Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-25
PASSED FROM PULPIT 10 pRlSpN
REV. NH. nucN SENT TO rns rlsx-
irESTiARy.
he claims lie Was Driven to crime
ny Observation-Disclosures 10 rcii
Ills story for a Nenr--iound "niity
ANA Sentenced for Three Years.

ana Sentenced for Three Years.
baltimore. Nov si.--Aftcr 20 years
spsnt in preaching she gospel from tho
pulpit. Rev. solomon T. Buck wan sent
to the penieentiary for thfsc years yos-
terday morning by Iudgc Harlan IN tho
criminal court
There were sis charges Of obtaining
money under false rretcnses agairet
the revtrcned gentleman when Deputy
warden Oponncll led him out Of the
cell 70 the prisoners dock, Rev. Mir.
nuck looked like Minister. He was
attirsl In black. his linen was Inn
maculate and he wore white cravat.
tied faultleisiy. To all of tho charges
he pleaded not guilty. and, na he had no
counsel, Judge Harlan appointed omer
n nershoy. who Is associated with
tiob,ri Grain In the practice OF law. to
defend him
But two OF the cases against Rev. AIR.
Buck were tried. Thcy We're those m
which John u. beatty. Ao7 East La
fayetic avenue ard Charles schmidt.
sss North Wolfe street. were the prose-
cutting witnesses 10th OF tho young
mon tcstlhed ,ht they hnd answar,d
an advertisement Ia the papers, nnc.
after an Interview with Mr. BUCK IT his
place OF buslncns, i0le West Saratoga
street, had deposited $50 az security.
ana went TO work selling water filters
at salary Of " week and conn
mission on the sales made.
Mr.. Schmidt said no had been paid
for two weeks from May 2s whom ha
went 20 work. but WHEN he visited Mr..
Buck for his third wccka salary no lind
disappeared. AIR Beatty told a similar
story They complained 90 the poilis
uhd Detective Gault was assigned TO
work up the case To teauned that ha
nrreNted nunk in nlosaburg. Tlonn
county, Pennsylvania. wkurt he was
rogisterci under the name Of tlnrton at
The hotel, ana engaged III reliinY filtpra.
He mhdo no objection 10 coming back
20 Baltimore for TRIAL, and the officer
had no use for The rcIulsltiou papers
he hau procured.
Mr. Hershey Sid not put his cllcnt on
the witneAs-atnnd, but contnnlcd him
self Win l.nltlng the argument thnt She
prosecution lad not made ont case.
He said That by the terms OF the con-
tract entered into by tho Witness and
nuck they had invested their money In
the businraa ana Ind drawn q pnrt OF
the proilta u yielded. II the busimssa
had been failure nR ho commended Il
was. they must share the loas "a they
had shared tho pronta. iic nlntmod
that no case had boon made out nNiinrs
his client, and naked for a verdict of not
guilty, The jury were out about Two
hgiifn hQfFfaH hTlnflsttf Ia IA lrf -
guilty.
Before sentence was paased the ae-
cuaed was asked II he had 0nyfhing 10
say. and he said That he had your
Honor" he said. ''nlpoe 1870 have been
q victim Of circumstances ana ths prey
Of blaehmailorH, 1'hls has thrown mo
into tile diligently Ia which now find
myHclt I am not now IA position 70
reveal secretH. md my llpA nfe acaird
for a year but when that DINO has
elapsed they viii be open. ana | will
tell what l know am not a guilty
man. My bupincaa was an entirely
legitimate one. When 1 lrft Baltimore
at the ilnic did lnat summer had no
Idea OF leaving.
hut blnokmniiors who pursued mo
always got hold az me. nnd / was COM
PEELED 10 leave the city. J had no idea
OF dofriudlng my creditors. and had
J been loft alone until January would
have paid back TO them every penny
TINT received from these young men.
AZ II IL Il has gone to the hlackmallarn.
j am an old man nova physical
wrcck.-and all ! ask "a the mercy Of the
court
Judge Harlan asked II there was any
record against The man, una Detective
Gault answered that tHcre was He wnn
arrested Juno 10. 1858. by Detectives
seibold and Dronterf IN Hanover. Pa.
CHARGED with iiye Gases OF obtaining
money under false preionsos. lilo plead
ed guilty, and was sent 20 Jail for twr
months on Hcptnmher "a by Judge
Phelps. on September Z, 1859, he was
arrested near Shrewsbury. Pa. BY
Detective aelbol1 ON the same charge.
and WAS sent 10 the penitentiary for
two yearB on October by Judge
Wright. After nHlunK n he WAS tho
person mentioned IN the police record,
ana receiving m affirmative nnawer.
Judge flnrlnn imposed sentences.
The prisanrr ~ 10 years old, nr unttl
1916 wss q wrilsinOwn evangelist In
For 20 ycars he wnu u
menitaf Of Che minigify belonging 10
the cYanKeiicnl ngfpcinti0n. iic wieq a
70 the religious prcan and
also halds tho copyright on a number
Of illustrated editions Df the Lords
Prayer and the Ton Commandments,
which bring him In a good income.
Iie has n wife and large family OF
but none of them we're IN
court when he waB trird. Tho minister
has considerable literary talori and ia
now nj work on a book which n 10
bp Iaeuad under the title of From tho
pulult To the pcnttontlnfy," az soon ms