The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-23
THE NEW MESSIAH
ROUGHLY HANDLED
lFIam - -

] incarnation of Jcsus Christ, came to
| Honolulu on che Mauuh Ioa yesterday
morning after having been treated no
a coat ot tar and feathers end having
a ramr'd, capped with oily rags push
Cd down bic ocsoplagls into bis
stomach
a few weeks ago the residents of
Kona, Hawaii were aroused TO the
fact that there was a religious fauat .c
in their midst who stated that he was
Jesus Christ and, by various cunning
methods had made the Hawaiian and
poorer Portuguese people believe in
him.
lie announced himself as the apostle
Of new Gospel and the Saviour him
| self. In proof Of this he showed the
I more superstitious Of his hearers marks
! in his side and on bis feet, which be
said were the marks Of the nails when
be was put on the cross. II was after
wards discovered that he had made
these marks by means Of acid.
Associated with him were two
women, a Miss Carlson and a Miss
Beard. The former is admittedly crazy
on the subject while MISS Beard. form.
erly of the K0na Orphanage, is said
to be merely strongly religious and an
easy mark for the other two who are
also reported 20 have been putting up
scheme 20 take Miss Beard = money
away from her.
Miss Beard was the matroness and
manager of the Kona Orphanage, and
it was her money that kept the in
stitution going. After the place closed
mp Miss Carlson was her constant com
panion and, when this Dennis Gavin
appeared on the scene and proclaimed
himself as the reincaTnatiOn, both
women joined him.
The Carlson woman proceeded ~
announce herself as Eve and wanted
TO 60 about attired in the costume Of
the mother Of all Of MS as she WIS be.
fore the serpent appeared. Miss Beard
was willing 10 follow suit but IN .
modified form.
IL WAS not very long before the con.
seryatiyc inhabitants Of Kona became
wise 10 what was going on and they
determined 10 put stop 70 H. Dennis
had comparatively large following of
zealOts who imagined that they were
the chosen few and would, under the
leadership Of their new Messiah, put
the world 10 rights
Matters came 10 head last Sunday
when vigilance committee WIS form.
ed and they went out In search Of
Dennis Gavin, He Was discovered in
the Abe hotel, japanese establish
ment in IIoualOa. His room was en-,
tered by the committee and he was
promptly gagged, A cOnt Of tar and
feathers was then applied and ram,
rod with rags ON the end Was thrust
down his throat,
Once through with their initiation
proceedings, the committee removed
the gag and left the room Dennis
Immediately set up a series Of loud
yclIs He was rescued from his cont
Of tar and feathers by the proprietor
Of the hotel and some other japanese,
by means Of several gallons Of coal oil
and much agony,
His two women victims were brought
back on the Mnnna Lon, Miss Carlson
under guard and Miss Beard merely nm,
der supervision, During the yOyHgp
made tho subject Of much quizzlBg by|
those on board lie refused 10 be
shaken in his statement that he II the
real incarnation and stated that, when
the ramrod was pushed down his tbrOat
he actually died but, owing 10 his
miraculous attributes he came 10 life
again, Once ashore he disappeared
and has not been seen since but II Isl
understood that the police have an eye
out for him and that he viii be given
quiet "FlOater.D
This same Gavin was mixed mp with
n hui of fanatics In Los Angeles who
held forth in ball over the Burbank
tbeater Hs those gifted with "TOn,
gues," The method was 10 hold reli
giOns meetings during which those
present became worked mp 10 m ex
tra0rdinaty degree and, NJ certain
crisis in the exhortatiOns Of the lender
some of them would babble forth In
cra2y gibbersb, supposed 10 be any
foreign language from Chinese 10
Arabic. lie was also mixed up with 81
sect " the same kind IN San Francisco,
Observation-Disclosures
careful in the future as to what he
said and did,
Evidently his argument had been
carefully planned by himself and Mrs.
Atcherley, and for n man who is not
lawyer, he certainly did extremely wen,
But he went over the same ground
again and again, trying TO point ont
that nothing had been adduced to 1roye
That he Is parnnoiae, Mrs Atcherley
constantly prompted him, and several
times when he started 10 sil down, she
reminded him Of something else that he
might say The loprosy question ap,
peared TO be upperm0st in her mind and
i was along that limo that she coached
him most frequently, DT, Atcherley
spoke for nearly an hour aud a quarter
AZ the conclusion Of his argument
Judge Andrado adiudged him Insane in
the words with which this story begins,
Bui he also passed the buck, for he stat,
ed that be did not consider himself
| qualified 10 pass upon tho question Of
insanity and would leave Il for tho
| lunacy Commission t0 have the last
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