The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-12

Schweinfurth's study, library and cham.
beers, tho chapel and schoolroom. Tho
entire house and its appointments arc
suggestive Of taste, refinement and TO-,
pose. ll Ike ffrs 10. i,d
'.fhc men, women and children 1.-Two
together In one house as n large family
Of which schwoiniurlli is the head. Rock.
ford scoaers say he has right to exor.,
ciso patcrnAl authority over most OF tho
Children. The disciples claim, however,.
that tho relation Of brother and sister is
maintained between the sexes, oven by
those who were married before they on.
tered Zion. The easy time enjoyed by
Schwciniurth Is shared by none other
OF tho flock. Tho disciples, as the males
are called, work in tho field like hiro,l
mon, only n pay day never comes. Tho
angels (thc womcnl bake md sew and
look after the household dutica. a
dormi,ory for the wonen:is locatcd!in
tho rear portion OF tho building, while
third floor, or attic, Is divided into
apartments for the men. S1n the rear OF
tho house are several largo barns. They
arc Enclosed in tho front by-a hedge,
which always showsthe trimmer's caro-.
Tho roadways about tho ,placeiarr ALI
gravclcd, and the gencraltnppcarancS Of
tho big farm Is Tint OF an unusually
prosperous, wcll.kcpt country cstNbliSh-'
ment. The farm contains about 800
acres OF the finest agricultural ind pas.
tured land in what may be termed tho
garden spot OF Illinois,, and is:cINi.
waited with tho greatest OF caro- and skill.
The work is done byythc five Weldon
boys and the twelve or fifteen ot.icrjls.
ciples who Mako, their abode lat
heaven Tho breeding OF fine horses
is carried OH quito extensively, and at
good profit. :
"Ihc Schwciniurth mansion Is always
filled with company OF angels, who
como and 90 from MI sections. OF the
country. Perhaps tho most faithful
female OF the belief on the farm is Mrs.
futile. Sho has two or three bright,
curly-haired little clcrubs who romp
and play about tho big house, and who
came in mysterious way. Mary Wei
don, whose father and brothers have
been hoodwinked out Of their many
valuable acres and live under the same
roof with Schweiniurth, also has
PIcttJ -tNV,yoaL'plu CHllu. ilSs
Schweiniurth, sister Of the Christ, has
made her homo ut the heaven for four
years. She is quite n stylish.looking
woman, tall and OF the brunette typo OF
beauty.
"Only once has Schweinfnrth made
any effort to combat tho growth OF an
ininical public sentiment. That was
about year or so ago, when Mrs. Me-
dora Kinnchan, indignant ut having
been consigned to the heavenly soul
lery, instead OF beisg installed us 4
favorite angel fled with her little boy
from tho Schweiniurth residence and
gave tho outside world an insight into
the Ubiquitous manner in which tho
SGhweiniurth heaven was conducted.
She was weak-mindcd enough to return
to tho place, however, and repented in
liberal suckcloth and ashes for her
backsliding. Not long after that hui
utilization sho was expelled from
the place by ISchweinfurth, and now
lives with her mother in Kentucky.
She recently applied for reinstatement
in the Westminster Presbyterian
church OF this city, and the elders and
deacons OF the congregation are con-
sidering her appeal, which will probably
be refused. Feeling runs too high
against the Schweinfurtl crowd Unlock
ford to permit her being receivcdfn an
orthodox church. Another OF the angels
at the place is Chicago girl named
Mary Barr, whose mother, Mrs. J. w.
Barr, lives at Paulina and Ohio streets.
Miss Barr is sabout3twenty.two years
old, and hnsssst,Ef n 60 sai hTlate.ao Ga the
Schwciniurthes tablFslimen 1t th4se years.
The false Christ. has succeeded in
estranging her completely from her
mother, who lives in loneliness and sor-
row in Chicago. So complete is his
control over her that when he refused
to allow her to visit her. dying, sister,
she willingly acquiesced,, and wrote
heartlessly to her mother. Let the
dead bury their dead, ut the instruction
OF her evil adviser and betraycr. Miss
Barr is graduate OF n Chicago high
school. and possesses an unusually
bright, active mind. She attends to
most OF Schweinfurth's correspond
ence." sn,.s.. .-.o.l. r..
The damage suits which this impos.
ter will soon have to defend in court are
brought by three healthy angels, who,
fortunately for them, fell from their
estate with "heaven" several years ago,
after the usual remuneration which tho
imposter requires from all his followers
namely, placing all their goods and
chattels at his disposal, and consenting
10 work for him without money and
without price as long as he saw fit. Be-
fore he had brought them to that con-
dition OF servitudc, Schweiniurth had
incidentally promised them golden
harps, wings and other appurtenances
of well.appointcd angels. When they
had toiled early and late with no other
result than making Schweinfurth's con-
dition more luxurious, their faith
waivercd and finally. deserted them en-
tirely. They became convinced OF the
utter nonsense OF the swindler's pre-
tended godship, and left the .iurm in
dudscon to sue for their lost property,
claiming that Schweiniurth had failed
to keep his part OF the contract in fur
nishing tho harps, wings and crowns
promised. IS - - ~ :
A BOGUS CHRIST