The New York herald., 1878-02-06


archiepiscopa residence to ascertain whether such
report had been madc we'll obtain
his lordsbip's viows upon the matter. IL was
thero stated that Father Heincn, In company
with tho pastor OF the English speaking congregation
Of Aauch Chunk. had called and made his report
Alter hearing all the circumstances preceding and i'm
mediatey connected with the singular exhibition OF
last Saturday the Archbishop pronounced tho matter
IN his judgment. delusion. he counseliod thcm TO
instruct their people, and to do all that was In
their power correct the bad impression that this
affair may have created
AMONG THE 'MIaAcLE" WORKERS OF MAUCa
CnUSK-THE HEMoRRHAGEs-THE PRIESTS
ARGUMENT AND DOCrons OPIN1oN-MIss
GRETHs MIDDLE FINGER
MAucM CHUNK, Pa Feb. 9, 1875.
MISS Grctb out to-day aud TOOK quite long
walk up and down the sleep, hy streets of East
Mauch Chunk. She certainly TO retain excellent
health since .'mracuous cure" OF Saturday last,
she st,ll says that her body never better In
her life.
CONSUMPTION?
Presuming this question Of her present apparently
sound physical condition to be settled 1t becomes To-
terestng TO know what testimony be produced in
addition TO her own statement to show that she was
really i'll OF consumption up the of the miracle
many times have hcmorrhages during ,ho nine weeks
Of sickness She spat blood sometimes avc times
O day and sometimes only once. am sure II would
be fair and within the truth TO say shat II
averaged two three times a day She grew worse
and weaker and was If dying. think her lungs
wers ali gonc."
'Why did she not have pbysicanY"
''What was the Of that when the spirit told her
that she 10 be cured by a miracle? No earthly
physician would havc made her healthy"
'.Did she take NO medicine while she Was IN your
housc"
.'No, OF course noL"
"For tho same rsason-bccauso 1t would have dono
NO goods''
s.For tho same reason
"Arc you sure, Father, that she nte no more food
than sho has said-ons or two small roasted apples
day and little milk and watcrP' :
~ am sure that she had no moro while she was IN
my house."
Your correspondent had boon told by Father Bren-
man, secretary the Archbishop. that IL her.
esy according the Catholic CHURCH, to assert that
death was the condition when the soul loft the
body and that II Father Heinen said the contrary
he was liable TO accommodation. With, this IN
mind asked the priest z ! bad understood him cor
ecstasyr the soul had left the body, but tho unimai
life was stl IN It. .'Ycs," he answered, and pro-
us this theory compatible wish tho doctrines Of
''Yes frce will and reason the powers OF the
SOUL Taey do not belong TO the body ana have moth
place Of the soul which the spiritual essence and
the soul leave the body and leave the animal lie
told him what had been Informed as 10 tho het.
crodoxy OF such doctrine and tho Father then cor
rectsd himself, saying:-
''Oh, yes; when the soul leaves the body that Is
death. except in tho case Of a miracle. miracle is
something that God does that is above
bat not contrary 20 II. God may do many wonderful
things yet they Will all DO reconctiable with the
laws Of philosophy. But he does not do things con-
trary. to reason. Nothing tor Instance, would ever
make two and two Ave-"
rmx TESTIMONY OF HER ATTENDANTS.
Taxing up again The Question OF MISS Grosns illness
keeper and Katherine Hoinen. the priests sister, had
been tho woman's attendants day aud night The
housekeeper spoke broken English, but Miss Hcinen
understood only her native German. The house,
keeper declared that Miss Greth expoctoratst blood
II was very much at time. There
rush OF blood. II was only splitting.
She seemed very weak and complained OF PAIN In
hor chest and side; she eroaned great DEAL and did
not sleep much at night, and expected watching all
the time. Tho housekeoper cou'd not describe her
symptoms moro closely, and was sure sue omitted
nothing important.
Misc ida Linge girl Of about nftccn years OF age,
tho niece oil Miss Greth. resides iu Reading, and
not with her aunt auring nor Illness In Mauch
Cnunk. But helped 10 nurse ncr In Reading
described her symptoms as ,hc horsekeepcr did.
she never saw the blood flowing from her aunt's
mouth, but she had seen her spit great doal What
did she contiier great deal? Well, there would DO
sometimes almost cup fun oil spitie aud blood como
up somo days
FATHER BUNcE CAUTIOUS
Father Buucc, tne pastor OF the English speaking
Catholic Chuic at Mauch Chunk did not have much
say beyond expressing his belief In inc woman and
that miracle had been perfor ned He had caiiod 10
see her several times while at Father Heinon's and
believed her to have been very sick
''Did you eyer see her have hcmorrha2eY"
.sweIi, nave seen her throw up macus and blood"
"Was .here much OF itr'
"No; can't say thcro was very much"
chow much blood did you ever know OF her spit
ting sp'u .O.ro uso to be saucer by tho Sid. Of tho
bed have soon that standing nearly full; yes,
that's tho greatest quantity ever saw
The result Of this investigsg.ion was that one
In attendance on her test fed TO having ever soon
what, Ia case OF consumption, would be considered
now SCIENCE ACCOUNTS poR 1T ALL
next visited one Of the leading citizens OF Mauch
Chunk 70 learn how the medical profession regarded
the miracle" b. Snyder Erwin N. D.. tho gentle
lows, with view Of eondensing u as much As pos
sble:-
has examined Miss Greth either before, during
or alter tho priormaace Of .he supposed
as a medical practitioner and the only way In which
she might have been with tue crowds who
permitted 70 pass through her room and around
the bod l bnvo Investigated the we'll as
could under the circumstances amt my opinion s that
We here recognize clear OF nervous hystericaI
pathVphobia; and without the use Of q largo
CLOAK OF charity I FREQ TO say that
neither Father Heinen Miss Grcth is guilty
Of iute ntIonai deception fraud The phenoInena
winch each ono o the parties saw anu experienced
are IN tho eyes Of medical science strictly subjective
aud not mracuousy objective, as the parties claim
aud honestly believe These opinions ventursd
upon has been heard from the lips oi those prcs
Ont during the operaton."
Dr. Leonard, Or. De oung and Or. Bunting, other
physicians In tho town. are also understood TO
Inis scientific view OF the case.
no PHYSICIANS NExD APPLY
Father Heinen Will allow physicians examine
Miss Greth scientifically He will not even permit
any to listen with tho stethoscope the
aIonc applied 10 ths chest 10 the woan's breathing
WHO FATHER HEINEN
Father Hencn is tbirtyniDe years OF age; ho has
upmistakabIy German lace, with gray eyes;
he rather thln and spare and looks uli OF Dcrvous
energy. He was born at Which, Crayned. IN the
Rhine provinces. While studying for the priesthood
aud at tho gymnasium school nj Kempen when he
was nineteen years old, he was compelled TO serve In
the German army. II was In 1889, while exercising
with hts fellow soldiers executing some move