The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-06-18

land my subscription. I have
gust finished reading this weeks pa
per. | think the stand you take
about the Roman Catholics is simply
grand. Bro. Watson we have in
oDdge County Jail, Eastman, Ca,
man that came here pretending to
be an Elder, and Col. John S. Hous-
ton, of Dallas, Tex, claimed to be a
Primitive Baptist preacher, he
claimed to have property and money
in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri,
= and Texas. We find out that this
man is not known in any of these
places. He has deceived our home
He won my daughters love and they
were married the 9Th of April: 3
weeks to the day they were married
he deserted his wife, and 3 weeks
to the day he left MS wife we ar
rested him up at Gray, Ca, about IS
miles from here. He was up there
preaching among old Baptists by the
name Of Elder and Col. Haskins of
MissOuria. We also learned through
the brethren in other States of differ
ent names. He came through Mis-
sissippi by the name Of Thompson,
in Louisiana by the name of Hale,
in Tennessee by the name of Halle,
and back in Dennis, Miss, by the
name Of Blackman, and as a mis-
sionary preacher and lawyer in all of
these places. He claimed he was a
rich lawyer and would not accept any
money the brethren would offer him,
but he would get the brethren to
cash checks that were no good, and
got many of them in trouble. He
fnrOQ6 fn1NOronoc haro on5 q
claimed here that he had wired for
$4,000 to take him and his wife to
Dallas, Tex, he had a telegram, but
he forget it. He got the last dollar
in this world I had, near 500 from
Bro. T. D. Strickland. We have four
charges against him. He was tried
for stealing my sons razor and the
court gave him months or 500.
He could not pay the fine, so he went
to the changing the first day Of
June. He has not been tried for the
other cases yet. We understand
from Elder w. E. Brush, of Homer,
La, that his proper name is Hale,
and that he is an eX-cOnvict and inl-
postor, liar and everything else
that is dirty. want to give de-
scription of him as best I can. He is
about As years old, weight about ITO
or 175 pounds, 5 feet and inches
tall, has brown hair, little gray dark
complexion, Irish looking, stands
bumped, has a swing to his walk,
clean shaved, has ladies size watch
with small chain wearing a mans
ring with blood stone in it, wears
number 6 shoe, number 16 and 16
1-2 collar, always claimed to be
bachelor. We feel sure that he has
married in most every State where
he has changed his name. We want
to find some of his wives. We want
to punish this impostor to the fullest
extent of the law, such ought to be
stopped. We want to ask you Bro.
Watson to publish this letter in the
Jeffersonian several weeks, as we
want to find out if we can his proper
name. Mr.. Watson we feel that you
have great influence over the people
in most every State in the Union,
and we feel that he would be well
advertised to put it in the Jefferso-
MAN, and will probably help us to
find out whether he has any more
wives. 1 will with my friends of
Dodge County sure appreciate any
thing that you can do. Also I will
pay you for your trouble. This man
doesn't have any appointments
ahead He would just happen up on
the old aptists before they knew he
was onthe place.
Bro. Watson 1 hope that the God
, will Snara Won long vet TO win the