The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-25
HIS NAME HEALS
MEX ICAN MESSIAH CLAIMS A NEW
AND ORIGINAL POWER

| He Comes Back to Denver, His Former
Home, Having Been Met on the Road
by Great Crowds at Every Station Who
Herced Him to Bless Their Handker-
chiefs Strange Part Of the Man Is that
He Does Not Want to beInterviewed and
Seeks Seclusion-Is Very Weak and
| Frail.
| Denver, Aug. 24-It was editor Stead
who wrote: IF Christ Came to Chi
cago." Many local ministers of the
gospel have taken texts on the same
subject and have speculated as to
! what would occur should Christ come
to Denver. Christ is in Denver now
and spent last night in the city, occu-
pying a room at the Union hotel on
Seventeenth street.
The new Messiah" as he delights
to be called, arrived in the city last
night over the Midland from Colorado
Springs. He came unannounced and
there was nobody at the depot to re-
ceive him. AS he came from the smok-
ing car of the train without sign OF
aggaga he seemed 20 be weak AM
tired and his tall angular form, with
the long, dark hair totally uncovered
and flowing down over his shoulders
gave him singularly striking appear
ance, which called for attention among
all the persons about the depot. He
was dressed in a light suit Of clothes
cheap, but neat. His feet were encased
in an enormous pair of shoes unlike any
seen these times. The heels were very
low and the shoes were broad from
front to back and were evidently new.
His cheeks were Sunken and his hands
were thin and bony, caused by the fast
of forty days from which he has just
recovered. When he walks he holds
his head erect and occasionally strokes
the thin beard that adorns his face.
When asked where he was going TO
stop while in the city Mr.. Schlatter
could not say. Il was sent for" said
he, land l am here. 1 was to have
been met at the depot by a Mr.. Fox
who sent me my ticket. I suppose that
the train has been so delayed that
came on that he will not be here to-
night"
IN BROKEN GERMAN.
His language is of the very best,
though broken German, and it can
be perfectly understood. He seems rea-
dy TO talk, but said last evening that
he was so tired that he did not feel
! like talking. wait until l have had
my breakfast in the morning" said he,
l.
so tired. l was worked hard during
my forty days fast. My trip to this
city has been one of hard work. PeO-
pie came miles in carriages and wagons
to meet me at the train. | was forced
to see them and to work with them.
! am here for rest. / will rest three
weeks and then l do not know what L
will do. The Mr.. Fox who sent for me
was down to Albuquerque to see me
and at that time L promised him L
would come to Denver. He sent me
the ticket and 1 am here" He could
| not tell Mr.. FoX's address nor could
he give the initials of his name.
When asked if he was a married man
Schlatter turned upon the questioner
and looked at him for moment and
then, in voice deliberate enough to
bring conviction, said: mo. indeed, 1
never have been married. L have no
family. L have no relatives. Nearly
three years ago, on Stout street, Den
yer, / first realized the strange power
of which L am possessed. 1 eXerted it
| while here and thousands of people
! now come to see me and be healed"
| This was said with a look of conf
dence that confirmed the listener in
| the belief that he had faith in himself
| at least.
HIS NAME WOULD HEAL
When asked TO write his name upon
/ d sup ot paper he IbOh Il pellClI anu DIT
once signed his name, and after he had
/ done so, said: THAT name will heal
| any pain that you may have" No
i mere tranScribing of this statement
can carry with it an idea of the conf
| dence with which these words were
uttered. He said the name was a cure
/ for all pains and he meant it, and more
over, believed it.
He was asked if he could cure people
while here. Il came here for rest"
was his reply. But the people will
/ come, they will want to be cured. and
! i must cure them. l do not charge for
| it, because the power / possess is God
! given. / need rest. as l have been wor-
| king very hard, and for the last three
nights 1 have not been able to sleep.
/ L have not eaten anything since day
! before yesterday morning, but will have
breakfast and will feel better and
stronger. 1t will not take long TO make
me strong again"
He seems to delight to talk of the
| forty days fast through which ne has
just passed Il ate a good big meal
| after it was over said he. People,
! the doctors said il would kill me, but
/ ate. enjoyed it, and it did me good
When the New Messiah" climbed the
stairs to the office of the Union hotel
| he appeared to be nearly exhausted
! He walked across the room and sat
; down in a chair with a sigh. not even
/ noticing the clerk behind the counter
or attending in any way to the prelimi-
IlarieS to his securing a bed. He is
| ready enough to answer all questions
| but does not appear to desire to vol
4, unteer anything. When in repose his
| face is a good-natured one and very
| comedy. When he talks or smiles,
which he often does after making a re-
| mark. his teeth show and the absence
of a couple from in front mars the
general appearance of his features.
! He expects Mr.. Fox to call at the Union
hotel.
| NEITHER ATE NOR SLEPT
Schlatter had been on the train since
| Wednesday night, when he started
from Albuquerque During the long and
| tiresome ride he he neither eaten nor
| slept and the effects of the fast were
| telling upon him. His journey through
New Mexico was constant strain upon
his strength. At every station crowds
| swarmed about the train. and there
were incessant calls upon him. Hun
dreds of afflicted had been brought 10
him 10 have cures effected, and with
| these were hundreds more prompted
| by curiosity.
The depot at Albuquerque was filed
by those who had come 10 witness the
! departure OF the head of the new sect.
Al Cerrillos the entire population was
donw to meet the train, and many ap-
plicationS for the working OF cures We're
/ made. Again at Laney Junction hun
dreds had come from Santa Fe and
crowded into the cars. beSeeching for
the hands of the self-stylei Messiah 10
be laid upon them, or that ne bless their