The morning call., 1893-03-25
TIE HAMILTON MIRACLE.
THE CASE INVESTIGATED BY A
GLOBE REPORTER.
THE FACTS FULLY VERIFIED.
One of the Most Remarkable Cases on
Record.
q Man Pronounced by Eminent Physicians
Permanently Disabled Fully R'covers.
Fac-Simile Of the Check for $1,000
Paid by Royal Templars OF
Temperance for Total Dis
ability of

TORONTO DAILY GLOBE, July 25.-This
Is an age Of doubt; especially in regard to
cures by patent medicines. and not without
reason, for too often have the sick and their
near and dear loved ones been deceived bv
highly recommended uostrums that were
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 a real cure
Is effected by genuine remedy those who
might be benefited fight shy of it, saying,
'it was cure, cure so often before that 1
wont try it." When such 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 Canad-
ians through the medium of the Hamilton
newspapers. 1t was stated that Mr.. John
Marshall, well-kn0wn resident of Hamil-
ton, by the ala of DR.. WIN ans Pink Pills
for Pale PEOPLE. had been snatched from
the very jaws OF death, placed upon his feet
ana enabled to mingle with his fellow citi-
ZenS with more than renewed health and
strength and even brighter spirits than he
had experienced for years before. This
remarkable statement naturally excited the
WONDER oil almost a continent. Some be-
lieved, most people doubted, although the
the slightest suspicion OF fraud. To in
vestjgate the very extraordinary cure and
place before the people of Canada and the
United States verlfcation or otherwise of 1t
was the special mission of a Globe reporter
a few days ago.
A close inquiry into the circumstances first
showed that Mr.. John Marshall whose resi-
dence is % Little William street, in the
northeast portion of the city, while en-
pIOyed as foreman for the Canadian Oil
FET 10 fol . h.,
of an oil vat and hurt his back. Thinking
little of the affair. Mr.. Marshall continued
TO work on, but after few months he be-
came ILL., gradually got worse, and in
August, four years ago, became stricken
with The dread disease-lOcomotor atRxy-a
disease attacking the nerves aud rendering
that portion Of the system attacked per-
fectly helpless, proclaimed by the physicians
TO be lncurable-which left him from the
waist downward without feeling and ntter-
ly unable to move his lower limbs. All he
was able TO DO was 10 raise himself by the
aid OF sticks and cruches and drag himself
around the house and occas ionally to the
corner OF the street on fine days. His legs
were without feeling, pins and even knives
were stuck into them without the sick man
experiencing any Inconvenience. He could
talk walking stick and beat his legs until
the blows reSounded through the house and
yet he telt nothing. During all these years
OF torture Mr.. Marshall consulted every
doctor OF ability in the city; tried every
form of treatment aud took almost every
Kind Of patent medicine, but without receiy-
Ing one title Of relief. The agony was fire.
quently 50 intense that lie was obliged TO
take morphine pills in order to receive a
reasonable amount of sleep.
As the months and years passed by, al
though the doctors continued to treat him
In various ways, they plainly told the suf-
fering man that he could not get better, the
disease was set down in the works OF spe-
cialists as iucurabe. The doomed man was
q member of the United Empire Council,
No. 100. Royal Templars of Temperance
and under the diScourHging circumstances
he thought it advisable TO apply for the
payment of the total disability claim of
$1,000 allowed by the order on its insurance
policy. Application was accordingly made,
put before the claim was gran led the patient
had to offer conclusive proof of the total
disability to the chief examiner, and Mr.