Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-04
Still III liMEtilHT.
Rev. o. n. L. Mason Gets Publicity and
New Church

Rev. y. n. I. Mason Gets Publicity and
New Church.
That Rev. o. H. L. Mason, Of Long
Beach, Cal, former pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Green Mountain,
and the Presbyterian church at Boone,
and ex-chaplain of the Forty ninth
Iowa in the Spanish American war,
is strong on publicity. is indicated by
the Los Angeles papers. After long
drawn-out newspaper story on the dis
ruption Of DR.. Mason's church, and the
alleged actions of the pastor that led
up to the trouble, newspapers are now
featuring reported robbery Of the
pastor. while a passenger in sleeping
car. Mason is said to have lost $500.
In reciting the particulars of the al
legged robbery of Rev. Mr.. Mason the
Los Angeles Times Of Saturday says:
Bottled in bond mystery enshrouds
the reported robbery of Rev. o. H L.
Mason, formerly Of the First Presby-
terrain church Of Long Beach, OF $500
while a Pullman passenger on the Lark
Thursday night, coming from San
Francisco. So far the detectives have
MT uncorked clew to sniff with the
exception of the stopper OF an alleged
chloroform bottle which the Long
Beach storm center declares contained
the fumes that made it easy ftr the
train robber Cor robbers) to get in his
deadly work Furthermore. DR.. Mason
lost his new black GETAWAY coat and
vest.
He retired rather early Thursday
night. placing his double clasp green
buckskin wallet containing 500 gold
certificate, a 500 greenback, five $50
gold pieces and five $40 bills under his
pillow in a lower berth. He did not
awaken until $50 yesterday morning
AS he started to dress he says he felt
quite sick and the berth smelled
strongly of chloroform. He then dis
covered the loss of his coat and waist
coat He rang for the porter and while
the porter was on his way he learned
his wallet had vanished"
DR. Mason then states that he
picked up a bottle and cork lying at
the foot of his berth. He put the orr
flee of the bottle to his nostrils and
claims he smeHed choloroform. He
then asked the porter to smell and the
ebony lackey couldn't smell it. Then
the conductor and brakeman were
called and given a Whit, but they
agreed it was smelless. DR.. Mason
then smelled the cork, and. aha! and
phist! phist. it was smelly. but the
porter. conductor and brakeman
couldn't smell it that way. SO, 10 and
behold the pastor of the Calvary
church (recently built for him. nom
chalantly tossed the bottle out Of the
car window and watched it break into
umpty-ump pieces on the rocks this
side of Montecito But, luckily, he held
tightly to the cork.
when he arrived coatless and
moneyless at the Arcade station, he
.-nmecla ieiN notified fatTninlan John
Lennon After relating the thrilling
story of the robbery, DR.. Mason pulled
out the unsuspecting cork and asked
Lennon to smell.
Lennon, in his report to the central
detective office, declares he 'couidn
smell anything but air. but he took
possession of the cork and carried II
to police headquarters. where it is now
peacefully enconsed in witch hazei
hottie under the watchful eye of
Colonel Block.
"This is a corking clew," laughed the
watchman of the detective force as he
gently took 1t from it's resting place
and placed it to his nose.
Anyway, reports were filed with the
Southern Pacific detective agency, and
the matter Will be thoroughly 1nvestl-
gateN at DR.. Mason's request.
In other columns is told the organl-
; cation OF a new church at Long Reach.
| nv members who stood by Mason in his
recent fight. Last Friday night re-
ception was held for Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
son at Temple hall. and Sunday morn
ing Mason preached his first sermon as
a,,tor of the new Calvary PreSbyter-
ian church. The .Masons have rented
sufte Of rooms at 52S West First
| street, Long Beach.