St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-16

the one TO say whether they snail be
bought OF not, and he is the one who
buys them. A few weeks ago, it is
said, Mrs. Thrall wanted some under
clothing. Mrs. Osborne had a full outfit
of costly apparel, which Whitney made
her divide with Mrs. Thrall. When
Mrs. Bushnell, however, wanted
SOME UNDERGRADUATES
Whitney went to store and purchased
the cheapest that he could buy. He
does not elbow the inmates of his home
to handle any money, and all purchases
are made by him OF under his direction.
Mrs. Bushnell and Whitney together
have succeeded, according to the state
ment made by Mrs. Chase and Lottie
neer Charles Chase, of the Milwaukee
railroad, who lives at 1920 Eighteen
and-a-Half avenue south. in practically
kidnapping Ruthie, the thirteen-year-o
daughter Of Mr.. Chase. In telling the
stouy last evening Mrs. Chase said:
"Mr. Chase had the two children, Lottie
and Ruthie, by his first wife. who was
daughter of Mrs. Bushnell. She was
opposed to our marriage and did
all she could to set the children
against me. Lottie is with US,
Ruthie to go to live at Whitney's.
that 1t was fit place for girl to be,
and he went there and told Whitney
that unless he sent her home he Wonld
prosecute him. Instead of sending her
home he shipped her off to Rockford,
ILL.,, or Zion, as those people call it.
We have written letters to her, but
we are sure she never received them, as
all mail is opened before it is delivered
by the man who calls himself Christ.
Not satisfied with having Ruthie in their
clutches they have attempted to take
Lottie too. Lottie was skating with a
young man on POwderhOrn lake one
evening, when her grandmother, who
had been lying in wait, tried to get hold
of her. but the young man prevented
her. Now she has threatened to shoot
the young man."
Miss Lottie, an intelligent-looking
young lady, was in the room while her
stepmother was making the above state
ment, and corrOborated all that was
said.
A HUSBANDS STORY.
T. G. Morgan, of 1910 Franklin ave-
nue., whose wife is now an inmate of
Whitney's place, is outspOken in his de-
nunciatiOn of the entire outfit, which
has broken up his once happy home.
When called on by reporter last night
he spoke freely and unreServedly on
the subject, and said that man who
would claim to be an apostle of Christ
ought to be tarred and feathered and
driven out of the community.
Il myself was at one time convert
to that swindler Schweinfurth. and
thought he was just what he protested
to be--ChriSt, the son of God. My wife
and 1 talked the matter over between
ourselves. We were both getting along
in ond fhnnrht woo Ot,F
duty to recognize Christ if he had really
come to the earth the second time. l
had good business here and l
owned some property, but we sold out
the business and went to 'Zion.'
Schweinfurth received us with open
arms, and told us our mission was to
work for the Lord and that he was the
Lord. We, poor fools, believed him.
We opened restaurant in Rockford,
H., and | followed the business of sell
ing hulled corn. For a long time we
made an average of $40 per month above
our expenses, every cent of which had
to be turned over to Schweinfurth.
When we went into business | borrowed
$500 in cash from SchWeinfurth, and
paid him interest at
THE RATE OF EIGHT PER CENT,
just the same as | would to any other
man, and when asked him if that was
the way in which the Lord did bust
ness, he answered that it was. OF
course paid him back the money, for
| gave him every cent | got hold of.
After while our business commenced
to fall off. The people got onto our re-
ligious belief, and when they found we
were giving all our money to the su-called
Christ they refused to patrOniZe US, and
it looked as if we would become charge
rather than benefit to Schwenifurth.
He knew we had formerly been in bust
ness in Minneapolis, and he told us that
we would have to go back and earn a
living for ourselves. 1 had horse and
wagon, which / used in my business.
that l sold Tor $50. The money
I tnrned over to the Lord. When
l started for Minneapolis with my
wife SchWeinfurth gave me $50, and
that was every cent | had in the world,
except some real estate in this city
which had not surrendered. Schwein-
furth appointed Whitney his apostle for
Minneapolis, and Mr.. Whitney is the
Christ for Minneapolis now. l tried
hard to follow the faith, but after
while just made up my mind that l
was being led around
BY A SHARP SWINDLER.
'In fact, was satisfied that there was
entirely too much human nature about
Christ to suit me, and l broke away
from the Gro d. / don't believe l was
very popular with Whitney. for he soon
discovered that | was onto his damna-
much sense to allow him to bleed me
any more. Whitney is glib talker.
and he has tried hard to get me
back. into the fold. One day he
| came to me and told me there was no
other way for me to be saved from eter-
| nal destruction except by coming back
| to Christ. 'As far as Minneapolis is con-
cerned. who is the Christi l asked,
and he replied that he was. You will
have hard time trying to kick against
| Christ he said. Then l got mad, and
| Christ l wasn't afraid to kick against
Whitney. He told me that l would
never have any peace or success until
| returned to him, but | was never better
| off in my life than | am now, and never
enjoyed better health, so his prophecy
hasn't come true. He assumes
ABSOLUTE CONTROL
| of all his people, and they believe that
he is the supreme being. He does not
allow them to read the newspapers or
to correspond with outside parties. and
the world as possible. He threatens
|
damnation, and so afraid are they, and
so implicitly do they believe that
he controls their hereafter, that
he is never disobeyed, unless some
one like myself or the eight
others who have broken away from him
realize the fact that he is not what he
claims to be. My wife and lived to-
gether happily for over twenty-eight
years, and L cannot now remember
when either of us said a cross word to
the other. When broke away from
the faith tried to get her to go with
me, but she was under the influence of
Whitney, and even the old love and the
marriage ties were not strong enough to
make her leave, and what would now
be happy home is broken up"
THE APOSTLE OF CHRIST.
Whitney has tried to proclaim him.
self the apostle of Christ on several oc-
casions in the churches of South Min
neapolis, but the ministers all know