The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-27
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alluded TO the methods Of the churches,
r. NJ. e. AS, and vice societies Of the
East. as Illustrated. i'm prosecutions hy
their blood hound and spy. a nthony
Comstock. Thus we have frequently
shown that lie is hired and paid by:
church mclnbers to lie, deceive aud
! tempt men to commit crime, AID then
has his victims arrested and punished.
He reports his methods and their re.
suits 1t prayer meetings, and religious
gatherings, aud he is commended by
both clergy and laity and his ,nett"'s
are approved. Thus in one letter which
he wrote t. entrap Il man into i viola
ton of law he told nine lies. IA Mr..
Wakeman showed on the trial, and
these nine lies were considered harm
less by the clergy aid their dul~s. be-
cause told in their cause of persecution.
He paid $14 to three girls in Greene
Street, New York. to expose their per
sons, he Toasted his beAstly eyes Oh their
nude forms for an hour, and then had
them arrested and dragged before \
magistrate for indecent exposure OF
person. He 10, 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, to a great ex
tent. have been introduced into Wor-
Ellington. A clique of church people,
protesting to represent the temperance
element, have hire.l u directive named
Orson Crissey at 50 Il day to come here
and entrap our own citizens into selling
liquor il order that they may be arrest
I'd and punished.
Thus he sn.aks into town, gets his
cue from one Fl. j. Ludlow and men
like him, and proceeds to business. lie
goes to Druggist Law and says he has
just arrived. has been showed up, is
sick and wants some brandy. Mr.. Law
tells him he has none. liz then says
lie wants whisky. Mr.. L:rw says hs
cannot furnish it. Crissry then bends
over and says he has Il terrible pain in
in his stomach and will die if he does
not get some liquor. Mr.. Law info ms
him that lie will have to die as he can
not furnish him any liqn"r. The liar
then s,,eaks out b,ffl Il. Satan retives
to invent some new way to entrap Il re-
spectacle druggist and earn his So 4
day.
Next Crissey goes t" ClIas Chase on
Sunday night. lie says he has been
showed up and must have some liquor.
Chase says he has none t" sell but keeps
beer for his own uss. C,issey sees a
bottle setting on the table which, he
takes up, poass out some Of the liquid
into u glass and drinks it. lie tl.en re-
tires Presently he returns while
Chase is in another room. Chase re-
turns and finds Crissey pouring beer
out IF the bottle into u bottle If his
own. Chase asks him what he is doing
and says "sii.l"'t tell you to keep a.
way from here." Crissey says III is sick
and must have some liquor. He then
offers to pay Chase for the liquor he
has taken without leave. Chase re-
fuses t" take pay. Crisscy throws u
piece Of money on the table aud leaves.
He then reports to II. J. Ludlow who
enters complaint against Chase and
Ors"n Cri>sey goes on the stand and
swears that Chase sold him beer and
took pay for it.
On the other hand Chas. Chase and
Mr.. Kline. who was present, swear
Crissey took the beer himself out Of a
bottle and that Chase refused to take
pay for it. Mrs. Chase asserts the
same.
Here are three of onr own citizens
testifying to one SIT of facts, while i.
man FROM abroad who is hired to lie
and deceive, testities to another at.
If there WAS 4 crime committed on that
particular Sunday night, Orson Girls
sey committed the crime himself, and
he lied and deceived and did his best
to entrap Chase into committing \
crime.
This Was what led to the arrest Of
Crissey on Charge Of perjury. Mode
rate and sensible people reasoned in
this way: "Crissey is II professional liar
aud dec~iver, he il paid to deceive and
entrap men into crime; therefore it is
more than probable that, beine::a pro-
fessional liar aud tipceiver. lie would
not hesitate to lie and deceive OF the
witness stand. 1t il highly 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 Crissey MAS
! arrested and has been bound over to
| answer t" the charge Of perjury.
But our point is this: That those Of
the church element who are assuming
tn manage the temperance cause. ap-
prove of this man q methods and assert
that he is "Chrlstiam gentleman"
C'issey himself told one Of our citiz* rs
that he ''eIjoyed religion in his work. :"
The citizen asked him how he could
enjoy religion when his daily life was
made up ct lying and deceiving. Girls.
sly and his set make answer that it is
done il u good cause and that the gov
eminent employs s,,cl, methods to de-
tect crime. 1t it tie old church idea
that men may lie and commit crime in
the interest Of what they call i good
cause"
As we have condemned it for years
in the case IT the infamous Co,nstock
and Ills gang. so we condemn it in the
case OF Crissey and his gang.
=. W. do not object to the arrest Of
Chase il he las been violating the law.
We have frequently told Chase that We
were opposed to liquor SALOONS and that
II lie was selling. in violation Of law,
he ought to be fined. So, now We tell
the men who arr lying. deceiving, and
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