Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-03
STRANGE REVELATIONS.


A SC. Louis official Of the Radical
school Converted to SpirItu0Iis mis-
Enchanted BIZ a ClaIrvoyant Siren
Squanders His FOrGune-Takes
Three or four Wives-LeaVes for
south .Afnefica. '
[From the ST. Louis Democrat. June26]
VaTIous and exaggerated reports are In
circulation concerning Col. j. III. Blood,
CITY AuditOrsto correct which and inform
the public Of the truth, we give the follow
ing statement OF facts derived from authent-
ic sources:a iis.H ..oi -.-.rs.Ir, "a.
Col. Blood was gallant officer, and COM
manded the Sixth Missouri Infantry In the
late war. Retiring from the army at the
close Of his three years enlistment he
tound many friends to take him by the
hand aud assist him In every way. His
characterwas without reprOach, and he was
elected City Auditor, and also received the
lucrative appointment of President of the
st. Louis Railroad Company, with a salary
of $1,000 a year. He had saved money in
the army, and was regarded as an excellent
business man. He had acquired fortune
of some $4,000, and in time might have be-
come one Of our wealthiest citizens.
But the spell of the enchantress was laid
upon him, and he fell from the path of rec
titude, as falls bright star in the evening,
aud disappears behind the horizon. When
the Spiritualists began to inculcate their
strange and fascinating doctrines in the
city, Colonel Blood early became convert,
and at this time is President of the Society
ofSpiritualists in the city. Lett beunder-
stood that his late erratie conduct was not
the result of the teachings of the Spiritual
philosophy, for that philosophy is founded
on morality and honesty. IL is only the
pretended Spiritualists-th travelling female
"mediums" and doctresses-who practice
immortality, and lead others to the commits
sion of sin the charlatans who humbug the
public. byo pretended manifestations, like
those of Church, Foster and Others. The
true Spiritualist disdains these senseless ex-
hibitions.
Some two years ago, Colonel Blood, in
his intercourse with the Spiritualists, be-
came acquainted with a certain Madam
Holland, who had an Office on Washington
avenue, and advertised that she could effect
wonderful cures of female complaints, by
means of clarvoyance, &c. Colonel BlOod's
wife, an estimable lady, whom be married
in Massachusetts,, was an invlid, and he
took her to this Madam Holland for medi-
cal treatment. Sometime after this visit to
the Witch of Washington avenue, Colonel
BlOod,s friends became uneasy on account
of his frequent visits to the siren, and re-
monstrated with him about his eXtravagant
QifCs of money to her. They represented
that the woman was of bad character,
whose only object was to draw money
from him; but he insisted that she was
good woman, and promised to retrench his
lavish expenditures. He readily admitted
that his conduct, as a husband, was very
wrong, and frequently promised to reform,
but the moment he came into the presence
of the enchantress, he seemed to have no
will Of his own, and yielded to her COM
mands like slave or child. His wife re-
turned from visit to the East last summer,
and hearing of the conduct of her husband,
called ohpMadam Holland to persuade her
to break of her connection with her hus-
band. The shameless waman informed the
virtuous wife that she had claim upon her
husband as his wife, and satisfied her that
she was actually married to him.
Upon making this discovery, Mrs. Blood
refused to live with her husband, and pre-
pared TO take the necessary steps for OBJ
tanning divorce. Her friends dissuaded
her, hoping that matters might be recon-
ciled. They succeeded in inducing the
Madam to leave the city, but not until she
had bankrupted her victim, and blasted the
happiness OF q virtuous wife forever. She
was a very cormorant and continually de-
manded money. She sometimes received
as much as $1,000 at time and was still un-
satisfied. TrGR FE-Ng wa
During these two eventual years, Colonel
BlO0d~ became fascinated with another
blood d-stfcker, a'fraiI woman from Brook
lyn, New York, She received a portion of
his fOrtanea is the pay OF 4 hired prostitute,
although she too claims that she is mar
ried 10 him. ThisuwOman pretends to be
respectabiy connected, and no doubt her
pe0ble arel honest, but for herself she has
no excuse. o. ~ y 'ehl D
0nAeeoupttef these Irregularities Colo
mel Blood lost bis position as President of
the Railroad Company, and his eonfiden-
tiafiffeIids felt It TO be their duty to advise
thoae who were doing business with him to
be on their guard. The clairvoyan5 held
the marriage certificate in terrorem over.
hi head, and the fate Of bigamist stared
him In the face. There was no hope for
hin TO redeem his squandered fortune, for
if he eseaped the Seyila of Brooklyn,
he would be sure TO be wrecked
upon the Charybdis Of Washington
avenues he theref0re concluded that the
only cohtb8 left fOr him was to leave the
country, and start he g anew o,Ias in South sI1
thSf of ieavs II absence for twenty
davs. and on, Mopslay last left the city. He
LEFT hfs resi- gnAtlon IN the hands Of a friend,
10 BE handed ia after certain time. We
ara araesuredt that he took no woman with
him, anduh Madam Holland is with him
now she met him at sQmeother place.
Ia regard, 70 he.debts Of Colonel Blood,
wa are infofmed that bis account as Audi
tor al correct. He left q note for &3, 200,
for which some provision has been made.
Hisaiahta1ipis, thenght, are not large, and
the money he squandered was his own.
The neWsof Colonel Bleod's strange con-
duct created great surprise among those
who knew hifi. Nothing but the f0fatua-
ton dueed BY an attempt tolook into the
seerets Of nature could have so weakened
hIs Intellect as TO make him tall a prey to
the maeuiDaflous Of designing and unprin-
eipIed women. he forgot the holy ties
that 'bpupd him TO- his family, adopted as
hi4 mortor l1 saaJ .qInV ,s9gEJIoI
~, 1alIak Ana Nkkt can the avail nsi
ao7si N ifa a6 anoi6nt ih6s. SAfdanapalaa.,
g Il is not 4, Be intefred tbataIl Spirit
naIIsl3 are Madame Hollands or that all
~ ~ heliove. in the New Church are s0s4
.''rItI-ll. ~ 1of.,cr lad aafrav like Coionel