The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-01-17

The Brarch COUNTY Republican contains s
leug,hy communication fiom physician, stating
that hi- patients were broken in upon, and their
lives probably terminated, by cairvoyants or
spiriruali-'- who pismired in their orgies even
until the death OF the sufferers.
The names O: the patients were John II aged
. wears. who died Dee. -, and Butler Lindsay,
aged Is, who died on the 2qlh. Their disease
VS. pneumonia. The attending physician. DR..
j. H. Woods, concludes his communication To
the ReDs.b .jrls in The following words:
II was seated br his bedside, and iatterine
myself that in few davs my patient woult be
Attending To his domestic duties when 10. the
demons M human form gtin made their appear
luc-, aud one OF their number, 4 wonan-or "A
being | supposed Ia be a woman-attlrei in short
skirts and pautaooI> claiming 10 be under the
influence aud tF,il, think she was under avery
evil Influence, entered the room, aud IN "A bols
ferrous manner commanded me "a leave. passed
some words with her. but al "a 10 avail There
va 10 getting ~! al her without resOrting Ia
violence Ii was of 10 avail for the venerable
father L. tel her that / Nus, not be abused IN
49, house; il only m-ic her more abusive. Tie
The aged aud hc4rt-hyoken fax. er then threw his
arms about my neck, and wept like child -
Asked mc What he should do; said he never was
placed ia 50 irving circumstances before. Tie
WOMAN vas hi- iiuG iiJer ia-lsw and her husband
WAS present 20 back be. up il what he did NOT
dare - do himself After stepping aside and
couyr. SIM WIKI the Oh man some time, told
him | would leave for the time being ana let the
trlrui. adjust tLe matter Ia their own way, some
being IN favor ot spiri'sai-nI. and some in favor
of medicine. Hut littc did think they were
: .i0, 10 tale lhe coIs>c with nv patient they
liz.
a soon a. left, they took possession of INV
patient AMI commenced what, in nv humble
eyia5u, was q work OF death To the Young man
TG,y raised window and admitted all the cold
air p,-sib,- into his room, when | had been care
iil To keep RIA even temperature; took the pa
tieHt from ;hc bed where lie VAS VAIN and in a
free per-pr.tion, removed a large clustering plas
ter from hi, caet which was well nigh drawn
to lalluc>@. removing mustard from .if the ex-
treuIitic~ and applied 10 hi, bare bls:ered breast
ice cold water. Under this treatment the Young
maa survived some seventeen or eighteen hours
Aui, 10 conclude the hcast-rcuding scene, they
stood over tH. Young mtu while he vas gaspns
IN the a-0nies Of death, shouting and singing
writing and c.apri Z their hands in apparen,
extacy in their blarI hemoas works. The ole
bl-phemug Goiuockiug demon, Bansil, stood
Dy hin with his hands closed, ia which he said he
held JOHNS spirit, had held it for some time, and
coul hold il a. long a. he chose And the wo
man, or rather mani &C. who ordered me to leave
the room the might previous-exca' med that il
was the happies; day she had ever Witnessed
And tnus they kept up constant hsrangue o.
udcrous and disgusting expressions, accompa
MED by iunumcrsble and inicscribabe gestures
and mauiPua;ions until the Young man died
while all that he seemed inclined to utter in hi.
last struggle, was Jesus have mercy on my
soul