Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-23
THE BEWITCHED GIRL.
MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
The Girls Step-F Ather Supposed 10 Be
Responsible tor ffer Dreadtui Con-
dilion Doctors Opiaions.

Mr. Clement room 8 fourth floor Al
drlch Block. Wl-has 10 sas Tax reporter Who
has been investigating the be~itched girl
case" 81 read a card lets on the reporters
table yesterday. Mr Clement sas called up-
CA. and with has vie, who l. sislsr 10 the
unfortunate gid. gave tAe following infof-
nation. The girls name l. noi Iie4ieyn
bat Standef. AZ. Llerieyn beiBz her step
father. Arnold Lisrlegn, carpelller, for
merry II fi5 Jefferson avenue, married tfe
widow II Aarou Sialldef, of 80 North lolla
-lrtef. ia Apllliast. Mr>. ISLANDER had four
daughters. one tIe Nlfe Of hastlan DO0ge.
the Ottawa street grocer, another married 10
Arle NaA tpstaA q nnl-hef with Nelson,
Matter * Co, another al thai time engaged
10 be married 10 a. \. Clement. with Nor
gan & avery. The fourth, C0rnelia, ls the
unfortunate gifi who H. nON claimed 10 be
beVItched. SIR. Lleriegn had been married
before. bat his wife left him Oh account Of
his abuse, and II h supposed got diyorce.
a. she has married again aid now lives Oh
lAgfaye street.
Soon after Zierleyn married Mrs Stander,
he began 10 abuse the children. lie ordered
them t0 address aim a. Pa" and not 10 call
him Mr. Zlerleyn. lie succeeded Ia frighten-
ing Cornella into obedience even 10 the eX-
tent of kissing him, and saying good night.
before -he went 10 bed. but Miss Jennie, nov
Mrs. Clement, Who since her fathers death
twelve s4ar- ago, Lyed with the DoOge family
ana cierked for +. N. NGrzburg. was not 30
obodient and left the house. Mrs. Clement
she Was quite generally called Jennie
Dodge Dy her friends has not been . fire.
Quent visitor az her mothers house of late.
She knew that COrnela was IN poor health
but did not know of her terrible treat
ment until she read of IL IA
mother and sister lived IN mortal fear OF
Zierleyn. That they Gid not dare 10 leave
the house or speak 10 anyone without his
consent. Since COrnelia became insane ho
has been working on d new house, nexi door
to the residence. and he watches them A. Il
cat would a mouse. When b. seeS any one
20 into the house he drops his tools, follows
them IN. manages 10 do all the talking. anu
stays until they depart In short he Leeis
them completely under his control and they
dare not say that their lives are their own
without his permission. Tie also controls
the actions of Bastian DOOge and John
Semcyn and their families. and she believes.
that although he denies 1t, he II the origin
ator of the wltchcraft theory and has IN
ducod them TO believe IN It. though he does
not believe 1t himself
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemenel do not believe that
the true cause of the girls sickness has been
given: in fact they know that II has not
They believe that il Is caused by inhuman
treatment from her stepfather. and say they
believe him to have had improper relations
with her. Their belief is strengthened by
his conduct in guarding her 80 closely. and
by refusing, as they say. 10 allow a physician
to properly investigate her case. They think.
tha, if she could be removed from his iuhu-
ence she would soon recover without the aid
of a physician. They say Zierleyn gets
drunk and abuses has wife. is more brute
than man, and if the girl Is bewitehed be Is
the witch.
Learning that DR.. Augur had treated the
patient, the reporter called on him, and he
said that ne had not treated her, because af-
ter being called. he was not allowed 20 do so.
He called once in the day time and left a
prescription; called again in the evening.
found her raving, and proposed to give
"A hypodermic injection of morphine. but
Zierieyn objected and be left. He looked
upon the case a. an aggravated case of hys-
terra, but the cause could not be determined
without proper examination.
Dr. Bentum, who last attende the patient,
was also seen. He said there was nothing ia
the catching cold theory. The girl l. all
right and if she could be removed from her
surroundings would be wei IN. less than a
month. Bastian Dooge intimated that they
thought the girl bewitched and when the
doctor found that they were bound % con
suit clairvoyant and act upon her advice
f.4..F 20. 10 INN ~
upon by a witch doctor after having practiced
medicine twenty years He shared the
opinions 81 Mr.. & Nrs. Clement in regard to
the step father. and knew enough Of Lierleyn
10 believe that he would never have married
Mrs. Sfander had II no; been for his designs
upon the girl. Dr. kratsch. Of q East Bridge
street. and Dr.Schouten. toe Wealthy avenue
druggist. also treated the g1rl.