The Washington times., 1929-01-11
JURY HAS CASE
Of WITCH
KILLER
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something from his mouth into the
cuspidor, and replied:
It's mockery-all these things
they're saying about powwowing.
Some men have power. / have it..
Power Is given some men as a
talent. just as Jesus gave power to
his Apostles. The Lord said: In
my name they shall lay hands on
the sick and they shall recover; in
my name they shall cast out
devils
Had Read Two Books
The doctor" was asked IL he had
read the witchcraft literature such
as the book THE Long Lost Friend, &"
which Blymyer was after when he
helped kill Rehmeyer, and The
Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses, "
the So-called BLACK Arts Bible"
He had read both. But once was
enough for him to read from the
pages of the latter book. A friend
had asked Doc" Lenhart to get
it in Harrisburg. He finally sue
cceded. Few copies of THE Sixth
and Seventh Book of Moses and the
Magical Spirit Art are available
and the doctor was surprised 70
learn the International News
Service reporter had one in his
possession.
In subdued, aWed voice, the al.
legged poWWOW-dOctor told of his
erie experience when he read the
Black Arts Bible"
II read only 4 few pages when
becaHie afraid of it," he related,
II was sitting in my home at night
suddenly a voice I'm the hallway
called me. I went there. said:
Who Is It.? There was NO answer
1 started to read again. The voice
called me once more, It was
SpOoky. I went to the hallway
again, but there was no answer. I
again started to read. Suddenly in
the Silenees Of the room I heard
awful voices which sounded as n a
Il0ck OF geese were quacking. 1t
was terrible. ! closed the book and
the noises ceased"
You must believe In spOOI.s,
&nSsts. and those sorts of things. y
NO answer.
Airs His Views
do you believe there are such
thlhss as witches, or that people
can be hexed?'
Well, l don't believe there are
any witches like those witches of
old. But there is a lot of hypno.
tlsm. Some people have a great
power over others-call it spells, or
Whatever you like. Witchcraft and
Po""o"lsm are nothing more or
less than hypnotism. have a
docter friend who saw 80 persons
hynetlzed In his presence"
In all solemnity. the doctor"
then said to the reporter:
You are four quarters: East,
west. north and south. The sun
comes up In the east, doesn't it?
Well. it you want to command
yourself you face the sun, don't
you? Well, then. your face is the
east, your right shoulder south,
the back of your head west. and
your left shoulder north"
1t was clear as mud,
The doctor told of the many
miraculous cures he had accom-,
plished in the 30 years he has lived
in this community. He had re-
lieved pain, made the sick we'll and
restored health.
one OF the cnll0fen. a daughter,
was horn hind in one eye. He
commanded for the eye" It came.
She has seen ever since with both
eyes.
Doesn't Use Charms
The power to do these things
came to him 81 years ago. he said,
when his wife was apparently on
her death bed and their fifth child
was about to be horn.
"A voice told me what to do" he
said. I have had the power ever
since"
The Doctor" denied he used
charms in affecting cures, or that
he performed magical feats by the
use of concentrated chalk, or that
patients were called upon to make
incantations and signs of the cross
as they recited psalms.
7 invoke the help Of God" ne
said. The Lord is with me. / get
my power from him"
Asked why he was not able to
help Blymyer. The Doctor" re-
piled:
"Blymysr was 4 mindless man.