New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-08
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local INTELLIGENCE.


Sc FOR OR OF THE DARK AeEs.-The
wing singular statement was given as
mony in civil court last winter, and
e case fell through there it was taken to
Fourth District Recorders Court, where
now pending. We are of the belief that
half has not yet been divulged, but this
k1ficient for the present. When the
or has finished, he will lament with us
the fool killer either has not been this
for a long time, or has lost much Of his
Int acuteness;
ederika Kern, formerly Widow Rub,
wife of Charles Klar, residing on
tth street, in the Fourth District, city
ew Orleans, who, being duly sworn,
ssed and said that one Frances Willis,
-, about the year 1862, obtained the
dence Of deponent by her artfully rep
Hing herself as a pious woman, in
n converse with the Holy Ghost, and as
ling the path to eternal salvation and
.eayen; that deponent sometime after
confding in said Frances Willis,
hased in the cemetery No. !, on
bipgton street, and contracted at the
a time with the then sexton, Simpson,
sect family tomb thereon for deponent,
fein afterward she caused TO be de-
Ia the remains of John Rub, her de-
IA husband, of Peter Rub, her son, and
= of the deceased children of her
hitter, wife of DR.. Kathman; that I'M
payment deponen1 gave said sexton
LII which she owned in said cemeten3
whence she removed the remains
TO the new tomb; she further PAD
effecting the contract to the sextpn,
|son, $500 in cash, with the bargAin
at the completion of the tomb the
ce of $500 should be paid. Theprice
"a two lots (Nos. 267 and 26s), with the
4 erected thereon, amounted t0f 5000.
lhe vault given in payment was valued
d. That when said balance became
5our petitioner wss very sick, and fully
Ling confidence in the integrity of the
IL mentioned Frances Willis and in
b eidinger, sister Of deponent, now de-
Il, she intrusted to said parties the sum
bO to be paid to Simpson, the sexton
aid, to extinguish the debt incurred
be purchase Of the lots aforesaid and
e tomb thereon.
/ shortly after the said Frances Willis,
II that time had full control over de
Its mind, seriously informed deponent
u was the will Of the Divine Spirit that
mains of a deceased husband of said
should be deposited in the tomb
asaid, and thus obtained depOnent's
4 at the death of Peter Rub, depo-
son, which occurred November 8,
the said Frances Willis by her art per-
a deponent that the Divine Spirit
landed her to hand over to her a gold
"a of the estate of said deceased, to be
Young son of said Willis, who she said
lestined to become q great prophet,
bus said Frances Willis obtained said
& in July, 1866, Mrs. Leidinger, on her
bed, knowing that she was about to
B atone for her sins, openly confessed
Frances Willis and herself had COM
h gross frauds on deponent in regard
me property whereon deponent re-
and about the lots and tomb afore-
md commanded and eXhorted her de-
|aaLts not to attempt to take any ad.
BE Of the fraud, or to claim any
fship in the lots and tomb aforesaid,
have the title corrected.
Ia in May, 1868, deponent with her hus-
examined the Hitchcock of Cemetery
of Washington street and found that
It's and tomb aforesaid stand in the
of Frances Willis and Mrs. Leidinger
hers, and that by the fraud of said
hees Willis and the penitent deceased
niger, and that said Frances Willis per.
3 a her fraud to the prejudice of de
who therefore charges said Frances
l7 with embezZlement and with obtain
Foperty under false pretenses, and
d being accessory to the embezzlement
baud confessed by the penitent Mrs.
ger aforesaid.
asserted that much other property,
Ptate, was obtained through the same
Accused is queer looking body,
she can not call spirits from the Vastly
can do some strange financiering.