The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-10
WATCHING FOR DONNELLY
Queer story Comes From Arizona of a
Former Kansas Man.

Every night when the Sonora branch
train of the Southern Pacific pulls into
Fairbanks, A. T, there is pair OF watch
ers waiting for it. They are rough. and
bearded men, these sentinels. They have
come thirty-nine miles down out OF the
rugged Huachuaca Cwa-choo-ka) noun
tains. They are not the same two men
who were there the day before. There is
a constant relay Of the watchers. The
sentinels are waiting TO greet dead man.
His name is Donnelly. and he was the
leader of their community Of Interest
camp, up in the mountains.
Donnelly died a year ago last Noyem-
Der. but ne promised his followers that
he would return from beyond the gates
of death
Briefly. the above is the outline Of
story brought from the wids of Arizona
by party Of prospectors who have just
returned to Kansas City from there.
While they were in the Huachuaca
mountains I'm December they visited the
camp Of the Donnellyites.
The DonnelIyites are a strange commU-
nifty. There are sixty-six souls IN it,men.
women and children. They have a reli-
gion Of their own. It adheres 10 Chris
tianity. but it is not churchy. They have
a number of beliefs also, that are little
better than superstition. One of these Is
that DonneIly. the founder of the COM
munity. and late head Of it. viii come
back to life and to them.
The community developed a rich gold.
silver and copper mine. known as the
Copper Glance mine which is now
owned by L. NJ. Crawford Of Topeka. II
was an inspection OF this mine that took
the party from Kansas City last month
to it. In the party were Louis Ashton OF
Kansas City. L n. Crawford and Chas.
Gait OF Topeka and ". P. Waggener OF
Atchison.
The story Of the DonnelIyites as told
by one Of the members OF this party is
romantic to the extreme. and much OF
II reads like fiction.
AS well as we could understand It.
Donnelly landed II Arizona from come
where in Kansas in the latter part Of
the 'Sos. recounted the speaker he
seems 10 have had a vision from heaven
that he had 20 convert a certain man IL
that wilderness. Dounelly said he had
been sent by God to Tombstone 10 con-
vert miner there by the name OF
GatchelL He found Gatchen ana induced
him 70 accept the religion that be ey-
pounded Gatcheu owned the copper
Glance mine Then Donneily had an
other vision OF message from heaven u
convert more people. and lie gathered
in q lot o. cewpunchers ard cattlemen-
They put AL their belongings "a pot
established the Donnesiy camp. on tho
community interest plan. and worked the
mine. They dug 20 feet into the side ~
the mountain. and took ctr $500 n or.
I'm the uatumn ~ lse Don1eiiy vas
taken s.ek lie called his people 40 him
and told them b. could not set wen. An
angel had appeared % him and told him
rhat H. vas % die. bnt tbat ne would he
"a * in lhree 3ayz- Just fea days h.
fore ~ died u0anei.y amended his
scredule OF resurrection ffe told them
that il might - more thar three days
before Be- came hack n fhem- but thai =
De did uor reform IN three days he
surely would 81 back = fhe approaches
Cfrissuas
The camp has beer IooEia= f3T Don-
ne7irs return ever E-ace- There Is rot .
ul~ht passes hrt $3.50 ~ their 1fusher -
down o. Fairba1xs. tEIrsy-o-e nslies
away. 81 ara1ca 81 the southern Pa
csfr. They oeuse back re rezt nern-
suE Hhh tss rsme reoart.
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