The Pastor and the Runaway
A Lincoln County deputy sheriff intercepts a minister and a married woman fleeing to pursue their own 'summer vacation.'
Deputy Sheriff Corgee, of Lincoln County, W. T., passed down the road this morning, accompanied by a minister of the gospel and a lady, whom it seems had forsaken her husband and four children in order to be near her pastor during his summer vacation.
“A minister of the gospel and a lady, whom it seems had forsaken her husband and four children in order to be near her pastor during his summer vacation.”
Scandals involving public figures or clergy were common fodder for late 19th-century newspapers, often used to reinforce traditional social mores. While the tone is judgmental, the account offers a rare, if distorted, glimpse into the personal lives and domestic ruptures of pioneer-era Washingtonians.
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