New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-28
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MICHAEL PHELAN IN TowN.-The great bliliafd
player Of New York, who is the acknowledged
champion Of the United States, and who has thou
sands to bet that he s the billiard champion Of the
world has arrived in this city Such an arrival, as
might have been expected, created quite str
among the mutitudes who play at the game OF
billiards in this city, Mr.. Phelan is here SIMPLY %
look after his business interests as manufacturer
of and dealer in billiard tables and the other para
phernalia Of the game. AS matter Of courtesy,
however, to crafty the curiosity of the eroWds
who cannot avoid being attracted by his name ana
fame, he is not 10th to take off his coat ana ron
up his sleeyesn for friendly bout with the crack
shots abouttown. Yesterday afternoon be played q
game Of 300 points, with Mr. Isadore, at Mer's sa-
loon on Gravier street. the latter being accounted
the best player in the city, and, at the particular
game knownas the French three ball carom game,
the best in this country. An intensely Interested
crowd witnessed the game, which resulted in Phe-
Ian beating Isadore 1879 points out of the 500. fs
rumored that Phelan will play again this afternoon,
at the Louisiana Hotel. All billiard-dom hereabout
il in high commotion.
HEAVY CosFIDENcE GAMEs,--A Heauy FaN upon
The SpiTit,tolists.It turns out that Dr.. Redmond,
who has lately been creating such q stir among the
more credulous of our spirituaistic population,
is no more than arrant knaye and cheat one Of the
most artful and successful that ever visited or
feeeed this community.
For some time past Dr.. Redmond has occupied
furnished apartments in house on Dauphine
street, where he has daily given sittings to the
credulous at the small price Of five dollars for each
sitting Of half an hour. He has produced the rap
pings, and other phenomena of spiritualism, to
credulous ladies and gentlemen of all grades of
society, and, by an art which is not yet explained,
succeeded in imposing upon all the belief that
through him they were receiving messages from
loved ones gone to the unknown world. He drove
his business day and night for in addition to his
office business in the day time he has atnight visit
ed families at their residences and collected from
each at the rate Of twenty-five dollars for each
hours sitting.
These facts are too well known to large mum
bers Of those who have believed, blindIy, or half
blindly, in the spiritualistic faith That the phe
nomena and messages which Dr. Redmond pro
duced and successfully attributed to the agency Of
disembodied spirits, were mere tricks of natural
art, susceptible to any one upon explanation, ap-
pears to have been demonstrated within the last
few days by the arrival from the North of DR..
Bly, who, upon arriving, called upon the Chief of
Police to denounce Redmond as swindler, and
took an office on Dauphine street opposite to that
OF Redmond, in order to be on hand to explain to
the victims Of the latter how nicely they had been
duped and swindled by him. Dr. Redmond & very
sudden disappearance from Tie city on Saturday
was another circumstance which placed him in d
very bad light with his creduous friends and pa-
irons. He was SO crowded with business, that he
had on his books engagements for sittings days
ahead, which sittings would have netted him many
hundreds Of dollars more Manv days. his ante-
room was crowded with peope awaiting sttinrs
and messages from departed spirits, with all The
faith of the people waiting at the postoffiee far
letters.
1t seems that a Unknown citizen of this eitv
an old spirtuast, detected Redmond ID his tricks
before Bly, arrived with his exposures. and com.
PEELED him TO refund 500 which he had paid I'd him
under the influence of his curiosity. Redmond
escaped from the city Just as the special nol;ce
were preparing to honor him with visit.
If Redmond's pretended spiritualstie mower
astonished his dupes. Dr. Blys explanations Of the
rascals tricks have been still more astonishing to
the dupes who have since called upon him for j
solution Of the mystery, mystery arising from
mechanical means 50 simple that the simplicity is
the source of astonishment.
DR.. Bly, charges for his explanations: pronosea
to deliver lectures upon the humbnaeerias which
have become attached to spiritualsm. and attars
to instruct anybody how to become medium
fully as astonishing as DR.. Redmond.
Ta,,;s;aoo pl,,,to,. Rod,,, Gil M,
Police has lust received from ,vealtb :.
iyne near Minden IN tbis stata ssi.sl.
of his having been swindied mt If nea,1,, ssnaa
cash nv an ELEGANT sbarner Win soIa IL; - !, =
checks to that amount. .NAee
The circumstances were these rbo ,,,aa.a.
stopped at Montgomery, Ala several weats -
being ON his way home from tbe North M, -,
there he became acanainted With r..n 1.,ss =,
passed himself off no mercbant of ts -.
talked so elib1y abont cottnn neeroas and -,
business as to insinnate himself entra,, !; r.
fdence, Finding that the nlanter hoa - -
quantity of gold and other cash with hin, H.
tended merchant gave him some fr;ana,.
about the danger Of travelling with love-
money. He said he had dscoveraa ~ aaa 80 - "
his cost having been robbed several timss ~
steampoats; IN consequence Of which he had
aaoplea II as rule never to travel with more than
inohey enough 70 pay travelling expenses. Draw
ihs loisn poche.-pook ana displaying lot of
ehecks' otais, etc, ne said mat he, too had oeca
sao1l ~ remove considerable quantity Of money
.'ouen' pul hao aoopteo me safe course by invest
ing u n eaecks on the New Orleans banks; the
payment OF when checks, if stolen, could he