The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-18
TME ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Condition of the Sick Fanatics
and Further ActiOns of the AIem-
bers of the hand.

The interest manifested IN the sancuaea.
tionists is decidedly on the increase, md
numbers of visitors ara daily calling TO see
them, some through compassion and others
actuated by mere id.o curiosity, who are
anxious to see for themselves what the pro,s
has had to say concerning tho mysterious
movements Of this strange sect. As pub
blished in yesterdays HERALD, those of the
Mailer family, for this is Their proner
namo, not Mueller, as II has heretofore been
published, who we're brought to beds of sick
ness by reason Of their fanatical de-
votion to their faith, have been
separated. This was done at the
advice of the attending physicians, Woo
agreed that white they remained together
their excitement would increase and the state
of their minds grow worse.
Mrs. Mailer, Mrs. Copenhagen, her
daughter, and Copenhagen, her husband, and
Henry Mailer, the son and prophet of the
sect, ut this point have been separated as fol-
lows Mrs. Mailer and Henry her son, are
at the house 707 east Bryan street, Just east
of the Texas Central railroad, and Mrs. CO.
penhagen and her husband, both of whom,
according to their own ideas, are
still wrestling with tho spirit, have
been moved TO the residence of
Mr.. Gsugher, farther out on the same
street, near Meisterhans' pavilion. They are
still seriously III, though the physicians ere
of the opinion that there is a slight change
for the better.
On visiting Mrs. Mailer and her eon
Henry, last evening, a HERALD reporter
found number of ladies present, who had
come to see what they could do toward re-
lieving these unfortunate people. Mrs.
Mailer was lying on bed, and very restless
with fever. Her son Henry was lying on
lounge in the same room. AT the time the
though delitious. Mrs. MAILER would now
and then repeat snstches ofscrpture st times
would speak of Mrs. Rice and at others
protest that band Of angels were lowering
over her bed and that of her son. Once
when food was being administered to hor
she declined to take it. saying that bright
faced angels had administered 10 her wants,
bringing strawberries and othor
delicious fruits from the spirit
land, Both her and her son
labor under the Authorization that apgel
bands are constantly visiting them and nj
times Mrs. MAILER says that she bears hoay-
emily music, and appears to be carried away
for time by the imaginary rayishing
strains.
The same is pretty much tru Of Mr.. and
Mrs.. Copenhagen. Whenarousad they would
watch each ether with the greatest interest
as though they expected to observe
in each other soma wonderful spiritual
change. A large bird, resembling an eagle,
flew ever the house yesterday and a woman,
who was an unbeliever in the faith and who
observed the flight of the birds, regarded it
as an evil omen, and was at once g firm be-
lever in the faith of the saucticatonist
The reporter failed to learn her name. AT
the same hour an infant Of lady living in
the rear of where Mrs. Mailer and her son
lives, was laid down, she going to attend to
some household duties, and on h0r return she
found it dead The superstitous element aud
the saHctlficstonists all look at these incidents
as something miraculous, and construe 1t 10
that way.
Young Henry Mailer will, in all probable
ity, be separated from his mother and taken
to the city hospital to-day for treatment.
When addressed yesterday by an old &C.
qusintsnce he refused to say anything scarce
ly, and finally refused to talk further, stating
by wsy Of explanation, that God had for6sde
his talking to unbeievers. He is, rs has al
ready been stated, according TO their queer
belief a second Christ, the head and front of
the followers of the faith in this section.
A wood hauler who came in with load
yesterday from point some three miles
south of tho city, reported that there was p
crazy young man wandering in tbe Trinity
bottoms, his dress consisting simply ofa long
cotton gown and two pieces Of wood
streppeD to the soles of his f ct in imitation
of sandals, and crown of thorns on bis
head. This is supposed to be the young
American oad companion Of Henry Mailer,
who was also believer in tho faith, HO
with Mailer WAS driven from tho city by the
East Dalasite. MAILER returned, bus no did
not, and it is presumed that in his madness
he is personsting Christ.