The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-27
CHURCH METHODS.


:iNn,letl to the met holds Of tile e:ilurclies,
Y. NJ. G.. AS, and vice societies of thu
East. MS illustrated in prosecutions ~
their blood. abound aud spy, Anthony
ComstOck. Thus we have frequently
shows, that he is hired and paid by
church members to lie, deceive and
tempt men to commit crime, ar d then
has his victims arrested and, punished.
lie reports his methods and their. re-.
suits at prayer meetings, and religious
gatherings. and lie is commended by
both clergy and laity and his methods
are approved. Thus in one letter which
lie wrote t, eutrap u man into II viola
ton Of law lie told nine lies. as Mr..
Wakeman showed on the trial. and
these nine lies were considered harm
less by the clergy AID their dmW's, be.
cause told in their cause Of persecution.
He paid sl4 to three girls in Greene
Street, New York. to expose their per-
sons. lie fe;,sted his ''eastly eyes on their
nude forms for IN hour. and then had
thtm arrested and dragged bef":e u
magistrate for indecent exposure IF
person. He is. in short. hired by the
churches to lie, deceive and tempt men
to commit CRIME. and his methods have
their hearty endorsement. -
Exactly these methods. tn = great ex-
tent. have been introduced iuto Wor-
Ellington. A clique Of church people,
protesting t" represent the temperance
element, have hired !, detective named
Orson Crisspy at So Il day to come here
and entrap our own citizens into selling
liquor il order that they may he arrest.
ed and punished.
Thus he sn 'aks into town, gets his
cue from one II. j. Ludlow and mel,
like him. and proceeds to business lie
goes to Druggist Law and says he has
just arrivt,l,- has lNe,l showed up, is
sick and wants $. me- brandy. Mr.. Lii "
tells him he has none. lie then says
he wants. whisky. Mr.. Law says I'D
cannot furnish it. Crissry then bends
over and says he has a terrible pain in
in his stomach and will die if he does
not get some liquor. Mr.. Law info' M
him that he will have to die as lie eau
not furnish him any liquor. The liar
then sneaks out bath d. Satan rptires
tn invent some new way to entrap 4 re-
spectacle druggist and earn his S. /;
day.
Next Crissey goes t" Cl,as Chase on
Sunday night. lie says he has bce'
showed up and must have some liquor
Chase says he has none to sell but keeps
beer for his own U.s.. C,isscy sees {:
battle SITTING on the table which, he
takes up, pours out some Of tn" liquid
into II glass and drinks it. He then re-
tires. Presently he returns while
Chase is in another room. Chase re-
turns and finds Crisscy pouring Mel
ont Of the bottle into i bottle of his
own. Chase asks him what he is doing
and says "di,ln't I tell you to keep a.
way from here.'' Crissey says hr is SICK
and mus, have some liquor. He then
offers to pay Chase for the liquor he
has taken without leave. Chase re.
fuses to take pay. Crissey throws q
piece Of money on tile table and leaves.
lie then rel"rts to II. j: Ludlow who
arsf I'll Snf
Orson Criss+y goes on the stand and
swears that Chase sold him beer and
took lay for it.
On the other hand Chas. Chase and
Mr.. Kline. who was present, swea,
Crissry took the beer himself out IF a
bottle and that Chase refused to take
pay for it. Mrs. Chase asserts the
same.
Here are three of our own citizens
testifying to one set of facts, while Il
man from abroad who is hired to lie
and drctive, testilies to another set.
II there was u crime committed OF that
particular Sunday night, Orson Girls.
sey committed the crime himself, and
he lied and drctived aud did his h.st
to entrap Chase Into committing I:
crime.
This MAS what led to the arrest of
Criss-y u" a charge If perjury. Mode.
rate and sensible people reasoned il,
this way: ''Crissey is Il professional liar
and deceiver, he is paid to deceive aud
entrap men Into crime; therefore it is
more than probable that, beine:a pro-
fessional liar and deceiver. he would
not hesitate to lie and deceive on the
witness stand. 1t is high, y probable
that he did commit perjury rs two Of
our citizens testify to facts in conflict
with his sworn statements" Thus
they reasoned and hence Crissty was
arrested and has been bound over to
answer t" the charge If perjury.
But our point is this: That those 81
the church element who are assuming
to manage the temperance cause. ap
prove Of this mans methods aud assert
t''at l'e is a "Christiam gentleman
C'fssey himself told one IT our citiz: n.
that he ''e"j"yed religion in his work. y
The cit'zan asked him how lie could
enjoy religion when his daily life WAS
made mp If lying and deceivine. Girls
sry and his srt make answer that it is
done in \ gont cause and that the gov.
eminent employs sucl, methods to de.
tect crime. 1t it tie old church ilea
that men may liz and commit crime il,
the interest Of what they call u ..goud
cause"
As we have condemned it for wears
in the case Of the infamous Cu,ust.".k
and his yang. so we condemn lit in the
case OF Crissey and his gang.
We do not object to the arrest OF
Chase if he has been violating the law,
We have frequently told Chase that We
were opposed to liquor saloons and tina,
II he was selling in. violation Of law
he ought tn be fined So now we tell
the m-n who are lying. decpiving, and
)hrfn9;a man At $3Ad day to introduc.