Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-12
Denounced by a Preacher.
REV. KELLOGG TELLS SCHRADER
HE IS A FRAUD.
The Realer's Wild Rage-Called the
East st. Louis Divine Who Ex-
posed Him Dirty Devil"
and Tried to Fight.
From the 81. Louis Post ispatch

At the Globe Hotel in Alton (IIl.)
Saturday morning Rev. r. j. Kellogg,
pastor of the First nj. E. Church at
East st. Louis, denounced "Divine
Healer Schrader as a fraud and
swindler.
Rev. Kellogg saw Schrader's pic
ture II a st. Louis paper, and was
positive hat he was the same man
who about Il year ago attempted to
raise a donation at Flora, ILL.,, on the
representation that he was the pastor
of the Methodist Church in Phillips,
Wis, which had been recently burn
ed.
When questioned by Rev. Kellogg,
he was unable to produce the proper
credentials, and left town in the night
after being denounced as a fraud.
Rev. Kellogg went to Alton Friday
to see if Schrader was not the same
man. The Healer was then in st.
LOUIS getting pictures, but his man
ager strenuously denied the minister's
charges, and after the latter left
promised to pay all expenses if he
would return to-day and face Schra-
der.
In answer to a telegram to this eff
feet Rev. Kellogg came up from East
St. Louis this morning and accom-
panied by Chief of Police Kuhn and a
newspaper man went to the Globe
Hotel, where he positively identified
Schrader as the man who attempted
the church swindle at Flora, and said
that he worked the same game sue
cessfully at Memphis, Mo-, and Leb-
anon, besides stealing an overcoat
from a Methodist minister with whom
he vas stopping at the latter place.
On being identified Schrader drop
ped the Christian-Ii like calm he has
affected for a worldly wrath and
frantically denounced the East st.
Louis minister as a ''dirty DEVIL" ga
liar and a cur" and attempted to as
sault him with a cane.
After the announcement, Schrader
opened up business with an immense
crowd of patients, many of whom
came on the reduced rates being
given by the railroads.
In answer to kilograms from the
Chief of Police parties from Memphis,
Mo-, and Lebanon, ILL.,, have promised
to come and identify Schrader as the
swindler who visited those places.
In the meantime the tHealer'' tells
his patients that these per-
secutions do not bother him and are
similar to those inflicted on the real
Christ.
Rev. MIR. Kellogg was seen Satur-
day morning by a POST Dispatch re-
porter and told what he knew about
Schrader. He said:
"About a year ago a nan came to
my house and introduced himself as
Rev. George Augustus Schrader. I
was at that time pastor OF q Methodist
church at Flora, Ill. Schrader said he
was n minister of the German NJ. E.
Church. He brought me a letter of
Introduction from Rev. A. Pitkin, of
Louisville, Clay County, ILL.,, stating
that Schrader had been pastor of a
church at Phillips, Wis, that his
church had been destroyed by fire
and he was looking for assistance to
rebuild.
al received him cordially, and we
had supper together.
CATER supper when we returned to
my study | asked him a few friendly
questions, and soon found that his
W were unsatisfactory.
Brother Schrader,' said I, what
conference do you belong TOP
"'The Northwest German Confer
ence,' said he.
"'Who is presiding elder?'
1.-The Rev. William Aller.'
What district was your church
imp
1.-THE Superior District
"'Have you any credentials
emo; they we're burned up with
my church.
"'Well, haven't you any letters of
commentator to show that your mis-
sion is genuine?'
"'l had some letters, but they have
been lost
"'Why did you not get a new GER
tificate of ordination?'
d" Il didn't think of that
"'Did you attend conference last
faIl?'
"fYes.'
"sWho was the Bishop in charger
Bishop Ninde.'
81 turned to the Methodist Episco-
pal Year Book and dug out some facts
which I put before Mr.. Schrader about
this way:
'~Schrader, there is no such min
lister known to Methodism, German
or English, as George Augustus Schra-
der
"'There is no such presiding elder
as Aller.'
There is no such district as Su-
Phillips is in Oshkosh dis
"'There is no such church as Ger
man Methodist Episcopal in Phillips,
Wis.,
"'At the time you mention Bishop
Ninde was in China Oh Japan travel
"'Well,' said Schrader, Il may have
been mistaken in the name of the
Bishop. 1t was probably Bishop New
"'Wrong again. Bishop Newman
was in Europe at that time.'
"'Now, Schrader,' said /, you are
a fraud. You are no minister
who has been burned out, but a plain
swindler trying to play on the smypa:
thies OF worthy people to raise money.
You may as well drop it. II you try to
raise any money here on the strength
of the yarn you have told me l will
expose you publicly and have you
arrested
"Schrader left on the night freight
train and have not seen him since.
went to Alton yesterday to see if the
healer was the same man. / failed to
see him, but from his pictures which
agents are selling recognized him