1909
Methodist Conference Lets Several Chicago Pastors Off Easy to Get Rid of Them
ROCKFORD, Ill., Oct. 6. — The moral reformers of the Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sat dumb under the lash of authority while the suppressionists of the inner council forced through their "whitewashing" program in the cases of alleged ministerial immorality.
But after all is done, the moral reformers have revolted against the Episcopal bludgeon and are denouncing the acts that were sanctioned by the silence on the floor of the conference. The cabineteers have been driven to cover and are shifting responsibility from one to another.
The series of conference acts which have roused the reformers to rebellion culminated in the vote by which John D. Leek, former pastor of the Western Avenue Church in Chicago, whose name was associated with that of Mrs. Mary A. Lavender, was permitted to withdraw from the ministry and from the membership of the church. In addition to that, Perley W. Powers, former pastor of the Olivet Church, Chicago, who was involved with Mrs. V. Book-Fenner, who committed suicide shortly after her arrest on the preacher's complaint, was permitted to withdraw honorably from the conference, to retain his ministry and membership and to have a "location" in the Jason Lee Memorial Church of Blackfoot, Idaho, where the preacher is now engaged in the real estate business.
The John E. Farmer case, which was the first immorality case to be disposed of, is also one of the series, and one that is causing loudest complaint. And on top of these came the programmed disposition of Mrs. Lavender's charges of maladministration against Doctor Crawford. Rev. D. M. Tompkins, pastor of the Rogers Park Church of Chicago and counsel for the Woodlawn Park Church, failed to present Mrs. Lavender's charges, and Doctor Crawford's name was called and passed without comment.
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Scandal Hits Two Ohio Churches: Pastor Gone, Another Pastor's Wife, Too
Note: There are picky little details that are inconsistent in these articles, minor stuff like the guy's name. I have a note at the bottom that spells it out. I have made everything more or less consistent, which may be more or less wrong. But if you happen to know of this case, and know what is correct, please leave a comment. If you have any other juicy details, such as where the people are buried, what ever became of them all, etc., please leave a comment.
Ohio, 1922
Preacher and Wife of His Friend Gone
Members of Two Marion Ministers' Families Mysteriously Disappear
MARION. — Two church communities near here were agog with gossip Saturday night, following the mysterious disappearance of Rev. W. W. Crabtree and information that Mrs. H. A. Rough, wife of Rev. Rough, was also missing.
Mrs. Crabtree came forth with a statement accusing her husband of an infatuation with Rev. Rough's wife, which she alleged extended over a year.
BEGINNING OF AFFAIR
The alleged affair began a year ago when the two ministers conducted a joint revival at Mount Gilead, the statement said, and since that time Mrs. Rough has frequently visited Rev. Crabtree's home.
Investigators, seeking a trace of the missing minister, were advised he had been seen near Chillicothe, but his trail was lost there. The disappearance followed Dr. Crabtree's resignation last Sunday. Later, he reconsidered and asked for leave of absence instead, which was granted. Immediately afterward, he left his home here, advising Mrs. Crabtree he was going to Louisiana.
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
The simultaneous disappearance of Mrs. Rough was learned Saturday, following the statement by the missing pastor's wife.
"I have the matter under prayerful consideration," was all Rev. Rough would say Saturday night. "God's will be done."
He refused to be disturbed by his wife's disappearance and insisted he would appear as usual before his little congregation Sunday.
—Lima News, Lima, OH, Jan. 15, 1922, p. 9.
PASTOR RUNS OFF WITH ANOTHER PASTOR'S WIFE
Scandal Hits Two Church Flocks in Ohio Towns.
Marion, OH, Jan. 16. — Green Camp, a village of 700 or 800 inhabitants six miles southwest of Marion, is convulsed over the elopement of the Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of the Free Baptist church, with the 36-year-old wife of Rev. H. A. Rough of Morrow county, pastor of Bryn Zion church.
Crabtree's pulpit was declared vacant today and charges of moral turpitude were filed with the Rev. Roberts Hughes of Bucyrus, district superintendent. The latter occupied the Green Camp pulpit this morning, and the revival services conducted by Arthur Arnet, Moody Bible institute student, were declared closed.
Mrs. Crabtree made public the charges against her husband three days after he disappeared and trustees of the church established the fact that he and Mrs. Rough left in Crabtree's automobile. Crabtree is said to have told his wife in a note that he was going to Louisiana.
Neither Mrs. Crabtree nor the Rev. Mr. Rough will prosecute, but an uncle of Mrs. Rough has engaged attorneys to prosecute the couple. Action looking to the unfrocking of Crabtree will be brought at once, members of his Green Camp church pulpit committee said today.
Crabtree is 46 years old. He came to Green Camp two years ago from Plain City with his wife, and two children, one of whom is a boy 23 years old. The Rev. Mr. Rough, aged 50, has been pastor of Bryn Zion church a number of years. A year ago Crabtree assisted him in conducting a revival at Bryn Zion.
"Let God be their judge," was the only comment of Mr. Rough, when he came here to investigate facts relating to the elopement.
—The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, IA, Jan. 16, 1922, p. 3.
PASTOR LOCATES HIS LOST WIFE, HE SAYS
ZANESVILLE, Jan. 18.—"Although I do not wish to make a statement at this time, I will assure you that I have heard from Mrs. Rough and believe I know where she and the Rev. W. W. Crabtree are located," said the Rev. H. A. Rough, pastor of the Zion Baptist church of Mount Gilead, whose wife and Rev. Crabtree have both disappeared from their homes near Marion. The simultaneous disappearance created a sensation in Marion Co.
In the conversation Rev. Rough said that such sensational reports had been started concerning the disappearance of Mrs. Rough and Rev. Crabtree that he did not feel justified in making any statement about the affair.
However he hastened to add, Mrs. Rough had written him and had explained the matter.
Rev. Rough said that at the conclusion of series of meetings which he is holding at Duncan Falls, ten miles from here, he would have a statement for the newspapers which would thoroughly explain the affair.
—The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, OH, Jan. 18, 1922, p. 1.
MT. GILEAD PASTOR'S WIFE SENDS PARTING NOTE; SAYS FAREWELL
ZANESVILLE, Jan. 20.—Deserted by his erring but as yet unrepentant wife, Rev. H. A. Rough, pastor of the Bryn Zion Baptist church, near Mount Gilead, who is now conducting evangelistic services at Duncan Falls, makes public the following letter received from Mrs. Rough since her disappearance 10 days ago, presumably in company with Rev. W. W. Crabtree, a friend and neighbor of the Roughs and until the elopement, pastor of the Green Camp Baptist church near Mt. Gilead.
"Harvey: "Now before you read this letter, pray for strength, for the last few years I have not been satisfied but I have stayed with you and kept your house and tried to make it happy for your sake and the respect I have for you. And I didn't want to do anything to hurt your work. I have tried to get you to sell out different times as I wanted to get you out of the ministry, but have failed in all my attempts.
"I have not been true to you, I was down to Columbus when you were away in your other meetings, and down again last week, so I couldn't stay with you any longer. I left Monday morning and it is for good.
"I am on my way to Cincinnati; don't know where I will go from there, but I will never come back. I know you wouldn't want me back. I have left you everything, so if you break up, tell my mother so she can come up and get things ready. I am going to write her a few lines today. Now, above all things, don't tell Crabtree what I am, as we have been such good friends. They took me in their home and treated me so good. I would hate for them to know what kind of a wife you had.
"One thing more, and the last thing I will ever ask of you is, that you forgive me for the wrong I am doing you; and pray for me that some day I may accept God and be ready to meet Him at the judgment.
"I feel that you will forgive me, as you have that spirit of Christ in you. Now forget me only as you pray for me, for I never will live with you again. I hope I may never have to face you. Goodby, now for the last time. (Signed) EMMA."
—The Coshocton Tribune, Jan. 20, 1922, p. 3.
DENIES LEAVING WITH PASTOR
Wife Writes Zanesville Minister Farewell, However
ZANESVILLE — (By Associated Press) — A new chapter was written here today in the dual mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of Mrs. H. A. Rough, wife of the pastor of Zion Baptist church near Mt. Gilead, and Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of Green Camp Baptist church, near Marion.
Rev. H. A. Rough, who is conducting a revival at Duncan Falls, near here, made public a letter he said he had received from his wife in which she intimates that she and Crabtree did not leave together.
"Above all things, don't tell Crabtree what I am, as we have been such good friends," a passage in Mrs. Rough's alleged letter reads. "They took me in their home and treated me so good. I would hate for them to know what kind of a wife you had."
These statements follow other paragraphs in which Mrs. Rough stated that having failed in her attempts to get Rev. Rough to give up the ministry she "couldn't stay with you any longer."
"I am on my way to Cincinnati; don't know where I will go from there, but I will never come back," the letter said. "I hope I may never have to face you. Goodbye now, for last time."
—The Lima News, Lima, OH, Jan. 19, 1922, p. 1.
Other details:
Green Camp M.E. church
Bishop Anderson of Cincinnati to take up the matter of unfrocking Crabtree.
Mrs. Rough is childless.
—The Mansfield News, Mansfield, OH, Jan. 14, 1922, p. 1.
Additional
Feb. 24 Rough brought suit for divorce against Mrs. Rough. "The petition recites that Rev. Mr. Crabtree at the time was holding revival services in Muskingum county and that Mrs. Rough left her home and went to Marion, from which place she joined Rev. Mr. Crabtree."
—The Newark Advocate, Newark, OH, Feb. 24, 1922, p. 8.
Second Divorce Grows Out Of Big Scandal
MARION, O., Feb. 25. — Rev. H. A. Rough, former Bryn Zion Baptist church pastor in Morrow county, today filed suit at Mt. Gilead for divorce from Emma Rough, charging that on January 10 last she eloped with Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of the Green Camp Baptist church.
A few weeks ago Mrs. W. W. Crabtree instituted divorce proceedings, but did not name Mrs. Rough as co-respondent.
—The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, OH, Feb. 25, 1922, p. 6.
Notes: Sometimes "Rough" is referred to as "Hough." Sometimes he's "H. U." and "H. W." instead of "H. A." I changed all the references to "Rough" and made his initials "H. A." throughout. Basically, I don't know which is correct.
As for my personal opinions, based on nothing more than the information in these articles, Rev. Rough doesn't sound overly broken-up about any of this. He was able to continue his revivals, and he would be in church Sunday as normal. Releasing the letter to the press, and what I would call blithe comments about "God's will be done" make it sound like his emotional attachment is limited. Maybe that's the kind of guy he was to live with, too!
As for Mrs. Rough's letter. This must be the note that was originally referred to in one of the earlier articles, that explained everything. The fact that she doesn't want him to tell the Crabtrees could indicate that she'd written it before any kind of running away with Crabtree was definite or even planned. She says she'd been to Cincinnati a couple times, implying some hanky panky took place there. And that she's going back there. She may have left the note, somehow made contact with Crabtree days later, and the two of them hatched out a plan to run off together. The news story that sees this as a denial that they ran off together doesn't consider the timing of the note and what could've taken place after it was written. Although factor this in, that Crabtree had resigned a week earlier, then asked for a leave of absence, etc. They may have discussed it, but then the reference to not telling the Crabtrees wouldn't make much sense.
OK, with that I must bid a fond farewell to the lot of them myself. If you have any additional details, please leave them in the comments.
Ohio, 1922
Preacher and Wife of His Friend Gone
Members of Two Marion Ministers' Families Mysteriously Disappear
MARION. — Two church communities near here were agog with gossip Saturday night, following the mysterious disappearance of Rev. W. W. Crabtree and information that Mrs. H. A. Rough, wife of Rev. Rough, was also missing.
Mrs. Crabtree came forth with a statement accusing her husband of an infatuation with Rev. Rough's wife, which she alleged extended over a year.
BEGINNING OF AFFAIR
The alleged affair began a year ago when the two ministers conducted a joint revival at Mount Gilead, the statement said, and since that time Mrs. Rough has frequently visited Rev. Crabtree's home.
Investigators, seeking a trace of the missing minister, were advised he had been seen near Chillicothe, but his trail was lost there. The disappearance followed Dr. Crabtree's resignation last Sunday. Later, he reconsidered and asked for leave of absence instead, which was granted. Immediately afterward, he left his home here, advising Mrs. Crabtree he was going to Louisiana.
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
The simultaneous disappearance of Mrs. Rough was learned Saturday, following the statement by the missing pastor's wife.
"I have the matter under prayerful consideration," was all Rev. Rough would say Saturday night. "God's will be done."
He refused to be disturbed by his wife's disappearance and insisted he would appear as usual before his little congregation Sunday.
—Lima News, Lima, OH, Jan. 15, 1922, p. 9.
PASTOR RUNS OFF WITH ANOTHER PASTOR'S WIFE
Scandal Hits Two Church Flocks in Ohio Towns.
Marion, OH, Jan. 16. — Green Camp, a village of 700 or 800 inhabitants six miles southwest of Marion, is convulsed over the elopement of the Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of the Free Baptist church, with the 36-year-old wife of Rev. H. A. Rough of Morrow county, pastor of Bryn Zion church.
Crabtree's pulpit was declared vacant today and charges of moral turpitude were filed with the Rev. Roberts Hughes of Bucyrus, district superintendent. The latter occupied the Green Camp pulpit this morning, and the revival services conducted by Arthur Arnet, Moody Bible institute student, were declared closed.
Mrs. Crabtree made public the charges against her husband three days after he disappeared and trustees of the church established the fact that he and Mrs. Rough left in Crabtree's automobile. Crabtree is said to have told his wife in a note that he was going to Louisiana.
Neither Mrs. Crabtree nor the Rev. Mr. Rough will prosecute, but an uncle of Mrs. Rough has engaged attorneys to prosecute the couple. Action looking to the unfrocking of Crabtree will be brought at once, members of his Green Camp church pulpit committee said today.
Crabtree is 46 years old. He came to Green Camp two years ago from Plain City with his wife, and two children, one of whom is a boy 23 years old. The Rev. Mr. Rough, aged 50, has been pastor of Bryn Zion church a number of years. A year ago Crabtree assisted him in conducting a revival at Bryn Zion.
"Let God be their judge," was the only comment of Mr. Rough, when he came here to investigate facts relating to the elopement.
—The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, IA, Jan. 16, 1922, p. 3.
PASTOR LOCATES HIS LOST WIFE, HE SAYS
ZANESVILLE, Jan. 18.—"Although I do not wish to make a statement at this time, I will assure you that I have heard from Mrs. Rough and believe I know where she and the Rev. W. W. Crabtree are located," said the Rev. H. A. Rough, pastor of the Zion Baptist church of Mount Gilead, whose wife and Rev. Crabtree have both disappeared from their homes near Marion. The simultaneous disappearance created a sensation in Marion Co.
In the conversation Rev. Rough said that such sensational reports had been started concerning the disappearance of Mrs. Rough and Rev. Crabtree that he did not feel justified in making any statement about the affair.
However he hastened to add, Mrs. Rough had written him and had explained the matter.
Rev. Rough said that at the conclusion of series of meetings which he is holding at Duncan Falls, ten miles from here, he would have a statement for the newspapers which would thoroughly explain the affair.
—The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, OH, Jan. 18, 1922, p. 1.
MT. GILEAD PASTOR'S WIFE SENDS PARTING NOTE; SAYS FAREWELL
ZANESVILLE, Jan. 20.—Deserted by his erring but as yet unrepentant wife, Rev. H. A. Rough, pastor of the Bryn Zion Baptist church, near Mount Gilead, who is now conducting evangelistic services at Duncan Falls, makes public the following letter received from Mrs. Rough since her disappearance 10 days ago, presumably in company with Rev. W. W. Crabtree, a friend and neighbor of the Roughs and until the elopement, pastor of the Green Camp Baptist church near Mt. Gilead.
"Harvey: "Now before you read this letter, pray for strength, for the last few years I have not been satisfied but I have stayed with you and kept your house and tried to make it happy for your sake and the respect I have for you. And I didn't want to do anything to hurt your work. I have tried to get you to sell out different times as I wanted to get you out of the ministry, but have failed in all my attempts.
"I have not been true to you, I was down to Columbus when you were away in your other meetings, and down again last week, so I couldn't stay with you any longer. I left Monday morning and it is for good.
"I am on my way to Cincinnati; don't know where I will go from there, but I will never come back. I know you wouldn't want me back. I have left you everything, so if you break up, tell my mother so she can come up and get things ready. I am going to write her a few lines today. Now, above all things, don't tell Crabtree what I am, as we have been such good friends. They took me in their home and treated me so good. I would hate for them to know what kind of a wife you had.
"One thing more, and the last thing I will ever ask of you is, that you forgive me for the wrong I am doing you; and pray for me that some day I may accept God and be ready to meet Him at the judgment.
"I feel that you will forgive me, as you have that spirit of Christ in you. Now forget me only as you pray for me, for I never will live with you again. I hope I may never have to face you. Goodby, now for the last time. (Signed) EMMA."
—The Coshocton Tribune, Jan. 20, 1922, p. 3.
DENIES LEAVING WITH PASTOR
Wife Writes Zanesville Minister Farewell, However
ZANESVILLE — (By Associated Press) — A new chapter was written here today in the dual mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of Mrs. H. A. Rough, wife of the pastor of Zion Baptist church near Mt. Gilead, and Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of Green Camp Baptist church, near Marion.
Rev. H. A. Rough, who is conducting a revival at Duncan Falls, near here, made public a letter he said he had received from his wife in which she intimates that she and Crabtree did not leave together.
"Above all things, don't tell Crabtree what I am, as we have been such good friends," a passage in Mrs. Rough's alleged letter reads. "They took me in their home and treated me so good. I would hate for them to know what kind of a wife you had."
These statements follow other paragraphs in which Mrs. Rough stated that having failed in her attempts to get Rev. Rough to give up the ministry she "couldn't stay with you any longer."
"I am on my way to Cincinnati; don't know where I will go from there, but I will never come back," the letter said. "I hope I may never have to face you. Goodbye now, for last time."
—The Lima News, Lima, OH, Jan. 19, 1922, p. 1.
Other details:
Green Camp M.E. church
Bishop Anderson of Cincinnati to take up the matter of unfrocking Crabtree.
Mrs. Rough is childless.
—The Mansfield News, Mansfield, OH, Jan. 14, 1922, p. 1.
Additional
Feb. 24 Rough brought suit for divorce against Mrs. Rough. "The petition recites that Rev. Mr. Crabtree at the time was holding revival services in Muskingum county and that Mrs. Rough left her home and went to Marion, from which place she joined Rev. Mr. Crabtree."
—The Newark Advocate, Newark, OH, Feb. 24, 1922, p. 8.
Second Divorce Grows Out Of Big Scandal
MARION, O., Feb. 25. — Rev. H. A. Rough, former Bryn Zion Baptist church pastor in Morrow county, today filed suit at Mt. Gilead for divorce from Emma Rough, charging that on January 10 last she eloped with Rev. W. W. Crabtree, pastor of the Green Camp Baptist church.
A few weeks ago Mrs. W. W. Crabtree instituted divorce proceedings, but did not name Mrs. Rough as co-respondent.
—The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, OH, Feb. 25, 1922, p. 6.
Notes: Sometimes "Rough" is referred to as "Hough." Sometimes he's "H. U." and "H. W." instead of "H. A." I changed all the references to "Rough" and made his initials "H. A." throughout. Basically, I don't know which is correct.
As for my personal opinions, based on nothing more than the information in these articles, Rev. Rough doesn't sound overly broken-up about any of this. He was able to continue his revivals, and he would be in church Sunday as normal. Releasing the letter to the press, and what I would call blithe comments about "God's will be done" make it sound like his emotional attachment is limited. Maybe that's the kind of guy he was to live with, too!
As for Mrs. Rough's letter. This must be the note that was originally referred to in one of the earlier articles, that explained everything. The fact that she doesn't want him to tell the Crabtrees could indicate that she'd written it before any kind of running away with Crabtree was definite or even planned. She says she'd been to Cincinnati a couple times, implying some hanky panky took place there. And that she's going back there. She may have left the note, somehow made contact with Crabtree days later, and the two of them hatched out a plan to run off together. The news story that sees this as a denial that they ran off together doesn't consider the timing of the note and what could've taken place after it was written. Although factor this in, that Crabtree had resigned a week earlier, then asked for a leave of absence, etc. They may have discussed it, but then the reference to not telling the Crabtrees wouldn't make much sense.
OK, with that I must bid a fond farewell to the lot of them myself. If you have any additional details, please leave them in the comments.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Your Chance to Visit the Famous Nathoo, the Hindoo Seer
Iowa, 1914-1915
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Nathoo, Hindu Seer, Now Free
Soothsayer Nathoo, the Hindu seer, perfumist, and alleged beguiler of maids, who "love not wisely but too well," as provided a bond of $500 and is free. Jerome F. Bartlett and John M. O'Brien, of Muscatine, both well-qualified to protect the state with their property, are the sureties. The bond is for $500. Nathoo left for Muscatine, after providing the bond, as Justice Ewing immediately ordered his release from the county jail.
His hearing is on July 10.
—Iowa City Daily Press, Iowa City, Iowa, July 3, 1914, page 8.
You Will Miss Your Chance to Visit The Famous Nathoo — The Hindoo Seer, Astrologist and Psychological Reader, UNLESS YOU COME SOON
Beginning under unusual difficulties he has given 300 readings and has won three hundred friends and supporters since he came here one month ago. He has advised and guided thousands of people to happiness, wealth and success, and is recognized in all the larger cities as the greatest of them all. You who are worried, in trouble and in doubt can be helped by this man. He can tell you of your past and see into your future. With his universal knowledge, and psychological power, he can advise you as to what you should do to get the most out of your life and make your desires become realities.
Readings every day and evening, except Sunday, by appointment. 210 East Washington Street. $5.00 Reading for 50c. This special price is given to build a reputation here.
MANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THIS MAN.
—Iowa City Daily Press, Iowa City, Iowa, September 3, 1914, page 4, advertisement.
"Count" Nathoo in Trouble
Iowa City. — The Johnson county grand jury is busy investigating the case of "Count" Nathoo, the Hindoo, who is charged with a crime against Alice Cornish of London, England. Nathoo was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in July.
—Marble Rock Journal, Marble Rock, Iowa, September 23, 1914.
FAKER'S VICTIM IS SAVED MORE GRIEF
DEPORTATION WAS ORDERED
Alice Cornish Spared Sorrow of Outcast in England by Iowa Humanitarians.
Special to The Gazette.
Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 20 — Count Nathoo, fake oriental astrologer of Des Moines, who last fall lured Alice Cornish, 19-year old English girl from Burlington to Davenport, from Davenport to Iowa City and from here to the capital suffered her the humility of arrest at that place yesterday for the second time, her first detention being in company with him at Iowa City where both were acquitted. The result at Des Moines, however, was not so successful and Miss Cornish, was ordered deported by United States government officials.
Only the intervention of Secretary of Labor Wilson, Congressman Prouty and Senator Cummins averted an execution of the order.
After hearing her pitiful story and knowing that deportation to England now when every new arrival needs a reference and employment is hard to obtain, Deaconess Martha H. Wurtz of St. Monica's home in Des Moines intervened in her behalf with the result that she will remain for the time being an inmate of that institution.
Count Nathoo meanwhile is still at large.
The 19-year old girl was born in England, but two years ago came to Muscatine to live with her aunt. She found life there anything but desirable and secured employment in Burlington where Nathoo met her. He lured her to Davenport and then to Iowa City where they were arrested, but later permitted to get out of town.
The intervention of Iowa's congressmen at Washington in the girl's behalf was secured upon the protestation against her deportation by such men as Bishop Longley, Attorney-General Cosson, James A. Davis, Northwestern railroad attorney for Iowa, and Ex-Governor Garst.
At first the order from the government officials was apparently irrevocable, but Miss Wurtz, the deaconess, decided to make a desperate effort to prevent its execution. The girl was utterly crushed by the order. In the best of times, without friends and relatives, without that essential thing in England, references of past employment, her lot would have been difficult, with all Europe under martial law there would be absolutely no place for her to go but the work house or brothel. She will stay at St. Monica's home for a year or two as a result of Miss Wurtz' efforts in her behalf.
—The Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 20, 1915, page 5.
"Count" Nelson, self advertised as the "agent of God" and "Hindu seer," was bound over the grand jury at Iowa City, charged with seducing Alice Cornish, aged 19 a little friendless English working girl
—The Nashua Reporter, Nashua, Iowa, July 30, 1914, page 7.
—The Oxford Mirror, Oxford Junction, Iowa, October 22, 1914, page 7. Exact same item.
Note the wide disparity in the dates of publication, and "Nelson." Maybe that was Nathoo's real name?
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