The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-29
Long IsIantsr Cures Men That
"EIijah' Falls to Help.
DOES NOT SAY Ne IS DIVINE
Too.h,ehe, tarachs and rheumatism Van.
lsh at His Touch, Ills Said,


New York, oct 2s--''I am just plain
healer. claiming no divine powers, and
/ do not ask that the afflicted have faith
to he cured by me
This statement Was made by man
past middle age. unobstrusive IN his dress
and without long hair or beard. He
spoke with the twang Of a Long Island
countrymsn and his words were intent
Is listened 70 by a group or persons
who surrounded him in the Amsterdam
Opera house No 34 West Forty-fourth
street. Tuesday afternoon. Many in
the group were suffering from various
ailments. and one of these Mrs. Kate
Manton. nurse. OF No. Fast one Hun
dred and Thirty second street. who said
he had freed her OF rheumatic pains by
two minutes laying on OF hands, had
asked him the secret of his powers.
The man calls himself Sheffield. the
Healer" and a dozen persons whom he
treated yesterday said that they had
been benefited. Sheffield says he VIII
secure a hall near Madison Square gar
den. where ne will try TO cure persons
who have been turned away uncured by
Elijah" Dowie.
There were about loo persons present
m the West Forty-fourth street hall.
when Sheffield appeared He stationed
himself In the centre OF the floor and
called the afflicted about him. Men and
women. some with invalid children in
their arms. and many hobbHng on canes
and crutches. approached. He asked for
a volunteer on whom TO try his powers,
and A. $. Bertholomael, a manufacturer
Of No. lo5 Hudson street stepped for
ward Bartholomew said he had tooth
ache
TOoTHACHE VANISHES.
Sheffield passed his hand across the
mans face, and while he was drawing in
a deep breath. placed a handkerchief over
the aching tooth For an instant he
concentrated his gaze on Barthoomaeis
breathed on the handkerchief, drew IL
quickly aside and asked:
Does the tooth ache now?"
''rhe pains all gone; blamed f 1t isn't
Bartholomaei exclaimed.
A. Uzes. OF No. 3i9 West Thirty-eighth
street who said he was suffering from
pains in the abdomen and catarrh. pre-
sented himself. Sheffield repeated the
laying on OF hands and breathing. An
expression OF relief overspread Uzes'
countenance when he assumed that the
pain was gone. Previous to Sheffield 3
application Uzes had such difficulty i'm
breathing that he had to stop for breath
while mounting the stairs to the hall.
Later he ran home for his two children
and climbed the stairs at. "a run. so
anxious was he tn secure treatment for
his little son, afflicted with sore eyes.
Sheffield said the boy would require sew
eral treatments and told Uzes to return.
A woman who declined TO give her
name. was the next patient. She said
she was suffering keenly from earachc.
In less than two minutes she declared
the pain had disappeared. although she
had suffered continuously for two weeks.
-
dred and Fifty ninth street was next re-
lieved. she said. OF a severe pain In the
face
RHEUMATISM GONE ALSO.
One OF the most pleased patients was
Christopher II. Gabriel. Of No. 672 Grand
street. Brooklyn. His feet were so
crippled with rheumatism that he walked
with difhculty Sheffield got to work.
and after FIVE minutes asked Gabriel to
put his foot on the floor. The young
man responded gingerly at first then
moved his foot and concluded by pound
ing the floor vigorously with tho former
~ affiicted member.
Gabriel said he had suffered for two
years and had been patient in the Van
derbilt Clinic. Mrs. Annie Key. OF No
1l2 East Third street. said that Shefie Id
had greatly relieved her lame feet. bu,
had not helped her partial deafness
Others who said they had been benefited
by the Healer were Mrs. Mary John.
son. OF No. 40 Warwick street, East
New York. and DIR. Edith Berdan. OF No
2s5 Summer street. Paterson. n. J.
Sheffield attributes his powers 10 mag
netism. VIII force. and third property
which he says is a mystery TO himself
He is n native OF Freeport. l.. l., and q
scene painter by trade.
About six years ago" he said. "I wa
IN Kilpatricks box factory, on Eas
Sixty sixth street, when l approac chec
within a few inches Of an electric motor
1 saw blue fame shooting from my
fingers TO the motor. This was the first
knew that was magnetic 10 re-
markable degree. Two years ago I cured
myself OF goitre by constant rubbing OF
my neck"