Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-09

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,he c;ty . ss .,ecs;.r rel;r;ons .ect knovn :,
wal aksmanites Who have made their doctrine
known by holding meetings 1t the house Of . Mr.
fSsm'1 sy, who lives in ! lane or alley between
Dixwell and Beaver streets fsa III
This Ar. Sly, has no wife or family, but has Z
woman living with him named Rhcda Wakeman,
Who 4 the founder Of the sect called the wake.
manites.' This woman ahafms that she was nuf.
dered some 30 yease seo, and vent to heaven,
and for some reason, she does not state, came
back on earth and founded the sect already al.
1udcd to- She breaches and prays and holds
meetings at her house giving TO those who ~
semble TO hear her peculiar stories, her views
about the Bible and her experience in the spir~
4 itual world. Among her believers and follow
Il ers, are many families who i've in Hamden, and
they are in the habit Of coning down to her
house every Sunday TO . ttend meeting. She
held meeting at her house last Sunday evening,
Il and there were present at the meeting A. San
ford and his wife, J. Matthews, Betsy Keeler, q
Mrs Davis and q colored man named Josiah
4 jackson. They met about O'Clock Sunday At.
il ternoon and continued their meeting until late
1 hour in the night !. ....t..a T....slf,i,r
On Mond.v morning Jnstusg Matthew'S WAS
4 found IN 4. lover room Of Rhoda Wakeman's
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4 coroners inquest was neId anu Poruoh oi
the testimony is rs follows: !, e.. i ,.e..4
!. Almeron Sanford sxorn--I went to the house
of NJ Slv With INV wife about fiark, ON Sunday
|
va starfed. we pot there and fonnf Josiah Jack.
| snn Wood;np Miss Hersey. i Miss Abby. Julia
Davis and Samuel Sly there. Justus Matthews
i INV w;sa's brother.I fonnd tbe,n n the chamber
SINGING and pra wing, about l o'clock Matthews
| came to the honse;s Widow Wakeman said she
was hunted by Matthews--the man of power
| with an evil spirit; when Matthews came he went
| into the front room, where there was q fire;
| Rhoda Wakeman wanted Matthews to come to
the meeting, so Invent to see him and he seemed
willing to come when he came my wife tied
handkerchief she had over his forehead, and they
tied his hands behind him, the same as they
| would the DEVIL / told him he had bad spirit
| and he wanted to give it up: Jackson and Wood.
| ing we're with him, and talked with him about
the evil spirit. widow Wakeman said he was
drawing terrible power over her; Wooding told
Matthews he ought to be killed. and Matthews
said he was willing to die to quench the evil spir
it; Wooding and jackson said Matthews must be
got out OF the way; tney tGid nun ne must aie; II
;nn SIu GU .nS Me- Harsar rera mn sts;rs NAV.
ing with US, but lodged down hrs, and soon 1
heard them say down oeiow, mes kiiihg 'ne
messenger; neasa . NOISE anu seVefal .p!o~s
lonow anu starteu !owarus 'le uvUi' ou: 'hey
pulled me back, saying, II hes kiihng nlmseI
ne Ii De [aised' inearu . eufenns noise- Anu
cnes OF oM on onH .nen went % up s1aiss ssS ~
sing ana pray "nen reacheo ule uoor lvunu
II fastened ana sometmng pfaceo agalnse ~ IN
sue; eould not ge' nto 'he room peiowL' "l,s
occurred aboutl2 o'clock, and LETT the house 70
minutes past II
1Iwalked home to Hamdem about miles,
last night; have not changed my clothes since
the murder; as Woodng and Sly lodged out IN
such a manner l think they might have helped
kill Matthews; l think Matthews was wiling 10
die; Sly said he thought he ought to die after
| heard the noise and cries, Sly came running up
stairs and kneeled down and seemed to be pray
ing; thought ne could not pray much, tor
thought he would not feel IKE II then; tney De,
lieved that If Widow Wakeman (the prophetessl
should die, the scorld 'coutd De destroyed. l
should think that from appearances ne did not
kill himself; II they (Woodng and slyl killed
Matthews, it was to keep him from encnantng
Widow Wakeman who was disturbed by his evil
spirit. @ st 4
NJ sonford v;f. of A,ma,on s.ndford and
sisser Vi INC i'urueleu nan' 'e''iAeu "ao"s w"
er things, as follows: ..,s
.;aa hondLerch;af over nv hrother,s eves
- nsaront his enchanting no. The .smessencern
so;d this was ,s the only wav to nrevent the evil
sn;r;t he had in him from enchanting us: tied
spur. =. naa .oaa.han u;,h cord. s,;a to him 81
as as .h;s so, ~ Glow of Cod and in tho fear Of
.SaIa,Sn ~ 's 40 tse,Icd with him some length of
liz or;1 s,,r;. NC tbon wont ,,n sta;rs
I" .Is - ,...;n, f,r him ord cont;nued
anu ','t;, ,1a;Sn;a5, rban he cama tho mos.
taarar eIWrs WaLesn.nl felt h;s nresence and
s,.gaa ara .,.hoMnh sba w.s NOT ;nformad ne
.e'. ia anI 49,. ,.,.s aono;na ,a oil hol;ovod
no, ;f Mrs Wskeman the MESSENGER was enchan.
| .aa I h., .h;. ov;i sn;r;t and d;ed the INDICTMENT
wo,ld come we al believe that Mrs. Wakeman
y - r,osSano.r cont hv Cod m earth to redeem
r,anL;nd Te are ali her followers. and beliye
that if Matthews evil spirit enchanted her she
,.nm,d do :. we thonpht he had better die than
~ have Tho messenger. this evil spirit came
frorr Amos Hunt some time last summer: after
he oot Il he went home. and his wife went into
aarS1,,s;o,s ord sa.n,ed tn know that her hus
hsna had an owl sn;r;t. she prayed for him and
tr;od N get that unseen mower away from him:
there was something dreadful in his appearance
| then. I believe there is an unseen power that
viii iestroy neonle and thew will not know it:
this ;s revealed Nv the messenger: nv brothers
wife tells an awful story about the effect his evil
spirit had on her: she is also believer the mes
.enper has revelations from God, and is directed
hy Snnreme Powerin all she does she does not
Command her followers to execute her wishes,
I however. "a = ia'
she declares that Matthews her brother, was
tbe ssman of sin" and she urged him to have the
evil shirt cast out of him; witness continued to
saw that she believed If the man of sin could be
mt ont ofthe way. the world might be redeemed;
Che said she wished to have the evil spirit cast
ont of her brother. and thought that BY 50 doing
| the the world might be benefited: in conclusion the
w.ness testified that she did not believe he killed
h;msalf ] '' " 7
| i Ah;ra;l Sables testified have lived and slept
1 with Mrs Wakeman (the prophetess) and am
her particular TREND; oeheVe no one !I knows
| Mrs. Wakeman out zoo! we tnought mrs Wake-
man was dying several tunes curing tne nignt'
and she appeared IN great aistress; Deheve tne
judgement would come II Mrs. Wakeman should
i die; Matthews was drawing away her spirit with