Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-14
A LINE ON DANIELS.
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sons Tells Of Him and His Work.

| Rev. F. W. RUSSELL pastor of the
Presbyterian church. is in receipt of
letter from Mr.. Robert e. Speer, junior
secretary of the Board of Foreign Mis-
| sions of the Presbyterian church, con-
corning the 'yen." Marcus George Dan
iel, alleged Kurdish missionary at large.
who recently appeared in this city and
was already to deliver a lecture and
solicit funds in the Methodist church,
when timely article regarding his
doings elsewhere, denouncing him as
a fraud, was published in these coll
umns. Mr.. Speer writes as follows:
1.-THE Ven" Marcus George Daniel,
who sometimes calls himself archdea-
con, and who processes to represent the
Thomas Christian church in Kurdistan,
has long been known to the Presbyte-
rian board and its missionaries He
was originally from the district of Jilu
in Turkey. He was q pupil in the pre-
paratory department of the college of
the American Presbyterian Mission in
Urumia for some years before 1894.
About that time he left Persia, and was
for some years in Europe. In London
he secured some financial support, and
paid some attention to a young English
woman, with whose brother, in 1898, he
returned to Urumia. His avowed pur-
pose was to go to Jilu and establish
school there, but the country was dis
turbed, and he and his English COM
panion remained in and about Urumia
for some time Meantime the English
man heard that Marcus was married
and had family in Jilu, which resulted
in their parting company, as Marcus
had carried his suit to the English
mans sister pretty far, and it was their
plan that she should come out later and
marry him. Marcus Daniel had all the
money, and the Englishman was penni-
less and his friends were poor, so that
he was an object of charity. With the
exception of few pounds that after
great deal of pressure Marcus re-
funded-all his expenses back to En-
gland were met by friends. Afterwards.
Marcus went to Jilu and was ordained
as an archdeacon by the HISTORIAN pa
triarch, this ordination, however,
amounting to nothing whatever. I'm
der this new title he started out again,
and the following year was raising
funds in Europe, where he issued cir
cular stating that he had done a great
and noble work in Kurdistan, that he
had opened schools and preached IN
many mission stations which were
branches of the Kurdistan mission
which he had founded and that several
thousands had been brought to the
knowledge of the gospel thru his mis-
sion; all of which statements We're abb
solutely false. The following year-l900
he came to America, and secured
letter of endorsement from the bishop
of Fond du Lac, which was printed
with Marcus picture, dagger in hand,
in connection with can Appeal to
Charitable Christians" full of gross
Misrepresentation and falsehoods.
Altho the man has received a good
DIAL of money, he has never had
school, never did any sort of mission
work, never was the brigand that he
represents himself to have been. AT
the time of the Armenian massacres
he was not in either Turkey or Persia,
but was in Europe. The tale which he
has been telling in Iowa of the reports
of the newspapers are correct, is as
absolutely unreliable as his past career
would lead one to expect his represen-
tations would be. Any money given to
him with the idea that it is to be used
in reliable mission work either in Per-
STA or in Turkey, is thrown away.
Money given to these adventures is