FF-12-A-6
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ Russell Deandrea Moton
I, Russell Deandrea Moton, being duly sworn, declare:
That during the spring of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy two, Pastor Jim Jones prophesied to the congregation during a Wednesday night service in Redwood Valley, California, that there would be a terrible accident, a head-on collision, in the area, and that we should pause for at least a two minute prayer so we would always be in a reduced state of tension while driving.
Exactly one week later, six members of the congregation including myself were on our way to San Francisco, and we were running late for an important engagement there. In our impatience, we forgot the prophecy and was traveling along the freeway when one of our members reminded us he had told us. Immediately upon entering the freeway again, we came upon an accident which was a head-on collision just as had been described. Everyone perished in this accident in which ten people were killed. The Ukiah Daily [Journal] said that it was the worst accident that had happened in the area in a decade. If we had not paused, our Pastor had told us, we would have been in the middle of the accident.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-8
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-22]
[An early draft of this affidavit appears at FF-12-A-8]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ Lemuel T. Grubbs
I, Lemuel T. Grubbs II, duly sworn declare:
I had been hard-of-hearing for about 26 years. So much so I was dependent on lip reading. During a church service Pastor Jones called the names of several persons with this affliction. I was one of those who were asked to stand. He expressed understanding and empathy. He then instructed us to place our cupped hands over our ears for about 6 seconds. When I removed my hands all sound was much louder and clearer. Indeed it took about 3 weeks to adjust to the loudness of sounds.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-9
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-20]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Chris Cordell, duly sworn declare:
That I was healed of brain damage which would have resulted in my becoming a human vegetable. I had a bicycle accident on July 26, 1970 in Redwood Valley, California, USA. I was sent to Ukiah General Hospital, Ukiah, Calif. where I was sent immediately to the Emergency Room and then to Intensive Care. In the Intensive Care Unit the Doctors who were there said that when I came out of my unconscious state (which I was unconscious for 16 hours) I would be a human vegetable. But at this same time Pastor Jim Jones told my parents that I would come out of the hospital totally whole with no aftereffects whatsoever. I went to school and graduated with good grades from Ukiah High School. I now have no problems at all from this.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-10
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-11]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Earnestine T. March, duly sworn declare:
That in 1969 in October Jim Jones called me out and told me of my mom, Pearlena Forney Thomas and my two dogs, Basey and Timmy. He then said, “Alfred and Alfreda. You have twins?” I said, “Yes.” He told me that my sister had died of cancer of the uterus. He told me to go to the bathroom and pass a cancerous growth from my uterus. I went to the bathroom and sat down. One of the nurses put some paper towels from the rack in the bathroom under my vagina. I felt this thing moving down from my uterus which felt like I was having a bowel movement. This thing was very black with a bloody mass at the end of it. It smelled terrible. I had just left the hospital a few weeks before. Dr. Calderwood, then the Chief of Staff at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, told me when I returned that he never expected to see me again.
Another time Jim Jones called my brother’s name, although he wasn’t there. Pastor Jones said to tell my brother to be in the next meeting. My brother did not go. Shortly after this my brother was attacked and caused him to sprain his ankle. On his way home he had groceries in his arms. He fell in Union Square Park. People came and took his groceries and left him there.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-11
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-2]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Jerry Dwight Livingston, duly sworn declare:
On May 14, 1977 while we were unloading lumber in Port Kaituma, two heavy 20-foot long pieces of 2 by 4 wood slipped out of the sling from the crane and dropped on my left foot while it was on the floor of the boat. My foot should have been crushed but six weeks later I was walking on it. If it hadn’t been for Jim Jones, my foot would have been completely crushed.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-12
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-5]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Billy D. Jones, duly sworn declare:
In May of 1970, five days before the earthquake in Peru which occurred on May 31, and killed 66,000 people I heard Pastor Jim Jones prophesy that it would happen. This was while I was in the church in Redwood Valley, Calif, USA.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-13
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Aaron Hendricks, being duly sworn, declare:
In the summer of 1973 Jim Jones called my Aunt Josephine Russell of St. Louis, Mo. out and told her personal things about herself that no one knew but her then he told her that she was just about blind. He kept talking to her. He took his pen and held it up and she told him what color it was and that it was a pen. Then he put up his finger and she saw every one clear and the amazing thing about it she was about 25 feet away.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-14
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-28]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Madeleine Brooks, duly sworn declare:
During one of the services of Pastor Jim Jones he sent a message to a friend of mine through one of his members. He said tell Mildred Cunningham to stay close to me and attend the meetings. She did not heed the message and did nCatsot attend the services. A few days later her husband got in an argument with her and stabbed her in the head with a switch blade knife. She was in the hospital paralyzed and made an amazing recovery, just as Pastor Jones said she would.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-15
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-27B]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Christian Leo Rozynko, being duly sworn, declare:
In the winter of 1976 I was working in the church garage in Redwood Valley. I was using a cutting torch but not wearing goggles. Suddenly, the metal exploded sending molten steel into my left eye. The hot metal burned into my eyeball missing the iris by a tiny fraction of an inch. I was taken to Ukiah General emergency where the doctor on duty examined my eye. The doctor expected he would have to use a needle to discharge the metal. To prepare the area he used a q-tip. He passed over the metal and it wiped right off. I know that Jim Jones protected my eye from being blinded and that he healed my eye on the way to the hospital. The intensity of the pain and strength that it had stuck originally proves to me that Jim Jones protected me.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-16
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-26]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Don E. Scheid, bring duly sworn declare:
Rev. Jim Jones gave me a warning to be very careful around power tools. Two weeks later I was using a large radial arm saw, not watching what I was doing. I pulled the saw blade through my hand. At that moment I felt a surge of energy or force field fall around me. I pulled my hand from under the blade, expecting to see my fingers cut off! But amazingly my hand was whole!
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-17
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-25]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Lemuel T. Grubbs II, being duly sworn declare:
In April of 1974 Pastor Jim Jones called me aside to tell me that he was concerned that I would have a mishap involving a lawn mower during the coming week. I did indeed have need to use a power mower that week and was ever so careful while the motor was running. However, my caution ended when I stopped the engine while syphoning gas to refill the tank I got about a cup of gasoline up my nose and in my eyes. I received chemical burns which blinded me. I had a message sent to Pastor Jones. His reply was, “Do not worry, it will be alright.” Almost immediately the intense pain stopped, vision returned and within a few hours all traces of the burns were gone.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-18
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-21]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Jeffrey J. Carey, being duly sworn declare:
That in the summer of 1970 I was given a prophetic warning by Jim Jones in the People’s Temple Redwood Valley Parking Lot in which I was told to beware of running at night. Later on that week I was running at the Redwood Valley residence of A.J. Ijames and ran into a loose guy wire and fell on an ax. I felt very ill and was vomiting and bleeding from my throat, but recovered within minutes.
I was also struck in the back by a stretched mooring line in Georgetown in the presence of dozens of witnesses, one of whom Compton Gonzales, who is not a member of Peoples Temple, said he couldn’t understand why I wasn’t hurt. Another man, Anthony Simon, says that I looked lifeless until the name Jim Jones was mentioned, whereupon I recovered.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-20
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-73]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Thomas Johnson, being duly sworn declare:
In 1972 I was healed of sickle cell anemia. I was feeling weak and wondering why I was sickly. Then one day I was called out by Pastor Jones and Peoples Temple and told that I had sickle cell anemia and that I was being healed of that disease. From that day on I felt strong and have not had any further problem.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-21
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-72]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Mattie Gibson, being duly sworn declare:
In approximately April of 1976 I went to see Dr. Bernard Kaufman, whose office is on Sutter Street in San Francisco, USA. I went because I had no energy and stayed tired all the time. He did several tests including blood tests on me, and told me I had sickle cell anemia.
That evening I was in service at Peoples Temple, and Pastor Jim Jones looked out at me in the congregation and told me “Don’t worry about what the Doctor told you, I’ll take care of it.” After that I felt fine, had lots of energy, and no further problem. Before coming here to Guyana, I went to Mt. Zion Hospital at Divisadero and Sutter in San Francisco and was given a clean bill of health and I was told I could go on this trip.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-22
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-71]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Anthony J. Simon, being duly sworn declare:
In approximately December of 1972 I was standing in the back of the sanctuary of the Los Angeles Peoples Temple during a Sunday Service and I started to have very Severe Pain in my chest. From the time I was a child unable to stay outside to Play for very long a time because I would have a very rapid heart beat and couldn’t get my breath. So when the chest pain started I felt I was going to have a heart attack. Pastor Jim Jones called one of his associate ministers to him, talked to him and sent him to me with a message to just take my time and breathe slowly and everything would be all right. From that day on I have had no problem with my heart at all. I now work hours in the heat doing hard physical work and have no trouble at all.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-23
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-70]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Elfreida Kendall, being duly sworn, declare:
That I had a very bad acid condition which caused severe chest pains, and during one of Pastor Jim Jones services he called me out and told me my condition, and had me drink a glass of milk. The condition left immediately, and has not returned. This was in November, 1974, Los Angeles, Calif.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-24
[The signed version of this affidavit – with a significant deletion – appears on this page at FF-3, 68-69]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Rhonda R. Page, being duly sworn declare:
One evening in a meeting held at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California, I was getting ready to leave for work at 11:30 PM. I was going to walk to work that night, but before I had a chance to leave the meeting, Rev. Jim Jones called me by name, Rhonda Page. At first I didn’t respond, then Rev. Jones asked, Where is Rhonda Page. By this time I was down in front of him. Rev. Jones asked me, Who is Michael Hughes? I had to stop and think at the time. I didn’t remember who Michael Hughes was. After a few minutes of thought, I remembered he was an old friend of mine, that I had blocked out of my mind. Rev. Jones went into my past, and brought up what I had blocked out of my mind. This shows me that he knows all things.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-25
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-192, A-B]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Cindy L. Cordell, being duly sworn declare:
A couple of years ago I was having extremely sharp pains in my lower back and side. I let it pass by for a long time. I finally complained about it and was sent to the clinic.
The clinic staff said I have a serious kidney infection that was fastly destroying my kidneys. I was given medicine to take, but after a while I stopped taking it, thinking that it was all gone. It came back twice as bad. The clinic doctors were going to put me on a machine. I was so young I didn’t want to spend my entire life on a machine. So I thought on Pastor Jones and immediately the pain left my body. On the next visit to the clinic the entire infection was totally cleared up. I never had another kidney problem.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-26
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-124]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Teresa Cordell, being duly sworn declare:
Pastor Jones saved me from bleeding to death. I was having a “’Post Partum Hemorrhage,” the bleeding kept increasing. I thought on Pastor Jim Jones. The very next day the bleeding ceased.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-27
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-139]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Kevan D. Smith, being duly sworn declare:
While I was in the Peoples Temple agricultural mission in Guyana, my Pastor Jim Jones had given a warning about being careful with heavy machinery. I was hauling wood out at a housing site, in deep mud on a tractor with a long boom on back. I was driving and the right back wheel hit a soft spot and the tractor started going over. I thought on Pastor Jim Jones, and the tractor stopped going over and settled back down.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-28
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-137]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Joan Pursley, being duly sworn declare:
About 4 years ago I was sitting in the Peoples Temple in a meeting. Jim Jones called out a man in the audience by the name of John Harris and said that he had lost his wallet that day. John said “yes.” He then said, “I will get it back for you.” He had dropped it somewhere. Then Jim Jones lifted his hand and the congregation and I could actually see the wallet materialize before our very eyes. Then he handed it to John. Everything that was in the wallet was still in it when he lost it.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-29
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-136]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Walter Cartmell, being duly sworn declare:
On a Friday morning at 10 AM in Redwood Valley, California, when I was at work at Masonite, there was a piece of iron railing that weighed 200 lbs. It came down on my hand and smashed it. My hand swelled as large as 4 hands. I called on Pastor Jones and the pain went away. I went to Ukiah General Hospital and the doctor said it was completely crushed. They took 7 x-rays and Doctor Eugene Lapkin said it was a miracle I had no broken bones at all.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-30
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-135]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Christine E. M. Bates, duly sworn declare:
On February 26, 1968 in San Francisco, California, Rev. Jim Jones called “Chirstine [Christine] Bates.” I held up my hand and he asked me if I was aware that I had cancer; I replied yes. I had been sick for many years, traveling from one place to another seeking medical help.
Pastor Jones instructed me to go to the bathroom with the nurse. I passed a growth and felt immediately better. I haven’t had the severe pain since. My healing was confirmed by a medical doctor.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-31
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-134]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Garry Dartez Johnson, being duly sworn declare:
On one Saturday night in San Francisco, California Jim Jones called out my mother Mary J. Rodgers and healed her of a problem in her legs which her doctor was not sure of just when it was but whatever it was when she returned to her doctor the x-rays didn’t show what was shown on the x-rays just days before. And also along with that he said to my mother you have a son by the name of Garry and she said yes. He then went on to tell her some of the things which I had told her and no one else about a doctor which I had. And I had said that she, the doctor, didn’t know what she was talking about when she said that there was no real problem with my eyes which I knew that they were going bad so Jim Jones saved me from going blind.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-32
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-155, A-B]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Rebecca May Beikman, being duly sworn declare:
In the summer of 1967 Pastor Jim Jones prophesied to me in the house of my friends James and Eva Pugh that I would become a schoolteacher. This seemed very unlikely because I was very illiterate and 27 years of age. I had been told that I was retarded and would never be able to hold on a job by my parents. I could scarcely read or write and had no self-confidence at all.
But due to Pastor Jones I went back to school and graduated from Ukiah Adult High School in the year of 1971. I was teaching at Calpella School in the year of 1973 to 1975, so Pastor Jones prophecy came true. And now I’m teaching 2nd grade children in Jonestown School working with Tom Grubbs the principle [principal].
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-33
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-158, A-B]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Anita Elaine March, being duly sworn declare:
In 1969 I was hard of hearing in both ears, practically deaf. I had had several hearing tests, all of them having the same results. After all that, my mom took me to Pastor Jones’ services, once I had to leave early. The next morning I felt something strange about my ears. A friend called and said that Pastor Jones and called me out and I wasn’t there. She said that he was having silent meditation for me. That day I went to see the doctor about my hearing I was supposed to get fitted for a hearing apparatus. They gave me another hearing test and told my mom my hearing was completely alright, and that it defied medical science, and conflicted with all his medical records.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-34
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-133]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Candace Kay Cordell, being duly sworn declare:
Three and one-half years ago, while living in Redwood Valley, California, U.S.A., I had a bladder and kidney infection and I was in the care of a doctor. Then Jim Jones healed me of this condition and the illness and discomfort left suddenly.
Another condition was two weeks ago, in Jonestown, Port Kaituma, I had a very bad ear infection in my left ear, and Jim Jones told me not to worry about it and everything would be all right. Then again the pain and discomfort left suddenly.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-35
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-132]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Candace Kay Cordell, being duly sworn declare:
In the year of 1972, Jim Jones gave my family a specific prophecy and warning to be careful of smoke and fire. Then two days after that warning, in the middle of the night, when everyone in my house was asleep, my sister, Cindy Lyn, and I heard Jim Jones’ voice, and woke up gasping for our breath. Our house was a two-story house in Redwood Valley, California, U.S.A., and it was completely filled with smoke. My sister and I were able to wake up everyone in our house. And my dad, Harold, was able to find the opening in the pipe where the smoke was coming from and fix it. We knew that our lives were spared from suffocation, thanks to Jim Jones!
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-36
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-131]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Gary Tyler, being duly sworn declare:
One day as school let out I was looking through my pockets I found a special picture of Pastor Jones that was perfectly new without any imperfections. I put it back in my pocket on my left side and proceeded to walk to the bus stop. As a traffic light turned green and I walked across the street I saw a white van coming towards me at great speed. I froze right in front of it and it stopped with a jerk as if it was stopped by some invisible force. What was so strange was that there was no screeching from his brakes. When I got to the curb I reached into my pocket for my wallet and felt the picture, so I pulled it out. 15 minutes before it was a perfect picture but now an area in the middle of it had faded as has happened in connection with many healings before.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-37
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-130]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Margaret James, being duly sworn declare:
I was ill, had no energy, I didn’t know what was wrong with me. Pastor Jim Jones sent two of his secretaries to my home with a personal message. They told me of his love and concern for me. They, the secretaries, told me what Pastor Jim told me to do.
This was May 8, 1977. Immediately after I’ve done what I was told to do I felt my strength return right away.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-38
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-129]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Rhonda Fortson, being duly sworn declare:
Before I came to Peoples Temple I was suffering from chest pains. It felt like my chest was caving in on me. I felt as if I was dying. I had heard of this church through my companion. I joined and started coming regularly. I was called out in the service and I was healed of lung cancer. I had started feeling much better and noticed that I wasn’t having chest pains anymore.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-39
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-128]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Beatrice Dawkins, being duly sworn declare:
Pastor Jones has done so many things for me since I have been with him. It is going to be 5 1/2 years. I have been going to the doctor for many years because I was very ill. The doctor never told me what was really wrong with me. But in one service Pastor Jones called me out through revelations and healed me of cancer. I felt so much better that, I was really overjoyed. I also couldn’t see out of my eyes that well. I have poor vision. My vision was becoming worst, until Pastor Jones told me of this problem, also healed me from being blind.
Most of all the doctors told me I would never walk again. I would be an invalid for the rest of my life, because half of my spine had deteriorated. But thanks to Pastor Jones I am able to walk around. I feel 100% better. I cannot thank him enough for what he has done for me. It is so much to tell. I will always be grateful to Pastor Jones.
The name of the doctor I had been going to for 5 1/2 years is Dr. Yang at Long Beach Hospital.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-40
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-127]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Hazel Dashiell, being duly sworn declare:
In the fall of 1970 Jim Jones called me by name and told me that I have had kidney trouble for thirty years. At that time I was unable to urinate. Well, I had severe back pain. After he called me and told me this, the pain immediately left and I have never had the pain again or trouble with urination.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
—–
FF-12-A-41
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-126]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Annie J. Rozynko, being duly sworn declare:
In 1975, Mrs. Virginia Taylor, was going blind because she had cataracts in both eyes. Pastor Jones told her to go ahead and have surgery to correct her failing vision. The surgery was not as effective as it should have been and her recovery was further complicated by a clot in her eye.
Her eyesight was so bad that spring and summer, she had to be assisted wherever she went. Also she was terribly anxious and afraid. She is 87 and very independent, and hated the thought of becoming helpless and totally dependent on someone else.
Pastor Jones knew of her fear. He spoke very lovingly of her and the many things she had done since she’d joined the church. He spoke of her during service one evening, and said “I will not let her go blind!” Later she underwent further surgery in the other eye.
When next I saw her, she called me by name from across the room. She laughed when she saw my amazement. “Oh yes, I can see perfectly now.” She has had excellent vision since.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-42
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-191B]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Lenora M. Perkins, being duly sworn declare:
My grandson had pains in his side. Dr. Hunter said he had acute appendix after taking x-rays. They rush my grandson from the doctor’s office to the hospital. Once they got to the hospital, the doctors could not find the appendicitis. For 7 days they examined him looking for the appendicitis. The doctors couldn’t understand what happened. But I know what happened. I thought on Pastor Jones and my grandson didn’t have to have an operation and all signs of appendicitis was gone. I thank Pastor Jones.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-43
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-125]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Beatrice Dawkins, being duly sworn declare:
I will never forget a year and a half ago when I had a fall and injured my back. I then went to the hospital and I received a spinal tap. The doctors told me 1/2 of my spine was deteriorated. The doctor said, “I can’t promise you anything. You’ll probably be an invalid for the rest of your life.” Before I went to the hospital, my sister stuck pins all in my thighs and feet. It was no feeling at all. I was paralyzed from the hips on down. That’s when my sister rushed me to the hospital. Dr. Yang kept me in Long Beach Hospital for 5 1/2 weeks! Pastor Jones sent word to me that I’ll be O.K. and don’t worry. At first I had no feelings in my legs whatsoever. After I got that message, I got up and was able to go to the bathroom for the first time by myself. Soon I was able to walk in a walker and sit up in bed. Now I can walk around just fine. I will always be grateful to Pastor Jones.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-44
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-121]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Bessie Dickson, being duly sworn declare:
Pastor Jim Jones told me about a severe back pain that I was having early fall I had had several years ago. The pain was so bad Pastor Jones gave me a cloth & as soon as I got the cloth I put it on my back and my pain stopped. My brother had sugar [diabetes] so bad, he went into a coma. Pastor Jones was not there at that time, but the minute I thought on Pastor Jones, my brother came out of the coma. Pastor Jim Jones healed me of sugar instantly I would have went into a coma but not now. The cloth was instant healing for my body.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-45
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-1]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Tiny Solomon, being duly sworn declare:
I was having severe pains in my breast and under my arms. I was too embarrassed to tell anyone about this. Although one night Pastor Jones sent his nurse to me and told me exactly where my pain was and of my secrecy about my pain. He gave me a cloth and told me to rub it over my breast. The pain was gone immediately. I have no more problems in my breast or under my arms.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-46
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-123]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Dorothy Harris, being duly sworn declare:
I have had asthma all my life. One night I had an asthma attack and Pastor Jones appeared before my mom and said for me to think on him which I did. I thought on him and immediately I was healed. I’ve never suffered from an asthma attack anymore. That was four years ago. I can run, play and work having no problems at all.
I was having problems with my heart. I went to my doctor in LA to get a checkup. My doctor said I did have a bad heart. I set in service one night and Pastor Jones said anyone with any problems think on me. I thought on Pastor Jones. I went back to the doctor. Doctor Shear at Children’s Clinic said I have no more heart problems. To this day my heart hasn’t bothered me yet.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-47
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Beatrice Parker, being duly sworn declare:
I, Beatrice Parker was healed by tumor in my colon. For 2 years I was having a constant anoying [annoying] obstruction with my bowels. Pastor Jones called me out and told me things no one knew. He said “Bea you have suffered enough.” Which was so true. Now the annoying pain in my bowels are gone. My physical relief is wonderful. I feel good and I’m going strong in my senior years.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-48
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Beulah Foster, being duly sworn declare:
One service I was having a very bad pain after my surgery. I was taking pain pills. Pastor Jones called me out and told me exactly where I was having pain. He lifted and waved his hand. At that time I felt a hot light across my body. In a moment the pain was gone. Now I have no more problems. I’m ever so grateful.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-50
[The signed version of this affidavit appears on this page at FF-3-119]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Thomas James Bogue, being duly sworn declare:
We were warned by Pastor Jim Jones not to pick up things off the floor of vehicles while in motion. But in the fall of ’75 Thom Bogue, Marilee Bogue, Vicky Dover and Juanita Bogue were riding in a car with Edith Bogue in Redwood Valley, California and we were going around the corner on Rd B when another car with a lady bending over to pick something up off the floor came on our side of the road and hit us, it felt like just got the paint scratched off, but when we got out to look, the whole half front was bashed in, and I know that if it was not for the loving protection of our Pastor Jim Jones of Peoples Temple I strongly believe some would either been hurt or killed. But all came out not hurt.
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
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FF-12-A-104
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
Carolyn Looman
I, Carolyn Looman, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1971, I began to have painful heart palpitations which occurred whenever I was under stress or very tired. In the fall of 1974 I awoke from sleep and felt my heart palpitating quite strongly. I closed my eyes and said to myself: Think on Jim. I saw the face of Rev. Jim Jones very vividly, and immediately I felt a rush of warmth through my entire body. The heart palpitations stopped right then, and I haven’t had any trouble with anything like that since that time. (I had reported this problem to the clinic at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in the summer of 1971.)
Once at the end of services at Peoples Temple, Rev. Jim Jones call for anyone who had some connection with Cornwall, England. There were three of us in the room who did. Rev. Jones turned to me and said – you know someone named Ann in Cornwall. He was right, of course, but Ann was not on my mind at all. I was thinking instead of Ann’s daughter, Mary, who had been a “pen-pal” while I was a teenager; I never told anyone in the Temple, nor in San Francisco for that matter, about Mary or Ann.
Frequently in Peoples Temple services Rev. Jones would accept questions from the congregation and answer them during the services. Several times I wanted to ask a question, but Rev. Jones gave a direct answer to the question before I had a chance to ask it.
Once fairly soon after I became a member of Peoples Temple, Rev. Jones told us to think of something that we felt guilty about. I heard him say to a number of people enough to show that he knew what their thoughts were, but never enough to cause them any embarrassment. He told me I was thinking about my “mother and daddy” – which was exactly right. In the many, many services and meetings I’ve attended with Rev. Jones I have never known him to use any information which he gained by paranormal perception to embarrass or in any way harm anyone.
Carolyn Looman
Dated: August 1, 1977
Witnessed:
[2 blank lines]
[stamp of Ulric Fingall]
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FF-12-A-107
[affidavit scribbled through, with marginal note “what happened?”]
Jamestown [Jonestown], Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit s/
Robert L. Christian
I, Robert L. Christian, duly sworn declare:
In August 1976 Pastor Jones called me out through revelation and related to me that I was going to suffer a heart attack in the very near future. He stated various things about my life that no others knew. He said that my dad that I knew came into my life when I was 2 years old and that I never did know my real father. He also stated the number of my bank account which was a private account that only my wife and me knew about. He also stated the different people I was doing business with.
Pastor Jones also told me of a place which I’d lived when I was a small child which I’d never told my wife about.
Pastor Jones has been a true inspiration in my life and has proven that he is a man of exceptional character, and honesty with compassion for all living things.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Christian Rozynko
[first name illegible] Smith
Stephan Jones
Ernestine L. March
Sharon Cobb
Subscribed to and sworn before me as a Notary Public of the Republic of Guyana or Commissioner.
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FF-12-A-108
[handwritten note]
One night in house meeting, Father asked where was the sister in her first trimester of pregnancy. I raised my hand. He told me that the medication my doctor had given me was going to deform the child and that I should abort it. I was about 3 1/2 – 4 mos. When I have the abortion and passed the baby it was not fully developed for the stage of pregnancy I was in. One of the feed was messed up [handwritten word above “malformed”], the MD, Dr. Golbus.
Beatrice Bell
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FF-12-A-109
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Republic of Guyana
South America
Affidavit s/
Orde Dennis
I, Orde Dennis, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
My child, Gabriel, was chronically ill. I had to sit up with him, night after night. I had taken him to many doctors in Los Angeles, and when I carried him to them he would be very conscious, and alternately hot and flushed or very cold. Gabriel was only two and a half years old the doctors finally told me I should put him in a convalescent home, and they referred me to several. Since coming to Peoples Temple church and regularly attending the services where I saw many healed, Gabriel’s sickness has disappeared. Gabriel is nine years old now and I haven’t had to take him to a doctor for any illness for nearly seven years.
Dated: August _____ 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn by me,
A commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
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FF-12-A-111
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Republic of Guyana
South America
Affidavit s/
Geneva Beal
I, Geneva Beal, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
When I first came to the Peoples Temple Church, Rev. Jones healed me of heart trouble. I had had a constant pain and fluttering in my chest. Sometimes the fluttering would be so bad that I had to stop work until it would pass. Rev. Jones called my name in a meeting one night and told me that he was saving me from a heart attack. I hadn’t told a soul of my pain. The pain and fluttering immediately left. I don’t have any trouble now and I feel fine.
Another time in San Francisco, Rev. Jones called my name and told me things about my mother that no one knew, things that were close to my heart. At that time I was sick, and had been vomiting all the time. Rev. Jones told me to go to the bathroom and pass a growth. I passed a bloody mass through my rectum. From that time on, I have felt like a new woman and the constant sickness and vomiting left and has not returned.
Dated: August _____ 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn by me,
A commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
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FF-12-A-112
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Republic of Guyana
South America
Affidavit s/
Mary L. Ford
I, Mary L. Ford, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
For three to four months I had no feeling in my left foot at all. It was completely numb. While at a service at Peoples Temple, Rev. Jones called me out and told me that he was saving me from having a stroke. When he called me out and told me this, the numbness left my foot, and feeling was restored. I have been well ever since, and my foot has been fine.
Dated: August _____ 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn by me,
A commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana