The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1901, Page 5

YOLO COUNTY RANCHERS CLAIM THAT AN EVIL SPIRIT INHABITS THE BODY OF MARIE CORRIE, A PORTUGUESE GIRL I'e Dozens of Men and Women Aver That They Converse i With the Soul of a Fiend When the Maid Displays ~ Superhuman Strength and Loses Consciousness it e “Little ated for many o River, told by > the evil s abode rancher, village ago to Worid to set ew rely to pursue that Man- cated in the success in life ndez, that the Cour ADVERTISEMENTS. Imagine soap-perfe than you ever had o Fels-Naptha is ba ction, more r expect to that. ck if you akers, Philadelphia. 1051 MAREET 5T bet tom; The Largest As World. Weal Specialist on the Coast. Treatment personally ) L « ¢ |*eoawatrvead) % visir DR. JORDAN'S crear MUSEUM OF AHATORY G:baTs, 5.F.0aL, cal Museum o any contracted anirise positively cured by the oldest Est. 36 years DR. JORDAN—DISEASES OF MEN Consultation free and strictly private. or by letter. A Positive Cure in every case undertaken. BAJA CALIFORNIA Dami EADY REL RADWAY'S B 1 the u fore it el Pain: ana Bitters RESTORATIVE, INVIGORA- fu! aphrodisiac and Special 1 . for both sexes. Jiseases of the Kid- own merits. 1EF bas stood Influenza, Bron- =m, Neuralgia, . “Internally s. All druggists. essed of an | pretty vil- | miles from in the | F THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, LEADING RESID OCENT AND PRETTY GIRL. FIGURES IN A YOLO COUNTY NTS IN LISBON DISTRICT TO FEAR THE PRESENCE OF AN SENSATION THAT CAUSES 40 ranchers of the Portuguese settlement. Father Neglected His Family. Manuel and Juan Corrie when their d. labor was finished often talked of d home in far away Portugal. There the agel mother and father 1 ster Marie. According to ments e by the Corrie brothe: terday their father had neglected hi ily, leaving h sons and his wife to earn a living ‘while he ught oblivion to his earthly duties by carousing in the wine of the little village of Pique. r months ago Manuel Corrie and his the oi brother Juan sent enough money to_their mother to bring her and their sister Marie | from Portugal to this country. er and daughte The moth- journeyed * from _their ge of Pique to Lisbon, passage for New York. From New York they came overland by | train, and at Sacramento mother and daughter were met by Manuel and Juan Corrie, who took them to their home on the banks of the Sacramento River. Marie Corrie is a trifle over 18 years old. She is slight in stature, a demure little miss of a most lovable disposition. She soon settled down to the rural life on her brothers’ ranches and In the evenings would sing while her aged mother and brothers listened with delight. The weeks siipped quickly there was along and not a cloud to mar the hap- piness of the Corrie family until one month ago. In the middle of the -day Marie Corrie suddenly rushed upon her brother Manuel and sought to strike him. There was a fierce expression on her face and when the powerful rancher sought to restrain his little sister he found that his strength was not_ sufficient. Calling his brother Juan to his aid the two strong | men overpowered Marie, who seemed to | be endowed with superhuman strength. The aged mother came to the assistance | of her sons and for an hour they were engaged in preventing Marie from harm- ing herself or those around her. Body Is Abnormally Swollen. Strange sounds proceeded from her throat. Her lips did not move, but the sounds were similar in every respect to those made by a ventrilogquist. Marie's body, from the abdomen to the throat, swelled to abnormal size and her arms and legs became almost rigid. Her handa were tightly clenched and the strength of her brothers could not relax the firm grip. As suddenly as the spell began so it ended and Marie Corrle looked into the faces about her with a smile. 3he was | entirely unconscious of what had taken | place and in reply to questions simply id that she had a severe pain in her | chest. From the day, one month ago, when | Marie Corrie was seized with the first strange spell, she has suffered a number of similar_aftacks in rapid succession. Ranchers far and wide in the Lisbon dis- trict heard of the strange doings in the household of the Corrie family and many came from their homes to verify what others had told them. Men and women of mature years, youths and maidens, all join in stating that they have spoken for more than an hour, at public for 50 years as a | .. t 7 ublic for 50 years s @ | various times, with the evil spirit fhat | they claim, with all sincerity. is living in the body of the unfortunate Marie Corrie. Dozens of the Portuguese ranchers liv- ing in the Lisbon district have been in- sjs terviewed by a Call correspondent and all adhere to the story that an evil spirit has taken up its abode in the body of the voung Portuguese girl. From mouth to mouth the story has been passed along and while many of the Portuguese families told what they had heard from others it was an easy matter to find men and women who had stood by the side of Marie Corrie and who claimed they had held long conversations with the evil spirit within her body. The story told by these people was re- counted with absolute sincerity. There was no attempt at deception, and many volunteered the statement that they would never have believed what they had heard from others, but had satisfied them- selves that an evil spirit was in their midst. The assertion is so fully accepted that even to speak to one of the Portuguese ranchers or their families of the condi- tion of Marie Corrie causes their faces to pale with terror, while their lips move silently in prayer, their hands stealing to their bosoms in order to clutch tse rosaries or other sacred emblems they carry on their breasts. Believe Evil Spirit Is Present. Two days spent in the Lisbon district by The Call correspondent showed that the people fully believe that the evil spirit inhabiting the body of Marie Cor- rie is one of pronounced malignity. Those who have stood by the girl's side when she has been in one of her spells state that the evil spirit has fully an- swered all questions put to it. They as- sert that it has informed them that it is the spirit of a man who has committed three murders, stolen countless sums of money and brought many young girls to shame. Doctors from Sacramento have exam- ined the girl and the priest of the Lisbon settlement, Father Soares, has joined with_the medical men in trying to calm the fears of the ranchers and their fam- ilies, but with no success. Some of the friends of the Corrle family sought the services of priests in Sacra- mento and the gentle fathers readily came to the side of the young Portuguese girl. To the statements of the priests that no evil spirit was in the body of Marle Cor- he ranchers and their families turned a deaf ear. “The evil spirit is too powerful for these is the explanation made yester- of the people. ‘“‘Doctors can ’ they said. “It will take one priests to drive the do no good, of the greatest ‘of spirit from the body of Marie Corrie.” In the little cluster of houses facin Freeport ferry the condition of Corrie and the fears of the Portuguese ranchers are daily discussed. The way- the arle side inn of Freeport is kept by P. J. Rhiel, who is assisted in his business by W. Arenz. They are Americans of a sturdy type and are possessed of good common sense. While The Call corre- spondent was talking to Rhiel and Arenz the wife of the iatter joined the group. “I went over to see Marle Corrie,” said Mrs. Arenz, “and there is something very peculiar about the spells she has. I can- not talk Portyguese, but I heard the peo- le talking to the girl in that language. hey told me that they were conversing with the evil spirit in the girl’s body and that it answered them. We Americans think that it is only the superstitious SEPTEMBER 9, — 1901. & 4 *| fears of the Portuguese that make them say what they do.” Tells of the Girl’s Affliction. Joe Praie, who ferries travelers and wagons across the Sacramento River at Freeport, said: “‘Ah, the poor little Marie Corrie is af- flicted by God. It was a month ago that the evil spirit went into the girl's body. | He was a bad spirit, for he says he has killed three men, stolen lots of money and rulned girls. Sometimes he leaves her body for a few days and then he comes back. Last night he was there and he carried on in a wicked manner. We pray to the good Madonna to help poor Marie Corrie. She is such a rhl](}, so gentle, so kind. She has made us all love her.’but we can only help her with our prayers. Doctors can do no good, help must come from God and the good priests.” On the Yolo side of the ferry the coun- ty road runs up and down the river. A short distance from the ferry is the Por- tuguese church and the hous of the young priest, Father Soare: He talks English but little, and w not inclined to dis the case of Marie Corrie. His manner showed plainly that he realizes he cannot quell the fears of his flock or override their beliefs that Marie Corrie is possessed of an evil spirit. It is superstition,” said Father Soares. “The girl is sick, but because she ha spoken the names’of a few American cit- ies, the people think that it is a spirit within her. It is nothing, I assure you.” There was a sad look on the face of Father Soares as he ushered his visitor from his humble home. It was that of a man who felt the magnitude of a diffi- cult task and problem. Father Soares’ task is to eradicate the fears that possess the men and women who look to him for spiritual guidance. Mrs. Frank Gouvenor, the middle-aged wife of Jose Gouvenor, resides a few yards from the home of Father Soares. Both wife and husband have lived in the Lisbon district for many years and are highly respected by all who know them. Says She Spoke to the Spirit. “I spoke to the'evil spirit in Marie Cor- rie,” said Mrs. Gouvenor, “not once, but many times. 1 spoke to it one evening for more thanlan hour. It told me of three murders it had committed, of many robberies and of ruin brought to young girls. It sald it could speak in many lan- guages, and when I spoke to it in English it answered me in Portuguese. It shouted at times, but Marie's lips never moved. It was awful to see how her body swelled up when the evil spirit was there.” Manuel Caldera, a young rancher, born in this State; Antoine Dutra, another American-born citizen; Enis Rosa, one of the prominent residents in Lisbon dis- trict; Mrs. Antoine Varenz, wife of a well-to-do rancher; Manuel Fernandez, uncle of Marie Corrie, who is one of the | wealthy ranchers of Yolo County; Marfe | Fernandez and Manuel Fernandez, cou- | sins of Marie Corrie, American born and educated in the public schools, all told stories yesterday of how they had con- versed with the evil spirit in the body of Marie Corrie. § Mrs. J. Sarameno and Miss Fernandez declare that the spirit spoke to them in | two languages and shouted loudly in reply | to_their questions. When The Call correspondent reached | the home of Manuel Corrie yesterday the | entire family was about to partake of din- | ner. Marie Corrie sat on the knee of her | brother Manuel while he talked to his in- terviewer. | Suddenly the girl's body commenced | {to quiver and, with a scream, she struck | at her brother’s face. Juan Corrie, Mrs, | Corrie and Manuel Corrie had difficult | work to restrain the girl. She struggled violently and almost succeeded in break- ! ing from the grasp of her powerful broth- | to come from her throat. tions put to her claimed they were within her body To some dques- | her brothers, who | eaking to the spirit | he shook or nodded her | head. became perfectly rigid and her hands were clenched fast. Per- spiration rolled from the brows of the Corrie brothers, as the powerfully built | men struggled to hold their little sister in their iron grasp. Hesitate to Tell Fears to Sister. The condition of the girl lasted for twenty minutes and then it passed away as quickly as it began. She sat upright on her brother's knee and smiled upon him. Her pulse was again normal and, in reply to questions from her brothers. | stated that she had been sitting in the same position all the time. Manuel an-i‘ Juan Corrie fear to tell their sister that they believe an evil spirit inhabits her | body and guarded questions as to wheth- | er she knows of anything strange hap- pening eiicited a negative response. When | asked if she felt any pain she complained of a peculiar sensation in her chest. In the space of an hour yesterday the girl was attacked three times, the spells lasting ten to fifteen minutes. The girl's body swelled from the abdomen up to the throat and it is this peculiar swelling that makes her relatives and friends think that an_evil spirit is within her. No inducement would lead any of the Portuguese residents of the Lisbon dls- trict to pass the home of the Corrie fam- ily before sunrise or after sunset. The unfortunate Marie wonders in her mind why those who so. Kindly greeted her when she arrived In Yolo County now shun her and pass hurriedly away, with | i@ praver on their lips and their hands | grasping their rosaries. the food drink—recommended by doctors. Invalids and convalescents benefit materi- ally by its tonic properties, stimulating the appetite and aiding digestion. by all druggi_sts. St. Louis, Brewers of the famous Budweiser, Faust, Anheuser-Standard, Export Prepared only by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn The Nursing Mother aids her offspring and herself by using ANHEUSER-BUSCH'S @l Nuticre TRADE ml.’ Sold , U. S. A. Michelob, Black & Tan, Pale-Lager, Pale and Exquisite. | er's establishment over a | shop, from the bursting of a lamp and ers. Her pulse rapidly increased and her | eyes assumed a dull glaze. No word pass- | ed her lips, but a peculiar sound seemed | ©: FRE SWEEPS OIER BIgCTY 0F FOD CHOW Hundreads of Lives Lost and Valuable Prop- erty Destroyed. Chinese Thieves Loot Burn- ing Buildings and Defy the Local Police. Mounted Soldiers Are Finally Called | Out and They Put Many of the Robbers to Death. e VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 8.—A hun- dred people met their death, and many more were maimed and narrowly escaped death in the awful scenes which followed the burning of a large part of the big Chinese city of Foo Chow, on August 20. The fire started in a Chinese undertak- shoemaker’s a high wind swept the flames over the whole business portion of the city. Hun- dreds of acres of business houses were carried away and many people perished in the fire. The fire started early in the morning and lasted the better part of two days. European proprietors of business houses and larger Chinese merchants were the heaviest sufferers. During the progress of the fire and immediately after it, the coolie native population commenced loot- ing the half-burned buildings and stole everything that they could lay hands on. inese police, under their European were unable to prevent the loot- ing except in a small degree, and before the second evening had passed a large number of regular soldiers were « called' out. At that time many people had been killed in fights, and there were dead bod- ies in every street. Five men were killed by the falling of a three-story building. The carnage on the streets was awful. The soldiers, mounted, dashed up the main thoroughfares stabbing to death or trampling under horses! feet the robbers who were carrying awdy goods in every direction. Even though knocked down, the natives who were running away with stolen goods held on to their bundles. The horsemen thrust them through the legs or arms with swords to make them drop these, and even then some of the coolies clung with such desperation that they were put to death where they had been knocked over. Many of the injured were taken away in ambulances and were be- ing treated in the hospitals when the steamer Tartar, which arrived here this evening, sailed from China. The total loss by the fire is placed at a million and a quarter dollars. FOURTEEN BODIES FOUND IN A WELL Evidence Discovered in Mexico of the Killing of More 1han a Dozen Men. Tex., Sept. S.—Information AUSTIN, | reached here to-day of the discovery on a ranch near Monclove, Mexico, a short distance south of the Rio Grande border, | of the dead bodies of fourteen Mexicans in an abandoned well. The bodies all bore marks of violence and several arrests will probably occur, as the authorities are making an investigation. 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