[Editor’s note: This page was created by Charlie Puterbaugh. The editors are deeply indebted to her for her careful and meticulous research.]
During the quarter-century history of Peoples Temple’s existence, its members wrote thousands of testimonials describing the healing powers and miraculous works of Jim Jones. Most of these statements, especially those written during the Temple’s years in Indiana and California, appeared either on Temple forms created for those purposes or simply in letters. The testimonials that were recovered in Guyana, however, were written mostly in the form of affidavits, signed and notarized. With a few exceptions, the affidavits are dated in July or August 1977. Most were signed and witnessed in Guyana, although several were sworn in San Francisco.
The FBI collected the affidavits onto eight different pages in its RYMUR investigation. This number of pages stems in part because the affidavits would have been kept in at least two places: the Temple’s Georgetown headquarters in Lamaha Gardens, and in Jonestown’s administrative offices. In addition, many affidavits went through several drafts with different dates of signing.
The affidavits appear below in alphabetical order of affiant. Each entry is preceded by its RYMUR citation(s). As with all documents released by the FBI, the citation for each of them should open with the FBI’s official designation of “RYMUR 89-4286.”
The sections on which these affidavits were found are B-3, EE-3, FF-2, FF-3 (Part 1), FF-3 (Part 2), FF-4, FF-6, and FF-12. While this page combines the texts from all the affidavits, each individual pdf section retains the affidavits in the order assigned by the FBI.
A cautionary note about the use and validity of these affidavits appears here.
A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T W Y
Affidavit of Ida Albudy
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-68 (first of two) and at FF-3-89.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Ida Albudy, being duly sworn, declare:
For years — at least 15 or 20 — I had horrible painful constipation.
One day in 1975 Pastor Jones touched me while I was working. He told me I would never have trouble again. Since that day I’ve been fine.
[signed] Ida Marie Albudy
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Ida Albudy
[Editor’s note:This affidavit appears at FF-2-68 (second of two) and at FF-3-88.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
Back in 1975, I, Ida Albudy was attending a service. He called my name. At this time I was having acute pain in the neck and shoulder area especially around C-7&8. When he called my name he told me he was saving me of a stroke. He gave me a cloth to put on my neck and the pain immediately went away. I have had no pain since then.
Ida Albudy
—–
Affidavit of Samuel Anderson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-1.]
Affidavit of Samuel Anderson
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Samuel Anderson, being duly sworn, declare:
I was healed of a heart condition through the ministry of Jim Jones.
Dr. George Smith was my doctor in 1968. George Smith was my doctor in 1968. He was aware of my heart condition. In 1971 Rev. Jim Jones called me out in a public meeting and told me my heart was healed. I went back to New Orleans and Dr. Smith could find nothing wrong with my heart and wondered what had happened.
Dated this [blank] day of August, 1977.
/s/ Samuel Anderson
Samuel Anderson
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Oreen Armstrong
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-2A – 2B.]
Affidavit of Oreen Armstrong
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Oreen Armstrong, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1963 I had surgery on my breast at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for the removal of cancer. I continued to have problems and I was hospitalized in Beverly Hills Doctors Hospital in 1971. Dr. Sullivan had x-rays taken and he was suspicious that the cancer surgery in 1963 and not eradicated all of the malignancy.
I was x-rayed and had a bone scan. My bones had deteriorated. I was told that the bones in my back looks like termites had eaten through them. I weighed only ninety-five pounds.
My brother had been shot and killed while I was in the hospital, and although my pains were severe I felt I had to go to my brother’s funeral. After the funeral a man gave me a pamphlet about Rev. Jim Jones coming to Los Angeles.
At the meeting Rev. Jones called my name and came to me and placed his hand on my face. His own blood began to trickle from his hand on to my face. I immediately began to feel all of my pains. Rev. Jones told me things that I had not told anyone. He told me to go back to my doctor for a check-up.
I left Los Angeles after a check-up from Beverly Hills Hospital gave me a discharge, and I was told I did not have to come in regularly for appointments any more.
I went to the Century City Hospital. They found nothing wrong. I stopped taking medicine.
I went to the UC Hospital and Presbyterian and Kaiser here in San Francisco. Bone scans, x-rays, urine tests, and blood tests have been given me, and no signs of the health problems I had before I was healed by Rev. Jones have returned.
I now weigh one hundred and twenty-five pounds, and I feel better than I have for years.
Dated this 21st day of Aug., 1977.
/s/ Oreen Armstrong
Oreen Armstrong
[stamp and seal of Lisa Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Linda Arterberry
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-9 and FF-2-61.]
Port Kaituma,
North West District,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Linda Theresa Arterberry
I, Linda Theresa Arterberry, being duly sworn declare:
I was healed of brain damage on November 25, 1976. During this day I received a severe blow to my head which caused me to lose all consciousness when I came to I realized what happened. I called a member of Peoples Temple who immediately came to pick me up and took me to West Adams Hospital in Los Angeles, California where I was examined by two doctors. When they left the room to discuss my condition not knowing what I was doing left the room and proceeded out of the hospital, I found my way to the Los Angeles Temple but I do not know how. The very next day I was on my way to San Francisco. When I arrived I was told that Pastor Jones have great concern for me and wanted me to go to Mt. Zion Hospital for further tests. I was examined once again and there were x-rays taken there were blood clots showing up in the x-rays but when they looked once again there was nothing there. From that day upon I have never had any sort of problems with my head.
/s/ Linda Theresa Arterberry
Dated: 1st August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Ruth Atkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-46 and FF-6-62.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Ruth Atkins
Ruth Atkins
I, Ruth Atkins,
I duly sworn declare:
In the month of Dec. 1976, I was having severe pains in my head, while sitting in service at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, CA. I told no one of this pain. Rev. Jim Jones sent a nurse to me to tell me of this pain, and had I not been there that evening I would have suffered a massive stroke. The pain left me that evening.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Rita Cordell
James Edwards
Lucioes Bryant
Geraldine H. Bailey
Liane Harris
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Statement of Viola Backmon
[Editor’s note: This statement appears at FF-3-138.]
8-6-77
My mother had gone to the doctor for chest pain, but she didn’t know what was wrong. The next night she went to one of Pastor Jim Jones meeting and he kept her from having a heart attack.
Viola Backmon
—–
Affidavit of Geraldine Bailey
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-6 and FF-2-42.]
Port Kaituma,
North West District,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Geraldine H. Bailey
I, Geraldine H. Bailey, being duly sworn declare:
Late in 1976 there was a drawing held at the San Francisco Temple, for the winning ticket of a trip to Guyana. It so happened that my name was drawn and I was immediately given instructions to prepare for the trip which was to take place around Christmas time.
The following week I was informed that I would be going on a flight with ninety people aboard. All plans were laid and the date was set but two days prior to leaving, Pastor Jones canceled the trip because he had had a revelation that our plane would crash. Of course, knowing that our Pastor has never been wrong in anything he ever said, we gave up all plans without question.
Just as had been told us, the very thing we would have been on, crashed and ninety people were killed. This was all in the daily newspapers and the crash can be easily verified.
/s/ Geraldine H. Bailey
Dated: 1st August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Geraldine Bailey
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-166A – 166B and FF-6-71.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Geraldine H. Bailey
Geraldine H. Bailey
I, Geraldine H. Bailey, duly sworn declare:
That in January of the year 1973, I was called out by Pastor Jim Jones, in the Los Angeles Temple, 1365 Hoover Street, and received a miraculous healing.
Pastor Jones told me that I had been having trouble with my throat. This was most definitely true, as I had been to the doctor for an x-ray of my esophagus area just the preceding week. The doctor arranged for me to begin treatment shortly after the x-rays were returned to him and stated that he would be able to diagnose the seriousness of my trouble at that time. However, before the time for my first treatment, I experienced the above-mentioned call. Pastor Jones informed me that I had applied for a divorce in 1971 and had paid $300.00 for the service performed by a law firm in Torrance, California. He named all four lawyers in the firm, exactly as they were listed on the letterhead. He also stated that my mother’s maiden name was Amanda Higgins. All of this was true and nobody else in the building could have known all these things about my life.
Finally, one of the great miracles of my life was performed when Pastor Jones informed me that I had a cancerous growth in my throat and he was about to save me from a horrible tracheotomy that would have left me speechless and that I would have soon died a horrible death. He asked me to step into the aisle and began to regurgitate. I did as he told me and a nurse came to my side and held Kleenex under my mouth. After about the third attempt, I could feel a sensation of membranes ripping across my throat and I spit out the blood cancer into the Kleenex. I was then given a drink of grape juice and for the first time in several months I could swallow without pain. I had not been able to wear a high-necked dress nor a string of beads for several years, but from that moment on I have had no such trouble nor any sign of cancer in my throat.
July 28, 1977
Elfreida Kendall
Exia Marie Duckett
Christine E. M. Bates
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Ruth Atkins
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Jack Barron
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-49 and FF-6-59.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Jack D. Barron
Jack D. Barron
I, Jack D. Barron, duly sworn declare:
That in 1973 while employed at Masonite, I called on Jim Jones’ name when I cut 1/2 inch off the end of my left thumb. The x-ray showed that the end of the bone was also cut off. The end of my left thumb went down a suction dust tube. The end of my thumb was seen to be missing by two witnesses and described as a piece of hamburger. A loose wrapping was put around my thumb and when I arrived at the hospital and the nurse took off the bandage, the end of my thumb was back on by a piece of skin, and the Doctor only had to put on two stitches. It grew back and is the same size as the other thumb and normal.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
William Meek
William Casebier
Micheal Kelly
Dr. Zbitnoff
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner.
—–
Affidavit of Christine Bates
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-135, with an earlier draft at FF-12-A-30.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Christine E. M. Bates
Christine E. M. Bates
I, Christine E. M. Bates, duly sworn declare:
On February 26, 1968 in San Francisco, Ca., Rev. Jim Jones called “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.
July 29, 1977
Barbara Farrell
Edith E. Bogue
Russell D. Moton
James E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Christine Bates
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-56.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Christine E. M. Bates
Christine E. M. Bates
I, Christine E. M. Bates, duly sworn declare:
In July 1976 Rev. Jim Jones was in Jonestown, Guyana. He called San Francisco and told his wife Marceline to ask me if I have a friend, that lived in Redwood City California, whose name was Bill Becks and he lived [at] 112 Hazel Ave., and he called me [illegible word]. My reply was yes, she said Rev. Jones asked me to call him and tell him not to go out in his car the next day, because if he did he would have an accident and get killed. His reply O thank [you], I just like to have had an accident and want to thank Rev. Jones. He also said he just like [to] have had an accident. He also said that if he had of gotten killed I would have died from the shock, of hearing of his death. We give thanks to Jim Jones from saving our lives, there isn’t another man in the world like Rev. Jones, there isn’t anything in the world to help him.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Kenney B. Bowie
Janet M. Tupper
Orde Dennis
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Geneva Beal
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at 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
—–
Affidavit of Eleanor Beam
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-36 (July 28) and FF-6-73 (August 5).]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Eleanor Beam
Eleanor Beam
I, Eleanor Beam, duly sworn declare:
That in the summer of 1976 in Holburk [Holbrook], Ariz. that Jim Jones gave a warning to my Dad Jack Beam to meditate for 2 minutes before we started driving the Semi Trailer truck. And in our haste we forgot to meditate. After we started we started 10 miles down the road the truck jackknifed and turned over 3 times. The Highway Patrolmen said that everyone in the truck should have been killed. And other truck drivers said there was no way anyone could have come out of that accident alive. The truck was totaled and the cab of the truck was completely crushed. But no one was hurt.
July 28, 1977
Witness by:
Joan Pursley
Karen Carr
Brenda Cobb
Judith K. Ijames
A.J. Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Bonnie Beck
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-31.]
Affidavit of Bonnie Beck
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Bonnie Beck, being duly sworn, declare:
Our adopted son, Daniel James Beck, appeared to be very hard of hearing. We took him to Dr. Matthew Howard, 846 South Dora, Ukiah, California. Dr. Howard found scar tissue in both of Danny’s ears from the frequent battering by his natural mother. The audiometry test showed a substantial hearing loss. The doctor did not think anything could be gained from surgery.
In 1972 Danny went on a trip with the church. While he was away, Pastor Jones telephoned me and said he knew that Danny had a problem and that he could be healed.
When Danny came home from the trip, he could hear, as other people would, live television programs and normal conversation.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 1977.
/s/ Bonnie Beck
Bonnie Beck
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Rebecca Beikman
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-155A – 155B and FF-12-A-32.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Rebecca May Beikman
Rebecca May Beikman
I, Rebecca May Beikman, duly sworn declare:
In the summer of 1967 Pastor Jim Jones prophesied to me in the house of my friends James & 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].
[Page 2 of affidavit]
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Barbara Farrell
Chris Cordell
Christian Rozynko
James E. Bogue
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner:
—–
Affidavit of Rebecca Beikman
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-102 and FF-6-45.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Rebecca May Beikman
Rebecca May Beikman
I, Rebecca May Beikman, duly sworn declare:
That my breathing had been impaired since the year 1962 and I had been told specific by Pastor Jones his deep concern about my health and he gave me specific instructions on what to do.
I followed his instructions faithfully and I am now completely healed. I can breathe freely with no difficulty. I feel like a new person and just can’t get over how wonderful it is to get breath down deep into the lungs.
July 28, 1977
Chris Cordell
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Edith E. Bogue
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Michael Jon Touchette
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Rebecca Beikman
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-4 and FF-6-80.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Rebecca May Beikman
Rebecca May Beikman
That Pastor Jim Jones called me out and gave me a warning not to ride my horse until he was completely well broken. About a week or two later after a full nights work, I came home. I went out on a very busy curvy road and the horse reared up and fell on top of me. I was lying in the curvy road where all oncoming traffic should have hit me. Pastor Jones was several hundred miles from the scene but called my neighbor Eva Pugh, and told her what had happened to me and said for her to look out-of-doors to see my horse running by. She looked out and witnessed my horse running by. She looked out and witnessed my horse running by her house just as he said it would be. Pastor Jones told her to call my mother Rosa Ijames to go get me and take me to the hospital. She took me to Ukiah General Hospital.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
—–
Statement of Beatrice Bell
[Editor’s note: This handwritten statement appears at FF-12-A-108.]
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
—–
Affidavit of Edith Bogue
[Editor’s note: This handwritten draft affidavit appears at EE-1-L-55. The entire draft has been struck through.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Edith Elizyabeth Bogue
Edith Elizyabeth Bogue
I Edith Elizyabeth Bogue duly sworn declare:
In May of 1977 Juanita Bogue went to an ear specialist in San Francisco He told her she had 40 percent hearing in one ear and the other ear was very low also and he sent her to take a hearing test. But before she could go. My pastor, Jim Jones passed her and told her not to worry about it. When she went to take her hearing test the doctor asked her what she was doing there because one ear had normal and the other ear was peaking on above average hearing.
Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public for the Republic of Guyana or Commissioner.
July 29, 1977
Witnesses
Ray Jones
Barbara Farrell
Rebecca Beikman
Edith E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
[Note at the bottom of the page: Name of doctor?]
—–
Affidavit of Edith Bogue
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-12 and FF-2-45. A variation appears at EE-1-L-57]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Edith Elizabeth Bogue
I, Edith Elizabeth Bogue, being duly sworn declare:
My daughter, Marilee Bogue, had a terrible back pain. She could not sit down, walk up stairs, sit, or lay down without great pain and assistance. When she went to the clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, the doctor took x-rays and said that she would need surgery on her back. We were coming into the church on a Wednesday night in March of 1977. Rev. Jones stopped us and told Marilee not to worry – everything would be alright. He touched her shoulder. When she went back to St. Mary’s to have another set of x-rays, her back was perfectly normal. She has had no problems with it at all since that time.
/s/ Edith Elizabeth Bogue
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Edith Bogue
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-2 and FF-2-54.]
Port Kaituma,
North West District,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Edith Elizabeth Bogue
I, Edith Elizabeth Bogue, being duly sworn declare:
I had severe pain in my side for over a year and the doctor told me I had a growth close to my right ovary and scheduled me in March or April to go to Ukiah General Hospital to do an exploratory laboratory. He said to expect to have a hysterectomy and I signed all the papers. I went into the hospital on Sunday night. When I went to church on Sunday morning in Redwood Valley, Pastor Jim Jones passed by me and touched my shoulder and said “Don’t worry Edith, you will be fine.” When I woke up from surgery I asked what had been done to me. Dr. Robert Cook said he couldn’t find the growth but he was sure it was there or had been there. Not a trace of a growth is there now.
/s/ Edith Elizabeth Bogue
Dated: 1st August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Edith Bogue
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-3 and FF-2-43.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Edith Elizabeth Bogue
I, Edith Elizabeth Bogue, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
In May of 1977 my daughter Juanita Bogue went to an ear specialist at the Presbyterian Medical Clinic for Hearing on Sacramento & Buchanan Streets in San Francisco. The doctor told her that she had 40% hearing in one ear and that the other ear’s hearing was very poor also. He made arrangements for her to take a special hearing test. Before the date of the test Rev. Jones told her not to worry, that her ears would be alright. When she went to take the test the doctor asked her what she was doing there because one ear was registering normal hearing, and the other was above average.
/s/ Edith Elizabeth Bogue
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Thom Bogue
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-119 and FF-12-A-50.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Thomas James Bogue
Thomas James Bogue
I, Thomas James Bogue, 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 Vly Ca 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 People’s Temple I strongly believe some would either been hurt our [or] killed. But all came out not hurt.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Janice L. Wilsey
Russell D. Moton
Edith Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Ava Brown
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Robert Bullock
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-20.]
Affidavit of Robert Lee Bolluck
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Robert Lee Bolluck, being duly sworn, declare:
I was treated from 1952-1973 at USC Hospital by Dr. Morris Atkins for kidney disease. Dr. Atkins said that my kidney condition would keep me disabled the rest of my life. In 1973 I was called out by Pastor Jim Jones of People’s Temple in Los Angeles and told that my kidneys would be all right. I returned to Dr. Atkins and after examining me and taking urine tests, he asked what happened to change my kidney problem. I said I no longer had a kidney problem. Since then I have not had to take medications and have been able to work on a job for the City of Los Angeles.
/s/ Robert L. Bolluck
Robert Lee Bolluck
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
Aug 14, 77
—–
Affidavit of Corlis Boutte
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-5, with an earlier draft at FF-3-164A – 164B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Corlis Boutte
I, Corlis Boutte, being duly sworn, declare:
I came to Peoples Temple in 1970. I had scoliosis which is curvature of the spine. I was unable to bend my head forward. This action pained me severely. This pain restricted me from touching my chin to my chest. Also my back pained me almost constantly. One Sunday night in 1975 Pastor Jones told me about the pain I was having. He told me to try my neck and back. I tried to move my chin to my chest and I did with no pain at all. From that day on I have had no back pain and I am now able to bend my chin to my chest. Doctor Preston James, after this, told me that he didn’t expect my back to come out so well. Actually I am supposed to be lopsided but I am perfectly straight. Dr. James also said that I was one of his very best patients.
/s/ Corlis Boutte
Dated: August 2, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Affidavit of Christine Bowers
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-12 and FF-3-173A – 173B.]
Jonestown, Port Kiatuma [Kaituma],
Northwest District,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Christine Bowers
I, Christine S. Bowers, being duly sworn, declare:
I had a terrible bladder infection two years ago. I had to urinate every 5 or 10 minutes, and was barely able to move without crying from pain. My doctor told me that it would be at least two weeks or even three before I’d be functioning normally again, and without pain.
On the following Wednesday, only three days later I was in the Wednesday night service, and Jim said anyone with bladder infections think on him. He put his hands out and moved them around in the air. Before I knew it, the pressure on my bladder was gone, and Jim said, “now the pain should be gone,” and it was! I’ve never had a problem with my bladder since that night.
/s/ Christine S. Bowers
Dated: August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Edna Bowman
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-3 and FF-6-4.]
Affidavit of Edna Bowman
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Edna Bowman, being duly sworn, declare:
I was having pain in my female area and in May of 1976 I was told by my doctor, Andrew Lucky, MD, that I had a tumor on my left ovary. He said I should have surgery to have it removed.
Two weeks later I was called out by Pastor Jim Jones and a healing meeting at Peoples Temple Christian Church, went to the bathroom with one of his nurses, and passed what felt and looked like a growth from my bowels. The minute I passed the growth of pain in my female area went away.
I returned to Dr. Lucky in June of 1976. After tests and a thorough examination, he said the tumor was no longer there, and he didn’t understand why.
Dated this 23 day of 10-77.
/s/ Edna Bowman
Edna Bowman
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Michaeleen Brady
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-8 and FF-3-61.]
GEORGETOWN,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Michaeleen Brady
I, Michaeleen Brady, being duly sworn, declare:
In June, the year of 1971, I Michaeleen Brady, attended a meeting of Pastor Jim Jones. It was the first meeting I had ever attended. He calls my two daughters names, Georgiann & Michelle. They were only 4 & 5 years old so I stood up.
He told me that they had a blue bicycle that was going to be painted pink by an Uncle named Don. It happened exactly that way.
He told me to rub the bicycle, with a cloth that he had given to me. That it would prevent a fatal accident. Soon after my children were riding the bicycle and lost control. They went into the street and fell. Thanks to the Pastor Jones, they were not even hurt from the fall. I thank him.
/s/ Michaeleen Brady
Dated: August 1, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Affidavit of Avis Breidenbach
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at EE-3-GG, with a draft dated July 29, 1977 at FF-2-63.]
My name is Avis Breidenbach and two and a half years ago, Pastor Jim Jones healed me of a kidney infection. I was going to die an early death. For years before, my kidney was always hurting me but now I have no problem.
[next three paragraphs crossed through]
Pastor Jones also saved my family last year of a visit that was going to come upon us.
About three years ago, Pastor Jones was concerned about everyone that was born in January , which I am; now a few weeks ago, Pastor Jones was concerned about people born in January and he was especially concerned about me.
One young lady by the name of Toni James was also healed of cancer. Toni had missed school and went to the doctor because of back ache and the doctor told her whenever it hurts, to come back. The next night in service, Pastor Jones called out Toni and told–
[page 2 missing]
—–
Affidavit of Madeleine Brooks
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-14, with an earlier draft 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:
—–
Affidavit of Agness Brook
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-5.]
Affidavit of Agnes Brown
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Agnes Brown, being duly sworn, declare:
Dr. Griffin Ruff diagnosed cancer, using x-rays, Pap smear and other tests. This was near the end of 1975, November or December.
Jim Jones called me out in a meeting in People’s Temple. He told me I had a growth. I went to the bathroom and passed it as he told me to.
When I went back to Dr. Ruff he did more x-rays, and he said I must have been operated on. I said no, I hadn’t been operated on. He said he wasn’t satisfied with the x-rays, and did an operation and opened me up, and didn’t find any cancer. He tested and x-rayed and everything and said all the tests were negative – I didn’t have cancer. He kept saying, “Are you sure you haven’t been operated on?” This was in February, 1976. He said to come back in a year. I wouldn’t even need a check-up sooner than that.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 1977.
/s/ Agnes Brown
Agnes Brown
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Johnny Moss Brown
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at EE-3-DD and FF-2-69.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Johnny Moss Brown, being duly sworn, declare:
About 4 years ago I took a sickle cell anemic test from S.C.A.R.E. in San Francisco. Before I received the results of the test Pastor Jones told me the exact time and place where I took my test. He also told me not to worry (because one of my biggest fears is dying from sickle cell anemia) and my test would turn out to be negative.
Three days later I received my results in the mail. All tests showed no trace of sickle cell anemia.
[signed] Johnny Moss Brown
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Luella Brown
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-10, with a draft at FF-3-57.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Luella Brown
I, Luella Brown, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1971 in Los Angeles, California Pastor Jones called me out and told me I had cancer of the bladder and had no control of my urine. This was absolutely true and I had told no one this but I had this condition about 6 months. I couldn’t hold my water after I started. It seemed as if I had no feeling once I started to urinate. But it would keep flowing, sometimes after I would get up. No one knew this problem except myself.
For years, as long as I can remember I had terrible pain in my back. I went to the doctor, and was receiving cortisone injections twice a week. The medication did not help the pain. I had pain so bad I would hardly be able to get up. I went to a church meeting one Sunday. Pastor Jones sent a nurse to me and told me my every symptom. He told me he was healing me from cancer of the back. I had told no one of my condition at all. Today I feel beautiful, I have no pain whatsoever.
/s/ Luella Brown
Dated: August 2, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Affidavit of Lucioes Bryant
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-5 and FF-2-49.]
Port Kaituma,
North West District,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Lucioes Bryant
I, Lucioes Bryant, being duly sworn declare:
Pastor Jim Jones said to everyone from Arkansas stand up that we would be subject to a accident on the way back from Pittsburg, California. This was in the second week of June 1977. The truck got hot and I stopped to release the pressure valve on the radiator and I started the truck and the cap of the radiator blew off. I got 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns on the right side of my face and body; on the 3rd day the skin came off and on the 4th day the color came back and left no scar at all.
/s/ Lucioes Bryant
Dated: 1st August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
Affidavit of Marion Campbell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-77, and FF-2-78, with an abbreviated version at FF-4-A-15 and FF-4-A-16.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, So. America
Affidavit s/
I, Marion Campbell, being duly sworn, declare:
I had terrific pains in the back of my head and shoulder. During Peoples Temple services in San Francisco, Ca., Reverend Jim Jones sent a nurse to me, his message was that I would be saved from my pain. Instantly, my pains were gone. I have had no problems with head or shoulder pain since then.
/s/ Marion Campbell
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Jeffrey Carey
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-21 and FF-12-A-18.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Jeffrey J. Carey
Jeffrey J. Carey
I, Jeffrey J. Carey, 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 guywire 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.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Danny K. Kutulas
Paul McCann
Jerry Livingston
Edith Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Betty Carroll
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-30.]
Affidavit of Betty Carroll
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Betty Carroll, being duly sworn, declare:
My son, Dartagneen Carroll, was born August 7, 1976 at Alta Bates Hospital with sickle cell anemia. Dr. Maynard Driver, 331 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California, was the physician. Laboratory tests had been done earlier on my son as a fetus, establishing the sickle cell trait in his blood through Bishand Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
On April 10, 1977, a message was sent by Rev. Jim Jones in Guyana through Marceline Jones at a public meeting at Peoples Temple Christian Church, saying that Dartagneen was being healed from sickle cell anemia.
Dartagneen was taken to Dr. Cyril Ramer, 3905 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California, two weeks later and no sickle cell trait was found.
Dated this 20 day of August, 1977.
/s/ Betty J. Carroll
Betty Carroll
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Gloria Carter
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-60 with an earlier draft EE-3-MM-1 – MM-1.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Gloria R. Carter, being duly sworn, declare:
I went to a Redwood Valley service of Peoples Temple in 1972 from Santa Barbara (8 hour drive). Just before pulling out of the lot after the service, Rev. Jim Jones touched our car and asked us to wait 2 minutes. We left and on our way home we found ourselves going through a very serious accident including 5 cars. Had we been there 2 minutes earlier we would have been killed.
In April of 1974 Pastor Jones called my dad out and said there is someone in the building with a brown wallet with a rubber band around it and a blue comb in it. Pastor Jones mentioned emphyzema and the fact that my dad smoked before coming to the Temple very heavily. My dad has had no breathing problem or smoking habit since that day.
Once when Pastor Jones was at the Agricultural Mission in South America, he called a message to me about a letter I had written to him that he hadn’t seen. I was very depressed at the time but was so shocked that he knew about the letter (which no one knew about) that it knocked some sense back into me.
[signed] Gloria R. Carter
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
[Editor’s note: The following paragraph was crossed out in the version at EE-3-MM-1, with a notation that it was “Not concrete enough. Can be found fault with.”]
Prophesied: Pastor Jones called my mom out and prophesized that she was going to have a fall down some concrete steps and hit her skull, causing her to be paralyzed. He also mentioned that my dad being in danger and protecting him.
—–
Statement of Jocelyn Carter
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears with at FF-3-213A– 213B.]
The eye doctor at Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City, CA, USA, subscribed [prescribed] glasses for me. One day Rev. Jim Jones did a general audience healing for blindness. Immediately my sight became from 30-40 nearsighted to 20-20. It was like I was all of a sudden 10-20 feet closer to what I was seeing. I no longer wear glasses.
At the end of one of the services in SF, Ca, USA, Rev. Jim Jones touched me and told me “your life and the other person involved will be saved.” Later on that week one of the school buses I was on had a near accident. If it was not for Pastor Jones’ prophecy I and another member would have been killed.
When I was pregnant, Rev. Jones touched my stomach and at that time my body filled up with warmth. The next day I fell down right on my stomach and I know if it wasn’t for the love of Rev. Jones I would have miscarried my baby.
On a Wednesday night service, I was getting terrible pains in my stomach & head as if I was going to faint. Rev. Jones smiled at me and instantly all of the pain left and my entire body became warm.
My little girl was born with the umbilical cord around her neck. It was difficult for me to push so I pushed her head out first and it was out at least 1-2 min before her shoulders and the rest of her body came out. Any doctor can tell you a baby born under those circumstances is either born dead or with brain damage, but my daughter Kaywana has been checked by doctors & is said to be far ahead of her age in progress.
[Paragraph crossed out] Pastor Jones gave a message that he would protect Mark Rhodes my little nephew for 1 year. In that year, Mark was aged 2 yrs. He was in a large tub by himself unattended & the tub overflowed & if it was not for Pastor Jones he would have drowned. Also Mark was playing on a two story balcony & would have fallen & been killed if not for the loving power of Pastor Jones.
Jocelyn Carter
—–
Affidavit of Walter Cartmell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears with slight variations at FF-3-136 and FF-12-A-29.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Walter Cartmell
Walter Cartmell
I, Walter Cartmell, duly sworn declare:
On Friday morning at 10 AM in Redwood Valley, CA, 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 Hosp. 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.
July 29, 1977
Witnessed by:
Edith E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Exia Marie Duckett
Shirlee Ann Fields
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Walter Cartmell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-7 and FF-2-47.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Walter Cartmell
I, Walter Cartmell, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
In 1974, Redwood Valley, California, I had just gotten off work from the graveyard shift: when I got home Pastor Jones told me to be extremely careful that day because he was concerned about a table saw accident. That morning at 9:30 AM I got my right forefinger cut off at the 1st joint.
When I got to the hospital the doctor said I would have to go to surgery and spend the night. I said I couldn’t because I had too much work to do. I put the finger back on and thought on Pastor Jones, by the time the doctor got back my finger was half healed. In 10 days the figure was completely healed.
/s/ Walter Cartmell
Dated: 29th July, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Maryann Casanova
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-10 and FF-2-46.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Maryann Casanova
I, Maryann Casanova, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
My daughter Sophia had been diagnosed with a heart murmur by two different pediatric doctors – Dr. Mathesonan and Dr. Berg in Willits, California. We started going to Peoples Temple Church. I took her to another pediatric MD, and, by the time she was checked there, the murmur had completely disappeared.
The GYN doctor I was seeing in Santa Rosa took a biopsy which disclosed cancer on my uterus. He called some of my relatives, trying to locate me, very concerned. I had been attending Rev. Jones’ services, where the atmosphere of quality restored and strengthened my faith. A repeated biopsy was clear, and I have been healthy to this day.
/s/ Maryann Casanova
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Robert Christian
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-107.]
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.
[Editor’s note: This affidavit was scribbled through, with a marginal note: “What happened?”]
—–
Affidavit of Vernetta Christian
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-39 and FF-6-69.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Vernetta Christian
Vernetta Christian
I, Vernetta Christian, duly sworn declare:
In January of 1977 I was miraculously saved through Pastor Jim Jones when he called my name out in one of his services. I was saved from the same type of blood disease that my mother died of back in April of 1956. Pastor Jones told me my mother’s name and the name of the doctor who my mother was under. Pastor Jones told me something that only I knew when he told me that I had always worried about dying of the same thing my mother died of.
Truly, if it had not been for Pastor Jim Jones, I too would have been dead before the age of 35. I am truly thankful to Pastor Jim Jones. I know without doubt that Pastor Jones is truly one of the most concerned and caring people I’ve ever known and he is worthy of the recognition of one of the greatest humanitarians of all times.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Kevin Smith
Christian Rozynko
Earnestine T. March
Stephan Jones
Sharon Cobb
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Deola Christmas
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-21A – 21B.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Deola Christmas
I, Deola Christmas, being duly sworn, declare:
In April of 1975, Dr. M. Takahashi, told me that my son James, then five years old, needed to be seen by a heart surgeon. James was referred to Dr. George Lindesmith, 1136 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles. After a heart catheterization an examination at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Dr. Lindesmith said that my son had holes in his heart like Swiss cheese. Dr. Lindesmith arrange surgery for James on May 2. He said he wouldn’t be able to close all of the holes in his heart, but he would do what he could.
Rev. Jim Jones touched James on the day before his surgery and told me not to worry, everything will be all right.
James came through the surgery beautifully. Dr. Lindesmith was amazed that there was only one hole, that was easily closed. On the first day after his operation James was sitting in his bed in the Intensive Care Unit eating hot dogs and potato chips. On the second day he was transferred to the floor and played in the playroom.
James has been followed by Dr. Takahashi. He was last seen in January of 1977. After a thorough examination, Dr. Takahashi said that James was in good physical condition.
Dated this [blank] day [blank].
/s/ Deola Christmas
Deola Christmas
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
8/21/77
—–
Affidavit of Brenda Cobb
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-80 and FF-6-77.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Brenda C. Cobb
Brenda C. Cobb
I, Brenda C. Cobb, duly sworn declare:
That Jim Jones has saved me and my family from a car wreck. He had warned that night if anyone was going to San Francisco traveling on the road, that he would like to touch their hand. We had all gone up and touched his hand. While we were traveling along the road everyone was asleep except for the driver. All [of] the sudden the car rolled over 6 times, and there was a telephone pole in the way. We called Jim 3 times and the car had gone around the pole. The car was totally out of control. Finally the car had landed straight on all four wheels and everybody walked out safely.
July 28, 1977
Wittness by:
Eleanor Beam
Christine Lucientes
A.J. Rozynko
Liane Harris
Adeleine M. Strider
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Inez Conedy
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-65, with a draft at FF-3-206A – 206C.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Inez Conedy, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jim Jones placed his hands on my shoulder taking away the severe exhaustion when I was so tired I could hardly walk and I was able to continue working five eight hour days per week productively. This was in 1972.
I was also loosing my eye sight from an infection that doctors’ tests did identify the cause, their medication did not stop the fast failing of sight. Pastor Jones called me out in a ser-vice telling me of this condition ministering unto me, and my sight came back to normal in 1975.
Jim Jones also spoke to me in one of his services, saying, “be very careful there is great danger around you.” Two weeks following a man blocked my driveway not knowing there was someone else on the lawn seeing him; he took off in a great rush. This was about 3 AM in the morning in 1974.
For quite a long time I had been experiencing much soreness and irritation in my chest, so severe when I moved my arms – thought it was cancer and would not tell anyone. Pastor Jones called me out in a service saying, “that condition you have in your chest is lead poi-soning that got from painting that room turquoise blue – that had been 4 years before I met him – the healing came instantly. I’ve never felt it since.
Jim also healed a toe that I noticed the sock was wet and I examined the pus coming out of it. He called me out concerning that toe, and it healed immediately and has not had any condition since then. This was in 1973.
[signed] Inez Conedy
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Statement of Bertha Cook
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at EE-3-EEE.]
7-30-77
I was healed in 1973 of arthritis in both hands. They were all swollen and crusket one finger, now the size of two. Jim Jones took both hands and placed them in his. After examining each finger, he had me to think up something I did as a child. I told him I had played drums. He had the drummer bring over the drum, I put the sticks in my hand, not able to hold them at first, but I kept on until I was able to hold them better & better until I could get some rythm. Immediately, the swelling began to go down. I havn’t had any trouble since of which I am very grateful.
Bertha Cook
—–
Statement of Mary Ella Cook
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at EE-3-FFF.]
7-29-77
Pastor Jim Jones,
he heal me of glycoma of the eyes, I had 14 years. I went back to the eye Dr., he examines my eyes again. The Dr. said, you don’t have glycoma anymore. That funny. Pastor Jim heal me of cancer of the bones, [illegible word] small ailment. He heal several friends of blindleness, lots people from wheelchair, lots people from cancers.
Mary Ella Cook
—–
Affidavit of Candace Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-132 and FF-12-A-35.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Candace Kay Cordell
Candace Kay Cordell
I, Candace Kay Cordell, duly sworn declare:
That 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, USA, 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!
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Anthony J. Simon
Darrell Devers
Loreatha Buckley
James E. Bogue
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Candace Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-133 and FF-12-A-34.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Candace Kay Cordell
Candace Kay Cordell
I, Candace Kay Cordell, duly sworn declare:
That three and one-half years ago, while living in Redwood Valley, California, USA, 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.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Joan Pursley
Edith E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Janice L. Wilsey
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Chris Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-20 and FF-12-A-9.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Chris Mark Cordell
Chris Mark Cordell
I, Chris Mark 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.
July 28, 1977
Rebecca Beikman
Edith Bogue
Russell Moton
Jane Owens
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
[words crossed out]
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Cindy Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-25 and FF-3-192A – 192B.]
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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Rita Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears with slight variations at FF-3-47 and FF-6-61.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Rita D. Cordell, being duly sworn, declare:
In June, 1976 in Philadelphia PA, USA, in the Blue Star Ballroom, my mother Barbara J. Cordell was called out by Rev. Jim Jones and he told her of the back pains she had been having which she had not told a soul. The pain left her body and hasn’t returned.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
—–
Affidavit of Teresa Cordell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-26, with changes 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
[Editor’s note: FF-3-124 has an additional opening paragraph: “Pastor Jones has saved me and my baby from dying. While was in labor having my child, the doctor told me that my baby’s heart rate went down to 20’s, I thought on Pastor Jones & after I thought on P. Jones. The Doctor said my baby’s heart started beating normal.”]
Affidavit of Najuandrienne Darnes
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-32.]
Affidavit of Najuandrienne Darnes
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Najuandrienne Darnes, being duly sworn, declare:
A doctor sharing an office with Dr. Lampey, 100th Avenue in Oakland, did laboratory tests and found that I had diabetes in 1972.
In 1976 I was called out in a meeting at Peoples Temple Christian Church by Rev. Jim Jones who told me that I was healed of diabetes. Shortly, thereafter I was examined and tested at San Francisco General Hospital and no diabetes was present.
Dated this [blank] day of August, 1977.
/s/ Najuandrienne Darnes
Najuandrienne Darnes
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Hazel Dashiell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-127 and FF-12-A-40.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Hazel Dashiell
Hazel Dashiell
I, Hazel Dashiell, 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.
July 29, 1977
Witnessed by:
Ray Jones
Barbara Farrell
Rebecca Beikman
Shirlee Ann Fields
Exia Marie Duckett
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Barbara Davis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-33.]
Affidavit of Barbara Davis
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I had a history of bypass operations to maintain the circulation in both legs. In 1974 after an angiogram and blood tests, I was told by the doctors at Los Angeles General Hospital that another bypass operation would be necessary for both legs. Shortly thereafter I went to a healing service at People’s Temple Christian Church in Los Angeles. Jim Jones called me out and told me to go to the hospital and everything would be all right.
A few days later I checked into Los Angeles General Hospital for surgery. The doctors ordered a week’s tests, including a repetition of the angiogram and blood tests of a few weeks before. The doctors were amazed to find that the bypass was no longer necessary.
/s/ Barbara Davis
Barbara Davis
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
Aug 14, 77
—–
Affidavit of Lexie Davis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-34, with an undated draft at FF-3-215.]
Georgetown), ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana)
Affidavit s/
I, Lexie Davis, being duly sworn, declare:
I attended a meeting in 1976. He had called a member from the audience. He was reminding her of a heart condition she had. I was feeling extreme heaviness in my chest, arms, and hands. So heavy I could hardly lift them up. When he was talking to this other member he then turned to me all of a sudden and said I am saving you of a heart attack in 8 minutes. Right then all the heaviness and pain left and I have had no occurring pain since.
Then in 1976 I was a witness when Rev. Jones predicted that L. Callahan lived through a stab wound in the head. He told her to stay close to him before it happened and not to go to Mississippi. She did go and sure enough she was stabbed. The doctors gave her up at Presbyterian Hospital. She pulled through as Rev. Jones predicted and she has resumed daily activities normally.
[signed] Lexie S. Davis
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Lexie Davis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-70, with an undated draft at FF-3-85.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Lexie Davis, being duly sworn, declare:
This year in 1977 in June I witnessed an astounding thing. A member like myself had a heart attack right in church. His name is Carl [Karl] Irvin. The nurse checked his vital signs and established he had none. Rev. Jones came down and touched him right over his heart. He immediately regained his vital signs. Within an hour or so he was as strong and healthy as ever. This was attested by the nurse in our medical clinic.
[signed] Lexie S. Davis
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Lorraine Davis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-6.]
Affidavit of Lorraine Davis
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Lorraine Davis, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1974 I started having painful headaches. In 1975 I saw Doctor Bates on Parnassus Street in San Francisco. At this time I had six days of tests – x-rays, brain scan, etc. The doctor said I had a brain tumor.
In 1975 at People’s Temple in San Francisco, Pastor Jim Jones called me out and said he could heal me. The pain went away, and my memory and reasoning returned. Soon my appetite returned.
I went back to Doctor Bates for neurological testing. The doctor was surprised that the tumor had disappeared. He said, “I was so sure you had a brain tumor.”
I continued seeing Doctor Bates during the year of 1975. The tumor did not return.
Dated this [blank] day of [blank].
/s/ Lorraine Davis
Lorraine Davis
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Statement of Mabel Davis
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at EE-3-DDD.]
From Mabel Davis, San Jose
555 Jackie Drive
San Jose, CA 95111
May 3, 1975
Dear Father (PaPa)
I had such a feeling Wednesday nite to go to Los Angeles and didn’t do it. Damn me. I went up yesterday May 2nd in an automobile accident. First time in my life – been driving at least 36 yrs. A young man had a rented car, and I was traveling north on a main street. He came out of a side street that had a stop sign and plowed into me so hard if I sister and I hadn’t been screaming your name, Jim, we would be twisted pretzels today. Thanks to you it’s not worse than it is.
Had I obeyed the voice within me I would have avoided that accident – why are we so hardheaded when you are spending so many hours in this Cause? My dedication is not deep enough, I must call myself out of this feeling of Chains that bind me and strike another blow for freedom.
(In the meantime one way would be to get some money out of this accident, I was told by the Dr. to stay in bed as my pulse rate is frightening. He also said that I need a collar Tuesday.) Any suggestions from you or Staff would be accepted with gratitude. Thank you.
As always, Mabel Davis 578-4578
—–
Affidavit of Margie Davis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-34.]
Affidavit of Margie Davis
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Margie Davis, being duly sworn, declare:
In November of 1976 Dr. Kennedy of Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco, California felt a lump in my right breast. X-rays were taken and Dr. Kennedy told me I have a mass of tumors in my right breast. I was admitted to the Presbyterian Medical Center November 14 for a biopsy. Just before the surgery I put the oil that had been anointed by Rev. Jim Jones on my right breast and felt a cool sensation.
As the surgery was about to proceed the doctor could no longer feel the mass. He was confused. He did not operate.
I went back to Presbyterian Hospital shortly thereafter to be checked again by Dr. Kennedy. Again no mass could be found.
Dated this 20th day of Aug, 1977.
/s/ Margie Davis
Margie Davis
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Beatrice Dawkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-43, with an earlier version 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Beatrice Dawkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-39, with an earlier version at FF-3-128, which included a marginal note providing the name of the doctor in the last paragraph below.]
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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Orde Dennis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-7, with a slight variation at FF-6-56.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Orde Dennis
Orde Dennis
I, Orde Dennis, duly sworn declare:
I was healed of a very serious illness by Pastor Jim Jones. In the summer of 1972, in Los Angeles, California People’s Temple. He told me different things about my life. Pastor Jim Jones then stopped me from having grand mal seizures.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Christine E. M. Bates
Rebecca Beikman
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioners
[Editor’s note: The other, unsigned affidavit concludes with the sentence: “I haven’t had one since.”]
—–
Affidavit of Orde Dennis
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at 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
—–
Affidavit of Lovie dePino
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-7.]
Affidavit of Lovie dePino
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Lovie dePino, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1969, I was examined by Dr. Abraham Rodriguez at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. After a Pap smear, x-rays of the abdominal area, and laboratory work, Dr. Rodriguez said I had cancer in my female area and he was not going to perform surgery because I wouldn’t come through it.
In 1972 Jim Jones called me out in a meeting and told me things about my family. Then he asked me to go to the bathroom and a growth that was in my body would be passed. I did go to the bathroom and a growth was passed through my rectum. After that I went to a doctor at Compton Community Clinic, he took a Pap smear, did abdominal x-rays and said I was fine. I am presently under the care of Dr. Leonard Shloin, Chief of Surgery at Presbyterian Medical Center. He is aware of my Pap smear and laboratory tests and says I am in good health.
Dated this [blank] day of August, 1977.
/s/ Lovie dePino
Lovie dePino
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Bessie Dickson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-44, with an earlier statement 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Statement of Esther Dillard
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at EE-3-III.]
I was told by Doctor Bayhasel Colyear M.D. ophthalmology, address 3627 California in 1970, I had glaucoma. My eyes were running constantly of fluids. I was near blind. At the time, Dr. Colyear was treating me with [illegible]. I started going to Peoples Temple in 1971. Pastor Jim Jones hands started to bleed as he walked down the aisle, telling people to get the blood and apply it to different weak parts of their body. I put his blood in my eye pupils. From that day, my vision became clear. I went back to Dr. Colyear for my usual check up. Dr. Colyear said he didn’t know what happen, but the glaucoma had been rested.
8/16/77
Esther Dillard
—–
Statement of Katherine Domineck
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-122.]
I was attending Pastor Jones’ service at Peoples Temple in January of 1974. I was packed ready to move to Vancouver, BC & no one knew this but me. Pastor Jones called my name twice, my first cousin, Christine Bates said he’s talking to you. I said, “no he’s not, he don’t know my name.” Christine said, “yes he does.” Then he repeated my name again, I jumped up in amazement & said, “Yes sir!” Pastor Jones told me I was all packed & ready to go to Vancouver. He said, “you’re not going to Vancouver, you’ve been having a lot of trouble, you have a son by the name of David that you adopted at the age of 6 months old. You’ve been having a lot of trouble, things you’ve gone through you don’t have to go through no more.” I was completely astonished, no one could have possibly known I was going to move, or of my problems, not even Christine. I’m so glad to be a member of Jim Jones’ Temple.
In May of 1977, I was walking down Sutter Street to Divisadero in S.F. All of a sudden I got extremely hot & week, I felt myself falling to the ground. I blacked out. When I came back, two men were holding me up, I immediately thought about Pastor Jones, my strength came back & I felt a lot cooler. The two men told me I should go to the hospital & get a checkup. But of course, after I called on Pastor Jones’ name I was fine & refused to go to the hospital.
Katherine Domineck
—–
Affidavit of Farene Douglass
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-8.]
Affidavit of Farene Douglass
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Farene Douglass, being duly sworn, declare:
I was hospitalized in 1956 at the Los Angeles General Hospital for what doctors believed was a terminal case of pancreatitis.
I did not know Pastor Jim Jones at the time, yet a vision that look just like him came to me saying, “I will save you from death.”
After that I was miraculously healed. The doctors were amazed. They called me into a conference a month after my discharge in an effort to understand how I could have been cured from a fatal condition.
In June of 1977 I was in a meeting at Peoples Temple Christian Catholic Church in San Francisco and Pastor Jones called me out from the audience and described my illness in 1956 at Los Angeles General and how he healed me.
In July of 1977 I saw Dr. Jackson on San Pablo St. in Emeryville, a suburb of Oakland. He said I was in good health.
Dated this [blank] day of August 1977.
/s/ Farene Douglass
Farene Douglass
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Exia Marie Duckett
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-72. A second copy at FF-3-199A – 199C is missing a page.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Exia Marie Duckett, being duly sworn, declare:
On the 16th day of April 1975 I was saved from dying of a heart attack in my home at 1664 Page Street, San Francisco, California, USA.
The details of this incident are as follows: several weeks before, Rev. Jim Jones had, during a Saturday night service at Benjamin Franklin School in San Francisco, California call me by revelation by the address “whose father died in 1957, please stand.” I stood and Rev. Jones looked at me a few seconds before declaring, “I’m saving you from dying of a heart attack on the 16th day of April this year” which was in 1975. I was given a red cloth by one of the nurses of the church and told to wear it. And as always when Pastor Jones states something about a matter it’s been proven to always be truth.
I believe April 16th at 12:00 PM was on a Sunday night-Monday morning. Church service was at Ben Franklin School on Geary Street in San Francisco, California and it was the first of two services that day, near the close. Rev. Jones made the statement “everyone should go to the Valley (Redwood Valley, California) for services there. No one should go home because lives are in danger and you all should be near me tonight for protection.” Well, I did as I wanted and rationalized going home anyway the study for my Physics class at city college. When I got home I took a bath and lay down to read, and went to sleep after a short while. Maybe a few hours later I awakened to magnifying sharp pains in my neck and chest near my heart. I went to the toilet to vomit but didn’t. I sat to urinate and while there became more ill by the moments. I had every or nearly every physical sign of being in a heart attack. I became so weak I couldn’t set on the toilet nor could I walk back to my bedroom, I had to crawl down the hallway. All I remember is waking up around 4:30 AM of the same day, hours later feeling much stronger and able to get to my room under my own power and into bed. I rest until morning and called my doctor. Robert Gerber, MD on Scott Street in San Francisco, California who saw me in his office later that day and who admitted me into Mount Zion Hospital for observations which lasted 5 days, and with no problems. I was released.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
—–
Testimonials of Ellen Penny Dupont
[Editor’s note: A lengthy undated testimonial of miracles witnessed by Ellen “Penny” Dupont appears at FF-1-93a – 93g.]
—–
Statement of Ellen Penny Dupont
[Editor’s note: This undated statement by Ellen Dupont (also known as Penny Kerns) appears at FF-3-176A – 176B).]
Penny Kerns healing
When I came to Peoples Temple in May 1968, I had cancer throughout my body & Pastor Jones called my name, told me things about myself that only God could know & healed.
Two years later I developed bone cancer. This was diagnosed by Dr. Kraft in Ukiah & I was hospitalized for cancer of the bone at West Adams Hospital in Los Angeles but Pastor Jones called me at the hospital & told me things he couldn’t possibly have known & I was immediately healed & released from the hospital.
In 1972 I was dying of intestinal blockage – but when I called when Pastor Jones, I felt my intestines immediately open up & I was made completely whole!
In 1974 I was bleeding from the vagina. I had a Pap smear which came back Class III cancer & the laboratory requested immediate surgery. But the doctor took another Pap smear & the cancer had disappeared!
In 1975 I was diagnosed as having cancer of the uterus and bone. But upon surgery there was no cancer, an intestinal blockage was corrected & I was completely whole. Before this surgery, my blood pressure was 60/44 for weeks.
Pastor Jones has repeatedly healed me of cancer and at this date I am completely whole!
Ellen Dupont
Affidavit of Irene Edwards
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-35 and FF-6-74.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Irene Edwards
Irene Edwards
I, Irene Edwards, duly sworn declare:
In January 1977 I was healed of sugar diabetes by Pastor Jim Jones.
I was called out by him and told through his prophecy that my father & mother died both of Diabetes. Two brothers and one sister also. He also told me that I was suffering from a nervous condition from that disease which I knew I had. He told me to go to a Doctor and have a urine & blood test.
A month later I went back to the Doctor for the report and the Doctor asked me why did I think that I had sugar diabetes when there was no sign to show that I ever had that disease. Thanks to Pastor Jim Jones.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Ruth Atkins
Christine E. M. Bates
Rita Cordell
A.J. Rozynko
Chris Cordell
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of James Edwards
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-42 and FF-6-66.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ James Edwards
James Edwards
I, James Edwards, duly sworn declare:
On July 4, 1975 at Redwood Valley, Pastor Jim Jones called me by name and told me he would stop a heart attack that would occur the next morning at 8:00 AM which would have taken my life. At the time he called me I was having severe pain in my chest. No one knew about the pain except myself.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Lovie Jean Lucas
James E. Bogue
Margaret James
Ruth Atkins
Rita Cordell
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Zipporah Edwards
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-55 and FF-6-52.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Zipporah Edwards
Zipporah Edwards
I, Zipporah Edwards, duly sworn declare:
That Pastor Jim Jones called me out and told me things about my relatives and friends that no one could have known, exact details about their lives in places where they lived and he never met any of them. This occurred at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California October, 1976.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Christine E. M. Bates
Edith E. Bogue
Russell D. Moton
James E. Bogue
Ruth Atkins
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Evelyn Eichler
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-14, with an undated variation under her other name of Evelyn Leroy at EE-3-NN-1 – NN-2 and FF-2-76.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Evelyn L. Eichler
I, Evelyn L. Eichler, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jones healed me from a heart condition at a young age of 16. My heart used to palpitate very fast when I was sleeping or just sitting down and I would get pains in my chest. I was going to visit a doctor about this but Pastor Jim Jones sent me a cloth which I put on my heart and I have never had any problem since.
I lifted some heavy furniture once and I felt my back strain. For the next couple of days I had such terrible pain that I felt I couldn’t even stand. Pastor Jones sent me a cloth. When it touched my back the pain left immediately. Now my back is strong and I can lift things without pain.
/s/ Evelyn L. Eichler
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
Affidavit of Sylvester Fair
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-55, with a significant difference at the undated statement at FF-3-52.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Sylvester Fair, being duly sworn, declare:
One morning a terrible pain was in my side. I went to the doctor and he took x-rays of my body as stated, I had gallstones. I was to have surgery the next three days. I went in for surgery, they took x-rays again to be sure and to their surprise, the gallstones were gone. I was healed by Pastor Jim Jones.
I was taken to Ukiah General Hospital with prostate enlargement the size of a grapefruit. My doctor knowing I had an enlarged heart thought it best to take pictures of my heart to see if it was all right to give me gas for the operation. After taking pictures, my prostate was found to be the size of a quarter. It was back to normal size. I called on Pastor Jim Jones and he healed me.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
[Editor’s note: The undated statement at FF-3-52 attributes the first paragraph to Sylvester Fair’s wife, Amanda Fair.]
—–
Affidavit of Barbara Farrell
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-51 and FF-6-57.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Barbara Louise Farrell
Barbara Louise Farrell
I, Barbara Louise Farrell, duly sworn declare:
In June of 1977 on a Monday morning Pastor Jim Jones sent two Secretaries to the house with a red cloth and that I was to keep it on me at all times. Pastor Jones said that my face I flashed before Him and that I was in great danger.
The next Monday night I was severely beaten and would have been beaten to death had I not called on Pastor Jones. He called me at midnight on Tuesday, very concerned and told me it was a miracle I was alive. I owe my life to Pastor Jones.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Christine Lucientes
Earnestine L. March
Liane Harris
Janice R. Wilsey
Christian Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Marshall Farris
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-40 and as an undated, slightly modified statement FF-3-58.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ Marshall Farris
I, Marshall Farris, being duly sworn, declare:
When I first joined the church in 1972 I had arthritis so bad that I could hardly make one’s day at work. The doctor gave me shots every three weeks to relieve my pain but he said there was no cure. I was walking by Pastor Jones and he stopped to talk with me. He asked me where I was having my arthritis pain. I didn’t even have time to tell him about my arthritis – but he already knew. I had spoken to no one about this. He asked me where I was having my arthritis pain most severe, I told him in my hands and neck. Then he rubbed his hands over the back of my neck and both hands. I never went back to the doctor again. My pain was gone, and still is gone today in 1977.
Pastor Jones healed me of heart ailment. I would feel a little pain now and then but I’d just ignored it. He sent a nurse to me and she told me Pastor Jones was saving me from a heart attack. He gave me a cloth to wear – I haven’t felt that pain anymore since then.
/s/ Marshall Farris
Dated August 2, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
—–
Affidavit of Mary Ford
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-38 and FF-4-A-13.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Mary Ford, being duly sworn, declare:
For several years, I had migraine headaches which incapacitated me for hours at a time. I had been seeing Dr. Williams, 1101 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. who diagnosed my condition but was unable to prescribe any drugs that offered me any relief.
In 1973, Rev. Jones called out my name in a Peoples Temple meeting and sent me a cloth to touch my head with. I no longer have any headaches. When I went to Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco, Ca. they could find nothing wrong. I have never had a migraine headache since then.
[signed] Mary Ford
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Mary Ford
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at 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
—–
Affidavit of Rhonda Fortson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-38, with an earlier undated statement 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Beulah Foster
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-48, with an earlier undated statement at FF-10-A-1.]
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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Greg Frost
[Editor’s note: This undated testimony appears at EE-3-W.]
My Testimony By Greg Frost
Dear Father, on September 24/75, while cleaning the bean dryer house, I lifted shades off a platform and put it up against a wall and when I turned around, there was a snake two feet from my legs. Thanks to you, it didn’t even move. Thank you Jim Jones.
Its head was triangular and three feet long. Poisonous.
Affidavit of Mattie Gibson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-72 and FF-12-A-21.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Mattie Gibson
Mattie Gibson
I, Mattie Gibson, 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 & Sutter in San Francisco and was given a clean bill of health & I was told I could go on this trip.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Lovie Jean Lucas
Mary L. Shavers
A.J. Rozynko
B.L. Farrell
James E. Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Testimony of Alice Goodson
[Editor’s note: This undated testimony appears at EE-3-KKK.]
In 1975 I began to have trouble clearing my throat. I would get choked up & would have to gargle 3 times a day. I had trouble swallowing.
I also felt pain in my chest when I cleared my throat. I would cough continually so bad that I couldn’t even play in school. I always had a cold.
I could hardly breathe as it got worse. Sometime I had to have bedrest. The doctor told me to take off my [illegible word] I was feeling so bad.
At the end of service in Feb, about the 2d wk (1977), I came up to the altar to place an offering. As I approached the altar, Jim looked at me. He said I was the 1st one that went around and gave my offering and I would be the first one to get healed.
He gave the nurse a red cloth to give to me. He said for me to wear it on my chest and not to worry. Although I could have been choked to death from this cancer, I would be healed.
Since I got the cloth, I have never had any pain in my chest or throat. I couldn’t even sing soprano when I had this problem & now I can sing in High C, 2 Soprano and Alto.
Alice L. Goodson
notes she saw M.D. he told she had an abscess.
—–
Affidavit of Claude Goodspeed
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-37 and FF-2-83, with an undated testimony at EE-3-II-1 – II-2.]
Georgetown), ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana)
Affidavit s/ Claude Goodspeed
I, Claude Goodspeed, being duly sworn, declare:
I was in Pastor Jones’ meeting in February of 1974. He told me that I had a dog by the name of Rosco, light gray and more brown. He said to rub my dog’s back up and down, this would protect my house from being robbed. The following week the robber did come but he saw the neighbors watching him so he left.
Pastor Jones also said I had a green bathrobe and a fern in the northeast corner of my living room. No one else knew these things. Pastor Jones has never been in my house but what he said was true.
I was told by Dr. James Gato on 1st and San Pedro Streets in Los Angeles, California in 1955 some time in February that I had a slightly enlarged heart, appendix, weak lungs, and anemia. The Dr. said that I might need an operation in the future. I attended Pastor Jones meeting in February of 1974. At the time I was having very bad heart pains in my chest which I told no one. Pastor Jones told me that I had a bad heart and I was having very bad heart pains in my chest. He said I would be all right. After he said that the pains in my chest had left.
A week after I attended the meeting I went to Herman C. Schoen, M.D. on 6200 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California for a thorough physical examination and he said there was nothing wrong with me. He showed me a picture of my heart, appendix, and lungs and he said they were their normal size and I no longer had anemia.
/s/ Claude Goodspeed
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Lue Goodspeed
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-18 and FF-2-33, with an undated variation at FF-3-161A – 161B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Lue Dimple Goodspeed, being duly sworn, declare:
I have been a patient of Dr. James Gato on 1st and San Pedro Streets in Los Angeles, California. This was in the year of 1953. Dr. James Gato told me I had a weak heart, bad kidney, and a nervous condition. I suffered with this up until the year of 1973. I was sitting in Pastor Jim Jones’ meeting and he repeated the same words that the doctor had said to me. Pastor Jones told me that I received perfect health at that very moment. I then went to Dr. Hermon C. Schoen, M.D. on 6200 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California. He gave me a physical examination on July 31, 1975. He said my body was as sound as a stone, there was nothing wrong with my body.
Again in Pastor Jones’ meeting he called to me, to build my faith, the names of all my family and my birth date and year. All this was true and he also told me that I was worrying too much. He said that by April 14th at 3:30 I would have suffered a heart attack. He told me this on April 13th. Sure enough on April 14th at the very hour that he said it would happen it did happen and I felt his presence all over my body and felt much better like I could or would be truly willing to testify to the fact in person that all I have said is true.
I Lue Dimple Goodspeed have been one of his followers from the past five years.
/s/ Lue Dimple Goodspeed
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of David Lee Goodwin
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-112 and FF-6-79.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ David Lee Goodwin
David Lee Goodwin
I, David Lee Goodwin, duly sworn declare:
That in one of the services of Peoples Temple in 1976, Pastor Jim Jones gave my mom Alvaray Satterwhite a prophecy. He said she was going to be in an accident but that she would be all right. So later on in the week she was backing out of the driveway and another lady was backing out and she pressed on the gas pedal and came all the way across the street and hit my mom, and totaled the car and my mom came out without a scratch and Pastor Jones prophecy came true.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Russell D. Moton
David Lee Goodwin
Orde Dennis
Rita Cordell
Ruth Tupper
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Emmett Griffith
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-41 and FF-6-67.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Emmett A. Griffith
Emmett A. Griffith
I, Emmett A. Griffith, duly sworn declare:
That Pastor Jim Jones gave a general warning in a meeting that everyone should check their four wheels. Thereafter for two weeks the secretaries kept calling the warning around about checking your four tires. I kept putting it off. In December 1971 I was comming from Sacramento River on Highway 50 and right at the toll gate bridge coming into Oakland, I heard a thumping noise so I got out thinking it was a flat tire, but when I looked at the right axle it was on fire and burnt the car out entirely.
July 28, 1977
Witness by:
Christine Lucientes
Patricia G. Cartmell
Russell D. Moton
Ruth Tupper
Garry D. Johnson
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Marrian Louise Griffith
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-83 and FF-6-50.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Marrian Louise Griffith, being duly sworn, declare:
In the month of July 1969 when I first came to Peoples Temple, Pastor Jim Jones called my mother out and told her exactly what my sister was wearing that Friday before we came to church on Sunday. My mother had never seen those clothes before. He called my mother and said “I want you to try to get your daughter to come – I don’t think she will but try or else she will meet with a terrible accident, the worst thing that you can ever think of.[“] We couldn’t get her to come so she was murdered in the most brutal way that you can imagine. Pastor Jones told my mother that the murderer would be found in 3 years. His wife confessed on the 8th of May in 1973 that her husband murdered my sister. His name was Stanley Nelson. He also confessed to the murder of two others. He now is in Vacaville prison serving life sentence.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
—–
Affidavit of Mary M. Griffith
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-48 and FF-6-60.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Mary M. Griffith
Mary M. Griffith
I, Mary M. Griffith, duly sworn declare:
That Pastor Jim Jones give me a warning about a city bus would try and push me off the freeway on September 1976. Coming home from work a bus out of nowhere tried to push me off the freeway.
July 28, 1977
Wittness by:
Christine Lucientes
Patricia P. Cartmell
Jack D. Barron
Liane Harris
A.J. Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Lemuel “Tom” Grubbs
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-22 and FF-12-A-8.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
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.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by
Russell D. Moton
Edith Bogue
Danny K. Kutulas
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Orde Dennis
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner.
—–
Affidavit of Lemuel “Tom” Grubbs
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-25 and FF-12-A-17.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
I, Lemuel T. Grubbs II, 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 lawnmower 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 siphoning 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 all right.” Almost immediately the intense pain stopped, vision returned and within a few hours all traces of the burns were gone.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Edith E. Bogue
Russell D. Moton
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Orde Dennis
Christine E. M. Bates
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner.
—–
Affidavit of Mercedes Guidry
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-23A – 23B.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Mercedes Guidry
I, Mercedes Guidry, being duly sworn, declare:
From December 1970 to October 1975 I was under the supervision of Drs. Kennedy, Mosby, and Talbot for arthritis. It spread pain through my entire body and stiffened my joints so I was stuck in a wheelchair and continuously dependent on others for my basic needs. I was told by the doctors that there was nothing that could be done about it, that I would have to learn to live with it for the rest of my life. I stayed at West Jefferson Hospital, Gretna, Louisiana.
In 1972 I moved to Los Angeles and became a patient at Los Angeles General Hospital and private patient of Dr. H. Broderick on Manchester Boulevard. The doctors continued to watch my arthritic condition with little hope. The use of heat on my joint areas gave me a small amount of relief.
In October of 1975 I went to a healing meeting at People’s Temple Church in Los Angeles. Pastor Jim Jones called my name and told me things about my life and sent a cloth by one of his nurses for each one of my hips. I felt pressure on the top of my head and when I put the cloths to my hip joints pain left my entire body. I suddenly could move every joint freely. I was so excited. I could now move for myself, I was no longer dependent on a wheelchair or other people for assistance.
I returned to see Dr. Broderick in May of 1976. He was amazed, happy and excited that I was no longer in a wheelchair. “Hot dog, look what happened,” he said. “This is something else.” He took x-rays, blood tests and did a thorough examination. When he received the results, he said that I was doing beautifully.
Dated this 20th day of Aug. 1977.
/s/ Mercedes Guidry
Mercedes Guidry
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
Affidavit of Karen Harms
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-9.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Karen Harms
I, Karen Harms, being duly sworn, declare:
In September 1976 I had severe abdominal pains and went to Dr. Anton in Los Angeles, who took a Pap smear which came out positive. In November 1976 I was sent a message from Pastor Jim Jones by Laura Johnston and Sandy Bradshaw that I was healed from uterine and abdominal cancer. At that time I returned for a Pap smear at San Francisco General Hospital, and results of the tests were negative. I had another Pap smear taken June 1977 and the result was still negative.
Dated: August 6, 1977.
/s/ Karen Harms
Karen Harms
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Artee Harper
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-11 and FF-2-51.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Artee Harper
I, Artee Harper, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
I had been seeing Dr. Earl Cooper of Los Angeles, California for a severe kidney and bladder infection that was causing me great pain in my lower back. I went to Peoples Temple Church and in the service, Rev. Jones called me out and told me about the pain in my back. He said I would be healed and as soon as he did that I felt a warmth in my back and side and the pain just disappeared. I had no further trouble at all, and the pain never returned.
Another time I have been going to Los Angeles General Hospital because I could not walk without dragging my left leg. In 1972, Rev. Jones called me out and after that I stopped dragging my foot. My leg has gotten stronger and stronger and is now completely well.
/s/ Artee Harper
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Dorothy Harris
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-46, with an earlier unsigned statement 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Liane Harris
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-38 and FF-6-70.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Liane Harris
Liane Harris
I, Liane Harris, duly sworn declare:
That in the month of July, 1972, at Kaiser Hospital only a few short days after a delicate spinal fusion and insertion of a Harrington rod for scoliosis, I was lying on a striker frame in my room on the seventh floor and was dropped from the bed, crashing to the floor. All my evident vital signs were lost. I was immediately hooked up to a monitor. After a short period of time my vital signs appeared on the monitor. Secretaries of the Temple later informed me that at that time Pastor Jim Jones, during a Los Angeles Meeting, announced, “Liane is in difficulty.” Dr. Brennen, my doctor and chief surgeon, stated after my x-rays, that my back was the best he had ever done.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Christine Lucientes
Wesley Breidenbach
Sharon Cobb
Rebecca Beikman
Tanya Cox
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Lena Hector
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-35.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Lena Hector
I, Lena Hector, being duly sworn, declare:
In September 1975 I saw Dr. Goldfarb at Harvard General Hospital, 1000 Carson Boulevard and Vermont Street in Carson City, California. I could not see well and my right eye was very blurry. Dr. Goldfarb gave me the usual tests, and his diagnosis was cataracts on the right eye. Dr. Goldfarb wanted to operate.
In the last part of October 1975 Pastor Jim Jones called me out in the Los Angeles Peoples Temple and said that he was removing the cataracts from my right eye. I was immediately able to see with no blur.
In the last part of November 1975 I returned to see Dr. Goldfarb. He examined me and could find no cataracts on my right eye. He had the other doctors in the Harvard General Hospital examine and test my eyes, but they could not find anything wrong with the right eye.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 77.
/s/ Lena M. Hector
Lena Hector
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Testimonial of Laura Henderson
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at EE-3-LLL – MMM.]
Laura Henderson
571 Waller St.
San Francisco, California 94117
552-0159
7/31/77
During the five and a half year I have been a member of this Temple, The Peoples Temple Christian Church, I have seen a man that have been confounded to a wheelchair for a couple of years, had bullets in his spine walk again, he was paralyzed. My daddy fell with a heart attack and died and he came back to life. My mom had heart attacks, one after another and now, she is able to have a normal heartbeat. I myself had a heart attack and my heart would beat irregularly. My heart is okay now. Since 1962, I’ve had kidney problems very severe and couldn’t urinate that has been healed. I passed a growth in 1972, my mom passed a growth in 1973, my husband passed a growth [in] 1972, also my daddy in 1973 – All some many people was were blind, I’ve seen again and was able to do delicate sewing again. We owe this all to Pastor Jim Jones. Laura Henderson
—–
Affidavit of Aaron Hendricks
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-29 and FF-12-A-13.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Aaron Hendricks
Aaron Hendricks
I, Aaron Hendricks, duly sworn declare:
That in the summer of 1973 Jim Jones called my aunt Josephine Rusel 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 she told him what color it was & that it was a pen. Then he put up his finger and she saw everyone clear and the amazing thing about it she was about 25 feet away.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
[illegible name]
Garnet Johnson
Kevin Smith
Rochelle Halkman
Lucios [Lucioes] Bryant
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Affidavit of Bea Jackson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-59, with an undated draft at EE-3-HH.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Bea Jackson, being duly sworn, declare:
I had severe pains in my chest. Pastor Jones gave me a cloth and the pain left my body.
[signed] Beatrice Jackson
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
[Editor’s note: The draft interjects a sentence between the two in the final version: “Pastor Jones said it was heart trouble.”]
—–
Affidavit of Dave B. Jackson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-50 and FF-6-58.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Dave B. Jackson
Dave B. Jackson
I, Dave B. Jackson, duly sworn declare:
That when I went to Redwood Valley Temple on Monday, November 10, 1961 [1971], I took sick and lost consciousness. Pastor Jim Jones lovingly meditated on me and told my wife that I’d be all right and I immediately came back. He told my wife to take me to the Doctor because we believe in annual medical checkups. Dr. Pole of Hoover Street Hospital in Los Angeles said that my heart beat like a baby’s heart and there wasn’t anything the matter with me. He gave me my money back and told me to go back to work.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Judith K. Ijames
Sharon Cobb
Joan Pursley
Kevin Smith
Russell D. Moton
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Gladys Jackson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-53, with an undated draft at FF-6-54.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Gladys Jackson, being duly sworn, declare:
One time Pastor Jim Jones saved me from a heart attack. I was having pains in my chest and I would have passed of a heart attack. A doctor at UC Medical Center told me he would see where I had heart damage.
My knee was hurting so badly that I can hardly walk on it. I had to have x-rays taken. It was very painful to walk on my leg. One day Pastor Jones called me out and told me of the trouble I was having in my knee. I had told no one about this condition. For the first time I could jump up and down on it.
In March of 1977 my doctor, Dr. Edelson told me I have a blood clot of the brain. My speech had become slurred and I was unable to walk by myself. Jim Jones called me out, and told me the weakness I had would go away. I soon began to get stronger, and my memory returned.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
—–
Affidavit of Lourece Jackson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-10.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Lourece Jackson
I, Lourece Jackson, being duly sworn, declare:
My son, Richard Jackson, age 4 now, was born May 22, 1973, with three holes in his heart and a heart murmur. He was treated by pediatrician Dr. Teberg at Los Angeles General Hospital. Richard kept catching colds, pneumonia, and he even had heart failure once. He was in and out of the hospital every two or three weeks.
I came to Peoples Temple when Richard was six months old, in November 1973. I took Richard up to Pastor Jim Jones, and he held him for a few minutes. Later he sent me a message that he wanted to have me bring Richard to him every month, and in about four months, he asked for Richard to be brought to him every week, to be held for a short while each service.
In 1974 Pastor Jim Jones told me in service that Richard would have died of heart trouble because of the holes in his heart and that he was healed of that. I took Richard to Los Angeles County General Hospital for his regular check-up in 1974 after he had been healed. X-rays were taken of his heart and showed no holes remained in his heart; his heart was now normal. Thereafter I took Richard for yearly check-ups and his heart has always been normal. Since I began coming to People’s Temple and Richard was healed, he has never again had to go to the hospital every other week for colds or heart trouble like he used to. His health has been normal.
Dated this 31st day of July, 1977.
/s/ Lourece Jackson
Lourece Jackson
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Margaret James
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-130 and FF-12-A-37.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Margaret James
Margaret James
I, Margaret James, 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.
July 29, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Ray Jones
Barbara Farrell
Rebecca Beikman
Edith E. Bogue
Exia Marie Duckett
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Statement of Eartis Jeffrey
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-37.]
Two years ago in September of 1975, one Thursday as I recall, all that day my eyes were burning terribly. (I always had heart trouble.) And I was very tired but I proceeded to go to service. All through service I was feeling bad. I was trying to sing & clap along with everyone but I kept getting dizzy two times I sat back down. The third time I stood up, I fell over. The nurses said all vital signs were gone. From the time I fell over all I can remember was Pastor Jones touching me and told me I’ll be alright. I was alright. That night I went home fully restored.
Eartis Jeffery
—–
Statement of Margaret Jeffrey
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-140.]
In 1972 I met Pastor Jones and I had had a severe pain in the lower part of my back on the right side where two other doctors had told me I had two kidneys but Pastor Jones called me out and I passed a cancer through the rectum. I saw this cancer with my eyes. I haven’t had pain again.
I had a heart attack also in 1971 in June, I could not do anything for myself. I just had to have complete bed rest for about six or eight weeks, then when I went back to church Pastor Jones saved me from having a fatal heart attack. He has saved me from having several heart attacks. Pastor Jones has saved me from having a stroke which would have left me a vegetable because I was lossing [losing] all of use of myself.
In 1976 I had spinal meningitis and didn’t know when I got to the hospital, who had taken me there or how long I had been there but the nurses and doctors told me that I was lucky to be alive. When I got to the hospital the nurses said that I had a fever of 103° and it was still rising, but they would not tell me how high my fever did rise. The doctors or nurses didn’t see how I was able to think straight, because they said I had blood on my brain, but Pastor Jones, although he was in Los Angeles and I was in San Francisco, he said from the pulpit there that I would be alright and I was. After the meningitis attack I lost my hearing and the doctor said I would never hear 100%, all that he could do what was give me a hearing aid, but after Pastor Jones put his hands over my ears two or three times I can hear normal again.
Margrette Jeffery
In April of 1976 I had another severe heart [attack] that kept me in intensive care for 72 hours. During that time my heart felt as though it would jump out of my chest or turn over. The doctor when he saw the trouble he put a monitor on me and it was a show to everyone that entered the intensive care room, doctors, nurses, and visitors, because the monitor was going crazy and most people thought I was not going to live, but Pastor Jones sent me one of his messengers and for the first time I slept for the first time in 3 or 4 days and nights. I was discharged from the hospital the next two days and have been going ever since today I feel fine.
—–
Affidavit of Earl Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-13 and FF-2-52.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Earl Johnson
I, Earl Johnson, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
When I met Jim Jones in April of 1971, I was crippled and using a cane. My left side had no feeling, but during one of the healing services at Peoples Temple Rev. Jones called me out and touched my side. I was healed at once and no longer use a cane.
/s/ Earl Johnson
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Garry Dartez “Poncho” Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-134 and FF-12-A-31.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Garry Dartez Johnson
Garry Dartez Johnson
I, Garry Dartez Johnson, duly sworn declare:
That on one Saturday night in S.F., Calif. 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.
July 29, 1977
Witnessed by:
Joan Pursley
Russell Moton
James E. Bogue
Barbara Farrell
Edith E. Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Helen Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-72, with an undated draft at FF-3-84.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Helen Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
I was healed of asthma by Pastor Jones in 1972. I was in so much pain, at that time I could not get my breath; I couldn’t speak. Pastor Jones said someone by the name of Helen Johnson can not breathe. He told me to stand on my feet which I did then he told me to take a deep breath. It was like ice water going down my throat. He said believe, jump up and down 3 times. Of course I jumped up and down. I never felt so good.
I had an appointment with the doctor at the County USC Medical in Los Angeles, California. The Dr. found nothing wrong with me. He said to come back in 6 months. Before I had been going every 2 weeks.
[signed] Helen Johnson
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Helen Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-73, with an undated draft at FF-3-86.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit
I, Helen Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jones saved me from a heart attack in 1975 that would have took my life. It did take place 2 weeks later. I was sitting in my car waiting to go in to work. The doctors at the County USC Medical Center — Dr. Nicker at 1105 W. Vernon Ave — never told me about my heart until I told them about this pain I was having in my heart and I felt the blood seemed to drain from my body.
They told me I had a heart murmer.
[signed] Helen Johnson
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Irra Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-11 and FF-3-172A – 172B.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
Northwest District,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Irra Johnson
I, Irra Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
I was working out of town some 60 miles and coming home one evening and I noticed a strange sound on the left side near the front tire this sounded like the tire was rubbing up against something. Being quite concerned I stopped at a service station to have it checked. The man there told me it was nothing to worry about that all it needed was a little oil. Feeling confident I went on about my journey home. The noise continued but I kept on driving assured that everything was okay. When I got home I got out of my car and stepped over to speak to someone in the yard. The entire wheel on the left front side fell off before our very eyes. Instantly I knew that it could only have been the power of Jim Jones that kept me safe during those 60 miles.
I had written a check that could not be covered by the bank and the business I wrote the check to made a complaint to the local sheriff’s department who when realizing I was from Peoples Temple called up Jim Jones to let him know that one of his members was in distress. Pastor Jones has done so many good deeds to help people in the community, to be law-abiding and a perfect example for his members to follow. The sheriff knew that all he needed to do was to notify Jim and he knew that the situation would be taken care of. For indeed it was Jim who paid the money to the business that made the complaint and offered me financial assistance until I was able to get on my feet again. I was extremely grateful because not only was I saved from a jail sentence which it would have been because I have no money to pay the bill and because of the financial assist[ance] I received I was able to live comfortably until I got a job.
/s/ Irra Johnson
Dated: August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Statement of Mabel Lee Johnson
[Editor’s note: This list of miracles appears at EE-3-AAA.]
1027 Geary Blvd #21
San Francisco, California 94109
July 30, 1977
Dear Father & Friend
- You healed me of my blindness
- You helped me with crippling arthritis
- You saved me from many heart attacks
- You saved me from a fatal heart attack
- You saved me from having a stroke, that would have left me paralyzed for life.
- You healed me of a blood disease
- You healed my leg. I couldn’t walk without pain.
- You saved me from dying in my sleep
- You saved my youngest son from being killed
- You saved my youngest son from a long period in jail
- You saved my oldest son from being in prison longer
- You saved my daughter from cancer
- You saved my daughter from being killed by her companion
- You saved me from being killed in a car wreck
- You healed me of cancer 4 times that I know of
- You saved my friend Moneka from dying
- You healed my granddaughter so many times of being ill
- You saved my youngest son’s life when you got a revelation for him to join this cause
- You saved his wife also by revelation to join this cause
- You have saved me and my children of many things I know not of. Thank you again forever.
Mabel Lee Elizabeth Johnson
—–
Affidavit of Ricky Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-49, with a slight variation in an earlier unsigned draft at FF-3-180A– 180B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Ricky Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
One Sunday afternoon I was feeling very down and out because my girlfriend who I cared for very much acted as if she couldn’t stand me. She treated me very bad, and I took it so seriously that I went I went crazy. I got tired of living. So what I did was look at a bottle of alcohol the kind that everyone gets at home, rubbing alcohol.
I decided to drink half of a bottle of that stuff. There was no one who knew about it for at least four hours. I had fallen asleep and my kidneys had stopped. I had turned a very pale color. I was so sick to the point that I would have been a vegetable and would have died slowly, but Pastor Jones got to me and he told me that everything would be all right and that I was needed by many people. And that this was not the way to solve my problem. So my health and strength were restored, and I am very grateful for that.
/s/ [blank]
Date of July 29, 1977
Witnessed by: [blank]
[Editor’s note: The draft includes a note direct reference to suicide in the first paragraph: “So I took that very seriously to the point I had gotten so mad that I went home by myself. I went into my room and in my mind I was thinking crazy like killing myself, so I would not have to go through this anymore.”]
—–
Affidavit of Robert Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-48, with an earlier unsigned draft at FF-3-178A– 178B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Robert Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
The first time I went to Peoples Temple I saw Rev. Jim Jones turn 13 pitchers of water into wine.
I had had an appointment with Dr. Karnegie at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland for 30 days. I was to have an operation for cancer of the rectum. I went to Peoples Temple and that Monday morning, after the weekend services, the doctor’s secretary told me my operation was postponed. I continued attending services at Peoples Temple. One night I woke up about 2:30 in the morning. I usually used a bag of water to wash myself out after an elimination, because the growth made me so sore. So this night I felt that growth pass right out of me. Afterwards I had no soreness whatsoever. And since that time in 1973 I have had several checkings of my rectum, one by Dr. Fong Wong at Kaiser Hospital on Geary Blvd in San Francisco. And I’ve had no problem whatsoever. Another Dr. is Gerald Roberts, 2300 Sutter St., Suite 205, San Francisco, and Dr. S. L. Kampner, 2320 Sutter St., Suite 101, San Francisco, CA.
/s/ [blank]
Date of July 28, 1977
Witnessed by: [blank]
—–
Affidavit of Thomas Johnson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-73 and FF-12-A-20.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Thomas W. Johnson
Thomas Johnson
I, Thomas Johnson, 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.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Barbara Walker
Millie Cunningham
Garnett Johnson
Rochelle Halkman
Anthony J. Simon
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Billy Jones
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-5 and FF-12-A-12.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Billy D. Jones
Billy D. Jones
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 while in the church in Redwood Valley, Calif, USA.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Christine E. M. Bates
Orde Dennis
Jeff Carey
Paul McCann
Danny K. Kutulas
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Statement of Sandra Jones
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at EE-3-FF and FF-2-74.]
27-7-77
In 1974, a car load of my family was on the way to San Francisco from a Wednesday night service in Redwood Valley. The driver of our car fell asleep at the wheel and our car turned several times tearing down a barbed wire fence. The same time we had our accident, Pastor Jim Jones was still at the Redwood Valley Temple. He told some of the people around him that we had had an accident but everyone would be fine. Our car was totaled. The trunk was crushed in, doors were crashed in and windows were broken out. Not one of the six people in the car received an injury.
Sandra Jones
—–
Affidavit of Stephanie Jones
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-108 and FF-6-47.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Stephanie Lynn Jones
Stephanie Lynn Jones
I, Stephanie Lynn Jones, duly sworn declare:
Pastor Jim Jones called for a baby born on June 7. My mom raised her hand, Pastor Jones then said do not let him in the front seat. A few days later my mom was almost involved in an accident and which my brother would have gone through the window shield.
July 28, 1977
Edith Bogue
Orde Dennis
Christine E. M. Bates
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Danny K. Kutulas
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Terry Jones
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-15 and FF-2-75, with an undated draft at FF-3-186A – 186B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Terry Jones, being duly sworn, declare:
One morning in December of 1974, I awoke to cook breakfast. We had a gas stove. The gas had been leaking all night. I turned the burners on though I did smell the gas. It was a grill. I went to eye level with the grill and lit a match. I wasn’t close to the burner but the whole stove blew up with gas. The force blew me back 4 feet. Fire was all over my hair, face and top half of my body. My shirt was burned (not wearable) but the only thing that happened to my face was my eyebrows and eyelashes singed. This happened at 7:00 AM at 7:05 AM Lew Jones called me, he told me Pastor Jones had woke him up and told him what happened to me. He told him to call me to see how I was. Lew reported to me exactly what had happened.
/s/ Terry Jones
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
—–
Statement of Timothy Jones
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at EE-3-XXX.]
To whom it may concern,
I have been given my sight back by Pastor Jim Jones and have been saved from many car wrecks that would have taken my life.
Timothy Jones
—–
Affidavit of Dessie Jordan
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-22.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Dessie Jordan
I, Dessie Jordan, being duly sworn, declare:
I had lung cancer from 1972 to 1976. The doctors at Los Angeles General Hospital found it through x-rays, and extensive laboratory work. I was told to stop smoking but no treatment was given.
I was healed of my lung cancer later in 1976 when Rev. Jim Jones called me out in a meeting and told me that I had lung cancer and that he would take it from my body.
Shortly after the healing, I spent seven days in Morningside Hospital in Los Angeles, having continued laboratory and x-ray tests and no lung cancer was found
Dated this [blank] day of August 1977.
/s/ Dessie Jordan
Dessie Jordan
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Fannie Jordan
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-45 and FF-6-63.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Fannie Jordan
Fannie Jordan
I, Fannie Jordan, duly sworn declare:
That 1 June 1972 Dr. Tollette of Los Angeles, told me, Fannie Jordan that my red blood cells were being destroyed by my white blood cells. While in the Hospital at that time Jim Jones sent me word that I would be OK. The next day the doctor came in and told me that my blood count was back to normal.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Adeleine M. Strider
Madeleine Brooks
Jack D. Barron
Lucioes Bryant
Linda Arterberry
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Affidavit of Rosa Keaton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-87A – 87B, with an undated draft at EE-3-TT-1 – TT-2.]
Georgetown, ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ [blank line]
I, Rosa L. Keaton, being duly sworn, declare:
I met Jim Jones in November, 1971 at the Embassy Hotel where he was holding services every other weekend. The second time I attended the services he came to me after services while I was waiting for my husband to come from the restroom so that we could go home, and spoke and asked how did I feel? I told him that I had a condition in my throat which made it difficult for me to swallow liquids not to mention solid foods and that the condition had bothered me for several months, but it was getting worse each day. He told me to go to a throat specialist and bring his report back to him. I did as he told me to do. The throat specialist examined my throat and sent me to be x-rayed. Eight or nine x-rays were taken of my throat. I went back to the specialist the next week to get the results of the x-rays. The specialist showed me the x-rays and told me that arthritis had set up in the [illegible word] like membranes in my throat and had caused them to swell and that was why it hurt for me to swallow anything. I asked him what could he do about the condition? He said, “I cannot do anything about it, you will have to live with it.” I took this report back to Pastor Jones the next week that he held services. I just told him what the specialist told me and Pastor Jones just touched my throat with his hand and said, “Don’t worry about it.” I have not felt the pain since and I have not had any difficulty in swallowing food and liquids. That has been more than 5 years ago.
I also had arthritis in my right hand is so bad that my fingers would close up and when I awakened in the mornings I would have to use my left hand to straighten each finger out before I could use my hand. Pastor Jones told everyone with arthritis to stand up and extend their hands towards him. I was among the many persons who stood and stretched forth their hands. The next morning I woke up and my fingers were straight and I did not feel any pain. I have not felt any pain sense and my fingers are still straight. That happened about 5 years ago.
Before I became acquainted with Pastor Jones, I spent 13 days in the Hospital with Kidney stones. This was in 1964. I did not have surgery. The stones passed and I felt okay until 1975, I had the same symptoms as the pain [3 illegible words] 1964, I did not want to go to the Hospital. I just put one of Pastor Jones’ pictures over the area of the misery and all the symptoms and pain went away and I have never felt it since.
/s/ Rosa L. Keaton
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[Signature and stamp of Guyana notary]
[Editor’s note: The draft includes a paragraph that was edited out.]
When we came back to Los Angeles from our trip last January, I was in service and had the most severe headache that I had ever felt. Pastor Jones was [illegible word] at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission at the time. Bro. [Archie] Ijames conducted the services at night and a revelation was sent through him from Pastor Jones. He called me out and while he was talking, all of the headache just went away. I had been saved from having a stroke.
—–
Affidavit of Tommie Keaton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-39, with a draft at FF-3-99.]
Georgetown, ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana)
Affidavit s/
I, Tommie Keaton, being duly sworn, declare:
I joined Peoples Temple in 1971. I knew it wasn’t the same as other churches. The healing power of our Pastor Jim Jones overwhelmed me. It was like one night he touched me I was made whole, before that I was diabetic as diagnosed by Dr. Ludlow.
[signed] Tommie Keaton
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
[Editor’s note: The draft of this testimonial included a paragraph deleted in the final version.]
One Sunday he called me out. Saved Rosa & Tommie me from a car wreck that would have left us crippled for life, thanks to Father.
—–
Affidavit of Tommie Keaton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-40, with a draft at FF-3-169.]
Georgetown, ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana)
Affidavit s/
I, Tommie S. Keaton Sr., being duly sworn, declare:
I have been a member of Peoples Temple since 1971. My doctor, Dr. Ludlow, diagnosed me as having diabetes, “high sugar”, which showed up in my urine.
I took medication daily and was on a special diet to control this condition. I had made no mention of this condition to Pastor Jones, but in one of his services he told me in detail of my condition, and he touched me, advising me to see my doctor and follow his instructions.
I returned to my doctor for testing. The results returned showing no further evidence of any sugar in my urine. As of June 1975, my doctor took me completely off my medication and this condition has never returned since.
One Sunday I was having a lot of pain in my chest. Pastor Jones sent a nurse to my side telling me that these pains were caused from my heart. He sent word for me not to worry that everything would be alright. This proved to be the truth, my pain left immediately and I have had no such pains since.
[signed] Tommie Keaton
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Tommie Keaton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-4-A-8.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Tommy Keaton, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1974 I was diagnosed a diabetic and told I would have to take insulin orally three times a day for the rest of my life. I was continually weak and had problems with frequent urination and becoming hungry all of a sudden. During a meeting at Peoples Temple in June, 1976 Rev. Jones told me that he was taking care of my condition and not to worry. I went back to Dr. William Atkinson (Crenshaw Blvd. & Florence Ave. West Los Angeles, Ca.) who told me that I had no problem with blood sugar whatsoever.
/s/ Tommie S. Keaton
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Statements of Tommie Keaton
[Editor’s note: These undated statements appear at FF-3-100.]
One Sunday Pastor Jones called me out and saved me and my wife Rosa from a car wreck which would have left us crippled for life.
Tommie S. Keaton Sr.
One Sunday I was having a lot of pain in my chest, and Pastor Jones sent a nurse over to me and told me the pain in my chest was caused by my heart. He sent word for me not to worry, everything would be all right. The pain went away. I have not had it since.
Tommie S. Keaton Sr.
—–
Affidavit of Anita Kelley
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-71, with a draft at FF-3-190A – 190B.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Anita Kelley, being duly sworn, declare:
In the summer of 1966, Jim Jones called me out in a meeting and told me about a young man named Allen Sonny Brown with whom I was corresponding at the time. He told me Allen’s full name and the contents of a phone conversation. Jim also told me that I felt that I was ugly. These details were things that I had communicated to no one! He also told me that I had been craving orange juice — something else that I had never told anyone about.
One day in 1958, I was riding in a car with Jim Jones and my parents. Jim awoke suddenly out of a sleep and prophesied the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He stated “for all the vain reasons for man to destroy” over a little place known as Hanoi. He told us that Dean Rusk would be the Secretary of State and would be very much involved in this. At the time, Dean Rusk was not known in the political arena and no one even knew what or where Hanoi was. Years later, however, the U.S. did become very much embroiled in the Vietnam War, and Dean Rusk had become the Secretary of State.
In early September of 1966, I was in a car with 7 other youths. It was late at night and we were driving north on East Road in Redwood Valley. We were hit head-on by a drunken driver. Some in the car suffered severe head wounds from the broken glass. The front half of one girl’s scalp could be lifted up. Another’s head went through the windshield and back then out the side window. She appeared to have a broken neck, and she had no ap-parent vital signs. The driver’s arm broke the steering wheel and she thought her arm was broken. Mike Cartmell jumped from the car and ran 1 mile to Pastor Jones’ house to tell him about the collision. Jim told him there in the yard that everyone would be alright and there would be no broken bones and no after effects. Jim also told us this at the scene of the accident.
At Ukiah General Hospital, the X-rays were taken of everyone involved, and not one bro-ken bone was found. The doctors said that Cathy Stahl would have brain damage and se-vere eye damage. Extensive testing was done and she suffered neither. The hospital staff was truly amazed at this. The wreckers who towed our car away told us the glass slivers had to be flying as fast as bullets to become embedded so deep in the cushion of the rear seat, and that it was a miracle that the people in the car were not killed.
[signed] Anita C. Kelley
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Elfreida Kendall
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-70 and FF-12-A-23.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Elfreida Kendall
Elfreida Kendall
I, Elfreida Kendall, 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.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Earl Johnson
Danny K. Kutulas
Dorothy Lee Worley
Russell D. Moton
Orde Dennis
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Emma Kennedy
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-11A – 11B.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Emma Kennedy
I, Emma Kennedy, being duly sworn, declare:
In summer 1975 I visited Dr. Coleman at Kaiser Hospital on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, California, for a physical examination. She said she found lumps in my left breast and said she was very concerned. She sent me to the x-ray department at Kaiser Hospital where x-rays were taken of my breasts. After the x-rays were taken Dr. Coleman was transferred to Kaiser Hospital in San Fernando Valley and Dr. F. Donald Riley of 1505 N. Edgemont Street, Los Angeles became my doctor.
The week after Dr. Coleman told me she was concerned about the lumps in my left breast and had my breast x-rayed, Pastor Jim Jones told me in a church service that I had lumps in my left breast and that it was cancer, and that it was being healed. I went to Dr. F. Donald Riley about six months later and x-rays were again taken of my whole body. The doctors there told me the results were negative, that there was nothing wrong. I have had no trouble or pain or lumps in my breasts ever since Pastor Jones told me I was healed in 1975.
Dated this 3rd day of August, 1977 at San Francisco, California.
/s/ Emma Kennedy
Emma Kennedy
[stamp and seal of Martha E. Klingman, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Carol Kerns
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-81, with a draft at FF-3-3A – 3B.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Carol Kerns, being duly sworn, declare:
That I was operated on both my feet which was a Kindler procedure. Before going into my first operation, my doctor, Dr. Norman Asher on Post Street in San Francisco and two other doctors. One was a ligament specialist and my mom, Ellen Kerns DuPont, was there, examined my foot. The ligament specialist and Dr. Asher had me sign more papers because they were going to have to do more extensive surgery than planned because of a slipping ligament further up my foot. I was really concerned because of the seriousness. I had been told before I went in by Pastor Jones that everything would be all right. When I came out of surgery all the doctors came to me and told me how surprised they were because when they did go into the foot they couldn’t find the problem. It had disappeared. I thanked Jim Jones for saving me from an unnecessary extensive surgery because he had told me not to worry.
Another time Pastor Jim Jones and his wife Marcie and a few of the children including me were taking a walk around the grounds. All of a sudden Jim stopped and asked me if I swung on a pole at any time. I realized that he was talking about a Post stop sign. I used to swing on one every day after school waiting to cross the street. He told me not to swing on this pole anymore that he saw me in great danger if I did.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
[Editor’s note: A variation on the last paragraph of this affidavit appears as a statement at EE-3-XX.]
Two weeks later, I was standing by the pole and started to swing on it. I was in 6th grade at the time, but I remembered what Jim said. Just at that moment, a green Mustang car came speeding around the corner, almost hitting the street walk attendant. If I had swung out on that pole at that time, I would have been killed or seriously injured by the car.
Carol Kerns
7-28-77
—–
Affidavit of Tom Kice
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-8 and FF-2-50.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Thomas D. Kice
I, Thomas D. Kice, being duly sworn, declare:
I had suffered great chest pains for a year and a half prior to February of 1967. In that month Rev. Jim Jones told me, during a service, that if I would quit smoking and also meditate every evening and six p.m., I would not get heart and lung disease. The chest pains stopped almost immediately. I followed Rev. Jones instructions and the chest pains have never returned.
/s/ Thomas D. Kice
Dated: 1st day of August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Wanda King
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-12.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Wanda King
I, Wanda King, being duly sworn, declare:
in 1968 Dr. Edwin T. Johnson, 509 Haight Street, San Francisco, California told me that I had high blood pressure. I had severe headaches and dizziness. The doctor said it was highly unusual for a person as young as I was to have high blood pressure.
I went to the Research Program for Hypertension in the hypertension clinic at University of California Hospital in San Francisco for tests. No one could tell me why my blood pressure was high, but I was put on medication and was told that I would have to stay on medication for the rest of my life.
In 1969 I met Pastor Jim Jones. He called me out at the Redwood Valley Peoples Temple and told me he was going to relieve me of my high blood pressure.
I went back to the UC clinic, and my blood pressure was found to be normal. It has been normal ever since without medication. My headaches and dizziness stopped.
/s/ Wanda King
Wanda King
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Danny Kutulas
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-43, with a draft at FF-3-103.]
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Danny K. Kutulas, being duly sworn, declare:
In the summer of 1966 at a healing service in the floral building of the 12th district fairgrounds in Ukiah, California. My former wife (Edith Kutulas) was called out by Pastor Jim Jones and told her that in our house we had an old phone hanging on the wall. Which we did.
Pastor Jones then told her that she has a condition which we know existed because she was constantly clearing her throat before that day. After she was called she never had her condition come back.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
[Editor’s note: The draft included a paragraph that was deleted from the final version, with a marginal note “do not include”: “Pastor Jim Jones also told her that “It is going to be hard for you.” That was in 1966, Eight years later she had the hard time Pastor Jones was talking about. After 26 years of marriage I left her. Dissolving our marriage.”]
Affidavit of Jerry Livingston
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-11, with a slightly different earlier draft 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:
—–
Affidavit of Carolyn Looman
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at 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]
—–
Affidavit of Helen Love
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-82 and FF-4-A-17.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Helen Love, being duly sworn, declare:
I had been a patient of a Dr. Killian for years in Philadelphia, Pa. who was treating me for heart trouble. I grew worse instead of better and spent my nights in a reclining chair since I could not sleep. I could only walk 1 block and sometimes less than that. This was in December 1971. I read of Rev. Jim Jones and decided to fly to Redwood Valley. I was told I had to travel at my own risk with a sign around my neck which stated my destination and identification. I came to Redwood Valley where Rev. Jones took me in. Rev. Jones told me I would be o.k, and touched me. I immediately felt stronger, and now can walk and sleep without difficulty. I could not hear for a long time, and was almost blind. Rev. Jones called me out and told me I would be alright, and now I can hear and see well.
/s/ Helen Love
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Lovie Jean Lucas
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-15 and FF-2-44.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Lovie Jean Lucas, being duly sworn, declare:
At one of the meetings of Peoples Temple in 1976, Rev. Jim Jones told me that on the coming Tuesday I would have a heart attack, but not to worry, it would be alright. That Tuesday, I felt ill, but I rested and the illness passed. Three months later I went to get my yearly check-up. The results of my EKG showed that I had have a heart attack. Dr. Larry W. Abrahams was so surprised that he ordered another EKG. I have continued to feel well and strong.
/s/ Lovie Jean Lucas
Dated: August 1st, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Christine Lucientes
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-81 and FF-6-75.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Christine Lucientes
Christine Lucientes
I, Christine Lucientes, duly sworn declare:
In the summer of 1969 Jim Jones told me of a specific thought that I had experienced. He asked, “What does this mean to you, life is nothing more than a desert wasteland?” I tried to recall what relevance this had to me and it hit me with a shock that the exact words had gone through my mind a week earlier when I had considered suicide. I didn’t answer his question but he proceeded to tell me that there were people who cared for me, and assured me of the value of my life. Being a born cynic, sceptic [skeptic], and a critic I have gone over the situation with every consideration and have found no loophole. This was a thought that I expressed no one. I believe that Jim Jones has supranatural [supernatural] abilities that I cannot logically explain but I cannot disclaim with that same logic.
July 28, 1977
Lemuel T. Grubbs
Janice L. Wilsey
[blank]
Shirlee Fields
Christian Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Affidavit of Anita March
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-158A – 158B and FF-12-A-33.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Anita Elaine March
Anita Elaine March
I, Anita Elaine March, duly sworn declare:
That 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.
July 24, 1977
Wittness by:
Edith E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Russell D. Moton
James E. Bogue
Christian Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commission:
—–
Affidavit of Earnestine March
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-11 and FF-12-A-10.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Earnestine T. March
Earnestine T. March
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.
July 28, 1977
Fanny Jordan
Shirlee Ann Fields
Robert L. Christian
Kevin Smith
Christian Rozynko
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the public
of Guyana or Commissioner,
—–
Affidavit of Diana Marshall
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-4, with undated drafts at FF-3-59 and FF-3-142 [Part 3].]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Diana Marshall
I, Diana Marshall, being duly sworn, declare:
I was in a meeting last year (1976). I will never forget it because I was having a terrible headache that night. I didn’t talk about it to anyone. Pastor Jim Jones said in a meeting that evening, “everyone who has any pain raise your hands to me.” I did this and at that moment my headache went away. It was instant and I have not had any headaches since.
/s/ Diana Marshall
Dated: August 2, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Statement of Diana Marshall
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-142.]
I, Diana Marshall, was protected from being in a fire and killed by Jim Jones. He told me in a meeting that I would have been at home by myself and the house would have been on fire while I’m in it. I would have been screaming for help but no one would have been around to help me.
[paragraph crossed out]
I, Diana Marshall, came to Peoples Temple in 1973, and while I was there, Jim Jones called me out and he said who used to live on Divisadero Street and Ralston Street, and I was the only person in the audience that used to live on Divisadero Street and Ralston Street. Then he asked me who’s Juanita, and I said, she’s my cousin. He said that I would be saved of something too horrible to describe. I would have been murdered.
I, Diana Marshall, was in a meeting last year, I will never forget. I was having a terrible headache that night. I didn’t talk about it to anyone. Jim Jones said, Everyone who has pain raise your hands to me, I did this and at that second my (terrible) headache went away.
Diana Marshall
—–
Statement of Margaret Marshall
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at EE-3-BBB-1 – BBB-2.]
March 15th, 1977
In 1972 on a Sunday morning, someone call me and said, may I speak to Margaret Marshall, and I said “this is Margaret speaking, do you have a son named Willard Marshall and I said yes, and you call him Bucky and I said yes. He said my name is Jack Beam. Pastor Jones had a Revelation on your son and he is in danger of being killed, do you think could bring him to see Jim today at the school on Geary and I said waite a minute and I will see, so I went upstairs and ask my son if he would go to church with me and he said yes. By the time we got ready, someone came by and ask Bucky to take them somewhere and and he never did come back that day. Jack told me I could not come that day, to be sure see Pastor Jones before Wednesday if I didn’t see him before that, he would be killed and sure enough, on Friday Dec 9th, he was shot and killed. Since I have know Jim Jones, he has never told me anything wrong, and I do believe he is a God sent man.
M. Marshall
—–
Affidavit of Polla Mattarres
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-13A – 13B.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Polla Mattarres
I, Polla Mattarres, being duly sworn, declare:
I was struck by a hit-and-run driver. On October 23, 1971 I was seen by Dr. Klein and admitted to Methodist Hospital, 1604 North Capital Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. X-rays showed that I had a crushed right femur.
On October 23, 1971 steel pins were inserted in my right leg below the knee. On October 24, 1971 two steel rods were inserted into my right femur from just above the knee all the way to my waist.
Dr. Klein said I would be unable to walk for at least four to six years and maybe never again.
On December 10, 1971 I attended a spiritual healing meeting held by Pastor Jim Jones as part of his cross-country evangelical ministry, at Indianapolis, Indiana. Later I decided to come to California and witness his miracle ministry.
During a service in Peoples Temple, Redwood Valley, California on April 12, 1972, Pastor Jones called me out and said he was reaching out to me and healing a bone.
On May 23, 1972 I was seen by Dr. Eugene Lapkass, Ukiah, California. X-rays were taken in which he found that there was a new strong bone that wasn’t expected to have mended so well, and he found only one steel rod where there had been two. He said it was a miracle.
Dr. Lapkass then sent me to Dr. Bernard Johnson, an orthopedic specialist, who performed surgery at Ukiah General Hospital on May 15, 1971. He removed the remaining rod and replaced it with another.
In June, 1973 during a church service at Peoples Temple in Redwood Valley I screamed out and began walking without my crutches. I have been walking comfortably without my crutches ever since.
In August, 1973, I returned to Dr. Johnson, who took another x-ray and concluded that I was a miracle, because I was not expected to be walking.
Dated this 21st day of August ‘77.
/s/ Polla Mattarres
Polla Mattarres
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Statement of Cheryle McCall
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-167A – 167B.]
I, Cheryle D. McCall, would like to openly declare & verify beyond a reason of a doubt the miraculous healing that Rev. Jones gave my mom, Estelle McCall, before I became a member of Peoples Temple. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. He called her name, “Estelle,” Estelle,” then told her that she was from Houston Texas, & that he was concerned about a dog named Duke. Duke had been killed by my vicious step-grandmother, whom [who] was angry at Estelle because she wouldn’t let us come to stay with her that Summer & because Duke would not stop barking, she maliciously shot him in the head & killed him instantly. Rev. Jones also told my mom that she had come to the church that day in hopes to save her daughter, whom was heavily on drugs, (a drug addict). Being that he was speaking of me, it was a painful reality of truth, that so deeply touched my heart for I knew that in a few hours I would be sick for the need of drugs. He also told her that she had been in the hospital after hospital suffering from TB & that at 1 point the doctors didn’t know what was wrong with her. By this time Estelle became totally hysterical because she knew as well as I knew that no man on earth could’ve known these things, being that we had just traveled 2000 miles & our 1st time being at this meeting or having ever set eyes on Rev. Jones. In college I had come in contact with Christian Science, but had never come in contact with ESP in this manner. Only myself & mom could identify with the very painful truths of the things which happened in our lives from the past. Mom was healed of cancer of the stomach which would have spread & eaten her body until she would’ve suffered a terrible painful death. [2 lines deleted] She made an appointment with her doctor at the Diagnostic Hospital & had tests taken & through some great miraculous force, the cancer on the x-ray had disappeared & since then 6 yrs ago my mom has been in perfect health & I myself have been in a perfect state of mind with myself & peace of mind. I do not take drugs, smoke, nor drink & am raising my 10 year old son very successfully single, giving him as much love & understanding that he needs to survive in the world we live in today.
[last line deleted]
—–
Affidavit of Paul McCann
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-105 and FF-6-41.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Paul Michael McCann
Paul Michael McCann
I, Paul Michael McCann, duly sworn declare:
In December of 1976 Jim Jones warned me about being with a close friend, Beatrice Bell. He said that for the time being he felt that I should not be around her. Two days later I went to meet Beatrice Bell and was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department. Charges were filed against me for armed robery [robbery]. I had nothing to do with the armed roberies, but I was framed to the point that there was clearly no way out. Pastor Jim Jones told me that he was sure that I was not guilty. I am sure that if I would have listened to what Jim Jones said about not being around Beatrice Bell for a while, I would not have been at the place I was arrested. Jim Jones said that even though there were 3 or 4 eyewitnesses saying that I was guilty, he knew that I was innocent. He told me not to worry, that I would not go to jail. Jim Jones then got me a very good lawer [lawyer] and the charges ended up being dropped. If not for Jim Jones I know that I would have spent at least 5 years in prison.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses :
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Danny K. Kutulas
Russell D. Moton
Edith E. Bogue
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Paul McCann
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-106, with a slight variation at FF-6-42.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Paul Michael McCann
Paul Michael McCann
I, Paul Michael McCann, duly sworn declare:
My son, Michael Angelo McCann, was born with his leg bent and his foot bent upwards. I took him to two very good specialists and they told me that it would take at least 10 to 12 years before my son’s foot would be straight. They told me that even then it could not ever be straight and it would have to be watched for the rest of his life. By the time my son was six months old, his foot and leg were straight and now he is three years old and you would never no [know] that anything was wrong with it. When Jim Jones first saw my son when he was about 2 months old, he told me not to worry that his leg would be all right. For some reason, Jim Jones was right and the two doctors were wrong.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Russell D. Moton
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Elizabeth Ruggerio
Christine E. M. Bates
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
[Editor’s Note: The variation at FF-3-106 is a different last sentence: “For some reason, Jim Jones was right even after the medical doctors had said otherwise.”]
—–
Affidavit of Annie McGowan
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-4-A-7, with a longer undated statement at FF-3-208B.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Annie McGowan, being duly sworn, declare:
I wore a steel brace for 17 months during 1970 and 1971. My doctor told me I needed surgery and would have to wear the brace for the rest of my life. At the end of the 17th month I was healed by Rev. Jones. I returned to Dr. Thomas (Vernon and Webster Streets, San Francisco, Ca.) and at that time he took more x-rays which showed no sign of a back ailment whatsoever. I have had no problem with my back since then.
/s/ Annie McGowan
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-208B.]
For a year 1/2 I wore a body length steel back brace. I had fell on my job and slipped two discs in my spine. Dr. Albert Thomas of Los Angeles gave me a choice, either surgery or wear a steel brace for the rest of my life. I chose the brace. The brace limited me from many activities. But one Thursday night in Los Angeles, Pastor Jones told me I suffered long enough, he told me to take my brace off. I left the brace at the church. I’ve been walking ever since, now I can do everything. I went back to Doctor Albert Thomas. My doctor was shocked, he looked up and asked me, “What happened? How can you walk in here w/o the brace.” I told him of Pastor Jones. He said, that man did a better job than surgery could have done. He wanted to see that man called Jim Jones. I’m thankful to be able to walk without pain & to be a healthy & happy woman today.
Pastor Jones has always advised us to see our physicians, so I asked him if I should have a surgery to remove my thyroid & a tumor. He told me to go ahead and everything would be all right. I was only in the hospital for three days. I went in Friday and was out Sunday. Monday I was walking around. The surgery went so well, I was back in the very next service. Thanks to Pastor Jones, five years later I have no signs of cancer (tumor) & I feel fine.
Annie McGowan
—–
Affidavit of Ann Elizabeth Moore
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-162A – 162B and FF-6-44.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Ann Elizabeth Moore
Ann Elizabeth Moore
I, Ann Elizabeth Moore, duly sworn declare:
That in [date left blank] Jim Jones told Patricia Cartmell and I to please be very careful driving home from San Francisco back to Redwood Valley. Faith Kice rode with us. The road was wet and as we neared San Rafael on 101, a car was coming onto the freeway from a ramp into our lane – the right lane. There was another car in the lane next to us on the left. We were joking and listening to the radio and I saw the car coming into our lane. I said “Patricia, watch out for that car!” She put on the power brakes, skidded and swerved into the car next to us on the left which pushed us over into the middle barrier, then after hitting this, the car went into the middle lane and was spinning rapidly. There were cars on the freeway behind us traveling at high speeds around 60-70 mph, which should have been hitting us. As we were spinning it was as if the cars were further behind us yet coming towards us, I yelled Jim’s name twice and the car stopped spinning, facing the cars coming at us head on. Almost all the cars were stopped and a few drove around us at about 5 mph.
When we were pulled over with the policeman, about 15 minutes later another car, alone, with no cars behind or in front of it went past the same wet spot where we slipped and spun. It seemed for no reason that it lost control swerved back and forth for about 1/4 mile up the road and finally it hit the center island and spun into the middle of the freeway. There were no cars behind it for at least 1/4 to 1/2 a mile but as we watched cars pass us, when they got to the spinning car about 6 cars smashed into this car which was in the same predicament as we had been only with more chance of avoiding the accident than we ever had. I know that because I called on Jim Jones that the three of us were saved from death or terrible injuries because we should have been smashed from all sides as the car was that passed this slick area 15 minutes later.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Christine E. M. Bates
Michael Jon Touchette
Edith E. Bogue
Ruth Tupper
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner.
—–
Affidavit of Russell Moton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-168A – 168B and FF-12-A-6.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Russell DeAndrea Moton
Russell DeAndrea Moton
I, Russell DeAndrea Moton, 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, but 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 that 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 that we should follow the advice of our pastor. So we pulled to the side of the road and did as 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 (10) 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 as our pastor had told us, we would have been in the middle of the accident.
July 28, 1977
Witness:
Edith E. Bogue
Rebecca Beikman
Lemuel T. Grubbs II
Danny K. Kutulas
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Russell Moton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-159A – 159B and FF-6-78.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Russell DeAndrea Moton
Russell DeAndrea Moton
I, Russell DeAndrea Moton, duly sworn declare:
During the spring of (1973) one nine seven three, I received a long distance phone call from my father Glen Moton. I was staying in Redwood Valley, California at the time. He told me that my mother, Viola Mae Moton, was dying and the doctor felt that she would pass at any time.
Upon hearing this, I contacted Pastor Jim Jones, and informed him of the situation and requested that he pray and meditate on her behalf. He said that he would. That very evening while services at Peoples Temple were going on in San Francisco, California, my mother, Viola Mae Moton, started vomiting blood clots. After she had vomited up all of these clots, she recovered in a week. The doctors stated to my dad, Glen Moton, after she had recovered, that it was a miracle that she had recovered because they didn’t know what was wrong with her. In the following four years, there has never been a relapse of this illness. My dad, Glen Moton, tends to be a sceptic [skeptic] on such matters, but he was so impressed by what had happened to my mother, Viola Moton, that he joined the church.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Patricia P. Cartmell
Earl Johnson
Edith E. Bogue
James E. Bogue
James Edwards
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Viola Moton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-84 and FF-4-A-14.]
Port Kaituma )
North West Region )
Guyana, South America)
Affidavit s/
I, Viola Moton, being duly sworn, declare:
In June, 1973, I was hospitalized in an emergency condition, I had gone to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital Outpatient Clinic for breathing treatments which I received on a regular basis. I did not respond to the treatments at all and was immediately admitted to the hospital. At that time, my temperature was elevated, my speech was slurred, and I had no control over the movement of my eyes. I was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning. Wednesday night, the doctors Instructed my husband to call all of my relatives and inform them that I was near death. When my son was reached in California, he informed Reverend Jones of my condition. Reverend Jones said that everything would be alright. Although I was hospitalized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the terrible pains I had been having in my head subsided immediately and I was soon released from the hospital. I have never had anything like that since then.
/s/ Viola Moton
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Esther Mueller
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-1, with an undated draft at FF-3-170A – 170B.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
Northwest District,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Esther Mueller
I, Esther Mueller, being duly sworn, declare:
I have had several remarkable healings that Rev. Jim Jones has healed me off. The 1st healing was a cancer growth of the throat 24 years ago. He called me by name, Esther and asked me if I knew about the growth. Before he even got the words out of his mouth I split that mass up and he never even touched me. I believed him. I also got my hand in the washing machine. It was mangled. The doctors were amazed by the healing. They said they had never seen a hand like it and called and other doctors to see it. This was 15 years ago. Recently I had to go in for a check-up. July 22, 1977. I had facial pains and sharp cutting pains in my head and tingling in my hands. The doctor was looking at that hand. I told him that it went through the wringer up to my elbow. He looked and turned my hand over and over and said it was the 1st perfect hand to go through a wringer. And after all check-ups were in he said I had no signs of a stroke. I was in perfect health. He gave me a cardiogram and every kind of a test possible and I was alright. I was also healed of blindness. I had a growth in my left eye. I had my eyes tested recently as times before. My doctors – one doctor said when he x-rayed my eyes. That where there have been a growth in the left eye – it was gone and perfect vision in that eye – And vision in both eyes were good. One outstanding miracle in my life was that I had an ulcer on my leg in 1937. The ulcer had eaten 4 inches of the main muscle and no veins and that leg could be seen. Four toes were completely numb, no feeling at all. For one year I didn’t walk, seven weeks I was in the General Hospital of Indiana. All Jim Jones did was look at my leg and now my leg is perfect. Life in my toes and new signs of veins. I thank him. He has healed me so many times, sometimes only a touch or even a glance. I was blind, now I can see, I couldn’t walk once. Now I walk. I’ve known this man for 25 years, he’s a man of his word. At the age of 75 years I’m in perfect health.
/s/ Esther Mueller
Dated: August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
Affidavit of Fairy Norwood
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-14A – 14B.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Fairy Lee Norwood
I, Fairy Lee Norwood, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1964 I was in very severe pain in the abdomen and lower back. I lost so much weight that I was down to eighty-two pounds.
I went to Mt. Zion Hospital Clinic. I saw Dr. Tao and other doctors working in the clinic. I took all kinds of tests, x-rays, biopsy, Pap smear, and many other tests. The diagnosis was cancer, to be specific, a fibroid tumor of the uterus. This was confirmed by Dr. Wild, head of Gynecology at Mt. Zion Hospital.
The treatment was medication for pain. The doctors wanted to do surgery.
I got so bad, I felt I was dying.
On Friday, June 28, 1970 Dr. Tao wanted me to come to the hospital and have surgery. I wanted to go to the meeting of People’s Temple on Sunday in Redwood Valley. So Dr. Tao told me to come in on Monday, July 1, 1970.
On Sunday, June 30, 1970, I went to the meeting of People’s Temple in Redwood Valley. Jim Jones called me out and told me about the cancer in my uterus. He told me that within three days the cancer would be gone.
On Wednesday, July 3, I went to see Dr. Wild at Mt. Zion Hospital. He and three other doctors and three nurses examined me and could not find the cancer. They examined and examined until I got upset and told him I was healed by Jim Jones. No matter how they examined they couldn’t find any cancer.
After that I had no more pain.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 1977.
/s/ Fairy Norwood
Fairy Lee Norwood
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
Affidavit of Billy Oliver
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-64, with a draft at EE-3-PP-1 – PP-2.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Bill Oliver, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1975 Pastor Jim Jones called me out and told me that I had a bad habit of teasing dogs, which was very true. He gave me a cloth and told me I would need this for protection from dogs.
The next day when I was walking to work a big Great Dane dog jumped out of an alley and started after me, he stopped, looked at me and ran away. What Pastor Jones told me, came true. I was very very thankful.
[signed] Bill Oliver
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
[Editor’s note: The draft includes a paragraph which was crossed out.]
In 1976, I, Bill Oliver and some more people were playing downtown when we shouldn’t have been. On the way home, we came up to a paper stand. In this paper stand, there was lots of money in it. When the bus came, a couple of my friends snatched the money and jumped on the bus. When I went to service at Peoples Temple the next day, Pastor Jones called me out and told me everything they done the day before down to the last detail. He told us that we were seen by a detective, but he was saving us from going to jail.
Bill Oliver
—–
Statement of Bruce Oliver
[Editor’s note: This undated testimonial appears at EE-3-OO.]
First time I went to Peoples Temple church, I was up in the balcony when Pastor Jones sent one of the nurses to send me a personal message. She told me father Jones knows I am part of a gang and that I was supposed to have a gang fight tomorrow. She gave me a cloth and said if I went, I’d be killed. No one in the church knew I was in a gang and that we had planned a fight for tomorrow, the next day.
Bruce Oliver
—–
Affidavit of Shanda Oliver
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-62, with a draft at EE-3-JJ-1 – JJ-2.]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Shanda Oliver, being duly sworn, declare:
As a young child I had problems with my kidneys and also a very weak bladder. My mother took me to the doctor because of this problem. She knew our family had a medical history of kidney problems. Our cousin had his kidney removed and my mother and my sister had had several serious bladder infections. The doctor told my mother I would have this all my life and to make sure I flushed my kidneys with large amounts of water every day.
After Pastor Jones called me out and told me he was healing my kidneys I never had any problems again. I’m the only one in my immediate family without a kidney problem.
[signed] Shanda M. Oliver
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
[Editor’s note: The draft includes two paragraphs which were deleted from the final version.]
The first time I ever went to a meeting, Pastor Jones called me out first then my mother, Dorothy James. He told us that we had a red car, he said he saw two loved ones he was going to save.
I should have been hit by a vehicle so many times. In San Francisco, I was always having problems, I always jay walked. Pastor Jones called me out and told me this and told me to be careful because he was saving me from being struck down by a truck. I can remember so vividly a truck turning around the curve. It was so close, the wind of the truck had a great vibration. I knew I was saved because I was about to step off the curb.
Affidavit of Rhonda Page
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-24, with a slight variation 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:
[Editor’s note: The earlier draft included a sentence deleted from the final version: “Rev. Jones told me I was going to be raped and killed by five men.”]
—–
Affidavit of Beatrice Parker
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-47, with an earlier undated statement at FF-10-A-2.]
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:
—–
Affidavit of Joyce Parks
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-56A – 56B, with an undated draft at FF-3-177A – 177B.]
Georgetown), ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Joyce Parks, RN, FNP, being duly sworn, declare:
As a small child approximately age 4 years, I was followed by a Doctor Kim in Beechgrove Indiana, for rheumatic heart disease. The doctor had diagnosed me as having a heart murmur and subjective findings were shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and a general debilitated condition. My parents took me to the doctor for this problem and I was taking medication each day. At age 4½ years my father went to Rev. Jones’ meeting conducted in Rev. Price’s church in Indianapolis, Indiana and was told my condition in detail. Rev. Jones had never seen me at the time or knew about my medical history. After returning home I was taken back to the doctor and my heart murmur was gone and all physical disability disappeared.
While attending college in Santa Rosa, California in 1970 I was followed by a man for sev-eral days. I had never seen the man before and was scared to tell anyone because I thought they would think I was crazy. This same person kept hanging around and would say things of a sexual nature and talk of taking my life. I called my mom and told her to come pick me up that I was quitting school. I did not tell her anything about threats — the next Sunday I was in Pastor Jones’ meeting. He called my name and told me about the complete experience and the exact thoughts I had in detail.
In my last year of high school I was stung by a bee which caused such a severe reaction that I went into antiphilactic shock and was taken to the Canyonville Hospital, Canyonville Oregon. I was given adrenalin, oxygen and drugs to maintain a blood pressure. My parents were in Hayward, California and notified of the problem. Pastor Jones was in Indianapolis Indiana at the time and knew nothing of my condition. About three weeks after my discharge from the hospital he and his family were in California on a visit. When he came to our house he told me and my parents of the incident and the exact place on my foot that I had been stung. He expressed concern about the allergy and advised me to contact my doctor about getting medication to carry with me in case I was stung again.
[signed] Joyce O. Parks
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Girlee Parr
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-24.]
Affidavit of Girlee Parr
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Girlee Parr, being duly sworn, declare:
In April of 1977 I went to Dr. Harold Brownstein, 2511 Bush, San Francisco 94115 for a general check-up. He said both breasts had lumps. X-rays of the breasts were taken; they showed the lumps were not malignant.
I put the pictures anointed by Jim Jones on my breasts. The face and body of Pastor Jim Jones disappeared from the picture.
I returned to see Dr. Brownstein July of 1977. He examined my breasts and found no lumps.
Dated this [blank] day of [blank].
/s/ Girlee Parr
Girlee Parr
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Lenora Perkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-42, with a substantially edited, undated draft at FF-3-191A – 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:
[Text of FF-3-191A – 191B]
Father Jones has healed me of so many things I do not know where to begin first of all he has made a beautiful place for his children to have a place to live in peace and rest. April 4th he saved me from dying in my sleep.
Keep a bomb from blowing up my home. Thanks to Pastor Jones for also saving my son who lives in Portland Ore from being killed a white man shot at my son who had never be to his church but he missed today he give father the thanks.
He also saved me from a stroke and my daughter Betty from a tumor on her brain. Also the doctor rush my 7 year old grandson from his office to be operated on for acute appendix when they got to the hospital trying to find that they cannot find it had all gone the doctor could not believe what they had found and it was gone and thanks for so many more healings & would never be able to put on paper.
Sis. Lenora M. Perkins
—–
Affidavit of Richardell Perkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-15.]
Affidavit of Richardell Perkins
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Richardell Perkins, being duly sworn, declare:
This year a doctor at Mount Zion Hospital Clinic told me I had cancer of the female organs. Surgery was suggested.
I planned for surgery until Rev. Jim Jones at Peoples Temple Christian Church sent a message to me in church that I would be relieved of this condition and would be all right.
I went to see Dr. Ross at 3838 California, and after taking tests, he said that there was no cancer in my female organs.
Dated this 23 day of 10-77.
/s/ Richardell Perkins
Richardell Perkins
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Statement of Temple member, last name Pierce
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears on a Peoples Temple form for attesting to miracles at FF-3-217A – 217B.]
Date: 8-12-73
I, [First name illegible] Pierce, hereby agree and consent to the use of my picture and recorded testimony in the publications and other communications sponsored or otherwise influenced by People’s Temple Christian Church or Jim Jones, it’s [its] pastor, for whatever purpose said church or pastor sees fit.
I signed this freely and without duress because I believe in the Human Service work of People’s Temple Christian Church.
Witness: Rita J. Tupper
Compassion[ate] Pastor Jim Jones called me out told me how I was crippled from a fall fifteen years ago. He told me of the dogs I had had ears [years] ago and gave these names. He told me my spine have been injured, and I had pinched a nerve in my leg making them numb. He told me what my Dr. had said about my condition. My back was bent way over, and I could not walk or even take a step without crutches. My eyes had become so dim that I could barely see shadows. He told me to look at him and as he held up various objects I could see them from the back of the room. Then he commended me to straighten my back and I did so then he told me to walk and take a step unassisted by crutches or people – I did this and then he said Run – Run – Run, and Praise his name I ran around the room like a child –
—–
Affidavit of Lola Pikes
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-25.]
Affidavit of Lola Pikes
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Lola Pikes, being duly sworn, declare:
On December 20, 1969 I became paralyzed on my right side. I had to wear a drop foot brace because of my condition. I also had to be assisted by someone at all times to keep from falling when I tried to walk. I was going to my doctor every week: Dr. Edward Shev, 3838 California Street, San Francisco. Dr. Shev told me I probably would never walk on my own again.
In June of 1970 I visited Pastor Jones’ church as a total stranger. I had never seen him before. He called me out and told me details of my life that no one knew but me and what my doctor had said to me. I had not discussed this with my husband or anyone else. He told me if I had faith to pull off my brace. After I pulled off my brace, I have not had to use it again.
Pastor Jim told me to go back to my doctor because he believed in keeping doctors’ appointments. The following week I walked into my doctor’s office. He was amazed. He could not believe I was walking on my own again. Dr. Shev said to me he did not know what had happened, but I really was a miracle woman. I continue to visit him; I go once a year. He said my right leg is stronger than the left. He still can’t understand what happened.
/s/ Lola Pikes
Lola Pikes
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
8/21/77
—–
Affidavit of Lois Ponts
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-9, with an undated draft at FF-3-179A – 179B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Lois Ponts
I, Lois Ponts, being duly sworn, declare:
In the spring of 1972 I attended a Peoples Temple service in Redwood Valley, California. I had been having palpitations of my heart when I would walk fast or have anything exciting happen. I was doing nursing work and this would occur frequently as I walked down the hall in the hospital. Pastor Jim Jones spoke to me publicly in this service, and told me to place my left hand over my heart and my right hand on the lady in front of me, and to think of my own heart as normal. The lady in front of me was then told she had heart trouble and that she was now healed of a heart condition. At the same time, I received a healing of whatever heart condition I had and I have not felt palpitations of the heart since then.
/s/ Lois Ponts
Dated: July 27, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Statement of Bertha Powell
[Editor’s note: This undated testimonial appears at EE-3-CCC-1.]
Bertha Powell
The second day I went to Peoples Temple, I were so weak, I could hardly walk I were so weak, I could harly bend over or raise my arms up over my head. I would give out, I would fall down. Pastor Jones healed me from heart ailment. My dr. told me I had a hole in my heart from a child but there wasn’t nothing my dad could do about it. Pastor Jones healed me of cancer in the uters, also cancer of the breast. He healed me of a stroke in the right side of my face. My tongue was numb in my mouth, my lipes and chin were numb, my eyesight were awfully bad, I couldn’t hardly see. I couldn’t hear good. Thank Pastor Jim for healing me of all these complaints. If it hadn’t ben for Pastor Jim, I would have ben dead or crazy or somewhere in some convalescent home with a stroak or blind because by now some of these bad complaints would have don got me down or I would have been dead.
Thank Pastor Jim for the many other mircles and healings he has did for others. My so called brother were sick this year or last year, I sent him one of your picture with the red shirt and black neck tie. He said he used it and felt much better. Sent him one of those blessed pillows. Thank you, Pastor Jim, again. Thanks
—–
Affidavit of Joan Pursley
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-137 and FF-12-A-28.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Joan Pursley
Joan Pursley
I, Joan Pursley, 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.
July 29, 1977
Witnessed by:
Janice L. Wilsey
Rebecca Beikman
Garry D. Johnson
Greg Watkins
Kevin Smith
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Affidavit of L. Bee Reeves
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-6, with an undated draft at FF-3-60.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of L. Bee Reeves
I, L. Bee Reeves, being duly sworn, declare:
The second week of November 1976 I was roping a trunk, the rope broke and I fell back against the wall. I heard the bones of my thigh crack. I was in so much pain I couldn’t move. I placed a picture of Pastor Jones on my thigh. The pain left and I was able to move freely.
In the year of 1976 I attended Pastor Jones’ meeting. He called me and said, “L. Bee Reeves, L. Bee Reeves, you will be taken care of, you don’t have to worry about a thing.” No one knew about my problems except me. I needed an increase on food stamps, I was getting $30.00 a month, after he said everything would be alright my food stamps were raised up to $50.00 a month. No one could possibly of known this.
/s/ L. Bee Reeves
Dated: August 2, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
—–
Affidavit of Ulrich Richmond
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-26.]
Affidavit of Ulrich Richmond
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Ulrich Richmond, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1958 I was told by Dr. Richard Gleason at his office at 1012 Jefferson Street, Oakland, California that I had an incurable fungus infection on my left ankle. For ten years I suffered so with the itching that I could hardly rest at night.
Then in 1974 at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, Pastor Jim Jones called me out and said he was healing me of fungus rot on my foot.
Within three days the fungus had cleared up completely, and the itching had stopped.
In August 1977 I saw Dr. Gleason again. He examined the area where the fungus had been, and the fungus had not returned.
/s/ Ulrich Richmond
Ulrich Richmond
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
Aug. 21, 1977
—–
Affidavit of Ollie Riley
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-36.]
Affidavit of Ollie Riley
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Ollie Riley, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1977 I was seeing Dr. Watson on 57th and Adeline in Oakland, California for my arthritis.
At a service at People’s Temple, Rev. Jim Jones touched my hand, and all my pain went away and my body moved freely.
I returned to Dr. Watson and he was surprised to see the arthritis had gone away.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 77.
/s/ Ollie Riley
Ollie Riley
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Tommie Rochelle
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-16.]
Affidavit of Tommy [Tommie] Rochelle
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Tommy Rochelle, being duly sworn, declare:
In August of 1976 I was told by Dr. Thurman Banks after a biopsy that I had cancer of the uterus. In October of 1976 at a meeting of Peoples Temple Church in San Francisco, Rev. Jones sent a cloth to me through one of his nurses, told me to go to the doctor and everything would be all right.
I was transferred to Dr. Roth, 3838 California. He took a Pap smear. It was negative. He told me to come back in three months for another Pap smear. He has taken three Pap smears and all have been negative.
Dated this 20th day of Aug., 1977.
/s/ Tommie Rochelle
Tommie Rochelle
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Edith Roller
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-27.]
Affidavit of Edith F. Roller
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I had been suffering from arthritis. I had pain in my right hip and had been to Kaiser Hospital and had x-rays. The doctor had diagnosed my trouble as arthritis, but said there was little that could be done for it, except to take aspirin. Later I had developed arthritis in my right hand, and I just resigned myself to its getting worse. Arthritis ran in my family. My mother had had it badly, and one sister had suffered from it for years .
In May, 1970, the third time I had attended People’s Temple, the congregation was singing “We Shall Overcome,” and I was caught up in a strong fervor of longing for equality of all. As the meeting ended, I went to the center in front to get a better view of Jim Jones. As I stood there directly in front of him, I heard him say, “Let’s see what we can do for this woman.” Everybody around me linked hands. I was only aware of Jim’s voice, which seemed to me to come from an enormous distance. I heard them say, “Come up on the podium with me.” I went up. Jim gently took my right hand, which was swollen, red, and painful, in his. He said, “It will be all right.”
The arthritis disappeared from my right hand. I found that the pain in my hip had also disappeared. These symptoms did not reappear, and I have never had any signs of arthritis since.
/s/ Edith F. Roller
Edith F. Roller
[stamp and seal of Lisa P.Layton, Notary Public]
Aug 21st, 1977
—–
Affidavit of Annie Rozynko
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-126 and FF-12-A-41.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Annie J. Rozynko
Annie J. Rozynko
I, Annie J. Rozynko, 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.
July 29, 1977
Witnessed by:
Ray Jones
Barbara Farrell
Rebecca Beikman
Edith E. Bogue
Shirlee Ann Fields
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Chris Rozynko
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-27A – 27B and FF-12-A-15.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Christian Leo Rozynko
Christian Leo Rozynko
I, Christian Leo Rozynko, duly sworn declare:
That 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 Que tip [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.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Sharon Cobb
Kevin Smith
Edith E. Bogue
Liane Harris
Peter A. Wotherspoon
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Michael Rozynko
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-43 and FF-6-65.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Michael Thomas Rozynko
Michael Thomas Rozynko
I, Michael Thomas Rozynko, duly sworn declare:
That approximately 6 months ago when I was speaking to Pastor Jim Jones, he placed his left hand on my right cheek and said, “You don’t feel well do you?” I said no. (Larry Schact [Schacht], a medical student had earlier expressed his opinion that what I had had was a brain infection which had progressed from a bad ear infection, characterized by a burst eardrum (right ear), slowness, tiredness, pain in right side of head, and difficulty in focusing). Pastor Jones said it would be all right, and the pain went away immediately.
July 28, 1977
Witnessed by:
Christine Lucientes
Barbara J. Walker
Anthony T. Simon
Fannie Jordan
Rochelle Halkman
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
Affidavit of Flora Sanders
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-86 and FF-4-A-9.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Flora Sanders, being duly sworn, declare:
During a meeting at Peoples Temple one day, I thought I was having a stroke. I had pains starting at my shoulders going down the center of my chest, around the area of my heart. I was told by Rev. Jones that I was not having a stroke but that he would heal the condition that was causing the pain. That night, I could see a line like an incision. Several others saw it, including Dr. Guyam the next day. He showed it to the other doctors who were absolutely amazed. I have had several electrocardiograms since then and everything is fine. I have never had pains like that since that time.
/s/ Flora B. Sanders
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Statement of Larry Schacht
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-163 A – 163B.]
I have always considered it a miracle that I left Texas, traveled to California and heard Jim Jones speak my third day in that new state. I had done five years in the drug scene and after 150 trips on psychedelic drugs and two years shooting speed I was wasted. Hopeless and without ambition I was received by Jim Jones and Peoples Temple as a friend and am grateful for the hard work I did and the structure that was provided for me my first few weeks in the temple. That initiation permitted my mind to heal and I soon started school. Living in the egalitarian college dormitories in Santa Rosa I studied hard and made straight A’s, received an AA degree and did a year of premedical study at UC Berkeley. I wanted to be a doctor but knowing how hard it would be to get accepted in the states and having heard Jim say that “two of our students have been accepted into medical school in Mexico” I went there and he was right; I was accepted just as he prophesied. I went to Mexico to study and learned a foreign language to do so. I made straight A’s and scored higher on the national boards. My success, being so far away and alone, was entirely due to the profound inspiration I received from the life and sacrifice of Jim Jones. The People’s Temple sent me hundreds of letters while I was there and I knew who my comrades were. One time soon after enrolling in Mexico’s medical school I was flying back to San Francisco and as the plane touched down there was a surprising jolt. Then there was calm and the landing was completed. Later at the Temple that night during service, Jim’s messages, which he called in from the vacation bus trip to the Eastern United States, stated that he knew the flight number and the time the plane touched down and that he had saved our lives. I say our lives because at that time there were two of us in school. Jim had spoken earlier that only one of us would make it through and it was but six months later that this prophecy came to pass, the other student deserted and I was left to do my job alone. During the second year in Mexico Jim landed a plane, which he chartered to the mission project in Guyana, at a city in eastern Mexico to pick me up. There had been a misunderstanding and the airport authorities would not let me board. Because he had concern that I would not be able to return to Mexico to study if I did not obey the authorities I flew separately to Guyana. Jim asked me if I had enough money for food and room during the trip and after I said yes he handed me 300.00 dollars. The ticket to Guyana cost 299.99. How miraculously well he anticipates our needs and how much consideration he showed to land an entire aircraft, on foreign soil, for one of his members. I recall once in Mexico I became ill and had shaking chills. I was under four blankets, had a heater aimed at myself but still had chills. I thought on his name and the chills ceased suddenly and I was calm and slept until I felt well.
Then came the task of transferring to a US Medical school. He told me a full year earlier to contact a doctor friendly to our church and indeed it worked out that this doctor had an acquaintance on the board and put in a favorable letter. I made the second highest score on the transfer qualifying exam and was permitted in an interview. Jim told me the words of prophecy that I needed to say. I did so and was accepted. I did very well in Medical school and graduated a full year early. I was the only student to my school to graduate with such an accelerated course. Upon graduating I was accepted into a very highly sought after internship program in San Francisco. I performed well there until Jim called and requested that I come to the Agricultural mission. It was perfect timing to get me involved in this great and inspiring work.
Larry Schacht
—–
Affidavit of Don Scheid
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-26 and FF-12-A-16.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Don E. Scheid
Don E. Scheid
I, Don E. Scheid, duly sworn declare:
That 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!
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
[None]
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Statement of Debby Schroeder
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-144.]
When I was three months pregnant with my son Tad Schroeder, I was having extreme pains in my stomach. As I walked by Pastor Jim Jones one night, he stopped me and put his hand very close to my abdomen and the pain left. I never had another pain throughout my pregnancy.
Debby F. Schroeder
—–
Affidavit of Marvin Sellers
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-66 with two undated drafts at FF-3-160A – 160B .]
Georgetown
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/
I, Marvin Sellers, being duly sworn, declare:
I went to a doctor at General Hospital in Los Angeles and he told me that I had hearing problems, and that my ears ran with wax all the time. One day in one of Pastor Jones’ meetings, Pastor Jones called my mother Alta Sellers out and told her that I had hearing and ear problems which I did. My mom did not tell anyone there in the meeting because she didn’t really know anyone there, she had only been to 4 or 5 meetings at this time.
Pastor Jones also told my mother that she had an older brother in Miami, Florida and that he had 12 children, then Pastor Jones told my mother to put her hands over my ears, when she did I felt a tingle feeling in my ears. She took her hands off of my ears and my hearing was ok. Things that were low in sound that I could not hear before, I began to hear, and have not had a problem hearing them since then.
[signed] Marvin W. Sellers
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[witness signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Mary Shavers
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-54 and FF-6-53.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Mary L. Shavers
Mary L. Shavers
I, Mary L. Shavers, duly sworn declare:
On a Wednesday night of June, 1977, Pastor Jim Jones called me out and told me I had a discharge. He told me to go to the Doctor to have an examination. I went to the Health Center on Pierce in San Francisco and the Doctor said it was all gone.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Mattie Gibson
Lovie Jean Lucas
James E. Bogue
Earnestine L. March
Lucioes Bryant
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Statement of Rose Shelton
[Editor’s note: This statement appears as an undated draft at FF-3-94.]
I could not dial my telephone without eyeglasses. I consulted Dr. Rice who suggested glasses. Pastor Jones rubbed his hands across my eyes. Since [then] I have not had to use glasses, can dial without.
Rose Shelton
—–
Affidavit of Rose Shelton
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-17, with an undated draft at FF-3-95.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Rose Shelton, being duly sworn, declare:
I had arthritis in my right arm and could not raise it up. Pastor Jones touched my arm. All pain left and I have not had arthritis since thanks to Pastor Jones.
/s/ Rose Shelton
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
—–
Statement of Rose Shelton
[Editor’s note: This statement appears as an undated draft at FF-3-96.]
I had headaches constantly. Dr. Goodlette [Goodlett] said it was due to high blood pressure. Pastor Jim told me my pressure would go down & stay around normal. When I went to my Dr. the following week he found my pressure normal and was amazed I do not have high blood pressure.
Rose Shelton
—–
Statement of Rose Shelton
[Editor’s note: This statement appears as an undated draft at FF-3-97.]
Dr. Goodlette [Goodlett] wanted to treat my left leg for varicose veins. I refused to let him do so Pastor Jim called me out in service told me to walk down the aisle which I did he said turn around your veins will disappear they did I have no varicose veins my legs are smooth.
Rose Shelton
—–
Statement of Rose Shelton
[Editor’s note: This statement appears as an undated draft at FF-3-98.]
I had a stroke which paralyzed my left side. I went to my Dr. (Goodlett) he made arrangements to put me in a hospital on the following Monday when I returned to him I was in perfect condition. Pastor Jones told me I would be able to walk again perfect. I returned to my Dr. I was in perfect condition he said it was amazing I have no symptoms of ever having a stroke my body is normal.
Rose Shelton
—–
Affidavit of Anthony Simon
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-71 and FF-12-A-22.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Anthony J. Simon
Anthony J. Simon
I, Anthony J. Simon, duly sworn declare:
In approximately Dec. 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 heartbeat 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.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Fannie Jordan
Rochelle Halkman
Earnestine L. March
Janice L. Wilsey
James E. Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Barbara Simon
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-17.]
Affidavit of Barbara Simon
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Barbara Simon, being duly sworn, declare:
On August 3rd of 1972 after involved x-rays and blood tests I was told by a doctor at Kaiser Hospital on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco that I had Hodgkin’s disease. In March of 1973 I had breast surgery at Kaiser. The doctors said that the cancer in my body was in a state that they couldn’t do anything about. After a week in the Intensive Care Unit I was sent home. Dr. Maramore arranged chemotherapy in doses so hard I passed out. Officials at Kaiser signed an agreement with the government that I had terminal cancer and should get government assistance.
In 1975 I was a patient of Dr. Richard Cohen at Mount Zion Hospital. By 1977 I was very thin, could not hold down food and would be frequently vomiting blood.
On February 5, 1977 I went to a healing meeting at Peoples Temple Christian Church. Pastor Jim Jones looked at me for a long time and then smiled. That day and the days that followed I could hold down food. I have gained thirty pounds this year. My health has returned.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 1977.
/s/ Barbara Simon
Barbara Simon
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Statement of Nancy Sines
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-200A – 200C.]
Nancy Sines
Jim Jones has healed my body and mind of so many things. Even from the first week that I joined Peoples Temple, I was healed 2-fold. Firstly, I was only 22 yrs. old, but so physically ill when I arrived that I could not even walk one city block without the pain and cramping in my abdomen being so severe that I would have to literally stop and rest on the curb until the pain went away. I knew I was very sick, but I had had abdominal surgery once before and had also been warned by my doctor about the possibility of my problem reoccurring, and I didn’t want to go through with it again. I did not tell anyone of the suffering I was going through because I knew they would bug me to see a physician. I had given up all hope and I just didn’t care. (My surgery before entailed the removal of one of my ovaries that had been eaten up by a tumor the size of a baseball.) Then, suddenly the first week I was in the Temple, all of my pain disappeared and I was able to run for the first time in a year! I had also been very involved in the drug world before coming to Peoples Temple, and was used as a guinea pig by two Los Angeles dope dealers to try out their LSD before they would purchase it to test its potency. Because of the effect this had on my mind and my added habit of swallowing any new drug I came across, just to get a little high so that I wasn’t face-to-face with reality and responsibility, my mind soon deteriorated. I would spend hours trying to solve a simple math problem that before would have taken only minutes. I was transforming from what I had been incapable of for years to my old self where my mind no longer wandered aimlessly, but could again think quickly, and clearly. I thank Jim Jones every day for this.
I have also seen the miracles of our animals being healed of all kinds of physical disorders. Jim Jones does not stop at his concern for the people around him, but goes on to include all living things. I remember one time in Capella, Calif. I chased a dog to get him to leave some cats food alone. The dog ran into the street and was hit by a car that was going 40 mph. It was a horrifying thing to see! The dog was thrown out in front of the car by the impact, and then the car hit the dog again, throwing it to be hit a third time in front of the wheels and bumper. Large chunks were being torn from the dog’s body every time it hit the bumper. I screamed and covered my eyes because I couldn’t stand to look @ it any longer. A friend of mine who was also present, named Bryan Kravitz, yelled at me to look as the car finally stopped. As I did so, the dog jumped up from the pavement and continued running across the street. When Bryan and I reached the dog, he was standing next to his owner wagging his tail and not a mark was on his body. [Inserted remark in different handwriting: “and Rev. Jones had warned us weeks before about [illegible words]”]
We also have a dog that had been bitten by a rattlesnake. It was three days before he realized that there was more wrong with the dog than a slight limp. We took him to the veterinarian’s who told us the dog should have died 2 days earlier with the amount of snake venom he had in his system! The vets were constantly being awed by our animals’ unpredictably impossible recoveries.
Miracles on the road were a daily reminder to me again of Jim Jones’ love. I was in my car one morning about 3 AM, driving from SF to Redwood Vly. A deer shot out in front of me and I swerved to miss it, and hit the guardrail. My head hit the dashboard splitting it open indenting the dashboard 3 inches deep. The next thing I remember, was coming to with the worst pain I have ever felt in my head. I immediately thought on Jim and the pain instantly went away. I sat up and realized that my arm was dripping wet. I thought of blood and went to feel my arm for the damage – and it was suddenly dry with nothing but a very small scratch. I and 3 other passengers in the car who also received not even a bruise. The inside of the car, from the back seats to the front windshield, looked as if someone had taken a battering ram to it where our bodies had been thrown around. Windows were broken out where our heads had hit. Pieces of the engine were lying all over the freeway and we had torn up 30 feet of guardrail before coming to a stop. One of the children felt their head being torn from his body – and coincidently he had a picture of Jim Jones 3 days earlier disappear from the head up. Only because of Jim Jones are the four of us alive today.
Nancy Sines
—–
Affidavit of Barbara Smith
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-4 and FF-2-48.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Barbara Smith
I, Barbara Smith, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
I had problems holding my urine and when I passed it, it would burn something terrible. I went to the doctor and he told me I had a bladder infection. Jim Jones told me I had a kidney infection and he touched my back and it felt very warm and I was immediately healed of my bladder and kidney infection and the pain it caused.
/s/ Barbara Smith
Dated: 29th July, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Kevan Smith
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-139 and FF-12-A-27.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Kevan D. Smith
Kevan D. Smith
I, Kevan D. Smith, 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.
July 29, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Janice L. Wilsey
Barbara Farrell
Edith E. Bogue
Chris Rozynko
James E. Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner:
—–
Statement of Dorothy Solomon
[Editor’s note: This undated statement appears at FF-3-201A – 201D.]
On July 9/1972 Pastor Jones told me things I had not said to anyone. He told me my landlord turned off my gas & water, & he was short & fat. Rev. Jones said everything would work out. Also Pastor Jones called my son, Davis, but that name Davis was not the name he was born with. He started using that name when he received his social security card but no one had known this. I had high blood pressure. I took medicine for it. I was an asthmatic. I couldn’t do my shopping, housework or anything. I had to take Hydrillion injections & stay in the hospital 8-10 days at a time from attacks, sometimes longer for I.V. I would be given 20 quarts or more sometimes on one stay. Pastor touched me and told me to run I had not run in some 10-15 years. I have not had any more attacks, no more high blood pressure medicine, no more shots, no hospitals. Dr. Bassett Brown at Central Medical Group, LA, CA and Dr. Ira Monesson of Midcity Clinic, LA, CA, was my doctor at that time. When Pastor Jones told me to run, I ran with all ease, no tiredness or out of breath. Also he told me of a thought that I had when I applied for ATD. He said you had a thought that you are not dead enough, when you go applied for ATD and that was just what I thought to myself. Also that my lungs was the weakest part of my body and it was Dr. Bassett Brown said that I had spots developing on my lungs. But since then I have had x-rays no one has ever mentioned the spots on my lungs. I later moved to Redwood Valley CA. I have not had to be hospitalized at all. Dr. Look and Mendocino Community Hospital, Ukiah, CA was my doctor there. Also Pastor Jones told me the names of teachers that my son had in school, Smith & Turner. He had just started to that school in that time. I didn’t even know his teachers names, I asked Davis (son) his teachers names. He stated Smith, Turner. And went on down the list. There is no way possible that anyone could have known this, no one had asked me any questions about anything. But Pastor Jones told me all these things. Also I have a nephew Joe Wilson, he lived in New Jersey at that time. He was an heroin addict, he was put in the hospital, where his mom was told that it would be a long time months before she could see or talk to him. Pastor Jones said all will be just fine don’t worry. This was in 1972. Later on Joe managed to get out of the hospital and went back to his mom. People there at the hospital told her that there was nothing wrong with him, to take him home. 2 weeks later he was in Redwood Valley, CA, a healed man. No problems at all. But the people at the hospital had said it would be months, before he could even be seen. But 1 week later he was in LA CA, 2 weeks in Redwood Valley CA, and now 1977 still a well man and I am still a well woman.
Dorothy Solomon
—–
Affidavit of Tiny Solomon
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-45 and as an unsigned statement appears 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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
—–
Affidavit of Cleave Swinney
[Editor’s note: These unsigned statements appear at FF-3-187A – 187B.]
Cleave Swinney
I was climbing on the 24th of December 1967. I fell out of a loft onto a cement rock across a box and was paralyzed. Preacher Jones just come by me. I got up and walked. Then I went to the hospital for x-rays. They put me in bed, then later the Dr. Craft put a brace on me then he told me I would wearing the brace for 6 mo or longer, but by the help and love from Preacher Jones, the brace come off less than 6 mo. Then Dr. Craft told me I would be operated on sooner or later he told me it would not be very long the way he seen it or the way my back looked but when Preacher Jones does a good he does it well.
Cleave Swinney
In 1975 the doctors did not [want] to operate on me for cancer of the [illegible word] the reason was on the account of my past history of operations high blood pressure and artery operators. Preacher Jones told them to continue on with the operation. This is not near all that he has done for me. He would do it for you if you would just let him.
Cleave Swinney
I had a terrible headache. Through the love care and concern for each one of us or of people and their problems he relieved me of any pains then he told me what was wrong then. He sent me to the hospital. The doctor in General Hospital in Georgetown told me the same thing. Then he sent me to a specialist in Trinidad in Port of Spain. My arteries were hardening the blood vessels were closing up I have had four spells 10 to 15 minutes at each one. My right side was completely paralyzed. My speech was affected. The specialist said since I have had an operation on each side before that he doubted very much if I had any chance and he said put it this way just very little if any. But the answer for me was Preacher Jones I do thank him for this and other healing powers.
—–
Affidavit of Helen Swinney
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-16 and FF-2-58, with an unsigned draft at FF-3-62.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Helen Swinney, being duly sworn, declare:
I had suffered severe foot and leg cramps in 1964 and 1965 and in spring of 1966. Pastor Jim Jones healed me. I have not been bothered with cramps since.
In the fall of 1976 I spit up a growth that was literally cutting off my breath. It was spreading rapidly in my throat. Pastor Jim Jones spoke the word and it came out. The pain stopped immediately.
In 1966 we had been in California about 6 months. Jim Jones called Cleave (my husband) out and told him than our oldest son Robert in his life had been in an accident – one that could have taken both lives. But Pastor Jim said he saved their lives. He said at the time that Cleave [illegible word] could have taken our lives also. The next day we received a call from our daughter Joyce telling us about the accident. They said that Robert and his wife had a very narrow escape from death. Our son telling Joyce about the narrow escape said it was like slow motion – a car had pulled out in front of him – he was traveling 75 miles per hour. He said as far as he was concerned there was no escape from death. He said he could see himself and his wife layed out dead. I had the privilege of telling them about Pastor Jim Jones and how he had saved their life.
/s/ Helen Swinney
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
Affidavit of Alma Thomas
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-37.]
Affidavit of Alma Thomas
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Alma Thomas, being duly sworn, declare:
On October 9, 1976 I was told by Dr. Kochman at the University of California Hospital, San Francisco that I had tumors located in my upper bowel. I had difficulty keeping food down until March of 1977. In March of 1977 Rev. Jim Jones called out my name at Peoples Temple Christian Church and said my condition was healed. After half a year of suffering, I could swallow my food again.
I went to the University of California Hospital after the healing and x-rays were taken. The tumors were no longer on the x-ray film. The doctors couldn’t understand what happened.
Dated this 20th day of Aug., 1977.
/s/ Alma Thomas
Alma Thomas
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Etta Thompson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-28.]
Affidavit of Etta Thompson
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Etta Thompson, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1972 and 1973 I had cataracts in both eyes. The left one was larger than the right. I was going to the Eye Clinic of Los Angeles County Hospital.
I was going regularly to Los Angeles People’s Temple. At each service I felt the cataract getting better. The doctor said the cataracts were getting smaller and I wouldn’t need surgery.
The cataracts just came off.
I went to the eye clinic in 1976. They said all I need now is glasses.
Dated this [blank] day of [blank].
/s/ Etta Thompson
Etta Thompson
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Vinnie Thompson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-67, with an undated statement at FF-3-202A – 202D.]
Georgetown, ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ Vinnie Thompson
I, Vinnie Thompson, being duly sworn, declare:
I became a member of Peoples Temple in 1972. Pastor Jones told me prophetically about my first husband and the particular thought of my mind that I had always thought regarding my husband. That he (my husband) was “a good man”. This particular refrain was always the exact thoughts I had about my husband. Pastor Jones also said my first husband was deceased and I married again in 1950. Pastor Jones also told me that my first and second husbands were totally different.
He also told me I had lost a daughter, Fannie Mae Johnson, who passed at the age of 34. My daughter passed several years before I knew Pastor Jones.
He also told me of the loss of my parents named Fannie and Wallace Silvers. He also told me my mother passed with high blood pressure and my dad with low blood pressure, and that I had suffered with sorrow in my life. I was a mother of 9 children; none of which are living.
Also I had terrible pain in my left knee and Pastor Jones touched me and my pain immediately left.
[signed] Vinnie Thompson
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed: [signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Michelle Touchette
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-19 and FF-2-32, with an unsigned draft at FF-3-87.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Michelle Touchette, being duly sworn, declare:
I was told by Pastor Jones on December 29, 1974 that I had leukemia. That day I went to the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Guyana, South America. My white blood count was grossly elevated. When I came back from the hospital he said everything would be alright. I then went to Pomo Clinic in Mendocino County California, USA for a complete workup on the condition. All test results came back negative and the once grossly elevated white blood count returned to normal. My physical fatigue and debilitated condition resolved and I no longer have any medical disability.
/s/ Michelle E. Touchette
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Alfred Tschetter
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-4-A-74, FF-4-A-84, FF-4-A-95, FF-4-A-105, and FF-4-A-141. It also appears at B-2-d-13, where the date of signing (July 28, 1977) and the name of the notary (Martha E. Klingman) are included.
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
Affidavit of Alfred Tschetter
I, Alfred Tschetter, being duly sworn, declare:
I am a certified radiologic technologist, and I live in San Francisco, California.
My dad was a Mennonite Minister and I was brought up in religion and it was my whole life. I was married at age 20 and moved away from the Mennonites immediate vicinity. I joined the Baptist church.
In 1951 I moved to California with the intention of going into the dairy farming business as I had in South Dakota. After surveying the economic situation, I decided not to enter dairy farming and spent one year servicing cars. In 1952 I had the opportunity to become an orderly and in the hospital a wise radiologist approached me to encourage me to finish my education to become a radiologic technologist. I received my training in Dallas, Texas, and was a member of a German Baptist Church. I was elected to the Board of Deacons.
One day as we were eating dinner, the chairman of the Board of Deacons was so inebriated that it took three of us to get him into a taxi to get him home. That same evening we had a Board of Deacons meeting and that was my last day in the: organized church. To me it was all too much hypocrisy, teaching one thing and doing another.
While back to visit my 91 year old mother, who was in a fairly decent convalescent hospital and as a Mennonite who was taught from childhood to take care of our own, which also follows the teachings of Jim Jones….I realized that my mother was 91 and slightly feeble minded, but she was not to the point where she belonged in a convalescent hospital. I felt that my family had neglected her or did not want to take responsibility of someone who had reared them. A number of years before my wife and I had offered to take mother and keep her the rest of her life.
As I was driving back from North Dakota to California, I realized that I belonged in the teachings of Pastor Jim Jones. And I made up my mind that I would write a letter to Pastor Jim Jones asking if I could return to the church, which I did. He invited me to come back a number of times and also sent a group of people to visit me, which I greatly appreciated.
The years I spent out of Peoples Temple–I was never at any time harrassed or questioned or asked anything. I was given no pressure to return to the church. I returned on my own and at the kind invitation of the Pastor.
As a medical person and from my own experiences, I know that these healings are real. I have witnessed hundreds of them. I know most of the healings he does are beyond all medical hope. Being a part of the medical profession, I know that these healings were genuine and could not have been faked.
Just this spring in Los Angeles I personally took the blood pressure of a woman and it went from 180/20 to 120/80 in less than one minute. I know that this is medically impossible.
All the time that I was out of the church, I lived in Ukiah, California. I saw and worked with people from the church and nobody ever said a negative word and were kinder and nicer to me than some of the non-church patients that I had.
Dated: July ___, 1977.
/s/ Alfred Tschetter R.T. (CRT)
Alfred Tschetter
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this ____ day
of July, 1977.
—–
Affidavit of Mary Elizabeth Tupper
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-19 and FF-6-51.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Mary Elizabeth Tupper
Mary Elizabeth Tupper
I, Mary Elizabeth Tupper, duly sworn declare:
On one of the Peoples Temple trips to Philadelphia some years ago, we were all in the church. My mother, Rita Tupper, walked out to use the bathroom, she triped [tripped] over her long dress, and fell down the stairs, splitting he [her] head open, and immediately died. One of the nurses ran up to Pastor Jone [Jones] and told him that she was dead. He said, “bring her to me.” They brought her right up to the stage, Pastor Jones touched her on the head and told her to arise. She got right up and started running around the building thanking him for the healing she received.
July 28, 1977
Ruth Tupper
Chris Cordell
Candace Cordell
Janet Tupper
[illegible name]
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Rita Tupper
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-13 and FF-2-36, with an undated statement at EE-3-SS.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of [blank]
I, Rita J. Tupper, being duly sworn, declare:
This year I was having a problem with my back and had been suffering such pain that it was hard to sit up or walk. X-rays were taken and the doctor said I had an unusual spot on one of my vertebraes. Tests were scheduled to determine exactly what the problem was.
I had said nothing about this condition to Pastor Jones or anyone in Peoples Temple. One night Rev. Jones just turned around and looked at me with much concern, as I was in a lot of pain at the time. The next day I went back to the doctor who checked me again. He was amazed to find that the spot he had seen and worried about on one of my vertebraes was now gone. My back has not bothered me since then.
/s/ Rita Tupper
Dated: July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Rita Tupper
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-2-35, with two undated drafts at EE-3-QQ and EE-3-RR.]
Georgetown), ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana)
Affidavit s/
I, Rita J. Tupper, being duly sworn, declare:
I was told by a doctor at Kaiser Hospital years ago that I had rheumatoid arthritis and that nothing could be done for it. I had a lot of pain in my hands and all the strength I had in my hands was lost.
Doctors have told me I have had a lot of arthritis in my body. They said they could tell this by the structure of my bones. I should have long ago been crippled with arthritis as was my mother, who had to use a walker, barely able to walk. Her hands were so swollen and doubled up that she could not use them. After I came to the Temple, I noticed all the pain and crippling disappeared from my hands and the strength I had lost returned.
For years I had suffered on and off with bladder and kidney infections. I was taking medicine for the kidney infection. One night, Rev. Jim Jones called me out and told me about the infection, which was cured right away, that has never caused me another problem since, both the kidney and the bladder infection. This happened over six years ago.
[signed] Rita Tupper
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
—–
Affidavit of Gary Tyler
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-12-A-36, with an unsigned draft at FF-3-131. The draft included a note to “Rewrite,” but the note was itself overwritten with the notation, “OK.”]
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.
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn to me,
a commissioner of oaths for the
Republic of Guyana.
Affidavit of Barbara Walker
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-165A – 165B and FF-6-76.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Barbara Jean Walker
Barbara Jean Walker
I, Barbara Jean Walker, duly sworn declare:
That in Dec. 1975 in L.A. Calif., Pastor Jim Jones stopped me after I had touched the altar with my 1 year old son Marlon Dietrich Porter, and told me that he had a heart defect that would cost him his life at an early age if not taken care of. After being given a cloth by Pastor Jones (that he had touched) for Marlon to wear, I was told to take him to the doctor and have his heart checked out. Two days later I took Marlon to Medical Consolidated Health Clinic of 38th & Vermont in Los Angeles, and insisted they check his heart thoroughly. After being given a series of tests, it was discovered that my son’s heart suffered a defect on one side, which caused it to be larger. No treatment was given because reason for defect was not established. I was told to bring him back for more tests in a week.
In the meantime the cloth was being worn by Marlon as Pastor Jones had instructed. When taken to the doctor a week later, and tests were done again, Marlon’s heart was normal and the doctor stated that he only needed more iron in his diet to finish regulating his heart before it would be normal.
July 28, 1977
Wittnessed by:
Lovie J. Lucas
Margaret James
James Edwards
Lucioes Bryant
Linda Arterberry
—–
Affidavit of Blanchie Washington
[Editor’s note: This undated testimonial appears at EE-3-GGG.]
Dear Pastor Jones,
Only a few lines to thank you for all your kindness to me. First, thank you for healing me of cancer in my chest & back and blood clock in both legs, tuma in the head, kept me from having to strokes & to hart atach. Also helped my husband and brought my son out of the hospital. Oh you have don so much for me. You also helped me when my son past away. Just can’t thank you enough for all your kindness to me. You helped my grandson and daughter in law. Thank you for everythang.
Blanchie Washington
1485 Oak St.
San Francisco 94117
—–
Affidavit of Eddie Washington
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-4-A-10 and FF-6-39.]
Port Kaituma )
North West Region )
Guyana, South America)
Affidavit s/
I, Eddie Washington, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1976, I went to Santa Monica Hospital where I was diagnosed as having a tumor in my bladder. The doctors recommended surgery. Rev. Jones knew about my condition and told me that everything would be alright. When I went in to have surgery, the doctors found that there was no tumor at all, eventhough they had run several tests and had no doubts about my condition. I have had no bladder trouble or related problems since then.
/s/ Eddie Washington
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Eddie Washington
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-18, with a shorter version signed in Guyana a month later at FF-4-A-12.]
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Eddie Washington, being duly sworn, declare:
I had been treated for arthritis from 1965 to 1972 under Dr. Nickens on 1619 Vernon Ave., California in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Nickens looked at my x-rays and said I had a knot in my back and with the arthritis I had I would soon be in a wheelchair. In June of 1972, I went to see Jim Jones for the first time at the Embassy Auditorium in Los Angeles. I was bent over and in pain. I was deeply inspired by the healing of others and felt Jim Jones’ love touching me. Suddenly my pain disappeared and I could straighten my back.
When I returned to the doctor he was surprised to see my condition and took more x-rays and said indeed my back had improved remarkably in a short period of time. He continued to observe me over the years and the crippling arthritic changes did not come back.
Dated this [blank] day of August, 1977.
/s/ Eddie Washington
Eddie Washington
[unsigned stamp and seal of Notary Public]
[Editor’s note: Text of FF-4-A-12.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Eddie Washington, being duly sworn, declare:
For 2 years I suffered with severe pains in my lower back. The doctors told me that I had arthritis, rheumatism, and bursitus. Rev. Jones healed me of these terrible pains in 1974 during a meeting at Peoples Temple. When I returned to Dr. Nickens, he commented on the great improvement I showed in standing and walking. Before, almost all leg movement was difficult, but now I can get around quite well and have never again suffered such pains.
/s/ Eddie Washington
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Affidavit of Greg Watkins
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-1 and FF-2-55.]
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Republic of Guyana
South America.
Affidavit of Greg Watkins
I, Greg Watkins, being duly sworn, hereby declare:
I was saved from jail. I was facing 5 years to life and was going to prison and Rev. Jim Jones stepped in and helped me because there was no way out. I was charged of 211PC that is 5 years right off and Jim Jones prophesied that I would not go to prison on September 1, 1976 which was the day of my trial and that day the judge was in anger because of the pressure and he wanted to put me away for 5 years. This all took place at City Hall in San Francisco, California, courtroom #22, Judge McCarty. The charges were dropped and was given credit time served. The judge called down and was very nice during the trial not before and this was prophesied by Jim Jones. I was freed on September 1, 1976 at 3:00 PM Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to Rev. Jim Jones and my attorney Jean [Gene] Chaikin he was sent by Jim Jones. And thanks to Rev. Jones for his help and kindness. A prophecy was given to me from Rev. Jim Jones that I would have been killed at my home and I could not walk down dark streets or alleys but the next day I found my door torn down and smashed to nothing, that’s how I know I would of been killed thanks to Rev. Jones I am still alive.
/s/ Greg Watkins
Dated: 1st August, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
[illegible signature]
—–
Affidavit of Charles Wesley Williams
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-40 and FF-6-68.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Charles Wesley Williams
Charles Wesley Williams
I, Charles Wesley Williams, duly sworn declare:
That on December 16, 1976 Wednesday at 10:00 PM I was walking my dog when a man on crutches and a cast on his left leg came up to me and said, “My old lady put me out and I am going to hit anybody in the head even you.” Well, I had brought me a 38 gun for protection because I live in a high crime area and I am handicapped myself. So I told him he was not going to hit me in the head with his crutches. He swung two times at me and I pull the gun and the guy that was with me hit my hand and the gun went off. The bullet went through his legs. Just then another shot came at me. I ran down some steps that led to the playground area. I stopped there to yell for my mother. It was too late. 5 police came & grabbed me & threw me to the ground & handcuffed me. “Where is the gun?” they asked me. What gun I said. One police a black man hit me with a glove with steel in it and broke my jaw and my ribs then took me to jail. Thanks to Jim Jones I was out in a few hours my jaws and ribs were healed. I went to an emergency hospital and the doctor said all I had was deep bruise. I know that one man healed me and that was Jim Jones.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Chris Cordell
Dorothy Lee Worley
Danny K. Kutulas
Rebecca Beikman
Edith E. Bogue
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Louise Teska Lee Williams
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at FF-2-78, FF-2-79, and FF-4-A-11.]
Port Kaituma
North West Region
Guyana, South America
Affidavit s/
I, Louise Teska Lee Williams, being duly sworn, declare:
In 197 , my vision was blurry and I had only half my normal vision. My stomach was sore and painful and I had difficulty eating. Rev. Jones said it would be ok and not to worry. I now see very well and the soreness and pain in my stomach is gone and never returned.
/s/ Louise Teska Lee Williams
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Statement of Louise Teska Lee Williams
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at FF-2-81, and FF-4-A-6.]
Port Kaituma )
North West Region )
Guyana, South America)
Affidavit s/
I, Louise Teska Lee Williams, being duly sworn, declare:
On July 4, 1972, I went to a Peoples Temple meeting in Redwood Valley, Ca. I had been having blinding headaches for weeks. Rev. Jones called me out and the pains went away immediately and I haven’t had one since.
/s/ Louise Teska Lee Williams
Dated September 20, 1977
Witnessed:
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
[Notary signature and Guyana Revenue stamp]
—–
Statement of Louise Teska Lee Williams
[Editor’s note: This statement appears at EE-3-HHH.]
1-30-77
This is some of the miracles that Jim Jones done for me and my peoples.
First of all, I want to say he healed my mine because I thought I didn’t have anything to live for. I was depressed and thought everyone was against me that came into my life.
Then he healed me of a tumor on my brains, which would have killed me in 24 hours. The doctor said was my nerves. Then he healed me of cancer of both breasts, cancer of the stomach, kidney and bladder trouble, heart condition. He healed my blinded eyes which was a miracle in itself and some that I can’t remember. He also kept me from getting killed going home from service. I would have been stabbed to death, thinking I had money in my purse.
Then he kept me from getting killed by a train crossing. He healed my younger bro from being paralized down his right side when he was in the hospital.
He saved my life riding on the bus coming from Redwood Valley to San Francisco one Friday nite coming to service and the rod under the bus broke half into and it could have broke and we all would have went into the ocean on the Golden Gate Bridge. So many more I can’t name.
Louise Teska Lee Williams
—–
Affidavit of Jewel Wilson
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-38A – 38B.]
Affidavit of Jewel Wilson
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Jewel Wilson, being duly sworn, declare:
On August 18, 1975, I had a paralytic stroke on both sides of my body. I was semi-comatose and I had little or no awareness of what was going on around me.
I first was rushed to Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Hollywood, California located on Hollywood Boulevard. I was then transferred to the County Hospital in Los Angeles, California. My condition had not improved at this time. I had no sensation in my body and I still had no use of my extremities.
Rev. Jim Jones sent one of his associate ministers to me on September 11, 1975. This minister handed me a small red cloth and told me that Rev. Jones said that if I placed this cloth on my chest I would be healed. I did as I was instructed.
I was awakened the next morning. There seemed to be a bright light shining all around me and for the first time since the stroke on August 18 I threw up in my hands and by arms. I discovered I had regained use of both sides of my body again.
Relatives and friends came to see me that day, September 12, thinking I was still paralyzed and expecting me to die. When they left me the evening before, I could not speak nor move my body. When they returned the next day, I met them at the elevator.
I was running and rejoicing in the corridors. I was so very thankful that Rev. Jones had sent the cloth to me, and I know because of Rev. Jones I received my healing. If he had not brought my healing about, I would not be alive today, and if I had lived, I would not have been able to do anything for myself ever again.
On July 27, 1977 I was seen at San Francisco Kaiser Hospital and was told by the doctor I was in good physical health.
Dated this 21st day of Aug. 1977.
/s/ Jewel Wilson
Jewel Wilson
[stamp and seal of Lisa P. Layton, Notary Public]
—–
Statement of Erma Winfrey
[Editor’s note: This testimonial appears at FF-2-85A – 85B, with an undated draft at FF-3-189A – 189B.]
Georgetown, ss.
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit s/ [blank line]
I, Erma Winfrey, being duly sworn, declare:
I went to doctors for many years for ulcers of the stomach. Every 6 months, I would have severe attacks. This was in 1967 and the doctor treating me was Dr. Stout. Pastor Jones called me out about (18) months ago, and I have had no more attacks with ulcers of the stomach of any kind. I know that I was healed.
I had severe pains in my neck and shoulder for many weeks, I felt like my shoulder was out of place. I was taken to Dr. Robert Kraft. He said it was arthritis. He gave me a very heavy shot of cortizone it only helped for about twenty-four hours. Pastor Jones touched my shoulder and the pain immediately left. I was unable to raise my head off the pillow or lie down to go to bed without help, it was the worst pain I ever had.
I saw many miracles healings in the Temple, such as these, people would get up out of their wheelchairs and walk, many times I have seen casts taken off of broken bones and healed. I have seen twisted arms straightened, people speak that had never spoken a word, because the mother had an illness before the child was born. The first word they spoke was, I love you, it was spoken several times and then it was perfectly clear and understandable.
I was told by Dr. Lapkass, I had arthritis and should be in a wheel chair. My toes and fingers had begun to get stiff and I was unable to lift my feet and walk. But Pastor Jones touched me and I could walk again, my ankles were swollen and stiff.
I went to Dr. Winters in Santa Rosa, California. He said I had a cataract on my right eye. I was unable to see at all, he said an operation was needed. Pastor Jones touched my eyes, I am now able to see. I can read, write, and sew. In 1975 I went to a Dr. Smith in Ukiah, he said I did not need an operation now.
/s/ Erma Winfrey
Dated July 29, 1977
Witnessed:
[Signature and stamp of Guyana notary]
—–
Affidavit of Dorothy Lee Worley
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-i-14 and FF-2-53.]
Port Kaituma
North West District
Republic of Guyana
South America
Affidavit s/ Dorothy Lee Worley
I, Dorothy Lee Worley, being duly sworn declare:
In August of either 1967 or 1968 I was stricken with a heart attack in Redwood Valley, California in Peoples Temple Christian Church. I felt myself slipping away. I knew I was dying. I suffered pain at first. Then I felt a peaceful release. A nurse, Mary Stahl took my pulse, I was told she said, “Pastor Jones she’s dead.” When I came to Jim Jones was standing by me saying to me, “Please Dorothy come back we love you very much and need you”. I immediately felt strength pour in my body and have never had a problem since then with my heart.
[signed] Dorothy Lee Worley
Dated 1st August 1977
Witnessed:
[signature illegible]
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a Commissioner of Oaths for the
Republic of Guyana
—–
Affidavit of Peter Wotherspoon
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-3-171A – 171B and FF-6-46.]
Jonestown, Port Kaituma
Northwest District, Guyana
Affidavit of:
/s/ Peter Andrew Wotherspoon
I, Peter Andrew Wotherspoon, duly sworn declare:
In 1971 at the end of February, I attended a meeting at the Peoples Temple in Redwood Valley, California. I was called out by Pastor Jim Jones and told about my father’s car accident in 1966, his death in 1967 and a Siamese cat I had in 1965. No one could have known these facts by any natural means. He then gave me a warning that, like my grandfather and father before me, I would have died as a result of a terrible car accident in which my wife and child would have also been killed. Pastor Jones assured me that everything would be all right. Only a few days later while driving down the California coast with my wife and child, a car coming in the opposite direction swerved straight in front of us. Suddenly a force grabbed the VW bus we were driving and pulled it out of the way of the other car. The cars passed within inches of each other but miraculously no damage occurred. The circumstances were just what Pastor Jones had prophesied.
July 28, 1977
Witnesses:
Kenny B. Bowie
Orde Dennis
Christine E. M. Bates
Subscribed to and sworn before me,
a notary public of the Republic
of Guyana or Commissioner
—–
Affidavit of Leomy Wright
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-19.]
Affidavit of Leony [Leomy] Wright
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, Leony Wright, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1968 I had a mastectomy at Dominquez Hospital in Compton, due to cancer. It had metastasized to other parts of my body. I was in a great deal of pain, and it was difficult for me to sit for any amount of time. Dr. Rossmiller in Compton followed the spread of the disease.
I began attending healing services at the Embassy, which were led by Pastor Jim Jones. I noticed that at each meeting I attended my pain went away a little. Then in 1972 Pastor Jones called me out and have me go to the bathroom and pass the growth. That ended the pain. Since then Dr. Rossmiller has noticed a steady improvement in my health, and he calls me his prize patient.
Dated this 23 day of Oct. 1977.
/s/ Leomy Wright
Leony Wright
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]
—–
Affidavit of Lisa Wright
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at B-3-l-7, with an undated statement at FF-3-181A – 181B.]
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Affidavit of Lisa Wright
I, Lisa Wright, being duly sworn, declare:
7 years ago when I first joined Peoples Temple I had gone to the doctor and he told me I had a kidney infection which I could not hold my water for a very long time. When I did hold my water I had swelling of my stomach with severe pain which lasted 4 to 5 hours in one day. I was walking by Pastor Jim Jones one day and he grabbed my hand and he looked at me. The instant he touched me I felt the pain leave. I had told no one there about my condition. He told me I was healed of a kidney infection. I have never had this pain since that time.
/s/ Lisa Wright
Dated: [illegible]
Witnessed:
[illegible signature of Commissioner of Oaths]
Affidavit of Christine Cobb Young
[Editor’s note: This affidavit appears at FF-6-29A – 29B.]
Affidavit of E. Christine Young
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
I, E. Christine Young, being duly sworn, declare:
I bumped my leg on the hospital bed at Children’s Hospital where I am employed. This was during the month of August, 1976. In a few days that same area began to swell and turn red and became very painful. A few days later while at work, the pain became so excruciating I could barely walk to the emergency room.
Dr. Michael Weeks, whose office was located at 3838 California Street, examined me and had me hospitalized. The diagnosis was thrombophlebitis. The pain radiated down my entire leg and the swelling went down to my foot.
I received a telephone call from one of the nurses at People’s Temple and she told me that Pastor Jim Jones was meditating for me and that I would be all right.
Shortly after the telephone call, the pain stopped and the swelling went down. I knew I was healed by Pastor Jim Jones.
The doctors planned to order heparin injections for me after vein scans were done. The vein scans did not reveal a blood clot.
Dr. Weeks called in Dr. Preston James to examine me. Dr. James is a specialist at 3838 California Street also. He found nothing wrong.
They discharged me that night but would not let me return to work for several weeks because Dr. Weeks was afraid the clot might reappear, but I felt confident that Pastor Jones had taken care of my condition. The symptoms have not reappeared. I did not take any medicine or receive any treatment from any medical person.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. 77.
/s/ E. Christine Young
E. Christine Young
[stamp and seal of Christine Kice, Notary Public]