The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-02
FAILED TO iMATERIALIZE.
Tho Gold Corpus Of Bro. Haynes
Inferred Without Benefit
Of Clergy.
Strange Hallucination Of Sec. Of Spirit
ualistlc Enthusiasts.
Ridiculous Belief Of q Wife That Her
Husband Would Travel via
Heaven 10 Chicago.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-Poice Captain
French of New Lots, Long Island police,
was notified yesterday that man had died
at his home in Brownsville, l.. L., ten days
ago, and had not yet been inferred. An in.
vestigstion brought to light remarkable
case OF superstition. The deceased. Robert
J. Haynes, was member OF d peculiar
sect known as the faith believers. Ii isa
religious society that We first heard OF In
Brownsville about five years ago. Seyen OF
the brethren, five men and two women,
settled Ia the town at the
time in house in Centre
street, and it was some time before the
community were aware that people Of the
household were Spirtualists of q new or
der. 1t appears that the members of this
society never performed any manual labor
and TO the residents in the neighborhood
the manner OF their existence
HAS BEEN A MYSTERY.
II Is believed that money has been re.
ceived By them regularly from Chicago, for
large number Of letters passed through
the local post Office for the faith believers.
Tue house occupied by the society is two
story frame dwelling. Within, the apart
ments were found to be poorly furnished and
an,entireabsence OF articles Of orn ament gave
10 the room a cold, barren appearance.
The basement Is used as meeting room,
and there is little time throughout the day
or evening that passers.by cannot hear the
sound Of the inmates, voices raised in
prayer or song. To the town's.people
their peculiar mode Of living seemed
strange, aud when the faith-believers en-
deavored to make converts to their religion
the people received them with ridicule
Nevertheless they succeeded in winning
few semi.relig Gus people to their ranks
and continued to live firm IN the belief that
they we're under the especial care Of God,
to whom they looked for food, clothing and
shelter, apart from any effort Of their own.
| About year ago one OF the women sick
ened and died, and, a. they
NEVER ALLOWED PHYSICIAN
to prescribe for the members, 1t was neces.
sary for the coroner to hold an inquest.
The friends Of the deceased
member were satisfied that the
| woman would be resurrected
in the course of few weeks and demurred
when ordered to bury the deceased. The
| authorities finally took the body and
| buried 1t. From that time Mr.. Haynes
continued to decline until December Il,
when ne died. Two days subsequently the
police were informed of his death. Justice
Sherlock was notified and held an
inquest, which resulted ia verdict OF
death ftom consumption. The proper certi-
ticate was given and II was thought that
the body would be iuterred on the
folio ing day. On Sunday, nine DAYS after
death, word reached the police that the
body still remained in the care of the So
ciety. Capt. French called at the house
and was met by
| ALEADER OF THE LITTLE BAND
who said, "Our brother is dead, but be
will return again 10 life when
the spirit calls him. Come and
see how natural he looks.'' The
members OF the society escorted Capt.
French to sleeping apartment on the Sec
ond floor, where the body lay stretched out
upon narrow cot near bed occupied at
night by member of the believers. The
body OF the dead man was reduced almos,
to skeleton. 1t was dressed In business
.uit, and his hat was on his head and shoes
on bis feet. Mrs. Haynes, the wife of the
| ucCeAscu, WAS uOt aDoub Tue
house, and inquiry revealed the
fact that she had gone to
Chicago the day before, where she would
wait for her husband, who, they believed,
would be able to join her during the com
ing week. The Society Of Faith Believers
claim TO have received from the Spirit land
message informing them that one Of their
number would be punished by having bis
spirit leave his body for twenty days. This
punishment, 1t is said, resulted from his
| DETERMINED FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Al the end Of the period given the spirit,
they said, would again return to Haynes
body and he would then be himself again.
An undertaken, af' 9 some difficulty, in
duced the believers TO allow him to bury
their companion. There was no
church services other than the peculiar
mode Of worship which is daily held by the
members of the household. The ignorant
people living at Brownsville tell strange
stories Of the ''crazy spirituallsts, " as they
are called. About the hour of midnight,
belated pedestrians aver that, while passing
the house, unnatural sounds can be heard
aud brilliant flashes of light can be seen
through the windows. Several complaints
have been made to the police that strange
women COLLINS have been seen standing a
tho windows making grimaoes at passinl
strangers, and throwing their arms wildly
about. The juvenile population Of New
Lots refuse to pass the house ''with ghosts
in,' after dark.