GIRL BURIED WITH DOGS
WEIRD RELIGIOUS CULT AT LOS ANGELES CANINE SYMBOLS OF POWER (United r.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (United service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LOS ANGELES, Mon. The police investigated a most weird religious cult, following a confession by Martha Rhoades that the body of her daughter, aged 16, who died of diphtheria four years ago, had been carted from a dozen different houses and finally buried with seven dogs, underneath a suburban dwelling. The police dug up two caskets and found the woman’s story was correct. The body was fairly well preserved. Mrs. Rhoades and her husband, with many hundreds of others, were members of the new cult, which was called "The Royal Order of the Eleventh Branch, Headstone of the Seventh Church of Joshua.” The seven dogs buried with the girl were symbols of power and resurrection.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 788, 8 October 1929, Page 9
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