The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-08-03
THE BOGUS PROPHET.

THE BOGUS PROPHET.
Taken to Portland Incidents of His
Going Effect of Capture.
Corvallis has p .rted company
with Cretfield. and there is fervent
and un versal hop. that it may be
forever Supported between two
officers, Crefheld walked out of the
door of the Ben on Conutyjail short
ly after one O'Clock Saturday after
noon, and the West side train hur-
ried him, prisoner, to Portland.
When the Jail door swu gopen, the
apostle looked into the faces Of per-
haps 100 boys, women and men, ga
thered in curiosity to see what the
man looked like. Either from
weakness or otherwise. he walked
with some difficulty. and requi, ed
the assistance of the officers to get
along. In the three months period of
hiding under the Hurt house, there
was but little exercise for his legs.
and it is but natural that they
should be sh ky for time. If he
never got out f ON under the bull
ding at night to shake out his plu-
mage and drink in breath of fresh
sea breeze, he must not, during the
long period of his sneak, have once
been abe to raise himself to the
full of his majestic stature. To
have lain so long on his back, on
one side or the other or on his face
with but twenty odd inches of space
between earth and floor to operate
in, is illustration in itself of the
manly character of this latest and
funniest f all the Elijahs. Proba
bly, no other man on earth whether
one in complete touch with the AL
mighty or just an ordinary SHINE r,
would have devoted so much time
to so noble calling, to- wit; hi6e un
der a mans house, be fed by fool
ish women, in avoidance of sim
pie, plain charge OF adultery. Any
man with the spirit of a seven yea
old boy in him, would have qui
the spot any dark night, and hav'
fed to some other place where a
least he could stand on his pins and
look the world in the face.
TAKEN FROM THE JAIL.
But it is a different sort of6bre in tn
make up of Crefheld and the crowe
that watched him leave the Jail say
his slender figure, surmounted b.
Victor Moses hat, shambling alon
between Deputy Sheriff Wells an
Portland detective named Hart
man. O.V.Hurt and Chief Lam
were escort to the procession, an
when the outfit moved from the ia
steps, the crowd followed.
From the jail. the prisoner wa
taken past Mrs. Burnett's house t
Sixth street, where it had been ar
ranged for the train to stop. Th
train had not left the statioa hous
when the track was reached, an
Crefieid was allowed to seat hin
self 90 the edge Of the Sidewalk
while the party waited. At th
station meantime. many other cur
Gus people had gathered to see tt
apostle take the train. The seasio
passengers of whom there happene
to be many were likewise crsnir
their necks for a sight of the dasl
ing Elijah, this one that doesn't g
up in a chariot in the clouds, br
hides under the floor of a man
hous-. His fame was in every min
about the station and his name Q
) every lip, and each arrival who tr;
veled in company with somebod
else was guessed to be Creffiel'
One man thought J.R, N. Bell migf
be the apostle, and another strange
thought he had him sure when b
allowed that S. N.Lil1y was the ma,
THE APOSTLE SANG
While he sat on the sidewalk
waiting for the train, Creffield di
a little stunt at singing. His voie
was low. and his words undistil
guishable, save that once was hear
Jesus hathathe victory He pal
no attention to the crowd. whic
was constantly swollen by new a,
rivals. People in the vicinity an
afar had seen the procession, ha
tgues ed its meaning and they cam
in twos and threes. small boy:
housewives, and others. ali cage
with curiosity for view Of th
man with the champion sneak t
his credit. Perhapssa hundred ha
.gathered when the train fna1l
came along, slowed up for a secon
and waited for its notorious pa:
senger. A big man with a bi