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terrain church. which deposed him
from the ministry on the following
charges.
First. OF entering the Christian
ministry under the name OF AT
thur Worthington. whereas his
rightful name is Samuel Oakley
Crawford.
Second OF obtaining money un-
DER false pretenses from Robert
Hutchinson ard j. p Wayne, OF
New Hamburg, and the Rev. +.
]. Stanley. OF Newburgh.
Third, Of blssphemy. in having
said. when he appeared before the
Presbytery for admission 20 the
Presbyterian ministry. Gentlemen,
have never during M life COM
mitted an act which would tend
10 cast dishonor or discredit unon
the name OF Christ"
Meanwhile. during the time the
charges against him We're beine
heard before this tribunal. he had ar
rived In Wilmington, where he fed
early IN August on receiving by mall
notice that he was under fire by the
North River Presbvtery Here he met
and married within a few weeks his
thirteenth known wife. who quickly
succumbed to the ardent and capt'vat-
ing love-makine OF the minister.
Three weeks ago he was indicted by
the grand Jury Of Orange county for
obtaining money under false pretenses
from members OF his pastovate. whom
he told a story Of a large estate be-
queathed him that was tied up IN
chancery court IN New Jersey. he
showed papers presumably signed by
he clerk Of e New Jersey court WI ca
are declared 10 be clever forgeTies
His Wilmington exploit was brought
10 lieht bv police and detectives re-
vealins him.
The story OF his amazing life as
complied into chapters from a 20 600
word record IN possession OF the tri-
bunal and from police records in Bos.
ton. New York and other principal
cities where his nhoto Is in the rogues
galleries is as follows:
CHAPTER /.
On March. H. iS4S, Samuel Oakley
crawford was horn in Saugerties, n
" little town not far from the city
where he was recently unfrocked. II
father vas a small storekeeper. Ills
grandfather and eat-grandfathef
we're Methodist clergymen
He attended the grammar school al
Saugerties and at the age OF IL wenl
10 work as helper IN store He also
worked as clerk at other stores u
Sauserties but az tue age Of 10 be
showed prominently for the first time
the bold. adventurous spirit that later
led him TO all corners OF the globe
swindling. forging and marrying as
he went. Yet az the same time II
was the one bright spot in his active
career. He enlisted in the Union
Army and served IN Company 3 oi
the Fifth New York Heavy Artillery
during 1866. He was wounded by
fragment OF she'll IN the calf and th'gi
of his left leg. He went TO Columb.i
University and stud ed law with th'
class OF 1867. and then went TO Al
bany. where the bigamous and crimi
nal phase of his career commenced.
CHAPTER ..
When he was % years old he me
Miss Josephine Ericsson Moore in al
bany. n. Y. She was TELEGRAPH
operator She had saved five or 81
hundred dollars IN the three or fou
years she had been working. In tn
first display OF his wife-winn.ne capa
bilities Crawford persuaded her 4
marry him.
They went 10 Philadelphia, Pa.
where they lived almost two years
Then. when her SAVINGS had beer
swept away he deserted her with thei'
infant daughter. and boldly returned
~ her native city. Albany.
He started in the life insurance bus
mess and lived IN elegant style in
house on washington avenue which
he had luxuriously furnished.
Crawford daily anneared on rn'
streets OF Albany driving team o
magnificent horses and always seem
ed 10 have plenty OF money. Thel
TIE bubble burst with his arres
charged with defraudng citizen
from whom he borrowed large sum
on the strength OF story that he wa
receiving 5000 q year from his IN
surance comnanv and that he owne
the team OF horses. but was temper
arly herd up through furnishing HI
home.
He vas found guilty. BY a jury o
October II. 1870. and committed
the Albany pen tentiary FOR term
three years--thc only TAIL term
ever served in the United States du
ing h's long career.
Crawford vas released from prise
on June 10. 1873 Ne headed for Bo
ton. ard changing his name 20 Mai
Eugene Bowler. posed as real e
tate promoter
The pretty blonde daughter or
Boston ciairvoyant { W Field. a
tracted his attention She had col
siderable iewelrv ana cash or her ow
He set ont ~ WIN her hand and IN q
spring of 1874 clipped with Miss HIATT
F,held 10 Chicago. where they We
married on June Is. 1874.
His departure from Boston reveal'
that he borrowed money right and ie
u the STRENGTH 81 various stories. al
had also obts ned cash by other meta
ious means.
A few months later he met the br
nette daughter Of a prominent CT
cago Supreme Court Judge He d
serted his Boston bride. after takil
the last OF her cash and iewelry. a.
entered into a new matrimonial We
ture.
CHAPTER 3.
This marriage was with the daue
ter OF the Chicago Judge II took pla
on September 3. 1874.
BY this time he had developed I
wonderful ability he showed throus
out the rest OF his life as iorg