The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
DOVIE, RAG4NG,s4ARTS HOME
TO DEAL OUT HELLFYRE TO HIS
WIFE AND son. .,.
Prophet Hands Out Curses to His Enemies
Declares He'll Put $40 900 900
into lions Treasury-Neyer Intended
10 Establish n POIygamOus Colony.

INTO lions JreaBury-Nefe InteIlutu
TO Establish n P~oIygamous Colony.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April John
Alexander Dowie, accompanied by John A..
Lewis, overseer. Of the Mexican colonies,
and Secretary White and his personal
| attendants, arrived here at 1 o'clock this
afternoon. The party went to the Menger
Hotel, where they will remain over Sunday.
Dowie. despite his hurry.to get o.Chicago,
absolutely refused to ira vel on Sunday,
saying that God would not profit the man
who broke His commandments" 90.
Dowie showed that he was suffering under
a great mental strain. His eyes were
bloodshot and his voice. trembled when he
spoke. Deacon Lewis said the prophet
slept very little last night, h. his whole
career Dowie was never more bitter than
now. His wrath is directed first toward
his wife and son. whom, he says, he trusted
above all Others. In calling down curses
on their heads, he said: 80
Al will drive them. forsaken, out into the
world. My son is an unnatural son, pos
sessed Of the devil, and instead of love and
comfort my wife has consorted with the
enemy. Hellfre is licking around them
both. I will be Gods instrument to deal
out righteous wrath upon their sinful heads.
Il want my people, Gods people, as well
az all others, to know hat l ave been
true to my trust. Funds left to us have
been lent to the Lord, and will be returned
manifold TO his people. Voliva and Granger
are tools of the devil and will be wiped out
of Zion City"
Then Dowie's wrath led him to raving:
Curse the devil-beridden dogs! Ingrates!
Cnyato,,s I1na' ToyatclC aoO,unHrplat
They will die in poverty and in distress.
l nave called down upon them the undying
wrath of God for defying his chosen prophet,
and He will be revenged."
Dowie worked himself into almost an
insane rage. His voice was raised until
he was shouting every. word,
IL have every faith in my people at Non
City" he said. They love me and will
follow me. When their leader is at their
head they will cast all traitors out.
God never countenanced force when
peace could accomplish the same end,
yet Joshua was commanded to gain Palestine
by the sword. God will reveal the desired
method to me to regain possession OF A,on: y
Both Dowie and Lewis declare emphati-
cally the apostle will be able to make good
his promise to put $40. 600, 600 in the treasury
at Zion City when he arrives. They will
not divulge how the apostle is to perform
this miracle, but they say: "God has
WV ihN ShOoSi - N'N
the way"
aOf ali the lies that could be conceived
in the devil inspired minds the worst were
those that my wife told regarding my de-
M siss &c s't sald po 8 RE9IyEss% aSH a eq tS6SEsb IL
wrath of God. Women proved the down
fall Of David and Solomon and other leaders.
Letters Letters p pT 13on Ggiv to arc cone api sd trom me E
continued the Apostle" God will turn
lying letter contained in every word Of
these communications. Afraid of criminal
G ros e4Sdi cut yelled the PSrophf Fl as os he
account to God and to mar for every cent.
Dowie fears neither the Instruments Of the
devil nor those Of man. ! defy them ALL"
Dowie and his party will leav We here Mon
day morning for Chicago. They will make
no other stop. en- route unless his health
should fail him..
= MAY CHARGE DOWN.. WITH s1a&MY.
CHICAGO, April with John Alexander
Dowie in San Antonio, Tex, planning a
master stroke for the recovery of Zion
City, arrangements are being made by
Overseer Voliva and his aides-de-camp to
expose the fallen leader as a fake healer,
bigamist, p~erjurer and embeZzler in a
afternoon, which will probably, be the
largest in the life of the North Shore
theocracy.
Following a meeting Of the investors
at Zion City to-day it was rumored that the
dark and terrible charge" which Voliva
is holding over Dowie's head, to be made
public in the event Of a fight for possession
Of the city upon the return Of Dowie. is shat
OF bigamy. 1t was said, and in many quar-
tiers believed, that Dowie and Miss Ruth
Hofer, the young Swiss heiress, were mar
ried. 1t was said that Miss Hotter believed
with Dowie in polygamy and that she be-
came his wife in Pollock Field, a suburb
of Glasgow, Scotland. o..
According to the rumor the ceremony
was performed after the old Scottish COM
mon law in which the First Apostle took
the young woman by the hand in the pres
ence of two witnesses and announced
tina he took her as his true and lawful
wife.
One of the witnesses to the ceremony
is now said to be with Dowie and the other
is with Miss Hofer. t-r
A report was current in Zion to-day
that Miss Hefer had left Genoa, Italy,
with funds for the First Apostle with which
to carry on his warfare for the recapture of
Zion.
Mrs. Jane Dowie announced to-day
through her son Gladstone, the unkiseed,
that she would not sell her jewelry, as had
been demanded by Voliva, that the money
might be given back to the Church.
MY mother has given up the Michigan
property" said Gladstone, but she will
net dispose of her personal property. The
iewelry is her own and she will keep it."
Another charge that will be made against
Dowie tomorrow is that he did his healing
with an electric battery that he carried
concealed under his robes. 1t was said
that the body of Elijah the Restorer" is
ali burned from the battery and that in the
4Iaving on of hands, " as he termed it, the
current passed directly through his body
to those whom he attempted to cure.
Personal attendants who had been with
Dowie for years, vouched for the story Of
the electric battery, and Voliva is said to
AVE ahidavits bringing out the facts.
II is decla red by these former assist ants that
the records will show. if investigated care
fully. that the Overseer never attempted
to cure patients who were not afflicted
with paralysis or some disease kin to 1t.
Ii is admitted by many OF Dowie's present
made blind people see he spoke honestly
and according to facts. but they explained
that the electric current a brought to
bear on optic muscles and nerves which
had hcen contracted by paralysis and that
these cures were only a sample Of the general
line Of accomplishments in the paralytic
field.