The sun., 1908-10-14
HANISH MADE Hts CULT PAY
SOLD HIS SUNSHINE OIL" AT
1000 PER CENT. PROFIT.

Kept the Sun W0rshippeTS on AbsteTHi0us
Diet while He Ate Meat ana Drank
Beer and Conee-Story o. o PFinter's
Rtse 20 Great Wealth and Some Fame.
BOSTON, Oct. IS.-The petition Of Mrs,
Mabeiie NJ. Dutton OF Dorchester. who
asks that a conservator be appointed by
the Middlesex Probate Court 10 prevent
her aunt. Mrs. Ellen M. Shaw. OF Lowell.
from giving her property to the scot
known az the Mazdasnans. OF Sun Wor-
shippers. was heard at East Cambridge
this forenoon before Judge MeIntire.
Mrs. ShaW's estate is valued at about
Si0O. 900. and the petitioner alleges that
her aunt has expressed desire to give
II 10 this organization.
W. s. Dutton. the husband Of the pe-
dtioner. and Mrs. Adoiph Dittman. who
for several years lived In the homo Of DR..
Hanieh, the leader OF the cult. testified TO
certain things which they say show the
system 10 be at least q money maker.
That he had often seen Mrs. Shaw
rolling about in the dewy grass without q
stitch of clothing on her body was among
the testimony offered by Dutton.
Mrs. Dittman, who was q member OF
the Hanish household several years. from
tho time she was 10 years old, declared
that when she first knew him he was a
typesetter in Chicago; that he began to
gather about him people whom he in
struoted In his peculiar notions OF hygiene.
such az taking dew baths and wearing as
little clothing as practicable; that his
circle enlarged and he formed GLASSES
and established headquarters in Chicago,
Salt Lake City and Denver.
Mrs. Dittman said that store was
managed by tho leader In Van Buren,
street, Chicago. where supplies were sold
to the faithful; that while ehe was in
struoted TO tell customers that the supplies
came from the Orient and had peculiar
powers. as q matter OF fact they were
bought at wholesale In Chicago.
During the course OF the Examination
Mrs. Dittman declared that Mrs. G. w.
Hilton, who Is said to be the head Of the
cult in Lowell. and who was In court.
eye line of vision. Mrs. Shaw sat in
court with Mrs. Hilton.
Mrs. Dttman told OF first meeting DR..
Hanish In Salt Lake City when he had
classes in health and breath culture at
her home. Later they all went to Denver.
The witness said:
sMy aunt, Mrs Stein, was called Carao-
manda. DR.. Hanish said that this meant
crushed purity or crushed incense. DR..
Hanish gave her that name. From Den
yer we went to Chicago, first taking up
quarters on the North Side and later OF,
the South Side. where the Sun Worship
temple was built in 1901. The second
temple was built in 1908. All who were
personally connected with the cult lived
IN fha faFD pla
Il bought olive oil In bulk, " hich was put
In bottles and labelled Sunshine Oil
DR.. Hanish represented this oil as coming
from Assyria. He said it possessed great
curative properties. 1t was sold in his
store for ten times as much as 1t cost
The witness said charcoal was put up
as 'Masdaznan Incense it's purpose
being to cloud the brain OF those who
were taking exercise In the temple.
Hanish drank and ate everything He
drank beer, ate meat at the time and
drank coffee.
All these things were prohibited
that Christ's birthday was on May 2S
and his own on December 10, On these
two days each person attending ser
vices contributed rs cents. 90 be given
to Hanish,
Mrs. Dittman testified that there were
tnre6 utEeTtHt Clhboo< III tno Cult, CdCtl
having a different form OF exercise. In
the advanced class one person was always
nude and two men and three women were
stripped to the waist. People In this
class not under the treatment. as we'll
as those under the treatment, never wore
corsets. The treatment consisted OF
fasting, massaging, bathing in the sun
and studying
Mr.. Diftmsn emphasized that the people
not under treatment wore their street
clothing,
porter. testified to a conversation that
she had with Mrs. Shaw in which Mrs.
Shaw said that she intended TO dispose
of her property and go to Montreal.
where she Intended to establish Maz-
daznan temple.
She asked Mrs. Shaw II she had ever
been in communication with her husband
through Mrs. Hilton, and Mrs. Shaw
replied that she had not through Mrs.
Hilton, but that she had been In communi-
cation with him through Mrs. Lorrey.
Mrs. Shaw told me that Mrs. Lorrey
had been In communication with her hus-
band and that Mr.. Shaw said when he
left his body he didn't like to leave his
boy Make, SO he jumped on him and
straneled him.
Miss Wells then testified that she had
seen DR., Hanish embrace and kiss Mrs.
Hilton In the midst OF a service in the
Mazdaznan Temple at Lowell. She said
she had attended the services and de-
scribed the temple and the servloes that
were conducted. She said that DR..
Hanish read the service while Mrs. Hi
ton addressed the audience. The people
intimate withJthe cult sat in front facing
each other, while others sat in the rear.