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Show FED BY THE ANGELS. CHRISTIAN HEALER HAS ASTONISHED AS-TONISHED JAILERS. B Fasted for Thirty-Seven Days nd Is Still Strong and Confldent Laughs at the "Ienoranoe. of the World-Claims World-Claims to Be Gifted with Divine Power. Here is a picture of Dr. Henry Reuel Wallace, who Is now Incarcerated In a Chicago Jail as a defendant in a breach of promise case. He claims to be observing ob-serving an ordinance of God, and is fasting for forty days. Up to date he has passed into his thirty-seventh day. subsisting solely on coffee, sugar and water and salt. The doctor began his strange trial in good health, and has continued in the same condition. In 7 fMm DR. R. H. WALLACE, fact, it is said by Cook County Jail Physician Francis W. McNamara that the doctor is even in better health than when he began his self-imposed task. He has fallen away somewhat in weight, going from 150 pounds to 125, and losing about six inches of girth. But his health has kept excellent. The endurance of the doctor is looked upon as remarkable by the jail officials, who, despite a sharp watch constantly kept up.have failed to discover the prisoner partaking of any food except such as has been named above. The doctor says he has absolutely touched nothing noth-ing in the way of food but sugar and salt dissolved in water and coffee, except ex-cept what angels bring him at night The doctor claims to be gifted with divine power and that he is fed by angels an-gels who bring him food at night and sing to him. |