The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-02-17
The Vibrating Lady Of City Beautiful
BY Fred d. Pee1 Formerly Postotfne Inspector

One of the most notable and unique
cases ever tried in the United States
Courts of this country was that of Helen
Wilmans Post, "the Vibrating Lady of
City Beautiful" otherwise known 40 the
high Priestess of Mental Science at
Seabreeze, Fla"
The trial of this remarkable woman,
who poses as human storage battery
of vitalizing power, was recently finished
before Judge Aleck Boarman in the Uni
ted States Court here, and it attracted
much attention.
1t is not surprising that the court
room was tested to its utmost capacity
during the twelve days of the trial, tax
ing into consideration the weird and UNI
canny stories which got into circulation
of ghosts and hobgoblins, and black
magic, and how healing thoughts have
radiated from the ideal brain of Mrs.
Post, like great searchlight of wire
less telegraphy, to all points of the COM
pass, and oil parts of the world, like
tongues of lurid flame leaping here and
there in their frantic efforts to get into
the bodies of such persons as had sent
for which trining sum they secured alb
sent treatment, in order that they might
be rejuvenated, and relieved of poverty
and all the ills that flesh is heir to, and
rendered capable of living forever,
without "shuffling off this mortal coil"
and how third persons could be treated
through second persons without the
knowledge of said third persons.
The jury had to grapple with the
wonderful claims made by Mrs. Post in
her interesting books and pamphlets
"The Mind Cure Treatment" "The High
est Power of ALL" "The Wonders of
Thought Force" Freedom" "a Search
for Freedom" "a Blossom of the Cen.
tury," "The Vindication of the Sex"
ooh! World, Such as l Have, | Give
Unto Thee" Poverty and Its Cure"
1.-THE Beginning of Day, Dream of
Paradise" "The Conquest of Death"
"And a Star Clean Rent the Dark
Cloak of the Night"-in the person of
Judge Boarman, through whom seven.
handed Justice lifted her lofty SCALE"
His profound knowledge of the law,
and thorough understanding of mental
philosophy, suggestive therapeutics,
wireless telegraphy, ETC., enabled him
to pierce the hidden mysteries of nature,
and discant on the phantasmagoria which
he saw through the Kaleidoscope of his
own crystalline lenses, in contradistinc.
ton to the extraordinary accomplish,
ments claimed to have been attained by
Mrs. Post by persistent research in the
undiscovered realms of the mind; in q
manner that was instructive and edify
ing to the jury and the spectators pres
ent.
The jury returned verdict of guilty
with recommendation of mercy, ant
Mrs. Post was sentenced to thirty DAYS
imprisonment in the Duval County iail
and to pay fine of $500, and to stant
committed until the fine is paid
In passing the sentence Judge Boar
man said: 81 have no question in m,
mind as to your guilt. have no doub
that you are an imposter, because yo,
became criminal in using the nails" H,
further said, that he believed the de
PENDANTS scheme originated in bad faith
and that it was clear that the Jury
finding was correct. He however tenn
pered justice with mercy IN passin,
sentence on Mrs. Post.