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to- Philadelphia. where they lived almost
TWO years. Then he deserted his first
wife and her infant daughter and re-
turned. nothing daunted. to her home
city of Albany to sell more insurance.
He bought some horses there. but the
transaction was so shady that he was ar
rested, and on October II. 1870. was
sentenced to serve three years in the
Albany county penitentiary. When dis
charged from prsion on June 10. 1878.
he headed for Boston. where in The
spring OF 1874. posing as n bachelor. he
married the daughter of a Boston Clair
voyant.
That was a busy marital year for him.
for in a short time he deserted his Bos-
ton bride" and went to Chicago. BY
this time he had promoted himself. be-
ing now known as Major Il. $. Il. Walton.
, a real estate promoter. On September,
3. 1874. he married the daughter OF a
prominent Chicago judge. forged the
judges name-he was and Is a remark
ably able forger-for $4,000. borrowed
money right and left from his wife's
relatives and deserted her.
In 1878 he turned up In Utah where he
spoke in the Mormon Temple. got $4,000
out OF the Mormons and fed from the
state with the money. lie then lande at
Kansas City. Mo-. where in lS77-iS79.
bi'uNi N"' hi'i VI fsuStIit bVIifiti, NV
got into financial mixups that caused
the Kansas City police to offer the mu-
niicent reward of So" for his arrest.
But he escaped to Detroit. Joined the
Ellen Blythe Theatrical Company as an
actor In 1878. under the name OF BEN
nateau and married a girl In the conf
pany while playing in Toronto December
e6. 1878. With his actress wife he went
tn New Lisbon, Wis, In the spring OF
1879. bought a fine house and per-
suaded a local lawyer Of standing to an
mex him as n law partner.
He practiced law three years there.
borrowed right and left again. forged
bonds and checks and finally deserted
the actress and the three children born
to them. She went back on the stage.
saved every penny she could for years
and then returned to New Lisbon and
paid the creditors he had left behind
him. Then she died.
During the early sos he travelled
as ian English tourist" along the North
ern Pacific Railroad. N~ilmfamming as he
wandered. and then catching the next
train out OF town. In April. 1881. he
was back in Boston and met a wealthy
married woman. who Is still living. a,
a spiritual seance He took up spiritual
ism. persuaded the wealthy woman &c
leave her husband. and the couple eloped
to Charlestown. W. Va. There he vic.
tiinized "a wealthy coal man named Dana
out Of $4,000. Crawford's name now be.
ing Judge John u. Crawford"
on March 10. 1856. he deserted the
Boston woman and fled from Charles
Town with all her money. He stopped of
next at Grimm. Ga. met "A pretty gii
belonging to a rich family and prompt,
married her. They went TO Europe OF
their wedding tour. the newest bride
paying the expenses, Then the couple
returned to Griffin. where Crawford in
duccd the bride to start him as the heac
OF "A private bank. She let him have
see,o00 to go to Cincinnati TO buy safe'
and other fixtures. He never came back
Next as . "Genernl."
out in Spokane. Wash. he blew II
5000 o in a year-his tastes are still
n'gh-and next showed up In Providence
Il. T.. where AS Gen. A. Il. Ward" h
was married in November. 1887. TO
South Providence young woman In he
home in Public street by the Rev. Dan
i"l H.nshaw Of All Saints E.piscopa
church Of Providence. Gen. and Mrs
ward went 10 Grand Forks CDakot
thcn) and cut a social swath. Durin
the Dakota residence Benjamin Harriso
ian for the Presidency, whereupon III
General stumped indian for Harr
son and later claimed he had carrie
tie State" for the candidate.
He deserted the Providence girl /
Dakota and arrived in Manhattan /
1859. The advertising OF a Mr.. an
Mrs. John J. Plunkett, who headed
p-euio Christian Science-F'ree Love Gu
a. 10 West Forty-secoud street. q
tr,ctel him. The Piunketts took hi
e into the firm and in time. a short tim
Y n. induced piunkett 10 give up Mr.
d Plunket; to him, whereupon the Ger
d e-al' and Mrs. Plunkett were marie
q by an agreement ceremony and col
4 tinued the business.
a The Manhattan newspapsr RS got att
i! the General about this time, so he d'
d cided to leave. But for once he had
j. bride who refused 10 let him depa
10 uuaccompanied. In August. 1890, Il
a General and his latest wife. turn'
" up in a town called Christ Church. Ne
Ie Zealand. where they were known
Brother and Sister Worthington-s
Is alias he has chung to ever since. b
a revived his cult there. made money hai
a over fs,. and finally deserted Mi
/, plunket, for a new affinity he had n
h INTO In New Zealand.
d New Zealand rave him the gate h
: cause Of Shady work, and he and b
al New Zealand affinity fed to Hohal
"a Tasmania. They were chased from y
T.. bart In less II "A four months, ana d
a, parted for Melbourne, Australia. He
=, success came again until orthlilR'o
" nimt,ammed a wealthy widow out
~, So 600 there. lie and the newest miss
~ fed Ia Sydney. but he was hrous
back to Melbourne and was tired "A
- sent to jail for seven years. .
IN When he got out OF the Austral'
" TAIL in 1909 he ran into "A wealthy Pre-
a. hyterian from this country TO wh1
Nc ,'ra wford told IA story that he was
Unitarian minister anxious TO get II
"a, the Presbyterian fold. The Americ
ia traveller helped him out OF Australia.
~
Gu Poses ms an
q, He wandered in Europe until 10
ell when he showed up here, not far fr'
-Nr his birthplace. and told local Prest
ur terrain ~clergyren that he was a Grac
,e- ate OF oxford, an ordained minister n
X had had papers to prove his status, I
*. had los. them IN "A ~shipwreCk al s
The North River Presbytery liked h
lust as every one he met seemed TO
49, won br him, and accepted him ten
tive,v They kept "Worthington"
in probation for a year and then he y
rs. assigned TO the Presbyterian Church
ne. New Hamburg.
10. He might rave been there stil
,er preachinS on Sundays and coming
IA, Po~ughkeepsie on week days to refo
he the city-if he had not
ie- right, or borrowing. hand. The ReV.
EAR Allison became suspicious and by un
100 ing and very intelligent detective W
finally unearthed Crawfords whole
nd ,eer and placed II before an inHestlG
ing iug church committee,
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