The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-09
HAS LOST HIS HAIR
scHLATTER, sTHL DIVINE HEAL
Err" sHoRN IN NEW YORK.
TOOK FOUR YEARS TO GROW
Long Haired Apostle Who Played One
Night Stand in Butte Jailed
in Gotham.

| Shorn of his luxuriant hair clad in a
dingy yellow jacket with gray stripes
and trousers Of bed ticking, Francis
| Schlatter. the divine healer" sat yes
terday in the office OF Warden Fox at
the Blackwelrs Island workhouse and
tccd the story of his eventful life In a
calm. self-possessed Voice. says the
New York Telegraph. There was little
| OF the fanatic in his manner of speak
| ing, though there might be ma iness in
the matter.
He answered all questions with frank
exactness and made his marvellous and
commonplace allegations all in the same
tone. He looked bit wan: his ears
seemed unduly prominent His eyes
were fairly bright. The loss of his hair
made his features rather tame and or
binary. You would not pick him out
for divine healer among thousand
fellow prisoners.
Mourns Loss Of His Tresses.
Schlatter takes his confinement with
serene fortitude. and cOmpla ms only
that the warden compelled him to have
his hair cut.
II took four years to grow. he says,
and is part of his stock in trade. He
was assigned to the asphalt brigade
when he arrived at the Island, but
Warden Fox noticed he was unable to
handle his shovel and had him exam
ined by a physician. who reported he
was in poor physical condition-in
fact. bordering on a wreck. So he has
no work to do beyond healing those of
his fellow prisoners who call upon him.
He said he had healed a man of a
headache just before the reporter ar
rived. He is in better physical condi-
ton than when he went to the work.
house a week ago. He gladly accepted
a copy of a Sunday newspaper the re-
porter offered him.
The man was sentenced to a three
months term on the Island by Magis-
trate Zeller in the uptown ponce court
for being drunk and discrderly and an
noying his wife.
Cheerfully Accepts Persecution.
Il accept this persecution cheerfully"
said Schlatter. remembering that
Christ also was prosecuted and finally
crucified. The fact that He was Di-
vine Man could not save him. I don't
pretend I can save myself to the extent
of breaking through this prison and
getting away. I will sta here as long
as they keep me, and then I will resume
my appointed work. I protested against
their cutting my hair. because it took
me four years to grow 1t and my hair is
part of my shrine. You understand.
am walking shrine. instead Of sta
tionary one like Loures. I can go to
those who wish to be healed or they can
come to me. The hair and beard belong
to the natural man or TO the divine
healer. When they cut my hair they
desecrated the shrine
How about the trouble with your
wife," asked the reporter
Recorniled to His Wife.
II wish to make statement" replied
Schlatter, that I am reconciled to my
wife. She has sent me two letters, and
when I leave this place I shall rejoin
her. 1t Is true she is connecting link
in my work and can't get along with
out her. In the police court. when I
was committed here, 1t was stated that
I threatened to appeal to President Nc
Kinley and Deputy Chief or Police
Devery. It is not so that I mentioned
the presidents name. but I may have
referred to Devery. You see. he sent
me a blind man for treatment last WIN
ter. I cured the blind man. At least,
he walked away from my place unaided
and he never came back"
He must have been cured" said the
reporter. Schlatter nodded and went
on:
"Some days before I was arrested 1
was getting ready to go to Milan, Pa,
where I was to engage a manager for
myself. I had decided I could not carry
on successfully the spiritual and the
business end by myself. At the same
time was feeling weak and took few
glasses of sherry wine. Some of the
wine must have been drugged by per-
sons who wished to ROB me and thought
1 had money. really had but $12 in my
responsible. I was not annoying my
wife. I went to the house where
thought she was and tried to get in.
Then they arrested me-"
$50 you believe in wine," said the in
terviewer.
Fond Of Sherry and Egg.
II believe with st. Paul i'm taking a |
little Wine for the stomach's sake" re- |
spOnded SchAatter, land I am quite fond |
Of sherry and egg The healing work !
is exhausting. and one needs stimulus. |
admit that once in while take
drop too much. perhaps once in six ;
or So. There is another excuse
for this slight failure of anine. When
ever heal a person some thing seems
to go out of me into that person and /
of that PERSONS character
enters my system. If heal many bad
men in a day. my system gets saturated
with bad qualities. I become mere or
less like them. No. 1t is not true that
am very bad man today. because in
my career have absorbed the evil from
thousands of bad persons. also have
cd lodi Of h;oI |