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. He George Smith was my doctor in 1968.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]
FF-6-2A
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.
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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]
FF-6-3
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]
[Editor’s note: FF-6-4 is a duplicate of FF-6-3.]
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]
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]
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]
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]
FF-6-9
Affidavit of Karen Harms
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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]
FF-6-10
Affidavit of Lourece Jackson
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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]
FF-6-11A
Affidavit of Emma Kennedy
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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
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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]
FF-6-12
Affidavit of Wanda King
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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]
FF-6-13A
Affidavit of Polla Mattarres
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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,
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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]
FF-6-14A
Affidavit of Fairy Lee Norwood
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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
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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]
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]
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]
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]
FF-6-18
Affidavit of Eddie Washington
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]
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]
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
FF-6-21A
Affidavit of Deola Christmas
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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.
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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
FF-6-22
Affidavit of Dessie Jordan
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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]
FF-6-23A
Affidavit of Mercedes Guidry
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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
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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]
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]
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
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
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
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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]
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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
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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
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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]
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Affidavit of Lena Hector
State of California
City and County of San Francisco
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]
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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]
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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]
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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
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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]
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Affidavit s/
Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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 recommend surgery. Rev. Jones knew about my condition and told me that everything would be all right. When I went in to have surgery, the doctors found that there was no tumor at all, even though 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: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana]
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Affidavit s/ Marshall Farris
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Paul Michael McCann, being duly sworn, declare:
In December 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 robbery. I had nothing to do with the armed robbers, but I was framed to the point where 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 lawyer and the charges ended up being dropped. If it was not for Jim Jones I know that I would have spent at least 5 years in prison.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Paul Michael McCann, being duly sworn, declare:
My son, Michael Angelo McCann, was born with his leg bent and his foot bent upwards. I took into 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 at all 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 he is now three years old and you would never 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 even after the medical doctors had said otherwise.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Ann Elizabeth Moore, being duly sworn, declare:
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 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 ¼ to ½ a mile but as we watched cars pass us, when they got to the same spinning cars 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 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Rebecca May Beikman, being duly sworn, declare:
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 deep down into the lungs.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Peter Andrew Wotherspoon, being 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 served 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 Jim Jones had prophesied.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Stephanie Lynn Jones, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jim Jones called for a child 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 in which my brother would have gone through the windowshield.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
I, Robert Johnson, being duly sworn, declare:
The first time I went to Peoples Temple I saw Rev. Jim Jones turn 13 pictures 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]
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Affidavit s/
Georgetown,
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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 never 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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Mary Elizabeth Tupper, being duly sworn, declare:
On one of the Peoples Temple trips Philadelphia some years ago, we were all in church. My mother, Rita Tupper, walked out to use the bathroom, she tripped over her long dress, and fell down the stairs, splitting her head open, and immediately died. One of the nurses ran up to Pastor 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 up right away and started running around the building thanking him for the healing she received.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Zipporah Edwards, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jones called me out and told me things about my relatives and friends that no one could have known. He told exact details about their lives and places where they lived and he never met any of them. This occurred at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California October of 1976.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Mary Louise Shavers, being 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 Street in San Francisco and the doctor said it was all gone.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Orde Dennis, being duly sworn, declare:
I was healed of a very serious illness by Pastor Jim Jones. In the summer of 1972, in Los Angeles, California, Peoples Temple. He told me of different things about my life no one could know. Pastor Jim Jones then said he would stop me from having grand mal seizures. I haven’t had one since.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Barbara L. Farrell, being 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 had 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 if I had 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Dave B. Jackson, being duly sworn, declare:
When I went to Redwood Valley Temple on Monday, November 10, 1961 [1971], I took sick and lost consciousness. Pastor Jim Jones lovingly meditated for 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Jack D. Barron, being duly sworn, declare:
In 1973 while I was employed at Masonite I called on Jim Jones’ name when I cut ½ 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 put on two stitches. It grew back and is the same size as the other thumb and normal.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Mary M. Griffith, being duly sworn, declare:
Pastor Jim Jones gave me a warning about a city bus that 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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]
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Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Ruth Atkins, being duly sworn, declare:
In the month of December 1976, I was having severe pains in my head, while sitting in a service at Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California. 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 immediately.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-63
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Fannie Jordan, being duly sworn, declare:
In 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-64
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Fannie Jordan, being duly sworn, declare:
I hereby give my consent for Dr. Tollette to release my medical records to Dr. Carlton Goodlett.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-65
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Michael Thomas Rozynko, being duly sworn, declare:
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 the right side of my head, or difficulty in focusing) Pastor Jones, said it would be all right, and the pain went away immediately.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-66
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, James Edwards, being 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 I was having severe pain in my chest. No one knew about the pain except myself.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-67
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Emmett A. Griffith Sr., being duly sworn, declare:
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 of 1971 I was coming from Sacramento River on highway 50 and right at the toll gate bridge coming into Oakland, I heard a bumping 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-68
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Charles Wesley Williams, being duly sworn, declare:
On December 16, 1976 on 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’m 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’m handicapped myself. So I told him he was not going to hit me in the head with this crutches. He swung two times at me and I and the gun went off. The bullet went through his legs. Just then another shot came at me. I ran down some steps for my mother. It was too late. 5 police came and grabbed me and threw me to the ground and handcuffed me. “Where’s 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 jaw 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-69
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Vernetta Christian, being 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 been 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 [as] one of the greatest humanitarians of all time.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-70
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Liane Harris, being duly sworn, declare:
In the month of July, 1972, at Kaiser Hospital only a few short days after a delicate spinal fusion an 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-71
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Geraldine H. Bailey, being duly sworn, declare:
In January of the year 1973, I was called out by Pastor Jim Jones, in the Los Angeles Temple, 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 services 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 greatest 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 begin 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-72
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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]
FF-6-73
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Eleanor Beam, being duly sworn, declare:
In the summer of 1976 in Holburk Arizona 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-74
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Irene Edwards, being 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 and 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 get a urine and 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-75
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Christine Lucientes, being 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, 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 to no one. I believe that Jim Jones has supernatural abilities that I cannot logically explain but I cannot disclaim with that same logic.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-76
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Barbara Jean Walker, being duly sworn, declare:
In December 1975 in Los Angeles, California, Pastor Jim Jones stop me after I had touched the altar with my 1-year-old son Marlon Deitrict 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 at 38th and 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 he only needed more iron in his diet to finish regulating his heart before it would be normal.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-77
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Brenda C, Cobb, being duly sworn, declare:
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 the [of a] sudden the car rolled over 6 times. 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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-78
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Russell DeAndrea Moron, being 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 Moton was dying and the doctors 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 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 skeptic on such matters, but he was so impressed by what had happened to my mother, Viola Moton, that he joined the church.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-79
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, David Lee Goodwin, being duly sworn, declare:
That in one of the services at Peoples Temple in 1976 Pastor Jim Jones gave my mom, Mona Satterwhite, a prophecy. He said she was going to be in an accident, but she would be all right. So later on in the week when she was backing out of the driveway and another lady was backing out and she pressed on the gas peddle [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.
/s/ [blank]
Dated August 5, 1977
Witnessed: [blank]
[stamp and seal of Commissioner of Oaths for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, blank]
FF-6-80
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
I, Rebecca May Beikman, being duly sworn, declare:
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]
FF-6-81
Affidavit s/
Jonestown, Port Kaituma,
North West Region,
Guyana, South America
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]