The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-02
NEAR STARVATION BUT
DECLARES SHE cad SEE
Police Ready TO Take Margaret
ShIpIey TO H0SpifaI--Int
Sleep Again
CBy Leased Mlre.i


M'Keesport, Pa, Feb l-"The Lord
has called on me to eyaneelize the
world He will give me back my
sight"
Waking from her trance Margaret
Shipley the girl who has tasted foi
eight days in expectation OF a miracle
that would give power to the eyes
blind from birth, shrieked out these
words today and then collapsed. Ar
ter her guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Chas
Halderman had worked over her III
some time. she returned to the state
Of trance and lay rigid, though her
eyes opened from time to time
The Haldermans claim that the girl
has also revealed to them that she
can see slightly but public sentiment
is becoming SO bNter against them
that little credence is given to their
words except by foreigners. The po-
lice are likely to take action at any
time 1t has been decided that un-
less she is given some nutrition the
authorities will end the fast and take
the girl to the hospital
Miss Shipley had proclaimed she
would receive her complete sight at
& o'clock The miracle failed to ma
terialize and city officials if McKees-
port, after looking the girl over an
nounccd their intention to end the
fast. Her father James Shipley, saw
his daughter today for the first time
in seven days.
Girl CA,r,,f,1 TO nAatb
According to physicians who have
visited the girl purely out of PRIZES
sional interest, the girl is starving TO
death Great indignation Is express
ed by the residents in the vicinity OF
the Halderman home James Shipley,
the father. was one Of the group OF
Worshippers who gathered around the
girl today He was uncommunicatve
and refused to discuss the early life
of his daughter, 1t was learned that
the girl has been blind since birth
and has not met her father lor sever
al years. It is said the length Of the
last is worrying him and he is eX'
bected to force an end to the pres
ent situation
Il can see persons walking between
myself and the ight-something
have not been able TO do since child
hood said the young woman. i am
sure that my sight will be restored
fully and that can not already see
better is due to my weakness from
lack of food. / have been promised
that my sight will be given me at
the end of eight days fast priyiding
lay in trance for the four days
which are ending now
Sure She'll See Perfectly
Il have done as directed by the
spirit and already my eyes are bet
ter-so much that | can with safety
say that have been blessed with
the return of my vision almost fully.
Mrs. Bertha Sullivan, sister of the
young blind woman, and Mrs Halder-
man declined to permit anyone in the
house save those Whim they knew had
been faithful to the young woman IN
rer test of faith--had not made fun
of her, etc. This was brought about
by Miss Shipley announcing that slI6
had been informed while in the trance
that one of her most favored friends
was about to betray her and that the
traitor-to-be was woman. Mis- Ship
ley is said TO have told the women OF
tie household that if anything should
go wrong with the recovering of her
eyesight it would be laid at the doir
Of the traitress in her camp-one OF
ner chosen apostles.