Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-29

| nd then went TO New York. The first year he
made 81 590 and the second 81 500 then his misor-
tunes came; he described, at length, his troubles:
ne was well dressed, he said: then he incarce-
rated IN the Tombs for not paying board bill, but
released, as his confinement was unconstitutional.
They don't stop TO inquire how you got down."
| said the prisoner, moraiiZing upon his condition
| ID New York, "but they Kick at you"
IN HARD LICK.
81 never was indicted for any offence In my life,
except this present crime" he said. Speaking of
his experience under arrest in New York, he said:
| q think that was the unhapplest streak ever
had in my life-those ave days spent I'm jefferson
Market police court. thought / would so crazy
there" When he WAS released from the TombS.
| ne continued. II put myself In bath tub with
water Scalding hot, anG stayed there two hours"
| prison. and said he had not taken a bath for IS
| days; in 1875
HE WENT TO CHICAGO;
| there he was struck by the Chicago Inter ocean
| idea, and wrestled with that until he ex-
| hausted himself on it; the paper could be bought
then, he understood, for $4,000; his idea was TO
make 1t the great organ OF the west, with
Horace Greeley's republicanism and James Gordon
Bennett's snap and enterprise; he consulted his
friends about 1t: one Of them he offered TO make
governor of Illinois If he would help him. He con-
suited his old friend Charley Reed, and Charley
put In s25, which he had not got back yet Il ran
On to theology soon after that" said the prisoner,
and that Is worse than the newspapers. That's
aro Gne reason didn't pay Mr.. Reed" He
aapcanr the Ns% YorS ome Ideas about
which Mr. Nixon had since put in practice: the
prisoner was to be editor of the paper; he went
ana looked at buildings to select suitable build
ing, and had also consulted with the Hoe press
company, besides consulting with telegraph
company as TO dispatches; he wrote to James
Gordon Bennett about getting his dispatches
out got no answer; he offered to discontinue his
SUIT Tor libel for 10000 against the Herald IL Mr.
Bennett would help him. .'Th3t was n cranky
idea OF mine," said the prisoner: "tf had sued
for $4,000, would have got $1,000 before jury"
The prisoner mnutely described his experience i'm
The New York Herald Office in trying 10 get satis-
faction; witness understood that Mr.. Bennett was
In Europe at the time he wrote, so he got no re-
spouse.
GUITEAU's OPINION ABOUT SUITS AGAINST NEWS
PAPERS.
"What was your idea in saying that you ought
to have sued for $4,000 instead Of s1oOOO?" asked
Mr.. Scoville.
"Why," said the prisoner, ''if you sue a news
paper for so much people think you are badly
cranked."
He insisted his suit was good. Mr. Townsend.
attorney for the Herald, he said knew he had
10 talh In court Mr. Townsend grew deathly pale.
THE PRISONER TRACED HIS LIFE
up to the time of his visit to his sister in Wscon-
sin in 1876. He was studying theology, he said,
and had aspirations to be Evangelist like
Moody, and to go to Europe. He admitted the
hickory tree story, and said in explanation: 81
was not a horticulturist or a farmer" While
Moody was in Chicago he was with him, and took
an active part; he was an usher a short time, and
spoke occasionally at the prayer meetings.
DURING THE HEAT OF MOODY's WORK,
In Chicago, he heard DR.. Kittrdge, OF Chicagosay
he did not know what was meant by passage i'm
the New Testament referring to the coming OF
Christ; that set his mind to whirling and after
spending month in the Chicago public library, he
dug out his lecture the second coming of Christ:
IL took him all the month OF December.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
The idea OF that lecture is that the second COM
Ing OF Christ occurred at the destruction OF Jeru
salem in cloud in the heavens over the city OF
Jerusalem, and the destruction OF the city was the
outward mark OF the second coming.
II just exhausted myself in getting that lecture
up" said the prisoner, and he deScanted on its
merits with the glibness of book agent. 81 tried
frequently to deliver it," he said, but didn't have
much success"
HE RELATED HIS FIRST LECTURE EXPERIENCE,
in January, 1877, In Chicago, in a Methodist
church. He found about thirty or thirty-five peo-
pie there. He delivered the substance OF the lee
ture. The Tribune came out next day and gave
him "rattling" notice, full OF wit and sarcasm,
which hurt his feelings very much then, as he
thought then that he had hold OF a great truth
He then went to the city editor OF the paper and
asked for truthful report The editor said it was
thing mOraliZed the prisoner, "about a news
paper is to get them to make a correction. They
have certain theory that IL they injure man
They won't make correction If they can avoid it."
THE PRISONERS PRIDE IN HIS THEOLOGY.
The witness went on describing hts lecturing
experiences In Chicago. 'sThey thought I was
very cranky" he said sbecause 1t upset all their
old ideas and their theology. As matter OF fact,
never got much sympathy or much money out OF
theology, for my ideas don't fit other peoples; but
stuck to 1t. 1 was brave. 1 knew the Lord was
behind"
The prisoner having likened his labors to those
tie Paul have greater success than You hads" &
don't think he did," said the prisoner, promptly
81 say that little book OF mine forever settled the
nf md fnrp Of (larfcf
prisoner followed his lecturing experience during
the fall and summer OF 1877 very mnutely.
keeping ripple Of laughter On the surface all the
time 'They don't give much on collection, /
md !" he said, referring to Michigan experience.
out paying for them"
HE sUPPosEs He WOULD DRAW AS A LECTURER
NOW.
"My lectures were always well advertised, but
no one cared to hear me. / hadn't reputation
enough to draw, that was all l sup pose 1 would
draw nOw." Referring to another ex perience, he
said that were 50 or 60 people there.
~ got good newspaper report, too" he added,
'sbut it favored with the fact of my arrest the
night before for not paying my board bill"
he SLIPPED OUT.
At another place there was not enough people in
the hall to pay the rent. The owner expostulated
and cursed him, and said the prisoner, sin order
to avoid controversy, struck out, left the
At another time the prisoner was arrested for |
hotel bill at Ann Arbor. "Under the law OF Michi-
gan," said the prisoner, 'you can arrest man for
not paying board bill the same as you can for |
stealing coat. did not know that when went |
there ~ He was arrested taken train and while
his guard was sleeping jumped from the train and
'Sc0Oted on the back track for mile, running as
fast as he could" He took team for Toledo. o.,
and as soon as he got out OF Michigan felt BETTER
he stuck to occurring because he thought he was
doing it for the Lord. 81 went into that whole bu-
siness to serve the Lord" said the prisoner:
LECTURER WITHOUT SINGLE AUDITOR.
''Not single person came to my lecture in To |
ledo," said the prisoner, ''not single person"
ssWhat did you think OF that?' asked Mr.. Sco- |
vile.
ssWen, thought it was pretty rough, but |
stuck to it."
He related with touch Of grim humor his expe-
rience with the railroad conductors some OF whom
passed him when he told them that he was lectur-
Ing for the Lord; to one he gave his coat
DEAD-BEATING IT.
"You may say" said the prisoner, s'that this /
kind OF experience is dead-heading, but say it is
an evidence OF how the Lord protected me- Idead-
headed 1t from Toledo to Washington ana didn't |
get put on but twice 1t wasn't my business to
dictate to the Lord how he was to take care OF me-