National Republican., 1882-07-01

THEY PUT ME INTO CHILL,
ana locked me up all night The next morning
the detective canlo there and came 70 my cell and
says; How are you, ProfessorY' Says / " i am
about $3.50 had never been arrested before
in my life, and felt terribly dsgraced and very
indignant at him for doing II. He was bluff aud
hilarious in his style. and laughed and talked TO
me and wanted u know how much I had sued
tho Herald for, &c, and we walked along the
street to the Jefferson Market. When they searched
me at the Pdnce street station:house they hap.
pened 10 flnd little memorandum In my pocket
which had been left ON my desk In my office in
the Bennett building. This memorandum had
owed sl1 to for board. lie LEFT It during my alb
sence, and when came in l found 1t there. put
1t in my pocket and went to his house 10 SEQ MS
mother, but she was not in / put the memoir
andum back Into my pocket and went back TO
the hotel and
WHEN THEY SEARCHED ME IN THE STATION
house they found this little memorandum. The
ornndum, and through her ho found out that
owed several parties for board, ana among other
l had boarded with for several months In New
York during the fall OF 1873, ut the time when
was in business ines 1 was with this lady two or three
months in the fall of 1873. / paid her $40 week
part of the time, and S12 for the balance OF the
time. l LEFT her, owing her about $40 i gave
her my check for the so, and she kept 1t for sew
eral weeks before presenting 1t at the bank. When
she presented it ut the bank / did not have any
monSy wa IN WMch 60 pay Il Shs then sent her
left memorandum and went to see the lady
and explained the matter TO her, and paid her
charge the next morning was " false pre- ises."
THIS DETECTIVE CHARGED ME
with having got my baggage from this woman on
the false pretenso of giving her check when
default Of 81 ,0JO ball. and remained in the Jeifer
son Market ionr or fivo days, when was taken to
the Toumbs and remained there about five weJks
longer The charge was false pretenses, to wit,
having obtained from this lady my baggage on
the check, having no money In the bank at the
time she presented II, she having kept 1t for SOW
eral weeks before presenting it. 1 suffered terri
bly, in mind and spirit. was out of business and
prisoned in the Toombs in New York. / was
there for fve or six weeks. never suffered such
agony In my mind in my life. wrote 10 several
me when was first committed; they never came
near me; they never made any effort to get ME
out, and there
LINGERED AND LINGERED AND LINoERED,
week after week, for five or six weeks Finally 1
wrote the district attorney. Mr.. Phelps, telling
him all about the case in detail, telling him the
law of the case that there was no possible way he
could hold mo, because the law of the case is this:
There was no pretenso in my getting the baggage.
The law sets forth that boarding. house keeper
must put up a certain notice to the effect that he
or she is boarding house keeper; otherwise they
have no lien OIL guests baggage. This lady had
such notice in her house; therefore. under the
law, she was not u boarding house keeper, and
therefore no false pretensc existed in my getting
my baggage on my check. If l had had lawyer
orany friends or any money l could have gotten
out oil that case in twenty -four hours habeas
corpus, but was utterly friendless and money
lCSS Inc parties VINO WerC my trlenuS Wnen
had business and money did not know me when
l was IN trouble.
GOT OUT OF IT IN THIS WAY AT LAST:
After pressing Mr.. Phelps and calling his attention
TO the mater several times, my brother-in law,
| George scoville, of Chicago, happened to be In
| New York. He inquired about me and found that
| i was In the Toombs-a nice place for decent
district attorney and Horace Russell, the assistant
district attorney, sent for me at Mr. Scoyilles re-
quest. told Russell how 1t was that there was
nOsSibility of his holding 10 n n m
| because no offense had been committed by me in
getting my baggage, as the woman was not q
boarding house keeper under the law. He agreed
with me, and told me could go with Mr.. Scovllle.
| Mr.. Scoyille gave me some money, and within q
day or two went out to Chicago went to his
were. very kind to me. My sister has always been
my friend. She and Mr.. Scoville sympathzed
| on account of the outrage committed on me by
my father in running me into the Oneida Com
munity. opened law. Office in Chicago !
went 10 work earnestly and in a little while had
BUSINESS AND REsPEcrABILiTY AGAIN.
ran along there in Chicago for several months
| aud did we'll. l always did we'll either in New
York or or in Chicago in the law business when
| 1875 got an idea into my head that would try
| to get possession of the Chicago Inter- Ocean and
make 1t the great Journal of the West. spent two
| or three months working up that idea. pur-
posed to get some of my monied friends to furnish
the capital whereby to purchase the Inter- Ocean.
| The stock at that Time was at very low ebb the
| paper having had an unfortunate existence for
some time, and thought that If could get pcsses-
organ of the West saw Mr. william PENN Nixon,
one of the founders of the Inter Ocean. Mr.. Baker
now postmaster at Chicago,was the editor in chief
| and Mr.. Nixon was the business manager They
| seemed TO be anxious to dispose of the paper; II
seemed to be u dead weight at that time on their
| and consulting with my friends aud finding ou,
wha: IL could be bought for, concluded not to SC
| into it, aud
INVENT BACK TO MY LAW BUSINESS
4 7 had 1of, "a, a Ia,
hausted myself in thinking about the Inter Ocean
| project but nothing came of 1t. In the spring OF
1876 was in Chicago and had law Office but
seemed to be very limited, and in the summer OF
1876 went out to Mr.. Scoyilles house. Ho has got
twenty miles in the rear of Milwaukee. 1t is o
| very handsome place, delightful scenery, and
LIVED there re a. my sisters house for two or three
| a law Office, and was quite successful in getting
business. After writing about my case against the
years TO get to it on the caendarI concluded to lei
The matter drop. had some political aspira-
tions, at least had vague impression that some.
time should have political aspirations, and die
not wish to get the New York Herald down on mt
as politician. Now, twant to say to Mr.. Ben.
nett and Mr.. Townshend this, in this public way
that 1t would be very clever thing for Mr.. Ben
nett, considering the injury which he did to me IL
the Herald,
| TO SEND ME CHECK FOR $4,000
and say no more about it. In October, 1876, Mr.
| Moody opened a revival meeting in the Tabernacl,
at Chicago, and l took an active part hat
known Mr.. Moody for several years. first me
him to know him at the Fulton-street prayer
meetings, in New York, in 1867. When lived In
New York, soon after leaving the. Oneida com
and Was in the habit Of going to' to the Fulton
street prayer meetings, and a young gentleman
jumped up there, one day, in a very brisk bust
about Chicago in a very enthusiastic manner, ant
after he got through asked, who is that?" and
somebody said, That's Moody, from Chicago
|
EVER SAW MR.. MOODY TO KNOW HIM.
After that met him off and on frequently. II,
was president of the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation at the time my vile was librarian there
and used to soc him about the association goo(
deal, and watched his career with great interest
and was pleased TO hear of his success in Europe
in 1873. So that when he returned to Chicago ant
opened his meetings took special interest In hi
work and attended his prayer meetings very ofel
time had law office in Chicago and was en-
gagged in my business Along in November be
gan 10 get some conception about the second com
ing Of Christ. heard the Rev. DR.. Kiltridge. tn,
well known Presbyterian minister of Chicago, saI
at Farwell Hall prayer meeting one day. :" that q
man of God he had no idea when Christ woulC
come" There seemed to be an impression in tn
public mind at that time. and has been ever since
that
CHRIST MIGHT COME VERY SOON,
and studied the Bible, and this passage came +
me with great force: "If will that he John
tarry till come, what is that TO thee2" This lido
was the foundation of my subsequent discoyerie
in reference 10 the second coming Of Christ as SC
forth in detail in my book "Tbe Truth" l pre-
Jared the article on the second coming of Christ
ihe public library in Chicago during the month @
December, 1876. / went there and got the Ne,
Testament and the Concordance and History, an
i studied 1t up. did not.think of anything els
scarcely during the entire month of Decembe
while my mind was running on that idea of tn
second coming at the destruction of Jerusalem
The more / examined the New Testament wit
the help of the Concordance to find out just wha
the Testament said ON the subject Of the secon
truth about it, and that article as it now appear
in my book, the result OF my discovery aud re
search and study. Soon after writing that articl
IWANTRD TO GO OUT IECTuRING