The record-union., 1898-03-09

be ruinous to him, and that he ought
not to accept the call to preach for one
year soon TO come.
Drake agreed with me, and said he
would rot accept the call under the
circumstances, and that ! was a true
friend and brother for warning him of
his danger and trying to save his good
name. Bear in mind that this was
long before the c. 3. A. was thought
of. Now next day Drake went to the
house CT S. H. Phillips; told him ne
could lot preach for the church. That
the man from whom he rented a house
and lived in it two months wanted
years rent. But finally they (Scott
and Drake) went together to Mr.. Low
ry and fixed things up, and then all
three shook hands over it. Result:
Drake accepted the call to preach.
This was the testimony before the
arbitratorS, together with letter from
a San Jose party, from whom Drake
leased house for one Year; was to
pay rent three months in advance;
lived in it nine months; never paid
cent rent, not even the water rent
Also owed bill of groceries at Sara
toga, Cal, of S65 This letter was be-
fore the arbitrators; also one showing
a debt of $51 for groceries at San
Jose. In the face of these letters,
Drake testified that so would cover all
he owed in San Jose and Saratoga. 1t
was proven by three witnesses CIV. L.
Forsman, j. w. Green and MYSELF
that Drake stated to them that the
name Christian Benefit Association
prospectus, etc, was copyrighted in the
name of the association, and was the
the property of the association. 1t
was proven by the same three witnesses
and documentary evidence beside that
he sold the above copyright for money
consideration. claiming he had the
official notice 10 that effect. Evidence
was placed before the arbitrators that
the copyright was owned by the as
sociation. / have received an official
letter from Register of Copyrights at
Washington stating that the name of
Leslie r. Drake does not appear on
their records as having even applied
for one. This letter was before the
arbitrators when they made up their
findings on that charge.
On February 9th Drake resigned as
pastor of the First Christian Church,
agreeing over his signature that he
would do all in his power to unite the
members Of the church, just as publish
ed in the Record Union" Did he
keep his agreement? No Within twan-
ty-four hours he broke it, and took
with him mnay of the members to
hall i'll this city on Sunday last, deter
mined to divide the church, as he has
said many times he would do, and as
he has done twice before before coming
to California
Now, Mr.. Editor, on Monday of this
week two of the arbtratOrs, Rev j.
II. Garrison and John G. Hay We're in
this city, and, together with Rev b. b.
! Burton, saw the Rev. Drake, and he
| (Drake) agreed with them that if he
could get the money due him from the
church he would quietly leave the city
before daylight Tuesday morning. Only
one thing stood in the way-William
! Fritz lad put an attachment on it for
$50 due him on a note from Drake
! Mr.. Fritz was seen and he agreed to
give he $50 to Drake if he would leave
| the city, as above stated Therefore
Rev. Burton. in company with Fritz.
went to Judge Henry's office and had
! N+-I ~N-S N.lS4AA41oIb, anu Ii pay HE
the cost, Sc 30. Did Drake leave the
city? No. He had got his money
and was strongly in evidence on our
streets to-day.
Now. in closing, I have a letter in
my possession. written by mem
ber of a Christian Church in
Leavenworth, Kansas. I will leave our
members to judge.
Leavenworth. March 3, 1898.
! To the Officers of the First Christian
Church at Sacramento, S. s. Culver
! Secretary-Dear Brethren: Your letter
of February 2Gth at hand In regards
to Leslie Drake, will say that he came
to us from Excelsior Springs. Mo.
which is but a short distance from
! Kansas City, Mo. He came to us with
out letter. He claimed his member
/ ship at Kansas City, Mo- where his
/ mother lived. He was with us one
year. from September Is, 1893, to Sep
/ tember 10, 1894. We also had trouble
with him. The officers didn't want H.
keep him. and he led oa good num-
Der of the Christian Endeavor Society
and started another church In another
part of the city. The State Board sent
BrotherJ. II. Bauseman (who is in your
State somewhere to arbitrate the mat
ter, and TO get the members back to the
old church, which was done by some
sacrifice on both sides. Part of The
/ conditions were that Drake shoull
bring the members back and preach fos
the congregation awhile. and in this ar
rangement l think there were certain
resolutions offered favorable to him
But no church letter was given
1t was urged at the time for him
that he was young and had no expert
ence But we afterward learned that
he went to Pleasant Hill. Mo- ana
made trouble in that church. Then h
vent West and we lost track Of him
chants mere, one merchant brought
suit against him. but l don't know hou.
il was settled. He claimed to have
been ordained by T. NJ. Myers of Kan
sas City Mo, who was afterwarsi
pastor of our church for a few months
The church never did any good after
Drake left, and the result of It all Is
the church is locked up, standing idle
with no debt on it whatever. except
what little they owe me- So you may
know that l cannot tell you all tne
causes that have brought this state
Of affairs in this short letter. As re-
CARDS his estate in Kentucky Whils
he was here his grandmother, / think
il was. died in Kentucky He bor-
rowed money from one Of the brothers