The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23
Counterfeiters
Entrapped by
Versatile Treas
ury Spotter.

: ready speaker and had great number
OF anecdotes in hand. so that he was
able to preach to the people with great
force and power. The second night that
| he held the meetings he had three Deo-
! pie come to the mourners bench and vet
redemption from the Christ he preached
10 them The meetings continued for
some time, and the ministers in Rice
| vile, who had at first held aloof and re-
fused to aid him in his work of saving
| souls when they saw his power 1em3n-
him and offered to help him in the meet
| lngs. He politely Informed them that
while he fully appreciated their kindness
| yet he preferred to continue his work
alone as long as he chose to remain in
the town.
One thing connected with his evangelf-
cal work that excited a great deal of
| comment among the people of the town
! was the fact that he refused to accent
| the invitation of any church members
to sojourn in his home. but instead went
out into the country for miles and stoE-
| ped with people who bore the most dis
reputable names. He seemed to be on tho
best of terms with these people. ard
they were greatly flattered by the atten-
ton paid them. Fhis furnished excellent
food for the gossips, and they started all
sorts of stories about the reform ed BRO
fessor saying that he was a CRATER and
| the like The more charitable people said
| that he stopped with that sort of neople
because 1t was that kind of people " no
most needed salvation The professor
Of making any explanations of his con
| duct, said that he was simply following
the example Of the Master in going to
those who needed the physician
Revival Services Closed.
| The meetings continued in Riceville for
| about three weeks, during which time
many people professed TO have been saved
| by his preaching. Just when the excite
n1ent was at its highest pitch he an
| nounced one night that the meetings
would close without further, services.
| There was great deal fof sorrow and re-
gret expressed by the people, bat he was
| obdurate to all appeals and the next
morning took a train and left6the place
| Several of the ministerk of the place got
| together and attempted to carry ON the
| work which he had started, but Wore
| unable to accomplish Anything in the way
1 of success.
+ Another month passed after he had left
| the town and the people We're wondering
| what had become ofstfIeir eccentric friend
| who had first appeared in the role of an
| entertainer and then as a minister of the
| gospel. From the time he left the place
nothing had been hear of him. He seemed
| to have passed from sthe place as mys-
| teriously as he had come. and there was
no reason to believe that he would ever
| appear again
4 One day an officer Of the secret service
| department appeared in RicevilIe and ar
rested John Lawson and Robert Meade
for counterfeiting. Search of their
| spurious coin, while in thes garnet of
| Meades house were found the tools with
which the coGnterfeiters worked. I'hev
were tried and convicted of the crime
and each sentenced toS long terms in the
| penitentiary
1t was not until aftes the trial that the
| truth leaked out as toqtne way in which
| the officers found the. right parties 1T
| was then learned tha ts45rof! GRAY who
| first came to the town as an entertainer
/ and afterwards as an Evangelist, was the
| spotter and that while he was stopping
! In the home of Meade, 1T was not for the