The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-07

the contrary, Lewis is liable to them
tor the return of the money they sent
him under Misrepresentation made bv
him. We have abundant evidence to
prove that Lewis deliberately falsified
when he said Mrs. Tener was the onlv
woman who complained of his meth
DDS. We have complaints from wo-
men from all parts of the country
and from many of the women who at
tended his convention in St. Louis in
june of last year and had their ewes
opened while there to his shiftv
schemes and fake methods. These
women have frankly written Lewis
and spoken their minds plainly They
have told him that they have been
mortified and chagrined before their
neighbors whom they induced to ioin
the league. Their only apology is
that they then believed that Lewis
would keep his promises. Now they
know that he has repeatedly broken
them and they want no more Of him.
incidentally, they have not been able
to collect the money he owes them
tor work done under contract to Sc
cure new members. Members, of
course, means simply women who will
send Lewis money.
Many of these women make the
mistake of taking the new Lewis pro-
misses seriously while they berate him
for repudiating promises of the past.
Mrs. Webster's complaint that the
new members will fare better than
the old ones would be true if the de-
bentures or notes had any value. But
as we view it, the new members who
pay 500 will be just $48 worse off
than the old ones who paid $50
Neither of them get any benefit for
their money and we do not expect
from Lewis past record that any of
them ever will Lewis has made no
definite statement under oath or
otherwise to show what value if any
thS builuClS Fullu has anu no state
ment of the exact amount of notes to
be issued, For all anyone knows the
fund may be in debt for more pro-
perty than is credited to It, For our
selves, we believe that it is, but we
see no evidence that the fund has any
legal existence. Lewis admits that
he is unable to pay his debts. There
has not been day in three years
when attorneys have not had notes
against him for collection. So that
he is virtually capitalizing his debts,
and asking people to send him money
for notes that are worthless and that
may be issued without limit
But now Lewis has launched a new
scheme. The noble women" who
were to be emancipated at $50 per
are not as noble as Lewis thought
them. His standard of nobility is
based on women's promptness in
sending him money When the none
ey stops flowing, the standard of no.
bility drops. But Lewis is now will
ing to try another stimulant to re-
claim womanhood That is to induce
her to continue to send him money.
His last stimulant was the income on
the two million dollars referred to
above by Mrs. Webster But hu-
man nobility, like the human body
physically, becomes immune as to the
same stimulant for long time, and
Lewis has an infinite variety of quick
ening nostrums When the patient
begins to lag under one, he promptly
prescribes another Now he pro-
poses rival mems Universal League
The two league are to vie with each
other to see who can send him the
most money. In exchange he pro-
misses them the note of straw man
whom he has created in words, if not
in flesh or spirit,
Last week an escaped lunatic from
Canada took the social and profess
sional sections of Boston by storm,
He was entertained and dined and
made much of in social and dramatic
circles as a wonderful genius until
the asylum authorities appeared and
put him in safe restraint Some of
Lewis apologists have intimated that
he is crazy on the subject of getting
other peoples money. We have not
felt like denying the gentle indict-
ment, but on preference we would
give his mental and moral bias quite
another name, But it certainly would
be inconsistent to put him in mad
house and allow the man who would
now send him money ON this new
scheme to wander outside lunatic
asylum
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