Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-07
DECISIONS MISSION.
He Was Cunning for the Wall
Street Wizard.
A DANGEROUS CRANK LOCKED UP.

The Startling Story He Tells of the
Christ Followers" Whose Purpose
Seems To BE to Make "a divide" of
the worlds WeaIth-The Plan of Cam
paign Against Gould Observation-Disclosures
Fantasies of a Diseased Brain.
NEW YORK May IA dangerous crank,
who gives his name as Charles J. Dick
son, has been arrested at the request of
Jay Gould. Dickson went on Monday to
the house of DR.. Mum, Mr.. Gould's ply
stefan, and announced that he was vice
president of an order called the Christ
Followers" and that he had a mission TO
kill Jay Gould. If, however, the million
certain arrangements for the distribution
of his property to charity, he would re.
frain from assassination. Dickson will
be examined as TO his sanity.
Was Prepared fer Business.
On Dickson's person when arrested were
found black jack and pistol. He made
no resistance, and after reaching police
headquarters. told Inspector B yrnes that
he was in the land commission business at
Pueblo, Colo, and left there on April Is.
He related thrilling story to the inspec-
tor about four men he had killed single
handed while they were attempting to
rob his Office OF legal papers He said he
Joined the Christ Followers" about a year
ago in the following manner: He was III
structed to go to place called Owls
Head, on the Canada line He STAYED
there until dark, and then about fifty men
in masks appeared and surrounded him
He was made to kneel and take "A number
of blooi-curdling oaths. The object of
the organization was for the eoualizatsou
of money.
Sentence of Death on Gould.
He said that he received his instruc-
tons from the chief, who signs himself
"Adonia. On the 18th ult.. commuui-
cation from this potent individual an
nounced that Jay Gould had been @tried,
found guilty and convicted" by the arch
council. He was TO die unless he immedi-
ately gave s5,000,000 for the fund of the
c. F. -" and pledged himself to give SIS
OJO0O more within ten years, and so will
his fortune that his sons should not re-
ceivs more thai 100000 each. The re-
siduary legacee was to be charity, and
Dickson was to execute the order of the
arch council.
An Alternate Arrangements
Dickson thought that matters could be
"amicably arranged and that instead OF
demanding the millions and making as
sasslndtion the alternative he was pre-.
pared 10 guarantee protection to the mill.
lonaIre II the latter would pay him So. OO9
and give S2C0, 600 to some charitable insti-
tuition. Dickson says that he had a plan
to escape from the wrath of the order. lie
would be condemned to death if he failed
to execute its mandate or was discovered
TO be traitor, and the order never failed
TO remove" members sentenced to death.
Pretty scheme of Suicide.
He had insured his life in two COM
panies, and proposed 30 make away with
himself so as to protect the order and
save his insurance. He intended so go to
Hartford, select a convenient spot, break
his watch chain, throw aside his watch.
and scatter papers around He would
have two pistols. one his own and readily
identified, and the other a strange pistol.
He would fire off his own at random. and
then kill himself with the other. The
coroner's verdict naturally would be rob
berry and murder