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The Concordia Sentinel
Ferriday, Vidalia, Concordia County, Louisiana
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In Talkirchendorff near Berlin, a bricklayer named Blank and his family of 11 went insane from spiritualism studies, destroying possessions and attempting to sacrifice a child as a burnt offering. Neighbors and firefighters intervened, placing the family in an asylum.
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Spiritualism Is Blamed for Their Hapless Plight.
Berlin.—Crazed by the study of spiritualism, the entire family of 11 members of a bricklayer named Blank, of Talkirchendorff, had to be placed in an insane asylum.
In order to obtain "entrance to pure light," Blank and his family began to demolish all furniture and clothing in his home. The upholstered furniture they heaped in a pile and set fire to it, because they were an "overthrown king's throne."
Blank was just about to sacrifice the three-year-old illegitimate child of his daughter to the "pure light" as a "burned offering," when the entire volunteer fire department of the town, summoned by the neighbors, surrounded the house and subdued Blank and his family after a terrible struggle, before he could carry out his plan of killing the baby and burning it on the "overthrown king's throne," made up of the demolished furniture of the house.
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Talkirchendorff
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family of 11 placed in insane asylum; attempted child sacrifice prevented by firefighters and neighbors after struggle.
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Crazed by spiritualism, bricklayer Blank and his 11 family members demolished furniture and clothing to gain 'entrance to pure light.' They burned upholstered items as an 'overthrown king's throne.' Blank attempted to sacrifice his daughter's three-year-old illegitimate child as a 'burned offering,' but was stopped by the volunteer fire department summoned by neighbors.