The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-29
REVERENCE TURNED TO ANGER.
After sehIatter Disappeared the
Denver Mob at Once Behaved In a
Most Curious and Unexpected
Manner. ,

Denver Mob at once behaved In n
Most Curious and Unexpected
Manner.
From the Denver Post.
For time the group Immediately In
front scarcely comprehended the words
Mr. Driscon shouted. Not here2" asked
The old lady, straining anxi0usly to the
'front.' " hat Will 4 do:' My poor boy and
] came from Victor, tOo2'f The informa-
ton was rapidly passed down the line.
'Schlatter not here? on, no, he must bel'
was a remark frequently heard-the 1act
that he himself promised 10 remain here
until Friday was taken as gospel, and,
while "a few left the line. they staid, talk
ing cNcitedly OF the news. Ana then the
truth UaWned slowly on them and the ejac-
uations Of disappointment ia many cases
Keen and bitter. rose with a sulen roar on
the frosty air. Mr.. EO& himself appeared
on the scene, and nodded his head aftrma-
lively at the many inquiries. Yes, he's
gone, and that's al know, ne cNclain-
An old man on clutches said, vindictive-
~; The fraud. Ii was high time the Dnit-
ed states officers should take him to jail
With incredible sWiftness the rumOr that
Schlatter had been arrested by the United
states authorities swept along Like a
flash the opinion of the strange, blue-eyed
Messiah held by the crowd, disappear
ed, and deep chagrin, tempered by, sur
prise took its place. The brows Of old men
dangerously contracted and the eyes of
many women bore tears. No WOnder~they
had shivercd ia The cold of the Noyemb Der
morning three hours, to- meet with dlsap-
pointment. Was this man Schlatter. the
transmitter of Divine power. as ne claim
ed 10 be- Was he not, after ALI only the
ignorant cObbler, lacking shoes?
The mob was on the verge Of a revO-
luton. The wagering opinion between
right and wrong entertained by every
unorganized mob, the same quick CON
Viction which changed the peaceful
streets of Paris during the commune
into channels Of blood, dwelt in this
Denver crowd.
The movement was involuntary Wo-
men were caught in the press and shrek
ed. With a crash the board fence by
the dead garden to the side of the cot
tage fell and the crowd stumbled over
the planks into the yard. Fires We're
quickly made while the cooler heads
demonstrated against any violence The
arrival of the guards. who have been
on duty ever since the healer first
came to Denver, Quelled the excitement,
and soon the streets leading to the ca
bile cars were crowded by the disap-
pointed and hOme-going throngs.
Some treated the matter with indif-
ference laughing and joking over the
man and his reputed powers Others, and
they were plainly of the ignorant classes,
attributed his disappearance 70 the Jeal-
GUS Vaccinations of Beelzebub. dot
man. ne TOO gut fer dis world" said a
comfortable German frau, leading a
young Dutchman by the hand. de defiil
has speeritcd him away, nein? He cure
my husband of sore eye
OlpIt5stu bN the earnest conversation
or her elders, negro child asked plain
lively. els de man dead papa THE
blind, the halt and the lame, with the
curious and doubling, went away. Some
philOSOphically refrained from com
plant, others We're vigorous and loud in
their denunciatiOn. 1t seemed as if the
hitherto great faith in the man had been
miraculously destroyed at one fell hloW.
A crowd Of nearly a thousand, however,
still fingered and discussed the situation.
The fires kindled by the mob cracked and
f.HsH.w Ia fs.s, al D.
vendors Of hot coffee and .photQsraDAs aid
Q rushing business. inside the FENCE, Mr.
FOX and four or five assistants furnished
what bare information hey DQpld, A sign,
printed IN shaky ink characters, (which
was tackled up when the Seances first he
gan, nine weeks ago, bearing the legend
mo Treatment After 4 p. M.-keep Out, -
was torn down, and cardboard inscrip-
ton substituted with the laconic Informal
tom
"The healer has. disaQpearedzz:ERere, We
But sthi the crowd fingered, some com
ng,s-sDme. going. A majority did not be-
lieve the placard and were not slow in
saying so. A touching incident was the
placing on the rough boards, impned iat9ly
inside of .handkerchiefs, 'pocketbOoks,
trinkets. by. a constants stneaTn efrpeppie.
II was on this board that the Messiah
stood day after day. The faint imprint
of his rOugh-nailed boots could be distinct
~ traced. and, as an Old gray haired,
rheumatic man remarked, Even by plac-
ing these things here we obtain some
good" This remark was substantiated
by Mr.. Fox, who said: "He often said that
those who had faith would be cured,
whether they came to him or not"
BY y o'clock the crowd had thinned
down to a few score of curious. The lunch
counter was catering to but few, the pho
tograph sellers occasionally sold an i'm
preston of the departed healer" and
the cold November light illuminated the
| cherries conclusion Of strange, unex-
plainable incident in the busy life of a
great country