, 1877-02-10
DIVINE INTERROGATION,
6rs. Robertson's Old Neighbors Do Not
Believe in It.
.ltcy Tell How She Talked, AMI
Walked, and Worked.
some Sudden Cures which Were
, Not DUO to Prayer.


Mi{Ss ltCNNlt1SON'S CASIIs
BONE OLD HEionnoRs.
And now comes Mrs. Emily huff, Of No. 1nS
eoutl, Dc.pld1ncs street, an humble. apparently
truthful Ene1iHh woman. who at1'fs her tcst(-
mony 10 that Of tho physc!ans against the
miraculous cure Of Mrs. Robertson. BlIo knowa
her very well, having lIrcd In ttc easnc houso
with her for several years, and from what al,o
INV anil heard came 10 tho conclusion that,
while tho woman might iiavc been III during tho
neriod sue had knowledge OF her, Mrs. Hotcrt-
eou made o,,t that she *as much worse tt,an tho
truth warranted, and imposed on the Christian
1alfcs who took an Interest IN her and supplied
her with - ait tho dclicactes Of tho season."
"When did sou first meet her1" asked a re-
porter Of Mrs. Dun yesterday.
"In the winter OF 1854, when my husband nnd
moved into building On statc street, between
Jackson and Van Durcn. don't rccollcct tue
d Was she sick ttcn"
"No, but sl,o afterwards said she fell down
stairs and hurt her hack, and then she took To
her bed. She may have fallen, hccauso washed
her dress, and II was covered with nstlcs,n
:" How long did she remain III at that time |"
"shc kept TO her room until they took her to
81. I.ukc's Hospital. MI. Rockwell, Of tho
Cbratlau. .AssocIatiun, got her in thcrc."
" Did sllc etay tllcre iOnglH
~ couldn't say low long, but she came back
on the day Of the celebration Of l.ec's s'lrrcn-
May, 1876, my husband took tho house and eLu
rented from us. eIlc ufcd tho crutchcs for somc
time, complaining 0f her buck, and always told
nc she would lay them nstdc suddenly md be
dt se to Tfk; t cz,}re. ogs Ssy 'ho ea' to ny door
:" DID sile clailn 10 bo paralyzcd thcnf'
mo. She eail she wanted TO 30 down md
tce the C0urt-1louso before tho mourning dec
orations for President Lincoln wero takeu III.
xul ltA n q
"Wcif, Alio WIS hurt by d strcet.cnF. AS
understood, tho cur started before she got of,
and sic wns dragged aud wrenchcd. She u.s.
serted that she was paralyzcl and took 10 her
Ing that she could not spcak.h
"Ilow long did that continued"
"until WI left in 1861"
"Do you think eltc was paralyzcdl"
swell, ono dny went into her room and BRw
her standing up on the a1or. She wns much
confused wien she saw nc, and threw hcrlclf
on lounge. TlicIe was female detective ~
tho house, Mrs: Burton, and she told nlo she
saw her sewfng.n
How happencd Mrs. Burton to be thcrcl''
"Shc saa In tho employ Of tho railway CON.
pany. Sue used iu gu around tho housc sonle-
tines In her slocktng-i g-icrt, .and enter Mrs. Rob-
cEts0n's room very suddenly"
"DiD YOU EyEN NEAn Mns. ROBERTSON
SPEAK ~
"No, but .ny husband told me hc DID,. 1Ic Is
dead now. That was III October, 1868. lie went
saIi- Snl2 fJe ttc,, thot,rht IN, yro1,ii draw
her out, noticing that shc was speaking; 50 he
asked. tWhcrn "a hcji Sis said, tWIal do YOU
Mn my with III n '' storc' sf,e sati. II dm'. knnw
wherc M hn ia, Tia toll nm liz could ta,l, ,yri
rn"o fiat s.%. nt lin ,imc shc nscft ti,c sI"tn
wIc,i psonlu sailcd.i'
- nuT s},n hn..n t'orv co,,ar.,,,
Vas. eiH I.,a9a. nnso trn,a W.asi, n,a .stohtron
menus. ,,.asi ~ ,ai1 and hrIntr hrr 1oti' = mi
fool. heard them say sl,o iiati cyerythi,r In
.ooson srnnr oto ~ t,r, r.'' t ~ ~. f,nr
law brr tfsniina ,,n anil me- l,rsi,cnd viii
mo shnns hrr toiL}or. + hatn;f ,n,s.h ta,th IL
1rr. and n.rsi ~ III III 1aitrs f.,,sv ti.nurht
y 3D. tnn hor,, ~, Ins o,ui er, ~ t.;,, t"j =" =
anc tar srs nohnr,sn,, a, ,sn o sttn III % am5 .5
rnn1.in}, hoer IL oan anr VIZ .GaI +, ~, !, ""1
.ssmr Tn - TrrSr IN s NV nTMra S1 racrs ac rs.A''
you kno,y Of rrFardtng AcsfH
Wmi,' nv fistte i"Ssy .si,o t,,, o,1 ,v,. ror.
alv,ei mi 1lJn,t :,',oE ~ tLat I'm, ,,s r.,
mud out of her nom cyrrv % tinrMwent r. whcm ~.
hH nlrusnd fssc Lao ~ 20 ~ ~, 1T, ,,,ti ,,,