The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-23
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Information Cleaned Concerning
Z the rlan Who IS Attracting 1 III II
SO Much Attention.
Poverty, ignorance. and Super
,stition Are the Traits Of
....s..a the Attendants.
An Ignorant Cobbler He Becomes
Influenced By Books on Faith
Cure and spiritualism.

Francisco Schladsr (AInericarized into
Fracis Schlatter), the stock little AlsatiaA
talked Of men iii the United States. Ths
papers have contained long accounts OF
his reputel marvellous cures, and the
craze to seek his so-called divine aid has
a great railway company ran special
trains, free of cost, for the accomnlada.
ton Of it's own afflicted employees wac
journeyed to Denver, where the "mess
siah'' has been operating, in droves, says
the Chicago Tribune.
I'Wo weeks ago it WAS announced that
Schlatterg would seek a wider field in Chi.
ago, and on Thursday came The inforIna-
ton that he had mysteriously disappear
ed. 1t was given as a reason for this
strange disappearance that Schlatter Was
afraid of being called as a witness to tes
tify against some unprincipled men who
had been sWindling the credulous by sell.
ing a bale of handkerchlefs which. were
supposed to possess certain curative pow
ers because they had been "blesneda" by
the messiah" The telegraph dispatches
told of the riotous scenes witnessed after
the thousands who had been lured to Den
yer learned how they had been deceived.
Interviews with prominent men in Den
yer throw new light on the actions of
this Alsatian who carried on his opera
tons at the shabby little home Of ex-Ald.
Fox, in North, Denver. For weeks the
streets were ihronged and the sidewalks
crowded by a motley: mass OF people n
line waiting TO be touched Booths
were erected here and there for the dis
pensing of Circus lemonade, fakirs Of
fered for sale blessed haadkerchiefs,
photographs and other articles, and alto
gether the scene was not calculated to
impress one favorably. s,
Along the line stretching far away from
the "healer" clear around the block each
face told the same tale--poverty. igno-
rance, and superstition--in addition, OF
course. to sickness more Or less serious.
Misery, misery, nisery-oDe saw it all
around. Not only were the miserable
people sick and discouraged, but the con-
dition of many of them is really frightful
because of the money they squandered to
get to North Denver-spent not only in
paying railroad fare, but in getting mort
cages on little homes to enable them to 90
so. which mortgages, OF course, In the
great majority Of instances, will never be-
Fitted by the deIuded makers, resulting III
those who have no health soon having
no home.
Schlatter boasts that he takes no money,
for his healing" but he causes many OF
the superstitious believers in his n1lracu-
lc1,s power to spend more 10 reach him
than would cure them b. Legitimate
means if expended in a sensible direc-
tion-by the employment Of educated phy-,s
sicians. e4sa
l,x-Judge J. G. sstansell, who served ins
a judicial capacity in LeadVllle severai 4
years ago. bat Who since then has been
in the real estate and insurance business
III Denver, knew Schlattar well before he
went to New Mexico to emerge therefroEl
i'll Messianic guise. When seen at the
Albany, in Denver, MI. StanSeli, IN an
swer to direct queries, said:
'T would rather not be mixed up in this
business. but if you insist and will quote
exactly what l say I will give you a.feW
facts. When first saw Schlatter he was
working al EAe honest trade Of a shoe-3
maker over cn We1ton street, just above
y,iai,teen1il. Some little wear or acciaent3
damaged one of my boots and TOOK 1T
to him for repair. AS was natural, l en-
gagged him in conversation while the cor
bling was in process and felt an interest
in him at once In these days neither IN
toohs nor manner did no betray anything,
odd. He wore a beard, but 1t Was strasss-#
Cling, rather than long and C;ssristlan Ii1e
as he considers it now; api ills slalr,sl
which now hangs over his shoulders, was
cut short. lie Iooized indeed, Like the
honest, haru-Working cobfier ne was. Ite +
had rot been bsre a great Wni's ana "as
flesi, from stolaing and other nara Woa ~
OIL some Of the Long Island SOUND stf.sa.L-
ers which ply between View Yoris lily8s
ana various places III Connacticilt a w 4
Rhode Island. lie was ignorant OF allg-s@ any
thing like metaphysics though hs.n5sa%s I
1ead Helen Williams book, and / could
sec that it, had Influenced lpiil in a way 10 I
desire 10 read further, though it trnusts De}
confessed in kindergarten Way, A. 49,.
other damaged boot took me to his shop
again, and as seon as I engaged a. n ~ 4
conversation j found not only taat ne Wasa5
Of an inaujring mind, but despite MS \
dense ignorance, that he vas apt At 11n--ia
bibiYg IDEAS on subjects in any way aklazz slIz &
10 faith cure. After that talked with 4
him occasionally, and finding that ne VAS as
lonesome, ho1nesick,i invited him TO my 4
room at the hotel. / lent him papers and Il
books from my library on faith eure,s
gpiritualisln, and other tle1nes OF klil5f
dred ideas. found that Helen ssvi
lsans' book had tagreat fasein atIon TOT
him, and he not. only read and rereatt tts
but studied it as we'll nd y Can see noyssaS
t Int t rom the first had q great
in directing his movements as We'll as nis@
thoughts. & did not. loan him Miss
a,rs,ady, and had been pouring over itsFFss ssFs
fa,,f 1h,,t, 4;fs1a 1 frst kI1e3kys