The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-09
DID NOT KILL HIM
PROPHET N,ALLISLER EXPLAINS
THE MYSTERY AT OGDEN,

Fly Appearing In the Flesh In This city
He Was Thought to Have Been Mur
derer aud suicIde-TelIs an Interesting
Story of His Conception of the Bible
He Also Gives Some Startling Predic-
tions aud Seven Reasons Based on the
Bible why They win Come to Pass as
He Declares.
More light was thrown on the affairs
Of the well known prophet, Aaron G. Nc
| Allister, Who was mentioned in these col
umns few days since. He resides in
the Palace block in West Wichita. The
following from the San Francisco Ex-
aminer and Call explains itself:
The prophet is dead. The man who
tried to Lead an army of Christians TO
the hills under promise that they would
| end of the times OF the Gentiles duke
his own life and surrounding his death
is deep mystery which is now being in
vestigated by coroner's jury in Ogden.
Aaron G. McAllister. who claimed to
be direct messenger from the Lord, in
spired with certain truth to teach on
earth and certain warnings to give the
| people, is the man who sacrificed his
| life
! THE story that comes from Utah
shows that the coroner is at work trying
to unravel the mystery surrounding the
death OF the Oakland prophet. On
Tuesday, Jan. 10, as the dispatches
have told. man committed suicide. and
he was identified as George L. Davis of
Lefors. Tex. Subsequently it was found
that mistake had been made and that
the dead man was Aaron McAllister, he
OF long hair fame in Oakland. Tracing
up the evidence il was learned that Nc
Allister and Davis had travelled together
warning people that the end of the earth
was coming.
Davis appeared as a deaf man, repre-
senting that ne was the one mentioned
, in Isaiah. While in Ogden Davis receiv-
ed 5000 in cash from his home in Texas.
The men left Ogden together last sum-
mer and that was the last heard OF
them until McAllister returned alone on
Tuesday. Jan. 10 and took his life. In
the possession Of the suicide was the
trunk Davis used, and the prophet"
had even gone so far as TO take the
name of Davis. The dispatch from Os-
den concludes: The impression prevails
here that Davis was murdered by Meal
lister, who took possession of the Tex
ans stock of this worlds goods. but re-
hi nd he
life. Efforts are now being made TO
trace Davis"
Aaron McAllister was well known
character in this city. While working in
the woods near Tacoma in December,
1895, he claimed that spirit came out
Of the clouds and gave him message
to go preach to the people that the end
OF the world was near. The next day he
sold all he had, and paid all his debts,
which left him without cent. With
his wife and little boy he started out to
tramp from Tacoma to Oakland in the
middle of the winter. often sleeping by
the road side at night and begging for
food in the morning Arriving IN Oak
land in April McAllister made the ac-
quaintance Of Mrs. Harriet Warren OF
a theory similar to his own. They open
ed a campaign together, chiefly by SELL
ing religious tracts. In May, McAllis-
ter issued his call TO the people TO pre-
pare for the end OF the world This is
what he said in his manifesto: 1T is
time for sinners to repent; l am a iowly
follower of Christ and people may laugh
at me. Every day 1 am prosecuted, but
carry my cross without nlurmur. L
wear my hair and beard just the same
as Paul and Christ. / am following
Christ both in the letter and spirit. The
world Is my home and the blue sky
above my covereing. / am trying 10 go
through the world just as Jesus did. I
never made any provision for food or
clothing, for l trust in the Lord. He |
sees that we are provided for at all times !
We believe and teach that AT the end Of |
six thousand years from Adam, Jesus |
will come back TO earth and overthrow |
all nations, bind satan for one thousand |
years, remove the curse from off the |
earth, set up the throne of David, re- |
build Jerusalem as the capital OF the |
world and reign as king over the earth |
for one thousand years. Now. the six !
thousand years from Adam will end in |
1900 4. D. That is what We find in the |
Bible We are told that three and a
half years before that time Christ will
come 10 the clouds like a thief in the
night and will resurrect all the dead be-
levers in Him. He will change $4,000 !,
living believers in Him from mortal 10
immortal beings. The latter are 10 be
fully sanctified Christians. This grand
OF norrals is 10 occur on
July 1st, next, according to Bible cal
culations. At the time $4,000 believers
in Christ will mysteriously disappear J.
from the earth. body ard all They will
be with Christ in the clouds for three
years and a half and will be thoroughly
They will return with him
to earth in 1900. ] hereby warn the peo-
pie to get ready for july 1st.'
In the latter part Of June McAllister
tried TO organize a small army OF sane
tilted Christians for the purpose OF max
ng trip TO the hills and trying to get
board the clouds for the protector tour.
His plan. however. me: with a dismal
failure, and he gave up the scheme Of
ieeing 10 the hills The first Of July
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