Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-27
Rev. Frank Sanford At
Halifax, Chasing Elusive $500.

Portland. Me, June 26.-Rev. Frank
W. Sanford. the head of the Holy
Ghost and Us Society at Shiloh. has
again appeared in sight this time in
Halifax and Maitland, Nova Scotia.
which parts he is said to have left
Friday He went hither with the evil
dent intention or realizing some cash
on house which was formerly owned
by Maitland people, all but one OF
the owners, it is stated, having joined
the Holy Ghost and Us movement and
at that time given their right to the
property to Sanford.
Some time ago the agent OF the prop
erty al Maitland sold it for $500, al
though the property is said to be
worth $4,000 or more, the home alone
having been erected at cost OF $500.
There was delay in passing the pa
pers, one OF the heirs who was not
Holy Chester, Withholding his sigma
ture to the document for a while. 1t
appears that The purchaser had tn.
500 at the time he purchased the prop
erty. but in the delay incident to the
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otlsr purposes. When Sandford went
to the purchaser Friday and found
him out of funds he was obliged to
return to the Kingdom without the
desired funds.
While in port at Halifax Sanford pur-
chased supplies of a grocer in that city,
paving him $1,000. AS Sanford was on
the Coronet when the Kingdom was
boarded in Casco bay at the time of the
serving Of the habeas corpus papers TO
secure Mrs. A. A. Whitaker and four
children, it is suggested that he has since
gone onto the Kingdom with the hope OF
escaping having papers served on him.
as the Kingdom is the larger craft and
can keep out to sea.
Upon his visit to Halifax and Nova
Scotia Sardford yelled his movements IL
secrecy. but was discovered by corre-
spondent of the St. John. n. b.. Tele-
graph Relative to the transactions i,
regard to the Maitland property the cor
respondent writes as follows in the Tele-
grapt under date of June "a:
1T was his chase after $500 in the town
of Maitland IN. So that revealed his
tSandford's) whereabouts though perhaps
anything about it,
Some years ago there was a prosper
Gus family in Maitland the head IF
which was Captain Cobb Mackenzie. He
died and left a splendid farm and $500 in
cash to his widow and six children. They
went to the United States to better their
prospects, and there fell under the spell
of the Holy Ghosters. One result Of this
influence was that the Maitland property
and the cash was handed over to the
Holy Ghost Society by the heirs.
THE Widow Mackenzie became head
of the home in Shiloh, but that was all
they got out of it. Sanford and the So
cietv determined to realize on the real
estate in Maitland and to do this they
had to give clear title. John Dearman.
the agent of the heirs at Maitland, some
time ago sold the property to Captain
Marsters for $500. This was only frac-
| ton of its value, the house alone costing
$500.
"Why he sold for so small sum as
$500 has not developed. but there was de-
lay in getting the deed, for one of the
sons had had to sign an order to convey
to the Holy Ghosters and who resides in
this province, is not Holy Chester. Evil
IDENTIFY he put his name to the deed, the
convey ance was made and the property
was sold by Frank W. Sanford.
Captain Marsters had the funds in the
bank at the time the sale was agreed
upon, but after all the delay when Sand
ford was ready to give a clear title he had
used the funds for other purposes. This
was the condition Sanford found when
| he arrived at Maitland this morning.
"Marsters was on the property but had