Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-06-14 | Page 1 | Agent of the Planters

AGENT OF PLANIEES 4 AGE1T Seir Styled Prophet Is Among tile f Negroe5 Arrested Houston Tex < JunClR The negroes who are corralcd Shroveport wore taken from Houston during the winter by a negrq preacher calling himself Elijah the Prophet He created a great furore among ignorant blacks by predicting dire disaster and finally persuaded about 200 of them to go to Louisiana in order I to avoid death in the prophesied destruction of Houston It wis ascertained afterward that wa I Smith the name of the selfstyled prophet who Is among those under arrest was acting jns an agent for planters who were short of help and had u edhlt Influence as an exhorter to get the negroes lo go with him