The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
THE DEVIL At SHILOH.
Woman Claims To Have
Been Roughly Used.
Rev. Sanford Charges She Vas Pos
Scssed Of the Devil.
And Had Her Evicted
From Settlement.
Was Knocked Down, Beaten and
Dragged Ont.

Mrs. e. W. Appleby. wife of E. W..
Appleby, a Methodist minister Of Salem,
Mass, complains that she was pretty
roughly usei at Shiloh, the religious es-
Establishment OF the Holy Ghost and Us
scot. Mrs. Appleby related her expert
ence to Boston Herald reporter. She
said she spent two nights Oh the grounds,
and could not account for the treatment
which she received on Thursday MORN
ing. She attended morning services, and
Sanford commanded all to fall on their
faces during prayer. She kneeled, and
Gleason, a student there, shouted for the
Lord to hubble the proud woman. TO
avoid \ scene she then fell on her face,
Sandfosd soon said there was trouble.
and he would go to the tower and ask
God about 1t. He soon returned and or
dered the room cleared, and then Sand
ford, Gleason and another rushed mp and
ordered her TO leave the grounds at once
calling her the imp of the devil and other
vile names.
She asked: "What have done, my
brotherS'
But the only reply was q rough or1er
to leave. She asked to be allowed TO go
to her room and get her grip and things
and they gave her five minutes to dress
Meanwhile they stood oFer her and threw
her things on the floor at her feet.
She put on her travelling dress over her
wrapper, and then Gleason ,struck her re-
peatedly on the back and sides with
Bible while Saudford put his arm around
her and dragged her down stairs.
When one of the ladies who saw it said
Poor child" and tried to shake hands,
Sanford struck down the proffered hand
saying: Don't touch her; she Is a
devil"
Mrs. Appleby has been sufferer from
an injury TO the spine and this treatment
brought on the old complaint and she is
also suffering from the nervous shock.
She Gays that she knows of M reason for
this treatment other than II might be
because some of the ladies there had
seemed to be drawn to her during her
stay. Sanford told her; "You know
too much" 71rt i a..a.
she felt no desire to injure these men and
snid: "1he Lord forgive you. you don't
know what you have DONE"
AS to the rumor that she would expose
some OF the inner secrets of he temple,
she knows nothing, except from hearsay.
of what is done there. Her only object
in making public her treatment is to pre-.
vent others meeting the same Her
husband, the Rev. K. ". Appleby, has
written the Governor of Maine, giving an
account Of the affair, and asking for an
interview, with view of putting a stop
TO such actions, and as soon as he hears
from him AS TO the proper course TO take,
will proceed against these people.
MIR. Appleby seems impressed with the
idea that Sanford is insane, and that be
controls his followers absolutely, govern
ing hem by some by pnotic power, or
something of. that kind.
10 Lewiston Journal reporter, Rev.
Mr.. landlord made the following state
ment regarding Mrs. -Applebss and .ner
charges:
That Thursday morning, Mr.. Gleason
came to me and said that one OF the sick
women In the hospital wanted me to
come up and pray with her. / went.
felt at the time that there was disturb
ing influence there. 1 cannot explain
that feeling to you. couldn't make
you understand 1t. But feel it in an
audience at times so plainly that it is
impossible for me TO proceed. 1t was
that way in the service of which Mrs.
Applebee spoke In her complaint. felt
that morning in the chapel that there
was not enough of the spirit of prayer in
the ssemblage. l told them SO. / said
that / was going away TO the turret to
take the cases of sickness of which had
received intelligence by letter, in special
petition to God. / did SO. - left the
us.
Now, when I was praying In the room
of the sick woman, felt the same ele.
ment OF disturbance. But didn't know
at the time what Ii was. 1t was about
like ing to run q dynamo when there
is a wire grounded somewhere along the
line. That is hoMely illustration, but
there are mysteries Ia the relation OF soul
to God that excel those of electricity.
could see that the sick woman got lit
tie good from my prayer. and came
away.
A little later Mr.. Gleason came to me
with much concern In his face and said
that all the time / had been in the hos
pitai ward in prayer there had been q
woman concealed In the recess and that
the woman was Mrs. Applebee, the new
arrival. On that accompanied Mr.. Glea-
son back to the hospital building. l felt
shat the woman had been playing the spy