The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1893-03-24
THE HAMILTON MIRACLE.
THE CASE INVESTIGATED BY A
GLOBE REPORTER.
THE FACTS FULLY VERIFIED.
One of the Most Remarkable Cases on
, Record.
Man Pronounced by Eminent Physi-
clans Permanently Disabled Fully Re
coyers-Fac-simile of the Check for
$1,000 Paid by Royal Templars
of Temperance for Total Dis
ability-Hundreds of
O111VJ ~ Nt11NEI ONtE
Visitors.

Visitors.
TORONTO DAILY GLOBE, July 25-This
is an age of doubt; especially in regard tt
cures by patent medicines, and not without
reason, for too often have the sick and theil
near and dear loved ones been deceived by
highly recommended noStrums 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 connections 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,
sit was cure, cnre,' so often before that |
won't 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 Can
adams through the medium OF the Hamil-
ton newspapers, 1t was stated that Mr..
John Marshall, a well-known resident of
Hamilton, by the aid of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, had been snatched
from the very jaws of death, placed upon
his feet and enabled to mingle with his fe
low citizens 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 of almost continent. Some be-
lieved, most people doubted, although the
facts were placed SO clearly as to ward off
the slightest suspicion of fraud. To inves-
tigate the very extraordinary cure and place
before the people of Canada and the United
States veritication or otherwise of it 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
residence is 25 Little William street, in the
nnrfhplC tu tuhi Ia nrS,rN tfIty-
ed as foreman for the Canadian Oil Com
pany, FIVE years ago, ~ upon the edge Ut
an oil vat and hurt hisy back. Thinking
little of the affair; Mr.. Marshall continued
to work on, but after few months he bes
came ILL, gradually got worse. and in.
August, four years ago, became stricken
with the dread disease, locomOtor ataxy-a
disease attacking the nerves and rendering
that portion of the system attacked perfect
ly helpless, proclaimed by the physicians to
be incurable-whlch left him from the waist
dOwnwards without feeling and utterly I'M
able to move his lower limbs. All he was
able to do was to raise himself by the aid
of sticks and crutcheS to drag himself
around the house and occasionally 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 |
take walking stick and beat his legs until |
the blows resounded through the house and |
yet he felt nothing, During all these years |
Of torture Mr.. Marshall consulted every |
doctor of ability in the city; tried every |
form of treatment and took almost every |
kind of patent m"dlclne, but without re-
ceiving one title of relief. The agony was
frequently o intense that he was obliged |
to take morphine pills in order to receive
reasonable amount of sleep.
Asthe months and years passed by, al
though the doctors continued to treat him
in various ways, they plain y told the suf
fering man that he could not get better, the
disease was set dow n in the works of special
lists as incurable. The doomed man was a
member of the United Empire Council, No.
1870, Royal Templars of Temperance, and
under the discouraging circumstances he
thought it advisable to apply for the pay
ment of the total disability claim of $1,000
allowed by the order on its insurance policy
Application was accordingly made, but be-
fore the claim was granted the patient had
10 offer conclusive proof of his total diSabil-
ty to the chief examiner, and Mr.. Marshall
was sent to Toronto for a special electrical
treatment. 1t proved no more successful
han the others that had preceded 1t, and a