The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-12
RECALLED TO LIFE.
THE RECENT MIRICLE 1T
II1 CCII CHCNK.

Consumptive Woman Cared --IIc,,
story or tho circumstance -Curobor-
atcd by the Priest.
Mduch Chunk, Pennsylvania, has
been thrown into II state Of intense
excitement III consequence of the
alleged miraculous recovery of Il
wom,n, f!om consumption, after
she hlI lain deal an hour. The
miracle Is firmly believed by the
Nom"n Catholic p.ie,t a5 that place,
..nd by many OF t;ic members Of his
lick, though the more intelligent,
'o:s@taor with outsiders, assert very
H,'.iiivoly taat the woman is an
inpostor, anA that the priest has
Aoan deceived. Archbishop Wood,
oi New York, Expresses his dis
ooilef IN tho III :tJor, and will call
on the priest fox III expl .nation.
The following is tho report of IN
interview by q New York L/crttid
reporter with the woman, Alno!i.
Grcth, who is still residing at the
priests house. lie says:
With great courtesy thc pastor
invited me into the second floor
iront room, where Miss Groth sat
The apartment WIS small, with bare
walls and floors, and no furniture
save very plain lounge, table, Il
few chairs, II stove ant, bookcase.
1t was The room in which tho
woman lay on Saturday when she
Was "lcstcIcd to lie, but the bed,
whlch i!;:G occupied tne mil,llo of
TIC ffool, Was lcplaced by Is table.
Hiss G,rtn siG bolt upright in an
uncomfortable looking Clair, and
When L Was introduced and took
hcr long and bony hand III minc +
notlccd that it Was coi,i and clammy,
and that the middle finger had
been removed from the socket.
She looked aud spoke vory unlike
ones preconceived idea OF II woman
whose soul had really been in the
awful presence of tho Almighty.
Her story was told in the lan,,llugc
Of person of little culture, but
with manner that impressed me
with Il belief in her great natural
shrewdneas. She rccitel her Won
deriui tale with a glib confidence
and dogmatism that seemed to
imply that all contradiction was out
OF the question. The first thing
that struck ME was the fact that SHE
was Enthusiastically 1lattered at the
notoricty she had gained, and that
the JUNCTION with which she spoke
OF herself showed it to be a pleas
ant subject, although constant
questioning was necessary to keep
her on the track.
HEARING WHEN DEAD.
Another striking point worth
nc. tlonlnS was that in describing
what took place when she was
being brought back to life, she said
she heard Father Hcnen call her
name three times, and when asked
how she could hear this if uncon
scious corrected herself by saying
that the guardian spirit told her
she was called. a third matter
which seemed strange WAS that
when [ WAS convcrsing with tho
priest and the cclcbruted case of
Louisa Latour was mentioned, Miss
Grcth chimcd in and seemed per>
fcctjy familiar with the facts, not
commonly known to persons in her
class of life.
MISS GRETH s EARTHLY LIFE
81 was born" she said, sin Penn
township, Berks county, and will
be thirty-six years old on March 4.
1 have hyod in Reading over since
[ can remember. I have three
brothers and two sisters, all of
whom live at Reatling except one
brother. I have always been
devout Catholic, and my pastor is
Father Bolnemann, Of St. Paul's
Church, but Father Hcinon is my
spiritual director. Seven years ago
[ WAS first taken with henorrhages.
Had them for five days, and grow
very weak. I was attended by DR..
Paul Purdy and DR.. Kuhn. in
Reading. DR.. Kuhn told me to
put my trust in Gna when / asked
him if + had consumption; but I
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