RELIGIOUS CRANKS.
William Lindsay, t.ho 12-ycnr-old so.n of o willion.iiro contractor 'who died recently, leaving the boy .£200,000) has (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Kspress") bc«n rescue,! from a sect of Mil! worshippers in Chicago, who were. liringiiiK - up the boy as the-son's eirlhly sod. v The lifllo victim was discovered in :\ greatly piiuiciiitcd condition, lmviii;; been fed on white Rrapes and beer lor .•whip lime in nrdci , to inoreaso his divinily. His mo! her is (he hinh priostoss of Hie sect, which is called Mimlazmun,' anil nieelN in ji palatial , np-.vly-nmipied biiildiiifr in riiiranii. The boy's 'unci i>; bclicviii!; he was )>rinj» starved to death by l'aiiatifs, l ; an which caii-ed ilio police to remove the lad from the temple. Deleclivos had Ihe greatest iliiliciilty in i-ai'r.iii); admittance tn Iho temple. wlkm-p (hoy I'ouml 20 weirdly-dre-sed women wnr>hippin;; (he boy, who in a :,'iir»M.n«i robe imd'cirdle, amid (li'ciiralions of tliicnlal luxury. The «<ir~hiplXT=. lfil by Mis. Lindsay a'nd (lie M:\7..l:i3iiani lii«li m-w<t w1,., calls liim^li , ' Ihe [{■■v. -Ziir Ailu-li Ihnish. ;,,i<] is iho only man in (he (o.inpk', shrieked and Tiuiiiled to thi! mystic, words, " \=hom Vobu" ami "Yalhii Aim Vairyo," on Hie walls, 'lliey altemplel to prevent (he police fmii removing (lie bi>y, alu ] |j, (> latter were compelled to use 'force.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 6
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216RELIGIOUS CRANKS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 6
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