Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-11

called DIR" by his friends and patients.
though he modestiy disclaims the :itle.
| Twenty-three years old, he already has a
| wife and child, and how to support them
| without posing rs q sordid money maker
, is q cubject that is just now receiving his
prayerfui consideration.
Stories Of miraculous cures have been
circulated through Boone and De Kalb
counties. with the result that the doctor"
is overwhelmed with requests for aid, and
there are scores of people, hitherto noted
for probity and truthfulness, who stand
ready to swear that the cures are bona fide,
| and that they are the living witnesses Of
| the efficiency Of the healer power. There
is no doubt that some OF them, few
months or weeks ago, were either bedrid-
den, or, as regular physicians declared, on
the point of death. Many of them had
been pronounced incurable They are
walking the streets today, attending to
business. and they place the credit for
their happily changed condition upon
Hammond's shoulders. The latter takes
his honors with becoming humility, sim.
ply saying he Is the instrument Of one
greater than he. His control" he says,
is certain German doctor in the spiritual
world, who refuses to give his full name,
but calls himself 'Dr. john"
Hammond docs not claim to be a Mes
siah and does not pursue the methods used
by Schlntter, who in Denver merely touched
his patients for moment and asked them
to pass on. He uses the passes Of the
hypnotist and goes into trance like all
trance mediums. While at work he goes
over and handles the patient much rs does
regular physician making q diagnosis.
Much time Is consumed, and II he attends
IN 20 In Aov. hr ia mol
Hammond treated an old man who Is q
victim Of dyspepsia in the presence of a
Chicago Tribune reporter, who thus de-
scribes the operation: 1.-The healer spent
| few minutes In going into a trance and
| putting himself In communication with
DR.. John Of the other world. Gradu-
| ally his eyes closed, and soon he arose and
| seized his patients hand. Throughout the
| proceeding, though his eyes appeared to be
| tightly shut, he moved about with perfect
freedom and precision Of movement. He
began to speak in broken English. He
| told the man his stomach was the seat Of
| his troubles, and that he would be well in
three months IL he obeyed few simple
| physical hygienic laws.
Fifteen minutes were spent on this
patient, during which time the little
| healer had wrestled with the tall subject
in an unexpectedly active and forcible
manner. He rubbed him vigorously.
| passcd his hands over him. and snapped his
| fingers as the hvnnotist does. sunk his fist
in the small of his hack. massaped his
stomach. and bent his shoulders back nm.
| iii they creakcd II WINS really hard work
| but he showed No signs of firing. When
IL was over somebody brought him a
basin Of y,ter in which he tlinned bis
hands ,rd ir ,,ro r,;r,,,es be onencd his
ewes md arosc smi,in, m greet those who
Surrounded hin, ;,
Then he told his story
II am "a wears old. !" he said. land
have been in ,his work only n few months
a neculiar mower has been given me and
| want 20 o,arciso 10 O,hore c,n 40 tbe
same thin ana o,, ,,.;,I;ra 20 taiI sreo.
lv and ho edvor.;sad 60 ,ha, ,hoss to whom,
.i,;s 49,. , ISL , ~ .n,. IT,. 80 a..
carn !, M h. los :. 1.. . t"ta No monav
because do nor ,h;nr r. -i.htNmv call il
a holier one than that Of making money
and besides nv .control, forhids f. When
leave here. I shall take from all these
people inst the amount of nv railroad faro
home. Nv meals have been provided.
.iRut how will ,o,, ,;ros,,