Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1899 — ARREST OF FAITH HEALERS. [ARTICLE]

ARREST OF FAITH HEALERS.

Zion Followers Held Responsible for a Woman’s Death. De Witt C. Holmes, an elder of Dr. Dowie’s Zion in Chicago, and Mrs. Henrika Bratz, also connected with the same institution, were arrested and driven to the county jail in a patrol wagon Tuesday 'afternoon to answer for the death of Mrs. Annette Flanders of 1608 Indiana avenue, who died July 28 while treated by members of the Zion organizations. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict holding the pair responsible for the death of Mrs. Flanders in having prayed for, instead of furnishing, medicine, to the dying woman. It was late in the night before members of the organization could secure a judge who would give them bail, and it was 11:30 o’clock when Judge Waterman consented to do so.