■HIE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MARCH 9, 1899. ft ! for us to say nothing about it hom eT n Manhat- If arrived, he was st“ r‘^ Aged L a d y ’s Gold. Rev. W illiam N. Coffey, pastor of cast suspicion on the other. -V a . » .1 1 t i e * _ T zl zl nil t il Kzi V II S Ä . 5 ........................ » « . « - * m anded that he accom pany her and --------- - . . . her sister home. So unde, the pressing in v .tatm n o the wo he was com pelled to allow Miss Reed to find her way to h.s board- .ng place, .ebe.1» »h^cou!ld^and Miss Bly, vowing renewed devotion to her. A bout a m onth later he wrote such a letter to Miss Reed, of G reene county. Both letters are in , . _ 4a r.f of dw the com com m m ittee ittee Of of i_ th e h been . w g g \ h r e e o f .’hem be- for ,o(lay, but it is H r '” i l l a -a » 1 ft I B He __ * : L!___ — « T / ! . . m xr /’» IX - m as 1 I <io m y <»v»n PM». is charged _ and . . has con- him do my ow n i»on. T his evidence, together with oth- jail. fessed th a t he robbed an old lady er interesting testim ony, was taken of her life’s savings, am ounting to by the com m ittee of church men.- $600. Mrs. M agart, a lady seventy hers. who assem bled recently in years of age and quite alone in the U niversity Place. He was ques- world, took Coffey to her home as a tinned and cross-questioned and Tfa re h(. wa8 questioned expected th a t some of them wi.l hoarder some three years ago. He caught up on bis statem ents on ev- ¿ h e re . _ * h became a m inister of the gospel, .... V___ I k „ t M r five consecutive entR u n tR t h ev were thoroughly his dark cell in the basen ery hand, but for five consecutive and the old lady grew to look upon young m inister county building. , - hours he stubbornly refused to a d satisfied th , a i t the f f,l r fkor nniirtesips The m atter came before the jus- him as a son. She showed him her was unw orthy of fu rth er courtes es 1 nt m Lr( llch- m it one of the charges against him. tice court, where the preach savings and exhibited rare coins of on th eir p art, and he was perem p eir nome I t was discovered th a t while Mr. torily torily dism dism issed issed trom from m their home er waived exam ination and was gold She had every confidence in Coffey was preaching the gospel at and released from his engagem ent held to the 8 ra " d J Coffey. H e stole the money, hut boI,d fixed at $1’00°- N inth and Shaw streets, he was a l to Miss Bly. the kind old m otherly lady was ig norant of the fact. The m inister so m aking good progress in a three did not steal all the money at once. sided love affair, and the evidence He g radually took a coin, and then the com m ittee hail gathered in this another, until the little pile had m atter was considered alm ost disappeared. W ith the m o rey he enough of itself to deprive the had a good time. He was engaged young m an of his freedom, foi a to three different young ladies at tim e at least. It was brought out one time, and each one of them re by th e com m ittee th a t, one year ceived a present at his hands. All ago last winter, Coffey went to the To sell property three of the young ladies had prom little town of F arlin , in Greene ised to be his wife. On one of county, Iowa, to assist in a pro To buy a home tracted meeting by leading the sing them he spent the kind old lad y ’s To go into business ing. W hile there he contracted a money for a diam ond ring, and on To exchange real or personal property th e others he spent divers am ounts. cold and became quite ill. He was taken to the home of a Mr. and Suspicion pointed to the young To work, or to hire workers Mrs. Reed, living a few miles fiom , man when the loss of the money ANYTHING F a r lin , w as cared for an d resto red j y y A k lA l I was discovered. The old lady had health by these kind people. -------------- - - — - — every confidence in him and would » o — W R IT E T O U S . W E C A N H E L P YOU W hile enjoying their hospitality not believe him guilty. He was taken before a church :ie became enam ored of their dau g h committee. At the close of the ter, Miss Grace, who prom ised to Address, INFORMATION BUREAU trial, as the old lady was passing become the wife of Coffey. He was Silverton, Oregon. down the aisle, broken hearted and assiduous in his atten tio n s to the crying, th e m inister— the young young lady, and when he oame man whom she had befriended all jack to Drake university kept up a these years— threw his arm s around ivelv correspondence with her,aud q r How to Make , t her neck and, weeping bitterly, often went to see her. It was after his engagem ent to said: Miss Reed that he met Miss L etha ___ *» > •« A »1 “ A untie, I stole your m oney!” Bly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. The Government nationalized the She told the story about in this the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELION BLANCH AKI W. Bly, of U niversity Place, and way to the committee of church of in his book en titled ............................ fell in love with her. Miss Bly a l ficers who called on her: Mr. Coffey was preparing his ser so promised to be the wife of Coffey, mon one m orning last sum m er in believing th a t his protestations of Mrs. M agart’s little parlor, and affection for her were sincere. He Postpaid for 25 Cents. Mrs. M agart was busy arran g in g spent much of his tim e at her home All profits on this book will be given to the Liberal University. of l every th e room, when she asked him if he while engaged to Miss Bly, and It should lie in the hands LIKIS C CVCI/ thinking person. Address all orders to — n r n EA C O N C ilv r e r -tn n , O rrtrf The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton Oregon. had ever seen a three dollar gold confided to her parents th a t he piece. In reply to his negative owned a farm in Greene county, answer, she said she would show but th at it was in the nam e of a W ho D oes Y our him one, which she had in her col certain Reed tam ilv of th a t vicini Fill it up, and forward with He took much of the income lection of money. They were ra th ty. $1.00 to the er a rare thing, and she thought he from his farm , so-called, and left it L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o ., would like to see one. She went to in the care of the Blv fam ily. E v Silverto n, Oregon. ery now and then he would state a well worn lounge in the corner o th e room to get her money, hut th a t he m ust go to his farm and If you require any started back when she opened the look after business m atters, and C a rd s or C ir c u la r s , To the P u b lish ers a f the Torch would get a little money from his lounge and found it gone. She B ill H e a d s , o f Reason: b u rst into tears and exclaim ed th a t so-called income and leave the city Please send the T orch of R eason to N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s , for a few days or 1 mger, when he she had lost everything, even the my address for one year, for which I en S ta te m e n ts , w’ent to the home of his first be gold pieces her dead husband had close $1.00. T ic k e t s , P ro g ra m s , trothed to visit her given her. Coffey’s actions in this respect M im e. In vitation s, Coffey a t once professed the deep est sym pathy for her, but when she were not seriously questioned un til B o o k s o r P a m p h le ts , was quieted', advised her to say during carnival week, last fall, he Postoflice. E n v e lo p e s nothing of th e loss. bad invited Miss Reed, betrothed Or any other Printing, you will serve “ I too have lost money since I num ber oue, to spend the week with your own interest and help support have been here,” he said to her. “ I him in Des Moines. She cam e, but the Liberal University by send ing your orders to us. We have lost different sums a t different when Mr. Coffey was taking her to times. I think it would be better U niversity Place the evening she will execute them promptly, tastefully. S ta te T n f o r M A T IO N BUREAU 7^ DO YOU taf 7M fl i Good Tim es fo r a ll Tim e i'llÏ6 qij 'iä U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E This O ut— Cut This P rinting ? I