The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-14
How "Holy Roller Apostles We're
Tarred and Feathered by White Caps

ers had bean well smeared, remarked
"Well, you would make fine olt
Santa Claus now Cmfeld made ne
! reply. All the time he trembed like
an aspen and was undoubtedly much
frightened. IL was otherwise with
Brooks who was stoical throughout
aud apparently undisturbed by the pro.
ccedings, After the incident Crehield
returned to the Beach house and an
attempt was made to remove the tar
and feathers, The next day Crefcld
was married at Albany, after which he
disappeared The next time he was seen
| in Corvallis was when he was dragged
nude, blinking and skinney from under
the Hurt house.
The killing of Cretiield at Seattle
brings to mind the long period OF hiding
from ths authorities in which he spent
something like four months under the
house OF o. V. Hurt of Corvallis, The
discovery was made by Roy Hurt, aged
IA, at ii O'Clock on the morning or July
20, 1904. The story of it was told as
follows in the Times of the S0th:
Hides Under House.
with his body entirely nude and his
frame mass of skin and bones from
the effects of his famished condition.
Creffield. the man who, by his wild !
religious teachings has sent half dozen
of his followers to the insane asylum
and several others at the Boys' and
Girls Home in Portland, was found
secreted under the house of O. V. Hurt
yesterday morning and at quarter to
eleven o'clock was lodged in the Benton
county aili at Corvallis. The discovery
was made by Roy Hurt, He was look.
ing for eorks under the house, when he
noticed somathing white in the north
east corner. He crawled out from under
the house, and pulling out bricks in the
foundation here and there, discovered
irst a pillow, and then a quilt, and at
ast was getting so close to the
apostle, whom he had not yet seen, that c
he latter spoke to him. The lad knew L
he voice and hurried to town to in t
om his father, who, with Chief Lane, t
rent at once to the scene. With some y
ifficulty they induced Creffield to come Il
ut, and after supplying him with cloth fl
lg they hurried him into buggy and hi
rove him by back street to the Ben. ii
IN county Jail, in which the apostle ell
as lodged. Tbe whole occurrence trans. st
red within half an hour and Cref-
I'D was locked securely in a steel cell t,
the Jail before many Corvallisites W
armed what had taken place. Cref. e'
I'D was so weak from his long reclin- cl
9 position under the house and from cr
S famished condition, that after he in
me out from under the building he I
d to be supported by his captors to in
e carriage. tr
Fed by His Followers. si'
1T is the belief that all these weeks ph
d months that Creffield has been the tn
bject of reward and search. he has MT
en- hiding under the Hurt house. It pa
believed also that he was fed and pl'
here by his followers. His us
ne under the building was spent in GU
hole in the ground under the north.
1t corner of the house. It is more me
IN three months ago that Crefield of
from Portland. The hole in the fey
'und is alongside the brick founda- thi
n and is six feet long, IS inches deep tie
two and a half feet wide. The dis
It was the darkest place under the Bu
lse. In the hole there was a pillow sta
two old quilts. Under the pillow six
8 pair of old drawers and shirt. cur
ese were the only articles the tiv
stle had to keep him warm.
The dirt from the hole had been
eled off and under it were found II
gallon and seven quart fruit jars A
empty save that in ono +bere was D..