The Washington times., 1922-12-05
PASTOR R-bAND|T
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!. ESCAPING
Former Evangelist and Re-
puted Millionaire Has
Broker Jail Twice.

In the Los Angeles county jail
is an ordained minister .schO Is
charged Nth and suspected Of rob-
berries which the police declare dp-
prorimate $4,000, ,0O0.. What kind
of man is'he? The Cosntopoftan
News !Serpice has obtained series
of. siS articles, three as the police
see the Rec. Wilson and three as
his toife sees him. '-'< ..s,
BY WILLIAM PARKER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.-A legal
paradox will be recorded in the
superior court OF Los Angeles
county shortly when a man under
sentence Of life imprisonment VIII
70 on trial as a jail breaker.
The man is the Rev. Herbert L.
Wilson. referred to In police circles
as "The Millionaire Preacher.
Ban6it." He has been an evangelist
In London, Ontario. Detroit. Chicago
and for several years was pastor
Of a church In Oregon.
The loot alleged to have been
gathered by the, reputed wilson
gang in a brief period OF two years
is estimated by, the police at
should be worth II 100000. Several
years ago he was a country minis
rSs aI,.ra1 gang was run to
| earth by postoffice Inspector Grant.
Deputy Sheriffs Bell and Couts, OF
Los Angeles. and 4. b. Shrewbridge,
| formerly a Chicago and Boston de-
tective, and now a private detective
for. q, San Francisco department
store.
Has Escaped Twice. .;
Since being arrested, charged
specifically with having been re.
sponsiIae for the robbery OF a
United States registered mail truck
in Los Angeles, Wilson has made
two escapes. from jail.
The first escape eliminated In
the killing of Herbert II. Cox. al
legged lob spotters' for Wilson.
Wilson was formally charged with
the murder of Cox 1t was related
by witnesses at the trial that Will
son had acchsed Cox Of oetraying
him. Convicted for Cox's death.
| Wilson received q life term n the
penitentiary. While in jail await
ing the result OF hts appeal from
this sentence he asaf1 escaped.
The second escape WIS in're src-
t..sful. lie war away from Jail
twenty-four hours, hav :.a bssn h-
Gated at tae home. OF a former con-
vict.
TO fore.t.l' further attempts at
escape by Wilson. the Jail officer
keepes him In solitary confinement
in a heavy barred and tightly lock.
ell cell. He never leaves this cell
for any purposes In the Los
Angeles mail robbery-referred TO
by the police, as the Alameda
street mail job" the Government
guardedly admitted that. ths loot
Hexceeded 10000" Against the
Governments statement the police
have estimated the loot variously
from $1,000, 900 to S1,300.oo0 in ne
gotiable bonds. One investigator
said that II the robbery had beeen
the night previous, the loot would
have been even greater than that
| taken. wa .......
Bonds Were Traced.
These bonds are said to have
been traced to q Chicago ''fence. %
A man who posed as q prosperous
bond broker was arrested In Bos-
ton as he was boarding q. steamer
for Europe. He was accused Of
having In his possession u quantity
of the missing securities. Another
! reputed bond broker was arrested
in New York and similarly accused.
IT was the "homing'' instinct OF
Rev. Wilson which led to his ar
rest as the climax of q nationwide
pursuit. This will, BE- narrated in
another article.