The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-15
BY JOSEPH F. HEARST Copyright 1895, By United Press)

Caney, Kan, Nov. 15 - (UP)- Mrs. Dora Boegler sat to-day in the midst of dozens of the gaudy paper flowers she makes to eke out a mcagre living and ex- plained how God answers her pray CTS and punishes those who annoy her.
 She recalled the death of boy she said tormented her, the death of four hogs of 3 neighbor who dis pleased her and the serious illness of 8 man and his wife upon whom, she believed she had called down judgment.
 God says in the bible to keep peace and he will fight your battles for you," she said. And he does it, too"
 A few blocks from the Boeglers lives Mrs. Will Ray, one of those Mrs. Boegler asked God to punish.
 One of Alleged Victims
 Mrs. Ray sat by kitchen fire, so anemic she is unable to get about her home. Dr. H. s. Lambdin was there. He is trying to build up her blood supply. She didn't believe Mrs. Boegler's prayers had anything to do with her long illness.
 "Her prayers don't get out of the sound of her voice." she said. "Her threats don't worry me any, but Will, my husband, was some worried when he took sick after she wrote she was going to pray that we both be stricken"
 On a table easily reached from the chair where she spends her days were several of the notes Mrs. Boegler had written her. They ap- peared soiled from many handlings. Mrs. Ray said she hadn't read them and reiterated she wasn't worried.
 But I do wish I could get my strength back again." she said. T will, won't I doctor?"
 Dr. Lambdin said he hoped SO. that he had expected his treatments to restore her health long ago.
 Didn't Credit Threats
 Mrs. Ray said she didn't believe Mrs. Boegler's threats had anything to do with the death of the Rays four hogs just before butchering time or with the rather odd death of the Oley boy, either.
 That poor little boy dying" she said, "and her praying that he be punished. Isn't that awful?"
 The death of the "Oley boy" oc- cured a year ago. He was Ablino Oley IA, the son of Mexican par ents who lived next door to the Boeglers. They moved from Caney after the boy died. The house they occupied later burned.
 "The boy was mean and he made faces at us and called me names and called my husband, Jake there. names" Mrs. Boegler said, Called him a hunchback, and him 91 and feeble. don't think God would punish him, but rather his mother for raising him so."
 The note Mrs. Boegler wrote in that case read:
 Tonight I will pray to God to cause your boy to suffer great agony. I'll ask God to burn him with fever and lay the hand of death upon him."
 The boy became i'll. His fever was intense and he suffered great pain. Three doctors attended him and none was sure of his diagnosis. There was no autopsy. The death certificate called it appendicitis.
 The Rays hogs were next. Mrs. Ray customarily gave the Boeglers cottage cheese and cream to pour over it. The milk supply became short, however, so she withheld the cream.
 "She said it wasn't fit for chicken feed without cream" Mrs. Ray re- called, land refused it. Then we got that note."
 Another Note
 It read: For a little cream you have sold yourself. I will pray for your hogs to get sick and die. My prayers are always answered. Re- member the Oley boy?"
 There was no cholera in the neighb0rhood but the four hogs died.