The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-04-10
SEPARATES fgon WIFE
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Little Eeek sFfB l8 Iola tls,.
'nder no~io viii never again Ils~Witb
his wife This ID. oure n
Monday ast1uoon e. @ Representa- rive
Of the Associated Frees Tor wham b..
sent
Ills final determination 20 SEPARATE
IRON Mrs puwie was made after he
had received aud read the Chicago ia
Pefs Of last Friday A story 10 the
effect that he had intended TO es,ab.
iish a harcm in his Mexico colony
which he aseribes to Mrs bowie and
his son, Gladstone, caused him great
anguish
How could they he so cruel7 How
could they cause 10 he published such
ming! he said over and over again
When he had regained his compos
ure he told OF his decision never 10
i've with Mrs. Dowie again.
She IS the cause of most Of my
trouble he reiterated she has
spurfed on Voliva and the others un.
III dreadful trouble came, and my per,
sccution was complete
FOR years tried to shield her. but
her strange conduct has passed beyond
human endurance. Money and Jewel.
ry We're at the bottom OF it all. She
was lntensed because | wanted to
lea'e SO much to Zion. but God forgive
her.
offered her 2 10 per cent of the
vast estate 1t should have satisfied
her. for il would have provided amply
FOR her wants. As for her jealousy.
l only know before God that my life
has been pure and blameless The sto-
Ties about polygamy are more than
crueI-they are shocking
Dowie passed through Little Rock
at Z p, m. The train was more than
seven hours late This was partly due
to delay in Texarkana, and also a de.
lay in crossing the Saline river. When
the train approached a bridge at this
point 1t was seen that the structure
was abiaze. AS the train was late, the
engineer determined not to take any
chances on further tieap and ran
straight across the bridge Had the
train been ten minutes later the burn
ing bridge might have collapsed. Dowit
learning of the incident. declared tina
This was most favorable omen fol
him. He says that the Lord purposel,
delayed the burning of the bridge t,
enable him to cross It, He said III,
Lord had wilIed that he should pro
ceed in safety to Chicago, and that h,
would, therefore, win out in the figh
tn l.
of Elijah H.
During the entire trip Dowie wa
closely guarded by giant negro Thi
negro was picked up in jamaica, an
he has been carried along by Dowie a
his bodyguard through Mexico on tn
. present trip. His name is Bradle
| Barrett Burleigh, and he is more tina
| six feet, and weighs 200 pounds O
! the train on which Dowie is travelir
/ this negro sleeps in front of Dowie
4 apartment. This, it is said, Is dol
because Dowie is in constant fear
being assassinated. Dowie has civ
out publicly that he believes his Ell
mics are plotting to take his life, al
have hired assassinas to kill him befo
/ he reaches Chicago
i When Dowies train reached Lit
| Rock it was impossible to see til
| prophet. With him are travelling job
a Lewis. general manager of the Me,
lean estate; John F. Peters. manage
OF the transportation department; De
vid Murdoch, a nineteen-v ear-old boy
whom Dowie adopted; at rained nurs
and the African bodyguard. Mr.. Lew
is, acting as spokesman for the proph
ct said when Dowie left Texas he fel
discouraged but that recent develop
ments hive greatly encouraged him
He has received a telegram from Chi
cngo assuring him that his followin,
will be with him as q whole. Dowi,
says he has received divine inspIra
ton that he will triumph over HIS EN-
emies, and will he established In su
preme authority at Zion City Mr.
Lewis declared that the report o
DOwis bJinsin $4,000 900 in gold tc
Zion II all rot