The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-23
CHARGE MINISTER
 WITH KIDNAPPING Head of Holy Ghost and Us
 Society in Trouble IS NEARLY STARVED Suffered From Hunger and Thirst When His Yacht Was Buffeted About By Sea and Wind-Sey-
 eral Have Scurvy
IS NEARLY STARVED

Portland. Me. October 22.-As the eli- max to months of hardships during which he and his little band of followers had suffered from hunger and thirst as thelr yacht Soronet was buffetted about by sea and wind, the Rev. Frank W. Sanford. leader of the Holy Ghost and Gs society of Shiloh, was brought to this city last night in charge of county officers.
 His arrest was made on n writ in civil suit brought hy Mrs. Florence N' Whitaker, wife 'ofsone.of the Holy Ghost and Us leaders, who alleges that she was Illegally detained aboard the Kingdom, was released on habeas corpus writs in June. 1910, and since then the authorities have been awaiting the appearance of Sanford within this jurisdiction to arrest him.
 Today was his first appearance, and then it was not in accordance with his will or plans. When he was brought ashore from the Coronet, which swings at anchor off the quarantine station, a wrecked and disabled craft, he was &C., companied by the husband of the woman at whose instigation he was arrested, the Rev A. A. Whitaker. The latter wished to assit in arranging bail for his leader. Damages in the suit brought by Mrs. Whitaker are set at st000, and the au- thorities demanded $100O0 bonds for their appearance. Originally there were five suits for s20,G00 each, brought in tho names of Mrs. Whitaker and her four children, but recently It was decided to drop tho actions and seek only nominal damages.
 Last night two men were brought ashore from the Coronet by health authorities and placed in a hospital both suffering from scurvy. Seven others, six men and one child, died with the same disease and were buried at sea during the last few months, according to members of the crew.
 Many others have had touches of the sctfryy. The men taken to the hospital last night are in a serious condition.
 Not sail of her original suit of can vass was left whole, and there was foot of water in the cabin when the Coronet entered tho harbor and dropped anchor. The pumps were being worked continually.
 In the vessels larder there was not one leaf of bread and no fresh meat had passed the lips of any of the religious seafarers for many days. Both crew and passengers were nearly exhausted
 For four months the Coronet, which left a Haytien port June 27, had strug- gied against the elements as she beat Ter way up the coast. but never once did her commander ask aid, his only re- quests from passing vessels being, how ever for food for the crew and passen- gers. For the last week the staunch craft has been beating her way along the coast. her crew despairing of her ability to reach port. On board were 55 per- sons, including the Rev. Sanford and his wife and five children.
 Worn by the terrible hardships of months at sea-. half starved and with faces emaciated, it was a ghastly looking company of seafarers which confronted the boarding party at Quarantine.
 For seven days the men and women had been working necessarily in relief squads at the pumps. This work had reduced even the strongest men to mere skeletons ass ss4l.... zsf-..s .-s ss-zas
 While they worked at the pumps men and women prayed intermittently. In the storm every small boat was smashed to findling wood. If the yacht had found- CT ed the Shiloh coterie would have all perished.
 The Coronet has been battered by many distant seas since she left Portland in 1910. The sailing master, H. F. Ritham, said that they had been to the Holy Land, but had spent much time in the tropics
 nao'ng the faith of their sect.
 Mir. Sanford was released from custody shortly before midnight, the necessary bonds being furnished.
 Members of the Sanford party are ex- pected to come ashore from the Coronet present plans they will proceed at once to present plans they will proceed at once to Shiloh to join the Sanford colony there