New-York tribune., 1906-04-10
D0WIE FEARS ASSASSIN,
GIANT NEGRO GUARDS HIM
Dethroned Prophet Says He WiU
NeUer Lice uith Wife Again.

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Little Rock, Ark, April 9-John Alexander
Dowie passed through Little Rock at ? O'Clock
this afternoon.
During the entire trip he is being closely
guarded by Bradley Bartlett Burleigh giant
negro who sleeps in front of Dowics apart
ment. 1t is said Dowie is in constant fear OF
being assassinated. He has given it out pub
licly that he believes his enemies are plotting to
have hired assassins kill him before he reaches
Chicago.
DR.. Dowie will never again live with his wire.
He made this statement this afternoon to rep
resentative of The Associated Press, for whom
he sent
His determination to separate from Mrs. Dowie
made after he had read Chicago papers con-
tanning a story to the effect that he had IN
tended to establish a harem in his Mexican
colony. He ascribes this story to Mrs. Dowle
and his Gladstone Dowie says II caused
him great mental anguish.
How could they be cruel? How could tney
cause such thing to be published?" he said
Mrs. Dowie is the cause of most of my trou-
ble She has spurred on Voliva and the Others
until this dreadful trouble came and my perse-
cution was complete.
For years I tried to shield her, but her strange
conduct has now passed beyond the point OF
human endurance. Money and jealousy were at
the bottom of it all. She was incensed because
1 wanted to leave so much to Zion. May God
forgive her.
II offered her 21h per cent of the vast estate
1t should have satisfied her, for it would have
provided amply for her wants. AS for her jeal-
ousy, who can account for that only know
before my God that my life has been pure and
blameess. These stories about polygamy are
more than cruel-they shocking"
DEACON ma NJ fra0SnOrtat tiOn wired
to st. Louis this afternoon, asking that the reg
ular train be held. so that Dowie's private car
could be attached and the journey made to Zion
without stop. This would land the party in
Zion Tuesday forenoon.
Dowie's train was more than four hours late
here. This was partly due TO the delay in Texar-
kama and also to delay in crossing the Saline
River. When the train approached bridge at
this point it was said that the structure was
ablaze AS the train late, the engineer de-
termined not to take any chances and ran
straight across the bridge. Had the train been
ten minutes later the burning bridge must have
collapsed.
Dowie learning of the incident, declared that
this was a most favorable omen for him. that
the Lord had purposely delayed the destruction
of the bridge to enable him to cross 1t; that the
Lord had willed for him TO proceed in safety
to Chicago.
Dowie declared that he would win in the
fight TO prove that ne is the reincarnation Of
Elijah II. He said he had received a divine in
spiration that he would triumph over his enc
mics, and would be established in supreme au-
thority at Zion.
estate. said the report of Dowie bringing S1O,-
100000 in gold to Zion was AL rot"
Zion City, ILL.,, April 9.-Overseer voliva at to-
nights meeting said Dowie had a secret, iron
barred room in his home. which for the first
time entered by outsider to-day.
1T will surprise you to learn" said Voliva.
that in Shiloh House there was the most
curious room in America. The Czar of Russia
may have one and need one. but who would
think there was one in the peaceful city OF Zion.
We knew there was a room kept always locked
and into which Dowie himself went seldom.
We entered it to-day, but to do we had to
batter through two iron doors.
The was like vault. except that the
bolts and bars were mostly on the inside. Light
came into the room through a bulPs-eye win
dow, the outside Of which was protected by
heavy iron shutters. Air was admitted through
a funnel. There was bed inside, a bed so
curious that 1 cannot attempt to describe it,
And this room. this cell. was built by and
for a man who used to stand before you and
ask you to tell him what fear was like"
Dowie has been heralded swooping down
on Zion City in blaze Of wrath, declaring that
an underling cannot depose his creator. The
SO far as to-nights meeting showed
A carriage will be allowed to meet Dowie, and
he will be driven directly TO Shiloh House, and
taken to apartments as far as possible from
Mrs. Dowe's This was decided on. following
the receipt of an Associated Press bulletin from
Little Rock, Ark, in which Dowie is quoted as
saying that Mrs Dowie will never be wife to
him again.
Probably the idea is mutual remarked
Gladstone Dowie son Of the Prophet" when
the news given TO him.
Chicago. April "a report to the effect that
Dowie, upon his arrival will cause the imnedi-
ate arrest of General Overseer Voliva and the
members of his council a charge of con-
spiracy caused great excitement in Zion City,
and the announcement was made that If Dowie
took such action his arrest would follow
and upon a charge more serious
than has yet been made public.
FATHER CALLS DOWIE INSANE.
Ill -r,nr -.