Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-30

hIlIhS time 10 force her to make
damaging statements about her
visions. The evidence ran in this
way:
What did the voice tell you last?"
| / asked advice of it upon certain
thlngs which you asked me-"
Did 1t give you that advice?"
upon some points, yes; upon others
you may ask me information which
snail not give you, not having received
permission. For if l should resnond
without permission, l should have no
more voices to second me. When /
shall have permission from our Lord.
snail not fear to speak, because I
shall have warrant so to do"
Was the voice which spoke to YOU
that of an angel, Of a saint, or of God
directly?"
1t was the voice of st. Catherine
ana st. Margaret. Their heads were
adorned with beautiful crowns. very
precious. | have permission from our
Lord to tell you so much. If you have
any doubt of this, send to Poitiers.
where l was formerly interrogated.
How did you know that they were
saints? How did you distinguish one
| from the other?"
I know well that they were saints.
and easily distinguished one from the
other"
How do you distinguish them?"
| BY the salute which they make me.
Seven years have passed since they I'M
dertook to guide me- I know them
well, because they have named them
selves to me-
Were those two saints clad in the
same fabrics?"
For the moment l shall tell you no
more; have not permission to reveal
it. If you do not believe me go to
| Poltlers. There are some revelations
which belong to the king of France,
and not to, you who interrogate me-"
Are the two saints of the same
lager"
Il am not permitted to tell"
Did both speak at once, or one at
timer"
Il have not permission to tell you:
nevertheless l have always had coun-
sci from both"
Which appeared to you first?''
L distinguished them one from the
other 1 knew how I did it once, but
have forgotten. If I receive permits
sion l will willingly tell you; it is
written in the record Of Poitiers l
have received comfort also from st.
Michael"
(which of those two apparitions
Jeanne to you first?"
est. Michael
WAS it long time ago that you
heard the voice of st. Michael for the
first timer"
Il did not mention the voice of ST.
Michael; told you that l had great
comfort from him.
What was the first voice that came
to you when you were about thirteen
years of age?"
ut was st. Michael. I saw him be-
fore my eyes; he was not alone, nut
was surrounded by angels from heaven.
l only came into France by the COM
mand of Cod
did you see St. Michael and those
angels in a bodily form, and in
reality?"
Il saw them with the eyes of my
body as well as l see you. When they
left me I wept, and wished to be borne
away with them
| "In what form was st. Michael?"
you will have no other answer
from me; l have not yet license to tell
you.
What did St. Michael say to you
that first time?"
"You will have no answer today. My
voices said to me, Answer boldly |
told the king at once all that was re-
vealed to me, because that concerned
him; but | have not yet permission to
reveal to you all that st. Michael said
to me. l should be very glad if you
had copy of that book which is at
Poitiers, if it please God"
Finally at the end of the trial seventy
charges were drawn up against her.
These, for convenience sake, were sub
sequently reduced to- twelve. These
charges were condesations of her own
answer. One charge, for instance, was
her claim that she was guided by ST.
Michael, St Margaret and ST. Gather
inc. The University of Paris summed
up the mdLLeG ny saying Iudt IL Wudt
she described did not occur she was
contumacious liar. If they did occur
she was a sorceress and servant of
the devil. This was another way Of
putting the modern proposition;
Heads l win; tails you lose"
She was beseeched to renounce her
statements or suffer the pangs of the
torture room, but she refused. On
May "a she was taken to the village
cemetery and urged to abide by the
ruling of the church militant and re-
nounce her acts. If she refused she
was to be taken directly to the stake.
Here, for the first time, she broke
down, crying: Il am willing to hold
all that the church ordains, all that
you judges shall say and pronounce"
She was thereupon sentenced to per-
petual Imprisonment This was on
Thursday afternoon. She bore her i'm
prisonment Friday, Saturday and Sum
day. On Monday she resumed her
mans dress, and when the bishops WIS.,
tied her she said: Cali that I revoked
and declared on the scaffold l did
through fear of death. I prefer to die
than endure longer the pain Of i'm
prisonment."
The court was reassembled, and in
two days Lne child was sentenced to
the stake. On Wednesday, May 30,