Morning Oregonian., October 22, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRID AY, OCTOBER I ' 22. 1909.
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IMPOSTOR DIES IN
i NAME OP HEALER
Dr. Charles McLean, Who
Posed as Schlatter, Found
in Hotel, a Corpse.
ORIGINAL LONG SINCE DEAD
for about a month. Doctors say he died
of old aire.
Fram-is Schlatter. r.e was known In
the Central Wert, made hla first ap
pearance as a ha&ler anion the Intense
ly 'reliKloiif and euperstltous Mexicans of
New Mexico In July. lf3-
Schlatter's fame ultimately was spread
hv telegraph and he went to. Denver
There he beaan a fast that lasted 40
riav All the while he continued to heal.
Perrons of all daises Batnerea in sun.
numbers that the healer was unable to
His
"Mclean ;atlicrc1 Money .n
Trawl. ! hluller iac It to
Hi- Patient Vni-t Crowds
Followed Jlim.
KN?AS MTV. Oct. Il.-Conflktir.g
..pinion prevails as to the Identity of a
man !. did today in
:eportPd to have b.-en Krancin hlattc.
the "divine heal-r" whose preachings and
apparently miraculous cures start ed the
West IS years ago. In Hastings .the man
was known as Charles R. McLean,
NcwspVr clippings and documents
found In his room indicate that he was
' Schlatter.
Charles McLean appeared in M.
L.',ni in Krt5. and revrewnted l.ims.-lf as
Schlatter, who was reporte.1 to have per
Uod ) ,he desert of New M'xlco In
IS7 McLean was later arrested tn Les
Moines. la., charged with theft of money
intrusted to his care for use in healing
'vrancis Schlatter attracted attention In
Denver In !W. The original Schlatter
.purned money, whereas McLean accept
ed money and when arrested In Iowa he
carried larsre sums and diamonds.
Citizens of Denver who knew Francis
Schlatter when he attracted crowds to
him because, of his reported miraculous
healinc lower. doubt the report that he
ever returned from New Mexico, where
his death occurred in 1!7. The Identity
. of his body at that time was aid to hare
been fully established.
PHOTOGRAPH SIGNKI MXEAX
Body Bears Evidence Man Had
Impersonated Schlatter.
HASTINGS. Xeb.. Oct. 21.-The mys
tery surrounding the death of the man
, claiming to be Francis Schlatter was
-partially cleared toniEht by the discov
' cry of a family album containing a pic
s ture of the dead man. This was in
' scribed Dr. Charles McLean. A note was
' also found naming David McXailRhton.
of Chicago, as the custodian of his ef
fects. His literature and advertising cir-
culars declare him to be "Francis Schlat
. ter. divine healer." A receipt for an en
' velope deposited wHh the Bay State Trust
' Company, of Boston, was also found.
; This was placed In the care of the cora
'. pany last February.
For three weeks the man had been kept
v at the expense of the city. He said he
' was the orlsinal healer who appeared in
r Denver and he averred that he caused
! the report to be spread abroad that he
had perished in me aeseri. no
took to cure by divine healing in several
- Nebraska towns last Summer. Pictures.
newspaper cuts and magazine illustra-
- tions seem to Indicate that he is the same
I man who caused the uproar in Denver
several years ago.
The man was rouna aeaa in a roum
the Hasttntrs Hotfl. wher he had been
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accommourie uicui o. - - -
passed nefore him as he stood uton the
porch. . .
He would lean over and take the hand
of the pa'.ient. while he prayed with
each one. He alfo blessed handkerchiefs,
caps and other articles to be used as in
struments or healing.
Peopl literally came by. the thou
sands. He refused to take money and
jreve credit for his work to "The Father."
"It is not I who does it," said he.
. . (...1,1.11.1. n-a rrpdlted with
ijuiei niin.
havine claimed to be the reincarnation of
J.'sus Christ.
He traveled in various paris 01 me
countrv. pursuing his heallnlf wherever
hit-went, ritiniately Schlatter disapieared
and for several years i h--
lie view.
i.. .. c,nnmr of 1W. Schlatter reap
peared in" Chicago, after having lived in
seclusion for live years. He declined to
wr where he had been.
Little or nothing is known of Schlat
ter's antecedents'.
miopen case
GOVEIIXMEXT OHDEHS CHARGE
OF FKACI PKOPPED.
MAURA CABINET IS
TO
RESIGN
Liberals Headed by Moret As
sume Charge of Spain's
Affairs.
RESULT FERRER'S DEATH
Wkkershain Believes Pen-in Xot
Guilty arid Could Xot Be
Convicted Aftaln.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 The Attorney-General,
after a careful considera
tion of all papers submitted In the
matter of the prosecution of Dr. E. B.
Perrin. who was convicted Jointly with
John A. Benson of conspiracy to defraud
the United Slates In connection with
certain land entries in California, but
whose conviction was reversed by the
Court of Appeals In the Ninth Circuit
and a new trial ordered, has Instructed
the United States Attorney at San Fran
cisco to enter a nolle pros against Dr.
Perrin.
The Attorney-General Is satisfied
that no conviction could be had on a
new trial and he strongly inclines to
the opinion that Dr. Perrin was in
nocent of the charges which were the
basis of the Indictment and that he
has suffered largely by reason of his
association with John A. Benson. Ben
son's conviction was affirmed by the
Court of Appeals and he Is now serving
his sentence.
The case of Dr. Perrin was under
discussion in the Senate last session.
It was charged that undue pressure
was brought to bear on the grand Jury
to Indict Perrin by W. J. Burns on
the plea that the then President Roose
velt wanted him Indicted. Ormsby Mc
Harg was sent to San Francisco to
investigate the case by Attorney-General
Bonaparte, who then sealed the
report with Instructions that It should
not be opened. After the Taft ad
ministration took office a Senate com
mittee called for this report, out Attorney-General
Wickersham refused to
violate the injunction of secrecy.
New Tork. A number of physicians and
surgeons have announced 'h ,"ta,lv?,,.!V"
jtanlzation of the American Radium In'-
tute. lo n-voi-ii hf
r and similar fl"ef
Union of Liberals, Republicans and
Socialists Prevails Over Cler
icals Who Started War
In Morocco.
MADRID Oct. 21. The Spanish Cabi
net formed January 25. 1907. under the
premiership of Antonio Maura, resigned
today as a result of the bitter attacks
made against the government by ex
Premier Moret y Prendergast, repre
senting a powerful opposition. At a con
ference Premier Maura told the King
that In face of Senor Moret's statement
that the opposition would refuse to dis
cuss even the most urgent measures, he
had no option but to resign. He asked,
however, the members of the majority
to support the new ministry.
Composition of Xew Cabinet.
After the resignations. Moret y Pren
dergast undertook to form a new minis
try, himself assuming the post of Pre
mier and Minister of the Interior. The
new Ministers who took the oath of of
fice tonight follow:
Premier and Minister of the Interior.
Moret y Prendergast; Minister of For--i
ir Cohnllero: Minister
of Finance. Senor Alvarado; "Minister of
War. Lleutenant-uenerai ae i,uiuo.
xrt.,t..AM t ivinrin Ra r-Adm!ral Con-
cas; Minister of Public Works. Senor
Gassett: Minister of Public instruction.
Senor Barroso: Minister of Justice,
guanine n ' . ......
When the President of the Chamber of
Deputies announced tne caoinei s naus
nation, it was received with such an
uproar that he was forced to adjourn
the sitting.
t. I- ,,.,,irin,,ri that the new govern
ment's plan includes the establishment of
the constitutional guarantees in Barce
lona and Uerona. tne upprfiuu ...
-i. i .. i ion of the campaign
In the Riff region, amnesty for political
offenses, the publication oi ine u,u
ments in the Ferrer case and the holding
of elections within a few months.
It Is believed that one of the first acts
of the government will be to replce Gen
eral Marina, commander of the Spanish
forces in Morocco by General Weyler.
The. fall of the Cabinet was regarded
i..,.ii.M nftor a hitter speech of
w:..:.. .v. interior T.a. Ceiivera. in
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the Chamber of Deputies last night, dur
. ki.u k. oia.aari the Liberals with
the Republicans and Socialists wbo were
arrayed against tne tnro.-ie.
DE LARA REFUSED BONDS
Mexican Cannot Secure His Mberty
on Ball.
of L. Guttierrez de Lara, Mexican Lib
eral and author, accused of . being an
alien and an anarchist, were sent from
Washington today to Inspector of Immi
gration A. C. Ridgway in this city. No
date has been set for the hearing as yet.
but this will probably be announced tomorrow.
Efforts of the newly-formed De tra
Defense League today to have an order
issued admitting ue Jara 10 nan
unavailing and the prisoner remains in
the city prison, among the common pris
oners of the institution. Funds sufficient
to secure his liberation are in tne nauua
of the league officers. -Tonight
letters were sent by the offi
cers of the league to all of the minis-
h. snunoi in tho citv in an ef
fort to enlist their sympathies and sup
port lor tne movement xo eecuie i.c-
j Tti T nra Kflrh minifitCT IS
asked to attend the mass meeting called
. t i. . i .. 1 A t.Va iin
for Saturday nigui aim
the De Lara matter in the pulpits on
Sunday next.
ti. hiGrinr I1I h behind closed
doors, with only his attorneys and wit
nesses allowed to be present. The gen
eral public and representatives of the
press will De aeniea aaniim-c.
in accordance with the laws, according
to Inspector Ridgway.
The evidence adduced at the hearing
will be forwarded to the ; Secretary of
commerce and Labor, who will pass upon
it and return a verdict. There is no ap
peal from the Secretary's juogmeni -cepting
to the President of the United
States.
EACH CLAIM
WOULD-BE MAYORS All COXFI
DEXT OF ELECTIOX.
Confidence Due to Xonpartlsan Sup
port Each Man Gets Gaynor
Still Talks of Police. .
XEW YORK, Oct. 21. With New
York's municipal election only 12 days
distant the campaign today reached the
stage of hopeful forecast and optimistic
estimates. These were the probabili
ties" estimated by campaign managers
for the three candidates for Mayor:
Bannard, Republican-Fusion, by 40,000;
Gaynor, Democrat, by 75.000; Hearst,
Independent, by 80.000.
The confidence expressed by all the
campaign managers was pointed out by
many observers tonight as a further In
dication of the non-partisan character
of the support upon which the candi
dates depend and of the breaking down
to a great extent of party lines In the
consideration of New York's municipal
problems.
There were more than 100 minor
meetings in various parts of New Yoik
tonight. Justice Gaynor toured the
East Side by automobile, repeating his
previous attacks on Hearst and Ban
rticularly his
plea, for more "personal liberty . and a
liberal construction ui
Bannard was heard in Staten Island.
William M. Ivlns, who is advocating
... -i nt unrst snoke at a dozen
ine em . '
small meetings. He told his hearer
that he was entirely satisfied with the
progress of the campaign.
YOUNG BOY KILLS FRIEND
La of 15, Shooting Ducks, Blows
Oft Head ol Companion.
SUMAS.. Wash.. Oct. 21. Robert Sims,
aged 15, and Colin Fraser. aged 15. went
. .." ....1.. r.r Somas vesterday.
minting uuvna ---- -
.. - sims' head nartly off
loung rras" - , ,.i, r.r
when shooting at a near-b- flock of
ducks, killing him in a second.
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