Looking back: Man who believed he was a ‘divine healer’ taken to asylum and woman found dead near Heise

IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com is looking backmost astatine what life was for illustration during nan week of Sept. 23 to Sept. 29 successful eastbound Idaho history.

1900-1925

BLACKFOOT — A man who believed he was a “divine healer” was taken to nan asylum successful Blackfoot, The Bingham County News reported connected Sept. 28, 1911.

Deputy Sheriff Winkler, of Adams County, transported nan diligent to nan asylum. The insubstantial referred to nan man arsenic a “demented one.”

The diligent believed that being taken to nan asylum “was but a portion of nan persecution which befalls each who endeavor to recreation nan way made by Jesus Christ.”

“He wore agelong hairsbreadth and (a) beard and looked much for illustration a repository for illness germs than a divine healer of nan ills that beset men,” nan article reads.

1926-1950

IRWIN — A occurrence destroyed nan Irwin Hotel but cipher was injured successful nan blaze, nan Idaho Falls Post Register reported connected Sept. 23, 1949.

The occurrence started astir 2 a.m. Friday but it wasn’t clear astatine nan clip of publication what caused nan fire. Mrs. John Van Noy, nan sole caretaker astatine nan two-story hotel, escaped uninjured.

The 4 upstairs sleeping rooms, a barroom and poolroom downstairs positive a room were destroyed successful nan blaze. The building pinch fixtures was weighted astatine $15,000.

“Called to nan segment was occurrence instrumentality from nan Palisades Dam project, but nan flames were beyond power erstwhile it arrived,” nan article said. “With a constricted magnitude of h2o available, section residents recovered it intolerable to extinguish nan fire. They fought it pinch extinguishers for a time.”

Residents said this was nan 2nd edifice to pain down connected nan aforesaid artifact wrong nan past 20 years. They said nan aged Elkhorn Hotel and poolroom owned by John Marshall antecedently caught connected fire.

The owners of nan Irwin Hotel were John and Devon Van Noy.

1951-1975

IDAHO FALLS — A 49-year-old Idaho Falls woman’s decease was nether investigation aft her assemblage was recovered astir 3 miles eastbound of Heise, The Rigby Star reported connected Sept. 29, 1966.

A fisherman discovered Mrs. C.L. Englund’s assemblage astir 5:30 p.m. Saturday. A .22 caliber firearm was recovered nearby, according to nan Bonneville County sheriff.

The Jefferson County sheriff was besides helping pinch nan investigation. They were trying to find whether she was changeable by personification aliases if it was self-inflicted. She was changeable successful nan chest.

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Walker England was calved successful Lewisville. When she was “a mini child” her family moved to Idaho Falls wherever she grew up and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She joined C. Leone Englund, of Rexburg, successful 1939.

She was described arsenic an “ardent fisherman” and personnel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“Mrs. Englund was rather well-known successful this area, having galore relatives and friends,” The Rigby Star wrote.

1976-2000

POCATELLO– A Blackfoot man was arrested connected charges of carrying a concealed weapon, nan Idaho State Journal reported connected Sept. 23, 1976.

Lonnie Lemon, 31, was arrested astatine nan Northwest Aviation offices astatine nan Pocatello Airport. The man reportedly told pilots astatine nan backstage flying work “he was being pursued and needed transportation.”

“The workers became alarmed and summoned Power County deputies from nan adjacent airdrome terminal building,” nan Journal stated. “Deputies allegedly recovered nan limb and took Lemon into custody.”

He was being held astatine nan Power County Jail pending arraignment.