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Sins of the Seventh Angel, King Ben and the Curse of the House of David.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, December 20th, 1927. King Benjamin Pernell, 7th messenger of the House of David,

Messiah of the Israelites cult, and for years fugitive from justice, lies tonight on a marble slab

in an undertaking establishment in this city.

The great conductor gave King Ben a one-way ticket to the infinite last Friday, but his long,

prayed for, and anxiously awaited resurrection is still hoped for by many of the 500 Israelites

of the House of David. For four days, a constant watch was kept over the body of the 500 Israelites of the House of David. For four days a constant watch was kept

over the body of the man who held half a thousand fanatics under his domination for many

years. The man who early in life spent his days in the making of brooms in a small Kentucky

town, an unlettered son of the hills, lay in state, his earthly remains

arrayed in a white silken robe in the small room in which he died.

The room was the Gassimony of the Israelites' cult, and this little room, which was lined

with devout believers in Pernell's resurrection, were many who

apparently remained faithful to the teachings of the one-time broommaker, but their faith must

have been shaken, for it is a tenet of the church that its sinless followers live forever in

the flesh. And the irony of the thing is that a Gentile undertaker will preserve the

seventh messenger for all time in a tomb planned for him by officials of the cult.

Shortly after one o'clock this afternoon, the undertakers were called in at the insistence of the health authorities of Benton Harbor Township.

Even the most ardent of the believers in the resurrection of their leader

offered no objection when, unlike Lazarus, Pernell did not come to life on the fourth

day of unceasing vigil. Outside, two inches of snow hid the ground with a blanket of white.

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