He had then healed a sick boy, the
performance being carefully staged in front of moving picture
cameras. The account of the "Times" did not directly charge that the
performance was a "movie stunt," but it described it in a mocking
way which made it obviously that. The paper mentioned T-S in such a
way as to indicate him as the originator of the scheme, and it had
fun with Mary Magna, pawning her paste jewels. It published the
flash-light picture, and also a picture of Carpenter walking down
the street, trailed by his mob.
In another column was the climax, the "red riot of talk" at Grant
Hall. James, the striking carpenter, had indulged in virulent and
semi-insane abuse of the rich; after which the new prophet had
stirred the mob to worse frenzies. The "Times" quoted sample
sentences, such as: "Do not think that I am come to bring you ease
and comfort; I am come to bring strife and disorder to this world."
I turned to the editorial page, and there was a double-column
leader, made extra impressive by leads.
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