The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-02
HOW HOOKING DIED
From Evidence 1t Appears That Death
Was From Natural Causes.
HER IRRELEVANT ANSWERS
Mrs. Crowley Puzzles the Attorney
and Jury with Some of Her Elk
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passed OUT al the rooms OF bne C4lI4S-
ton Scientists on Thursday afternoon
while undergoing their treatment for
asthma, proved TO be a great drawing
card and the Butte undertaking rooms
were densely crowded with interested
spectators when the inquest was com
menced. The greatest interest centered
in the testimony of Mrs. Anna Crowley,
the leader of the Christian Scientists in
Butte, and her mystHy!ng replies to
pointed questions were listened TO with
the most profound attention. She in
sisted that Hooking was not dead, but
had merely passed OUT or gone from
one dream into another, and the closest
questioning could not draw from her
an admission that he had died "A ma
1erial death. Her evidence was largely
Of a metaphysical nature, and wlen
close pressed she would forufy herself
with metaphysical terms wlich We're 50
much Greek TO the Jurors. County Al
tOrney Wines conducted the examIna-
ton of Mrs. Crowley and probably for
the first time in his life a witness got
the best Of him. Her irrelevant an
swers, as he cons. dvred them, ratified
him considerably. bur she maintained
the most unrulIled C0mposure and when
he became little excited in question
ing her. she told him that he did not
she was talking about Some of the
jurors undertook to get her to testify
so that they could fully understand
just what she was talking about and
the ideas that she intended to convey,
but they soon gave 1t up. The inquest
was conducted before Coroner Richards
and jury composed Of j. b. Knight,
III. IL. Cullom, J. ID. Richards, X. X.
Leggat, Joseph Bodily and +. w
Hooking.
Mrs. Crowley was called TO the stand
I and stated that she was the reader Of
the Christian Science sect I'm Butte. She
said that she made no charge for treat
ing patients, but that her time was
valuable and she charged for .uhat.
VIII you explain the difference be-
tween the dollar you gdt for your time
and the dollar you get for treating a
patient? asked Mr. Wines
You could not understand that UNI
less you can go into the deptns of met
aphysfcs." replied Mrs. Crowley.
VIII you explain how you treated
this man. p"
We'll, ] will go into the A b C's Of
the science and explain as fully as
can. Christian science reveals incon-
powerfully that mind Is all in all; that
the only realities are the Divine mind
and idea 1t is natural not physical:
tho true science OF God and man is no
more natural than the science Of num-
beers"
God?''
My mind is the agent"
Then you exercise your mind to cure
his body"
Il did not. I have no mind. God only
radlates through me-"
You say you have no mind and your
body does not give advice. How did
you undertake t. cure this MANI"
Paul says: If deal unto you splr-
Nual Vh3ngs, so should you deal unto
me Carnal things.'"
Your answers are irrelevant; tell me
plainly. how do you administer treat
ment TO your patients?"
1T would be unnecessary to 70 into
that, for IL Is a problem only under
stood by the students of the science"
Mrs. Crowley, the question is, did
Mr. Hooking come TO his death in an
unnatural way? Now tell the Jury what
You did towards preserving his life
while he was with you, or II you did
anything?"
There Is but one power to heal, and
that as God"
What did you do TO relieve him?"
Il gave him the proper understand
ing and IN relation To that understand
ing he was able 10 lift his thought high
above earthly things"
DO you believe that he is dead"
No; he has just passed out lie has
retained his individuality the same as
/ retain mine when l go from one room
70 another"
Has he passed from one room to an
other?"
No; he has passed from one dream
10 another"
Has he passed 10 another world?"
No; There is only one world. God
says that this is lis fo0tstool."
II this is Gods footstool. where is
God?"
He is all around lie IS all that Is
GOOD, and He Is everywhere, IN every
Thing, and in everyone"
If He is in everyone. then you and I
must be part OF God?" remarked Jur-
or cuhom.
Yes; that ts right"
Wen, you are a pretty big piece Of
Him, and thls shot at Mrs. Crowley's
avordupois created a laugh.
"Yee.' replied Mrs. Crowley and then
she went on 10 tell how she happened
20 be so large. When l was in New
York, number OF years ago." she said.
Il only weighed % pounds. had paid
out $3.50 for doctors treatment. and
seven OF them had given me up. /
cured myself by simply reading a Chris
tan Science book and now ] weigh 1875
pounds"
Continuing. Mrs. Crowley said: The
only real tA!ng is God. Everything else
IS Imagination"
How about the excruclatgng pain
caused by toothache2' inquired one Of
the jurors, as he held his hand over a
jumping molar
IFS all Imagination. and the lnhu-
eucr OF the mind can remove raa pl.ur'
suppose chat a man falls down a
shaft and IS dashed into a hundred
pieces ?"
The man merely imagines that he
falls down the shaft"
How IS il when a man loses a fing-
er?' asked Juror Knight, who has his
hand IN sling from rhe loss Of one 81
his fingers.
That's all imagination. ZOO" replied
che wtnes=. and then talked so fast
and ea~gestiy abuu. the influence ~
mind over Ia-t.r and the power n sur-
agination tEst Mr.. Eu.-ut uuaaudag.d