The evening times., 1895-10-07
KING OF ALL sVlIDLERs
Unparalleled Career d BelinneJ. IsV
Serving 4 Term IN Prism.
Played the Part Of a ParaIytio for
Years and Was Then Miracu-
lousy Cured at Lourdes.

For ten years. says Paris correspondent
Of the Pail NJ all Gazette, Delanuoy has de-
ceived the greatest French doctors, DR..
Charcot and others, and his miraculous
cure" al Lourdes is on record as one Of the
most irrefutable proofs of the supernat-
ural virtues of the shrine. II baffled'the
critical mind even of NJ Zola, who mentions
this, TO him, inexplicable case In his book
on Lourdes. Delannoy was from 1877 to
1881 a warder in the Paris hospitals. His
experience of hospital life led him TO the
conclusion expressed in Little Dorrilt,"
that the ideal state of happiness in this world
is that of a patient in hospital. He had
become acquainted with the symptoms of
many diseases. and he determined to
sham some infirmity After some consid-
Grafton he selected paralysis.
He was admitted TO the Salpetriere Hos
pital, made famous all the world over by
DIR. Charcot, and he played his part so
well that DR.. Charcot himself diagnosed
without hesitation case of iDcipent
locomotor ataxia. In January, 1884, he
entered DR.. CaIlard's ward at the Hotel
Dieu.
In 1856 we find him at the Necker Hos
pital, where DR.. Rgal gave him blisters
with red-hot rods on both sides of the
backbone. In 1886 he became DR.. Bairs
patient at the samc hospital. This Rhysi-
clans course OF treatment. draughts - bel
ladonna and soothing injections of NOR
phine, was so delightful 10 the patient that
the latter remained in this ward for q whole
year.
He left the hospital cured, but returned
in 1887 10 the Necker Hospital, where he
found his old acquaintance DR.. Rigal, ard
his terrible blisiers. The false paralytic
did not relish such rough treatment. and
he soon left this inhospitable establishment
and tried the Hotel Dieu, where he was
with DR.. Empis. In January, 1883, De-
iannoy returned to The Necker Hospital, re-
naming for one month the patient OF the
uDcongenial DIR. Rigal. who confirmed the
former diagnosis. and continued 10 ply him
with red hot tongs.
On March 2S he tried Beaujon, In July, the
Charlie, il Ootcber 1ariboisiere, and paid
anotherflying visit 10 the Hotel Dieu, w here
he was looked after by Dr. Bucquoy, Prof.
German See and DR.. Duran Fardel. After
this Delaney became the patient OF DR..
Dupardn-BeaumetZ at the Cochin Hos
pital. The false paraly tic uDderv ent
rather uDwillinGly the drastic treatment
by hanging This consists in hanging the
patient by a collar so that only the tips OF
the toes touch the ground. This, " hen care
fully done, lcngthens without breaking
the shrunkcn spinal marrow. In the space
OF tw o months Delannoy was hung up fifty
eight times.
At length the tormented patient fled.
He seems to have been disguised with
doctors, so he bcthought himself of new
profession. that of the sick man healed
by miracle. On August 10, 1889, at a. IN.
wide Zola op. citl, he arrived at Lourdes
in the most pitiable condition He was
carried to the Virgin Mary's gro;to, kissed
the ground and remained a long tine pros
trate before the holy sacrarne mt displayed
at the altar.
Suddenly, as lie related few hours later
to the beamng fathers of the grotto, lie
had an extraordinary feeling of an inner
force that impclled him, almost i'll spite
of himself, 10 stand. walk. and drop the
crutch with which he was hardly able to
crawl The pilgrims accompanied him.
singing hymns of praise. In tie evening
one of those stirring sights, torohlight
procession OF pilgrims, W as seen threading
its way up the zig-zag paths of Massabeiie
In rejoicing for the miracle.
Delannoy was placed in the foremost
rank The day follow ing he was medically
examined in the presence OF Mgr Ber-
chialia, Archbishop of Cagliari. and Pri
mate of Sardinia, and by the Bishop or
Hebron. Tie symptoms described by the
healed man were found TO be these OF
locomoior ataX;a, ard it was found that
they had disappeared.
Theannals OF Notre Dame de Lourdes duly
recorded this miracle, to which II. Zoia
has attached a permanent celebrity De
Iannoy returned to Paris as an honored
guest of the national pilgrimage Tho
chaplain of the Charlie Hospital in Paris
teleg graphed a few days later to the
fathers OF the Lourdes grotto:" Doctors here
staggered by the cure of Delannoy. Have
seen him four times this week. Walks like
a country postm an" In 1890 the fathers
OF the grotto appointed Delannoy Overseer
OF a home for invalids awaiting mirac-
ulous cures at Lourdes. The reputation
of his miraculous cure had spread over Eu-
rope Asia, Africa, America, and Austria
liza. From all these parts of the world De-
lannoy received rich presents with prayers |
that he would intercede with the Virgin |
(he being persona grata) for the recovery |
of the donors.
Alasi in August, 1891, Delannoy de- |
with 400 francs robbed from the |
fathers. He returned to Paris, and was |
to st. Anne's Asylum as suffering |
from persecution mania. Six months |
later he paid another few months visit |
there with a doctors certificate of mental /
debility, and left the hospital, having stolen |
q sum of 800 francs from the hospital |
pharmacy. At length, in May, 1894, the |
police arrested him. He endeayored to play !!
the parts in which he had so distinguished |
himself of paralytic and madman, but it |
was too late for shamming. The doctors |
him to be malingerer ofastound- |
ing skill. Delannoy is fifty-two years Of |
age, and his face has that mixed expression
SO common among French peasants of
candor and cunning. He might he a gar
dener. He was sentenced to four years
by the judges before whom
he was tried, and to ten years police sur
veillance.
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