Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
TEED'S MONEY.
The Husband of a Koresh Victim
Sues for 100000 Damages.
SIMILAR ACTIONS TO FOLLOW.
Normal Park Citizens Io'd Vigorous In
dignation Meeting.
TIE EFFECT OF A HEAVEN on LOTS

CHICAGO, Nav 14-Dr. Teed, the leader
of the so-called Koreshan community, which
has established 'heayens" in the Chicago
suburbs of Washington Heights and Normal
Park, was made defendant in 500, 600
damage suit brought in the Circuit Court
by Sidney G. Miller, manager of the
National Publishing Company. MI. Miller's
hair, his attorney says, has prematurely
turned gray through trolble brought about
by Teed. The plaintiffs wife. it appears,
somehow fell under the influence of the
Koreshanite teachings and became one of
Teed's followers, leaving her husband and
beautiful home.
It is said a number of similar suits are
about to be brought against Teed and at
least one action of criminal nature. An
indignation meeting of the citizens OF
Normal Park was held to consider Teed's
invasion of their neighbornood.
Here is the statement or q man whose
home was broken up by Teed, and whose
wife died with the Koresh after years OF
arrangement from her husband and family.
Out of respect for his relatives he with
holds his name, but he is well known in
Chicago, and this is his story as told to a re-
porter:
Story OF a Ruined Homa.
81 am naturally one of the people who
cannot say a good word for DR.. Teed, for he
succeeded in turning my wite's mind from
her home and family until she positively re-
fused to live with me any longer, and she
died at the College of l. fe in November,
1890, and was buried without my knowing
anything about it.
my wife and 1 had lived happily for
years, and we had one little boy about
years old when my wife was first intro
duced to Teed. That would be about five
years ago. She had met Teed at friends
house where she was visiting, and the
woman who introduced her to Koresh is
now one of his inner circle of saints, and
is expecting to be translated to heaven
without diving.
Tweed was then q Christian scientist,
and was delivering lectures on the South
side. She was taught that marriage was a
great sin, and that the idea OF people living
together as husband and wife was blasphem-
ous. and she thoroughly believedit. Before
she became infatuated with these notions
she was good wife and a pretty level
headed woman. But all her ideas of home
were so upset, she didn't care what became
OF me or her boy, all she wanted was money
for Teed. During the first two years after
she left me she came occasionally to see me,
and always carried off whatever money and
household articles she could lay her hands
on. Teed gave her instructions to get as
much out of her husband as possible when
she came to visit me. He had an inner cir
Gle of women who were up to all his games
and instructed the new converts to carry out
his wishes in everything.
Wouldn't Go in a Golden Chario..
GAS a last resort to get my wife out of
H. Tod, II t,rn Of AZ.
to the Home to see her and in fact they
stayed some days aud made her believe they
were taking treatment from DR.. Teed. But
she was obstinate to every one but Teed.
When he got into trouble she cried about
him, but she was like adamaut when we ap-
preached her. The last message she sent to
meat least Teed's people said she sent it
was that if l sent tor her with a golden
chariot she would not come with me. She
was Il truthful woman until she came under
Teed's influence, but then took to deception
and would justify herself by saying there
was nothing wrong in telling lie If it was
necessary for the advancement of the cause
GAS to the morality OF the place, she saw
but little appearance of intimacy. There
were two or three favorites who seemed to
be the special objects of Teed's care. But |
what would have been regarded as suspicious
conduct elsewhere, was taken by the resi-
dents of the College of Life as all right.
When their faith seemed to falter Teed |
would point to the persecution he was sub
ject to as a sure sign that be was the Mes
siah 1 didn't hear of my wife's death until |
she had been buried for several weeks. I |
believe she sat in the dark room, and
grieved to death. The funeral ceremony
was carried out by DR.. Teed, according to
the rites of the Koreshan community"
Heavens Drpress Real Estate.
sIt looks as If there will be trouble, said |
Henry Gill, real estate man on Sixty |
eighth street, near the iced residences. SIT |
is great depression to property, their CON-
ing in here Nobody wants them"
Jacob Horn has not yet Joined Teed, but |
saws he is thinking about it. Jacob is a |
German about 55 years of age He is a |
wagon and cistern maker, and says if the |
iced doctrine pleases him he will go in and
it up wagons for the Koreshanites, and |
also turn them over "a, 900 worth of house |
His son Fritz, an 1S-year-old |
BOY, who works for the billiards, is said to |
be infatuated with Teed, and it was he who |
his father The old man SAYS if |
he joins Teed he will compel his wife and |
I2-year-old girl to go with him. But he
objects to celibacy. eff 1 60 my |
wife and / must live together" he declared |
Horn says he is tired with the present
iocial system, and wants to try Teed's COM
nunistic idea