He won my daughter’s love and thhy
were married the 6th of April; 3
weeks to the day they were married
he deserted his wife, and 3 weeks
to the day he left ms wife we ar
rested him up at Gray, Ga., about 85
miles from here. He was up there
preaching among old Baptists by the
name of Elder and Col. Haskins of
Missouria. We also learned through
the brethren in other States of differ
ent names. He came through Mis
sissippi by the name of Thompson,
in Louisiana by the name of Hale,
in Tennessee by the name of Haile,
and back in Dennis, Miss., by the
name of Blackman, and as a mis
sionary preacher and lawyer in all of
these places. He claimed he was a
rich lawyer and would not accept any
money the brethren would offer him,
but he would get the brethren to
cash checks that were no good, and
got many of them in trouble. He
forged telegrams here, and he
claimed here that he had wired for
$3,00 0 to take him and his wife to
Dallas, Tex., he had a telegram, but
he forget it. He got the last dollar
in this world I had, near SIOO from
Bro. T. D. Strickland. We have four
charges against him. He was tried
for stealing my son’s razor and the
court gave him 6 months or SIOO.
