Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1929 — Page 5

NOV. 15, 1929

SECT AND RACE FORGOTTEN AT ‘CURESTMECCA Physicians’ Disparagement Fails to Stop Visits of Afflicted. BY FRANK MURPHY United Pre* Staff Correnpandent MALDEN, Mass., Nov. 15.--Cath-olics, Protestants, Jews and Orientals continued to kneel side by side today at the grave of an obscure priest in Holy Crass cemetery in unceasing quest for miraculous relief from afflictions science has been unable to cure. Statements from medical authorities that there can be no “miraculous” cures for those suffering from organic defects have no deterrent effect on the endless lines of pilgrims which move in and out of the cemetery. More than half a million have come in the past two weeks. Some come In ambulances. Others are brought In automobiles. Some hobble in the graveyard on crutches, assisted by relatives or friends. Because of the huge crowds, <"aeh pilgrim L allowed only a. few seconds at the newly-acclaimed shrine, the gTave of Father Patrick J. Powers. who died sixty years ago. Cast Crutches Aside Some rise with cries of thanks and cast aside crutches, braces or epectacles. Perhaps they have needed those only because they thought they needed them, medical men say, but. the pilgrims who find relief are confident that miracles have been wrought. Many others, however, weep with disappointment, finding themselves untouched by the supposed powers of the shrine. On the grave Thursday night were scattered coins, clusters and flowers, trinkets of all sorts, and vigil lights, the sole illumination for a group of worshipers W'ho remained at the shrine until dawn. In All Souls’ chapel, not. far away, were eight pairs of spectacles, four pairs of crutches, two canes, four leg braces, two arm braces and a body cast—testimonials to supposed cures which had been effected. “Cured Nov. 7, thanks to Almighty God,” read a note attached to one pair of eye-glasses. One of those who knelt at the grave Thursday was Mrs. Mary Signe of LawTence, who said she had suffered from blindness for the last eighteen months. "I can see! I can see!” she cried exultantly as she rase from the grave, waving her rosary' beads. Pray for Cripple Several hundred onlookers knelt on the wet ground around the shrine and prayed for the relief of William Creedon. 23, of Danvers, after h? had come to the cemetery in an ambulance. For seven years, it was | said, he had suffered from a ; tubercular spine. He experienced no Immediate relief. Joseph Armar. though suffering from lameness, hitch-hiked to the cemetery from Danbury. Conn., and after prayers at the shrine, left his cane on Father Power’s grave. For sixty years the remains of Father Power, a young priest oi Civil war days, lay entombed in a sunken vault at the east end of the cemeteryHe had led a simple life and at his death at the age of 25 virtually was unknown. Through the passing years, thousands passed his grave with only a curious glanee at the ornate stone that marked it. Three decades ago. a woman dipped her hand into a small puddle of rain water co’leetrd in a chalice chiseled in th" marble slab. Afterward she elaimc 1 to have been cured of an affliction from which she long had suffered. Father Power's grave was passed nnnoticed by many more thousands of cemetery visitors during the next thirty years. Then nineteen days *go. another “cure” was reported. And the crowd of pilgrims started anew. FLOWERS ON DISPLAY Garfield Park Exhibition Will Continue Through Sunday. The educational flower exhibit at Garfield park conservatory will remain open to the public today, Saturday and Sunday, George Morgan, assistant park superintendent, announced today. The exhibit Was opened in connection with the National Flower Show this week at the Claypool. A number of rare plants are being displayed by the park board. Hours are from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. STILL IS DISMANTLED Man. Woman Held on Blind Tiger Charge Following Raid. William L. Jarboe, 33. and Miss Kathryn Lessen, 27, were charged today with operating a blind tiger and possession of a still after deputy sheriffs raided a farmhouse on the Brownsburg road, near Traders Point, late Thursday. The deputies dismantled a fiftygallon still and destroyed more than 200 gallons of mash, they said. Sheriff George Winkler held a warrant for Jarboe. charging child neglect, but learned of the still before he served it. he asserted. Wounded Youth Gaining Bv Tivnrt Special ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 15. Thomas Pavey. 19. has been returned to his home here to recover from gunshot wounds inflicted in a hunting accident near Wabash. A shotgun earned by his brother. Lewis Pavey, 23, was accidentally discharged, shot passing through the muscles of the right leg.

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