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Emma Molloytemperance revivalist prohibitionist and accessory to murder In the summer of 1885 exconvict George Graham bigamously married Cora Lee foster daughter of nationally known temperance revivalist Emma Molloy and the three took up residence together on the Molloy farm near Springfield Missouri When the body of Grahams first wife Sarah was found at the bottom of an abandoned well on the Molloy farm early the next year Graham was charged with murder and Cora and Emma were implicated as accessories As Larry E Wood notes this sensational story made headlines across the country and threatened Mrs Molloys career as a prominent evangelist and temperance revivalist Although Graham confessed taking sole blame for the murder he inflamed the scandal surrounding Emma Molloy when he claimed that hed carried on a passionate affair with her while simultaneously courting her foster daughter When Graham was lynched by a mob before he could come to trial critics of Mrs Molloy even suggested that she and her friends in the temperance movement had instigated the hanging to silence him Although Cora Lee was eventually acquitted of being an accomplice in Sarah Grahams murder and the charges against Emma Molloy were subsequently dropped many of Mrs Molloys detractors remained convinced that she was at the least a very indiscreet woman Her reputation was irreparably tarnished and she never fully recovered her status as one of the countrys most noted female orators
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In the spring of 1855 a young Unitarian minister and his brand new flock found themselves in the midst of an undeclared civil war over slavery in the Kansas Territory Members of Ephraim Nutes church were shot at scalped burned out of their homes impoverished and imprisoned Their faith and pacificism were sorely tested Through it all Nute nurtured his growing congregation fought ardently for abolition helped escaped slaves and struggled with the American Unitarian Association to secure the financial support he had been promisedNute comes to life again in his letters and the correspondence of those who knew him Sometimes funny sometimes painful and always poignant the story of Nutes ministry illuminates what it means to do the work of justice in the face of violent resistance
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