Show ILL OWN MOTHER ty CRUEL TORTURE i TO PUNISH DEVILS of Peculiar Religious Sect in Chicago 1 of Atrocious Crime on Crippled Woman They Smothered Her Cries of Agony In the name of religion five persons according to the against them tortured to death a helpless crip- crip cl woman in Chicago The alleged criminals are Par- Par fetes rites who were ere formerly followers of Elijah Dowie Dorie Two of the persons accused were ere children of the wo- wo ji 1 Their mother was ras a paralytic and was as believed by bT fanatics to be he possessed of devils It was vas to cast out outI I e de devils ils that the they subjected the aged woman to atro- atro is s. s When she screamed in ag agony ny they placed their LS s over her mouth to smother the cries and moans r f CAGO SEPT 20 FIVE FIVE PER- PER MEMBERS OF or THE TILE SECT OF or UTES ARE UNDER ARIN ARIN AR AR- IN ZION CITY ACCUSED OF or rING ING TO DEATH MRS LETI- LETI GREENHAULGH GREE GH 64 YEARS fr-A fr f A A CRIPPLE FOR TWENTY IB IN ORDER TO SHOW BEIN BE BE- IN THE RELIGION THEY PROe PRO PRO- I E V e arrested ar are Walter alter and Jennie II the eon and daughter of ot the ti f Harold Mitchell Mrs Harold t lt and Mrs Smith Mrs l GreenI Green- Green I j had been t for IN twenty years year an in in- from Irom paralysis and rheu- rheu 4 ct of was as as founded I year car ago aso b by Charles F F. Parham berl ber about person peron Its mem- mem mem- mem gl nally b belonged to Dowl Bowies Bowie's s 's church churchey ey be o c In the gift of tongues Irr In diabolical possession It ur theory that sickness ps Is the I- I bot iwO tot the possession slon of the body b by IF 8 trite I Jard rd d Her Cries Condition i of Mrs l Greenhaulgh coner con con- er son Ion and daughter and the three arrested d with them that she must mustI I 1 be he possessed of the devil delI and they d determined determined deter deter- ter- ter mined to exorcise the evil spirit The Thee nyc five e knelt b by the bedside and after prayer began their work The arms of ot Mrs Greenhaulgh h stiffened by rheumatism were Jerked and t tv twisted d about In order i that th the devil might be driven n out out- I The cries rIel of the aged woman were ere conI considered considered con con- to be those of an nn evil 11 spirit and I were greeted with triumphant shouts i After a course our p. p of this violent treatment Mrs Greenhaulgh not only onh became so 50 weak that she could not use her limbs but became Incapable of or making any motions mo mo- Then her neck was twisted and for some time this treatment was tHIS kept up Walter Greenhaulgh testified at the coroners coroner's coroners coroner's coroners coroner's cor cor- oner's Inquest that Mitchell 1 and his wife recently had a vision Islon In which Mitchell was ordered to quit work ork and devote his time to casting out demons from the sick Young Youns- Gre Greenhaulgh nh declared that his mothers mother's consent was obtained before the treatment tre was begun beUn He declared that hypnotic passes were made b before lore his mothers mother's fac ac and nd th then n followed follo the muscular muscular mus mus- cular force which h he said bald 3 was as strongly t rell resisted by bv the demons demens Mrs Ir Smiths Smith's part In th the treatment ac according according ac- ac according cording to the testimony before the coroners coroners coronets coronet's coro coro- ners nets jur Jury consisted In raising Mrs In Greenhaulgh's head and holding her while Mitchell and his wife attempted to straighten n the womans woman's legs leg which h had d db b been en twisted by years ear of rheumatism Smother Her Moans Greenhaulgh h cried as he told his stor story He declared that for some time his mother bore the treatment bravely braveh but at last the agony became eo so great that sh she could not restrain hers herself lf and she shrieked Oh Lord help me me a number of times According According Ac Ac- cording to Greenhaulgh Mitchell declared that her cries must not be heard h by outsiders outsiders outsiders out out- siders and he put his hand across her mouth to smother them The five worked over the victim until she died shortly before noon After that according to Gre Mrs Irs Smith became the leader In a resurrection resurrection res scene In this efforts were made to restore the dead woman to life When rhen these had failed the announcement of her death was made The case caM is being full fully Investigated to today today to- to day clay b by the authorities of I Lake county In which Zion City eit- Is situated |