South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-26
MIRACLE MAN IS
HEALING MANY
Makes No Claim of Being Doc
tor, But Can Cure All
Ailments.
BY &. LOUIS WOLF.


miracle man" continues 70 heal
hundreds Of patients and New Car
isle IS becoming the goal for Grip
pies. paralytics and sick from all
parts OF the country who arrive by
train. car and automobile.
Instances Of hts miraculous feats
Of healing are az hand everywhere.
and the people % New Carlisle re-
cite one story after another in which
the most extreme cases have been
helped and even entirely cured. A
large number OF South Bend people
have been 10 New Carlisle 10 be
treated by the miracle man" num-
hers Of them having reported being
relieved entirely or partially from
Affections Of which they have suf-
fered for years
Mr.. Mays. who was interviewed
Monday makes no claim 20 being a
doctor. but states that ne can cure
patients Of any sickness or disease
from which they may be suffering
Possibly not in the first treatment.
but II the patient viii give him a
chance and take enough treatments
cure will be certain. In appearance.
as far as being divine healer. Mr..
Mays is rather Disappointing. He is
"a short. but powerfully built man
His features are irregular and he
las remarkably piercing black eyes
that are set deep. seeming to peer
from under a great shock Of black
hair which grows los on his fore
head.
Is Good NauFcd.
lie is extremely good natured and
talks and jokes while working on his
patients His method Of treatment
consists in rubbing his hand lightly
over the back Of the patient and
sometimes over the afflicted part of
the body Some OF his patients state
that they can feel an unusual
warmth when his hands pass over
them. a great number Of them say
that they have been helped won
derfully while others are not sure
hut believe that they viii be even
tuaUy
Mr.. Mays states that ne has had
practically no education. Some say
that he can neither read nor write.
While being interviewed a special
delivery letter came for him which
his wife Immediately took charge Of
and refused TO let him sign for. she
signing and reading il. He has
worked 80 every Imaginable trade
Just TO see If 7 could make a living
at them" was the way ne expressed
IT, He says that he is an expert au-
tomObile and steam engine me-
Chanic and that during the war he
worked in the ship yards. Before
that he made fee cream for the
largest ice cream factory i'm Pitts
burg. where ne came from.
In answer to the question as 10 his
knowledge Of where his power of
healing comes from, he said, YES
! know where / get my power, but
am not going 20 tell. I have them all
guessing and do not intend TO eX-
plain Il until 7 get ready These wise
doctors are educated and ought to
know all about Fl let them give the
explanation. I've known that I
possess a power ever since I was six
years old but did not begin 20 cure
sickness until eight years ago"
'I started for California 10 prac-
tice there but stopped I'm Nishawa-
lIa where they ran me out Of town
and ] came here I intend 20 stay
here and build a large sanitarium.
There is no question OF my ability
TO cure. have relieved people. who
have been given up by some Of the
greatest specialists in the country
Another interruption came in the in
terview when a real estate man of
the town called at the request of Mr..
Mays. to discuss the sale of some
property for a sanitarium While
talking over his plans Mr. Mays said,
II want an acre or two OF land on
that high spot where the sanitarium
will get plenty OF light and air. II
viii be set back from the street
with a wide lawn in front and a
driveway leading up"
When the real estate man seem
ed disinclined 20 sell Mr.. MAYS stated
that his sanitarium would build mp
the town eventually and every train
would stop at New Carlisle just the
same as at Chicago and that his
hospital would rival any in the
country. When asked If the report
We're true that he could touch a
cigar or cigaret and cause 10 &c
make the smoker deathly sick Mr.
Mays said that ne would be glad %
demonstrate. The questioner passed
him a lighted cigaret which he held
IN his hand for a few seconds and
returned with the remark that il