, 1892-06-02
THE FALSE CHRIST.
Secrets of the Heaven of Schwtin-
furth.
An Apostle Reveals the Terrible
Lust and BIasPhemY of This Im-
poster Startling Statements
which Show His Character.

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Lust and BIasPhemY of This Im-
poster - Startling Statements
which show His Character.
CHICAGO, June 2.-George F. Ostrander,
an associate of George Jacob Schweinfurth,
the false Christ who has createda "heayen"
at Rockford, ILL.,, has made startling state
ment revealing the secrets of the life of the
"Messiah."
Ostrander lived for seventeen months in
Schweinfurth's heaven. He says: "There
was dance in the parlor once a week.
Mary Weldon was the star dancer, and as
Schweinfurth liked Mary he selected her
as the one to teach his sacred feet the mys-
teries of the quCdriIle, waltz and other
terpsichorean revelries. But be couldn't
Swing his partner worth cent.
1--WE had tableaux, and the first one
was surprise. When the curtain went
up there stood three or four girls in tights.
They wore no skirts, and a stranger drop
ping in at that moment would have thought
the scene far from heavenly. forget what
they represented, but I know that Miss Teft
and Norma Ooudry represented statues.
"His favorite angels were Miss Tuttle
and Miss Weldon and they occupied the
finest rooms in the house. IttoOk $25O0 to
furnish the apartments. Every one in
heaven makes a confession to SchWein-
furth every day. / resolved to write mine
and take it to Schweinfurth's room every
night after the heaven was supposed to
be wrapped in slumber. Well, the first
night l went up there it was about o'clock
OF course 1 made some little noise in going
up stairs and opening the door. WhenI
got into the office l heard a noise in the
bedroom and moment later the bedroom
door opened and Mary Weldon, clad in a
loose wrapper, came out. She said: Isn't
this pretty late for you to be up2 l told
her that had come to bring my confession,
which l laid on the desk and then walked
out leaving her in the room.
''Time and time again l have seen Mary
in that room at all hours of the night, and
Ihaye also seen Mary Barr, Lizzie Weldon,
Matte left, an exceedingly pretty girl, and
Mrs. Welch, whose husband in California
has secured divorce from her, in the room
under similar circumstances.
"Schweinfurth really possesses hypnotic
power, and this is one Of the secrets of his
success. He hypnotized me three times,
and all the women are his victims. His
birthdays are great occasions for celebrat-
ing. The angels in short dresses, form in
line and await the footing of horn which
announces the coming of the king he
generally comes on the arm of Mrs. Tuttle.
They make gorgeous pair, for she is al
ways,gotten up regardless of expense. She
leads him to a big arm chair, decorated
with flags and flowers, and places a gilt
paper crown on his head.
"Then music breaks forth and we march
and march until the musicians can blow
no more, and then prepared speeches are
fired at the benign individual, who sits
there smiling on his faithful people. When
the oratorical outburst subsidies the march
ers step aside and the short-skirted angels
do their turn. tell you some of those
celestial beings could give some Of those
professional high kickers cards and spades
and beat 'em out easy.
Gas soon as 1 had my eyes opened I de-
termined to escape, and this resolution was
hastened by learning that the master was
to promulgate new doctrine, that all the
apostles should be eunuchs. He went so
far as to speak to me of it one day, claim
ing that it was the divine Interpretation of
the rite of circumcision, but l combatted
it and the next day ran away. L had given
up the labor of seventeen months and l
thought that was enough"