| Show IS THERE ANY PARALLEL ax AN enterprising swindler has been arrested and committed to prison in philadelphia to answer to the court on a number of charges of fraud and larceny his name is william smith prefixed with th itle of reverend and he belongs to the colored persuasion according to his own admissions the P pastors actors of fifty three churches of vari duj denominations were ready victims of his sch schemes eates which have netted him the sum ot of luring during the past two years hi his 0 f favorite a M method e tho d was to introduce e himself as a worker in the missionary field of south africa and he invariably received an invitation to address th the congregation he would then inform his hearers that in the african regions under his bis care it was the general custom among the natives to throw superfluous female children into the river to feed toe the crocodiles and it was his aim to found a home lor for these n their own country at the end of the services her ber vices he atoo stood d at tae door with his hat bat in hand receiving contributions it was shown that he obtained from a number of churches in the city various amounts ra ug ing from 2 to 25 T this I 1 circumstance reminds us that at the last session of Coh congress gress representations were made effect that many mormon women were ready to renounce polygamy if some provision were made for the support of themselves and their children of tender years an appropriation was asked for the purpose of providing a home for these alleged unfortunates in their own country congress tell fell in with the scheme and was set apart for the object represented To provide means of self support for the dependent women who renounce polygamy and the children of such coln women en of tender age in said territory with a view to aid in the suppression of polygamy poly zamy therein an effort is being made by some of those who interested themselves in securing the appropriation to use it for other purposes than the one so clearly defined by the law viewed from a moral standpoint to sav nothing about the legal aspect it may be asked whether there is any parallel between their position and that of tire colored man who reclines in jail in the city of philadelphia the premises are presented and there should be no difficulty about reaching rea chine a logical conclusion upon the question |
