The New York herald., 1871-03-02
The Last Massachusetts Sensation.
Evil Influences Of a Medium.
Strange Story of Matrimonial In
feicities in High Life.
The Trickery Of Spiritualism. the Terrors
Of Midnight Burglary and the Grand
Panacea Of an American Divorce.
Mrs. Professor Denton i'm a Tight
Spot.

There has been strange and highly entertaining
excitement In this town during the past few days.
and one which promises to provoke far more than
local interest before 1t Is with. Love, matri-
mOny, divorce, splrituallsm, deception, burglary
and robbery are all mixed up in one congomerated
masa and all the parties concerned are not only
prominent In social and public life, but are OF that
class generally reckoned as emnently respectable.
Thus 1t is, perhaps that the affair has become such
mine OF wealth for The scandalmOngers, although
the facts already developed and those anticipated
are Of such spicy and sensational character as to
merit public attention. even II the parties implicated
were less known to fame.
TO BEGIN WITH,
should be stated that there lives In the town OF
Wellesley, few miles from Boston, q man named
Sames W. Harris. II. ls married man, or, rather,
was In June last and two beautiful children are the
result Although not over and aoove opuent, his
fortune figures up total high among the thousands.
His domestic life, 1t appears, has not been very
Dlissful especially during the past year, and the
responsibility for the inlecities varlOusy attrlbu
ted to the two heads OF tine lamly. The inyestlga-
n0ns far, however, show that the wife is the one
who should be the most blamed, and her conduct,
% will be presently seen. Is probably the result
OF an unnatural influence exercised over her by
well known female >pirituast. SO successfully
did she persuade the wife and mother against her
husband that she not only deserted him. but took
with her, it IS alleged, what available funds she
could lay hold of, the sum total being about $4,000
in United States bonds OF $1,000 each. 1t was, in
fact,
THE STOLEN BONDS
which famed into fame the embers OF domestic
difficulty which had been SO long mouldering. on
the morning Of the Sd OF June last Mr. Harris took
the three 1000 bonds and brought them into Boston
to dispose OF. The ruling price being unsatisfactory
he determined to keep them, and accordingly
TOOK them TO his home IN Wellesley that night
ana locked them up in a drawer Of the
secretary putting the key in his pocket.
Upon arising in the morning he found that the
buiKEead leading to his cellar from the outside had
been partially pulled of, and articles OF siverware
were scattered upon the floor OF the hail. as If some
burglar In his hasty flight had dropped them. Upon
further examination 1t was also found that the
bonds were gone, the drawer having been unlocked,
pulled out and LETT upon the noor
ONE OF THE BONDS TRACED.
Mr.. Harris at once notified the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington Of his loss, but heard nothing
from the missing bonds until the 9th Of January
when 1t was reported to him that the bond bearing
the number 81 95S had arrived at the Treasury De-
partment. The owner then traced it back, first to
the Muncie National Bank OF Muncie Ind, and
through the Ocean National Bank, OF New York, Jay
Cooke Co., OF New York, the Connecticut River Ma
tiOna Bank OF Charlestown, N. H. and various other
hands, to the Newton National Bank, of Newton,
Mass, whose President Mr.. J. N. Bacon, bought it
OF Brewster sweet Co., OF Boston. on the 2uth Of
August, the latter firm having that day purchased
II from lady who gave the name OF Anna F. Har-
ris the wife OF the owner
DETECTIVES SUMMONED FROM THE SPIRIT LAND.
Pending the tracing Of the bond, as described
above, Harrls wife urged him TO consult the wife Of
Professor Denton, the well known Splritualist eX-
FOUNDER, expressing her belief tnat through her
agency the robbers could be apprehended Mrs.
Denton was accordingly called upon, but her hus-
band refused to allow her to go into a trance,
saying that she was Ill, and, further that ne
had no confidence in her power to assist In
ferreting out the robbery. Mr.. Harris called
upon her subsequently, she being one Of his near
neigbbors, and as his loss was known and talked all
over town it was about the only subject discussed
Finally the gifted woman cOndescended to exercise
her powers In
SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE ROBBERY,
and having done this she addressed the following
letter 10 Mr.. Harris, who was at the time in Bos-
Ton =
WELLESLEY, Mass, Sept. IS, 1870
Mr. Harris Perm. me to say believe have at last OBJ
sa Of ssss 'i I 4 n SEsFsS
NOT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AROUSED BY cIRcUM-
STANCE.
WELLESLEY, Mass, Sept. p, 1870
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you 'AAA A"'" III 0Os sE8ABEfEP n ~ DENTON
ALL READY FOR THE DETECTIVES AND EVIDENCE.
Again, the same day, she wrote as follows:-
WELLReLEy, Mass, Sept q, 1870
:smoTrsw Il you can would DsIh.p: Wen
Be- @
s e. F. % %
rsEven.s ars developing faster than supposed this
morning
At this point the alleged bond thief jumps the
spiritual detectives and makes tracks for Califor-
MIA, as Is SEEM
Mr. HAnnIsI have just heard that the suspected,
money frsudulenty obtained u thought BY some,
aisposs these Sonas If hs re Us
SHE HOPES TO UNvEIL THE REAL MrsCREANT.
The next suggestions Of the detectives, "beyond
tho grave,n are these:-
Ar HARnsI feel 80 thoroughly that ii you lost
those bonds that night they have the
who In our house that you mus, pardon me il
again call your attention to the matter. NY
point 10 left upguarded by which the villain who
has made this trLube detection last or be
permitted to his plumber without being detected Would
not be well 10 ascertain II possible the direction and
she mode of travel by the spoke 10
yonp And this being done might not the proper authorities
either along his te
telegraph institute such proceedings may be thought
adrisabc have reasons for being Interested ths
which cannot make UP mind To detail At
present can only hope that the thread hold may not
fail and by It that hope real ms
creant For this willing to work, should such
eventually be the result depend upon clear up
points which must yet appear 10 you altogether
mysterious. Very respectfully &C.,
ELIZABETH N. F. DENTON
P.S.-Ca write II anything suggests itself I
shall be very wiling to assist you, II In my power.
EMF. d.
ONE OF THE BONDS TO BE DISPOSED OF BEFORE
LONG.