The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-07-25
WHO DON'T KNOW HIM?
IMMORTAL J. NJ. HAS NEVER
LIFTED THE VEIL.
Travels All Over tho Country, and Gets u
Free Pass From Every Railroad
Ho Asks One Of-Putting
on tho Pressure.

| The champion crank OF the United
States is q man who prefers to be
known only as the immortal j. N,
says the New York Sun. People who
have not seen this strange individual
or heard of his methods would prob
ably not understand the following no.
tice, which appears from time to time
In the newspapers Of small towns all
over the country.
-. N. will lift the veil on tonight
ut the court house. j. N. In note,
thus says in an element far stronger
than reason, which has held sway over
one-tEird of q century, over the minds
of the people and still exists. / wish
to scatter in lecture on Friday night,
the Goth, at the court house. Subject:
Truth vs. Force; Veil Prejudice; How
Little We Know To make the cause
self-sustaining very small admission
will be kindly accepted from the men.
Ladies' and wounded Union and Con-
federate soldiers free and cordially in
vited to attend.
'All for the cause of which it Ia said
| am the humble representative. /
now realize that if all personals and
praise cease, respecting myself, by the
press of the country, this given to my
friends, am known only by initials
j. N. This crushing element will be
so mastered that can be honored with
an audience not only in -, but all
other places where my truths have
been enshrouded for SO long time.
All for the cause. The people OF -
were so kind to me before truth had
gained the ascendency over force.
Veil and Prejudice which it now holds
that / desire to fully vindicate myself
on the night of the GOTH"
Wherever the man goes he is known
and addressed simply as the Immortal
]. N. When he arrives in town he
goes first to the newspaper Offices, and
without SO much as saying "by your
leave" sits down and reads all the
Exchanges, keeping up q running fire
OF comments on public men and meas
ures, addressing himself TO any one
who will listen.
His appointments to lecture he never
meets. Probably in twelve hours az
ter his arrival he will leave town as
mysteriously as he came and week
later may announce lecture in some
town !, 900 miles away.
For twenty-five years he has been a
wanderer. His pockets are full OF
railroad passes, and when he happens
to get on new road, where he has no
pass, the conductors allow him to ride
| free without question. He was never
known to buy ticket on a railroad
Every year he secures hundreds OF
dollars worth OF advertising from the
newspapers but no one ever thinks OF
presenting bill to j. N.
He will walk into the office of the
president OF a railroad and say: II
am j. N. want an annual pass"
Without q word the pass is made
out and handed over. As he places it
in his pocket he says: II will return
in year to lift the VEIL"
With that he stalks out Of the Office.
The famous crank wears his hair
very long, and the CLEAN OF his big
brown eyes tells that his mind is not
evenly balanced, but there is method
in his madness. He is collecting with
out protest the living that the world
probably owes him.
j. n. never forgets names or faces.
and his acquaintance with public men
is extensive. He goes to Washington
city very often, and tells senators and
congressman how to vote on public
measures. Senator Don Cameron OF
Pennsylvania is one Of his best friends.
j. n. modestly claims the credit OF de-
teating the Force bill in the latest con-
gress. While this bill was pending
near the close OF the session, he went
to Washington and called on Senators
Don Cameron and NJ. S, Quay.
| He found them in committee room
together, and, after shaking hands, he
said: See here, Don and Matt you
boys must vote against that bill and
see that it is defeated. If you don't
I'll put the pressure on. Tell Ben
Harrison | said SO"
With that he walked out, and in few
days the Force bill was laid aside in
the senate and never taken up again.
Putting the pressure on is j. Ms
method OF getting even with his enc
mics. II a newspaper refuses to pub
lish one OF bis notices free, with wave
of his arms he says: 80 be IL, but /
put the pressure on you now and it will
crash you. The veil shall not be
lifted"
A year later j. N. may walk into
the same Office some night, at mid
night and with another wave of his
arms announce that he has come to
remove the pressure and lift the veil.
The Immortal j. N. is j. N. Free,
and he once lived in the vicinity of
Fremont Ohio. 1t is said he is a
brother of Nellie Free, the soubrctte
actress. The civil war is said to have
unbalanced his mind, and his mania is
to restore peace and good feeling be-
tween the sections. He says the war
is all wrong and mistake, but now
that it is over the only thing that can
be done is to lift the veil and tell the
truth.
He is always intimating that he
is going to tell some important secret
about the real origin OF the war, but
he never tells it. The secret remains
concealed behind the veil he never
lifts.
j. N. is a harmless and amusing in
dividual, and on any other subject than
this hobby he is sane and u man OF
wide information and considerable in
telligence.