The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-01
law partrer.

law partrer.
He pracised law three years there
borrowed right ad left again, forged
bonds and checks and finally desertec
the actress ad the three children
born to them. She went back on tn
Stage, saved every penny she coul(
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
Northern Pacific Railroad, tlim-ham
ming as he wandered. and then catch
ing the next train out Of town. In
April 1888, he was back in Boston
and married a wealthy woman, who
still living, asst a spiritual seance.
He took up spirtualism, persuaded
the wealthy woman to leave her hus
band and the couple elOped to Chaf-
lcstown. W. Va. There he victimized
a wealthy coal man named Dana ou'
of Sc 000 Crawtord's name now be
ing "Judgc John Crawford.
Fled With Her Money
On March 10, 1886, he deserted thf
Boston woman and fed from Charles
town with all her money. He stopped
off next at Griffin, Ga, met preIt!
oirl belonging to a rich family ana
nromptlv married her. They went To
rrrone on their wedding tour, the
newest bride" paying the expenses
Then the couple returned to Grimm
where Crawford induced the bride u
start him as head of a private bank
She let him have $4,000 to go TO
Cincinnati TO buy safes and other fix
+,res. He never came back.
Ont in Spokane Wash, he blew II
800 600 in a year-his tastes are SUI
hieh-and next showed up in ProVi-
| lo,co r l.. where as General A. b
ward he was married in November
1897 to a South Providence young
,yoman in her home in Public stree'
Nv the Rev. Daniel Henshaw, OF All
saints Episcopal Church of ProVi-
donce. General and Mrs. Ward
went TO Grand Forks, Dakota theH)
and cut a social swath. during Ihe
dakota residence Benjamin Harrison
ran for the Presidency, "hereupoh
tho General" stumped Indiana II
Harrison. and later claimed ne hao
carried the state" for the candlaate'
He deserted the Providence girl IN
Dakota and arrived in Manhatten III
1880. The advertising of a Mr.. anu
Mrs John J. Plunkett, who headed :
nsouda Christian Science-Free Love
ol,,t a+ No. 13 West Forty-second ST.
attracted him. The Plunketts TOOK
him into the firm and in time, SNORT
| .ime he induced Plunkett to give up
Mrs. Plunkett to him, whereupon the
General" and Mrs. Plunkett were
married by an agreement" ceremony
and continued the business.
"Wife" Sticks To Him
The Manhattan newspapers OF atfef
he General" about this time, so he
decided to leave. But for once he hao
q "brida" who refused to let him de-
mart unacompanied' In August, 1890
,he General" and his latest wife tul
ned up in a town called erich Church
New Zealand, where they were known
,s Brother and Sister Worthington 80
an alias he has clung to ever since
| He revived mis- cult there, made mony
hand over fist, and finally deserted
Mrs. Plunkett for new affinity he
nad run into in New Zealand.
New Zealand gave him the gate be
cause of shady work, and he and hi.
New Zealand affinity fed to Hbarot
Tasmania. They were chased IRON
Hobart in less than four months. ano
departed for Melbourne, Australia
Here success came again until. "Wor-
ellington" flimfiammed wealthy
widow out of $4,000 there. He ane
he newest missus fed to sydney, bu
he was brought back to Melbourne ant
vas tried and sent to Jail Tor sever
Jears.
When he got out of the Australian
ail in 1909 he ran into wealthy
Presbyterian from this country I;
whom Crawford told a story that n
vas a Unitarian minister anxious tt
ret into the Presbyterian fold. Th'
\merican traveller helped him out ,
Australia.
Poses As An 0x0nian
He wandered in Europe until 7o'l
yhen he showed up in POughkeepsl IL
lot far from his birthplace, and tol'
ocal Presbyterian clergymen that h
vas a graduate of Oxford, an ordaine'
minister and had papers to prove hi
tatus but he had lost them in a ship
7reck at sea Their North River Pre-
,ytery liked him. just as every one h
net seemed to be won by him, and ac
epted him tentatively. They ken
Worthington" on probation for
ear an then he was assigned to tn
Presbyterian Church at New Ham
)urg.
He might hae been there Still-