The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-12-14
Extraordinary Doings of Clairvoyant
and Spilitualist in New-York.

y man calling hin self physician, hy
the name Of John X. Scvmor, WAS arrc>t,d d
Oh Saturday by Policemen Patterson ana
charged with having, with the aid of hi,
wife Jane, "A protcsscd clairvoyant and
cur,r of diseases, 10y means Of II scheme
of the most infamous nature, and similar
To that cuncocicd and carried into cNccu-
ton by Il lawyer named Niles, in this city
about three years Srncc, dchauGe John
Il. Styvesaut out of II house aud lot, worth
from $4,000 to $1,000. The following
l. the substance 9th affidavit Of Mr.. s,
Oh which the charge is based. He Swcars
that in the earl Y part of the present year,
being afflicted with severe pain in the
breast, he WAS induced 20 visit the house
Of Seymour, then in division street, and
subsequently to 4Gl lIouston.strcct, for
the purpose OF consulting the wife Of Scv-
mour, who 10y sign on the door and by
bc cIalrvoyamt, and while in that state
to be able to prescribe efficient remedies
for the cure Of dis a cs
Ib"t h" frequently ,,>,rd the hoa>o.
and for each consultation with Mrs. s.
paid he" 81, and for the medicine She
prescribed he paid to her husband. VIII"
procured /, rom 81 10 50 per |, itlc.--
That during these visits Mr.. (. bv her
responses and act<, invited libcr les to Ec
taken with hcr pcr>cn ~ mm, gradually
and artftI!ly leading Lin on, rs he now
rcrccivcS auI believes, with tue view and
design thought lie wa 10. conc;ous Of
it at til" tmc--oi getting him into such
suspicious and cqivoc.l situations
would enable her aud her husband-who
he te!icvcs, was conspiIing with her for
the purpoSc--to cXtori money and other
property from him. That on the night
OF the l0lh Nav last he WAS at the house
when Mrs. 5. iif)rmcd him that her
husband had gone to Boston; she then
gave him nght-kcv to the front door Of
the house. and invited him to visit her
the next night, saying that she would
have the servants out Of the way.
That on the following night he visited
the house, whom ,hc treatcd to him what
she hal said the previous nigh: relative to
her hrsband's absence, and by her "Se.
ductons, advances and carcsSes" induced
him to visit her sleeping room, and while
DO Ii wcrcr partially unrobcd, she sudden |
Iy gave a signal by slamming the door
three tctncS, when her husband immedi- |
atcly rushed into the room with drawn
sword-canc in his hand, and struck him
with it upon the haed, and stab !
bed at him several times and threatned to !
murder him unless lie wouId pay him
money or It's equivalent, and refused to |
give him up his clothas until he had con
sented 10 transfere to him n house and lot
which he owned in Sixteenth street, which |
he subsequently, did transfer.
lie further states in his affidavit, that
Mrs. Seymour possesses no such power Of |
clairvoyancc as she professed to have. but
that the business carried on by her hus.
band is the "practice of gross impositions
to entrap the unwary and defraud them"
and that in this instance they have con.
spired together to chcet and defraud hIm
on, OF his property, and have thus sue
cceded in procuring from bin deed of a
house and lot worth at least $4,000 or
$4,000. Upon the arrest of accused, he
was taken before Justice Osborne and
to prison to await examination.