Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-22
CATCHING RICH WOMEN.
REV. CLICK BoBs UP AGAIN, THIS
TIME IN WASHINGTON.
A Patron of Senatorial Cloak Rooms.
Looking for Reflects with Money-His
Smooth Scheme.

REV" U. s. G.. Click will be re-
membered here chiefly as the spiritual
adviser" OF murderer Fritz Anschlag.
He posed for while as professor Of
chemistry at the Methodist university
but was forced to abandon that role.
He then claimed connection with the
Lowe Gas company, but had to give
that up, and then drifted into caring
for Anschlag's soul. He visited the
murderer one night in the Jail and
prayed with him, and bade him good.
by, for the hanging was to occur next
day. In couple of hours Anschla2
was dead, from a dose of strychnine,
but where he got the poison from no one
could definitely ascertain. Mr.. Click
disappeared soon after, and has been
heard from in various parts OF the coun-
try as an exploiter Of the credulous.
The latest news Of him is contained in
the following special dispatch in the
San Francisco Chronicle:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Since the
opening OF the present session of con
gress person named U. s. G. Click,
who sometimes uses the prefix of Rev.,
advertising himself as Californian
come here directly from Los Angeles,
and early in his Washington career he
tried to establish himself on friendly
footing with Congressman Vandever, but
the latter viewed the man with sus-
picion and refused to share his secrets
with him. Then Click took to hanging
hio coof Nor <<r 20 m ~ a
room until watchful messenger put an
end to it by informing him that that was
no cloakroom. Unabashed, Mr.. Click
simply transferred his coat to the most
convenient peg in Senator Dolph' 8 room,
where no attention was paid to him and
where he succeeded in getting on farnil-
lar terms with the Oregon delegation
and its visitors.
postmaster of the house, but failed, and
then rumors reached Senator Stanford q
ear that the reverend gentleman was
representing himself to be purchasing
agent for the university at Palo Alto,
missing money could be found, he was
of crookedness at Los Angeles and
OCHCi PidCCo- WCdltHy OAIlStAdA WluOWb
being his favorite victims-and these
stories gained more credence than the
first, because he had been overheard to
make strange remarks, for a minister,
that. with his physique and distin-
gulshe appearance, he should have no
trouble in catching rich women," as
he put it, He formed the acquaintance
of Rev. Mr.. Corey, now pastor of Mr..
Newmaii's church, and by his pious pre-
tensions ingratiated himself into that
gentleman'sgood graces, and it was not
long before he had met several speci-
mems of his special game-rich widows.
Today Mr.. Corey exhibited letter re-
ceived by Washington man from B. H.
Roberts, of Los Angeles, showing up
Clicks record there and telling how he
had swindled many persons, realizing
hundreds of dollars. From there he
went to Omaha, where, under the name
of Morton, he depleted the bank ac-
counts of several prominent citizens,
and next he appeared in Chicago. BY
some means he secured $500 from book
concern under what is claimed to be
false pretenses, and then he came to
Washington. The Chicago book concern
threatened to prosecute him and he
made good part of the money, but his
trunk, it is said, still remains in the
Columbian city as collateral How
much he has secured here is not known,
and the persons victimized are conceal
ing their identity. Mr.. Click has not
been seen in his usual haunts since Sat-
Urday.