Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-22
.r,,r Observation-Disclosures
pa,ient Made a Subject for Cor
nncIJs InVesti CATION.
.Frga tie PAtJdaetDhi0 Heco'd'
BY COroner's Clerl


s-.s,a tle Pauaae2Dhto Record.
A., Investigation by COroner's Clerh
I'm into the circumstances attending
daatn of the 5-year-old daughter oil
~. and AIRS. Tietze, of No. 24l1 Mascher
-, has revealed the existence OF
7.'..,,,'r m this city who imposes on the
,,..J,litv of ignorant people by claiming
o,Iv TO be able to cure disease by the
1.y,o. on of hands, but also PROCESSES
,aysar 10 drive out witches and relieve
,,iIs - She seems TO have been uh5uc-
a...ull in practiclng the healing atu' lor
C-I,.t nerson on whom sue laid hands
t" V ' '',, =. subiect for CorOner's lnVestlga-
The unfortunate child died on
i..,i,~day- and DR.. T. b. Mcbride, OF No.
,'55 Ntis street, who had been called in
,.--in,yt the little ones last hours, reported
,.tae 10 the Coroner as 0neot maiprac-
.u' The cause OF death the physician
.'-',,ad TO be marasmuS, and the person
a,t, attended the child was Mrs. A. u.
lao a colOred woman, whose newly
4 +-.lntad sign in front of the house NO.
4 BIAS Ridge avenue bears the inscription:
I .D,ctroas Lee.v The parents OF the dead
Ia cslled upon Mrs. Lee three weeks
o'.na and invoked her aid. Clerk Dugan
Il '+,tes that the medicine prescribed for
u '"'chiId WAS a mixture OF herbs contain
,n,, fltpan ingredients. lie also found
Ht ..Doctress" Lee was not regis
q trred but mad been practicing Tor twenty
When seen yesterday Mrs. Lee ac-
n kroVIpdged having attempted faith
rurps, for a score OF years, but denied
Ystpg medicine or prescribing for the dead
ch1jd she said il had something more
q ft0nfA1
.hInod and family troubles" and cases
81 lta mat she was unable to cure. she
81 st,tsd that scores OF grateful persons had
81 stastea to the curative properties OF her
b bsnds the LAYING on of which was the
8 only remedy she used, and that one man
ur1m she had cured had given her a horse
and carriage. She denied that she
nrscticed medicine, and stated that she
iaid no claim to the title of "doetress-"
s# The sign under her window she SAID nad
A. lettered in mistake by the painter,
and the printer bad also made the same
smisfakein printing her cards. She claims
stbaf she has had the power to cure the
ssick since she was eight years old, and
EAt1at She is constantly surrounded by
spIrits who aid her IN her work.
Brt Mrs. Lee did not cOntine her at
st.nrions TO physical ills. She pretended
i, drive away 'spirits' and she led
4 euup-stirious people to believe in her
hover George Benbow, the keeper OF a
ssta,louery store at No. 81 North Third
n sreet, Camden, was one OF these dupes.
BIZ tells an absurd story that shows the
sclsss of persons upon whom she operated.
or seven wears, BenbOw states, he strug-
gltd under a "sPelP' put on MIN by two
women. He ~ glider and lramemaker
Av trade, but it was impossible for him to
elua lob. He worked in twenty five
lops in the seven years he was afflicted,
Ind one year ago he started Il
a Ftore. 1t did not matter, he
4 BATES, what he put in as stock, as he
aould sell nothing. Finally he heard of
4 n Dacress'' Lee and her alleged power to
Remove spells" He at once contracted
Rith Der ito clean up the whole family"
q d. So the job TO include guarantee
ibaJ no more witches could bother mis-
Relatives 10 the future. The 'dOctress"
a worked with the family for seven weeks,
bud then announced to the anxious MEM
n hers that the charm was broken. Since
HAT time BenbOw states that his business
4 Has improved and that his two female
tnesnies have no longer the power to keep
transformers. out of his store. He stalled
yesterday that Mrs. Lee removed toe
NspelP by 'the power of God" and that
IN had implicit confidence In her power
IA accomplish anything. "Why, do you
lnow," said he, ''if you have friends in
By part of the world, she can not only
III you where they are but she can
ii 1lleuce them so they will come to
ou. They can't help it; they have to
ome."
The Coroner will hold an inquest on the
ad child when the ''doctress" will be
ye1S an opportunity to explain her
ehods to jury. DR.. Formal has been
u formed that the woman is not regis =
bred, and on behalf of the County
y edcal Society he will make an investi-
siu0n to ascertain how far she has carried
T. pretenses to cure by the laying on OF
1nds