“MOTHER NOT DEAD”
MAD DAUGHTERS' DELUSION HEARD GOD’S VOICE. Australian and N Z Cable Ascription LONDON, March 23. The strangest evidence was heard at the inquest on Mrs Nixon, aged 80, whose body, guarded by three insane daughters, was found in a locked house at Nantwich, Cheshire.* Neighbours said they heard noises which suggested that the daughters wero screaming and quarrelling. A.constable gave evidence that one of the daughters declared that her mother was not dead, hut that God was looking after her. Another said: “She was never ill; God took her and told us to leave her alone.” A doctor gave his opinion that the woman probably died in tho chair near to which tho corpse was found fastened with a belt. The daughters were firmly convinced that their youngest sister was a prophetess and heard God’s voice. The others obey her implicitly. The youngest told him that a bird whistling in a tree was God’s wav of telling her what to do. The witness found all three daughters in a completely ecstatic condition. A verdict was returned that there was insufficient evidence to show the cause of death.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12404, 25 March 1926, Page 6
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