Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
Horrible Crime Of a Religious
Fanatic Near Allentown. Pa
TO EXERCISE THE DEVILS
Orgy of Devil Chasers" Ends in
Destruction of Property and
Brutal Murder of a Child
Who Cried Because Fana-
tics Frightened Her.

- A., ..
-, 80. 1850
90 vac H''" '-'N'~' OF which sect
ne declares bee is God and chief. made
the jail here ring with his
sh.,--- ana i--,..-.......... ~ ,
~ ''''s' '-- NeeperS II tney DON
trt N-iA go ana has torn most % the
long. shaggy hair from his head 80
beard. and The clothes from. AIS lf.~
figure fn his TRANSPORTS of rac.
= am God" he shouts And viii
blast Enl with my aIr ir,f, 1frhtrir,r~s .
% yog fo not let me 40 c-ushed
tne devils out OF the child. She was
fun nf them. and chased them from
her
The orgy 90 tho devil chase~e'' |
which eliminated in the terrible denrr .
90 the little GIRL was held on Bach .
man iarm- in the hills near Naza-
roth IA smith is cement manu- .
'tlrrr of Alliance. and uuUl DO be-
came ca convert 90 the weird Worship .
~ iNe devil chaS- r.. was a stea ly-
E'inr foreman iu his factory The
ina became "a convert through the
rn.-e- Nra-iee The "seEil cha~n-s. sent
o4f on rrcruitinE work through Penn .
eltN anna 4ne headquarters 20 Tho
came nro said to ne Iu Rcading one .
OF lhr .tS 90 their creed is personal .
tx 'flaHon- and tnc bodies OF Bach .
man -n- fis Hlfe are covered with .
."fN @Nd scratches. many % them .
''tsN
Terrified by Antic>.
Tachman. who. sI-c, his conversion,
90 tho Devil gh.1.~. ra- h..- , ..,..
slant visitor at smiths factory. made
such an impression on his hrnthr~-Ir- .
la" fhat smith on Satur6av agreed
win his wife ana nve-year-old child. .
May Irene. 20 attend two DAYS meet
lrE 90 the sect Late Satr-F1v .frr~-
noon under tn trees in tho 6ars ,r
Focrf nar's plac. the Worship ~ -ne
beFi 'hasers began The low groans
men and women half-cioth-d rolling
on the ground and shriekir- +haf -re
devils were passing from tho-- ta-rf-
fed the child. and she screamed s..
lon0.f in her fright that Rachman.
enraged az the INTERRUPTION ~ h.s.
ritual demanded that she 81 lnrtef
nr N here she could NOT detrsrt att.r- .
ton from the rites OF his followers
smith and his wife. who. after a
fe~ hours. seemed q, 81. ~-rv.r h,-
their religious derotlorS agreed ana .
the child was promptly locked ur
hacnman later entered thc house
20 ~. county a, thorites who reach
OF tho wo-shtners ,-n., e.,, .
Rachrnan and tne S-,i-,. t,+, 49,.
clurchlrr a rort- ~a,--r .,.--
torn from "A tres - rr. ,-,,....-t-
side was 0~s- As e,,., ~. d. ...-.
the house ne shouted thar rne 5.,..-.
be driven from those who u-e~e f,
possession az III
Drive them forth. ba sho,..4
every last Ones drive -rr-., @.., p.
He picked un a rr,t- ,-s 49,
shouted that the devr ~. go
crouched beneath 70 had hidden un-
der a chironfer The Sr,i,bs -.,,5 ~
Eachman broke the chfoorisr 81
pieces with their bare hands rbsD +,
shout arose that p. sa,-,l r.4 49,, 49,
on Mre Rarhy-,a- y,----..-.-7 90 49,
hfaazf-, hr..s- " --'-7 Nri
curses and blows from tbe $50.
Eachman and the Smiths 49, ,--,-,
the IN selves ur 10 their frar-,- 80 a.
molished everything in rha 49,,
a climax they broke down the re1f~g
and smashed windows ard 49,
suddenly Rachr7,ar, b.-i-.,-,.',
Smiths. and the Few tirnid vro-shf--
erS. who had followed hfr, t-t, -
house where the awful orgy bas 49,
CURED. and told them they must Ias,-a
him alone From babfr5 - f,-,s
door OF the room where she 49, 49,
hned came the cries OF the srarS5r,v
child.
ManSIed the Child
49, = INC iiiu-
poiics ,1,as % me story they told the
1900 N-'0 -eDS group IN the
80 -. "a" bachman enter
o,,,.ss, - men resumed their rites
Sov-s--.- - 1919 hAt an hour.
$500 -. = Salltn' startled by
~ Re- rStiS S Sec'areo she must 60
sbrs.L. - &c" SECONDS later her
sh-oN SppI-seu the half crazed
bsr-s,.s ,@,.-. Inns serious mao
49,. - 49, Eesheo into the
Pscb-,an S--s,1- ne woman and
an6 h-,,,sa's S ssls BESIDE the crushed
.sBachms, a. =. ..
lis from her. 1 cast OUT 'he dew