Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-21
Preachers Visions Of
Fame Blasted When Hes
AYygSted as Szei71dLer

1Ame and fortune Of the Rev. Rob.
~rt e. Jenkinson, twenty-four-year-
old preacher and oil shale stock
salesman, who aspired to the dizzy
heights Of financial power that he
hight become Americas greatest
Dhilanthropist, has been blasted
SAnd the youthful clergyman will be
xeturned to Omaha, Neb., where he
~ accused OF fraudulently secur-
Ing large sums of money in con-
znectfon with an oil shale stock pro-
( xHotion scheme.
Jenkinson was taken into custo-
~ by Denver police while he was
N5th his bride OF twelve days, and,
upon advice of counsel, will not
nixht extradition to the Nebraska
~ity despite the fact that he stout
" maintains his innocence Of any
wrong-doing, declaring that his
1kansactions have been entirely
M0nest.
Entangled in a web Of love, high
nfnance and religion, the Rev. Jen-
hinson, who is former pastor of
Presbyterian churches in Chicago,
Gayuga, Ind, and Brush, Colo,
wmilingly tells the world" that his
-jnil experience here is a real treat,
Though the benches are hard"
sxnd says that his conscience is alb |
aDsautely clear.
ION Shale P0nM."
Besides novel scheme to build
Up an annual income of close to
ALI million dollars, the clergy I
Iunan, who has been termed by Off
MErs here as "OiI Shale Ponzi," was
working on an invention that het
6eclared promised gasoline "as
Mzheap as water"
Jenkinson was divorced by his
f0xst wife in Denver on August 20
sssa the ground Of mental and ply
niaral cruelty" Mrs. Jenkinson, VINO
- the daughter Of a prominent
EEush, Colo, family, | charged,
ssnnOng other things. that the min
lskker ran around with other Wo-
znsen."
He was married for the second
0sne within three weeks of the
Wzanting of the final decree OF di-
uOrce from his first wife, to Miss
Msmrtha Peterson, of Havelock, Neb. {
Officials question the legality of
HfEis marriage. Il
Denies InfideIity. II
En his cell at city Jail Jenkinsonl {
Bntly denied charges Of infidelity
TEainst him. q
~'When / walk along the streets |
u thank God that no woman can q
xe@lnt to me and say that she had I
tiise wrong kind of a love affair {
with me- he said. IL
Listen, brother, and I'll tell
xou," smiled Jenkinson in referring
m his first wife. when / think
al my first wife | recall that popu-
lkzr song. i laugh When | Think
HE0w | Cried About You My first
wife wanted to be a social butter
MY, and II was while she was still
ray wife that | got the idea Of
maaking money instead of just
Rreaching.
my business transactions are
@ntirely honest Jenkinson said, !
s&sHcussing these money-making
ib1eas that led to his arrest. II am
mDt selling stock in my company,
unae United Shale Oil Company
Nm giving 1t away. Eventually my
u2an would have netted me an an
Hual income Of $480,000."
Explains His Scheme.
Explaining his scheme. Jenlin-
non said he maintained a boys ,
nome In Omaha where nearly 100
boys live. Il ask them" he said, r
now much it costs them to live.
the reply names fig-i
sxre from $65 to 500 a month. / G
xfve them room, board and laun- |
dry for s65 a month, and make I
nnem q present of some stock In
Nm my working boys home l can
xeed the lads very good for $25
imonfh. I planned home that
would accommodate 1000 boys. My
would result in a
profit Of $40 month from each
of 1000 boys - $4,000 month
snr $4S0.000 a year profit.
.'And the best of 1t l am doing
the boys favor. l cannot be
prosecuted under the so-called blue
sky law, or any other kind of n
AAWt ptttuSt NY eoilpbHN Ia ait
right. II I'm wrong on oil shale,
rhen Governor Shoup, Sir John +
fadman, Lord Foster and scores of
others are wrong in their eoncep-
zion of the value of oil shale,
However, / dislike the idea of
selling stock so in the last month
1--WE bought back several thousand
dollars worth that ] had previous
" sold"
II like to preach" Jenkinson
Il still preach to the