Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-23
AGED FATHER OF JOHN ALExAN.
DER DoWlE BEARS CLOSE RE-
sEMBLANcE TO SON
TO APPEAR IN COURT
John Murray Dowie of Essex, Iowa, so
Years Old, Goes to Chicago and Will
Testify That the "First Apostle" is
His Son - Parentase is Denied by
DoWie.

son, John Murray Dowie, father Of
John Alexander Dowie, the First
APOSTLE arrived in Chicago last even
ing alone, having left the seclusion of
his cottage in Essex, Iowa, to refute
the assertions Of his son and clear the
name Of his dead wife.
The appearance of the old man in
Chicago was far different from that of
his son when travelling. Instead of a
private car or special train he stepped
from Pullman coach, carrying two an
tique valises which held the proofs of
the birth of John Alexander Dewie and
the old mans modest laundry.
Twenty-one years difference be-
tween the ages of the father and son
have been lost in the lines of the old
mans face and he looks as like the on
as if they were twin brothers. N-ihe
bald head, patriarchal beard, tall hat,
and even the voice and smile are the
same.
You will need no papers to prove
that you are the father of the First
Apostle said Deacon Piper, who met
him at the station and escorted him
to his room at the Great Northern no.
tel. "All that you need to do is to step
into the court room and the judge will
recognize you"
Crowd Follows Him.
The veterans genial smile. his re-
semblance to his son, and his touching
confidence in all those whom he met
soon won friends for him and a crowd
followed him from the train to the
street. Here he crowded and elbowed
his way through the line of shouting
"cabbies' and stood sin Adams street
awaiting a car.
81 am in your hands" he said, turn
ing to Deacon Piper. 1
But he will receive no welcome
from his son. John Alexander Dowie
has testified that the old man is not
his father and he will not recognize
him as SUCH The old man will not
force himself upon the apostle" ana
they wifi meet for the first time IN
FIVE years in. Judge Lands court.
81 have two sons. They are John
Alexander, the mortal. and Andrew,
who lives in Australia and is the finest
salesman in the country" said the old
man proudly. ''You see, say John
Alexander the mortal That shows
what / think of his claims to immor.
tally and noble birth | don't belieya
that there are many others who taka
much stock in them"
Tells of Old Home in Scotland.
Then he began to tell of his early
life and of the time before John Alex.
ander conceived the idea of being a
prophet.
81 was born in Alloa, Scotland, just
eighty years ago, a wee bit nearer to
the castle of Stirling than Andrew
Carnegie was he said. John Alex
ander was born there, too. His moth
er's name was Ann McFarlane. John
was Is years old when l took him with
his brother to Australia. was JUS
tice of the peace until | became cit
izen Of the United States.
A glass of cold water, which was
then handed to him, reminded him
that he had been total abstainer all
his life. Never touched thing but
pure water he said.
The appearance of the father OF
s'the first apostle in Chicago is the
result of the efforts of the Voliya fac
ton in the present litigation in Judge
Lands court. 1t is expected that the
elder Dowie will go on the witness
stand to prove that his son in. declar
ing that he was not a son of John
4 Murray Dowie. either testified falsely
or proved that he was mentally I'M
balanced