Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-21 | Page 3 | Mystic Cult Disclosed in Mother's Fight for Child

I Mystic I C Cult uit It Disclosed 1 1 in In Moth Mothers Mother's r s Fight for Child I mIH a. a T dT 4 i i j ib j I I I j j ir Fight for tor custody of Valoyce Con Conklin klin above brings charges that she is imprisoned Th in in Hickory Hall at San Diego by Mrs Joyce Leech high priestess of a re religious cult Both shown in inset below OAKLAND Cal Cal Feb 21 By NEA Service Service Ser Fight to obtain custody custody cus cus- tody of ot her year old ward Va- Va loyco Conklin brought charges from Mrs Conklin that the child Is kept prisoner by Mrs l Joyce Leech high priestess of ot a a. a religious cult Mrs Conklin told the court that I Hickory Hall haIl a castle like resi resi- dence lence in Alameda county is the seat of the sect and that virtual slavery Is practiced by members She charged that children are whipped with ropes that women members rs are slaves to the high priestess and that refractory members mem meni- bers berg are sentenced to involuntary confinement Mrs 1 Conklin an ex member brought habeas corpus action E for the girl The high priestess denies cruelty She says that Hickory y Hall was rented by a group of 01 San Diego women and that services are held there In conformity with an orthodox orthodox ortho ortho- dox creed She added that Mrs Conklin alone was cruel to children I