The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-01-26
From the Branch Co. Republican.
Outrageous Affair in Branch CO...Dis.
gusting and Fatal Orgies of Spiritual

f0llOWlng communication nave created
much excitement in the townships of
Butler and Quincy, and one or more of
the parties implicated have been arres-
ted and put upon examination at the
latter place. At the time of writing
we have not learned the result of the
examination. A spirited indignation
meeting was held at Butler Center, and
resolutions adopted expressing SYM
pathy for the bereaved parents, and
strong censure upon those who were
implicated in the affair. The singular
character of the case has led us to give
publicity to the circumstances before
ascertaining whether or not the parties
are to be held to trial.
QUINCY, Jan. 5, 1860.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Will you please notice
the following:
DIED-At the residence of their father Rev. d.
Linsday, in Butler. TYLER, on the 26th December,
1882 aged Is years, and JOHN H., on the 9th, aged
| % years.
On the 2Sth the aged parents, whose
heads are now silvered over with age,
inferred in one grave. their two sons;
and how did our hearts throb with
anguish, when we heard them exclaim:
"Here is Tyler, the babe and the pet,
and here is John, the prop and staff of
our declining years" This untimely
bereavement has called forth more
feeling than anything thatever occurred
in the town of Butler or vicinity about.
Although scenes of death are always
attended by solemnity and grief, there
is generally some feeling of resigns alton;
but in this case, the word "reconcilia-
ton" seems to have no hearing. The
cause of which the reader will under
stand from the brief account given
below of their short illness.
On Tuesday, the goth ult.. was
called upon by the venerable father to
visit Tyler, whom found seriously i'll
of penumonia inflammation of the
lungs). After investigating the case
as closely as was capable, l found
a very unfavorable prognosis. After
weighing the chances between life and
death in the balance of my mind, l
said to the father and friends, thought
there was little or no hope Of his re-
covery. 1t gave them grief inexpress-
ible, to think that after first examina-
ton / had no hope of restoring their
darling boy,-the pet of their age;-but
they said to me, "do all you can; it is
all we ask" | then commenced a
course of treatment as thorough and
judicious as my skill could devise
watching over him most of the time
myself, after the second time saw him,
but all to no avail. On Sunday
(Christmas) morning / said to the
friends, it is useless to annoy him fur
ther with medicine; he would die in a
few hours.
Soon after this, an array of spiritual
lists made their appearance, and learned,
as l suppose, that l had given up the
case. They formed circle around and
commenced their manifestations" and
sent to Moscow for one Bansil, whom
they called healing medium, who
arrived early in the evening and con-
tinued the maneuvering till the boy
died-about two o'clock Monday morn
ing.
About their maneuvering in this case
| have but little to say. The dying
boy never realised what was being done.
But now for a darker picture, and to
give a correct detail, l must go back
to the time / visited Tyler the second
time-which was on Wednesday, the
21st, the day succeeding my first visit
when / found John attacked with
the disease, but not so violently; ;-only
one lung being affected, and good
constitution to bear up under disease
which was not the case with Tyler;
he was always weakly, scroffulous
child.
j / then commenced course of treat
ment with John which gave me perfect
satisfaction in every respect until Sun
day evening, when l discovered that
the operations of the spiritualists, and
the death of his brother, was making
quite an impression on his mind. l
watched him closely during the night
kept him as quiet as possible till morn
ing, when the spiritualists left. l then
secured the services of a very good
nurse, in whose care / left him till
evening-when l returned and found
everything had gone according to my
order, and my patient quite as comfor-
table as l expected. l was seated by
his bedside, and fattering myself that
in few days my patient would be
& attending to his domestic duties;
} when 10! the demons in human form
again made their appearance, and one
) of their number, woman-or being
. l supposed to be woman-attired in
: short skirts and pantaloons, claiming
: to be under the influence, and truly
: think she was under very evil inf1u
2 ence, entered the room, and in bois
t ferrous manner commanded me to leave
5 passed some words with her, but al
to no avail. There was no getting rit
s of her without resorting to violence
t 1t was Of no avail for the venerable
father to tell her that must not b.
: abused in his house; it only made he
more abusive. The aged and heart
u broken father then threw his arm
e about my neck, and wept like a child
Asked me what he should do; said h
y never was placed in SO trying circum
IS stances before. The woman was hi
daugher-in-law, and her husband wa
present to back her up in what he di
not dare to do himself. After stepping
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