The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-09-21
EVIL SPIRITS RESIST
Efforts 10 Drive Them Out Cause
Death Of the Patient.
FIVE PERSONS ARE JAILED
Zion City Parhamites Charged With
MansIaushter in Torturing to Death
an Aged Woman Whom They Were
Giving Treatment"

Chicago. Sept 21--Five persons,
members Of the sect of Parhamites,
are under arrest in Zion City accused
Vt torturing TO death Mrs Lolita
Greenhaulgh, sixty-four years old, TO
show their belief In the religion they
profess.
Those under arrest are Walter and
Jennie Greenhaulgh. son and daughter
Of the woman; Harold Mitchell, Mrs.
Harold Mitchell and Mrs. Smith All
are charged with manslaughter.
Mrs. Greenhaulejl had been for
twenty years an invalid, suffering from
paralysis and rheumatism
The sect of Parhamites was founded
about year ago by Charles F. Par
ham and numbers about zoo The
members originally belonged to Dow
les church and believe in the gift of
torgnes and especially in dia5olical
sickness is an evidence of the posses
sion of the body by evil spirits.
The condition of Mrs. Greenhaulgh
convinced her son and daughter and
the three persons arrested with them
that she must be possessed of the
devil and they determined to exercise
the evil spirit. The FIVE knelt by the
bedside and, after prayer, commenced
their work. The arms Of Mrs. Green
haulgh, stiffened by rheumatism, were
ierked and twisted about In order that
the devil might be driven out The
cries of the aged woman were consid-
cred to be those OF an evil spirit and
We're greeted with triumphant shouts.
After a course of this violent treat
ment Mrs. Greenhaulgh not only be-
came so weak that she could not use
her limbs but became incapable of
making any motion. Then her neck
treatment was kept up.
Son Testifies at Hearing.
Walter Greenhaulgh testified at the
coroner's INQUEST that Mitchell and his
wife recently had vision" In which
Mitchell was ordered to quit work and
devote his time to casting out demons
from the sick. Young Greenhaulgh
declared that his mothers consent was
obtained before the treatment was be-
gun. He assertsd that hypnotic passes
were made before his mothers face
ana then followed the muscular force.
which, he said, was strongly resisted
by the "demons.'
Mrs Smiths part in the treatment,
according to the testimony befc~e the
coroners jury, consisted in raising
Mrs Greenhaulgh's head and holding
her while Mitchell and his wife at
tempted to straighten the woman's
limbs, which had been twisted by
years Of rheumatism
Greenhaulgh broke down and cried
as he told his story. He declared that
for some time his mother bore the
treatment bravely, but at last the
agony became so great that she could
not restrain herself and shrieked.
"Oh. Lord, help me" a number of
times According to Greenhaulgh
Mitchell said that her cries must not
he heard by outsiders and he put his
hand across her mouth to smother
them
The five worked over the victim
until che died After that, according
to Greenhangh, Mrs. Smith became
the leader in resurrection scene. "
In this efforts were made to restore
the dead man to life. When these
efforts had filled the announcement Of
her death was made.
The case will be further investi.
gated by the authorities.