Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-13
a FANATICS POWER.
contin,lsd from Eirst pnne.

the head of the National Medical Dispen-
ssry, Dearborn street, Chicago, whose wife
has Joined the band DIR. Wilkin has de-
termined to bring suit for $4,000 against
Schweinfufth for injuring his domestic
peace. In order to haYe, If possible, a
stronger hold upon him, the Chicago physi-
clan secretly sent out female detective
about two weeks ago, a bright, attractive
young woman named Mrs. E. @. Clahin.
She went to the COMMUNITY and made pre-
tence that she desited to join and become o
convert to the fifth. Her object was es-
pecially to discover Schweinfurth' 'srelations
with the ban6 of women surrounding him.
She reportSfh she found him cold as ice,
and ada6ant to all her devices. The
strangssf part OF the story is that, skeptic
though she was, she has now become q
genRfne convert, perfectly imbued with a
belief in his supernatural attributes, and so
testified at meeting Of the faithful in Chi
)cago.
A skeptic Convinced.
The representative succeeded in meeting
her and held most interesting interview.
She said: II am fully convinced that
Schweinfurth is Jesus Christ came again to
this earth. He is God. By him the only
true way of salvation is revealed. 1 came
there a skeptic. now believe in him. He
is truly without guile, and thank Heaven
was sent out where could meet him and
learn of him. We can be purged Of all sin
believing in him."
She gave more information about the life
there than the reporter could learn in his
visit to the community. There are num-
Der of the women who by long residence and
devotion have approached sufficiently near
to the purity of their Christ that they are
called angels" There were 13 of these
''angels" when she was there. They eat
with Schweinfurth, taking but two meals
day. The rest of the women whose angelic
wings are still in the pin feather stage, eat
separately at another house, and the men
all have other quarters for their meals.
There is one "angel' who is the most per-
feet and called by Schweinfurth his "soul's
mate" Her community name is Angelica.
She is pale, dark-eyed, lissome creature
of % years, not very plump, but willowy
and spirituelle, with far-away look in
her eyes. Mrs. Clahin said that her COM
plexion was wonderful-white as alabaster.
She occupies a special apartment, which is
the most lavishly and richly adorned of
any in the house. Her room is very near
"Christ's, and she is never seen about the
house, and visible to the others only at
meals when she sits at his right hand.
Garden of Eden Test.
There are certain final rites celebrated
which are called 1.-THE Garden of Eden"
test. This is known to be a fact, though
it is one of the few things that no one
seemed ready to explain. It is understood,
however, that it s modelled quite closely
after the Mormon endowment house, and it
is rumored that the women who pass
through the ordeal do so in a nude state,
in the presence of the Christ, also nude.
But it is alleged that the participants are so
free from all sin that even thus unattired
they are purity itself
There is one thing that is remarked upon
by all who study Schweinfurth. He GER
tainly bears the closest resemblance to the
popular pictures of the Saviour. So near is
the likeness that strangers, in total ignorance
of his identity, have been heard to comment
on it. His eyes, beard and hair are Of the
same color. The contour of his face follows
the lines of the paintings of the real Christ
with great accuracy. have certainly never
seen any person who could begin to ap-
proach this striking resemblance. 1t is
very likely that Schweinfurth depends upon
this similarity for some of his most power
ful arguments In making dlsclples.
Trouble for the Churches.
In dozens of places are springing up
church trials of persons who have embraced
the faith. In Kansas City Presbyterian
church trial is now pending of q woman
who has become convert, and dispositions
are to be taken here to prove that Schwein-
furth cannot perform miracles, as is alleged.
A number of women have recently left a
PRESBYTERIAN church in Richmond, KY, land
are among the number at the community
here.
Such is the story of the Beekmanites.
and imperfect sketches of this
peculiar sect have been appearing of late in
many papers, but this is the first compre-
consecutive and complete inVesti-
CATION into their origin, growth and prac-
tice and the remarkable pretentions of the
alleged Christ that has ever been given to
the public in any paper, East or West. The
revelations are almost incredible, yet as
given here they are absolutely true, and all
important statements herein made can be
fully substantiated by a score of unim-
peachable witnesses. That these Beekman-
ties are bound to increase and multiply un-
til they become very strong organization
is not doubted by anyone who has made
them subject of study.