The sun., 1916-10-28
UNFROCKED PASTOR
WIZARD IN CRIME
The REV" Arthur WOrthing-
tons Career as Bigamist and
Forger Exposed.
HAS MANY WIVES LIVING
Iii, ..COn" Game Yielded Prob
ably $1,000,
TO Be in Canada.

ably NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TO Be in Canada.
ro-5n KEEPsiE. Oct. 21.-Alert young
cereymcn and prosperous business men
~ this city, quiet church ok Of New
HAMBURG "A few miles down the river
and old widows and hard listed farmers
Of the back river country rubbed their
eyes and read the newspaper paragraphs
over and over again this morning when
they came upon lines that had to do
vth their pastor and confdant, the
Rev. Arthur Worthington.
For four years the old and the young
Of New Hamburg had greeted affection
s;ely lie tail. white haired clergyman.
passing into his seventies. but still will
the carriage Of a Kentucky Colonel Of
s,ageland. as he passed along the village
streets. When financial troubles assailed
n.m. which was often. men and women
with little savings and big were proud
to open their purses to help him.
From New Hamburg on many nights
members Of his flock would journey to
roughkeepsie to hear him.. an active
head Of the Law and order League of
this city. thunder against the saloon
evil Always on SUMO Us they would
make their way to the little Presby.
terrain church In New Hamburg whose
d~rS;inies he directed. and listen with
.he absorbed attention in which only a
preacher Of ability and much personal
magnetism can hold an audience.
Pastors Criminal Record.
Ana all the time, had the quiet churct
fol-, 81 New Hamburg or the enthusiastic
OF Toughkeepsir's Law and Order
LAagu. only known it,. they were beins
.ouns-iled In the prccepts of faith and
sweetness and light by the same mar
whose apprehension was asked for az
long ago as August. 1889. In an adver,
ilsement n the National Detective Re
,e,r OF Boston, which was worded IA
follow:
WANTED-Samucl Oakley Craw-
ford. alias Eugene Samuel Bowler
Walton. Major Eugene Bowler. Eu-
gene Bonner. +. K Banncrton, Mon
sleur Bennateau. Major Horace oak
icy Wood, Arthur Wood. w. II. Wood.
Arlington Buckingham Wadsworth,
Dr A. b. Worthington. or any other
ramc or combination OF above.
Has been II lawyer. banker. political
orator. real estate operator. spiritual
ist, litteiateur. mining Spectator and
organizer. bigamist and confidence
man generally. Has operated in New
York. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts.
Ono. Illinois, Wisconsin. Texas. Utah.
Kansas. California. West Virginia.
Georgia and Washington territory.
l. wanted for $4,000 forgery. indlct-
iucut for larceny, money obtained I'M
der false pretences. also bail bond sur
render. Has eight living wives and
three daughters; four wives have OBJ
'Iincd divorces on the ground of de-
0"rt!on.
is devout and devilish by turns, but
away suave and sympathetic. un-
rGu,.plcd out not dangerous or physi-
ct,lr Wicked.
His Military Promotion.
But this list OF the activities OF "th
Pc Arthur Worthington," as Ne
Hamburg aud P~oushkeepsie knew an
sfil snow sam Crawford. was compile
away back in 1889 by an advertiser VIII
evidently lid not have all III, Ia,
available even in those days. Were
complete list OF the gentleman's accom-
p..sanen's to date compiled II wou'
Rave - include also his imaginary nil
tary career, Of which he thought
much hat as tine passed he promote
NfWs"ls excessively to the ranks
captain, major. colonel and finally mao
himself q genera.
And i should bc added tina. lie W;
an s~ctor-and probably a good one
pseudo Christian Science healer.
preacher IN the Mormon Temple at Sa
Lake CITY, mead of Il flee love prop
sarda that had offices in Forty-secor
street, Manhattan; an insurance agei
2 seit-slS led judge, "A reformer, tot
abstinence orator. a real student In q
columbia University law school. a IL
'arIan pastor. a persistent sw.ndler
women and an arch priest ot cults I
many 20 list here.
AsO II few more wives could be add
70 the eight listed IN tho police pap,
one ~ wAom. known 20 this region st
- Mrs. Worthingtun. Is living here wi
Ter four children is highly respectc
Ad regions as far away a, Tasman
New Zealand and australia might
aided a. scenes of his operations.
throughout the day sharp fac.
BEARDED farmers. who secminyly co,
no n!'r" he separated from their savin
than from the collection basket VIII
"'1 sunday they passed into the pc
N ~. wtord's church in New Hambu'
t;feamed int THE city to tell and ret
taos Il the money they had len to tn
hc!,tcd spiritual cuide OF the last ia
'"t'S- tales which they had kept a
''"' uutil tive stories about the unfro.
Ing a. 'rlwford appeared this mornil
Ills Harvest Of Money.
~ harvest Of half a century OF
m4tl nGly persistent ~criminality I
h""n placed 10y local Investigations w
in' Egudreis Of thousands of dolla
't"n As high az 81 ,O0o, 600 10y got
WITH nrly partial returns received
Day from Du,cuess, Orange and OF
Counties 1t is SAID authoritatiyeiy ii
IT." tail, slender Clergyman with
kl'Neu Cuuncl makeup mad been
posting several Thousand dollars "A "
IN q 'pcal bank OF a salary Of only 81,
sscar.
TIT names Of the various women {
g. Crawford tricked into 20
'h!pI@h i marriage ceremony were CO
mlH property on the streets here
r'gi' and are known to THE SIN
potter. hut are withheld here owing
T." ''spccttbility Of the dupes. who
N'''"1 crawford IN various cities IN
t.| u.loy safes as soon AS they lea.
Or h, pertdy, which In all Asses
.!-' at'rr he had taken their money
dfr"rN"d them
~pt." limits prevent a detailed It
~ ~. ht,f century or so OF deprav
h "Gc from good people. on the
''I. ID" ut least, HIS xranhiit
glcti-grandfathcr were Mctho'
# rfEN,u"u, and his father, now d.
~ ,U4pluy,l IN the New York cuSt'