Aberdeen (SD) Daily News, June 14, 1892, p. 1. NOTE: By all appearances,
this was a whitecapping incident. In another newspaper, the same item
appeared with a different spelling of the preacher's surname-Van Cleave as
opposed to Van Cleve.
WHIPPED THE PREACHER
Rev. Mr. Van Cleve Given 40 Lashes by an Indiana Mob
Corydon, Indiana, June 14-Twelve masked men broke down the door of the Rev.
T. B. Van Cleve, seven miles from town, and taking the preacher out into his
yard, tied him to a tree and beat him unmercifully, giving him 40 blows on
his bared body with hickory rods. Mr. Van Cleve came to town and swore out
warrants against eight well known citizens of the community. They were
arrested and the hearing was set for next Saturday. The preacher's pulpit
utterances of late have caused much strife, and not long ago a circular
denouncing him was circulated in the neighborhood. It is alleged, too, that
he was the cause of the separation of a man and his wife.