■HIE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MARCH 9, 1899.
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! 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.
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m anded that he accom pany her and
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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
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is charged _ and . . has con-
him
do
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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-
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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.
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hours he stubbornly refused to a d ­ satisfied th , a i t the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“ 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
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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
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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
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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.
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k
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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
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nothing of th e loss.
bad invited Miss Reed, betrothed
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“ 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
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