National Republican., 1882-07-01

audience of three or four hundred people; adA
sion was free. made my talk, and people see
beltre going 10 Evanston, and tried to sell
lecture. sold q few copies, but u proved finaA
morning, and remained in the law business ~
the next two or three months. But my mind
WAS STILL RUNNING ON THEOLOGY
and not on law, end my inspiration waste loo!
received from the Deity. ! neglected my bust
Of my Clients. / Was ava away from my oliice great
deal, and had received claim for collection
from certain party in Chicago, and afer great
deal OF trouble had secured portion of the
claim, and he had called to see me and had
given him the share of what had then received,
and subsequently, received another installment
lie called to see me ono day and was out and
he knew was away from the Office and he got
an idea that was going to abscond' SO he went
and made complaint against me,
CHARGING ME WITH EMBEzZLEMENT
for not having paid over to him little balance of
about 800 which had received on his account He
never demanded the payment Of this money after
l received 1t, aud there was us q matter of fact
ab lut SO due him on account of what had re-
eeeiSed on the soconi payment had paid him
abaut $50 in my pos ession due him OH the second
payment. He was very mean, vindictiye fell
in Chicago, and he and one or two other clients
thinking that was going to abscond, went and
was arrested and incarce-aed % in The Sii Of Cook
County, about the middle of July 1877 imme.
diately sent for legal friend, and an application
tor habeas corpus was presented to one Of the
judges of the circuit court of Cook County and
afler hearing it, the judge seemed disposed 10 DIS
charge me- but there were one or two other clients
in his presence ut the time of the hearing. and
they gave the court to understand that owed
them money, which, as matter of fact, was false,
aud tho result of 1t was that was remanded.
remained in Jail several days Finally called
the district attorneys attention to it, and ho
brought the matter before the grand jury. There
was no case against Inc, aud he discharged me.
AGAIN IN THE LECTURE-PIELD.
As soon as got out of Jail went to Kenosha,
Wis. and got the lecture room Of church, and
again, and got 1t well advertised, got posters Cut
over the city, aud haG quite a respectable at
tendance and charged an admission of ten cents.
| took in six or seven dollars, aud then went to
Milwaukee, Wis, and repeated my lecture there
In the lecture room of church. with ABOUT the
same result. Then 1 made up my mind that
would go East aud try lecturing All this time
was under pressure to lecture. l felt there was
necessity upon 10 be faithful to the light that
had received, and that must preach the Gospel,
STARTED EAST FROM MILWAUKEE
1 went to Kalamazoo, Mich with about the same
result. Got the lecture. room Of church; got 1t
advertised, and the people did not turn out. Then
went to Ann Arbor where had years before at
tended school 70 prepare myself for college, and
got large public hall therethe largest there
| in the city-and went to hotel at ~ a day, and
got the lecture well advertised, aud got out of
money As usual, no one came, except two or
three parties. The agent of the hall agreed to
| furnish the hall, and was to furnish the adyer-
| t1sing. and we were to divide receipts Not hav-
not pay him anything for the hall, but he in.
listed that agreed to pay the cost of lighting up
the hall anyway which 1 denied; He was "a
| rough fellow, and he saw that hadn't any money,
and he
PROPOSED TO HAVE ME ARRESTED,
and make me great deal of trouble. told him
| frankly who was, that had been unfortunate
i'll the lecturfng business; that had been to sew
eral places aud people did not care to hear me,
| and that was out OF money, and that would
send him his "a for lighting up as soon as l could
| He began to talk, and saw he was getting cx-
cited and he was ugly, and just made a dash for
| the door, and ran through the streets. 1t was
dark night. | know he could go right around to
| my. hotel where owed Sc or IS for board, and
make Il unpleasant for me, and made up my
mind that would get out of that town just as
| was and walked just as rapidly as could to-
| ward Detroit. did not go to The depot because
| knew that they would be there TO apprehend me-
| aud
I STRUCK RIGHT OUT FOR THE RAILROAD,
and reached 1t about mile east of the depot to.
ward Detroit. walked from Ann Arbor to Ypsi-
ianti, eight miles directly east, and l arrived
| there in the course ofa couple of hours walk on
the railroad track, and stayed there two or three
hours until the Chicago express train came along,
| and got aboard, and when the conductor came
sf1Snd pd ad t0Id Od hin him who Iva was gave him my
was out of money, and he passed me to Detroit. /
wont TO elYoung, Mems, Christian Association
| there and secured their hall and was announced
in tho course of two or three days to speak the
Second Coming Chat was the subject that was
| trying 70 TAX about, and had an audience of
probbbly fifty persons. charged ten cents admis-
| sion, and
| TOOK IN FOUR OR FIVE DOLLARS.
1t seems, under the laws of Michigan that any
hotel keeper can sue out warrant against q
| boarder VINO does not pay his board. The hotel
| keeper that owed six or eight dollars to 70
| board, under the inspiration of the man that wa
troubled with about The hail, sued out this wa, y
rant. He sent the deputy sheriff to Detroit ar y
had me arrested. The deputy sheriff from Al
| Arbor went to the police headquarters at Detro
and got city detective, ana they went TO III
Christian Association and arrested me after l 81
through with my lecture. My lecture was al
| liyered at O'Clock; was arrested about . o.
taken to police headquarters aud kept there
Intended to take me back to Ann ' Arbor. born ft
took me into the train. was in the custodyM
the deputy sheriff He sat about two feet in E
we reached Ypsilanti, eight miles from AnnF
boz the train stopped There was te'
see the deputy sheriff, and lisa saw him noddinl
thinks 70 myself Vi i viii get fast out q aF this"
got up quietly,
PASSED THE DOOR QUICKER THAN rLAsk
and ran just as light as could right back
track. 1t was pitch dark night, and b
been gone, probably two minutes before
covered his prisoner had escaped. 1 he'd
engine whistle down brakes SO judge q
had started before he found that he had
prisoner. He probably did not wake uI9
enough; he was asleep. l ran as fast as
for about mile, to see whether they we
.Sn9 me or mot, not; d,GI knew Of course, there Wo
especially, when they found they
their prisoner. I walked back on q
came TO junction. got thoroughly
exhausted. aud ! remember that l w9
grove and fell asleep leaning against att
WALKED ALL NIGHT.
and finally reached q station twelve d
mlcs east Of Ypsilanti, and there too
over TO Toledo, Ohio. / had 81 or IS wi
result of my lecture at Detroit. / used
to pay my fare from this depot to TolN
from the papers that there was great
at Detroit about my escape, and at
Mich, and 1t was talegraphed TO
papers. l took especial pains to lCH
, Chicago Tribune about it, aud they
special from Ann Arbor headed
Theologan,' representing that jun
This deputy sheriff, in order to escaI
, resented that had jumped from Il
and
SLIPPED OUT UNDER THAT CIRcl4
At Toledo took board In privatef
remained there two or three days,
. yertised TO lecture at the Young
Association, and had about the usu
went on to Cleveland and did
there. No audience at Toledo, anoa
land. did not speak at either plN
, was advertised. / then went to
and was advertised to speak In
, Of one of the leading Presbyterian
1t was well advertised, aud the
free, and had an audience of
, persons. was well treated at b
me quite nice collection, and
: couraged amer all the bad luck
lecture business. ] went to RoN
tured there in the lecture room
. Congregational Church. (All thi
Z fall Of lST0. / spoke at Roehes
house and moderate collectiou
, paper report, and thought tina
. MIGHT SUCCEED API
r | / then went to Syracuse. pr(f
. admission fee of fifteen cents.
. lecture in the Young Mems CM
there, but had no house AM
/ then went to Albany, and waa
4 there in the lecture room OF
Q The city editor OF the Abb
S knew me personally aud kne
gave me a very nice notice any
Q The next day he gave me
mending me for my culture