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

ley Crawford, alias the Rev. Arthur
Worthington, arrested last week a
the National soldiers Home, was las
night taken to New Hamburg. N. Y
where he will stand trial on an in.
dctmient charging him with grant
larceny
The aged man was taken back tC
the Empire State by Sheriff Martin
and officer Darrette. who came here
from New Hamburger Saturday night
for the prisoner.
Crawford told the officers that he
expected to make good the 81 400 ne
is alleged to have robebd Rev. Frank
]. Stanley, of New Hamburger, of and
that he felt confident that he will SOON
be allowed to return to the Southern
branch of he Naional Soldiers Home
here to resume his residence, He de
clined to talk about his troubles fur
thor thaan ato comment on his desire
to pay the Rev. Mr. Stanley his cash
Concerning "The Rev. Worthing-
ton" New York Evening Journal mas
the following to say in reviewing his
career.
"The Rev. Arthur WOrthington was
indicted by the Orange county gfah'
iurv. at Poughkeepsie, n. y. early
in November last on the charge OF op-
tanning money under false pretenses'
n was said that he had heeced the Re'
Mr.. Stanley, of Newburg, a former
missionery out of several thousands
of dollars.
II is also charged that Worthlng-
ton had at least thirteen wives mos'
of whom he had married only to swln-
die them out of their money
For four years the old and the youi,
of New Hanburgh, N. Y. had greete,
agectionatly the tall, white-halreo
clergyman, passing into his seVehtieS
hut still with the carriage OF hch
tucky colonel of stageland, as ne pass
cd along the village streets Wneh
financial troubles assailed him. Whlci
was often, men and women WIN ill'i'
eov,nes and big were proud to oper
their purses to help hin.
From Hamburg on many hishtS
,,,ouhors Of his flock wuld journey Il
Poughkeepsie OTTO hear him, an ac'l''
boad of the Law and Orer League o'
this city, thunder agaisnt the saiooi
OWL Always on Sundays they would
make their way to the little PresOS'
terian church in New Hamburg, "hoS'
destines he directed, and listen Will
the absorbed attention in which only
a preacher of ability and much per
sonal magnetism can hold an audi
ence.
Long Criminal Record
And all the time, had the pule'
church folk of New Hamburg OF th'
enthusiasts of Joughkeepsie's Law ah'
Order League only knew it, the!
wore being counselled in the precepls
of faith and sweetness and Hght oS
the same man whose Apprehension
was asked for as long ago as Ausus'
1880 in an advertisement in the, Ma
tt,nal Detective Review, of Boston
which was worded as follows;
WANTED-Samuel Oakley Craw
cord alias Eugene Samuel Bowie
walton. Major Eugene Bouvier, Eu
gene Bonner, e. r. .Bannerton, mon
lev Wood, Arthur Wood, W. D.
sieur Bennateal, Major Horace oak
Wood Arlington Buckingham, Wads
worth. Dr.. A. B. Worthington, or an
other name or combination OF apoVt
Has been lawyer, banker, pom
tical oator. real estate operator, spiri
ualist, literateur, mining specuiato
and organizer biglmist and confiien
man generally. Has operated IN Ne'
york. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts
Ohio. Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, Uta
Kansas. California, West Virgin
Georgia and Washington territory
Is wanted for $4,000 forgery indic'
ment for larceny. money obtained III
der false pretense. also bail bond Sun
render. Has eight living wives an
three daughters; four wives have OF
tanned divorces on the ground OF o'
sertion.
Is deyout and devilish by turns p'
o,yavs suaye and sympathetic, III
principled but not dangerous OF phy
cally wicked.
His Military PrOmotio"
put this list OF activities of III
Rev. Arthur Worthing'on' as Ne
Hamburg and Poughkeepsie knew al
still know Sam Crawford, was COZ
piled away back in 1889 by an adve
tiser who evidently did not have
the data available even in those day
Were a complete list of the gent
mans accomplishments to date to
compiled it would have to includeEl,
his imaginary career, of which
thought so much that as time pass
ne promoted himself successfully
the ranks of captain, major. co'"'
and finally made himself general
-.>.ded that he "