The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-10


Back at the Preacher by Calling Him a
Devil and Amenities are About Even
At the Same Time Schrsder Keeps Right
on Healing People.
Alton, Ill, March 9-This has been
an exciting day all around in the camp
of August Schrader, the divine healer"
Rev. Royal ]. Kellogg, pastor OF the
Methodist church at East st. Louis,
arrived here, and. on invitation of Mr..
Schrader, went TO the "healer's" rooms
at the Globe Hotel. AS soon as he saw
the "healer" he said:
You are the very man who represen-
ted to me at Flora that you were
Methodist minister, You tried to OBJ
tain money from me, and L found out
that you were a fraud, and was never
stationed at Phillips, Wis, as you had
claimed to have been"
Schrader, in great anger shouted:
You're liar; pou're dirty cur"
Mr. Kellogg replied calmly and in
difgnified manner:
81 expected you TO say such things of
me. You haven't disappointed me at
all / denounced you TO your face at
my house one year ago as a cheat and
a fraud, and 1 charged you with at
tempting to secure money by false pre-
lenses, and again l denounce you and
affirm that you are the August Schra-
der that called at my house and at
tempted to obtain money by false pre-
lenses Now sir" added Mr.. Kellogg
"have me arrested for those charges
and 1 will prove them in court"
Schrader claimed that he is a servant
of Christ, and that Kellogg is a hypo-
critic and liar.
YOU" said Schrader, "are nothing
but Methodist preacher, devil. All
Methodists are devils, dirty devils. Get
out of my room"
A bystander laid his hands on Schra-
der's and tried to quiet him. Schrad-
er shouted at Policeman Park: Put
him out" and tried to strike his accus-
er with a cane.
Chief of Police Kuhn at this juncture
interfered and said to Park:
Hold on there sir. These have been
invited here by Schrader and they will
leave without your assistance"
The party then left and Schrader
went to his hall to await patients.
One thing that must be said TO Schra
der's credit, and that is that numerous
persons declare that they have been
helped by a touch of his hand.
James Cook, employed by the Chica-
go and Alton road, could not say doz-
en- words in five minutes before he saw
the healer" because of stammering.
Now he can talk as well as anybody.
Mrs. T. w. Belk, of Bethalto, it Is
claimed, has been cured of paralysis.
A little boy from the central part Of
the state came today. He hobbled to
the "healer" on crutcheS and walked
away carrying the crutches in his hand.
Robert Hamilton, glassworker de-
clares that his son has been greatly re-
lieved of paralysis.
W. F. Freeman, a grocer, claims that
his eyesight is better.
Aside from any healing feature Mr..
Schrader has proved a bonanza to store
keepers. His presence has brought
many dollars to their Golfers. Third
street, this afternoon, was filled with
shoppers, most of whom are from out
of town.
There will be excursions tomorrow
from Jacksonville, Bloomington, and
Louisiana.
Rev. Mr.. Kellogg's story of Schrad-
er is as follows:
while 1 was pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Flora, a German
called at my house one evening in Feb
ruary, 1895, and asked for me. He in
troduced himself as August Schrader,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Phillips, Wis. His church,
he said, had been burned and he wished
to rebuild. 1 asked for his credentials
and all he could give me was a letter
of introduction from Rev. Mr.. Pitkin,
Af h. lInshA1iEN ~ni@ oI
church at Louisville, Ill. He had no
certificate of ordination. he said it had
been burned in a fire and he had for
gotten to ask the conference that or
dained him for another He gave the
name of Rev. w. Y. Ninde, bishop of
that diocese. 1 told hing that Bishop
Ninde was in China. or was on his way
home. Then Schrader said that he
made a mistake, and that it was Bish-
op Newman. l told him that he had
made another mistake. His name did
not appear in the Methodist Episcopal
year book, neither was there any Ger
man Methodist Episcopal church at
Phillips. 1 told him that he was
fraud and the best thing he could do
was TO get out Of town. l told him
there was a boarding house at which
he could stay for the night. I took him
to it and cautioned the proprietor, say
ing that Schrader represented himself
as a minister but that he was a fraud
and that she must look out for him.
She put him into a room with a detec-
tive. who saw him fumbling around the
bureau. and ordered him back 10 bed
You say for me that Schrader is a
fraud. He attempted TO collect money
as a Methodist minister for a Methodist
church. He has been exposed by a
Methodist paper in Arkansas. by the To-
cal papers of Flora, and Louisville. Ill
year ago. and by the Central Chris
tan Advocate twice within a year, and
l thought it was my duty 10 come 10
Alton and put the people OF this vicin-
ity on their guard"