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lorinmen would participate in today’s labor board in an effort to prevent;he,ndTIHUGHESPROSECUTEaCULPwhilt; chaihelding the way ters a mo shipm-m-35nd)ls•n-“Let Me Serve in His Piece. He Did No Wrong,” CriesnyutnoEsther Hughes—Mother of Girl to Seek FormerB■1 emP han ! stril chaiE. 1Pastor’s Freedom, She Says.Dayton, 0., July 17.—Thomas J.Hughes, attorney of Greenville, andpit; father'of Esther Hughes who eloped •n-indwith Wilson W. Culp, Spring ValleyiItte;y-,ad! sr-i ay |ir-j ndts.►rehe*theed?r-in-enonip-enn-:alis-nd u;of ir-id-eirelt-eni*ie»g.Pastor, tod£y declared he will do hi3 utmost send Culp to prison under the Mann White Slave Act.Hughes issued a statement of two , thousanci words or more in which he branded Culp as a hypocrite and basedeceiver of “deepest dye.” •]His statement dispels all doubt as to the stand he will take when Culp’3 \ case is called in court at Xenia. Hughes stated he had conferred with the U. S. District attorne^at Cincin- j nati relative to prosecution under theMann Act. iHe very strongly intimated that the i preacher *sras mixed up in another af-! fair of the heart with another girl, i Hughes says the preacher began trying to make an impression on 1 Esther four years ago.Culp is expected to arrive here this afternoon en rout to Xenia.“Since this affair has happened I have found out many things about Walter Culp that I did not know before,” aaid Hughes. The affair with my daughter is not the first of this nature he has been in. Some three years ago he made an effor^ to get a girl member of his congregation to spend a night in a hotel with him.That lust which caused him to make Improper actions toward other girl members of his’ congregation causedhim t° work on the sympathies otmy daughter.He speaks of the lack of education of his wife. I understand that she had weak eyes in her youth and[ was unable to attend school. He alsoridicules the church for the small salary he received. I understand thatj this salary, together with gifts was!equivalent to $1,900 a year. I also have it from the officials of the' church that this salary was to havebeen increased $300 next year.Culp was a clever man. Hfi always worked on the sympathy of the people. Even now he is telling these stories of his hardships in an effort fO gain sympathy. My daughter is a very sympathetic girl.“They always said it was the woman who paid,” gaid Esther. “But they are reversing the law of the ages. They are making the man pay. He is guiltless. I insisted on coming away with him. He did no wrong.” And then the mother, Mrs. Blanche Hughes, wife of J. T. Hughes, promi-ment money lender of Greenville, O., who came to reclaim her wandering girl, spoke up.tionandandandvoteof aTers,was stagilt;lt;I came here fully intending to punish this man to the law’s limit,” she said slowly. “Bn* after an ail night talk with dear Esther, who has told me all, I am going now to do my utmost to see that he is freed.“They were indiscreet, but that is all. Yes, I know they registered In several places as man and wife and occupied the same room together, but my daughter tells me their relations were never illicit. Esther never told me a fib.werlt;1 unicj by ito i; seni 1 Viol| if Piarei R;1 COUlThe girl's/black eyes blazed.“He was so unhappy,” she said, “I insisted on going with him. And so 1 went with him. 1 spent every moment with him. I slept in his arms at night. But he never did anything but caress me. And where he went I went. 1 want the world to know I love him.“Conventions?”, and she laughed. It is all a matter ^of which parti* cular one we use.”poss 1 foreshoi tows com boai+he! Ben boaiI the upoi pealt;Afronovei!sporautlMrs. Hughes said she was writing to both Probation officer Joseph h■ Watts of Xenia who is taking Mr. Gulp back home as well as to her husband, asking them both to intercede and see that Cuip is given another chance.CI1 dayI and“My most dearest and precious Wil-n-more precious than ever before” begins a letter written to Culp by Miss Hughes Sunday afternoon, when he was enroute to Xenia.There is no sign of repentance nor of diminished affection in‘the love note.A poem—or a hymn—obviously of her own composition in full, opening with fhe words:“Does Jesus care when I've saidher boai ciflct° ^ shor! offlcsess effo;m,m-od'orThePort Huron, Mich., July 17.-Rev. Wilson W* Culp is on his wayback to Spring Valley, Ohio, today for unbarring tfre doors of love. In his eyes are no frozen tears of repentance. In iron he was put abroad a train last night bound for Xenia, 0.,where he will be held under his trial.with whom hefledofesgoid’hefl-alie-Esther Hughes, eloped four weeks ago and for whom he abandoned his wife and nine children was released yesterday.Both Miss Hughes and her motherpleaded for the release of the pastorwho, according to his own declaration“was commanded by God,” to elopewith the girl.Let me serve in his Place, shecried in the Port Huron jail just before he wan started back home.He did no wrong. Let me suffer if any one has to. I still love him, lovo himmore now, more madly than ever.««good bye “To the dearest on earth to me,“And my sad heart aches,“Till it nearly breaks,“Is it aught to him, does he see?’’ “I tried to sing these words the best I could through the tears in mv cell,” wrote the girl. “I suppose you are in hand cuffs now. I wish itcould be me instead of you ”In another paragraph Miss Hughea expresses the belief that “Jesus ii coming real soon. The main thing Is to De ready fox* heaven, and dearest, will you meet me there?Referring to her grief stricken parents, Miss Hughes wrote that herfather “would rather have died than have this happen-he would rather have murdered me—mother neversaw him cry before in his life.”In conclusion Miss Hughes advised Culp to live with Mary the best that you possibly can. Maybe you can behappy with your children.i TWitt thoi-laboregs Ing rail: Con unicIsiGrec aw a;moricaueMihom(Continued on Pafe 3)survof 3KatlMarReeiFio’cloplac
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 17, 1922
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