The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-30


prior 70 my being admitted. ! thought
was pretty well posted"
The prisoner here eulodzed his own
abilities rs a lawyer, and his shrewdness in
getting business. He made $4,000 the
first year, he said. 81 go up right to a
man., he said, show him my card and
my references. I always carry good re-
ferences, and that gets me business
my references and my experience. II
the man showed any disposition to give
me business, | would follow that man
right up, you know"
! lie was i'm Chicago, he said, from 1868 to
1871. and then went to New York. The
/ first year he made $1,000. and the second
$500: then his misfortunes came. He de-
scribed OF length his troubles. He was
well-drcssed, he said. Then he was in-
carceraied in the Tombs for not paying a
/ board bill, but released, rs his confinement
was unconstitutional. "They don't stop
to inquire how you got down." said the
prisoner, moralizing upon his condition IN
| New York, "but they kick at you.'
N HARD LUCK.
al never was indicted for any offence in
my life except the present crime" he said.
I Speaking OF his experience under arrest In
/ New York, he said 81 think that was the
unhappiest streak ever had in my life
those five days spent in Jellerson-Market
Police Court. / thought would go crazy
/ there" When he was released from the
Tombs, he continued, 81 put myself in 4
bath-tub. with water scalding hot, and
stayed there two hours" He spoke with
+ great disgust OF his associates in the prison,
and said he had not taken bath for thirty
/ five days. In 1873 he went to Chicago.
There he was struck by the Chicago
Inter- ocean idea, and wrestled with
that until he exhausted himself on
It. The paper could be bought then. he
understood. for $4,000. His idea was to
make it the great organ OF the West. with
Horace Greelcy's Republicanism and James
Gordon Benefits snap and enterprise; he
consulted his friends about it; one OF them
he offered 10 make Governor OF Illinois II
he would help him. He consulted his OLD
friend Charley Reed, and Charley put IN
Sd, which he had not got back yet.
ran on TO theology soon after that" said
the prisoner, "gnd that is worse than the
newspapers. That's the reason | didn't
pay Mr.. Reed" He gave Mr.. Nixon
some ideas about duplicating the New
York HerdlFS dispatches. which Mr..
Nixon had since put in practice; the
prisoner was 10 be editor OF the paper; he
went to look at buildings TO select a suitable
building. and had also consulted with the
IIoc-PreSs Company, besides consulting
with 4 TELEGRAPH company rs 10 dispatches.
lie wrote to James Gordon Bennett about
getting his dispatches, but got no answer;
he offered to discontinue his suit Tor libel
for %lOO. 900 AGAINST the Herald if Mr. Ben
4 ii. liz hof 4
ides OF mine" said the prisoner; ri! |
had sued for $4,000 ] would have got
$4,000 before jury" The prisoner mi
nutcly described his experience in the New
York Herald Office i'm trying to get salts
faction. Witness understood that Mr. Ben
nett was in Europe ut the time he wrote,
30 he got no response.
HE RELATED HIS FIRST LECTURE EXPERIENCE,
in January, 1877. in Chicago, in Method
ist church. He found about thirty or thir-
ty.fve people there. lie delivered the sub
stance Of the lecture. The Tribune came
out next day and gave him "rattling"
notice, full OF wit and sarcasm, which hurt
his feelings very much then.
The witness went on describing his lee
turing experience in Chicago. "They
thought was very cranky" he said, be-
cause it upset all their old ideas and their
theology. As a matter of fact, | never got
much sympathy or much money out Of the
ology, for my ideas don't fit other peoples /;
hut | stuck TO il. / was brave. ! knew
the Lord was behind"
The prisoner having likcned his labors
to those Of st. Paul, Mr.. ScOyille asked 4:
"Didn't the Apostle Paul have greater
success than You had?" 81 don't think
be did" said the prisoner promptly. 81
saw that little book OF mine forever settled
the question Of the second coming OF
Christ" The prisoner followed his lee
turing experience during the fall and sum-
mer OF 1877 very infinitely, his quaint way
Of moralizing on his i'll success keeping n
ripple OF laughter on the surface all the
time. "They don't give much on c0llcc-
ton, find" he said, referring to Mlchi-
can experience. "They are willing to
come and get your ideas without paying
for them
HE sUPPosEs liz WOULD DRAW As A LECTURER
now.
"Ny lectures were always we'll adyer-
tiSed. but no one cared 10 hear me.
hadn't reputation enough to draw, that was
all. suppose | would draw now" Re
ferring TO another experience, he said that
there were fifty or sixty people.
81 got a good newspaper report, too, y
he added, "but it was favored with the
fact Of my arrest the night before for not
paying my board bill"
''Not single person came to my lecture
in Toledo" said the prisoner; "not a
single person."
."What did you think of that B." asked
Mr.. Scoyille.
"Well, | thought it was pretty rough,
but stuck to it,"
He related with touch Of grim hUmOr
his experience with the railroad coDduc-
tors, some Of whom passed him when he
told them that he was lecturing for the
Lord to one he gave his coat.
DEADBEATING 1T.
"You NAV saw" said the prisoner, "that
this kind OF experience is deadheading,
but | say il is an evidence OF how the Lord
protected me. | deadheaded it from To-
ledo to Washington, and didn't get put OF
but twice. 1t wasn't my business to die
tate TO the Lord how he was to take care OF
me. left Him to pay my board bill the
best way He could"
The prisoner related his narrow escape
i'm jumping from train between New
York and Newark: he then related his eX'
perience from Philadelphia TO Washington
and described his six weeks experience
here trying to sell his lectures in pamphlet
form; he lectured here in the Congrcga
tional church.
From this city he went to Baltimore
then to Boston, Providence. and Newport
then returned to New York.
ADJOURNED.
The prisoner having said he was tired
the Court mt 300 L. VI. adjourned till to
morrow morning.
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