The evening world., 1911-05-05
SCIENCE HEALER
!. W|NSlOW'S CASE
! UP FOR A HEARING
Mrs. Benzecry Testifies for the
County Medical Society
About His Methods.
MANY FRIENDS IN
Great Interest Taken in Pro-
ceedings by Members of the
Christian Science Church.

There was another session OF the con-
tinuous prosecution OF Byron Went
worth Wirrslow. Christian Science heal-
er. In the Jefferson Market Police Court
to-day ,before Magistrate Kcrrochan.
The County Medical Society Is the
prosecutor. through Its investigator.
Mrs. Francis Benzecry.
Various stages OF the complaint hav
shifted about from the jefferson Mar
ktt Couri to the West Side Court ana
ack again to the Jefferson Market
Court. The charge Il that Winslow
practised medicine without a ~liccssc.
and II "a the aim of the County Medical
Society 70 press the case OF Winslow
n another healer name Cole to the
highest courts for a construction OF the
law under which Christian Science heal
ors nov practise healing.
WinsloN. well groomed. arrived In
rourt with a throng of Christian Sci
tnce friends and his counsel. II. u.
h:stcrbrook. TIL County Medical So
clety VA represented by John q.
Dvr..
Her Story Of . Healing.
Mrs. Benxecry was the only COM
planning witness called. She said that
on March g last she called at the
treatment rooms of Healer Winslow.
No. 10 West Forty-second street and
informed him that she was troubled
with indigestion.
Il asked him. said Mrs. Benzecry.
Can you cure ne by Christian
Science treatment He replied: Yes.
I can heal you. God Is perfect: we
must be like God. We must be good.
be sincere. be true. We are made In
the image or God. God never made dis
ease. We must be like God In every
way.
The witness said she asked what the
treatment cost.
HE replied o." she said. and I told
him ! would take a treatment. He
said ] would have to take u number OF
treatments"
Mrs. Benxecry says she assented TO
this and the treatment began. Wlnslow
cut three fingers Of his left hand to his
forehead. rested the elbow OF his left
arm In the palm Of his RICH hand. shut
bis eyes and remained In this attitude
4oF twenty minutes. When he opened
bic eyes again he ave Mrs. Benxecury
card and told her TO go to the library
IND get a COPY OF Science and Health"
He wrote on the card the numl ers of
the pages he wished her to reat
"what happened hen?" asked the
counsel for the County Medical So
kiety.
Told Her to Remove Glasses.
II paid him S." replied the witness
.tand he told me TO come again. lie
baid ! must not put myself on n diet.
Erhe stomach he said. has no intel
bgence. 1t does not know What you
Aat. Also you must remove your
PASSES,
II told him ! could not see without my
elasses. Then I went away. | returned
IN the l3th and he asked me how ! felt.
sad ! fet about the same distress rs
before. I told him ! had tried no diet
ing. but II didn't work" M
y Winslow repeated then that a diet was
Unnecessary.
You can eat lobster. cornbeef. cab
baGe. and everything you want TO-"
said winsiow. Your stomach will not
know the difference"
III my stomach doesn't. ] do" Mrs.
Benzecry said - retorted.
wipslow asked Mrs. Benzecry II she
had read Science and HEALTH She
had not winslow gave her another
treatment. posing as he had on the first
occasion. Mrs. Benzecry repeated her
<isi; on March II. on March 20 she
took still another treatment, paying s.
each time.
Before Mrs. Benzecry was called TO
the stand Attorney Dyer addressed the
healer.
Mr.. Winslow.' he said. you Chris
,Isn Scientists are not very anxious 20
test the law. are you? Why dom you
pick opt some prominent Christian Sci
enlist for the purpose OF testing the
law and seeing where YOU stand?"
You might try God" replied Mr..
Wlnslow reverently. Mr.. Dyer had no
more to say till he called his witness.