Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-18
STILL AFTERLACH.>NcE..
The st. Paul Globe 10 Still
'., Worried About LaChance,
"" the Healer.

the Healer.
s~s The st. Paul GlObe Ia still making
a little crusade against Joseph La-
Chance. the "divine healer, who re-
moved from Little Falls to follow
his ''protession" In st. Paul. Thu
Globe has tried to drive him out ~
Guinness. but haa not succeeded.
Wednesdays Globe says:
The authorities continu, to per.
19it Joseph LaChanre, the selfstHlrd
"divine healer" whom Judge Bum
sca thinglv declared in open court to
he fraud and impostor. t" d" bu-i-
ness ut his old stand. Although his
exposure In The Globe warned many
cretlMiOus people who might have
given up their money to LaChance.
he is still looking for victims. and
runs advertisements in some NJ the
local papers. and n.'Re 1T the Off 'sa's
charged with protecting the public
have taken any steps to st0P what
Judge Bum so unmi~ takahly de-
nOunced az u fraudulent business.
LaChance still keeps his sign tackled
I'D in front Of his Wabasha street
Office. but the steps are du~t covered
and the door do.sn't open with such
ease az 1t did when his visitors were
contributing from $50 II day up. az
he testified. The crowds, that he al
mitted gave hi,n $l2:OtW within a
year, do not flock to him any more.
but he IL still willing to- save the
afflicted for s. per serve.
When asked yesterday why La
Chance was allowed to continue
swintiline people, County Attorney
Anderson said that his office had T."
official knowledge that the "healer"
was continuing his business. He
said no complaint had been made
against LaChance. and that 1t was
not customary for the county
attorney to bring euch matters to
the attention Of the gra nd jury with
out some formal complaint.
{ "Is LaChance to to allowed
to continue swindlinR people
after the decision M Judge
Bum denouncine him as a fraud and
an impostor?" Mr.. Anderson was
asked.
II do not know that he IL a
fraud"
''Judge Bum said that he wos
and that he secured money under
false pretenses. Ia he to go IN
getting money from the public this
way?"
mo one has made complaint
against him. II any. one from whom
he gets money lodges complaint
against him he will be prosecuted -
"Bnt Judge Bum said the evidence
in the case which he decided showed
that LaChance, according to his
own testimony, obtained money by
false pretenses."
"Weil, II he does then he can he
prosecuted, but. as a matter Oi fact,
only iorl. petty larceny. because OH
tanning any thing less than $25 under
false pretenses amounts simply to
petty larceny"
"WOuld 1t not he proper for the
county attorney to present the case
to the grand jury. out Of considera-
tionior the protection N the publ!c?"
1T ia not customary Tor the county
attorney to take the initiative in
such cases. l presume II complaint
were made against LaChaDce he
might be indicted for petty larceny
the some as for any other offense,
but the punishment would he only
that which pertains to petty larceny
"Will he he allowed tn continue In
husiness?'
In anawer to this question Mr.. An.
derson reiterate that he could not
move Awithout a complaint. The
amounts LaChance got from each In
dividual we're small anyway, Mr.
Anderson said, but II anyone flee
information against the "healer." h,
would issue warrant.
The case will probably be called te
the attention OF the next grand jury