The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-17
lIazIE aANNoN;s 1N4ELs.
A Singular Suit for Damages Against an
Archbishop--TwO Paper Angels.

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| Monday of the action by Lizzie M.
Cannon against Archbishop Williams
aud the Rcv. Father Fleming, Of that
city for $4,000 damages. THO plaintiff
is the seventeen-ycar-o old Child of we'll
to-do parents, who arc pressing the
suit IN her behalf. During tho sum
mer of 1879 Miss Cannon was taken
suddenly with hysteria, during which
it is alleged that she had visions, and
apparently saw and conversed with
tho dead. Three months later she OK
pericnccd similar attack, during
which, as she lay in trance, she Is
said to have described the forms and
: races OF many persons who died before
| sho was born, with whom she talked
and whose names shc gave CORRECTLY.
Upon recovering her senses she could
recall nothing Of what had occurred.
The Roy. Father j. IL. Fleming, assist
nut pastor of st. James Catholic
Church, was called, with the hope that
his ministrations might relieve the girl
but without avail. Anna Cannon, 10
years old, adds: ,aa,
| When wo were sitting around Liz
zie's bed One evening she put her hand
under the bed clothes and pulled up a
box which we did not know she had,
and had never scon before. She took
out some pieces of paper little small
or than postage stamps, and cut in tic
shape of human figures. When held
} to tho light the features could be seen
) rs well rs the feet and toes.
"Thcre were two Of these little an
gels. and Lizzie said frankie, her dead
:. brother, had sent them. One was for
u give to whoever she liIiod, but they
u must not leave the house. Sho said
S her brother had told her to keep them
G two years, and then he would give her
:. something else. When she recovered
, she had no remembrance OF the Angels.
II Ailcrward | went with Lizzie 10 Faith
j. cr Flcming's house and he gave her Il
d pair of prayer beads. Lizzie showed
-, him the angels, and he said: It is a
. very pretty thing, but if you go into
Is any more sleeps Ill prrSccutc it,
is When VIC left Fa,hcr Fleming told me
II to let him now when she had another
, trance. Lizzie went into ono that
= night, and Father Fleming came, in.
troduccd himself rs q traveller, and
took the angel away with him. When
$ he came next day she asked him ful
,r h.r angel, and hc said if she could find
rs ii she could have it: upon which she
+ put her hand IN his breast pocket and
IooN ~ oul. llC ol IllSc SNcl
J! it 10 nc, and can do what like with
Il IT," She said, sYcs, but you must not
i. harm it, lie said. I'll persccutc it,
~ She said, NO, you will not, because
that would be committing mu der.
y Father Fleming cut the figure in two
II with his knife, and then put The point
Of Of his knife through the head Of tho
If image. Holding it up before Lizzie,
- hc said, Now, do you scc% She then
~ set up Il scream, and said, you have
is c ,mnlittcd MURDER Then she tainted
D and my mother asked what was thc
20 matter. She and Father Fleming had
', some words, upon which Eatley, .liles,,, 41,,,,
o-ft'moasaPaSee Mother said sh,
III E,rw how to bring her children m
j. ihzIlc Kept saving, q want nv angel,
II, rot,lcr Fleming took both angels ava,
~ WIN him. About nine days aitcrwart
20 lI'IZic was in Il trance and lost he,
voice, and Father Fleming, by placinu
ms MS hahds upon her: caused her speak
ohc was III that condition about every
Two weeks. Father Fleming showed
4 i4l"Hlc cohsccratcd and unconSccratcd
f. orc"a' ana she said she had distin.
gulshcd them apart. lie thought il
lc was supernatural case. Thc noxt
If time she was in trance was obout
+, Aprll, and from then until December
% thefc were persons who brought bncl;
" hcr voice by putting their hands npom
- her, put Ill Dcccmbcr she lost her voice
+. alloScthcr, her eyes began to trouble
y ncr' ana III january she was blind,
ana had to go TO bed for six months
=, Shc was deaf too, for some tino.
Evcry time Father Fleming came she
sald she wanted her angels; if he
@ would give MP the angels She would be
all right. lie said he would take cnrc
or them and como every time She
wanted him to, and he asked that no
: othcr priest should be sent for, rs he
, wanted to follow The case up. Lizzie
mas not spoken since December, 1885. :"
Tho mother of the girl said iha, the
! most sEliltul physicians have examined
hcr and nave taken various views Of
s VIC caso. IRc most remarkable phe-
, homenon which she and her daughter
ocScr,Dcd III connection with LiZzic's
conu'tlon was manifestation Of stig-
= lnata. They considered this blcctlinr
at the points where the body Of Chrisf
, was pierced as miraculous sion
When talking in trance, under lhc in.
. Auencc Of the laying OH Of hands, the
t chlia would cease TO speak, even in
inc middle OF word, if the hands
were removed. Application was made
20 Archbishop Williams to recover lhc
images, and he said Father Flemin,t
had done wrong in retaining the i'm,
ages: The Archbishop. on a second
application, however, refused TO order
their surrender. The Archlision was
allowed to testify in advance OF the
defense. Tie evidence of the reverend
gentleman was TO the effect he had no
knowlcdgc OF the case excepting tI,nt
the parents had been to him TO com
pIain OF Father Fleming's conduct.
which he did not think came within
his jurisdiction.
On last Sunday night Virgil While
was III house near Fountain Inn,
Grcenvillc comfy, when Thomas WI.
liam, colorcd, fired through the win
dow at him with a pistol. The bail
TOOK effect in Whites face, near the
temple, but Fortunately it was a glanc,
lng shot, and plowing down through
ohc. skin fell on the floor without DOING
serious injury, although the wounded
man blcd profuscly. lie ran out of
Ci'c door after being shot, and Williams
| lfcu at him several times. Tho nfIa;r