tenn. Presbyterian. Rape;
mistrial.
Eastman, Rev. J. M., Mohawk, O. Methodist. Seduction of young
girl; paid $2,600 to settle; deposed.
1900. Easton, Rev. Dr., Washington, D. C. Slandering Olga Nethersole,
the actress; sued; apologized.
1906. Eby, Rev. S. C., Clayton, Mo. Sued for divorce on ground of
intimacy with another woman.
1912. Eddings, Rev. John, Columbia, S. C. Holiness. Criminal assault
on 12-year-old girl; sentenced to thirty days' hard labor.
1911. Edson, Rev. G. Clement, Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbyterian. Eloped
with soloist of his church.
1911. Edwards, Rev. Alexander, Denver. Baptist. Killed by husband of
woman with whom he was criminally intimate.
1908. Edyvean, W. H., Cadillac, Mich. Methodist. Adultery.
1901. Eicher, Deacon J., Decatur, Ind. Amish. Forgery; 1 to 14 years.
1912. Eills, Rev. John, Springfield, Mass. Unitarian. Accused by wife
of neglecting her for other women; defended Richeson, the
murderer, in the pulpit.
1913. Ekeland, Rev. Emanuel, Madison, Minn. Lutheran. Arson.
1912. Elliott, Rev. Edward, Newark, N. J. Evangelist. Sued for breach
of promise.
1904. Elliott, Rev. M. C., Genesee, Ill. Giving out worthless checks;
jailed; he has a record as a juggler of funds.
1909. Elliott, Rev. R. W., Pittsburgh. Pentecost. Co-respondent in
divorce suit.
1900. Ellis, Rev. John, Foxboro, Mass. Unitarian. Cruelty to wife;
clandestine correspondence with another woman; sued for
divorce.
1914. Ellis, Rev. John, Bloomington, Ind. Presbyterian. Immoral
conduct.
1904. Ellis, Rev. Elwood O., Richmond, Ind. Friend. Went on a week's
vacation with young woman; pronounced moral degenerate.
1901. Ellison, Rev. John, Chattanooga, Tenn. Shooting Sophia Johnson;
arrested.
1911. Ellsworth, Rev. Philip B., Jefferstown, Ind. Lutheran. Forgery.
1903. Ellwood, Rev. Robert A., Wilmington, Del. Presbyterian.
Inciting to lynching.
1908. Ellwood, Rev. R. A., Leavenworth, Kan. Presbyterian. Seduction;
resigned.
1913. Elmore, Rev. C. E., New Albany, Ky. Christian. Assault.
1905. Elsworth, Rev. J. S., Paterson, N. J. Reformed. Injudicious
conduct with widow; resigned.
1912. Emelius, Rev. Charles, New Sweden, Me. Lutheran. Accused of
murder.
1901. Emerson, Rev. F. W., Topeka, Kan. Disturbance of the peace;
assaulting an officer; arrested.
1905. Erhard, Rev. Lawrence A., Chicago, Ill. Scandalous living; paid
$2,000 hush money.
1913. Erler, Rev. John, Seven Valleys, Pa. Lutheran. Disfrocked for
gross immorality.
1913. Eubank, Rev. Henry, Triplett, Mo. Christian. Mutilating public
records.
1900. Euster, Rev. W. T., Helena, Mont. Methodist. Common liar;
exposed by presiding elder at conference.
1912. Evans, Rev. Emerson G., Monroeton, Pa. Methodist. Allowed to
withdraw from church conference under threat of exposure for
immoral conduct.
1909. Evans, Rev. E. T., Port Huron, Mich. Episcopal. Seduced
16-year-old girl; married her; spent her money on drink. Had
wife in Wales.
1899. Evans, Rev. W. R., Mandalin, N. Y. Methodist. Intimacy with a
girl he attempted to reform; lost pulpit.
Everett, Rev. M. L., Des Moines, Ia. Christian. Charged with
statutory offense; wife sued for divorce.
1908. Ewert, Rev. Arthur, Morrisonville, Ill. Methodist. Slander.
1908. Ewing, Rev. Emmett, Athens, O. Forgery.
1912. Ewing, Rev. U. P., Newton, Kan. Baptist. Wanted for
embezzlement.
1899. Eyton, Rev. Robert, London. Episcopal. Scandalous charges;
fled.
1899. Fagley, Rev. Joseph, Missouri. Evangelist. Train robber; 12
years in penitentiary.
1912. Fairall, Rev. H. H., Iowa City, Ia. Methodist. Attempted
suicide on account of ill health.
1908. Fairfield, Rev. F. W., Sag Harbor, L. I. Baptist. Taking
indecent liberties with women.
1907. Falkner, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Desertion.
1901. Farber, Rabbi R., Denver, Col. Hebrew. Improper proposals to
women, who horsewhipped him.
1913. Farraday, Rev. Henry W., Broadway, N. J. Methodist. Seduction.
1909. Farrell. Rev. Thos., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Caught in raid
on disorderly house; fined.
1913. Farrell, Rev. William, Jersey City, N. J. Baptist. Abduction of
20-year-old girl. The clerical rival of Don Juan is 70 years of
age.
Fee, Rev. Mr., Toledo, O. Methodist. Cheating widow in land
deal; found guilty.
1902. Fellows, Rev. C. A., Portsmouth, O. Methodist. Promiscuous
attention to females; guilty.
1910. Fennell, Rev. John, New York, N. Y. Swedish Lutheran. Larceny.
1909. Fenton, Rev. J., San Jon, N. M. Holiness. Murder.
1912. Fenyes, Rev. Louis F., Johnstown, Pa. Roman Catholic. Wanted
for embezzlement of church funds.
1902. Ferdinand, Rev. Mr., Omaha, Neb. Took up with another man's
wife; sued.
1913. Ferdon, Rev. Arthur I., Palisades Park, N. J. Evangelist.
Wife-beating.
1899. Ferguson, Rev. Geo., Kansas City, Kan. Congregational. Wrecked
by drink.
1907. Ferguson, Rev. W. P., Lincoln, Neb. Methodist. Adultery with
his landlady, confessed to by the latter under influence of one
of his sermons.
1911. Ferrant, Rev. Victor, Syracuse, N. Y. Baptist. Counterfeiter.
1911. Ferrell, Rev. W. A., Gaffney, S. C. Was about to marry an
Atlanta girl when discovery was made that he already had a
wife.
1903. Ferris, Rev. A. Frank, Grand Rapids, Mich. Deserted wife and
took another.
1907. Fischer, Rev. O. W., Bridgeton, N. J. Lutheran. Paid attention
to young woman. Left family and town.
1907. Fish, Rev. G., Denver, Colo. Fraud.
1910. Fisher, Rev. F. B., Neoga, Ill. Presbyterian. Sued for slander.
1908. Fitts, Rev. Joseph W., Independence, Kan. Baptist. Rape.
1901. Fitzgerald, Rev. Robert, Nash, Va. Evangelist. Stealing stamps
as postmaster.
1900. Fitzgerald, Rev. S. F., Newark, N. J. Catholic. Assault and
battery on woman.
1908. Fitzgerald, Rev. Wm., Millville, N. J. Catholic. Slander and
defamation.
1904. Fitzmaurice, Rev. M. O., Chicago, Ill. Episcopal. Used
fraudulent credentials; dismissed.
1902. Flaherty, Rev. Chas., Mt. Morris, N. Y. Catholic. Poisoning;
indicted for manslaughter; criminal relations with girl.
1914. Flannery, Rev. Lawrence S., West Plains, Mo. Methodist.
Manslaughter; convicted.
1909. Fleenor, Rev. L., Evansville, Ind. Alienating a wife's
affections.
1901. Fleming, Rev. E. T., Chicago, Ill. Presbyterian. Indecently
approaching women; convicted of lying.
1905. Fleming, Rev. Solomon, Etty, Va. Baptist. Shot Robert Mullins,
another preacher, in preachers' feud.
1911. Fliedner, Rev. Augustus, Irvington, N. Y. Episcopal. Fined $5
for disorderly conduct.
1908. Flower, Rev. J. H., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist. Immoral conduct.
1912. Flynn, Rev. John M., Edgewater, Colo. Methodist. Improper
conduct with women and criminal libel; hushed up for the glory
of God and the peace of the church.
1902. Foith, Rev. Adolph, Cincinnati, O. Lutheran. Debauching little
girls; suicided.
1911. Folta, Father Joseph, and Father Rzadkowolski, Detroit, Mich.
Catholics. Arrested for autoing "in a dangerous manner."
1909. Force, Rev. W. H., Nevada, Mo. Bigamy; four wives; three years
in jail.
1911. Ford, Rev. E. E., New York. Accused of fraud in organizing the
World's Bible League corporation.
1901. Ford, Rev. Geo. E., Bridgeton, N. J. Methodist. Enticing young
girls into his church at night; discovered; fled.
1902. Forest, Rev. Fr., Jackman, Me. Catholic. Violation of game
laws.
1913. Forsell, Rev. K. E., Minneapolis, Minn. Lutheran. Violating
game law.
1908. Forses, Rev. W. H., Nevada, Mo. Bigamy; three years.
1912. Foster, Rev. Edward S., Richmond, Va. Criminal assault on a
little girl.
1910. Foster, Rev. Frank L., Sioux Falls, S. D. Free Baptist.
Adultery.
1899. Foster, Rev. Jas. H., Plainfield, N. J. Church of Christ.
Disappeared with another man's wife.
1913. Foster, Rev. J. W., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist. Adultery.
1905. Foster, Rev. Thomas, Athens, Ark. Methodist. Rape of an
8-year-old girl; second offense.
1899. Fowler, Rev. A. R., South Carolina. Presbyterian. Forgery;
sentenced to penitentiary.
1899. Fox, Rev. Geo. J., Easton, Pa. Baptist. Confessed to sin and
departure from rectitude.
1911. Francis, Rev. A. M., Omaha, Neb. Charged with fraud.
1913. Francis, Rev. David, Richmond, Va. Christian. Forced to resign
for unbecoming conduct with a married woman.
1909. Francis, Rev. D. B., Ironton, O. Campbellite. Bastardy.
1908. Francis, Rev. Geo. A., Elizabeth, N. J. Baptist. Fraud.
1902. Francis, Rev. H. C, New Londonderry, N. H. Statutory offense
named in wife's successful divorce suit.
1902. Frederick, Rev. Jas., Wolf Creek, Ky. Baptist. Disturbing
school; stole bench warrants; fined.
1906. Frederickson, Rev. A., Milwaukee, Wis. Lutheran. Suicide while
depressed by drink.
1906. Freelander, Rabbi, Evansville, Ind. Orthodox Jew. Living with
wife's sister.
1911. Freeman, Rev. James, Murphysboro, Ill. Murdered his wife;
sentenced to imprisonment for life.
1908. Frees, Rev. R. W., Port Huron, Mich. Baptist. Wife beating.
1908. Freis, Rev. Phil., St. Louis, Mo. Arrested as pickpocket.
1904. Fritch, Rev. W. S., Attleboro, Mass. Congregational. Alienating
affections of another man's wife; sued; $1,334 damages awarded.
1911. Froelich, Rev. Father John von, Muncie, Ind. Catholic. Accused
of unnamed crime by a married woman of his church.
Frost, Rev. T. B., Chattanooga, Tenn. Evangelist. Eloped with a
prostitute.
1900. Frost, Rev. W. J., Harvey, Ill. Congregational. Confessed
intimacy with servant; ousted.
1905. Frye, Rev. James, Keokuk, Ia. Deserting family and eloping with
girl; arrested.
1913. Frye, Rev. M. H., Kiester, Minn. United Brethren. Arson.
Fulkerson, Rev. B. H., Eureka Springs, Ark. Methodist. Immoral
conduct and attempted suicide.
Fullers, Rev. Mr., Salem, W. Va. Methodist. Transgression of
7th commandment.
1909. Furbush, Rev. A. C, Georgetown, Conn. Congregational. Intimacy
with young woman, though married; resigned and left town.
1902. Gablet, Rev. S., Toledo, O. Presbyterian. Shoplifting;
arrested.
1910. Gaines, Bishop, W. G., Camden, N. J. African Methodist
Episcopal. Embezzlement.
1914. Gardiner, Rev. Vernon A. Bird of passage. Evangelist. Fraud.
1911. Gardner, Rev. T. H. H., Kittitas, Wash. Methodist. Beat his
wife to death with a club.
1904. Garner, Rev. Harrison, Goshen, N. Y. Evangelist. Abduction;
jailed.
1912. Garretson, Rev. John, Geddes, S. D. Congregational. Accused of
immoral conduct and financial dishonesty; forced to resign
pastorate.
1906. Garstka, Rev. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Refused to give up
church records; shoots parishioner.
1906. Gay, Rev. T. B., Utica, O. Presbyterian. A "Peeping Tom";
resigned and left town.
1911. Geis, Rev. Mr., Brooklyn. Arrested for beating his wife.
1912. Geisel, Rev. Theodore H., Bernardsville, N. J. Pleaded guilty
to charge of sending defamatory postcards through the mail;
sent to the workhouse for two months.
1899. Geoghegan, Rev. Thos., Hamilton, Ont. Catholic. Illicit sexual
intercourse.
1911. George, Rev. P. A., Cleveland, Ohio. Head of the "Kingdom of
God" society. Has two wives, his own and a "god-given" one,
regularly married to another man.
1901. Gerrish, Rev. Theodore, Sioux Falls, S. D. Gave fraudulent deed
to property; jailed.
1907. Gettman, Rev. Peter, Kossuth Co., Ia. Methodist. Murdered wife;
suicide.
1906. Gibbons, Rev. B. J., Norfolk, Va. Methodist. Bigamy; suicide.
1911. Gibbs, Rev. John, Tampa, Fla. Presbyterian. Horse thief.
1912. Gibson, Rev. Lewis, Bristol, Va. Methodist. Election fraud;
pleaded guilty and sentenced to a month's imprisonment.
1904. Gibson, Rev. Smith, Mt. Holly, N. J. Attempted corruption of
11-year-old girl.
1908. Gibson, Rev. W., Hoxie, Ark. Kidnapping.
Gidding, Rev. Mr., Alton, Ill. Stabbed step-son to death.
1899. Ginner, Rev. S. G., St. Paul, Minn. Episcopal. Grand larceny;
three years in penitentiary.
1899. Giraud, Rev. Philip, Montreal, Can. Catholic. Fraudulently
obtaining money.
1899. Givens, Rev. Mr., West Virginia. Methodist. Counterfeiting;
indicted by grand jury.
1901. Gladden, Rev. Wm. E., Liverpool, O. Methodist. Conspiracy;
indicted; arrested.
1902. Glass, Rev. O., Ft. Worth, Tex. Evangelist. Indecent exposure;
fined.
1906. Glenn, Rev. H. L., Raleigh, N. C. Holiness. Destruction of
virtue of half a dozen girls from 13 to 17 years of age;
indicted for criminal assault on girl of 14.
1899. Gloria, Rev. Fr. G., Oakland, Cal. Catholic. Betrayed girl;
deposed; married her.
1908. Gneilinski, Rev. Mr., St. Louis, Mo. Catholic. Kidnapping
girls; immoral life.
1900. Goad, Rev. Geo., Pine Bluff, Ark. Sanctificationist. Embezzling
charity fund; arrested.
1911. Goddard, Rev. J. B., Portland, Ore. Methodist. Charged with
"statutory offense" against two young girls; held for trial.
1908. Godlin, Rev. Albert., Preacher of the end of the world.
Catahoula Parish, La. Incendiarism; lynched.
1911. Godrycz, Rev. John A., Philadelphia, Pa. Catholic. Arrested for
slander.
1909. Godssen, Priest, Henrietta, Tex. Catholic. Gambling.
1909. Goetchell, Rev. E., Kansas City, Mo. Swindling.
1910. Goins, Rev. E. R., Sandusky, O. Methodist. Boy's charge
disorderly conduct.
1900. Golden, Rev. R. F., Boston, Mo. Evangelist. Stealing horse and
cart; arrested.
1911. Goldstein, Samuel, Montreal. Jewish rabbi. Sentenced to federal
penitentiary for smuggling.
1912. Gongaware, Rev. George J., Pittsburgh, Pa. Lutheran. Charged
with unduly influencing a sick and incompetent woman to will
much of her property to the church.
1907. Gooden, Rev. R., Seabright, N. J. Assault on married woman.
1908. Goodin, Rev. H. H., Pontiac, Ill. Baptist. Abduction; one to
ten years.
1910. Goodrich, Rev. G. E., Jackson, Mich. Baptist. Immorality.
1904. Gordan, Rev. Jas. A., Cabin Hill, N. Y. Presbyterian. Breach of
promise; convicted.
1911. Gordon, E. G., Richmond, Va. Former Methodist minister. Accused
of drunkenness and "misconduct" with a married woman.
1900. Gordon, Rev. Jas. H., Nicetown, Pa. Baptist. Alienating
affections of choir singer from her husband.
1905. Gordon, Rev. M. D., Hudson, Mich. Episcopal. Paternity of
housekeeper's child; decamped.
1911. Gormley, Father; Wichita, Kan. Catholic. Seduced 15-year-old
girl.
1910. Gosgan, Rev. Richard, Hartford, Conn. Catholic. Suicide.
1914. Gossett, Rev. W. J., Vancouver, Wash. Brutal treatment of wife.
Gould, Rev. R. A., Cent. City, Neb. Free Methodist. Left wife,
eloping with girl of 15; penitentiary six years.
1913. Gouthy, Rev. Mr., Indianapolis, Ind. Free Methodist. Fined for
illegal hunting.
1909. Gow, Rev. Clyde, Mexico, Mo. Manslaughter; four years.
1907. Graff, Rev. B., Joliet, Ill. Baptist. Jailed for running
confidence game.
Grafton, Rev. T. W., Anderson, Ind. Campbellite. Contempt of
court; fined.
1911. Graham, Rev. David, Nashville, Tenn. Found guilty of running a
"blind tiger"; sentenced to jail for 60 days and fined $45 and
costs.
1908. Graham, Rev. J. H., Moundsville, W. Va. Horse stealing; life
sentence.
1908. Graham, Rev. J. S., Albany, N. Y. Catholic. Suicide.
1901. Graham, Rev. R. H., Topeka, Kan. Baptist. Rape on girl of his
flock; five years.
1899. Gram, Rev. W. O., Montrose, S. D. "A case of crim. con., no
doubt;" fled from Montrose.
1899. Grandison, Rev. Chas., New York, N. Y. Methodist. Drunkenness;
delirium tremens; a temperance lecturer.
1908. Grant, Rev. H. R., Halifax, N. S. Perjury; arrested.
1907. Grant, Rev. John, Little Rock, Ark. Methodist. Murder.
1914. Grantham, Rev. Daniel, Purvis, Miss. Baptist. Murder; sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
1911. Grass, Rev. Z. B., Moncton, N. B. Reformed Baptist. Charged
with setting fire to his home.
1912. Graves, Rev. L. W., Adrian, Mich. Methodist. Sued for divorce,
and committed suicide.
1909. Gray, Rev. I. N., St. Louis. Congregational. Passing bogus
checks.
1912. Gray, Rev. James H., Charleston, W. Va. Evangelist. Convicted
three times of horse stealing, and sentenced to life
imprisonment as a habitual criminal.
1912. Green, Rev. D. Hudson, Indianapolis, Ind. Evangelist. Charged
with theft of jewelry and clothing.
1900. Green, Rev. D. T., Rome, Ga. Methodist. Larceny of church
funds; guilty.
1901. Green, Rev. Rufus S., New York, N. Y. Presbyterian. Swindling.
1901. Greenberg, Rev. Moses, Philadelphia, Pa. Evangelist.
Non-support of aged father; held in $500 bail.
1912. Greene, Rev. Thomas E., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist Accused of
improper conduct with women.
1899. Greer, Rev. J. R., Millville, Pa. Methodist. Insulting young
woman in his congregation.
1905. Greer, Rev. Mr., Cairo, Ill. Do Right. Eloped with Mrs. Carr;
killed by Carr.
1913. Gregory, Rev. E. J., St. Johns, Mich. Baptist. Taking indecent
liberties with an 11-year-old girl; confessed guilt and was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
1899. Grey, Rev. Henry, Washington, D. C. Grand larceny; stealing
jewelry.
1913. Griegg, Rev. David B., Berwyn, Ill. Presbyterian. Bastardy.
1911. Grieves, Rev. Thomas, Greenwich, N. Y. Methodist. Arrested for
manslaughter.
1908. Griffin, Rev. Alfred, Chicago, Ill. Episcopal. Corrupting boys.
1913. Grigg, Rev. Samuel, Winnipeg, Can. Bigamy; sentenced to a
year's imprisonment.
1912. Griggs, Rev. Crawford, New York, N. Y. Baptist. Sued for
slander by a brother preacher.
Griggs, Rev. Edward, Big Rapids, Mich. Episcopal. Maltreatment
of wife; fled.
1899. Griggs, Rev. R. E., Binghamton, N. Y. Episcopal. Deserting
wife; arrested.
1908. Grimshaw, Rev. E. Cullum, Troy, N. Y. Baptist. Theft.
1912. Grobusch, Rev. Edward, La Salle, Ill. Shirked his debts to
gamble at the races.
1899. Groenendyke, Rev. M., Hartford City, Ind. United Brethren.
Hugging and kissing young woman without her compliance.
1903. Groenveld, Rev. Mr., So. Holland, Ill. Nameless crime; chased
from town.
1914. Grogg, Rev. Philip N., St. Mary's, Mo. Baptist. Murderous
assault.
1905. Grove, Rev. M. F., Visalia, Cal. Methodist. Collusion to obtain
divorce; previous charges of immorality sustained.
1901. Grumbine, Rev. J. G. F., Syracuse, N. Y. Luring girl away;
defamation of her mother; held in $1,000.
1913. Gryszar, Rev. Thomas, Toronto, Ont. Roman Catholic. Drunkenness
and assault.
1912. Guernsey, Rev. R. T., Long Prairie, Minn. Baptist. Sent to jail
for bad conduct with children, and committed suicide.
1901. Guirey, Rev. Geo., New York and Illinois. Baptist. Relations
with woman not his wife; divorced.
1913. Gullins, Rev. William R., Trenton, N. J. Methodist. Fraud.
1899. Gumba, Rev. Mr., Fishkill, N. Y. Methodist. Undue intimacy with
young woman.
1911. Gunn, Rev. J. G., Gilmar, Kan. Revivalist. Arrested for bigamy.
1913. Gunter, Rev. D. R., Greeneville, Tenn. Disciple. Accused of
attempted rape on own daughter.
1904. Gurley, Elder R. A., Huntsville, Ga. Christian. Carrying
concealed weapons; jailed.
1906. Haath, Rev. L. A., Rochester, N. Y. Suicide.
1913. Haff, W. P. W., Jr., Lynbrook, L. I. Lay preacher. Baptist.
Seduction and bastardy.
Hagaman, Rev. J. A., Anderson, Ind. Church of God. Caused
divorce suit by kissing wife of H. Morehead; called it
treatment for nervous trouble.
1905. Hagar, Rev. Washington, Hadley, W. Va. Baptist. Raising bills
from $1 to $10.
1908. Hagen, Rev. Emil, New York, N. Y. Dutch Reformed. Theft.
1900. Hagen, Rev. Henry, Rushing, Ark. Selling whisky without a
license; arrested.
1901. Haigler, Rev. J. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. Criminal malpractice;
arrested.
1900. Haist, Rev. F. H., Chicago, Ill. Assault and battery; arrested.
1900. Hale, Rev. Wm., Middleboro, Mass. Episcopal. Cruel and abusive
treatment of wife, who sued for divorce.
1910. Hall, Rev. E., Bloomington, Ill. Baptist. Illegitimate
parentage. Settled with mother.
1899. Hall, Rev. Henry, Peter Creek, Ky. Drunk, abused his wife, shot
by son.
1907. Hall, Rev. J. C., Kaukauna, Wis. Episcopal. Drunkenness;
deposed.
1901. Hall, Lay Pr. J. T., E. Orange, N. J. Episcopal. Grand larceny.
1900. Hall, Rev. Wesley, Hindman, Ky. Murdered his brother's widow,
who had refused to marry him.
1909. Hallan, Rev. A., Akron, O. Church of Christ. Drunkenness;
jailed; fined.
1900. Halloway, Rev. John, Linn, Mo. Cold-blooded murder; hanged.
1909. Halpern, Rev. Rabbi S. M., Newark, N. J. Selling liquor without
license.
1909. Hamilton, Rev. E., Muncie, Ind. Evangelist. Passed bogus check;
two wives.
1908. Hamilton, Rev. E. A., Newman, Ill. Methodist. Pandering.
Submitted wife and daughter to wealthy libertine for money
consideration.
Hamilton, Rev. Jas. B., alias J. L. Douglass, Lithonia, Ga.
Evangelist. Bigamy, larceny and other crimes.
1911. Hamilton, Rev. Wm. J., Chicago. Congregational. Adulterer.
1914. Hamrick, Rev. L. M., Pittsburgh, Kan. Methodist. Obtaining
property under false pretenses.
1902. Hance, Rev. Oscar T., Newburgh, N. Y. Stealing, passing bad
checks.
1907. Hancock, Rev. W. S., Chicago, Ill. Episcopal. Deposed for
debauchery. Held in London for poisoning his wife.
1901. Hand, Rev. A. L., Tuscumbia, La. Bigamy; arrested at the altar.
1912. Hand, Rev. David M., Moscow, Ida. Baptist. Convicted of
improper conduct with the young daughter of his Sunday school
superintendent; sent to the penitentiary for from five years to
life.
1905. Hand, Rev. J. Howard, Rye, N. Y. Methodist. Hugging and kissing
girl.
1899. Hanks, Rev. R. T., Abilene, Tex. Baptist. Rifling mails;
indicted.
1913. Hanmer, Rev. W. G., St. Charles, Ill. Free Methodist. Unfrocked
for adultery with the wife of another preacher.
1908. Hanna, Rev. J. C., Philadelphia, Pa. Methodist. Slander.
1899. Hanna, Rev. T. Carson, Union City, Ct. Baptist. Undue
familiarity; promiscuous kissing.
1913. Hanon, Rev. O. M., Jetmore, Kan. Methodist. Irregular conduct
with a married woman.
1912. Hansman, Rev. Joseph E., Topeka, Kan. Convicted of bigamy on
his own confession.
1901. Hanson, Rev. M. O., LaCrosse, Wis. Lutheran. Wife desertion;
tried and expelled.
1909. Hard, Rev. E. R., New Port, N. Y. Baptist. Alienation of a
wife's affections. Failure to pay judgment.
1914. Harder, Rev. John W., Vibbard, Mo. Christian Union. Violating
liquor law.
1911. Hardin, Rev. John, Beecher, Ill. Congregationalism. Bigamist.
1911. Hardy, Elder E. H., Reidsville, N. C. Primitive Baptist.
Contempt of court.
1907. Hardy, Rev. E. N., Cleveland, O. Congregational. Found in
disorderly house. Arrested.
1910. Hare, Rev. Louis T., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Clandestine
marriage.
1908. Hargrave, Rev. James T., Richmond, Va. Fraud by use of the
mails; eight months and $100.
1906. Hark, Rev. N. S., Greenville, Pa. Evangelist. Conduct
unbecoming a minister towards young woman.
1914. Harness, Rev. Murray, Kokomo, Ind. Christian. Adultery.
1910. Harper, Rev. E. J., Los Angeles. Presbyterian. Forced to resign
by unprintable charges.
1908. Harper, Rev. John, Chickasha, Ark. Methodist. Horse stealing.
1900. Harper, Rev. W. H., Shelbyville, Tenn. Methodist. Living with
young woman in absence of his wife.
1912. Harrall, Rev. Fleet, Greensburg, La. Fought duels with two men;
killed one, and wounded the other.
1901. Harrington, Rev. Geo. B., Oxford, N. J. Methodist. Suicide.
1909. Harrington, Rev. Mr., Helena, Mont. Catholic. Drinking and
misconduct with boys.
1900. Harriott, Rev. Wm. C., Fostoria, O. Consorting with immoral
women; sued for divorce.
1914. Harris, Rev. A. M., Metropolitan, Ill. Baptist. Duelling.
Harris, Bishop C. R., Asheville, N. C. African Methodist
Episcopal. Arson.
1903. Harris, Rev. J. Barr, Bozeman, Mont. Methodist. Seduction; one
year in penitentiary.
1901. Harris, Rev. Sheldon A., Milburn, Ill. Congregational. Running
get-rich-quick game on his flock; expelled.
1910. Harris, Rev. Sundy H., Cartersville, Ga. Methodist. Suicide.
Harris, Rev. Thos., Spartanburg, S. C. Baptist. Hanged for
murder.
1901. Harrison, Rev. G. W., Waco, Tex. Bigamy by direction of heaven,
he said; two years in penitentiary.
1907. Harsha, Rev. Wm., Denver, Colo. Had an affinity; horsewhipped
by whitecaps.
1899. Harsha, Rev. Mr., New York. Collegiate Reformed. Left his
pulpit under charges reflecting on his moral character.
1904. Hart, Rev. C. A. B., Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal. Arrested as
ticket of leave man, convicted of revolting crime against
morals and deported.
1908. Hart, Rev. W. G., Groesbeck, Texas. Rape and bastardy. Life
sentence.
1910. Hastings, Rev. H. L., Chicago. Methodist. Immoral conduct
toward boy.
1900. Hastings, Rev. Mr., South Orange, N. J. Presbyterian. Shooting
game in violation of law.
1913. Hatcher, Rev. James W., Wellston, Mo. Methodist. Wife-beating
and non-support.
1909. Hathaway, Rev., J. D., Maryville, Mo. Episcopal. Suicide.
1900. Hatton, Rev. Edward, Brooklyn, N. Y. Baptist. Abandonment of
wife; arrested.
1910. Hauberch, Rev. A. A., Miltonsburg, O. Lutheran. Stealing
jewelry.
1911. Hausman, Rev. Eugene, Kansas City, Mo. Methodist. Bigamist.
1913. Hawkes, Rev. Roy A., Spencer, Ia. Methodist. Indicted for
murder.
1905. Hawkins, Rev. J. S., Arkansas. Methodist. Immorality.
1901. Hawkins, Rev. Wm., Philadelphia. Baptist. Incendiarism;
arrested.
1907. Hawley, Rev. F. M., Fulton, Ky. Presbyterian. Wrecked a home;
horsewhipped by husband.
1912. Hawley, Rev. Richard, New York, N. Y. Roman Catholic.
Drunkenness.
1905. Haynes, Rev. Myron W. Methodist. Obtaining rail-road
transportation by fraud; intimacy with a female school teacher.
1910. Hays, Rev. Wm., Nowata, Okla. Baptist. Left wife for affinity.
1901. Heafy, Rev. Jer. J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Getting insane
man's property by fraud.
1902. Heath, Rev. Henry R., Essex Co., N. Y. Baptist. Larceny;
jailed.
1901. Heath, Rev. Jas. T., Kansas City, Mo., and Castile, N. Y.
Baptist. Abandoning wife and getting divorce without notice and
by misrepresentation, to marry another woman.
1907. Heathcote, Rev. A., Wadena, Minn. Episcopal. Jailed for
wife-beating.
1905. Heather, Rev. Andley J., Wahoo, Neb. Congregational. Obtaining
money under false pretenses.
1911. Hedeberg, Rev. John R., Bozeman, Mont. Swedish. Grand larceny.
1912. Heery, Rev. P. M., Dennison, O. Roman Catholic. Drunkenness,
disorderly conduct and profanity.
Heideman, Rev. A. L., Calumet, Mich. Twice arrested for
violating game laws, and fined.
1904. Heilman, Rev. Edgar J., Wyndmoor, Pa. Lutheran. Breach of
promise; convicted.
1899. Hellenus, John, theological student, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Intimacy with married woman; she confessed.
1910. Helwig, Rev. H. D., Evansville, Ind. Episcopal. Forged check;
arrested.
1904. Henderson, Rev. C. E., Butte, Mont. Methodist. Acknowledged
gambler.
1903. Henderson, Rev. Henry, Williamsburg, O. Criminal assault on
12-year-old girl.
1899. Henderson, Rev. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. Methodist. Traducing
woman member; sued.
1900. Henderson, Rev. John M., Brooklyn, N. Y. Slander.
1899. Henderson, Rev. W. C, St. Louis, Mo. Using mails to defraud;
jailed.
1903. Hendrick, Rev. Fr., Rochester, N. Y. Catholic. False arrest;
sued.
1901. Hendricks, Rev. A. M., LaPorte, Ind., and elsewhere. Catholic.
Swindling; pleaded guilty.
1908. Henneman, Rev. J. W, Chippewa Falls, Wis. Methodist Episcopal.
Suicide.
1908. Henning, Rev. V., Winnipeg, Man. Lutheran. Seduced girl;
violated consent law; two years.
1909. Hensge, Rev. Paul, Portsmouth, O. Made, false oath.
1900. Hensley, Rev. A. J., Yorkville, S. C. Baptist. Slandering Dr.
Scoggins, who drubbed him in a street fight.
1901. Herald, Rev. Mr., Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational. "Coarse and
brutal" slander of a woman; sued at law.
1908. Herberg, Rev. Marcellus, St. Louis, Mo. Impersonating an
officer.
1908. Herbert, Rev. D., Richmond, Ind. Drunkard and wife beater.
1901. Herborn, Rev. John, New York. Methodist. Interfering with
officer; fined $5.
1913. Herr, Rev. William J., Rose Point, Pa. Pentecostal. Obtaining
money under false pretenses.
1912. Hervey, Rev. Joseph L., D.D., New York, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Accused by parishioners of circulating scurrilous stories about
members of his flock.
1909. Herzog, Rev. C. A., Anthrax, O. United. Assault.
1907. Hetland, Rev. John, Clarion, Ia. Criminal assault.
1912. Hewitt, Rev. Jesse R., Bomarton, Tex. Baptist. Abduction and
white slavery; sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment.
1910. Hewson, Rev. Earl, St. Louis. Congregational. Desertion.
1906. Hibner, Rev. A. A., Hennessey, Okla. Running away with
another's wife.
1909. Hickey, Rev. E. D., Springfield, Mass. Catholic. Convicted of
assault on girl.
1902. Hickman, Rev. R. L., McKeesport, Pa. Methodist. Forged notes,
discounted them and skipped.
1913. Hickman, Rev. Thomas A., Webb City, Mo. Methodist.
Wife-desertion; divorce granted his wife.
1910. Hicks, Rev. R. O., Columbus, O. Smashed windows; stole jewelry.
1910. Hicks, Rev. William, Spokane, Wash. Methodist. Sued for
"get-rich-quick" swindling.
1899. Hicks, Rev. W. H., Hawesville, Ky. Baptist. Betrayal of two
young women; fled.
1908. Hicks, Rev. W. M., Paducah, Ky. Baptist. Swindling; forgery.
1905. Hicks, Rev. W. W., Chilhowie, Va. Methodist. Immoral conduct;
suspended by conference.
1899. Higgins, Rev. Geo. W., Levant, Me. Holiness. Breaking up homes;
tarred and feathered.
1906. Higgs, Rev. J. J., Cherry Valley, Ill. Methodist. Found in
hotel room with young woman; resigned.
1908. Hilbish, Rev. J. M., Turlock, Cal. Methodist. Horse-whipped by
women whom he slandered.
1901. Hiles, Rev. Henry, Laurel, Md. Evangelist. Cruelty and wife
beating; arrested.
1909. Hill, Rev. F. W., Duluth, Minn. Methodist. Burglary; ninety
days or $100.
1909. Hill, Rev. H. J., Huntington, W. Va. Jailed for carousing.
1899. Hill, Rev. J. Wesley, Butler, Ill. Methodist. Taking unwelcomed
liberties with young woman.
1911. Hill, Rev. Murry, with a half-dozen aliases, Brooklyn.
Methodist. Attempted grand larceny.
1912. Hill, Rev. Simeon C., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopal. Driven
from the country at 75 years of age on account of his behavior
with a young girl of his congregation.
1911. Hillis, Rev. Dwight, Brooklyn. Fraud.
1900. Hills, Rt. Rev. R. P., Omaha, Neb. Episcopal. Bigamy; left wife
in England.
1900. Hilson, Rev. H. D., Kansas City, Kan. Killed wife, who had sued
him for divorce.
1913. Hilton, Rev. Thomas J., Plattsburg, Mo. Mennonite. Bigamy.
1908. Hines, Rev. David, New York. Theft.
1908. Hines, Rev. W. P., Lexington, Ky. Baptist. Lechery.
1907. Hinshaw, Rev. W. E., Belleville, Ind. Methodist. Murdered wife;
life sentence. Paroled, he seduced a married woman in 1908.
1908. Hinton, Rev. D. C, Pittsburgh, Pa. Episcopal. Drunk and
disorderly.
1902. Hintz, Rev. A. B., Odessa, Mo. Baptist. Bigamy; deserted two
wives.
1900. Hobes, Rev. John, Belleville, Ill. Evangelist. Seducing married
woman and mother.
1906. Hobson, Rev. Lemuel, Mitchel, Ind. United Brethren. Found in
compromising position with married woman. Shot by husband.
1905. Hofer, Rev. Fr., LaCrosse, Wis. Catholic. Criminal assault on
orphan girl; fled; arrested; convicted.
1913. Hoffman, Rev. Henry C., Owensboro, Ky. Methodist. Criminal
assault.
1899. Hoffman, Rev. Richard, Lynchburg, Va. Baptist. Two or more
wives; sued for divorce.
1900. Hoffman, Rev. R. T., Lexington, Ky. Fighting another preacher;
fined $100 and jailed.
1904. Hoge, Rev. Chas. M., California. Episcopal. Suicide by shooting
in head.
1907. Hogg, Rev. A. J., Norwood, O. Bigamy.
1908. Holcomb, Rev. Walt., Cartersville, Ga. Evangelist. Obscene
language in the presence of a female; $200.
1912. Holden, Rev. Albert, Toledo, O. Itinerant evangelist. Bigamy
and obtaining money under false pretenses.
1900. Holden, Rev. John, Matewan, W. Va. Methodist. Found in bed with
Mrs. Bostock; shot at by Mr. B. and wounded.
1906. Holgate, Rev. LeGrand, Ashland, Ore. Nazarene. Wife beating.
1901. Hollis, Rev. C. W., Davis, W. Va. Presbyterian. Issuing
fraudulent marriage certificate; other charges.
1904. Holly, Rev. J. B., Jacksonville, Fla. Baptist. Assault and
battery on Rev. W. Hobson; fined $250.
1911. Holly, J. C., Wilmington, Del. Former Quaker preacher. Murder
and arson.
1906. Holman, Rev. E. H., Ontario, Ore. Held for defrauding a number
of innocent Oregonians.
Holmes, Rev. W. D., Clarksville, Ark. Free Will Baptist.
Assault to commit rape; jailed.
Holmsen, Rev. H., Hudson, Wis. Christian. Cruelty to wife and
"more serious charges."
1901. Holp, Rev. Philip, Angelo, Ind. Congregational. Leading a dual
life; expelled.
1914. Holper, Rev. Father, Minnesota Lake, Minn. Catholic.
Kidnapping.
1903. Holt, Rev. W. J., Elkins, W. Va. Methodist. Lying, in that he
expressed himself as penitent for gambling, although he won
$5,000.
1909. Holtgreve, Rev. J. J., Plaquemine, La. Catholic. Criminal
libel; immoral conduct with boys.
1912. Homburger, Rev. Oscar, Chillicothe, Mo. Methodist. Wanted by
the police for abducting a 17-year-old girl; is a married man
with several children.
1912. Honeycutt, Rev. M. H., Jackson, Miss. Murderous assault on a
neighbor on account of a trifling dispute over a children's
quarrel.
1903. Hook, Rev. J. W., Dickens, Ia. Assaulting little girl
criminally.
1912. Hooker, Rev. Conrad, Westfield, Mass. Sneak thief and
shoplifter.
1907. Hopkins, Rev. A., Camden, N. J. Convicted of stealing whisky.
1909. Hopkins, Rev. F. E., Chicago, Ill. Congregational. Unpaid
bills; sued.
1914. Hopp, Rev. J. H., Portland, Ore. German Congregational.
Larceny.
1913. Horn, Rev. Frank, Richmond, Cal. Baptist. Adultery and bigamy.
1911. Horton, Rev. John H., Joliet, Ill. Bigamy.
1906. Horton, Rev. J. B., Commerce, Ga. Baptist. Forgery.
1908. Hoshauer, Rev. A. H., Norristown, Pa. Reformed. Deserted wife
to live with affinity.
1899. Hotema, Rev. Solomon E., Indian Territory. Presbyterian. Murder
of three neighbors; hanged.
1899. Houldsworth, Rev. H., New York, N. Y. Evangelist. Forgery in
various places.
1914. Housemann, Rev. Eugene, Kansas City, Mo. Methodist Episcopal.
Bigamy; pleaded guilty and received a three-year sentence.
1902. Howard, Rev. Geo. N., Batavia, N. Y. Baptist. Marital
unfaithfulness with several women.
1911. Howard, Rev. Herbert W., Le Roy, N. Y. Methodist. Immorality.
1909. Howard, Rev. I. J., Hartford City, Ind. Drunkard. Seduction.
1902. Howard, Rev. L. F. B., alias Harper, Detroit, Mich., and
elsewhere. Swindling; six years in penitentiary; escaped;
retaken; bad record.
1911. Howard, Rev. Samuel E., Macon, Mo. Baptist evangelist. Bigamy.
1910. Howard, Rev. W. M., Crook Co., Wyom. Baptist. Fraud.
1909. Howaweeney, Bishop R., Brooklyn, N. Y. Greek. Slander and
libel.
1902. Howe, Rev. G. F., Summitville, Ind. Prison evangelist.
Burglary; killed in the act.
1900. Howe, Rev. O. Raymond, New Haven, Conn. Accomplishing ruin of
his domestic; ordered to support the child.
1899. Howell, Rev. David L., New York. Prison chaplain. Alienating
affections of Mrs. Greene; husband brought divorce suit; Mrs.
Howell secured divorce.
1908. Howell, ex-Rev. David T., Newark, N. J. Episcopal. Suicide.
1912. Hubbard, Rev. W. J., Charleston, W. Va. Baptist. Criminal
assault.
1912. Hucless, Rev. Marcellus, New York, N. Y. Baptist. Sued for
slander, and defaulted at trial.
1912. Hudson, Rev. Joseph H., Chicago, Ill. Baptist. Assaulting two
young girls in an orphan asylum of which he was head; convicted
and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary.
1912. Hudson, Rev. Madison M., Terre Haute, Ind. Evangelist. Sued for
divorce on the ground of cruelty.
1903. Hudson, Rev. Roger J., New York. Evangelist. Corrupting girls;
jailed.
Hudson, Rev. Roy., Itinerant evangelist. Child desertion.
1913. Huggins, Rev. George D., Jacobstown, N. J. Methodist. Convicted
of rape.
1907. Hughes, Rev. E. C., Chicago, Ill. Swindler; one to ten years in
prison.
Hughes, Rev. Jasper S., Holland, Mich. Methodist. Malicious
destruction of property.
1910. Hughes, Rev. P., Milwaukee. Assault on two telephone girls.
1905. Hulme, Rev. George, Kecksburg, Pa. Church of God. Assault on a
female member of his congregation.
1908. Humble, Rev. G. T., Leetonia, Ohio. Methodist. Liberties with
women.
1909. Humes, Rev. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. Accused by two little girls.
1902. Hungate, Rev. Frank, Painesville, O. Baptist. Seduction;
criminal operation; 15 years in penitentiary.
1907. Hunt, Rev. E. I., Adultery and bastardy. Deposed.
1906. Hunt, Rev. Lawrence, Greenpoint, L. I. Presbyterian.
Co-respondent in divorce proceeding.
1910. Hunt, Rev. R., Atlanta, Ga. Congregational Methodist. Fighting.
1909. Hunt, Rev. W. F., Columbus, Ind. Presbyterian. Criminal
assault.
1909. Hunt, Rev. W. S., Elizabethtown, Ind. Presbyterian. Unbecoming
conduct with young woman.
1908. Hunter, Rev. A. D., Raleigh, N. C. Baptist. Suicide.
1910. Hunter, Rev. H., Lebanon, O. Conducting harem.
1909. Hunter, Rev. T. W., Houlton, Me. Methodist. Arson.
1913. Hurley, Rev. C. P., Stoutsville, Mo. Roman Catholic.
Drunkenness.
1908. Hutcheson, Rev. Joseph, Warren, R. I. Defamation.
1908. Hutchins, Rev. Ed., Topeka, Kan. Whipped by boy whose mother he
insulted.
1910. Hutchinson, Rev. A. P., Butler, Pa. Libel; indicted.
1908. Hutchinson, Rev. John, St. Louis, Mo. Evangelist. Bastardy.
1900. Hutson, Rev. I. S., Jacksonville, Fla. Receiving stolen goods;
two years' hard labor.
1900. Hutton, Rev. Chas. E., Saddle Rock, N. J. Lutheran. Too wide
interpretation of pastoral relations with women. Pursued by
husband with gun; resigned pulpit and departed.
1899. Hyler, Rev. John, Asheville, N. C. Free Will Baptist. Bigamy;
three wives; all living.
1903. Hylock, Rev. John, Mitchell Co., N. C. Jailed for bigamy; six
living wives.
1913. Iden, Rev. W. A., Visalia, Cal. Fraudulent sales. Sent to
penitentiary for five years.
1905. Iliff, Rev. T. C., Presiding elder and superintendent Utah
missions. Methodist. Plagiarism. Stole a sermon, which he
delivered as his own.
1901. Iliff, Rev. W. H., Hamilton, Ill. Methodist. Malicious
mischief.
Inman, Rev. Mr., Goldfield, Nev. Methodist. Contempt of court.
1900. Irvine, Rev. I. N. W., Huntingdon, Pa. Episcopal. Gross
immorality; unfrocked.
1901. Israel, Rev. Wm. F., Savannah, Ga. Running moonshine still.
1900. Jacamowics, Rev. T., Mt. Carmel, Pa. Catholic. Embezzlement;
jailed.
1913. Jackson, Rev. Crawford, Atlanta, Ga. Methodist. Drunkenness and
making improper advances to young girl.
1899. Jackson, Rt. Rev. H. M., D.D., Alabama. Episcopal. Drunkenness;
fell down at Eufala and could not get up.
1911. Jackson, Rev. John H., Cincinnati, O. Baptist. Embezzlement.
1899. Jackson, Rev. K., Creve Coeur, Mo. Wife-beating; fled.
1909. Jackson, Rev. L. F., Caruthersville, Mo. Methodist. Left wife
for young woman.
1906. Jackson. R. S., Boston. Bested in boxing match before Sharkey
A. C., New York.
1907. Jackson, Rev. S. T., No. Yakima, Wash. Baptist. Embezzlement of
church funds.
1907. Jackson, Rev. T. N., Waynesboro, Ga. Forgery and larceny.
1908. Jacobs, Rev. Marvin V., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Baptist. Clerical
conduct.
1900. Jacobs, Rev. M. V., N. Colebrook, Conn. Baptist. Undue intimacy
with woman; fled.
1902. Jacobwitz, Rev. Jacobs, New York. Jewish. Brutally beating a
boy; arrested.
1906. James, Rev. E. L., Decatur, Ill. Baptist. Left town to escape
consequences of his assault on child. Expelled from church;
license revoked.
1912. Jamison, Rev. Guy, Altoona, Pa. Evangelist. Arrested for
burglary.
1908. Jaques, Rev. Wm., St. Louis, Mo. Mormon. Assaulted 11-year-old
girl.
1911. Jarman, Elder, Hub City, Idaho. Mormon elder. Adultery.
1910. Jasiak, Rev. Bartholemue, Toronto, Can. Catholic. Rape on a
girl of 10 years.
1900. Jedlika, Rev. John F., Yonkers, N. Y. Catholic. Cruelty to
animals; arrested.
1914. Jenkins, Elmer E., St. Louis, Mo. Gospel missioner. Accused of
abusing two little girls.
1912. Jenkins, Rev. John T., Lexington, N. C. Baptist. Expelled from
his pulpit for undue familiarity with one of the sisters.
Jenkins, Rev. Rufus, Knoxville, Tenn. Deserted wife for another
woman; deposed.
1913. Jeffrey, Rev. B. H., Bluefield, Va. Baptist. White slavery.
1910. Jerrett, Rev. Howard W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Methodist.
Seduction; ran away on exposure.
1906. Jesaheke, Rev. Henry, Stockholm, N. J. Unitarian. Found in
hotel with married woman; co-respondent in divorce case.
1900. Jester, Rev. Alex., London, Mo. Murder of a man named Gates.
Jewell, Rev. F. W., Wolverine, Mich. Methodist. Intimacy with
married woman; ousted from church.
1907. Jewett, Rev. E. H., New York. Suicide.
1907. John, Rev. J., Chicago. Congregational. Immorality.
1907. John, Rev. W. B., New Rochelle, N. Y. Baptist. Fired for
grafting.
Johnson, Rev. A. A., Oskaloosa, Ia. Methodist. Wronging a girl,
who shot and wounded him in the pulpit.
1901. Johnson, Rev. A. L., Bartow, Ga. Forgery; bigamy.
1907. Johnson, Rev. A. S., Knox Co., Tenn. Sued for libel.
1905. Johnson, Rev. Edward A., Newport, R. I. Baptist. Hugging,
kissing and taking other improper liberties with girls;
expelled.
1911. Johnson, Rev. George A., Baltimore, Md. Methodist. Murder.
1900. Johnson, Rev. G. W., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist. Misuse of girl
of 11.
1903. Johnson, Rev. H. A., Clayton, N. Y. Congregational. Eloping
with married woman.
1911. Johnson, Rev. H. H., Clarence, Mo. Methodist. Immorality.
1910. Johnson, Rev. H. J., Independence, Kan. Drunkenness.
1911. Johnson, Rev. John, Oswego, N. Y. Methodist. Immorality.
1900. Johnson, Rev. J. LeB., New York, N. Y. Episcopal. Eloped with a
nurse; wife got divorce; Johnson was fire chaplain.
1913. Johnson, Rev. J. M., Fargo, Okla. Baptist. Adultery.
1911. Johnson, Rev. M. C., Huntington, W. Va. Methodist. Murderous
assault.
1909. Johnson, Rev. M. D., Lebanon, Mo. Baptist. Shot and killed
another minister in quarrel.
Johnson, Rev. O. A., Oskaloosa, Ia. Fought pistol duel in
street; wounded.
1900. Johnson, T. J., Carmel, Ind. Evangelist. Assaulted an attendant
at one of his meetings; arrested; shot constable mortally;
constable returned fire, killing Johnson.
1899. Johnson, Rev. Wm., Maryville, Mo. Baptist. Indecent proposals
to woman; nine months.
1900. Johnson, Rev. Wm. E., Bamberg, S. C. Baptist. Murdering W. T.
Bellinger.
1902. Johnson, Rev. Wm. F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Corrupting young girls.
1910. Jones, Rev. B. Canfield, Paterson, N. J. Presbyterian. Two
young women named as co-respondents by wife in divorce.
1909. Jones, Rev. C. S., Detroit, Mich. Left home.
1901. Jones, Rev. D. B., Lagrange, N. C. Attempted rape.
1899. Jones, Rev. E. Mona, Long Island. Baptist. "Ministerial"
conduct and other improper behavior.
1907. Jones, Chaplain H. W., U. S. S. Minnesota. Deadbeat and too
fond of women.
Jones, Rev. J. W., Newport, Tenn. Abduction for purposes of
prostitution.
1908. Jones, Rev. Oliver, Brenham, Texas. Evangelist. Murderous
assault.
1907. Jones, Rev. Ralph, Selma, Ind. Kidnapping.
1906. Jones, Rev. W. H., Hendersonville, N. C. Baptist. Criminal
relations with a woman.
1900. Jones, Rev. W. H., Meriden, Conn. Methodist. Fraudulently
obtaining money.
1904. Jones, Rev. W. H. H., Junc. City, Kan. General misconduct;
expelled.
1910. Jones, Rev. N., Greenville, S. C. Seduction.
1900. Jones, Preacher, Garners, N. C. Local. Murdered his paramour
and five children.
1900. Jordan, Rev. Graham, Arlington, O. Fraudulent sale of timber
land.
1908. Jordan, Rev. John O., Jackson Hill, Ind. Baptist. Suicide.
1908. Jordan, Rev. W. F., Marshalltown, Ia. Methodist. Lying,
slander, perjury; expelled from church.
1912. Jorganson, Rev. Kent, Callender, Ia. Immoral conduct; fined in
police court.
1902. Jungblud, Rev. Chas., Niellsville, Wis. Assaulting his
8-year-old ward; eight years in penitentiary.
1913. Jurco, Rev. John, Jessup, Pa. Lutheran. Suicide.
1910. Kain, Rev. Maurice J. L., Newark, N. J. Episcopal. Unnatural
relations with boys.
1910. Kaminski, Rev. Father, Buffalo, N. Y. Catholic. Slander.
1903. Kammer, Rev. A. M., Guttenburg, N. J. Catholic. Horse-whipping
small girl.
1902. Kantor, Rev. J. M., Alta, Ia. Methodist. Defrauding insurance
companies.
1909. Kasel, Rev. Ed., New Hradec, N. D. Catholic. Tampering with
mails.
1908. Kaye, Rev. J. A., Oak Park, Ill. Presbyterian. Counterfeiting;
two years.
1905. Kaylor, Rev. A. H., Pittsburgh, Pa. Evangelist. Outrageous
abuse of wife; divorced.
1910. Kazinsky, Rev. Father, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Perjury.
1911. Kearns, Father, Vineland, N. J. Catholic. Assault.
1901. Keep, Rev. R. H., Middleport, W. Va. New Jerusalem. Making love
to all the marriageable women in his congregation, and some
outside.
1911. Keffer, Rev. Mr., Seattle, Wash. Evangelist. Cruelty.
1901. Keller, Rev. John, Arlington, N. J. Episcopal. Ravishing Mrs.
Barker; shot by Barker; recovered; not tried.
1901. Kellerman, Rev. C. R., Midland, Mich. Methodist.
"Indiscretions;" fled.
1905. Kelley, Rev. Ad. A., Salem, W. Va. Methodist. Intimacy with
domestic; confessed by himself and girl.
1911. Kellmayer, Rev. E., Trenton, N. J. Presbyterian. "Conduct
unbecoming a minister."
1907. Kelly, Rev. A. M., Nashville, Tenn. Swindling.
1913. Kelly, Rev. Claude, San Jose, Cal. Baptist. Improper conduct
with girls.
1902. Kelly, Francis J., Jersey City, N. J. Evangelist. Deserting
family.
1910. Kelly, Rev. J. M., Nowata, Okla. Evangelist. Adultery.
Kelly, Rev. Fr., Elk Point, S. D. Catholic. Running away with
young woman.
1899. Kemp, Rev. K. L., Mechanicsburg, O. Drunkenness; arrested and
fined.
1908. Kemp, Rev. Morris, Chicago. Episcopal. Corrupting morals of
boys.
1911. Kemp, Rev. R. M., Chicago. Episcopalian. Drunkenness and
immorality.
1900. Kempton, Rev. Arthur C., Janesville, Wis. Baptist. Slander;
sued by young woman for $10,000.
1910. Keniston, Rev. George, Danville, Ill. Congregational. Criminal
assault.
1903. Kennedy, Rev. R. H., Hillsboro, Ore. Congregational. Burglary;
arrested.
1906. Kenyon, Rev. J. B., Bradford, Pa. Methodist Episcopal. Resigned
under complaint of immoral conduct with young woman.
1905. Kent, Rev. Alex, Buffalo, N. Y. Baptist. Conduct unbecoming a
minister; expelled.
1912. Kepler, Rev. Robert W., Boston, Mass. Evangelist. Corrupting
the morals of a boy and abducting a young girl; now serving
time in the penitentiary.
1911. Kerr, J. W., Portland, Ind. Methodist. Immorality.
1899. Kerr, Rev. Milton R., New Haven, Conn. Congregational.
Assignation with woman of his flock.
1899. Kerr, Rev. Dr., New York. Presbyterian. Lodging at a hotel with
a young woman, with whom he afterwards fled, leaving wife.
1907. Kessenger, Rev. Nat., Evansville, Ind. Drunkenness.
1909. Keuling, Rev. E. J., Woodhaven, L. I. Lutheran. Disappeared,
leaving wife.
1914. Kidder, Rev. Dr. Scott, Bayonne, N. J. Episcopal. Accused of
indecent assault on a 16-year-old girl.
1909. Kiekhoefer, Rev. H. J., Naperville, Ill. Made love to girls in
his college.
1899. Killingbeck, Rev. Wm., New York. Evangelist. Drunkenness; died
intoxicated.
1911. Kimmons, Rev. James, Rev. Bunyan and Rev. Judson, Ellijay, Ga.
Baptists. Murder.
1910. King, Rev. D. D., Ithaca, N. Y. Methodist Episcopal. Though
married, made love to another woman; resigned.
1902. King, Rev. J. V. M., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Episcopal.
Drunkenness; suicide.
1902. Kinnunen, Rev. John, Houghton, Mich. Lutheran. Murder of wife
and child, and suicide.
1905. Kipartawy, Rev. H., New York. Catholic. Threat to kill;
assault; arrested.
1908. Kirreh, Rev. Justin, Port Chester, N. Y. Baptist. Obtaining
money under false pretenses.
1908. Kister, Rev. Frank, Providence, R. I. Theft.
1900. Kline, Robert and May, Kansas City, Mo. Evangelist. Theft.
1902. Kling, Rev. Walter, Canton, O. Presbyterian. Deceiving numerous
women of his flock; deposed.
1902. Knapp, Rev. D. E., Guthrie Center, Ia. Methodist. Abduction;
prosecuted.
1907. Knight, Rev. E. J., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopal. Fighting.
1912. Knox, Rev. Maurice E., Parkersburg, W. Va. Methodist. Sued for
divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment.
1908. Knox, Rev. Robert, Toronto, Ont. Episcopal. Attempted suicide.
1914. Kolodzejczik, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Polish Catholic.
Contributing to dependency of 8-year-old girl; convicted.
1911. Korb, Rev. A. B., St. Louis, Mo. Assault.
1911. Korona, Father Antona, Bayonne, N. J. Catholic. Slander.
1901. Koslowski, Bishop, Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Charged with
borrowing money from patients in his hospital, and then causing
their death by injecting strychnine in their veins.
1901. Kossalko, Rev. Mr., Bridgeport, Conn. Catholic. Malicious
prosecution; sued for $5,000.
1910. Kovach, Rev. A., Dayton, O. Reformed. Mistreated little girl.
1910. Kowalski, Rev. Mr., Winnipeg, Man. Catholic. Felony.
1903. Krainhardt, Rev. Fred, Josephville, Mo. Catholic. Suicide.
1912. Kraisicki, Rev. E., Detroit, Mich. Greek. Adultery.
1902. Krell, Rev. Samuel, Lacon, Ia. Methodist. Suicide.
1900. Kreutzer, Rev. Frederick, Syracuse, N. Y. Methodist. Criminal
assault on woman.
1910. Kruzinaki, Rev. Ignacius, Stamford, Conn. Catholic.
Embezzlement.
1913. Kuhlman, Rev. H. W., Tillamook, Ore. Methodist. Accosting women
on the street; convicted, but let off in accordance with the
usual favoritism to a preacher.
1913. Kuhn, Rev. A., Mississippi, Miss. Roman Catholic.
Child-beating.
1908. Kurtz, Rev. J. S., Lancaster, Pa. Mennonite. Violating fishing
laws; fined; pleaded guilty.
1912. Kuryllo, Rev. Constantine, Pittsburgh, Pa. Greek. Criminal
assault on a girl.
1911. Kvantkovsky, Father Bolishlav, Jersey City, N. J. Catholic.
Seduced and abducted young girl.
1913. Kwiatowski, Rev. Barslow, Jersey City, N. J. Roman Catholic.
Embezzlement; arrested ten years before for assault and
battery.
1899. Labour, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Disorderly conduct.
1907. Lagan, Rev. V. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Absconded with
$6,000.
1913. Laguzzi, Rev. Joseph, Batavia, N. Y. Roman Catholic. Assault.
1899. Laird, Rev. A. M., Laporte, Ind. Christian. Adultery with
member of his flock at Elkhart.
1905. Lampkin, Rev. L. D., Duncan, Mo. Evangelist. Attempting assault
on woman during revival.
1909. Lander, Rev. A. J., Chicago, Ill. Baptist. Suicide.
1914. Landis, Rev. B. J., Prince's Fork, Va. Lutheran. White slavery.
1900. Lane, Rev. C. M., San Francisco, Cal. Desertion of wife, who
sued for divorce.
1913. Lane, Rev. John, Tulsa, Okla. Methodist and evangelist.
Drunkenness.
1907. Langan, Rev. J. J., New York, N. Y. Catholic. Stealing.
1907. Lange, Rev. A., Evansville, Ind. Lutheran. Divorced; decamped
with hairdresser.
1906. Lange, Rev. F. X., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Sued by head of
family as father of 5-year-old member of that family.
1905. Lanning, Rev. J. C., Doniphan Co., Kan. Evangelist. Forgery;
jailed.
1901. Latimer, Rev. J. H., Rome, Ga. Baptist. Fighting with school
superintendent.
1913. Laudrais, Rev. Mr., La Rochelle, N. J. Roman Catholic. Arson;
sentenced to sixteen years at hard labor.
1900. Laurence, Rev. Thos., Montreal, Can. Jesuit. Swindling; three
years in state prison.
1900. Lawrence, Rev. John S., Cincinnati, O. Campbellite. Unlawful
cohabitation; proved.
1913. Lawrence, Bishop William, Cambridge, Mass. Episcopal. Sued for
defamation of character.
1902. Ledbrook, Rev. Dr., Moscow, Ida. Methodist. Seduction, murder
and suicide; chloroformed himself and girl with whom he eloped.
1914. Lee, Rev. Burton H., Ossining, N. Y. Episcopal. Sued for
separation by his wife.
1914. Lee, Rev. Frank L., Cory, Ind. Methodist. Suicide.
1903. Lee, Rev. Robert H., Middleburg, Ky. Murder of two;
penitentiary for life.
1911. Lenihan, Rev. Father D. C., Waterloo, Ia. Catholic. Assault.
1900. Lenk, Rev. Otto P., Cullman, Ala. Lutheran. Suicide by
shooting.
1900. Leonard, Rev. John, Horton, Kan. Baptist. Intimacy with choir
girl; dismissed.
1903. Lepore, Rev. Felix M., Denver, Col. Catholic. Gambling and
shooting.
Lewis, Rev. Clay, Kansas City, Mo. Evangelist. Selling borrowed
horse and wagon.
1912. Lewis, Rev. David D., New York, N. Y. Imprisoned for fraud;
made a sensational attempt to escape, but was recaptured.
1912. Lewis, Rev. F. E., Willard, Kan. Arson. Charged with burning
church to revenge himself on the congregation.
1905. Lewis, Rev. Harry, Richfield, Minn. Baptist. Theft of jewelry;
jailed.
1903. Lewis, Rev. James, Columbus, O. Beating wife.
1910. Lewis, Rev. James H., Brighton, Ia. Methodist. Adultery.
1913. Lewis, Rev. J. D., Alexis, Ill. Lutheran. White slavery,
larceny.
1901. Lewis, Rev. J. P., Petersburg, Va. Assault with deadly weapon.
1913. Lewis, Rev. W. A., Lansdowne, Pa. Methodist. Fined for cruelty
to chickens.
1903. Lewis, Rev. W. A., Texarkana, Ark. Baptist. Assisting prisoner
to escape; jailed.
1902. Lewis, Rev. Z. D., Richmond, Va. Baptist. Adultery; divorce
proceedings.
1899. Life, Rev. J. M., Hebron, O. Methodist. Attempting improper
relations; dismissed.
1906. Life, Rev. J. M., Canton, O. Methodist. Blacked wife's eye;
sued for divorce.
1911. Lightbourne, Rev. A. W., Wilmington, Del. Methodist.
"Irregularity."
1908. Limbeck, Rev. H. G., Cincinnati, O. Episcopal. Beating a boy.
Lindner, Rev. G. J., Nashville, Tenn. Campbellite. Swindling
banks; fled.
1902. Lindsey, Rev. Jos., Carbondale, Ill. Evangelist. Stealing
clothes.
1911. Line, Rev. Hood, Iola, Kan. Free Methodist. Immorality.
1902. Ling, Rev. F. D., Port Huron, Mich. Methodist. Attempted
intimacy with married woman.
1910. Little, Rev. Arthur W., Evanston, Ill. Episcopal. Suicide.
1900. Little, Rev. J. C., Rossville, Ind. Expelled for improper
relations; threatens editor with gun.
1901. Little, Rev. J. W., Beecher City, Ill. Baptist. Running away
with married woman.
Littleton, Rev. C. B., Edna, Kan. Methodist. Under suspicion of
causing wife's death; unfrocked.
1900. Lloyd, Rev. Williams C., Southod, L. I. Presbyterian. Mixed in
scandal involving the pregnancy of a worker in his church.
1909. Logan, Rev. A. W., Sterling, Ill. Baptist. Larceny.
1909. Logan, Rev. B., Tacoma, Wash. Criminal assault on 11-year-old
girl.
1910. Logan, Rev. P. B., Butler, Pa. Libel; indicted.
1901. Long, John, McKinney, Tex. Cut wife's throat with pocketknife.
1913. Long, Rev. J. Franklin, Canon City, Colo. Episcopal. Unlawful
cohabitation.
1909. Long, Rev. W. M., Plainfield, Ia. Methodist Episcopal.
Defaulter.
1910. Long, Rev. Wm., Monticello, N. Y. Theft; thirty days.
1900. Lonier, Rev. A. V., Mt. Holly, N. J. Methodist. Intimacy with
another's wife.
1914. Loomis, Rev. Chester E., Owosso, Mich. Methodist. Improper
conduct with married woman.
1909. Lorton, Rev. J. E., Edinburg, Ill. Campbellite. Unfaithfulness
and cruelty to wife.
1910. Lott, Rev. G. W., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. Annoying women on
elevated trains; fined $100.
1910. Lovejoy, Rev. M. T., Chambersburg, Pa. Church of God. Swapped
wives with the baker.
1911. Lowe, Rev. Gilbert, Willimantic, Conn. Methodist. Forgery.
1910. Lowe, Rev. Robert B., Bellefontaine, O. Baptist. Adultery.
1910. Lowery, Rev. M. C., Greenville, Ala. Shot his wife.
1901. Lowther, Rev. Frank, Winfield, Kan. Methodist. Assault and
destruction of property.
1909. Lubach, Rev. Sam., Staten Island, N. Y. Assaulted old man;
fined $10.
1901. Lucas, Rev. J. H., Hancock Co., W. Va. Methodist. Conspiracy;
indicted, arrested.
1899. Lumpkins, Rev. Lewis, Scottsboro, Ala. Baptist. Torturing by
burning his young grandson, who died; ten years in the
penitentiary.
1911. Lupton, Levi, founder of the Gift of Thomas cult, Akron, O.
Adultery.
1899. Luther, Rev. L. O., Garrison, Ia. Swindling merchants of
Garrison.
1910. Lutz, Rev. Mr., Ashland, Wis. Lutheran. Arrested for assault.
1908. Lyford, Rev. G. D., Port Huron, Mich. Congregational.
"Indiscreet" with married woman; resigned; disappeared, leaving
wife behind.
1912. Lyles, Rev. C. S., Logan, Ia. Methodist. Suspended by the
church conference for what is euphemistically described as
"high imprudence and unministerial conduct."
1908. Lynos, Rev. Ernest E., Suffolk, Va. Sanctificationist. Murder.
1904. Lyons, Rev. Chas. A., Sioux City, S. D. Bigamy; five living
wives or more.
1914. Lyons, Rev. David P., Newton, Ill. Holiness. Assault and
battery; convicted.
Mabry, Rev. W. D., Salt Lake City, Utah. Methodist. Discovered
in compromising position with well-known woman.
1904. MacGrail, Rev. Jos. T., Navy chaplain. Catholic. Gross
immorality; resignation required.
1913. Machlachlan, Rev. H. D. C., Richmond, Va. Christian.
Maintaining common nuisance.
1899. Mackay, Rev. T. J., Newport News. Baptist. Taking "unusual"
liberties with a woman.
1912. Mackelcan, Rev. George F. A., Detroit, Mich. Episcopal.
Habitual drunkard; committed to insane asylum on complaint of
his wife.
1900. MacKinney, Rev. Jas., Philadelphia, Pa. Enticing young girl;
fined $500.
1913. MacMurtry, Rev. Andrew J., Manilla, Ia. Presbyterian. Adultery;
divorce granted his wife.
1913. MacRorie, Rev. Willis S., Mount Hope, N. J. Methodist.
Adultery; convicted and sentenced to three months in county
jail.
1914. MacWeedsen, Rev. Robert, Willow Grove, Pa. Baptist. Disorderly
conduct and carrying concealed weapons.
1914. Maddox, Rev. Carroll S., Santa Monica, Cal. Baptist. Sued for
slander by woman.
1899. Maguire, Rev. H. W., Bayonne, N. J. Baptist. Assault and
battery.
1913. Main, Rev. Silas S., Britton, Mich. Christian. Equivocal
conduct with women.
1903. Malone, Rev. D. M., Wardell, Mo. Evangelist. Deserted his wife
and traveled with another woman; killed by a mob while under
arrest.
1913. Mann, Rev. Allen D., Marion, Ind. Larceny.
1910. Mann, Rev. A. M., Logan, Mich. Methodist. Immoral conduct.
1906. Marable, Rev. J. L., Haverhill, Mass. Baptist. Unlawful
cohabitation.
1912. Marcavitz, Rev. Jos., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Collecting money under
false pretenses.
1913. Marsh, Rev. Waldo B., D.D., Tacoma, Wash. Methodist. Unfrocked
for clerical impropriety.
1901. Marsh, Rev. W. H., Remington, Va. Methodist Eloping with young
girl.
1906. Marshall, Rev. C. C., Sault Ste. Marie, Can. Baptist.
Disciplined by church for striking a member of congregation.
1899. Marston, Rev. J. F., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist. Obtaining money
under false pretenses.
1909. Martin, Rev. D. C., Pittsburgh. Presbyterian. Larceny.
1905. Martin, Rev. G. W., Barron, Wis. Baptist. Seduction; ousted.
1904. Martin, Rev. L. P., Philadelphia, Pa. Evangelist. "Raising"
postal money orders; confessed.
1908. Martoogessian, Rev. L. M., New York, N. Y. Armenian. Blackmail
and extortion; two years.
1910. Maslowske, Rev. S., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Attacked and
mistreated a girl.
1905. Mason, Rev. John T., Albany, Mo. Baptist. Criminal libel.
1913. Mason, Rev. O. H. L., Long Beach, Cal. Presbyterian. Improper
conduct with girl parishioners.
1910. Mason, Rev. W. A., San Bernardino, Cal. Menacing wife's life.
1905. Masterson, Rev. Chas. S., Garrett, Ill. Abandonment and
non-support of wife, who sued for divorce; name connected with
different women's.
1913. Mata, Rev. Domingo A., Los Angeles, Cal. Presbyterian.
Impropriety with his organist.
1900. Matschat, Rev. G. L., Hicksville, L. I. Lutheran. Drunk in the
pulpit.
1901. Matthews, Rev. Chas. H., Cumberland, Md. Methodist. Shooting a
boy.
1907. Matthews, Rev. E. E., Brooklyn, N. Y. Larceny.
1914. Matthews, Rev. Frederick R., Pasadena, Cal. Methodist. Cruelty
to boy.
1913. Matthews, Rev. John, Omaha, Neb. Baptist. Immoral conduct;
unfrocked on his own confession.
1909. Matthews, Rev. R. M., Connellsville, Pa. Bigamy.
1900. Matthewson, Rev. A. C., Brockport, N. Y. Consorting with a
strange woman in Buffalo.
1913. Maxey, Rev. I. W., Decatur, Ill. Financial crookedness.
1913. Maxson, Rev. C. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Christian. Vagrancy and
drunkenness.
1901. Maxwell, Rev. M. C., Clayton, Ala. Baptist. Shooting in church.
1905. Maybery, Rev. Mr., Salt Lake City, Utah. Methodist. Adultery
committed in his church. Jailed, jumped bail.
1899. Maynard, Rev. R. A., Denver, Colo. Independent. Improperly
obtaining a divorce and remarrying.
1905. McAccen, Rev. Jos. E., Gethsemane, Ky. Catholic. Theft of $110
from another priest with whom he went on a spree in New York.
1901. McAllister, Rev. J. W., Lowells, Mich. Methodist. Attempted
seduction; disappeared.
1911. McAlwain, Rev. R. C., Council Bluffs, Ia. Episcopal. Defendant
in scandalous breach of promise suit for $30,000, plaintiff
being mother of his illegitimate child.
1901. McAmmond, Rev. F., Perth, Ont. Methodist. Drunk and disorderly
in Syracuse.
1899. McArdle, Rev. George, Troy, N. Y. Presbyterian. Cut his throat
in the presence of his wife.
1906. McAtee, Rev. J. Q., Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran. Brutally
attacked his wife; shot by daughter.
1909. McBrian, Rev. J. D., Leavenworth, Kan. Grafting as chaplain of
penitentiary.
1902. McCall, Rev. D. H., Sharon Grove, Ky. Breaking into and robbing
a store.
1901. McCammish, Rev. J., Carbondale. Ill. Second Advent. Relations
with Mrs. Brown; shot Brown in fight.
McCampbell, Rev. J. H., Bolckow, Mo. Methodist Episcopal.
Suicide.
1899. McCauley, Rev. Clarence, Louisville, Ky. Evangelist. Attempted
assault on woman.
1909. McClasky, Rev. W. P., Alameda, Cal. Methodist. Left wife for
affinity.
1910. McClellan. Rev. H., Bloomington, Ill. Cruelty to wife.
1900. McClelland, Rev. G., Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbyterian. Falsehood
and attentions to woman.
1900. McClenaghan, Rev. Mr., East Orange, N. J. Withheld until after
her death the fact that he had married a young woman to his
nephew and allowed the public to believe her child was
illegitimate; forced to resign.
1899. McCool, Rev. H. W., West Point, Neb. Lutheran. Suicide.
1909. McCrossan, Rev. C. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Baptist Exaggerated
mine prospects.
1912. McCutcheon, Rev. T. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Evangelist. Adultery;
caught by detectives in flagrante delicto.
1913. McDaniel, Rev. George W., Richmond, Va. Baptist. Maintaining
common nuisance.
1912. McDaniel, Rev. J. G., Rogers, Ark. Embezzlement; sent to the
penitentiary.
1902. MacDonald, Rev. Geo. A., Long Island City, N. Y. Baptist.
Drinking too much; resigned.
1902. McDonald, Rev. W. H., Spring Valley, N. Y. Baptist. Absconding
with church funds.
1910. McFall, Rev. Arthur, Orange, Tex. Baptist. Suicide.
1900. McFarland, Rev. E. G., Coshocton, N. Y. Episcopal. Adultery;
confessed and quit.
1903. McFarland, Rev. J. T., Topeka, Kan. Contempt of court; $25
fine.
1903. McFarland, Rev. Wm., Peoria, Ill. Methodist. Gross immorality.
1912. McFarland, Rev. W. D., D.D., Greenville, Tenn. Presbyterian.
Causing girl's death by criminal operation. Convicted and
sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
1912. McGann, Rev. William T., Elgin, Ill. Deserted his wife, who
thereupon sued for divorce.
1901. McGowan, Rev. John, South Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Undue
intimacy with Sunday school teacher.
1902. McGuinness, Rev. Jas., Truxton, N. Y. Catholic. Drunkenness;
died of alcoholism.
1909. McHenry, Rev. A. C., Cleveland, O. Congregational. Performed
illegal marriage; assaulted his accuser.
1907. McHenry, Rev. John, Benton Harbor, Mich. Campbellite. Made date
with married woman.
McIntyre, Rev. Lee A., Louisville, Ky. African Baptist.
Malicious shooting and wounding; convicted.
1901. McIntroff, Rev. David N., Spokane, Wash. Methodist. Defrauding
a widow of $700; convicted.
1904. McKay, Rev. C. B., Mapleton, Ia. Methodist. Seduction and rape
of girls.
1907. McKay, Rev. Thos., New Haven, Conn. Congregational. Plagiarism.
1904. McKinney, Rev. H. L., Pittsburgh, Pa. Evangelist. Posed as girl
correspondent and swindled men.
1902. McKnight, Rev. Mr., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist. Selling liquor
on Sunday.
1912. McKoy, Rev. Charles F., Bar Harbor, Me. Baptist. Driven from
town on account of his conduct with a 10-year-old girl.
1913. McLain, Rev. E. B., Little Rock, Ark. Forgery. Declared insane,
and sent to asylum.
1905. McLaurin, Rev. Archibald, Brooklyn, N. Y. Baptist. Too great
familiarity with women, intemperance, and other offenses.
1910. McLeod, Rev. W. H., Woodstock, Can. Baptist. Intimacy with
young women; resigned.
1909. McMasters, Rev. Josc., Galveston, Tex. Methodist. Criminally
assaulting 15-year-old girl.
1910. McMurry, Rev. W. F., Cape Girardeau, Mo. Methodist. Accused of
murder.
1913. McMurty, Rev. A. J., Oakland, Neb. Presbyterian. Immoral
conduct.
1900. McNamee, Rev. B., Urbana, O. Evangelist. Wife beating; $50 and
three months.
1902. McNellis, Rev. Ch., Titusville, Pa. Catholic. Eloping with
married woman; arrested as a vagrant.
1914. McVicker, Mrs. B. L., Marion, Ind. Quaker pastor. Unlawful
cohabitation. Even the ladies in the pulpit cannot escape the
contamination which follows the profession so persistently.
1902. McWilliams, Rev. Robt., Vineland, N. J. Cruelty to young wife.
1907. Mears, Rev. W. H., New York, N. Y. Episcopal. Consorting with
public woman. Arrested; deposed.
1899. Melbourne, Rev. J. D., Briscoe Co., Tex. Baptist.
Counterfeiting; admitted guilt.
1908. Meloy, Rev. J. B., La Porte, Ia. United Evangelist. Slander.
1900. Merchant, Rev. E. W., St. Louis, Mo. Adultery; threatening
wife's life.
1913. Merington, Rev. R. W. E., Essex Falls, N. J. Episcopal.
Attempted suicide.
1900. Meriwether, Rev. P. M., Clarksville, Tenn. Abducting for
purposes of prostitution.
1909. Metcalf, Rev. E. F., Alexandria, S. D. Campbellite. Seduction
of 14-year-old girl.
1914. Metcalf, Rev. Milton Y., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist. Embezzlement.
1913. Michael, Rev. George, Pittsburgh, Pa. Greek Catholic. Criminal
assault.
1902. Miller, Rev. Chas. B., Griffin, Ga. Methodist. Forging and
swindling.
1910. Miller, Rev. C. E., Marion, O. Campbellite. Charged by wife
with immorality; resigned.
1898. Miller, Rev. Jas. N., New Haven, Conn. Congregational. Stealing
$500 worth of books.
1910. Miller, Rev. J. M., Butler, Pa. Lutheran. Libel; indicted.
1913. Milligan, Rev. Robert F. T., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Attempted criminal assault; sentenced to from one to fourteen
years in the penitentiary.
1901. Milliken, Rev. Lee B., Cincinnati, O. Presbyterian. Swindling;
borrowed money and skipped from Washington, Ind.
1913. Milton, Rev. Mr., Hastings, Neb. Methodist. Unlawful
intercourse.
1914. Minehart, Rev. James T., Chicago, Ill. Using mails to defraud.
1910. Miraglia, Rev. Paolo. Catholic. Excluded as undesirable person
because of crimes in Italy.
1901. Mitchell, Rev. H. M., Sugartown, Ga. Methodist. Fighting with a
knife.
1896. Mitchell, Rev. T. E., Knoxville, Tenn. Perjury; two years'
sentence.
1914. Mlynarezyk, Rev. Father, Cleveland, O. Polish Catholic. Rape.
1914. Mohammed, Rev. C., Bristol, Va. Syrian. Obtaining money under
false pretenses; convicted and sentenced.
1909. Mollineaux, Rev. E. H., Hempstead, L. I. Baptist. Eloped with
another's wife.
1901. Moment, Rev. Alfred, Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbyterian. Misconduct
with young married woman.
Monda, Rev. L. A., Connellsville, Pa. Catholic. Seduction;
arrested; jumped bail.
1912. Monteuffel, Rev. Julius, Passaic, N. J. Roman Catholic.
Assault; charged with striking a woman in the face.
1902. Montgomery, Rev. Mr., Woodbridge, N. J. Presbyterian. Conduct
meriting imprisonment.
1908. Moore, Rev. Allie, Bellefontaine, O. Episcopal. Forgery.
1913. Moore, Bishop David H., Indianapolis, Ind. Methodist. Libel.
1900. Moore, Rev. Green, Louisa, Ky. Baptist. Convicted on paternity
charge.
Moore, Rev. Dr. H. H., Corry, Pa. Methodist. Indicted on
"serious charge."
1901. Moore, Rev. Philip, Indianapolis, Ind. Evangelist. Assault and
battery on wife and child.
1907. Moore, Rev. R. L., Garrett's Ford, Pa. Evangelist. Larceny.
1899. Moore, Rev. W., Benton, Ky. Methodist. Immorality with young
girl.
1899. Moran, Rev. S. Wilson, Minneapolis. Episcopal. Nameless crime.
1899. Morelle, Rev. Daniel, Wilmington, Ga. Suicide in New York.
1903. Morgan, Rev. F. A., Oklahoma City, I. T. Holiness. Fornication.
1900. Morris, Rev. John W., Indianapolis, Ind. Evangelist. Adultery;
eloped with married woman.
1910. Morris, Rev. Wm., Los Angeles. Episcopal. Craving for coin and
beer; arrested.
1908. Morris, Rev. Mr., Milford, Ga. Methodist. Attempted assault on
woman; shot by husband.
1914. Morrison, Rev. Arthur M., Newburyport, Mass. Evangelist.
Forgery.
1905. Morrison, Rev. A. B., Texarkana, Ark. Baptist. Eloped with girl
of 13; prosecuted under age of consent law; ten years.
1905. Morrison, Rev. D. H., Emporia, Kan. Methodist. Improper conduct
with girl 8 years old.
1899. Morrison, Rev. G. E., Vernon, Tex. Methodist. Wife murder;
hanged.
1902. Morrison, Rev. W. F., Chelsea, Mass. Navy chaplain. Suicide.
1912. Mortimer, Rev. Alfred G., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopal.
Immorality.
1911. Moss, Rev. Richard H., Akron, O. Methodist. Convicted of
robbery.
1898. Mott, Rev. Charles A., Stockton, N. J. Baptist. Attempted rape
of married woman; confessed.
1908. Mott, Rev. Henry Elliott, D.D., Elizabeth, N. J. Presbyterian.
Immorality.
1914. Moulton, Rev. R. C., Des Moines, Ia. Methodist. Brutal assault
on child.
1909. Moyer, Rev. C. H., Chicago, Ill. Methodist Episcopal. Confessed
to embezzlement of $1,700.
1912. Muehlfeldt, Francis W., New York, N. Y. Lay evangelist. Robbery
and murder.
1913. Mueller, Rev. Kurt, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Bigamy.
1913. Mueller, Rev. Philip, D.D., Stillwater, Wis. Manslaughter.
1901. Muldoon, Rev. Mr., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Scandalous conduct,
drunkenness, etc.
1914. Mullin, Rev. J. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Murder.
Murphy, Rev. S. E., Eufala, Ark. Evangelist. Forgery; deserting
his wife.
1901. Murray, Rev. Abr., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. "Transgressions of
the most serious sort."
1905. Murray, Rev. O. E., Bijou Hills, S. D. Sued by H. A. Schmidt
for seduction of minor daughter.
1899. Murray, Rev. William, Dyersburg, Tenn. Methodist. Immorality.
1899. Musgrove, Rev. C. J., Lewiston, O. Methodist Protestant.
Burglary and larceny.
1908. Myers, Rev. Clement, Portland, Ind. Debauchery, etc.
1910. Myers, Rev. C., Boston, Mass. Baptist. Sued for libel.
1912. Mylnarczyk, Rev. A., Utica, N. Y. Polish Catholic. Mailing
obscene literature.
1906. Mynarczyk, Rev. W. A., New Kensington, Pa. Catholic. Rape.
1913. Nawrocki, Rev. Adelbert, Brooklyn, N. Y. Polish Catholic.
Criminal libel; pleaded guilty.
1906. Nazarian, Rev. Saliag, Fresno, Cal. Catholic. Abduction of
14-year-old girl.
1911. Neal, Rev. B., Springfield, Ill. Christian. Seduced a little
girl, who at the age of 13 gave birth to a child.
1911. Neece, T. Clay, Dallas, Tex. Former Baptist preacher. Horse
thief.
1899. Neeley, Rev. H. D., Higginsport, O. Methodist. Indulgence in
immoralities.
1913. Neil, Rev. B. M., Modesta, Ill. Seduction of young girl; sent
to penitentiary for 25 years.
Nellis, Rev. Charles, Titusville, Pa. Catholic. Elopement with
married woman.
1904. Nelson, Rev. H. P., Seattle, Wash. Evangelist. Left wife to
live with another woman.
1902. Nelson, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Robbing patients in
hospital and swindling merchants.
1903. Nesbit, Rev. N. Hill. Desertion; divorce; alimony.
1913. Nettles, Rev. Stephen A., Spartansburg, S. C. Methodist.
Improper conduct toward a young woman, assault and
miscellaneous minor offenses.
1912. Newell, Rev. William R., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Excommunicated by Moody Church for misconduct with women,
habitual use of narcotic drugs, and unreliability of
statements.
1914. Newill, Rev. E. P., Los Angeles, Cal. Contempt of court.
1899. Newman, Rev. Newman, Waco, Tex. Evangelist. Counterfeiting; one
year in the penitentiary.
1909. Newman, Rev. P. I., Vandalia, Ill. Crime against little girl;
one to twenty years' sentence.
1900. Newsom, Rev. Mr., Elizabethtown, Ky. Methodist. Fighting on the
street.
1900. Nichols, Rev. C. E. O., Burlington, N. J. Episcopal.
Maltreating a boy pupil; fled.
1899. Nichols, Rev. C. W. DeL., New York. Episcopal. Gross
immorality; deposed by Bishop Potter.
1900. Nichols, Rev. J. E., Riverhead, L. I. Methodist. Living with
another man's wife.
1904. Nichols, Rev. R. A., Worcester, Mass. Church of Christ.
Mishandling funds entrusted to him.
1903. Nickelsen, Rev. C. D., Colfax, Wash. Methodist. Enticing a
woman; withdrew from the ministry.
1913. Nickerson, Rev. Wm. H., Westfield, Ill. United Brethren.
Murderous assault.
1904. Nickerson, Rev. Mr., Columbus, O. Baptist. Bigamy; penitentiary
for one year.
1909. Nieman, Rev. John, Pittsburgh, Pa. Abused 15-year-old girl;
struck wife.
1908. Nimmo, Rev. J. H., Barriefield, Ont. Anglican. Eloped; deposed.
1913. Niskowici, Rev. A., Youngstown, O. Independent Catholic.
Forgery.
1912. Nix, Rev. J. W., Clarkson, Miss. Methodist. Convicted of
attempted assault on a 9-year-old girl; sentenced to one year
in prison.
1913. Noon, Rev. Samuel H., Cambridge, Mass. Methodist. Suicide.
1912. Norris, Rev. J. Frank, Fort Worth, Tex. Baptist. Accused of
arson.
1899. Norris, Rev. Reginald, St. Paul, Minn. Evangelist. Bigamy; four
or five wives.
1900. Northrup, Rev. C. V., Owosso, Mich. Baptist. Seduction;
deposed.
1900. Norton, Rev. A. Q., Amityville, N. Y. Methodist. "Indiscreet
conduct;" fined $25.
1906. Norton, Rev. J. G., Valdosta, Ga. Baptist. Suicide.
1911. Novak, Rev. Matthew, Milwaukee, Wis. Catholic. Viciously
assaulted a boy.
1898. Nye, Rev. D. C., North Coshocton, N. Y. Methodist. Left wife
and eloped with young woman.
1900. Nye, Rev. Moses, Newark, O. Evangelist. Assaulted brother
preacher.
1912. Oakes, Rev. John A., Belford, N. J. Methodist. "Indiscretion"
with young girls.
1899. Oakes, Rev. J. A., Sharpestown, N. J. Methodist. Indecent
assault on girl.
1910. O'Brien, Rev. D., Sandy Hill, N. Y. Catholic. Immoral relations
with school teacher.
1905. O'Callaghan, Rev. P. J, Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Keeping
gambling house; arrested.
1900. O'Cantey, Rev. Mr., Elliott, S. C. Ravishing 10-year-old girl.
1904. O'Connell, Rev. M. J., New York, N. Y. Catholic. Attempting
suicide.
1909. O'Dell, Rev. Sol., Lebanon, Mo. Presbyterian. Drew knife on a
minister who then shot him.
1914. Odjada, Rev. Macairo, San Bernardino, Cal. Head of Spanish
mission. Failure to provide for family.
1900. O'Donnell, Rev. John J., New York, N. Y. Catholic. Suicide.
1900. Odum, Rev. B., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist. "Beating landlady out of
his board bill."
1912. Offstedahl, Rev. M. E., Grafton, N. D. Lutheran. Suicide.
1905. Oggle, Rev. Mr., Roan Mountain, Term. Baptist. Organized church
club into which females were initiated nude; lodged in jail in
Bakersville, N. C.
O'Hara, Rev. Anthony, Philip, S. D. Catholic. Rape of
12-year-old girl.
1899. Olden, Rev. G. D., Topeka, Kan. Baptist. Parentage of
illegitimate child.
1899. Oliver, Rev. Robt., Atlantic City, N. J. Stealing lumber to fit
up camp grounds.
1909. Olson, Rev. O. M., Batavia, Ill. Methodist. Disorderly conduct.
1907. Oplinger, Rev. H. J., Slatington, Pa. Young woman the mistress,
wife the domestic in his household.
1912. O'Ryan, Father William, Denver, Colo. Catholic. Attempted to
bribe a witness.
1902. Orwick, Rev. J. F., Jackson, Mich. Visiting assignation houses;
habitual immorality.
1909. Osborn, Rev. A. O., Bloomfield, Ind. Campbellite. Embezzlement.
1909. Osborn, Rev. Joel, St. Joseph, Mo. Baptist. "Peeping Tom;"
fined.
1899. O'Shay, Rev. Charles, Chillicothe, O. Christian. Intimacy with
woman not his wife; breaking up home of Ch. Summers.
1900. O'Shea, Rev. Chas., Provo, Utah. Known to be a bigamist;
suspected of murder.
1908. Osterfield, Rev. Dudley, Ozone Park, L. I. Methodist. Violation
of marriage vows; sued for divorce.
1904. O'Tool, Rev. M. J., New Sharon, Ia. Peddling without license;
arrested.
1909. Owen, Rev. Gustave, Clarksville, Tenn. Selling liquor without
license; chain gang.
1908. Owen, Rev. Thomas, Newton, Mass. Episcopal. Adultery.
1909. Owen, Rev. W. D., Augusta, Ga. Campbellite. Jailed for land
frauds.
1901. Owens, Rev. C. T., Atlanta, Ga. Methodist. Drunkenness and
breach of promise.
1912. Owens, Rev. Eben J., New York City. Evangelist. Extortion.
1913. Owens, Rev. Joe, Rosedale, Va. Baptist. Adultery and
embezzlement.
1913. Owens, Rev. Joseph, Abingdon, Va. Baptist. White slavery.
1913. Owens, Rev. Oscar Lee, Baltimore, Md. Baptist. cruelty to wife;
separation granted her.
1912. Oxnard, Rev. Henry E. E., New Bedford, Mass. Constructive
larceny.
1901. Pace, Rev. John P., Russellville, Ala. Baptist. Adultery; six
months' sentence.
1914. Paciarelli, Rev. Joseph, Altoona, Pa. Methodist. Libel.
1910. Paisley, Rev. J. A., Moorsville, N. C. Presbyterian. Seduction,
adultery.
1901. Papageorgopoulos, Rev. Agathodorus A., New York. Greek
Catholic. Adultery; co-respondent in divorce suit.
1913. Papineau, Rev. Arthur B., Wayland, Mass. Episcopal. Sued for
defamation of character.
1912. Pappilon, Rev. J. J., Willimantic, Conn. Roman Catholic.
Obstructing justice.
1900. Pappon, Rev. Karol, Springfield, Mass. Catholic. Assaulting a
woman.
1899. Parish, Rev. F. G., Indianapolis, Ind. Baptist. Cruelty to
wife; divorced.
1907. Park, Rev. W. H., Goshen, Ind. Suicide.
1907. Parker, Rev. G. C., Hopkinsville, Ky. Methodist. Used church
collection to get drunk.
1912. Parker, Rev. J. A., Kempton, Ind. Christian. Adultery.
1901. Parker, Rev. J. T., Baltimore, Md. Baptist. Bigamy.
1907. Parker, Rev. W. G., Goshen, Ind. Suicide.
1901. Parker, Rev. W. H., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Interfering with an
officer; jailed.
1910. Parkinson, Rev. B. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Methodist. Engaged
to young woman; wife in Iowa.
1897. Parrish, Rev. Geo., Marshalltown, Ia. Congregational. Forgery.
1912. Passley, Rev. Robert, New York, N. Y. Baptist. Grand larceny.
1912. Patten, Rev. Samuel, Cincinnati, O. Disorderly conduct and
attempted suicide.
1901. Patterson, Rev. C. T., Minneola, Fla. Methodist. Threatening
life of wife; arrested.
1907. Patterson, Rev. E., Enid, Okla. Jailed for stealing.
1910. Patterson, Rev. V. M., Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational. Left
wife to court former sweetheart.
1913. Pawlikowski, Rev. Roman, St. Louis, Mo. Alienation of
affections; verdict against him of $750.
1899. Payne, Rev. Thos. J., Benton, Tenn. Baptist. Making moonshine
whisky.
Payseur, Rev. J. J., Charlotte, N. C. Baptist. Shot farmer on
whose lands he was hunting.
1902. Peabody, Rev. D. C., Decatur, Ill. Episcopal. Suicide.
1907. Peabody, Rev. P. B., Utica, N. Y. Episcopal. Petty larceny; six
months.
1909. Pembroke, Rev. D., St. Joseph, Mo. Catholic. Blackmailing; six
months.
1912. Perinchef, Rev. Percy, D.D. Methodist. Accused of slandering
and intimidating a woman.
Perkins, Rev. G., Marshalltown, Ia. Baptist. Cheating by false
pretenses.
1912. Perkins, Rev. Reece W., New Orleans, La. Baptist. Frequented
houses of ill fame.
Perry, Rev. Harry M., Lincoln, Neb. Methodist. Violation of
liquor law.
1910. Perry, Rev. Isaac, Williamsburg, Ky. Murder.
1910. Perry, Rev. M. W., Gadsden, Ala. Adultery and embezzlement of
$165.
1909. Person, Rev. R. T., Philadelphia, Pa. Made love to workingman's
wife.
1913. Peterson, Rev. Carl, Northampton, Mass. Using mails to defraud.
1900. Peterson, Rev. Jacob B., New York, N. Y. Armenian. Drunk and
disorderly; demolished furniture.
1912. Peterson, Rev. W. A., Oshkosh, Wis. Methodist. "Indiscretion"
with lambs of the female persuasion.
1903. Petty, Rev. W. O., Gainesville, Ga. Shooting at a divekeeper
and hitting another man.
1906. Phalen, Rev. J. R., Clement City, Mich. Baptist. Jailed for
passing worthless checks. Received compromising letters from
women of congregation.
1910. Pheley, Rev. Dr. W. H., Providence, R. I. Presbyterian.
Drinking habits.
1908. Phelps, Rev. James Duane, Syracuse, N. Y. Methodist. Suicide.
1899. Phelps, Rev. J. D., Buffalo, N. Y. Methodist. Immoral
character, according to rumor.
1901. Phillips, Rev. E. S., Hazleton, Pa. Catholic. Came to New York
on a spree, and died in a disorderly house.
1903. Phillips, Rev. Harry L., Randolph, Co., W. Va. Methodist.
Forgery.
1900. Phillips, Rev. J. H., Huntsville, Ala. Left wife and
disappeared with another.
1909. Pick, Elder E., Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Shaker. Unbecoming conduct
with eldress; unfrocked.
1906. Pickle, Rev. John, Colfax, Wash. Jailed for wife-beating.
1905. Pierce, Rev. David, Southbury, Conn. Congregational. Attempting
to shoot wife and daughter; placed in an asylum.
1909. Pike, Rev. G. R., Eau Claire, Wis. Congregational. Detraction;
prosecuted.
1900. Piner, Rev. W. F., Hopkinsville, Ky. Methodist. Called on wife;
whipped husband who objected.
1910. Pippen, Rev. W. E., Shreveport, La. Baptist. Obtaining money by
false pretenses.
1913. Pippin, Rev. William E., Prescott, Ark. Baptist. Forgery;
sentenced to three years in penitentiary.
1900. Pirstle, Rev. B. J., Jasper, Tenn. Presbyterian. Suicide.
1910. Pittman, Rev. A. J., Brandenburg, Ky. Baptist. Wife-beating.
1903. Plannette, Rev. E. E., Los Angeles, Cal. Presbyterian. Petty
larceny; confessed; jailed.
1905. Plant, Rev. Robert, Rockland, Me. Episcopal. Libel; sued.
1913. Plantz, Rev. Howard J., Sycamore, Ill. Free Methodist.
Corrupting morals of child; confessed guilt.
1911. Plass, Rev. Norman, Boston, Mass. Protestant. Sold bogus mining
stock.
1904. Platt, Rev. A. L., Santa Cruz, Cal. Christian. Deserting wife
and eloping.
1908. Pledger, Rev. C. P., Warrensburg, Ill. Evangelist. Defamation.
1909. Pniak, Rev. Simon, Utica, N. Y. Catholic. Criminal assault on
girl.
1913. Podin, Rev. Carl, New York, N. Y. Presbyterian. Non-support of
wife.
1905. Pohl, Rev. Titus, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Bastardy; resigned.
1903. Poleet, Rev. John, Springfield, Ill. Murder of C. Isaksson;
confessed; life sentence.
1907. Poole, Rev. G., Gloucester City, N. J. Baptist. Put out of
church on serious charges.
Pooler, Rev. G., Burr Oaks, Mich. Presbyterian. Cruelty to and
non-support of wife.
1900. Popke, Rev. A., Baltimore, Md. Catholic. Adultery; woman's
husband got divorce.
1902. Porter, Rev. C. H., Newport, R. I. Unitarian. Cruelty to wife,
who secured a divorce.
1900. Porter, Rev. Farley, Batavia, N. Y. Presbyterian. Slander; sued
for $5,000.
1912. Porter, Rev. Robert B., Downieville, Pa. Sued for divorce on
grounds of cruelty and neglect.
1904. Porter, Rev. Wm., Huntsville, Ala. Embezzling funds; arrested.
1900. Porterfield, Rev. C. L., Franklin, Pa. Baptist. Assaulting
15-year-old girl; sent to Western Penitentiary.
Porubsky, Rev. John, Binghampton, N. Y. Catholic.
Misappropriation of church funds.
1903. Posey, Rev. O. K., Pottawatomie Co., Kan. Christian. Deserting
wife; eloping with young girl.
1899. Potter, Rev. Daniel, New York, N. Y. Baptist. Improper conduct
with his housekeeper.
1904. Powell, Rev. George, Utica, N. Y. Attempted suicide.
1900. Powell, Rev. James, Elfort, O. Evangelist. The murder of Frank
Reed.
1912. Powell, Rev. J. W., Van Buren, Ark. Baptist. Convicted of
criminal assault on a young girl.
1899. Powell, Rev. Thos., Madison, Ind. Drunkenness; lost pulpit
through drink.
1900. Power, Rev. J. W., New York, N. Y. Catholic. Procuring will in
his favor through fraud.
1909. Powers, Rev. P., Chicago. Methodist Episcopal. Held responsible
for suicide of woman. Removed by bishop.
1901. Powers, Rev. Samuel, Philadelphia, Pa. Methodist. Suicide.
1912. Prentess, Rev. S. Henry, Charlottesville, Va. Evangelist.
Burglary.
1907. Presby, Rev. J. H., New Haven, Conn. Sued for divorce; intimate
with young woman of congregation.
1899. Preston, Rev. Charles E., Jamestown, N. Y. Disappeared from
steamer Puritan under circumstances pointing to suicide,
leaving a note, in which he said, "Let not those 'insane
babblers' or Infidels get hold of this for their miserable
God-dishonoring, yearly book on the crimes of preachers." He
was afterward found in Albany, N. Y., living with a woman
member of his church as her husband. Expelled from ministry,
wife securing divorce.
1908. Preston, Rev. E. J., Glens Falls and Enterprise, W. Va.
Methodist. Swindling.
1914. Price, Rev. Jacob E., D.D., New York. Methodist Episcopal.
Improper conduct with women; admonished by church court.
1911. Price, Rev. Dr. Walter, McKeesport, Pa. Presbyterian. Improper
conduct with girls.
1907. Pritchett, Rev. A., Clayton, Mo. Methodist Episcopal. Chased
out of town by women he slandered.
Protisch, Rev. G. D., Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran. Deserted wife
for another woman; deserted her.
1914. Pruitt, Rev. L. B., Colena, Ia. Baptist. Drunkenness; fined in
police court.
1907. Puffer, Rev. C. H., Salem, Mass. Universalist. Made love to
another's wife while on "trial divorce" from his own.
1900. Queen, Rev. Z. T., Mystic, Ia. Campbellite. Two wives; found
guilty by his church.
1904. Quick, Rev. S., Sigourney, Ia. Evangelist. Alienating the
affections of married woman.
1901. Quimby, Rev. David B., Brooklyn, N. Y. Passing worthless check.
1906. Quinn, Rev. Mr., Atlantic Highlands, N. J. Catholic. Found dead
in New York lodging house with rectory housekeeper. Married
man.
1902. Rabe, Rev. Wm. G., Omaha, Neb. Baptist. Asphyxiated in close
embrace with a lady missionary, in pastor's room of church.
1904. Raczaszeek, Rev. I. Paul, New York. Catholic. Slander;
arrested.
1900. Radford, Rev. Walter, Waubay, S. D. Congregational. Ruining his
own daughter; confessed.
1899. Rafferty, Rev. C. P., Columbus, O. Catholic. Drunkenness; death
due to alcoholism.
1907. Rafter, Rev. W. S., Oxford, Conn. Episcopal. Deposed for low
morals.
1914. Ragdale, Rev. C. B., Atlanta, Ga. Perjury.
1910. Rakowski, Rev. W., St. Joseph, Mo. Catholic. Took $300 to save
a soul; stayed away.
1904. Ramsey, Rev. Alex., New Castle, Pa. Evangelist. Horse stealing;
convicted; jailed.
1909. Ramsey, Rev. J. J., Fruita, Col. Seduction; girl attempted
suicide.
1901. Raub, Rev. F. E., Frankford, Pa. Moravian. Breach of promise;
convicted.
1905. Ravens, Rev. D. F., Farmington, Wash. Campbellite. Abusing wife
who sued for divorce.
1900. Ravidon, Rev. M., Evans, W. Va. Baptist. Ravishing 11-year-old
girl.
1905. Rawlins, Rev. G. W., Valdosta, Ga. Murdering the two children
of the Rev. W. L. Carter; hanged.
1908. Ray, Rev. J. M., Peoria, Ill. Swindling.
1909. Raycroft, Rev. J. R., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist. Home
insanitary; child died for lack of medical attention.
1913. Raymond, Rev. Charles E., Peoria, Ill. Lutheran. Deposed and
expelled from the synod for immoral conduct.
1910. Raymond, Rev. R. D., Boston, Mass. Baptist. Forgery.
1906. Rea, Rev. J. L., Mangum, Okla. Campbellite. Murder; suicide.
Reams, Rev. A. R., Merced, Cal. Baptist. Seduction; arrested;
escaped.
1912. Reardon, Rev. Mr., Peoria, Ill. Name given by a Roman Catholic
priest, who was arrested in a state of beastly intoxication.
1913. Redecker, Rev. C. E., Tacoma, Wash. Methodist. Sued for divorce
for non-support; formerly kicked out of pastorate for
attentions to women.
Reed, Rev. A. M., Oakland, Cal. Evangelist. Theft of a horse
from his fiancee.
1913. Reed, Rev. Draper, Newburg, Ind. Free Methodist. Assault and
battery of wife; fined for offense. "The devil was in me," his
excuse.
1913. Reed, Rev. Robert H., McCleary, Wash. Methodist. Sending
obscene letters through the mail; sentenced on his own
confession.
1909. Reese, Rev. D. L., Anderson, Ind. Lutheran. Drunkenness.
1913. Reinhardt, Rev. Max, Soldier, Ida. Baptist. Stealing church
building.
1899. Renear, Rev. B., Millville, N. J. Attempting suicide.
1900. Rexroad, Rev. J. T., Weston, W. Va. Evangelist. Fomented bloody
feud; was asked to leave and did.
1909. Reynolds, Rev. E. V., Los Angeles, Cal. Catholic. Murder;
arrested in Salt Lake City for immoral conduct with boys.
1906. Reynolds, Rev. G. L., Columbus, O. Baptist. Arrested for
bigamy.
1902. Reynolds, Rev. J. M., Bedford City, Pa. Presbyterian. Juggling
funds; untruthfulness; expelled from the ministry.
1901. Reynolds, Rev. J. S., Riverton, Ill. Campbellite. Embezzlement
and bigamy.
1899. Rhianhart, Rev. J., Steinauer, Neb. Catholic. Eloped with a
married woman.
1912. Rhodes, Rev. Walter R., Onancock, Va. Baptist. Suicide.
1905. Rice, Rev. John Bell, Louisville, Ky. Suicide by shooting.
1909. Rice, Rev. J. R., Toledo, O. Implicated in hold-up.
1908. Rice, Rev. T. M., Columbus, Kan. Baptist. Bigamy; pleaded
guilty; five years at hard labor.
1913. Rice, Rev. U. T. S., Mattoon, Ill. Baptist. Embezzlement;
pleaded guilty and sent to penitentiary for from one to ten
years.
1900. Rich, Rev. Alonzo, Kansas City, Mo. Evangelist. Convicted of
perjury; a bigamist.
1900. Rich, Rev. E. L., Watsonville, Cal. Presbyterian. Selling pork
that had died of itself.
1901. Rich, Rev. John M., Hackensack, N. J. Slander; apologized to
avert consequences.
1909. Richards, Rev. E. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. Campbellite.
Swindling.
Richardson, Rev. John, Missouri. Abducting girl for immoral
purposes.
1911. Richeson, Rev. C. V. T., Boston. Baptist. Murder.
1909. Richey, Rev. J. W., Carmel, Ind. Methodist. Sold mortgaged
property. Left wife for young woman. Two years.
1907. Richmond, Rev. W. C., Cambridge, Mass. Baptist. Divorced by
wife. Larceny; jailed.
1905. Richtartsik, Rev. E. F., Bayonne, N. J. Catholic. Assault and
battery; arraigned.
1909. Richter, Rev. W. J., Grand Rapids, Mich. Divorced for cruelty.
1902. Rickey, Rev. Albert, Scottsburg, Ind. Baptist. Theft of a cow;
arrested; escaped.
1900. Riddick, Rev. J. E., White Plains, Va. Methodist. Manslaughter;
convicted.
1902. Ridge, Rev. Thomas, Hart, Mich. Murder of W. L. Shafer.
1912. Riedl, Rev. John, Milwaukee, Wis. Roman Catholic. Offering
bribe to chief truancy officer to secure his brother's
appointment as an officer.
1901. Riegel, Rev. C. P., Cheltenham, Pa. Catholic. Came to New York
on a spree; got into bad company; found dead in hallway.
1909. Rightmeyer, Rev. G., Dayton, O. Lutheran. Drunkenness;
arrested.
1910. Ringland, Rev. Thos., Weldon, Ill. Methodist. Disorderly
conduct; arrested with girl.
1911. Ringle, Otto, Duluth, Minn. Former preacher. Drunkard and
vagrant.
Ritanour, Rev. A. M., Bedford, Va. Baptist. Expelled from
church on charges by wife.
1908. Ritchie, Rev. Wm., Charlottesville, Ind. Methodist. Defaulted;
embezzled church funds; disappeared with servant girl, leaving
family dependent on congregation.
1906. Rittgers, Rev. J. B., Glendola, N. J. Methodist. Implicated in
church scandal; resigned.
1913. Rivera, Rev. J. M., Brooklyn, N. Y. Roman Catholic. Seduction;
ran away.
1914. Robbins, Rev. E. E., Salinas, Cal. Methodist. Mailing improper
letters; three years in the Federal prison.
1907. Robbins, Rev. J. W., Maurice, Ind. Campbellite. Immoral conduct
with children.
1907. Roberts, Rev. John, Cocke Co., Tenn. Ten years for murder.
1909. Roberts, Rev. J. T., Noblesville, Ind. United Brethren.
Criminal libel.
1907. Roberts, Rev. N. J., Shreveport, La. Methodist Episcopal.
Expelled from conference for immorality.
Roberts, Elder Sam, Stuart, Ia. Church of God. Eloping with the
wife of Elder Sharp.
1904. Robinette, Rev. M. D., Richmond, Va. Baptist. Making moonshine
whisky.
1900. Robinson, Rev. B., New York, N. Y. Baptist. Forgery.
1910. Robinson, Rev. C. W., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopalian.
Seduction.
1910. Robinson, Rev. G. J., Dayton, O. Methodist. Removed under a
cloud.
1900. Robinson, Rev. Lewis, Camden, N. J. Evangelist. Attempting the
life of his wife.
1910. Robinson, Rev. S. D., Herkimer, N. Y. Methodist. Betrayed
19-year-old girl; left town.
1907. Robinson, Rev. Wm., Helena, Ark. Swindling.
1900. Robottom, Rev. P. J., Lancaster, Pa. Episcopal. Intimacy with
woman; husband sought divorce.
1911. Rockwell, Rev. C. W., Waynesburg, Pa. Baptist. wife-beater.
1910. Rockwell, Rev. R. H., Butler, Pa. Presbyterian. Libel;
indicted.
1901. Rodgers, Rev. J. E., Bloomington, Ind. Baptist. Arrested on
paternity charge of 16-year-old girl.
1910. Roehl, Rev. William E., St. Louis, Mo. Traveling evangelist.
Drunkenness.
1910. Rogers, Rev. J. A., Chicago, Ill. Theft.
1902. Rogers, Rev. J. L., Santa Cruz, Cal. Baptist. Arson; arrested;
confessed.
1900. Roney, Rev. M. F., Philadelphia, Pa. Catholic. Delirium tremens
in Cincinnati.
1903. Rooks, Rev. T. S., Bridgewater, Ia.; Col., Cal., Okla.
Adultery; seduction; jail; tar and feathers.
1913. Rorsos, Rev. Steven, Delray, Mich. Assault and battery
committed on 10-year-old boy.
1911. Rose, Rev. B. L., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist. Charged with felony.
1912. Rose, Rev. J. B., Lemoore, Cal. Presbyterian. Used obscene
language in the presence of women, and threatened to murder an
editor.
Rose, Rev. J. D., Campbell, Ark. Baptist. Deserting wife and
children and eloping with girl of 15; forged check for $65.
1900. Rose, Rev. Owen W., Sabula, Ia. Leading lynching mob.
1908. Roseberry, Rev. H. E., Chattanooga, Tenn. Abduction; three
years.
1909. Rosell, Rev. W. H., Oxford, O. Evangelist. Fraud.
1902. Ross, Rev. I. S., El Reno, Ark. Betrayal of financial trust.
1908. Rowe, Rev. F., Carthage, Mo. Adventist. Jailed for wife
abandonment.
1911. Rowe, Rev. Gilbert J., Willimantic, Conn. Passed bogus check.
1901. Rowland, Rev. J. M., Grand Rapids, Mich. Christian. Suicide.
1907. Royer, Rev. John, Columbus, Ind. Methodist. Kissing member of
congregation; suspended.
1899. Ruby, Rev. H. W., Ponca City, Ok. Free Methodist. Killing a
deputy sheriff.
1912. Rucker, Rev. Thomas, Benton, Mo. Methodist. Forgery.
1899. Rumpf, Rev. Charles, Union Hill, N. J. Lutheran. Drunkenness
and wife-beating; 90 days.
1908. Runyan, Rev. P. D., West Derry, Pa. Baptist. Beat a little
girl; fined $10.
1901. Russell, Rev. F. B., New York, N. Y. Extortions as head of a
law and order league.
1900. Russell, Rev. L. M., Eddyville, Ky. Methodist. Writing love
letters to a married woman; withdrew from church.
1911. Ruth, Rev. Leroy, Sultan, Wash. Methodist. Criminally assaulted
a girl 10 years old.
1900. Rutledge, Rev. Wm., Paducah, Ky. Baptist. Making and selling
moonshine whisky.
1908. Rutledge, Rev. W. E., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist. Used mails to
defraud.
1905. Ryan, Rev. J. A., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Adultery; named as
co-respondent in divorce suit.
1909. Ryan, Rev. J. A., Denver, Colo. Catholic. Eloped with girl.
1910. Ryan, Rev., Benton Harbor, Mich. Catholic. Seduction.
1899. Rymarfski, Rev. L., Cleveland, O. German evangelist. Suicide by
poison.
1912. Sachs, Rev. William P., St. Louis, Mo. Lutheran. Arrested for
deserting his wife.
1908. Samson, Rev. Maurice, Spring City, Pa. Reformed. Marital
unfaithfulness.
1913. Sanders, Rev. L. L., Spokane, Wash. United Presbyterian. Using
mails to defraud; pleaded guilty.
1901. Sanderson, Rev. D. C., Almonte, Ont. Methodist. Drunkenness and
debauchery at Syracuse.
1911. Sandford, Rev. Frank, Portland, Me. Head of Holy Ghost and Us
Society. Caused death of six of his followers on voyage of
yacht.
1908. Saphore, Rev. E. Warren, Syracuse, N. Y. Episcopal. Enticing
young woman.
1906. Savery, Rev. H. S., St. Martin's, Can. Congregational.
Attempted to marry young woman, though having a wife in Boston.
1905. Sayre, O. L., Byesville, O. Methodist. Attempted rape; lynching
threatened.
1913. Schade, Rev. Augustus E. F., Panama. German Reformed. Suicide.
1912. Schell, Rev. L. C., Indianapolis, Ind. Methodist. Accused of
improper conduct toward fair parishioner.
1907. Schell, Rev. Jos., Tony, Wis. Catholic. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1909. Schenk, Rev. G. F., St. Louis, Mo. Evangelist. Seduced girl of
his household.
1913. Schenck, Rev. Hallack F., Manasquan, N. J. Methodist. Convicted
in church trial of indiscretions with female members, and
forced to resign.
1899. Schermerhorn, Rev. L. B., N. Ottawa, Kan. Bigamy.
1900. Schermerhorn, Rev. L. M., Dubuque, Ia. Baptist. Desertion and
non-support of wife.
1907. Schmidill, Rev. Chas., Chicago. Ministerial masher. Arrested.
1913. Schmidt, Rev. Hans, New York, N. Y. Roman Catholic. Murder;
convicted.
1911. Schmidt, Rev. Lawrence, Rochester, N. Y. Robbed his wife of
watch and money after their separation.
1911. Schock, Rev. J. T., Plainfield, N. J. Reformed church. Under
arrest for complicity in fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme.
1912. Schoenlein, Rev. G. A., Lima, O. Lutheran. Sued by wife for
divorce on account of improper attentions to other women.
Schultz, Rev. H. D., Sunbury, Pa. Evangelist. Sued wife for
divorce, and was shown by her counsel to be an immoral man.
1905. Schultz, Rev. Wm., Freelandsville, Ind. Evangelist. Fraud,
swindling, lying, etc.; deposed.
1908. Schwartz, Rev. Robert E., Des Moines, Ia. Drunkenness;
divorced.
1907. Schwerzmann, Rev. S., Cortez, Colo. Methodist. Theft and
forgery.
1911. Scotford, Rev. H. C., Chicago, Ill. Congregationalist. In same
predicament as his colleague Schock, and for similar offense.
1906. Scott, Rev. G. E., Waterloo, Ia. Eloped with 16-year-old girl.
1903. Scott, Rev. Mark, Seattle, Wash. Methodist. Violation of
colored girl, aged 14, who gave birth to a child and died;
jailed.
1900. Scott, Rev. W. D., San Francisco, Cal. Became a physical wreck
through drunkenness and debauchery.
1909. Scoville, Rev. V. P., Climax, Ga. Married couple against wishes
of girl's parents.
1913. Scull, Rev. William, Joliet, Ill. United Brethren. Carrying
concealed weapons.
1908. Seachery, Rev. J. W., Moore, Mont. Rape.
1914. Sears, Dr. F. W., New York, N. Y. New Thought. Adultery; wife
obtained divorce.
Secombe, Rev. S. H., Goshen, Mass. Congregational. Gained
sympathy and money by fake.
1911. See, E. A., Chicago, Ill., founder of "Absolute Life" cult.
Abducted 17-year-old girl, whom he "took for a wife" on the
European plan.
1904. Selby, Rev. Isaac, San Francisco, Cal. Evangelist. Attempt to
kill Judge Hebbard on the bench; a noted "Infidel smasher."
1903. Senesac, Rev. Jos. E., Waterbury, Conn. Catholic. Alienating
the affections of a wife; sued by husband.
1914. Settles, Rev. Edward W., Los Angeles, Cal. Larceny.
1911. Severence, Rev. C. M., Bangor, Me. Under suspended sentence,
after pleading guilty to charge of using mails to defraud.
1902. Seytone, Rev. W. R., Dunkirk, N. Y. Disciples. Forging
signatures to a note.
1907. Sezeigell, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Shot two; killed one.
1901. Shaffer, Rev. George, Bellevue, Pa. Methodist. Conspiracy;
indicted; arrested.
1908. Shaffer, Rev. Wm. H., Morganstown, Pa. Methodist. Ministerial
conduct.
1902. Shannon, Rev. T. H., Glen Easton, W. Va. Methodist. Bastardy;
expelled.
1901. Sharp, Rev. W. D., Alvin, W. Va. Methodist. Using mails to
defraud; confessed to series of forgeries.
1910. Sharpe, Rev. C. D., Schenectady, N. Y. Abduction of 14-year-old
girl.
1908. Shaw, Rev. C. F., Clare, Mich. Congregational. Swindling.
1909. Shaw, Rev. W. S., Onaway, Mich. Drunkenness; resigned.
1901. Shepherd, Rev. Geo. C. E., Liverpool, O. Methodist. Slander and
conspiracy; indicted by grand jury at Dunbar, Pa.; arrested.
1908. Shepherd, Rev. J. E., Webb City, Mo. Presbyterian. Assault.
1906. Shepley, Rev. E. H., Geneva, Ill. Congregational. Threatened
life of girl if she refused to marry him; resigned, left town.
1911. Sherman, William, New York, N. Y. Former Catholic priest.
Attempted to extort money from saloon-keeper while posing as an
officer; held for trial.
1899. Shields, Rev. D. H., Navy chaplain. Methodist. Drunkenness;
scandalous immorality; courtmartialed.
1908. Shinn, Rev. C., Riverton, N. J. Urged wife to debase herself to
raise money.
1908. Shipman, Rev. S. P., Hurlock, Md. Methodist. Immorality; found
in married woman's bedroom.
1909. Siana, Rev. N., Newark, N. J. Catholic. Abduction.
1913. Silke, Rev. Cornelius A., Moravia, Ill. Roman Catholic.
Assault.
1906. Simmons, Rev. G. H., Peoria, Ill. Expelled from town on charges
of immoral conduct preferred by boys; mismanaged bank of which
he was president; suicide.
1899. Simpson, Rev. J. A., New England. Baptist. Thievery,
incendiarism, bigamy and murder.
1907. Sims, Rev. W. P., Utica, N. Y. Found an affinity.
1899. Sinclair, Rev. F. N., Rochester, N. Y. Catholic. Slander;
accusation made by another priest.
1908. Skaggs, Rev. Elijah, Prophet of the Millennium, Fort Smith,
Ark. Assault and rape.
1913. Skeley, Rev. Alexander, Brownsville, Pa. Reformed Presbyterian.
Larceny.
1912. Skovgard, Rev. Thale P., Council Bluffs, Ia. Lutheran. Sued by
wife for separate maintenance.
1913. Skulik, Rev. Bernard L., Rock Island, Ill. Polish Catholic.
Fraudulent use of mails; skipped bail.
1910. Skulik, Rev. B., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Arrested in hotel in
company of 15-year-old girl.
1903. Skyles, Rev. John, Port Gibson, Miss. Bigamy; seven wives.
1913. Slater, Rev. Virgil B., Youngstown, O. Wife desertion.
1909. Slaughter, Rev. A. J., Tulsa, Okla. Baptist. Fighting.
1906. Slayton, Rev. J. R., U. S. Navy. Deserted.
1911. Slick, Rev. Joseph, Lincoln, Neb. "Cruelty and misconduct with
other women," is the charge in his wife's suit for divorce.
1900. Small, Rev. Sam, Havana, Cuba. Evangelist. Swindling
operations; jailed.
1902. Small, Rev. Sam, Georgia. Evangelist. Too drunk to lecture at
Brattleboro, Vt.
1899. Smalley, Rev. M. J., Waterbury, Conn. Congregational. Offensive
attentions to young women; biffed by a worker; left.
1910. Smith, Rev. A. F., Nowata, Okla. Methodist. Eloped with wife's
money and another woman.
1914. Smith, Rev. A. N., Paterson, N. J. Methodist Episcopal. Sued
for slander.
1911. Smith, Rev. Ben., Swainsboro, Ga. Wounded officer sent to
arrest him for a petty offense, and was hanged by a mob.
1900. Smith, Rev. Chas. F., Michigan. Deserted wife; eloped with
unmarried woman.
1908. Smith, Rev. Charles W., Wyoming, Pa. Methodist. "Ministerial
conduct."
1909. Smith, Bishop C. S., Atlanta, Ga. African Methodist Episcopal.
Grafting and tyranny.
1905. Smith, Rev. C. W., Binghamton, N. Y. Methodist. Attempted
seduction of 16-year-old girl; guilty.
1900. Smith, Rev. C. Y., Louisville, Ky. Methodist. Skipped, leaving
unpaid bills.
1903. Smith, Rev. E. A., McMinnville, Ore. Took prize won on a stolen
oration.
1914. Smith, Rev. Francis F., Newark, N. J. African Methodist. The
statutory offense; pleaded guilty; six months.
1899. Smith, Rev. F. M., Houston, Tex. Murder of Mrs. Varoters;
sentenced to death; had killed wife and mother-in-law in
Alabama.
1900. Smith, Rev. Guy, Oakland, Cal. Campbellite. Indiscreet conduct
with woman; divorced his wife by misrepresentation.
1914. Smith, Rev. Herman L., Binghamton, N. Y. Obtaining merchandise
under false pretenses. The defense is the usual convenient kind
of insanity which is noticed only when one is caught in the
act, and no other excuse will work.
1909. Smith, Rev. H. J., Columbus, O. Methodist. Alienated wife's
affection; abused husband for not receiving her back.
1908. Smith, Rev. John A., West Suffield, Conn. Congregational.
Perversion.
1899. Smith, Rev. John F., New York, N. Y. Evangelist. Stealing from
his employer.
1911. Smith, Rev. Joseph R., Sewanee, Tenn. Pleaded guilty of making
moonshine whisky.
1911. Smith, Rev. J. A., Omaha, Neb. Suspended for slander and
because of a bad financial record.
1913. Smith, Rev. Milford H., Saranac Lake, N. Y. Sued for libel.
1904. Smith, Rev. Oscar, Seattle, Wash. Methodist. Rifling U. S.
mails.
1913. Smith, Rev. Paul Jordan, Chicago, Ill. Congregationalist.
Cruelty to wife and children; wife granted divorce with custody
of children.
1911. Smith, Rev. Samuel G., St. Paul, Minn. Arrested for tampering
with a jury.
1904. Smith, Rev. Sidney, New York, N. Y. Using threats and a pistol
to extort money; two years in Sing Sing.
1914. Smith, Rev. Simon, Purvis, Miss. Eloping and wife-desertion.
The preacher possesses a wife and five children. The oldest
child is twelve and the youngest was born this summer, after
the elopement, which was with his wife's sister.
1902. Smith, Rev. Victor C., New York, N. Y. Episcopal. Suicide.
1914. Smith, Rev. William R., Marshall Co., Ga. Methodist. Using
mails to defraud; convicted.
1907. Smith, Rev. W. N., Middleburg, Fla. Murderer of step-daughter.
1914. Smith, Rev. W. P., Wolf Creek, Ore. Presbyterian. Run out of
town by citizens for vile slanders against women.
1901. Smith, Rev. Mr., Waco, Tex. Baptist. Fighting with Rev. Mr.
Cranfill.
1905. Smouse, Rev. J. W., Dallas Centre, Ia. Methodist. Seduction;
arrested.
1900. Smythe, Rev. Thomas, Sing Sing, N. Y. Catholic. Attempting
suicide.
1911. Snyder, Rev. Charles, Attica, Ind. Catholic. Stripped of
priestly authority and secretly removed from town after a
drunken debauch.
1911. Snyder, Rev. Frank, Topeka, Kan. Christian. Sued for divorce by
invalid wife on grounds of cruelty and neglect.
1908. Snyder, Rev. Leonard W., Richmond, Va. Immoral practices.
1911. Snyder, Rev. R., Goldfield, Nev. Presbyterian. Dismissed
because of criminal intimacy with married woman, and left town
after being beaten by the injured husband.
1910. Solomon, Rabbi I., Logansport, Ind. Jewish. Obtaining money
under false pretenses.
1913. Solomon, Rev. Jacob, Rockaway Beach, L. I. Baptist. Violating
prison parole, after sentence for larceny.
1914. Soper, Rev. Ben W., Cresco, Ia. Adultery. Arrested, and skipped
his bail.
1911. Sorenson, Rev. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Arrested for threatening
to kill man with whom he was associated in business.
1908. Sower, Rev. D. W., Oak Harbor, Ohio. Methodist. Lechery.
1907. Spates, Rev. D. D., Nacogdoches, Tex. Embezzlement.
Spencer, Rev. E. J., Columbia, Mo. Methodist. Adultery;
convicted on two counts.
1912. Spray, Rev. Walter, Kokomo, Ind. Holiness. Caught in
compromising position with a woman.
1901. Springfield, Rev. W. H., Woodbridge, Cal. Leaving his wife and
eloping with his niece.
1911. Stalnaker, Rev. W. K., Kansas City, Mo. Methodist. Criminally
assaulted his niece and adopted daughter, aged 12; pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to ten years in the pen.
1899. Stamm, Rev. Robert, Anderson, Ind. Evangelist. Assault with
revolver and slung shot; arrested.
1899. Stampers, Rev. A., Dawson, Ga. Assassination of George Dennard.
Stanford, Rev. John, Utica, N. Y. Methodist Episcopal. Suicide.
1909. Stanley, Rev. A. B., Flat Rock, Mich. Baptist. Eloped with
stenographer.
1906. Stanley, Rev. H. D., Seattle, Wash. Church of Christ. Fraud;
misappropriating funds.
1905. Stanley, Rev. Robert Lee, Hamburg, Tenn. Presbyterian. Drunk
and created public disturbance in Waco, Tex.; fined in city
court.
1900. Stanton, Rev. Frank, Clinton, Ind. Catholic. Made co-respondent
in divorce suit of John L. Horney.
1905. Stark, Rev. J. B., Lakeview, Ore. Methodist. Appropriating
funds belonging to congregation; dishonesty and lying; deprived
of his standing by conference.
1900. Starr, Rev. S. A., Portland, Ore. Methodist. Immorality;
expelled from ministry.
1909. Staskiewicz, Rev. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Embezzlement;
raffling.
1901. Stauffer, Rev. Byron H., Buffalo, N. Y. Methodist. Slander;
sued for $10,000 damages; assault.
1907. Steed, Rev. G., Cal. Methodist. Immoral conduct toward a woman.
1912. Steele, Rev. William, Gray, Ind. Murder.
Stephan, Rev. T., Sioux City, Ia. Lutheran. Abused his wife.
1908. Stettler, Rev. Martin H., Reading, Pa. Slander.
1910. Stetson, Rev. Oscar F., Sutton, Mass. Congregational. Adultery.
1899. Steumpeges, Rev. J. J., Mitchell, S. D. Methodist. Fraudulent
sale of mortgaged property; arrested.
1905. Stevens, Rev. Edward, New York, N. Y. Methodist. Attempted
suicide; locked up.
1899. Stevens, George H., Easton, Pa. Incendiarism; nine years'
imprisonment.
1908. Stevens, Rev. O. C., East Liverpool, O. Abusive language; five
days and $15.
Stevenson, Rev. Alten Z., New York, N. Y. Methodist. Mailing
scurrilous postcard.
1900. Stewart, Rev. Clifford, Laporte, Ind. Campbellite. Confessed to
leading a double life.
1914. Stewart, Rev. C. A., D.D., Clinton, Ia. Inciting riot; fifteen
days in jail.
1909. Stewart, Rev. P., Oakland, Cal. United Presbyterian. Charged by
wife with having six affinities.
1908. Stickney, Rev. Alfred, Howell county, circuit, Mo. Methodist.
Abandonment.
1903. Stiles, Rev. Samuel, Cuero, Tex. Baptist. Murder of Henderson
Edwards.
1903. Stiles, Rev. Fred, New London, Conn. Baptist. Jumped board bill
and eloped with daughter of the house, whom he deserted in New
York.
1912. Still, Rev. Roy, Seymour, Ind. Holiness. Assault and attempted
murder.
1903. St. John, Rev. Jos., Pontiac, Mich. Evangelist. Assaulting
colored girl; 18 months in pen.
1901. Stofilet, Rev. Jas. P., Jersey City, N. J. Presbyterian. Having
girl in woods after sunset; girl had illegitimate child.
1912. Stokley, Rev. C. L., Turner, Kan. Baptist. Sued for divorce for
undue intimacy with the wrong woman.
1913. Stockwell, Rev. George W., D.D., Fort Plain, N. Y. Methodist.
Assault and battery.
1907. Stokes, Rev. R. W., Clarksville, Tenn. Drunkenness.
1914. Stough, Rev. Henry W. Evangelist. Sued for slander.
1899. Stout, Rev. A. W., Hartford, Ind. Methodist. Criminal intimacy
with young girl.
1903. Stout, Rev. Chas. L., Lawrenceburg, Ind. Baptist. Abusing wife
and eloping with another woman.
1906. Stovall, Rev. J. M., South Bend, Ind. Baptist. Violation of
court order; eloped with woman whose intimacy with him caused
her husband's death.
1908. Strauss, Rev. V., Herrman, Mo. Evangelist. Homicidal mania;
shot several persons.
1899. Streeter, Rev. Lewis R., So. Brooklyn, N. Y. Methodist.
Concerned in Kootenai water swindle.
1907. Strouse, Rev. C. B., Bowling Green, Ky. Immoral.
1910. Strunk, Rev. Thomas, Frankfort, Ky. Criminal assault.
1909. Stuart, Rev. A. K., Don Luis, Ariz. Assaulting 11-year-old
girl.
1900. Stuart, Rev. D. E., Wyoming, Pa. Baptist. Killing his young
wife by a criminal operation.
1909. Stuckey, Rev. Wallace M., Waukegan, Ill. Campbellite.
Abduction; convicted; fled and recaptured in 1914. One to five
years' imprisonment.
1908. Studeven, Rev. James G., Newark, N. J. Congregational. Bigamy.
1910. Sturdevant, Rev. Sam., Baltimore, Md. Assault; three years.
1901. Stutchell, Rev. W. T., Jersey City, N. J. Presbyterian. Having
girl in his room at night; girl had illegitimate child.
1908. Summers, Rev. G., Gardiner, Ore. Abduction; bastardy.
1905. Sutherlin, Rev. U. G., Albany, Ind. Christian. Arrested on
warrant charging wife murder.
1911. Sutton, Rev. E. B., Seattle, Wash. Found guilty of fraudulently
entering names upon registration books.
1901. Swallow, Rev. Silas C., Harrisburg, Pa. Methodist. Lying;
suspended by conference committee.
1911. Swartz, Rev. C. E., Woodsfield, O. Presbyterian. Murderous
assault.
1910. Swartz, Rev. W. P., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Accused of fraud in
will case.
1902. Sweeney, Rev. M. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist. Suicide.
1911. Sweeney, Rev. Zack, Indianapolis, Ind. Embezzled more than
$7,000 while fish and game commissioner.
1911. Sweet, Rev. Chester H., Middletown, Conn. Congregational.
Misappropriated church funds and pleaded guilty.
1899. Sweet, Rev. John, Owosso, Mich. Slander; assessed $1,000.
1907. Sweeten, Rev. H. W., St. Louis. Evangelist. Cruelty to wife;
non-support.
1901. Swift, Rev. Charles L., E. Liverpool, O. Methodist. Conspiracy;
indicted; arrested.
1907. Swift, Rev. J. H., Winterset, Ia. Campbellite. Blackmail.
1909. Switzer, Rev. G. W., Lafayette, Ind. Methodist. Evading taxes.
1908. Sydow, Rev. Mr., Big Run, Pa. Rape; jumped bail.
1909. Sykes, Rev. John, Trenton, N. J. Embezzlement and forgery.
1911. Symington, Rev. Geo. A., Seattle, Wash. Episcopal. Pleaded
guilty to a technical charge of assault in the second degree
involving an immoral act, and sentenced to jail.
1907. Szcygiel, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Murdered two.
1909. Szepessy, Rev. J., Cleveland, O. Sued for breach of promise.
Talbot, Bishop E., Central Penn. Episcopal. Violation of
ordination vows; woman in the case.
1910. Tallent, Rev. O. S., Atlanta, Ga. Congregational Methodist.
Fighting.
1902. Tart, Rev. E., Richmond, Va. Baptist. Appropriating funds of
church.
1907. Tartt, Rev. Eli, Petersburg, Va. Baptist. Assault with pistol;
thirty days and $25.
1911. Tate, D. P., Danville, Va. Former Methodist minister. Swindler.
1902. Taylor, Rev. Chas., Richmond, Ind. Convicted of assault on
young girl.
1907. Taylor, Rev. C. F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Swindling.
1903. Taylor, Rev. I. B., Wilmington, Del. Bigamy; four years.
1904. Taylor, Rev. J. B., Sigourney, Ia. Evangelist. Bigamy; four
years.
1907. Taylor, Rev. J. M., Saginaw, Mich. Made love to married woman.
Taylor, Rev. Wm., Innisfail, Can. Presbyterian. Drunkenness,
profanity, lying, consorting with lewd women; deadbeat and
liar, says an acquaintance.
1908. Taylor, Rev. Wm. L., Cincinnati, O. True Reformer. Swindling.
1910. Temple, Rev. J. C., Harrisburg, Pa. Assault on his wife.
1900. Tenney, Rev. Chas., Lynn, Mass. Baptist. Assaulting a girl of 4
years.
1910. Tenney, Rev. C. T., Des Moines, Ia. Baptist. Criminal assault
on 8-year-old girl.
1902. Tesnon, Rev. H. M., Denver, Col. Visiting houses of
prostitution; wife sued for divorce.
1913. Tetreault, Rev. Frederic, Drummondville, Quebec. Roman
Catholic. Libel.
1913. Thacker, Rev. James, Rome, Ga. Congregational Methodist.
Immoral relations; convicted and sentenced to six months on the
chain-gang.
1907. Thoburn, Bishop J. M., Syracuse, N. Y. Methodist Episcopal.
Fined $500 for slander.
1905. Thomas, Rev. A. C., Sidney, O. Methodist. Intimacy with two
girls; ducked in the Miami river by congregation.
1907. Thomas, Rev. C. H., Rockford, Ill. Accomplice in forgery.
1901. Thomas, Rev. George, Urbana, O. Baptist. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1908. Thomas, Rev. Jas., Malvern, Ark. Methodist. Cattle thief.
1910. Thomas, Rev. Jas., Piqua, O. Criminal assault on 7-year-old
girl; jailed.
1913. Thomas, Rev. John, Camden, N. J. Unnatural practices.
1910. Thomas, Rev. J., Nowata, Okla. Selling whisky in prohibition
state.
1905. Thomas, Rev. J. C., Palmyra, N. Y. Baptist. Enticing wife of
one of his parishioners.
1902. Thomas, Rev. J. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist. Breach of promise;
judgment, $2,500.
1908. Thomas, Rev. J. P., colored, Kokomo, Ind. Breaking up a home.
1910. Thomas, Rev. Wm., Corona, L. I. Evangelist. Confessed bigamist.
Thomas, Rev. William J., Evanston, Ill. Evangelist. Disorderly
conduct; convicted and fined.
1903. Thompson, Rev. Ab'm S., Paterson, N. J. Alienating affections
of married woman; sued for $50,000.
1913. Thompson, Rev. C. C., Waco, Tex. Presbyterian. Cruelty to wife,
for which divorce was granted her; assault and contempt of
court.
1907. Thompson, Rev. D. W., Des Moines, Ia. Used mails to defraud.
Thompson, Rev. G. T., Philadelphia, Pa. Baptist. Sued for
slander by stock market men.
1911. Thompson, Rev. H. M. D., Montrose, Cal. Baptist. Embezzler.
1911. Thompson, Rev. J. E., Cleveland, Ohio. Baptist. Charged with
criminal slander.
1907. Thompson, Rev. Wm., Chicago, Ill. Caused girl's downfall;
procured criminal operation.
Thompson, Rev. Wm., Cartersville, Ga. Local. Marrying three
wives; divorcing none.
1910. Thornton, Rev. Jesse B., New York, N. Y. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1912. Thurman, Rev. J. M. D., Hagerstown, Md. Christian. Murderous
assault.
1908. Thurston, Rev. L. L., Oklahoma City, Okla. Methodist Episcopal.
Immorality; suspended.
1909. Tilburn, Rev. O., Linton, Ind. Campbellite. Embezzled church
funds; seduced girl.
1910. Tillmans, Rev. Theo., Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Abandoned wife;
friendly with shop girl.
1900. Toal, Rev. Wm. H., Newburgh, N. Y. Catholic. Raising a
disturbance in New York; sent to Bellevue Hospital.
Todd, Rev. Thos., Cedar Falls, Ia. Expelled from church and
normal school for illicit relations with woman of faculty.
1913. Tompkins, Rev. George, Brookline, Mass. Larceny.
1908. Toms, Rev. F. E., Kan. Baptist. Bigamy.
Tomson, Rev. G. W., Woodbury, N. J. Presbyterian. Love
entanglement with three women. Suicide.
1899. Torrey, Rev. R. A., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist. Permitted three
of his children to die from lack of medical attendance.
Totheroh, Rev. Dr., Chicago, Ill. Presbyterian. Dalliance with
lady member.
1899. Townes, Rev. C. H. W., Cincinnati, O. Presbyterian. Stealing
gifts intended for the poor.
1900. Towns, Rev. C. Hill, Columbus, Ind. Methodist. Drunk and
disorderly; fined.
1907. Townsend, Rev. T. J., Nashville, Tenn. Baptist. Carrying
concealed weapons.
1900. Tracey, Deacon E., Somerset, Me. Baptist. Eloping with girl 17
years old, leaving wife.
1910. Tranter, Rev. W. W., Covington, Ky. Forgery.
1908. Trick, Rev. Albert, New York, N. Y. Presbyterian. Suicide.
1910. Trimble, Rev. D. H., Eugene, Ore. Methodist. Slander.
1914. Triplett, Rev. J. Edwin, Jr., Woodbury, Conn. Presbyterian.
Sued by wife for separation for cruel and inhuman treatment.
1907. Triplett, Rev. J. E., New York, N. Y. Presbyterian. Criminal
libel.
1899. Trompen, Rev. J. N., Hackensack, N. J. Reformed. Criminal abuse
of adopted girl.
1910. Troy, Rev. John H., New York, N. Y. Baptist. Attempted
seduction.
1910. Tucker, Rev. S. W., Scuffletown, Va. Nine wives; jumped his
bail.
1909. Tucker, Rev. T. P., Wilson, N. C. Arrested for desertion.
1907. Tupper, Rev. K. B., Philadelphia, Pa. Sued for unpaid note;
many overdue debts.
1910. Turley, Rev. F., Cincinnati, O. Methodist. Disorderly conduct;
arrested and fined.
1912. Turner, Rev. David, Jersey City, N. J. Baptist. Procuring women
for immoral purposes.
1909. Turner, Rev. S. D., Huntington, Ark. Jailed for arson.
1911. Turner, Rev. William, Jackson, Ga. Colored. Incited race riot.
1899. Turney, Rev. Wm., Muncie, Ind. United Brethren. Attacking sick
woman in bed.
1900. Tyron, Rev. Wm., Chillicothe, O. Forgery, bigamy, murder.
1911. Ulitsky, Rev. Alexander, Jersey City, N. J. Greek Catholic.
Charged with malicious mischief.
1913. Upsher, Rev. John, Baltimore, Md. Accessory to larceny.
1912. Upton, Rev. T. A., Okla. Rape.
1909. Vahey, Rev. F. V. G. H., Jersey City, N. J. Methodist. Suicide
pact with wife; both dead.
1909. Van Auken, Rev. H. R., Ashland, Neb. Congregational. Deserted
wife and children; eloped with nurse.
1905. Van Buren, Rev. Otto, Utica, N. Y. Lutheran. Unwelcome
attentions to married woman, whom he sought to entice.
1899. Vance, Rev. Frank E., Piqua, O. Methodist. "Indiscretion."
1901. Vance, Rev. Thos., Irvington, Ind. Christian. Shooting at his
daughter's young man.
1902. Van de Water, Rev. Geo. R., New York, N. Y. Episcopal.
Adultery; co-respondent in Watt divorce suit.
1899. Van Herlich, Rev. J., Wichita, Kan. Episcopal. Denying his
wife; "graver charges;" escapade in the Tenderloin.
1910. Vanover, Rev. Robert, Williamsburg, Ky. Fighting.
1900. Van Winkle, Rev. Jas., Indianapolis, Ind. Petty theft; ducked
by students at Butler University.
1904. Vaughan, Rev. E. W., Denver, Colo. Confessed to killing a
child.
1912. Vaughn, Rev. Thurston U., Greenville, S. C. Baptist. Criminal
assault; convicted on his own confession; sentenced to death.
1909. Venerable, Rev. W. D., Keokuk, Ia. Baptist. Embezzlement.
1900. Vernon, Rev. Jas., Salt Lake City, Utah. Missionary. The
attempted violation of unmarried woman.
1908. Villiers, Rev. W. H., Chicago, Ill. Divorced; ordered to pay
alimony.
1904. Vincent, Rev. Mr., Winnipeg, Man. Seduction of member of his
choir.
1901. Vines, Chas. N., Bremen, Ga. Methodist. Counterfeiting.
1906. Von Buren, Rev. Otto, New York, N. Y. Lutheran. Made love to
organist; expelled.
1907. Waddel, Rev. C. W., New Albany, Miss. Evangelist. Murder.
1906. Wade, Rev. Goodone, Waukegan, Ill. Congregational. Sending
obscene literature through mails to boys; attempted suicide.
1910. Wade, Rev. J. W., Chicago, Ill. Universalist. Forgery and
fraud.
1899. Wade, Rev. N. E., W. Kortright, N. Y. United Presbyterian.
Stealing; expelled by church.
1904. Wade, Rev. W. H., Velpin, Ind. Campbellite. Passing counterfeit
money; indicted.
1905. Wadsworth, Rev. W. W., Hartwell, Ga. Methodist. Immorality;
suspended.
1904. Wagner, Rev. Samuel, Croton, O. United Brethren. Criminally
assaulting girl of 14.
1909. Wagner, Rev. Mr., Wyalusing, Wis. Threatened by women for
breaking up a home.
1906. Wainscot, Rev. John, Elkinsville, Ind. Evangelist. Assault.
1901. Wainwright, Rev. H., Roanoke, Va. Sanctificationist.
Housebreaking and robbery.
1902. Waldrop, Rev. Emmet L., Cleveland, O. Lying, stealing, neglect
of family.
1907. Walenta, Rev. M. J. H., New York, N. Y. Found his platonic
affinity in parishioner's wife.
1903. Wales, Rev. J. W., Charlottesville, Va. Baptist. Co-respondent
in divorce suit.
1912. Walker, Rev. J. Franklin, Cincinnati, O. Baptist Corrupting
morals of young girls.
1913. Walker, Rev. Raymond B., Providence, R. I. Baptist.
Wife-beating.
1910. Walker, Rev. Raymond D., Boston, Mass. Episcopal. Forgery.
1906. Walker, Rev. R. D., Windham, Vt. Baptist. Dropped by church for
moral and commercial irregularity.
1909. Walker, Rev. R. E., Providence, R. I. Forgery; arrested.
1899. Wall, Rev. Rufus, Memphis, Tenn. Wife murder.
Wallace, Rev. Foy. Traveling evangelist; Campbellite. Run out
of town for attempt to seduce married woman.
1903. Walling, Rev. W. A., New York, N. Y. Fraud; locked up.
1903. Wallis, Rev. E. H., Evening Shade, Ark. Methodist. Lying;
convicted on four counts.
1911. Walstrom, Rev. W. H., Versailles, Ill. Pastor Christian church.
Stole collection of rare old coins, and confessed after; found
with aid of bloodhounds.
1913. Walt, Rev. J. W., Springfield, Mo. Methodist. Abduction.
Walters, Rev. Alex., Hackensack, N. J. Methodist. Assault and
battery on girl.
1914. Walton, Rev. M. R., Glendale, Cal. Methodist. Improper advances
to women.
1900. Walton, Rev. T. J., Burton, Ky. Shooting John Gray.
1910. Wand, Rev. John B., Meppen, Ill. Catholic. Criminal assault.
1906. Wannamaker, Rev. H. S., Elyria, O. Congregational. Made love to
organist; divorced by wife; dropped by church.
1905. Ward, Rev. D. F., Claremont, Va. Episcopal. Fighting; thrashed
outgoing pastor Ridout.
1912. Ward, Rev. L. T., Collierville, Tenn. Embezzlement. Confessed
and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
1909. Ward, Rev. S., Freewater, Ore. Baptist. Bigamy; four wives;
five years.
1900. Ward, Rev. Wm., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Catholic. Drunk and
disorderly; arrested.
1906. Ware, Rev. G. G., Deadwood, S. D. Episcopal. Conspiracy to
defraud the government with false homestead entries.
1905. Ware, Rt. Rev. Archdeacon T. C., Black Hills District, S. D.
Episcopal. Hilarious drunk in Lead City.
1906. Warlick, Rev. Mr., Elorado, Okla. Violation of an 18-year-old
girl.
1902. Warner, Rev. A. J., Clinton, N. C. Misappropriation of money;
indicted.
1905. Warner, Rev. H. H., Denver, Col. Bigamy; living with one wife
and supporting another.
1899. Warren, Rev. B. E., Helena, Mont. Methodist. Charged with
immorality; resigned.
1906. Warren, Rev. F. J., Portland, Ore. Episcopal. Despoiled a
brother minister's home.
1909. Warren, Rev. L. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Presbyterian. Unprintable
crime.
1913. Warren, Rev. W. D., Columbus, O. Methodist. Attempted suicide.
1911. Watkins, Rev. R. B., Buffalo, N. Y. Presbyterian. Arrested on
"a serious charge" preferred by a young woman of Richmond, Va.
1906. Watson, Rev. J. A., No. Plainfield, N. J. Murder.
1910. Watson, Rev. W. E., Urbana, O. Methodist. Embezzlement.
1910. Way, Rev. H., Hoboken, N. J. Evangelist. Accused by 17-year-old
girl.
1909. Wear, Rev. W. M., Birmingham, Ala. Baptist. Seduction of
another's wife. Resigned.
1904. Weaver, Rev. T. E., Tazewell, Va. Methodist. Failing to account
for money placed in his hands.
1899. Webb, Rev. James, Atlantic City, N. J. Baptist. Stealing
lumber; arrested.
1905. Weeks, Rev. Mr., Toronto, Ont. Baptist. Caught in park with
female member of his own church; resigned.
1905. Welch, Rev. Clarence M., Grand Rapids, Mich. Evangelist.
Bastardy; jailed for non-support of child.
1906. Welch, Rev. C. E., Nashville, Mich. Methodist. Immoral
relations with two girls, resulting in the death of one of
them.
1899. Welch. Rev. D. S., Macksburg, O. Methodist. Fraudulently
procuring a divorce from his wife.
1909. Welch, Rev. V. P., Fostoria, O. Slander.
1911. Wells, Rev. H. H., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist. Held for trial for
passing a check which he forged.
1899. Wells, Rev. J. H., Selma, N. C. Baptist. Making moonshine
whisky; jailed.
1905. Welsh, Rev. Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Drunk; assaulted
President Dreyfus of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club; suspended.
1899. Wenger, Rev. Mr., Harrisonburg, Va. Mennonite. "Transgression"
with hired girl.
1914. Werlein, Rev. Halsey, San Jose, Cal. Episcopal. Sued for
divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.
1898. Wesley, Rev. G. W., Louisa, Ky. Baptist. Convicted of having
three wives.
1909. West, Rev. J. W., Richmond, Va. Accused by little girls of
being too intimate.
1911. Westenberg, Rev. C. A., San Francisco, Cal. Swindled public in
selling stock in an alleged California placer mine.
1901. Westlake, Rev. C. M., Providence, R. I. Deserted his wife;
divorced.
1908. Weston, Rev. W. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Swindling.
1905. Whalen, Rev. C. D., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Deserting
family and eloping with Mrs. Jennie H. Clark from Plattsburg,
N. Y.; jailed.
1900. Wharton, Rev. H. M., Ocean City, N. J. Baptist. Obtaining
property under false pretenses; jailed.
1901. Wharton, Rev. Geo., Jackson, Miss. Baptist. Attempting to hug
the female pupils of Hillman Female College, of which he was
president; fled.
1910. Wheaton, Rev. J. M., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. Abusive
trespasser.
1908. Wheeler, Rev. A. J., New York, N. Y. Adventist. Suicide.
1901. Wheeler, Rev. G. F., Greendale, Mass. Baptist. Kissing and
hugging young ladies to the neglect of his wife; disciplined.
1910. Wheeler, Rev. James M., Akron, O. Methodist. Malicious
destruction of property.
1900. Wheeler, Rev. J. B., Bridgeport, Conn. Missionary. Leading
women astray.
1913. Whitaker, Rev. T. A., Waltham, Mass. Baptist. Non-support of
wife.
1908. Whitaker, Rev. Wm. G., Exeter, Kan. Episcopal. Fraud.
1914. White, Rev. Dennis, Windsor, Conn. Arson; convicted and given a
prison sentence of two to five years.
1899. White, Rev. D. R., Palmyra, Mo. Baptist. Shoplifting; caught
with goods on.
1901. White, Rev. Geo. W., Orion, Ill. Baptist. Incontinence and
dishonesty; deposed.
1909. White, Rev. H., Marion, Ind. Bigamy; six wives.
1900. White, Rev. John W., Chillicothe, Mo. Methodist. Beating
children with iron poker; arrested.
1903. White, Rev. J. L., Washington, D. C. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1901. White, Rev. Minor, Elkinsville, Ind. Ministerial misconduct;
locked out by congregation.
1905. White, Rev. M. J., Carthage, Mo. Catholic. Threatening life of
A. L. Franks; arrested.
1910. White, Rev. R. G., Portland, Ore. Presbyterian. Fell in love
with student under him; expelled from academy and ministry;
divorced.
1908. White, Rev. Samuel, St. Paul, Minn. Larceny; chain gang.
1914. Whitfield, Rev. Joseph, Rock Island, Ill. Baptist. Assault with
a deadly weapon. Indicted.
1900. Whitlock, Rev. Mr., Lima, O. Methodist. Assault and battery;
arrested.
Whittaker, Rev. Thos., Vilonia, Ark. Methodist. A revivalist,
he was forced to leave Vilonia for kissing a girl against her
will.
1910. Whorley, Rev. A. H., Pensacola, Fla. Wife-beating.
Wiant, Rev. Warren, Urbana, O. Methodist. Slander; held for
grand jury; declared all women unchaste who dance.
1901. Wickham, Rev. C. M., Sioux City, Ia. Christian. Seduction;
justified by scripture.
1912. Wickham, Rev. Noah, Oklahoma City, Okla. Accused of cruel
treatment of orphans and dependent children in home of which he
was superintendent; convicted in former years for similar
offenses.
1899. Widdemer, Rev. H. T., Asbury Park, N. J. Congregational.
Indiscreet familiarity with typewriter girl; out.
1911. Wigginton, Rev. G. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. Named as co-respondent
in divorce suit brought on the ground of adultery.
1905. Wilberforce, Rev. D. F., Missionary to Africa. United Brethren.
Apostasy and bigamy.
1905. Wilbur, Rev. A., Los Gatos, Cal. Horse stealing; confessed.
1899. Wilburn, Rev. W. R., Flat Hollow, Ky. Divorced his wife; fought
with her; fatally injured.
1906. Wilding, Rev. A., Greensburg, Pa. Baptist. Ran away with
another's wife.
1911. Wilhite, Rev. A. L., Topeka, Kan. Sent to jail for
"bootlegging" whisky, thus depriving the government of profit
on license.
1903. Wilkins, Rev. Mr., Ladonia, Tex. Presbyterian. Associating with
prostitutes.
1901. William, Rev. M., Charleston, S. C. Baptist. Pension frauds;
convicted; one year.
1913. Williams, Rev. Elmer L., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. Defamation of
character.
1905. Williams, Rev. E. E., Shawnee, Okla. Baptist. Prostituting his
daughters.
1908. Williams, Rev. G. F., Washington, D. C. Episcopal. Immoral
conduct with seamstress; unfrocked; old offender.
1908. Williams, Rev. I. D., Denver, Colo. Violating postal laws.
1914. Williams, Rev. James T. W., Newcastle, Pa. Congregational.
Elopement and adultery.
1909. Williams, Rev. J., Bellecenter, O. Methodist. Charged with
false arrest and imprisonment.
1909. Williams, Rev. J. D., New York, N. Y. Baptist. Larceny.
1902. Williams, Rev. J. W., New Castle, Pa. Baptist. Picking pockets;
ordered out of town.
1900. Williams, Rev. R. B., Paxton, Ill. Evangelist. Insulting young
lady; pummeled by her father.
1906. Williams, Rev. S. V., Laporte, Ind. Campbellite. Leading a dual
life.
1914. Williams, Rev. W. L., Los Angeles, Cal. Cumberland
Presbyterian. Malicious destruction of property.
1900. Willis, Rev. Elijah, Chillicothe, O. Baptist. Deserted wife and
eloped with married woman.
1902. Wills, Rev. Joshua, West Chester, N. Y. Baptist. Convicted of
fraud; compelled to refund.
1900. Willy, Rev. E. E., Minneapolis, Minn. Congregational.
Negotiating a forged draft; arrested.
1909. Wilmer, Rev. H., Rome, Ga. Embezzlement; three years.
1908. Wilson, Rev. Aubrey, Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbyterian. Theft.
1913. Wilson, Rev. Cecil P., Brookland, Pa. Episcopal. Drunkenness.
1900. Wilson, Rev. C. H., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. False arrest; prosecuted.
1901. Wilson, Rev. Emanuel S., Grand Rapids, Mich. Baptist. Adultery;
arrested.
1914. Wilson, Rev. Isaac, Milan, Mich. Methodist. Invented a story of
assault and robbery to account for inability to pay his bills.
1901. Wilson, Rev. Jas., Guthrie, Okla. Evangelist. Arrested for
double murder in Missouri, in 1869.
1910. Wilson, Rev. J. H., Savannah, Ga. Church of Ascension. Wronged
girl; cowhided by mother.
1902. Wilson, Rev. Morris Genoa, W. Va. Baptist. Read Bible and then
cut his wife's throat with a razor.
1905. Wilson, Rev. W. S., Altoona, Pa. Methodist. Dissipation; died
in police cell.
1906. Wilson, Rev. Yancey, Tustin, Cal. Adventist. Desertion.
1912. Winchester, Rev. Sirl J., Winchester, Ind. Failure to provide
for young daughter.
1907. Wingert, Rev. A. E., Tillamook, Ore. Presbyterian. Forgery and
swindling.
1900. Winkfield, Rev. Z., Ensley, Ala. Murder of a man attentive to
his wife.
1910. Winn, Rev. W. G., Pittsburgh, Pa. Christian. Left it to the
Lord to pay board bill; sued for $80.
1905. Winters, Rev. F. W., Newark, N. J. Catholic. Obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Witt, Rev. W. L., Los Angeles, Cal. Second Advent. Left wife
and lived with widow; pleaded guilty.
Wittlinger, Rev. T., Rome, N. Y. Lutheran. Caught looking in at
window when women were retiring.
1901. Wohl, Rev. John H., W'm'son, W. Va. Presbyterian. Shot D.
Stokes; was killed by return fire.
1902. Wolfe, Rev. John B., Quincy, Ill. Methodist. Put up at hotel
with woman not his wife; condemned by conference.
1914. Wolfendale, Rev. N. S., Seattle, Wash. Circuit rider. Larceny.
1906. Wolfington, Rev. W. W., Freetown, Ind. United Brethren.
Arrested on charge of young girl.
1909. Wolfram, Rev. C. A., Atlanta, Ga. Took a married woman for his
soulmate.
1900. Wollpert, Rev. D. C., Zenia, O. Methodist. "Immoral and
unchristian practices."
1899. Wood, Rev. E. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist. "Ecclesiastical"
immorality; women complainants.
1911. Wood, Rev. J. B., alias Woodard, Coffeyville, Tex. Bigamist.
1902. Wood, Rev. Wm. A., Glens Falls, N. Y. Baptist. Instigating a
riotous demonstration.
1907. Woodring, Rev. W. H., Ashtabula, O. Methodist. Assault.
1909. Woodruff, Rev. W. L., Lorain, O. Lutheran. Raised money under
false pretenses; 30 days and $10.
1903. Woods, Rev. J. S., Evanston, Ill. Cruelty to his son; summoned.
1904. Woodson, Rev. A. R., Indianapolis, Ind. Presbyterian. Improper
liberties with young women.
1900. Woodward, Rev. J. D., Commerce, Ga. Baptist. Found guilty of
bigamy; four years.
1899. Woodward, Rev. W. L., Oak Harbor, O. Disciples. Suicide by
shooting.
1901. Wooton, Rev. J. A., Philadelphia, Pa. Unlawfully mailing
letters containing threats.
1902. Workman, Rev. S. N., Bluefield, W. Va. Pleaded guilty to charge
of bigamy; one year.
1908. Wormser, Rev. Andrew, Cincinnati, O. Dutch Reformed. Swindling.
Wright, Rev. G. H., Chillicothe, O. Evangelist. Triple murder
in Provo Co., Utah.
1910. Wright, Rev. W. R., Wood, N. M. Baptist. Murder.
1900. Wye, Rev. L., Croswell, Mich. Episcopal. Paid unwelcome
attentions to young woman and beat father who objected.
1906. Wylie, Rev. J. R., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Bigamy.
1902. Xavier, Rev. H. F., Yonkers, N. Y. Catholic. False arrest; sued
by a young woman for $20,000.
1900. York, Rev. S. P., Brownsville, Ky. Giving and furnishing liquor
to a young woman; indicted.
1900. Youberg, Rev. W., Chicago, Ill. Missionary. Stealing scrap iron
to repair mission.
1901. Young, Rev. Clarence, Newark, N. J. Evangelist. Bigamy; tried
and found guilty.
1911. Young, Rev. J. Henry, Mattoon, Ill. Bigamist. Young disappeared
when he learned a warrant was out for his arrest for having two
wives.
1911. Young, Rev. J. H., Leechburg, Pa. Lutheran. "Too familiar with
young girls." This charge was to have been heard at a church
trial.
1909. Young, Rev. P., Oakland, Cal. Episcopal. Embezzled $15,000.
Courted young woman; wife in Boston.
1908. Young, Rev. Wm. C., Paterson, N. J. Seduction; six months.
1906. Zakelsky, Rev. G. A., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Issuing worthless
checks in gambling game; sued.
1906. Zechel, Rev. A. H., Appleton, Wis. Violating Sunday law.
1900. Zeperian, Rev. E., New York, N. Y. Missionary. Stealing a
watch; arrested.
1901. Zeutgraff, Rev. J. R., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic. Slander; sued
for $5,000 damages.
1908. Ziegler, Rev. Mr., Hutchinson, Kan. United Brethren. Eloping,
leaving his wife and six children.
1910. Zimmerman, Rev. A. H., Utica, N. Y. Methodist.
Over-flirtatious, and disappeared mysteriously.
1908. Zimmerman, Rev. E. H., Omaha, Neb. Lutheran. Obscenity; pleaded
guilty; six months and $100.
1914. Zook, Rev. Isaac, Fresno, Cal. Methodist. Adultery.
1909. Zuccarelli, Rev. Jas., Newark, N. J. Catholic. Broke up home;
embezzled $400.
1912. Zwickert, Rev. John D., Altoona, Pa. Roman Catholic. Alienation
of affections.
1900. Zwinger, Rev. E., Hempstead, N. Y. Lutheran. Slander and
assault; arrested.