KILL FROM AFAR.
MENTAL SUGGESTION. Strange Cult's Activities in Canada. MINISTER THREATENED. (United P.A.-Eiectric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 12 noon.) VANCOUVER, April 27. The existence of a cult believing in death by mental suggestion "was revealed in a suit brought by A. H. Barley for the recovery of 14,000 dollars paid to Aime de "V aldez, head of the Aquarian Foundation. R. M. Pointer, a former member of the sect, told the Court that de Valdez, who came from London, had written to him to kill the Attorney-General, Mr. R. H. Pooley, by exercising mental suggestion on him. Mrs. Mary Connelly was awarded two islands used by the sect, for which she had paid de Valdez 35,000 dollars. She swore she was yoked to a plough and had been forced to scrub floors.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 98, 28 April 1933, Page 7
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