The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16
PERFORMS THREE MIRACLES.
Another Strange Healer Who Abso
lutely Refuses Money.
From the Ptttsburg Dispatch.

lutely Refuses Money.
From the Ptttsburg Dispatch.
The Southside comes to the front with a
miracle worker, who, as a curer of human
ills and general layer-on-ot- hands, bids fair
to rival the far-famed Father Mollinger Of
Troy Hill This man, who is accredited
with supernatural powers, has been resid-
ing for some time on Jane street above
Seventeenth street. His name is Fischer.
He is of retiring disposition and has
been hiding his light under bushel so that
his mystic power has not become generally
known.
Fischer is plentifully supplied with this
worlds goods, and consequently has not
been compelled to use the power which he
possesses. and which he claims is be-
slowed upon him by the direct interview
ton of heaven as a means OF livelihood.
Nor does he now accept any Pc
cuniary emolument for such services as he
consents to render.
He does not seek notoriety. In fact, he
would prefer to remain unknown aud I'M
sung, and possibly his existence on the
South Side would not now be made known
to the general public had not some of his
recent cures been 30 strongly in the nature
of the miraculous. The buzz of gossip and
excitement which was occasioned thereby
became so vehement that il outgrew the
narrow bounds of the neighborhood and be-
came matter of common conversation on
that side of the river. The case which first
came to the knowledge of the public was
that of a boy named Harry Trapp, a son of
John 1rapp, mailer, living on South
Twenty-tirst street.
HARRY TRAP CURED OF FITS.
Several months ago this boy was visited
with an illness that left him with spinal
affection, and later he became subject to
fits in most aggravated form.
Mr.. Trap, the boys father. in speaking
of the matter, said that Harry, who had
always been very bright and lively boy,
had always been in the habit of coming to
work. One day he failed to appear at the
usual place, and, as the father expressed, he
felt it in his bones" that something had
happened to the boy. On arriving at his
home he found his surmise was correct and
that Harry was very ill. When his illness
left him he was different boy. and up I'M
til about month ago his attacks Of convul-
sions were growing more severe and more
frequent.
Mr.. Trapp was persuaded by a neighbor
who had heard Of Mr.. Fischer's wonderful
health bestowing power to take the child to
him, but he did not believe that this would
be attended with any good results, and SO
did not do so. But one day when the hus-
band was at work Mrs Trapp took the boy
and called on the "hoodoo man, as the
street boys called him.
Mrs. Trapp says that the doctor" as
they call him, although he is not ply
sician. merely looked at the boy, touched
him lightly on the chest and forehead, muir
INJURED a few unintelligible words aud dis
missed them. Since that day the boy has
been his old self again, and has had no re-
turn of his former affiiction.
Arthur Edmunds. a carpenter who lives
in Knoxville borough, is another who has
been cured by this man. de was seen yes
terday and questioned closely by Dispatch
reporter about his case. He told the follow
ing story:
HEALED BY THE LAYING ON OF HANDS.
81 was working near the house of this
faith-cure man about a year ago, and no.
day calling there; some were turned away
and some were admitted. Several times
noticed men who, when they came to the
house. were painfully crippled or deformed
in some way, would come out carrying
their clutches OF canes on their shoulders
and walk away. They would never say any
thing about the matter when questioned
and / supposed that the "hoodoo man" had
imposed a vow of secrecy upon them or
something of the kind. Last winter l con-
tracted muscular rheumatism, which moth
ing seemed TO relieve, I thought of the
doctor who had cured the cripples down
there and spoke to my friends about going
to see him, but they scoffed at the idea, but
l insisted on seeing him, and at last sue
ceeded in doing so. | was taken to his
house. and without asking any explanations
as to nv ailments or saying a word, he
simply looked at me with a pair Of bright,
deep-sunken eyes, passed his hand slowly
over my body, and very softly and rever
emily, as il he were entirely oblivious of my
presence, repeated long formula Of words
over and over many times
81 think I became unconscious, for the
next thing / remember l was standing at
the outer door where my friends were
awaiting me, and, greatly to their surprise,
l walked down the steps l have been all
right sincee l called again next day to
offer to make some payment for the inesti-
mable service he had done me and to thank
him. but he refused to see me. sending out
word that he would ask nothing OF me ex-
cept that should say nothing at all about
the matter"
Charley Hogdon, another boy OF the
ueighborhood, was cured of st. Vitus' dance
by Mr.. Fischer. His father, William hog
don. is employed by Jones & Mclaughlin
and lives at the head Of Twenty-eighth
street.