Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-17
FAITH In M0LLINGER.
Many Patients From Indiana Now al
the Shrine on Troy Hill,
INCLUDING AN OLD INDIAN SQUAW.
She Comes to Seek Relief From an Ancient
Bullet Wound.
BELIEVES THAT SHE Is BEING CURED

| Father Mollinger's fame has reached the
| ears of the noble red man, and in order to
| test the aged priests power an Indian
squaw, who has passed 96 years of useful.
| ness in one of Indiana's malarial swamps,
has come to Troy Hill to find relief from
the pain of bullet received in the War OF
1872. The wound has recently broken out,
| and on account of the woman's great age it
was thought that human skill could give
her no benefit, and the only means of cure
lay in the mysterious power of Father
Mollinger.
The woman's name since she has formed
associations with white people Is Elizabetta
Grier. She lives near Evansville, Ind, and
was sent to Troy Hill by contributions from
people living in the neighborhood. She is
stopping at John Hicks boarding house,
hill. Mrs. Grier's mother was a white
woman who was stoler from her home when
5 years old. She was reared in an Indian
tribe and married warrior brave. They
lived in a settlement where Evansville now
is and which was the scene of many con-
t1ict between the warning savages. When
Mrs. Grier was years old her mother died.
Wounded by Her Own Tribe.
Later on it was her duty to travel with the
tribe and do the cooking for the chief and
his close friends. In the War of 1872 she
was kept constantly at work, and while at
tending to her duties, stray bullet from a
rifle in the hands OF one of her father's
friends struck her on the left side and
lodged in the flesh beyond the reach
of the Indian physicians reckless probing.
The bullet is still in her body, and until
within the last year gave her no pain.
Shortly after this accident to the young
Indian girl, her father was shot through the
heart while watering his horse at a run
near the camp.
When Mrs. Grier yesterday told of her
sad experience in younger life, her eyes
flashed angrily instead of showing natural
sorrow.
81 was married when was 19 years old, p"
said the old woman, ''to the man, whom it
is claimed, fired the bullet that struck me.
He was great deal older than myself, but
after my misfortunes he insisted that
should marry him. He was killed in 1925,
and two years afterward ! married another
Indian. He died. too, and then I was
married to a white man named Robert
Grier We live in tent near Evansville
grin.
Glow" was asked, but she only con-
tinued grinning in reply. A moment after
she left the room and several Evansville
people who are at Troy Hill offered an ex-
PLANTATION.
Stories Told by Her Neighbors.
sShe is a witch.'' they stated in all
sincerity. 'tand she makes lots of money by
telling fortunes"
The statement was borne out by the
woman's appearance. She has no more
flesh on her face or hands than an Egyptian
mummy. Her eyes are placed deep in her
head and are as bright as diamonds in SUM-
light. Her long black hair without gray
streak in it lay over her shoulders in O
knotted mass, with which she constantly
toyed with her bony fingers. She could not
have weighed more than so pounds She
walked as briskly across the floor as girl of
Is, and only her stopped form and wrinkled
face would verify her statement that she
is 96. She insists on making her own coffee
and having the strongest tobacco that can
be procured. For the latter the only pay
ment she will make is to tell the future of
the person giving it to her.
The German residents of the hill believe
sincerely in her prophecies, and she has
been doing rushing business for several
days in mvsteriously portraying futures.
The parties from Evansville, who are stop
ping at Mr.. Hicks boarding house, say that
near her home she is much feared. At all
hours of the night she wanders through the
country, prying into everything, and
threatening to bring disaster on anyone who
attempts to interfere with her free nights
Claims Mollinger Is Curing Her.
She has visited Father Mollinger twice
and claims that her pain is leaving her. In
the last three months, it is claimed that
over 100 people from Evansville, Ind, have
sought the aid Of Father Mollinger. His
wonderful power has been told to them by
j. V. Walz, Ticket Agent of the Terre
Haute Railroad Company, who visited
Father Mollinger last August. The people
from Evansville usually come to- Troy Hill
in parties of ten or more and stop at Mr..
Hicks boarding house.
Father Mollinger's health is so bad at
present that he does not leave his house.
lie has not held services in the Church of
His Most Holy Name for some time, but
administers blessings every day at his
residence.