Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-16
JINGLE'S JOBS.

Ho,v a Reverend Sinner Played Game
for the Heart and Shckles of a Widou
[Terre Haute Special to Chicago Tribune
The celebrated confidence preacher, the
Rev. John Williams, who, a short time ago
came to this city, succeeded in deluding q
worthy widow, Mrs. William Piper, and was
admitted to her house by representations
about an expected fortune due her from an
estate in Canada, which he by some means
knew of, and who also imposed upon the
members of the Moffatt Street Methodist
church, where he was admitted in the pull
pitt collected large sum of money, and fed
so rapidly when the widows lawyer pressed
him about the estate, has been captured,
and is now in jail here awaiting trial for
several crimes. He is about 80 years old,
of Canadian origin, speaks with an English
accent, is very gentlemanly in appearance,
dresses nicely, and is educated in manners
and language. In person he
is slight in build, has q pale countenance,
large blue eyes, wears English-cut side whis-
kers and mustache, has very heavy, wavy,
dark brown hair, is romantic in style-in
fact, is a strikingly- handsome man of the
pathetic kind, very taking with the ladies,
especially with widows, who have been in
this section his special victims. He fled
from here, and was lost to all search, leav-
ing no clue until a few days since Deputy
Marshal Ed. Vandever and Lieut.. Fasig ac-
cidentally learned of such a person living
with widow near Charleston, Ill. He is
known by several aliases-Hill, Walker,
Harlan and others. Since he left here, and
the affair was published, large number of
letters have been received from all over the
country and Canada, asking our authorities
about him, and relating great variety of
games he has played and thefts he has
committed. One spoke of theft of $500
at the leading hotel in st. GATHERINGS, On
tario. The officers above mentioned pro-
ceeded to Charleston, and by shrewd man
agement induced him to go with them to
Paris, ILL.,, and from there got him into this
State, pretending a widow wished to see him.
He was found having grand good time. He
has made his way to the house of worthy
widow named Walker, living On her fine
large farm few miles east of Charleston,
and, having by some means learned of her
previous affairs and relations, pretended to
be the bearer of large sum of money to
her from relative who had died in the far
West and claimed to have the documents in
the case. He produced as such large pack
age of papers covered with scrawling that
none can read except himself. He said
it was in Hebrew, and SO imposed up
on her that she made him vel
come to her home, and he was already run
ming her farm affairs. He only arrived there
on Thursday, but on Sunday, he discharged
her faithful farm hand Of two years service,
and when the officers captured him, was
about selling her crop Of grain and drove
Of hogs, and doing all her business in his
familiar style. He has travelled a great deal,
claims to have been resident of California
nineteen years, where his wife is now living
to be very wealthy, to have been to China
and the East and West Indies, etc. He is a
wonderfully plausible talker, and has had
great success. The officers deserve high
credit for their capture, for it rids society OF
dangerous fraud. He is wanted in many
places for trial, and is certain of tie peni.
tentiary,