The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-04
CASE
IS FINALLY.
ENDED
Aged Woman Released Up
on Payment of a $500
Fine.
JAIL SENTENCE IMPOSED BY
JUDGE BoARMAN RENTED
THE PETITION FOR MERCY AND
ORDER OF UNITED STATES
COURT JAMES w. LOCKE.

tiammatory rheumatism, her funds ex-
hausted and she and her husband un.
able to pay the counsel fees still out
standing against them, Mrs. Helen
Wilmans-Post, the Seabreeze mental
healer, has agreed TO cease all use
of the mails in carrying on her 'prac-
tice, has paid the $500 fine assessed
against her, and the sentence of thirty
days Imprisonment has been RENTED,
says the. Jacksonville Times Union
Though she af1iTms that she meant
no violation of law in her use of the
mails and did not know she was guilty
of any offense against the United
States, the woman, whose patients
stretched from Florida to Maine, from
New Jersey to California, practically
admits that she cannot cure herself
of the infiamatory rheumatism that
has come upon her since the last
trial, before Judge Boarman.
She and her husband have spent,
they allege, more than $4,000 i'll
counsel fees. and affirm that there
are still unpaid debts against them
for services of attorneys. In her old
age she finds herself without means
of providing for the future and,
wearied and worn out with the six
long years of prosecution, she and her
husband have thrown themselves upon
the mercy of the court.
In closing her petition, asking that
the Jail sentence be RENTED, the
other cases mol pressed and the
prosecution dropped, Mrs Post prayed
that the fine be reduced to $3.50, from
the $500 imposed by Judge Boarma<
Pay $500 Fine.
This request the court declined to
grant, though, on account of her ad-
vanced age, her affliction, and her
rapidly breaking health, the govern
ment was willing to have the Jail sen.
tence RENTED, and to nolle PROSE-
the other indictments against her, her
husband and her son-in-law, Charles
F. Berman.
These conditions the defense agreed
to Mrs Post promised to cease using
the mails, in any way in carrying on
her practice" and to cease the eff.
fort to secure new trial through the
prosecution of writ of error. The
$500 fine, assessed by Judge Boarman,
was paid, and yesterday afternoon AS
sistant District Attorney Richard P.
Marks entered a nolle prosSeQui in
each of the other indictments against
Mrs. Post and Col c. G. Post, and
against Charles F. Bergman.
Thus ended one of the hardest
fought cases that has ever been before
the United States courts in Florida, a
case that attracted attention through
out the entire United States, a case
that has been pending. in one form OF
another, for six long years.
Petition of Defendants.
The following is the petition of Col
and Mrs Post as formally presented
to Judge James w. Locke in the Uni
| ted States district court yesterday
morning:
Your petitioners, Helen w. Pcst
and Charles c. Post, her husband, re
spectfully allege as follows:
First: "That Helen w. Post is now
over Is years Of age.
Second: That she is now. and
for some time past has been, afflicted
with acute inflammatory rhennatisg
in her limbs: that said affection Ia.
occurred since her laS5 tyi3l n ,3t-
court aud Is o. an tgs.Tarat;'s "t&;
acter dangerous - he, e"ce dG.t1'
conditions permitting har 10 hsFe goo;
care and attention, Ivcpcr feed az
nutrition.
Cease Using Mails.
Third: That tie said Helen "
Post has finally AID definitely decide,
and determined, yeG3ra.uss Of event
CT results of the ilGict8en, nov pend
ing against her in the said couli, &;
cease &c use the nails 81 posjGr!ic
department in Ca.lEiaS ca Cr nGBdcci
ing the business CT 3l5 practice .
Mental Science. aId o cease GoIa.
anything connected with ~ relate
thereto or under color thereof W1iC!
can be regarded as an infriU ement o
violation of any federal statute.
Fourth: That prosecutions unde
the indictments now pending in tn
said court. and other indictment
which have been disposed CT, Som
twenty-five in number, all under sec
ton JiS0 Of the revised statutes, haY'
been conducted against the said Heller
W. Post by the federal government
for peiod of about six years.
That in her defense Of such prose
cutions it has been necessary to en-
ploy counsel and pay counsel fees an,
costs of court and attendance therein
and the cost of prosecuting writ o
error to reverse former sentenc
of the said court on some of the sail
| indictments.
Costs Very Heavy.
THAT the amount your petitioner
have already paid in that behalf ex
ceeds the sum Of $4,000, and its pay
ment has in large degree embarrassed
your petitioners in their advances
| years in obtaining the means of FL
ture support; and your petitioners ar,
still considerably indebted for unpail
counsel fees thus incurred, which
they are at present unable to nay.
Fifth: That IL the prayer of thi
petition Is granted, or is granted t
the extent Of remitting the imprison
ment imposed by the sentence of salt
icourt and dismissing all pending in