Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-15
DOCTOR SETS
CHILD'S Arm
SEES THE NECESSITY FOR
QUICK ACTION
MEMBER. OF FAITH PERFORMS
OPERATION
Father Had Refused Attendance for
Girls Broken Arm Until lndig-
nant Neishbors Took
the Matter Up

DIR. Henry S. Keyes, superintendent
of the emergency hospital and one OF
the founders of the Apostolic, or Holy
Roller faith, yesterday set the broken
arm of little Mildred Crawford, the 10
year-old girl who was found by Officers
of the Humane society suffering the
greatest agony and without medical at
tention Saturday afternoon.
"Dr. Keyes visited the house and set
the arm of the little girl, according to
statements he made to me-" said HUI
name fOfficer Reynolds last night. 1
have not seen the child but Will visit
the house tomorrow and talk with Mil
dred and her father again. The little
girl objected to having any physician
touch her arm, even more strenuously
than her father did, but after DR.. Gar
rett and DR.. Trew investigated and
showed the father what an injury he
was doing the child, Mr.. Crawford
seemed to swing around to our way of
looking at things.
Insist on Attendance
'rWc will now insist that the child's
arm be properly attended until 1t Is
healed When Mr.. Crawford Informed
tentend to the injury 1 agreed to allow
matters to rest until I heard from that
physician"
Mildred Crawford, the injured girl,
her father and mother, are all mem
bers of the Apostolic faith This sect
is religious body similar to the Holy
Hollers The majority of the members
of the faith also profess disbelief in
medical attention for all forms OF Ill
ness or injuries.
DR.. Henry S. Keyes. the physician
who was called to attend the little girl
is one of the founders of the Gift or
Tongues faith, and in the past professed
to have himself received the gift. His
daughter Lillian. 1S years of age, who
is at present travelling with her moth
er in the east also claimed to have re-
ceived the sgift and achieved a great
deal of notoriety a year ago by del1V-
ering addresses in strange languages
which could not be understood except
by those who had themselves received
the gift.
Holding Camp Meeting
At present members of the faith un-
der the leadership of Elder Scott are
holding camp meetings on East Avenue
Fifty-eight, near Pasadena avenue.
There religious meetings are held each
day which are attended by large num-
bers of local residents as well as by
visitors from other cities.
Mrs Crawford, mother of the little
girl who was injured Thursday is one
of the teachers of the cult and passes
most of her time travelling throughout
the country delivering lectures ana
winning converts to the religion.
During the last week Mrs Crawford
has been in Portland, but she is said
to have left that city last night for
Los Angeles. She is expected to arrive
here Tuesday and will then deliver
series of lectures at the camp meeting.
Neighbors Indignant
The fact that Mildred Crawford
was allowed to go so long without
medical attention aroused a great deal
of Indignation in the vicinity in which
the family lives. Neighbors protested
to the Humane society of the treatment
which was being given the child and
demanded that some action be taken to
have her injuries attended to.