Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-23

took place at the st. Charles hotel, one
night at twelve o'clock. A jury of four
was selected, judge and prosecutor
were chosen, and an attorney appoint
ed to defend Steen. For three hours
Steen was OH the witness stand and
such an examination! of course he
was found guilty, that was the pro-
gramme. The verdict was guilty of
attempted seduction of a member of
the Sandwich Island Royalty and try
ing to obtain money under false pre-
tences. A motion for. a new trial was
granted and, but for his departure for
San Francisco there would have been
repetition of the farce.
HIS CORRESPONDENCE.
In San Francisco he formed an alli
ance with Miss Clara Simmons for
merly with Haskell and then got bad
ly mixed on matrimonial subjects.
He wrote to friend here under date
of Sept. 25th: TELL my wife to come
to me and we will go East. Please
see if you can'tmake her come to me.n
In his next, dated Oct. Sd, he says:
sI thank God that / have left Los An
geles. l will send you money soon to
pay all my bills. Tell my wife to
come to me. am not q fooling, but
we will be happy yet Give her my
best wishes and tell her | am very
lonesome after her." On October 7th
he writes, "Tell my wife don't want
her to come near me no more, | was
only fooling i'm that other letter. /
don't want her to call me her lovey
any more, / and my dear little Clara
will play Saturday night at Pacific
Hail." On October 10th, he writes,
"My show was failure. Clara is
good girl and think the world of her.
She played her part very good, 1
think we will he in New York inside
of two months. Send me some papers
from the Golden city of Angeles where
my denny blond lives" On the 18th
instant he writes: 81 and Clara have
made very good engagement at the
City Gardens.n His next letter is da
ted Alcatraz, October 18th, and he says:
"You will be surprised if you here
that they got me on the Island and
l guess l will have to put my time in.
Give my best regards to my wife.
You can't imagine how lonesome /
feel after her, and tell her not to for
get her affectionate husband Prof
Charles N. Steen. was going to
play at the Atlantic Gardens Sunday
and will bave to play it out on the
Island guess. When come out If
live, will start very good compa-
ny. Address Mr.. Charles n. Stone, (?)
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Har-
Dor, Cal. p. s. Once more and give
my best respects to my dear wife and
tell her am very lonesome after herr
REQUIEsCAT IN PACE.
SO closes the short but brilliant ca
reer of Prof. Charles N. Steen, the on
ly original mind reader, lightning cal
culator and self-m esmerizer in the
world. 4 deserter from the army, he
conceived the idea that the world was
full of fools; an ignorant, brainless i'd
lot, he gives out that he graduated at
twelve years of age at Kings College,
London, or at nine years of age at
Prague; at times he claims 10 be Bo-
hemian, an Englishman or an Amer
lean, as suits his fancy. His figure test
is q fraud, as he either has q put up
job i'm advance or watches the motion
of the hand. His mind reading is
total failure and self mesmerism he
never attempts. When he has
money he is liberal to a fault, but
when he is penniless the world owes
him living. He has no idea of pro-
priety or morality, but his cowardice
renders him harmless. His careless
habits make him prey to every de-
signing man and woman. He lmag-
ines that he can conquer a woman by
a magnetic glance and he is always
in u blissful state Of spooney love. He
' is destined through life to he the prey
! of misfortune, the football of ill
luck, and his only happiness will be
| in imagining he is in love. Misfor-
tune daunts him not, hope always lur-
ing him on to more blissful future.
He believes he has the power of doing
what he advertises, and wonders that
the world does not acknowledge his
genius. He is Il useless monomaniac;
good for nothing physically, mentally
or morally. In the United States ar
my he is out of place, but in Shaker
village, a monastery or an idiot asy-
lum he might make q useful drone.
We trust he will be released from SER
vice in the army, on account of insan-
ity, idiOcy or general worthlessness.
"His dear wife, is the better man of
the two and intends'tO get divorce
at an early date.