The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-27

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Seattle rs there another girl on
earth as friendless as Esther Mitchell,
is years old7
Not soul viii say a kind word for
her No lawyer will ts.se her case.
Not newspaper viii publish line
IN her defense Not a woman will
come forward to cheer her up one
particle
And say the men Of two states,
Washington and Oregon, 1T serves
her right
Esther Mitchell killed her brother.
He had just been acquitted on a
charge of murder himself; he dared
take the life OF "Joshua" Crefleld,
hcsd on the sect Of Holy Rollers. This
religious pervert this fanatic, this
arch-conspirator against family and
home, had a peculiar fascination over
women He took wives away from hus
bands, mothers away from babies
sweethearts away from lovers, daugh
ters away from fathers, sisters away
from brothers.
Crefheld took Esther Mitchell away
from her father and hei brothers. He
told her that she was to be the mother
of the second Christ And she be-
neved. She left her home; she sat at
the right hand OF Crefield at tho wild
goings-on of the Holy Rollers. She
forgot everything.
The brother begged her to come
home She refused. He knew the
fate of other girls like herself who had
joined the Holy Rollers So he saved
her from that fate He killed Crefleld,
the man who said he was immortal.
And Esther Mitchell killed her bro
ther in the very self-same way be
cause he killed the man whom she
took to be the personihcation Of God
upon earth, says correspondent OF
the New York World In cold truth
on the other hand, Satan could have
learned much from Crefhed And
for this very reason the girl who
killed her brother because he killed
the man she believed to be divine has
not friend on earth.
Once Salvationist.
Once upon a time Franz Edmund
Crefield was Salvation Army officer
Three years ago he dropped that and
started a sect of his own He gath
cred about him a little company OF
followers on EiEer Island. in the Col
umbia river, Oregon. Most of then
came from TIE lowD Of Corvallis anC
the little hamie,s in the neighbor
hood Esther Mitchell was then Z
slip OF girl. Just IS. She becam,
one of his first converts. Her sister
Mrs. Burgess Starr, also forsook hel
husband for me man Creffied MauC
Hurt was his third convert, or rathel
victim. She married him.
Il am to be the father of the sec
ond Christi" he proclaimed and thel
believed him.
More and more the women fiocket
TO Creffield Then the law took hant
and be was sent to the penitentiar,
for a secono term Most of his victiml
went insane after that and. one b-
one. were sent TO asylums and re-
treats. A few recovered. NOTHING
asgGted, after serving his term Crei
field started IA again. Once more Mrs
Starr aud hsnier Mitchell now
beautiful girl of IS, came ct his bid
ding They rsn away from thel
homes to co II
And George Mitchell, farmer DO!
Of 20, made up his mind that he woulJ
save them II be could. Other meI
who had suffered in the same way
went with him - and Crefheld The!
were armed Spd they meant {,
kill
George Mitchell was the first {,
run down the man He heard tina
this seIf-styled Joshua" was in Seat
tie. He came here: he found him II
the heart of the town.
There was just one shot. Credlel,
fell dead with a bullet through tn,
middle of his brain. The whole stat,
was afiame with joy at the deed Cit
liens who had suffered at Crehieldl
hands hailed young Mitchell as thei
deliverer. Corvallis raised hand
some fund to defend the young man.
Honorably Acquitted.
The boy was put on trial. His tech
nical defense was emotional insanity
But his attorneys did not attempt [,
disguise the fact that this plea wal
simply a legal loophold To the 1.
jurors was told the whole sad story o
the Holy Rollers. They needed n,
more George Mitchell was honorabl,
acquitted. II could not have been 9th
erwise
George Mitchell was hailed as
hero when he was formally discharge,
from custody. IIe was offered a posi-
ton in Portland, and there he mad
up his mind TO go The three brothers
and Esther We're gathered at the s;a
tion here in Seattle