Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-02
SCHLATTER IN COURT
ARRESTED At INSTANCE or
WIFE FOR Disturbing HER
PEACE WHILE INTOXICATED.

The Chicago niauc last week ro.
ported the arrest In 81 Louis OF Fran.
CTS aChlaiter. the so-cailod divine
healer" and Moses OF the Twentieth
Century" who was charged with die
uroing the peace OF h.s vile. She
complained that the Eolfstyled Mes.
slab tired TO introduce a stranger
into her room at their home on olive
street She caused her husband's ar.
rest. claiming he was drunk. When
the prophet" was brought into court
his wife. according 20 tht st Louis
Post-Dlspatch said
~ married him out Of gratitude"
she said "schlattor, who cut a wide
sWath through the west, came 20
Birmingham. Ala, where lived lie
put hls hand on my niece and cured
her OF pneumonia" she said. u love
the man. believed he was a god.
married him found that he was
human embodiment Of stevenson'h
novel Tie was DR. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde while be was sober he was
the best man alive. when drunk he
became a brute. Sober be loved me,
drunk be beat me"
Judge" Mrs schlatter said. "a
woman homes and hopes. she believes
that her husband will reform n be
promises protection. u ne suggests
love. the woman fondly believes"
Il have committed no hovm,' the
divine hCaler" declared % Judge
Tracy. ~ you send me 10 the work
house I will blow up the court by
my force"
Attorney Roster Melgs. who heard
this boast, laughed.
schlatter turned on him
II mean what ! say" he declared.
But u the Judge will let mo on, ! will
not create any disturbance
Judge Tracy lot him on ne fined
the "phophot" t25 and stayed the
fine
When the "phophot" loft the court
room he said that he nad decided not
10 blow up the building. "let / can DO
It n / want TO-" he said / have
power tnat men cannot fathom. For
forty-one days 4 uved in desert
wlthou, food was sustained by a
power which / cannot talk about 1
have a system of telophthy by watch
can communicate With al parts OF
the earth, with distant planets, with
men who are dead But I will not
toll my secret And / can reclaim all
the deserts OF the west ! can make
fruit grow from sand. have a fer.
ullEor which will reclaim all the doa.
erts OF the west ihe sands OF New
Mexico. the desert Businesses OF
California But / amt going 20 tell
my secret
n was born 10 1856 ln Alsaco. Ny
town was BbersheIm Ny father was
a cloth merchant was educated by
the parish priest he taught me Co
foay God 1 believed 20 God.
when 1 got older found that an
tha boys OF the village looked up TO
me- I didn't know why. They made
me cnlei ln their sports one day o
boy saio, WAY your father 10 a
count then ! knew belonged TO
the nobility ! folt M ylmportanco. {
made tno boys bow TO me- Then 4
came 10 America That was 10 1870.
went west ! sunered many prlya.
tons I worked as a shoemaker In
Denver had a vision. saw that /
looked like tnfist ! believed shat I
had mission IN life. For forty-ono
days / walked lu tne M0iaye desert
without fooA Then tho power OF
healing came / realized that / could
bonoht mankind and / started forth 10
heal Vas called a yag ant. arrested
and released
"fhIa present prosecution De- only
one Of the troubles which Gods chill.
uron are subject 40