Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-17
SCHLAIIER TURNS
UP THIS TIME IN
SOUTHE RN
BASTILE
Municipal Prisoner at Chatta-
nooga Claims to Be Man
Who Once Acquired Fame az
Divine Healer Here.
SAME OLD LONG HAIR
AND CLERICAL GARB

erimage Of tho southwest and made
many converts 90 HE strange belief.
schattcr, after fasting forty days.
was supposed 20 have died IN the Da-
til mountains In western SocorrO
county That lonely region, az an
events. was tine lest place where the
healer was seen alive. and some years
later bieachcd bones supposed 70 be-
those % Schlattor were found there.
At frequent intervals. men claim
ina TO be Schlatter have turned up
IN various places throughout the
country TIE latest candidate for
The mantle OF the divine healer Is IN
the Chattanooga jaii charged with
the somewhat vulgar offcnso 90 be-
coming drunk la g public place.
interviewed IN jail by o Chatta-
nooga News reporter, the "Schlatter'
gave the following account OF his
life.
II was born In EbersheSn, Canton
schlasted. Aisace-Lorraine, France,
now a German province Al the age
of ~ I healed NY mother Of chronic
headaches. and several other people
in the community were healed by me.
a. that time I was not cognlzaut Of
the power OF healing ! possessed.
THE boys became afraid of me
had no playmates. SO Tor that reason
I gave Il up and let % alone Tor
number 81 years Aly parents were
wealthy my father owning and con-
trolling l'rge cloth mills at the place
OF my birth After his death T spent
the legacy that was icft mo ana then
I entered the Royal Engineers ~ the
English army serving az second lieu
tenant
"Beceming tired 81 that ! came 90
America. landing in Now York city
IA the year 1855. went 20 81
James, Long Island. rud became en-
gagged with Beuedictino Brothers 10
take charge OF Fishing boats.
worked at that calling for short
lfime and SOON becaWC tired Of the
Job From there vent west 90
Butte Mont and enengad as q min
-lHe. -engincer ~ori,iur m that cnpa-
city FOR several months
"Havine little money ln my pos
session az that time ! became acc
quuiutod Vlth shoemaker ny the
nnmc Of Fowler and purchased bic
mess there Und then paying shoe
maker that I engarec 90 cents more
Than .he union price. ana as q result
attracted a very large business.
81 continued in The sh0eshop work
about year and nine months, but
something seemed Go impress me 10
80 forward ana do the work that /
had been given 90 DO. Christ APP
peared 90 mc in vision and urged
me to go out and heal.
"In July. 1898. I closed the shoe
shop and badc farewell To- my adopt
I'd city OF Denver I started out 10
heal the sick. being received az some
places and rejected az others as only
la few people Of the world az that
time believed in divine healing. start
ing out from Denver from the shoe
shop with only Go cents in my pocket
{ walked 10 Golden Colo that day.
"Thc next day ! returned 40 Dem
,yer. but could not enter tho shop,
From that day Z began my iifc's ca
rcer.
Walking over seven states and
two territories ana depending wholly
upon The Father for sustonancc ana
from those that ! gave the healing
touch for thcir bodily ills FOR some
little reconpouse .n ne way ~ food
and shelter . had plenty to car some
3 days and Ca other times nothing
Delicate Menu.
u tasted forty days. living on dan
delions and some weeds that I could
gather in tho fields us was long
way from houses and settlements. on
the 10Th OF july having finished tho
fast oI forty DAYS 4 was walking into
Albuquerque. n 49, and went into a
mdVf house to asf for "a drink oi
water. j SAYS little girl lying ON "a
cot in the corner or the room
picked Dc uu and Logan 90 nurse b.,
mot knowing that .He child had never
walked when is mother came in
with Tho water put the child down
and DO ran over tu i,s mother. The
mother ran out of The house, exc
|cla.ming. Tho Messiah has come
I Hence The coguomDl of Sew Mexico
Messiah
"The brother-iu law 81 the lads
mentioned happened To- be- the mayor
| OF old Town. Albuquerque and hi'
uBme wac Juan Garcia. Tie was one
Iut thr wralthiCsl mine owners OF th'
lwcat That day o., erected plat
form ln Old Town and advertised IN
the city that 1 would be- on the plat
form at 10 o'cloCb 90 heal the SICK
and afflicted This was the first pub
lic Demonstration had ever giver
lup Go that time There WAS mons
lothcr but Indians aud MeXic.ns VII,
appeared to hc healed
% wont to work. with much fear
land trembling as was not cousciow
that the power would roman with m'
lto treat Ho many people who mad
lRathercd thcrc Dut at all events th'
lhCniing wines marvellous,
% wac entertained that night nl
ldiuncr orr Sire 3 % Summers house
broke che f0ru-dHy fast and ate @
hearty monl 4 Wos interviewed thai
Iefeniup hy 700 Mack. % reporter fol
me ROCKY mountains News. Z wa'
taken back to Denver on "a special
car controlled by General liames
lwho wna iookIug Hfter Ben Rutlor'i