The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-05-11
A REVEREND RASCAL,
Rev. Simon Peter Anderson of
Central Baptist Church
St. Louis
Fleeces His Flock and Flies.

For ten years Rev. Simon Pete,
Anderson, has been the pastor Of Cent
raj Baptist Church, but the places tina
knew him once know him no more
Rev. Simon Peter has flown; and, under
his wings, it is alleged, that he arliec
away 81 400 of the funds Of the church
On April oath Anderson notified hi.
cong egation that he had to 60 to 5sed
alia for 81 few lays On some bus;
Iinass. The members th,so5sIgkt nothing ~
wrong until he failed to return at the
appointedtime, then some became susp.
icious. A few daya ago j. M. M. Stokes
member Of the Finance committe {
received a letter from Mr.. Anderson,
postmarked Sedalia, telling him that
the key which opened the inner door
of the church safe was in his desk
This key proved to be the key to the
unearthing Of all of the messing pastors
doings for the past year r..
TOOK TIE EASTER MONEY
It appears that Anderson is the Chair.
man of the Banking and Finance Com
mittee of the church of which Stokes
was member. The safe in the church
has two keys, one of which Stokes has
and Anderson the other. On the day
before leaving he. went to Stokes
and asked him for his kew so as
to get into the safe, as he wanted to de-
post the Easter collection money ($25O)
IN the bank. Stokes gave up the kew
and that was the last seen of it. When
Stokes received the letter from And err
son his suspicious became aroused and
in company with other membe rs! he
went to the church opened the safe,
only to find that the tin box supposed
to have contained $3.50 was empty
BANK MONEY GONE TOO
The arrangement that the church had
with the bank officials was that no
checks should be recognized unless the
names Of Anderson and Stokes appeared
on them. An investigation was begun.
It was found that Anderson has forg ed
the names of Stokes to seven checks
aggregating $1,190, and that his crime
dates back to June 1888. The forgery
was cleverly done. Instead Of 81 200 to
their credit as they supposed the COM
mittee found only $l5.47. They stood
speechless and looked at each other
and could hardly believe their eyes.
REWARD OFFERED
Chief Huebler was authorized to offer
a reward of 800 for Anderson's arrest.
The description is as follows. Name,
s. P. Anderson, occupation, preacher;
age A years; 5 feet inches in height;
weight, $50 pounds. ~... .s.,
The exact amount carried off by And,
erson is as yet unknown as it is rumored
that he had several large sums belong
ing to members, for safe keeping.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Mrs. Anderson is FRUSTRATED with grief
and could not account for her husband
actions.
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Mrs. Sallie Mcguire of Kansas City
was called very suddenly to the bedside
of her friend Mrs. Robinson 1902 Chest
nut. s tss5.. Il.
Father Mason was the recipient of q
handsome kitchen stove last week,
several Of his body Practitioners were
the donors. ..
Mr.. L. P. Clamorgan the very efficient
deputy in the City Collectors Office has
been retained by the new Collector Mr..
Zeigenheim.
Miss Gertie Might one of the hight
lights of Sumner High, has gone to
Springfield Ill, on account of the seri-
GUS illness of her mother.
Mrs. Wright Of sparta, ILL.,, who was
visiting her daughter Mrs, William Cole
for the past three weeks returned to
her home Saturday morning. s5s
Mr., Joseph Wilkinson and Miss Car
RE Reeves, one Of our accomplished and
beautiful young ladies are to be mar
ried in June. So says Dame Rumor.
Mrs. Flora Batson Bergen the sweet
singer is in town. She has given several
entertainments Of which the st: Louis
Press has spoken very highly. She is
certainly an artist in her line. d.
The Idle Hour, one of our leading lit
erary and dramatic societies met Friday
night at tn residence Of Mrs. A. T.
Bethe, the members of the society were
royalty entertained, The literary ex-
ercises Of the evening were highly in
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Mr.. Joseph Reynolds, son Of one Of
our leading citizens Morton Reynolds
has returned after an absence Of two
months in Florida. His health is moi
improved, much to the disappointment
of his many friends. Mrs. Joseph Rey
nolds accompanied her husband and OF
his trip.
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