, 1881-01-01
The Trinity
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| Our rsasl-rs are Sill familiar with so'ae ct
| the r.a.t history .f W. ". Davis, whose camp
| Of religious fanatics i heated about eight
mill. from town. One by one, ~ the great
! ax,.pti.n unrave,s it.-if, the faithful arr d.
sertin- the remaining members Of the trinity.
/ The HOLY Spirit Is T,ersoniacd by W. w Da-
| n. Yesterday b.fur. td:rt of Equity, Judge
w q. Ian.for,l. rrf-rr-, presiding, Mas hell
! in Col. Hlr,,e.'s niice. u heIr the complain,
! o: George Lee. f". reimbursement at labor
performed in said Davies emp. This i- one
Of several eImi i.l.Iilt.. tn. object III which i
I t. wind up the camp AMI refund all monies
donated to the prosecuting parties. We can
not fiatter the Holy Spirit on the duplicity Of
! his accusers, a. they are abou: the 'easiest
| .pseim.ns Of humanity tn be gullei, We ever
saW." Some Star,lin; revelations are expected
! from other witnesses, which We shall end-avr
| IN m,bl;.h. MesSrs. Harper and Isha,n con
I Quoted the prosecution, while Messrs- eaton
| and Aniers appeared for the defense BEING
! duly sworn, Gso-y,- Lee IN. first witness testi-
! fed a. follows Ny nam- is George Lee am
seventy years of aye. First ecsrie acquainted
with Dsvi-s in San Francisco. IL WAS in 40.
| Hayiny seen some of the books AMI pamphlets
! | was cnnvinceith that Mr. Davies MAS the third
person in the trinity, he believed him then
| 70 be. The two boys represented To him
! bv the same means a. combining with Mr.
! Davies, tie Father, Son and Holy Spirit, not
directly, but sufficient "a make me beliere 1t.
| Came up here in 70; went lack TO California
! in, Septemb-r, six Years ago. Lived In the
| efmp fifteen months under Davies Command
| Had no ,.,rsanaI conversation on religious mat
! ters with Davies, only thrnngh preaching and
I teachings The teachings corresp0nded with
| the pamphlets obedience To the true and living
! God can't rem-p,ber all heard. The young
! est Of the two boys was represented AZ the
liyin. God. He died in the body twelve
months ago; but not in the spirit Dawes
represented himself Ia he the third person IN
! the trinity OF the Holy Spirit. The oldest son
was represented to lie Our Lori and Savior
Jesus Christ Don't remember that Dawes
| claimed he would have any power. The boy
| di-.l about the same tim as tthe other one
| Davies rs the Holy Spirit claimed power
over life and death, power TO lay down and
/ power to pick up again" believed at that
| time that he could pronounce life or death.
| The only obedience lac claimed Was to his
teachings Never heard from Davies lips; but
read from pamphlets and believed that the boy
J.su. would cnntro! and rule the Kingdom OF
! God on earth for his father. When l placed
myself under his control there were no require
men.s made, THE following question by the
prosecution was objected to by the defense as
imma.erial and irrevelant; but overruled by
the Ju,ise.l
At or about the time, you placed yourself
under the control Of ". w. Davies, what con-
tributian, it any did You make to him Tor the
purpose and objects he, Davies professed to
carry out ;"
Answer Ny contributions we're in INSTALL
nents- Kept 10 minutes, but AS near as can
come to it, in money and presents, from twelve
t. thirteen hundred dollars.
! of that amount 500 We're IN presents, the
! balance in money; all given on the Conditions
! tha. Davies andh two sons were what they
represented themselves to he; worked in tie
camp; did not expect any compensation, As /
I believed Davies and his sons TO he what they
were Represented to be. Davis held my re-
c,;rt- for $1,000. Always hal full trust in
! him. He hah i record, but ] never saw it.
! The pamphlets which reDi. andled me To- be-
: lieye, were the Daily Bread, News from
! Home" Pearl from Home" Telegraph =
"Svnopsis of Remarks by W ". d." On
! one occasion he was in seclusion for three
7 weeks. In sorrow and trouble he laid down
! his lif. for Il Young female, who was coming
fro.., San Francisco When she arrived he
| drew the curtain back in the Church, and
| said: What do you want - felt as II 1T
| struck to the heart with knife. Don't Know
! whether Davies died then or not The Cow
! efant We took " rs obedience To- hiln, and then
! We would b.. in safe guard. 1t was necessary
! that l should lay all down for 3he building OF
! the Kingdom Of tod on earth; gave up my
| property accordingly. Yes, gave up my prop
! erty to Mr.. Davies for his teachings. The lady
! far WHOM, Mr. Dawes laii DOWN his HE, was
| Cornelia Perkins During services Dawes
| stood with a child on each side, representing
the triuity on earth When both boys died
and was shipurecked, knew was deceived
by Mr.. Davies. The cross-ensmination by
Mr.. Caton was a searching one; which elected
,ome material evidence, both pro and con- In
answer to Mr.. Cations inquiries he said: That
/ he received some letters from Mr., Davies, and
| that In com. of them b. wrote, 81 am wha
AIN and believed it. He knows that We he
lieyed tha. he believed lac was the third per
son in the the trinity. He expected obedience
! inasmuch as We believed the Son nf Man WAS
on earth. | can't bring anything out about
the Messiah. there the witness being corner
| ei, in.imated to Mr.. G.. that be hadn't he All
| like a chronomet-r, causing much iauSshter-j
Davies claimed 10 be cleansed and purified, and
| mad. holy. There WAS M demand made ON
me when joined is t" PROPERTY. There were
| IN camp at,nut 10. when i went there. The
/ form IF worship WAS similar to what had
seen in other places, with the exception ot the
/ curtain. The Bible Wax seldom read from.
! generally PRAYERS, s.n ;ing, &c-- He always
,aush. industry, law abiding, &c. All CON
! triF,utel Labor. Never could hnd out what be-
caine of the results 81 labor, &c, Dawes
always plesiins poverty, Got some clothing,
! hut always of the I,or-st material The wit
n-ss showed that he hal been cutting cord
wood. which he b.liev-i WAS brought to town
and sold. and the pts e-d' going to DaVies
| pn.ket. We are sorry "a be compelled for
wan. Of space t. give the entire .videnc; but
| the ahov. will suffce tn show some of the
workings If this mysterious institution.
, FENCE Posry. The decay Of wood I'M
! bedded in the earth is difficult to guard