Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
Remarkable Cure Made by Father
MOllinger in the Case of Mrs.
Heintz, of Waterloo, Who
DID NOT WALKF FOR ELEVEN YEARS.
She Was Carried Into Church and Left
1t Again in Five Minutes, With
out Assistance.
HUNDREDS OF PILGRIMS ON TROY HILL.
Some Instances Of Recovery Regarded as Bordering on
the Marvellous.

the Marvellous.
Much skepticism has been expressed, both
| in public and private, as to the value to be
| placed upon reports Of cures effected by
Father Mollinger, but an occurrence hap
pened at O'Clock yesterday afternoon in
the chapel of Troy Hill while DISPATCH re-
porter was present about the genuineness
of which there can be no doubt. Mrs.
Frances Heintz is middle-aged lady from
| Waterloo. n. Y, who Ii years ago was az
fiicted with complaint which deprived her
of the use of her lower limbs. Since that
| time she has been a confirmed invalid, NOV
! ing about in q wheeled chair and being
able to stand up only when support
| ing herself by catching on to some
\ thing with her hands. All her
| life, as she related last evening, she was
| Gevotee of st. Anthony, and made frequent
recourse to that Saint for succor in her in
firmity. She believed that If she could see
Father Mollinger he could atleast render her
some assistance, and finally, accompanied
by her brother, Christian Marshall, also of
Waterloo, and her daughter, a young lady of
some Is summers, Mrs. Heintz left her home,
arriving on Troy Hill last Saturday.
An Occupant of a Wheeled Chair.
performing the religious course which
Father Mollinger prescribes for Roman
Catholics. This as has often been described,
includes attendance at mass and preparation
for Holy Communion to be received during
one of the three days attendance at mass.
Mrs. Heintz was present at mass on Monday,
and Tuesday, and received, in common with
the others present, the blessing which Father
Mollinger bestows on those who desire to
see him. On each of these occasions she had
to be carried from her chair to seat in
church.
The throng ofpeople who crowded around
the offices of the priest all day yesterday
was the largest ever seen on the hill, and it
was not until the afternoon that Mr.. Mar
shall was able to get an audience for his
sister with Father Mollinger.s The lady
WIS wheeled to the door and carried by two
men into the Office where the reverend
healer gives each person q hearing. Mr.. Mar
shall subsequently related to THE DISPATCH
reporter what transpired in the room.
Father Mollinger asked my sister," he
said, cas- he asks everybody, what allied
her. She replied she had been unable to
walk for II years, and thought if she paid
relief. 'Why, you can walk the priest said
to her, putting his hand on her head; Get up
and try My sister shook her head inc'ndu-
lously. 60 on said Father Millinger; ct up
and walk out and see,' and then my sis.cr in
obedience to the order, actually rose from
the chair and walked out, leaning on my arm,
with the priest following crying: There! l
told you you could walk We were not five
minutes in the room altogether. We were
not asked for any money, nor did 1 ever
hear of anyone who was. The only caution
Father Mollinger gave my sister was not to
try to walk too much at first, lest she should
tire herself"
Able to Walk without Aid.
The reporter encountered the lady and
her brother in the midst of group that was
marveling at the cure which had been ef-
fected. Mrs. Heintz had been wheeled from
the church on her way home. On the sng-
gestion of someone she was wheeled back
to the church, to enable her to pay visit to
st. Anthony's shrine, in enc corner of the
edifce. On arriving at the flight fof stone
from the chair without assistance, and
walked up the steps with unfalter-
ing tread, leaning on the arm of
stopping along the aisle to the shrine. She |
returned after few minutes, her arm rest |
ing lightly within that of her daughter, a |
frail girl, whose support, if necessary, would |
hardly have been of use.
While the party was returning to its stop |
ping place, at Henry Mole's, corner of Lowry |
and Loff1ng streets, Mr.. Marshall was ques- |
toned regarding his sisters ailment. The |
loo, whose statements cannot be doubted.
For II years before to-day,"'he said, my |
sister could not take step without holding |
to something with both hands, and in recent |
years if she tried to stand up she would fall |
In q heap on the floor. Doctor after doctor |
has been called in in vain, and when Mrs. |
Heintz decided to see Father Mollinger 1t |
was as last chance. For the last two years |
she has been reading the life of st. Anthony |
and his works and had implicit belief in |
him."
Heintz, with firm faith that he could |
cure me-"
Mrs Heintz was SO astonished, neverthe- |
less, at her wonderful recovery that she |
hardly had time to fully realize what it |
meant to her.
"Don't you ever remember of your mother
ever walking?" was asked of Miss Heintz.
Had Not Walked for Many Years.
"Oh, yes! 1t was the first thing / do re-
member, to see mamma going around with
crutch or stick. But that was years ago,
and lately she could not support herself |
even with crutches, and would fall If she |
tried to walk even a step. Recently she had
given up all effort, and has not been known
to stand up for moment"
night ON Troy Hill than Mrs. Heintz's won
derful recovery. And there are more peo-
pie up there now than could be accommo-
dated in three of PittsDurg's largest hotels
Where they all find room Is mystery. One
of the boarding houses has IS persons,
another "a, another 30, another 49 and so on.
Every second house has one or more tempo
rary tenants. One boarding house has had
erected large tent in the garden used as a
dining room, while the rest of the
house is filled with cots. From
3 o'clock yesterday morning until
late into the afternoon every side of the
church was besieged with pilgrims seeking
for chance to see Father Molifnger. While
a crowd ten deep crushed up against the
door others pressed up to the windows, and
sometimes got in through them. Around
the yard groups were sitting, exchanging
experiences and wondering when they
would see the priest. Some of them had been
on the hill since Saturday, and had not got
in. And when Father Mollinger clos ed his
office, about 4 o'clock, thoroughly worn out,
there were as many patients outside as had
passed through during the day. Several
carriage loads of people arrived during the
afternoon, and the hackmen were at their
wits ends, driving around from place to
place seeking room for them
for the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad,
said he arrived on Monday. There are
about 200 people here, /" he continued, from
Nashville and the neighborhood, who have
@ ;ure worked Iesp on on % jack Ros.S Rae Rae
was the old engineer whose restoration to
health from long standing rheumatic affec-
Jon was alluded to in The DISPATCH on diff |
erent occasions.
Regular Walking Advertisement
81 was one of those" Mr.. Mogan went on.
who helped place Rae on board the train.
lie was on a litter, and couldn't walk a yard
% save his life. He was here four days, and
when he came back and walked along the
platform with the aid of sticks we thought
wonderful, and now he is cured, for saw
lin the day 1 left Nashville, and he was
rettinp arOund q If he had never had |