Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-25

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Fer ~ last siehsssn nontks ~ "a
e8 t1<tie two-story bxick Nc. 80 Flour
n0y strese h1s been oocnp1<d 81 nom
befe Of men and women. souesin,an ~
again eight, and - many ~ twelve. lfv
inR - The house ~ one tina IaseIv
ncwsver, but three males and thrue e
males have occupied the premisra. Tbi,
D1ifoinR TIE ooc1pznts have designated
Orpnans Hone, and In Il have had
| confined Tor many months fruu tveivs
% foQftsen children. upon wbou. th<
nesRhborn s1y. the m1ef cruel purieb.
ments have been indicted. Often. dur.
ING tne past sfx months. little COIN
have been borne from beneafh thai roof
~ residents who live near By, hut never
could elue b discovered a to Who the
children were o. frem what cause they
had died. when Questioned, the nen
ana women would say they we're % thu
chiIdren Of God. = and that = He waa hul
taking what He had Riven.r
20 maftefs continued until one Of the
bttis feiIouh 0sorRie Pease, aced &c
years. Escaped His recital Of the cru
elites and wrongs practised on The child
rem coming 10 the ears Of the Humans
ooc1ety, action wns taken By the Humans
Socisty and the Orphans' Home uas un-
csfewonioualy pulled last evening. Az
the stat on She men gave their Names A
Henry Mahier, aged - yearr; James
McEwen, ~ years; and Oscar Redciiffe,
u yearA ahe women were Mrs. Fideiia
Parker, Mrs. Eliza b. Slater aud Mrs. A.
s. FeAse. The charge upon whish they
we're arrested was cruelty to children;
9eorRis Pease and Andrew Barrett. AGED
respectively 10 and II years, being pros
ecsting Witnesses.
Is appears that the men and women
arrested are . portion Of Q sect Of reli-
gious fanatics styling them seives q Gods
Orphans. or the Children of Cod They
oomprised but small portion of the
entire body. In all p&rts Of the Union
could those Of their faith DO found. In
Denver, their headquarters. superin-
tended by one Brother Williams, there
we're several hundred fslIovers; and in
Dawson, Texas, farm Of 7c0 acres vas
devoted entirely TO the interests Of the
sect. Tina land had bees given them
By . convert named Ferguson, who since
the & ft has been one of the most stead
fast workers In the belief. Said Brother
McEwen, an old fellow with long gray
beard and shriveled face, AS be rose TO
his feet in his narrow iron cell this
morning:
I'VE have been treated uniustly, and
the end 10 net yet. When - comes to
such pass that in free America oEe Ia
not entitled TO freedom in thought and
belief, then are We indeed In the AGE of
retr0gressioa. Even IN Great Britain,
my former home, you are not restrict.
ed a. 10 belief. May our tormentors
see she error of their ways il my pray
or, for / owe them no ill will. IL was
surely the Lords will that We be hum
bled, that our faith be the more pure"
What do you do fer the maintenance
of this order?"
We trust in the Lord,
Have You any certain services or an
especial day set apart for worshipT'
Our services are conducted each one
for himself and In his heart Every day
is Sunday with u.s.
How do you liver Where do you
get tine money 10 keep yourself and all
those children found with your"
We trust in the Lord"
Do any Of your members work or
strive TO honestly make a dollar to keep
up your Orphans Homer"
No; We don't work; We simply trust
in the Lord. Sometimes 20 ont ON the
streets and call ct different houses, tell
ing the people who am, what | want
and what / want il for. Often ] am
laughed at and told TO go to work; that
am crazy, or that bsRRars are arrested;
but l 90 on, feeling sorry for the poor,
ignorant souls, until | lind scene one
who believes in me and is touched by
the spirit. In this way l get food
meat, bread and other necessities; oft
On money. Oar creed compels as 10
give MP everything TO God-our souls,
our property, all our possessions. Thus.
you see, We manifest our great faith in
Him on the day of our entering the or
der. We want nothing but privilege
to praise God while i pieases Him OF
keep rs on this EARTH"
A similar interview Was had from the
three women conised in another part Of
the prison. They we're satisfied to re-
main in prison as long az the Lord willed
it. II was for His sake they were suffer
ing, and Il was glorious test Of His
faith III them.
The two boys. George Pease and An
drew Barrett. were seen In the Humane
Society office. Little George, bright
eyed lad. quick and intelligent looking,
said that he was regarded as hard
community, being tied up for weeks at
sime and given nothing but bread, po-
tatoes and water.
IL got tired of that way of living, and
ran away che first Opportunity got. l
went TO my father, from whom my no.
Their, who 10 a member of Gods Orphans,
was divorced some time ago, and re-
NAMED with him week. They caught
me in the Eewsboys Home, where !
used TO 90 occx ionally, and brought
me back and beat the life nearly out of
me. got away about q week ago,
and now they are going to make them
sweat for their sruel treatment Of me
and Andy aud the other chilcren."
Did they ever give you books or any
thing to readf'
"No. Just kept me sitting around
the room, when wasn't tied MP, listen
ing TO them whispering their prayers to
the Lord"
.Did any Of the children pray and act
a. the old folks did?"
"Oh, yes. Most all the others were
afraid TO say anything against the
treatment and food they got. They
we're under the control Of the spirit
as Mr.. MAILER said. and prayed ali
the time when they were In the
house"
A large bundle of letters Was found
at the Home. Many letters are ad-
dressed to Brother Williams, the founder
Of the Society in Chicago two years ago,
whose residence now il 524 Champa
street. Denver. To him all plans for
the future are Submitted, and without
his consent nothing OF worldly nature
ia undertaken. Other letters-from
Louisville, KY. New York State, towns
in Illinois and Missouri-are also In the
handle, all encouraging the scot here 70
keep mp under the worldly trials. ;" Tor
In the end the Lord will surely aid his
chosen children" ETC. This morning.
at the preliminary examination before
Justice White, all the prisoners we're
bound over In the SUN Of $500 each to
answer,
DsowSEp.-James II. Stitxel, Inspect
or OF Customs at Osooyoos Lake. near
the British boundary line. sends IA the
following particulars of an accident
that recently took place in that section !:
On the 18th of October four men were
coming down the Columbia river from
the Kicking Horse Pass. on the Cana