The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-21
SChLAETTER
THE HEALER
"DIVINE WORKER FROM DEN.
YER IN CARBoNDALE.


He Reaches This City Stranded.
Seeking to Be Reunited to His
Wife to Whom He Wires for
Money-Letter Advising Him to
Go to Assyria to Regain His Di-
vine Powers-Making for Scranton
Where He Desires to Locate as an
osteopathist.
Francis Schlaettri. tn. Denver. col.
shoemaker: the man who claims ih"
spirit Of Christ is within him and who
has attracted II good deal of attention
in scores of towns throughout the
country by his alleged divine healing.
is in Carbondalc.
Schlaetter. as he claims himself to be-
producing II heap of letters in substan
tiation OF his claim, reached the city
yesterday afternoon. Hc hobbed ON
crutches to Mayor iiilpatrick's office in
the city building. seeking the charity OF
the city officials He is stranded, as
he puts il. himself. but is resting on
the hope that his wife. To whom he
prayS to he united. will send him mon
ey to lift him from the depths of his
poverty and hard luck to the height
that will cause "a return Of his powers
of healing.
The divine" Francis is truly shuin
of his powers. though he says il is only
lemporary tha, 50 so"n as his WIFI"
comes back To him he will have all his
al n ,,t l.,N.
on hands that makes well people of
invalidS. He is on his way from Black
wells Island, where he served three
months for disOrdcrly conduct or be-
ing a public nuisance. ON which charge
he WAS detained there. he was not GER
tain, but he knew that his olrenae was
III" ringing of toorbellS ANA making
noise in and about the apartment house
where he and his wife lived in New
York city.
Schlactter reached CarbOnualr over
the Erie, he said. but in describing his
route he got Port Jervis and Cornwell-
on-the- Hudson, Patterson. y. j.,
lionesdale and Hawley ON II line with
On" another. In II true spirit of en-
tcrprise, he minated that he would
Ike to talk with II newspaper man.
mayors office. The Tribune man was
soon beside him, ANA it. Was not until
then that he worked up amy degree of
interest and became communicative.
In u measure" he said after he op-
cned up, 1--WE been put out of business
| have Just come from BluckWerS Is
land. where | served three months on
some Charge. You know what il is |
i
ringing door bells in the apartment
house where ! lived is what they said
| did, Well, l'h out Of business and
can't Get back my powers until | am
Reunited To my wife. She Is the back
bone of tn" firm Somehow she doesn't
want 10 come Ia me- until | can provide
II fine home for her; II mansion like the
three thut have owned before. BE-
fore she Will come to me, she wants
me tn go To .\ccu, Syria. where | am
to meet Abdul Rehai, the shah, who the
Eehais call the Tree of Life. Here is
the letter, which Airs. Dixon. our friend
senr me- said Schlaetler, as he nshed
out from II heap Of letters Il missive
that reads:
Washington, -. g., oct H. 1900.
My Dear Brother In Christ:
MT flhIlciS S'nlatttf---l nave met
your sweet wifi" ana had thc pleasure
and blessing Of being with her part Of
the days past. told her ! would write
YOU as | hay" longed to do for years
and I have her blessings ,lpon It,
read of your beautiful obedience To the
teachings of the Master years ago and
ever since | thought to know you bet
ter, to look upon your face. To know
YOU have been in Washington while
sought and wondered where YOU have
been is almost beyond belief. know
the papers stated you We're here but
concluded il would never be the holy
beloved brother who has helped the
world AS you have done by the beuutl-
fui example OF former years shown. I
supposed II was only some one claim-
ing To be our obedient brother because
! have heard you We're sometimes over
come by drunken and Intoxicating
drinks. II seemed improbable for YOU
to he other than strong and, oh, how
! pray God you may overcome in the
power Of Christ within you tn help up-
lift the world as you have done in
the past ! thank you with overflow Of
my heart and tears for The beautiful
Christ like example you have placed
before the world Nobody has helped
men as your life has done except oar
Savior Jesus Christ ana in him you
will be c0nqueror. For there is "A glor-
ious channel to reach him in this great
day. l am Behai and your dear wife
is too, and II you can only be in the
presence Of the Holy One i'm Acca, Syria