The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-16
/ West African Missionary Fraud.


10 all preachers and others HLom i may
concern
Anan calling himself Rev. SAND. A
near and claiming to have ncen formerly
a Wesleyan Methodist mission any 4
western africa, Is travelling N,stWaid
on the Northern Pacific, nan iDally fer
the pun ose Of occurring rpon missions,
etc, but practically for the purpose of
caressing and seduting. j possible, us
many women as he stops at houses. He
prest nted himself TO nte "n saturday
aftcrnoo n, Sept. 5th, am after hcsitating
long time, finally, because of the
strongest recommeI datofy letters fr hi
ministers Of all dem limitations, CON
scented 10 let him lecture IN my churh
Sunday evening He claimed to he an
Englishlnan anC tu have been cunyertrd
TO the distinctive Views of BalIists alter
coming to ills country My friend and
brother, the astor OF The VI. j.. { hurrh.
dill not know OF Rev. ALntar's r,>t II, 3:
in town till he received my notice in
the pulpit He at nee took ir M lis
pocket a letter from the VI. f. minister
at Glend.ve, a copy Of which he kindly
gave me in the afternoon. This letter
stated that while in tlle hone f HE
writer, during his absence, this RASCAL
had made disgraceful approaches 10 his
wife, offering to will his property Ia her,
to give her gold watch and hahn, To
from his mine in Africa, wishin oh. =,
much, that he could always ] ani at
their ouse, making suggestive remarks
about the rtc liar magnetism existing
between man and woman the ,elI; iI,ful
effect her hand would have upn his
fevered brow, etc, besides things v hich
/ cannot write. then remembered
that after returning home late Saturday
night my wife told me that she lad
keptthe kitchen door unlocked and OPP n
ready to run, because of some things lac
had said to her, but we laid that all
aside as being the fatterv Of childish
old man rowing the earth. then went
TO the house of member of my church
where he had gone to stay over Sunday,
and found that he had there attempt, d
almost the very san e things he had
tried in the house Of the NJ. i. minister
ut Glendive. This was enough. We let
him know that the best thing he could
do was tn 90 nc once to a hotel md leave
on the first train, which he did. | saw
HIM Monday morning before he left and
he then acknowledged to having offered
to will his property, etc, and give gold
watch and chain and specimens from
his mine in Maine (he told the Glendive
pastor Africa he also acknowledged to
hav 'ng tried to induce a young lady of
Glendive to 60 with him as a travelling
companion, and for all these things he
offered various excuses, stating also that
other ladies farther east had been the
recipient of the same offers. He also
admitted to me that he had passt d him
self off as Meth dist, it not b. ing policy
to be Baptist there as there was no
Baptist church in Glendive.
While he says that he b 'lieves this
sad Attic ion is a provid initial dispen
saCion that will in time explain itself
and be sanctifird to the welfare of his
soul, he also says that he Las put this
matter in the hands Of lawyer and
proposes to sue Bro. Coombe for libel.
1t is partly for this that have written
this article. / want Bro Coombe TO
have roHPaHy, 80 that If tie brings sun
it may lie Annear VS.. Coombe etal NJ re.
We and others are prepared to prove
this before any twelve honest men of
in the country.
GEO BYRON MUEsF,
Pastor First Baptist Church
Rozeman. Mont