A SACRED CROSS
DRAMATIC HAPPENING
ROME, March 13
From Cassino, near Naples, some the story of a dramatic coincidence in a .ocal church.
A woman a year ago borrowed a gun of money from a townsman, who died. His widow endeavoured to collect the debt, but was told that the money had been repaid a month deviously. The debtor expressed hcivclf ready to swear on the Sacred Cross in the city diurch that she was speaking the truth. The challenge was accepted and the two women approached the altar steps, while all present fell on their knees in a romantic hush. The claimant cried: “Now gwvarl' - But no sooner had the other woman, pallid and distraught muttered “I swear!’’ than the words were interrupted by a sound of rending wood as the right arm of the figure of the Saviour fell from the Cross’ followed by the Crown of Thorns, which struck her dress. After a moment of astonished silence the crowd broke into loud cries of “Perjurer!” and “Liar” The unfortunate woman, scnrcelyable to control her movements through terror, stumbled from the church and escaped home, followed hy cries and boos. The Crucifix is already known far and wide as “The Cross of Judgment.’’
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1932, Page 5
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