RELIGIOUS FANATIC
SEARCH ORGANISED BY SHERIFFS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 6, 1.15 am.) LOS ANGELES. January 5 Sheriffs and deputies of San Gabriel have gone to the Conayon to rescue a young couple, reported to be roaming the mountains like animals and nearly nude. They are almost starving, being dominated by a religious fanatic, Mark Silverman, who according to the mother, arrived home recently and kicked open the door and shouted, “I am Jesus Christ.” He added: “The world will end on Christmas eve.” He destroyed everything in the house and forced his mother, brother and sister-in-law into an automobile and drove for the canyon. He released his mother last Sunday. She told the deputies that Silmerman forbade them to wear clothes and denied them most foods. They were compelled to eat nuts, herbs and what they could salvage from garbage cans.
The deputies have a warrant for Silverman sworn out by another sister-in-law, asserting he is a lunatic.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20928, 6 January 1938, Page 7
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162RELIGIOUS FANATIC Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20928, 6 January 1938, Page 7
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