Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1906-12-07
THE CELEBRATED POST CASE
Continued from LIST pago.)

seeking the light OF truth and Th
probably regarded her as a woman Q
rare and unusual power. Then ther
are those, It is said who had been heal
ed through her gifts and are williDl
TO give testimony in her favor, but tht
cold fact was that the government Of
hcials stopped her mail on fraud or
der, and she, her husband and brother
in-law were indicted, first IN 1901.
She is a remarkable woman in many
ways, and so great was the political
power that she could invoke that nc
less a person than the governor Of the
state appeared at Washington when
the case against her had a preliminary
hearing.
But the postoftice officials worked un.
ceasingly and inteligently and brought
among other things, evidence TO show
that, judging from her claims, she hsd
not only found peternal life, but also
the healing will that brings new life to
sick and diseased.
Not only could the blind be made to
see, the deaf hear and the cripple
walk, according TO Mrs. Wilmans,
but she battles even death. In her
book, 1.-THE Conquest of Death" she
declares that her powers are superior
to the grim old 'reaper' and that
thousands who have Thought connec-
ton" with her and have the right
faith can live forever.
Seabreeze is a beautiful little town
on peninsula between the Atlantic
ocean and the Halifax river, ITO miles
south of Jacksonville. The strip of
land is half mile in width and thirty
miles in length, from north TO south.
About it is glamor OF the olden
.imes-the heroic deeds of the fanatic {
'rnel Spaniards; the colonizing of S
lomesick Huguenots and their Indian ?
lilies, and the battle which, resulting I
q the defeat of the Spaniards, brought v
D light story of romance Of heroism '
etween a French nobleman aud an In. G
ian princess which has survived all a
ne stirring events Of the last four &c
al
Mrs. Wilmans-"I am the Power" II
she calls herself-was first heard of m
Chicago about twenty years ago.
ne is now 70 years Of age, rather OF
rye and feshy, full OF nervous energy co
It'll shrewd face, somewhat talka. pa
7e, but always able to guard her lips an
pm giving away secrets. st
In 1856 she married DR.. J. c. Baker tat
California, but later on was divorced. bu
'ars later, she married Col. c. C. ma
st, then engaged in journalism in an
lcago About 1889 or 1890, they tie
Chicago and travelled south, settl. Civ
in different parts of Georgia, anC
ere Mrs. Post began her mental cur
snce." In 1893 they were in At. I
ta' doing a large business but, out
inge to say, not soliciting any local bee
mess, all patients being attended to fou
the "absent treatment the
$50
tlanta becoming unfavorable, thew L
7ed to Florida, purchasing large Of :
It OF land. AS the years rolled by Col,
built themselves a magnificent. trail
~ home, beautifed the place. Ain
ding roads, streets, putting up trib,
llings, college and a convention man
, ETC., until they bad an investment An
early a million All of this money A NJ
gained in the last ten or twelve that
5 from patients" who received and
~ ''o"'ilent' Mrs Wilmans help
tnougnh connections and in le
'nts paid for it,. rh
II mode OF business was very sim. avid
She first advertised in newspapers Fdw,
magazines in localities far from yer.
da as TO her ability TO cure all tion.
SEES, such as consumption, heart conn,
~ "DN al .he o'her Ills, including DAY, Z
nso'' o9@'ness' etc. Not only witne
but even poverty could be eradi. same
"a person writing for informa. have
you'd be told her terms of treat treatr
i'oui % 70 % a week and S. to enter
month Following the first pay. liar c,
they received long printed cir. cured
WIN minute directions ernmt
: Wilmans, it seems, had an SEQ,
D,s.n' ana sne was 30 foil of husba
! 'iie ana nea'th that the over drink
from her was sufficient TO cure sent I
at simply believe Ia her. uspa and :,