The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-26
BREAK BONES
TO EFFECT CURE
.,.,p,Ess ZION CITY PATIENT,
uas LETlTIA cREENHAuLeH,
DIES FROM TORTURE.
SEEK TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS
.o.osd conspirators Arrested On
Murder Charge After Coroner
views Body and Hears Weird
story of Her Death.

ch,oaqo Sept. 21.-Mrs. Letitia
ovosnbaulgh, Ga years old, 1900 Ga.
S.,o, avenue, Zion City, a followed of
~. y, new religious sect, "the Paham.
'1 was tortured to death, her arms,
~s ss and neck being fractured in an
ssort to cast out demons so that
NJ might recover from rheumatism,
mic sensational murder of an aged
moranS helpless to defend herself,
ssoguse her arms and legs were
crooked ana crippled by 20 years of
.,wsring from rheumatism, occurred
:. wednesday. 1t did not become
srowu until Friday, when after mid
rIgbt coroners inquest, the son Of
,hs woman in three hours of testi-
monv told how his mother was tor
t,yad ay the cure until she died.
Five persons are now under arrest
at zion City They are charged with
manslaughter.
The details of this case surpass any
Il the tragedies which have occurred
Il chicago and Zion City as result
Il religious fanaticism since DR.. John
Alexander Dowie set up his first tent
n Chicago in worlds fair times.
The husband Of the old woman was
not hell. He was excluded from the
room in which the ceremony" was
reformed. and had no opportunity
to Interfere This man has been in a
state Of nervous collapse since he
learned what occurred in the torture
chamber
1--WE we're merely casting out the
demons" said Mitchell God told
us in a vision what we should do"
I'VE did nothing wrong protested
bis wife
MAY God forgive me If l have
ered,' sobbed the frantic son.
The police have already learned the
names Of two women who are alleged
to be violently insane as result of
the treatment administered by the
MItchells Wholesale charges and ar
rests may follow
The son of the victim testified to
ihe coroner as follows
my mother had been suffering from
Rheumatism for 20 years. For some
months she had received no treat
ment. Her arms and legs were crooked
and twisted by the disease, and she
vas helpless. We wanted to do some
thing for hes. We did not know what
to do.
Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell came to cur house. They
told me that they had had a vision, in
which God had told them to cease
their work and that should stop
work, In that vision they said God
mdtold them to come to my mother
and help me cast out demons.
Our belief is that when one is sick
because of the demons which
esse you. We must start work at
once Afterward 1 gave Mitchell $50
Not for the ceremony he performed,
out because Gold told me to do it."
What was the ceremony you men
p0n{' asked the coroner.
We went into mothers rooms and
pd her that the ceremony was to be
m She said nothing. Mitchell took
uT by one hand and pulled it away
nom her body. She screamed terribly
ala not know What to do. I jumped
inward, but Mitchell held me back
mitchell put his hand over my
AQlhers mouth. He choked off her
ales He stopped her.
What are you doing? cried
Nn't hurt her.
he looked at me, and then said:
Course I shall not hurt her. Those
n'eS are not her cries. That is the
*'saming Of the demons and devils
uey leave her. She is all right.
Heard Bones Break.
was hard for me to believe, but
waited. He then stepped back from
Fslde mother and made some strange
s0uons, like hypnotist. He sale
sany strange things. TIE light was
%1ned low. Mother moaned. Sistel
~ ! could heardly bear it.
Then Mitchell and his wife agair
sew near The body. They took he
,,ns and pulled them out straight
/ 'aere was cracking sound. founC
! y afterwards they broke the bones
! saey did the same with her legs
10y pulled at her head The.
II srVnea and worked with her flesh
~ ~ sroaned and cried out. That, h
ss a was the demons leaving he
s ssuS. She would be all right, he said
An .nsn mother seemed to be quiet
sl looking at me, she said: I wa