The state chronicle., 1893-04-19
THE HAMILTON MIRACLE.
THE CASE INVESTIGATED BY 4
GLOBE REPORTER.
THE FACTS FULLY VERIFIED.
One of the Most Remarkable
Cases on Record.

A Man PRONOUNCED BY EMINENT Pay
s1CIANs PERMANENTLY DISABLED Full
LY RECovERs Fac SMILE OF THE
CHECK FOR $1,000 PAID BY ROYAL
TEMpLARs OF TEMPERANCE FOR TOTAL
Observation-Disclosures OF VISITORS
TORONTO DAILY GLOBE, July 25 -
This is an age of doubt; especially
in regard to cures by patent medi-
cines, and not without reason, for
too often have the sick and their
near and dear loved ones been de-
ceived by highly recommended nos
trums that we're swallowed to be of
less avail than as much water. The
old, old fable of the boy and the
wolf applies also too frequently to
many of the specific concoctions for
| curing the ills that flesh is heir to;
and when q real cure is effected by
a genuine remedy those who might
be benefited fight shy of it, saying,
cit was cure, cure SO often before
that I won't try it." When such a
state of affairs exists it is advisable
| that assurance should be made
doubly sure.
A few weeks ago marvellous and
almost miraculous cure was made
known to Canadians through the
medium of the Hamilton news pa
pers. It was stated that Mr. John
Marshall, a we'll known resident OF
Hamilton, by the aid of DR.. Will
hams Pink Pills for Pale People.
had been snatched from the very
| jaws Of death, p aced upon his feet
and enabled to min lie with his fell
low citizens with more than renewed
health and strength and even brigh-
ter spirits than he had experienced
| for years before. This remarkable
statement naturally excited the
wonder OF almost continent, Some
believed, most people doubted, al
though the facts were placed sc
clearly as to ward off the slightesl
suspicion of fraud. To investigate
the very extraordinary cure ant
, place before the people of Canadt
and the United States verifcatio1
or otherwise of it was the specia
mission of Globe reporter a few
days ago,
i A close inquiry into the circum
: stances first showed that Mr.. Johr
Marshall, whose residence is 25 Lit
: tie William street, in the northeas
} portion of the city, while employed
rs foreman of the Canadian Oh
: Company, five years ago, fell upo1
the edge Of an oil vat and hurt hi
back. Thinking little of the affair
t Hr. Marshall continued to work on
: but after few months he becam
a i'll, gradually got worse, and in Au
o gust, foury years ago, became strickel
q with the dread disease, locomoto
+ ataxy-a disease attacking tn
t nerves and rendering that porto
q of the system attacked perfectl,
# helpless, proclaimed by the physi
Y clans to be incurable-which lei
# him from the waist downwards with
! out feeling and utterly unable
r | move his lower limbs All he Wa
lr able to do was to raise himself b
the aid of sticks and crutches, all
drag himself around the house an
10 occasionally to the corner Of tt
: street on fine days. His legs wei
:. without feeling, pins ana eve
4 knives were stuck into them Will
N out the sick man experiencing ar
- inconvenience He could take
=. walking stick and beat his legs III
ra til the blows resounded throue
the house, and yet he felt nothin
N During all these years Of tortu
p MIR. Marshall consulted every do
=. to1 of ability in the city; tried eve
~ form of treatment, and to * almo
q every kind Of patent medicine, b
: without receiving one little of I
lief. The agony was frequently
intense that he was obliged to ia.
morphine pills in order to receive
reasonable amount of sleep.
AS the months and years pass
D. by, although the doctors contin us
n to treat him in various ways, tn
N, plainly told the suffering man th
e- he could not get better, the dlsea
of WAS set down in the works of spe
ialist as incurable. The doom
no man was member of the Unit
n Empire Council, No. 100, Roy
he Femplar of Temperance, and und
he the dlscourag .lg circumstances
os, thought it advisable to apply +
he the payment of the total disabili
o. claim of 81 ,00O allowed by the ord
ke on its Insurance. policy. Apple
'ul ton was accordingly made, but /
fore the claim was granted the =.
OIL tient had to offer conclusive prc
ill Of his total disability to the ch
lc- examiner, and Mr.. Marshall "
re sent to Toronto for special ell,
trical treatment. It proved