Show 4 I 1 ex te s dream darm of heaven ended I 1 former baseball star dies after hectic life DURHAM ME dream of a former college baseball star to build a heaven on earth is ended frank weston sandford ing to best information is dead his few remaining disciples refused to reveal the cause of death or the place of burial sandford was a graduate of bates college where he starred in baseball he refused offers to go into the major leagues later he was ordained in the baptist ministry while holding a pastorate in new hampshire in 1896 1898 he said he received a call to go out and like uke christ with three pennies and a wheelbarrow sanford started to build shiloh temple tempie in durham the temple roof was said to contain gold from watches and teeth of men and women from all parts of the country who joined the cult it became a three million dollar ll 11 organization ill III luck pursued sandford in subsequent years the tho first setback was the death of his son john reportedly as the result of fasting sanford was acquitted ot of responsibility for johns death I 1 next came the voyage of sandford and 55 disciples aboard the yachts kingdom and coronet in 1911 for an evangelical world cruise the kingdom was wrecked on the coast of i africa scurvy a and nd beset the coronet when sandford returned to portland and six men were reported dead he was colv convicted i c t e d 0 of f manslaughter he served seven years in the federal penitentiary at atlanta ga he was a model prisoner like st paul his followers said his temple in durham was the scene of a killing ming two years ago when a war veteran went there with a proposition to turn the I 1 disintegrating room house into a hospital home tor for veterans no charges were brought |