The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-03
HOW WDR.FLINTW WASCAUGHT
AMUsING DEVELOPMENTs ATTEND
ING THE DIVORCE SUIT.
modus Operandi Of Answering Upseaied
Letters-Miss Crosiey's Dev9non-A Let
ter tho Cause Of tho Doctors Troubles.

modus Operandi Of Answering Upsesied
I,etters-NIiss Crosiey's Devotion-A Lot
ter tho Cause Of tho Doctors Troubles.
For several months past eight and ten
detectives have been after Dr. Rufus Wagner
Flint, but he led them a wild chase. He was In
Jersey, In Philadelphia, Chicago, and all over,
but they could not catch him. Finally, one
one oflcer thought Of a new plan. Ho wrote the
Doctor from the windsor Hotel, saying he wish
ed to see him on business OF much Importance,
an asking him to call at the hotel between the
hours OF 10 and 4. To this the Doctor replied
that he could not call, as those we're his once
hours, but " the gentleman would visit bis ofiice
he would sec him. The oflcer called and secured
his man. Immediately there was a great outcry.
Mr.. Wagner, who lives In the house, cursed the
offcer heartily. and Miss Fannie Crosby, who
figures quite promincntlv II the trouble ,;s, wa,
much excited, and as the officer took Dr. Flint
away, she kissed him warmly
The Doctor professed TO be able. by the aid OF
ing them. His wife, Mrs. Helen Maria Flint,
who Ia suing him for alrnony says that Tor
long time she believed tne D9ct1r nopest @ N @ n,s
postor, she has no objections to having bis
tricks publicly exposed. wnen answering bis
numerous letters the Doctor always locked h,m-
self in a private room, and could not be dis
turbed. In this room be had little Iron brack-
ct with a pair OF clamps, which could be fasten-
ed 70 a gas pipe. and which sustained. imme-
dtately over the burner small open iron plat
form. On this he placed q little tin tea kettle,
and when the water boiled II Is claimed he
opened the letters by holding them over the es.
Gaping steam. Hayine possessed himself OF
their contents, and written the answers, he
carefully scaled them up again.
be olowinR letter from Miss Fannie Crosby,
81 D fs whSn cam; ,Ss osse ~
their separation. II is neatly written on several
little sheets Of pink paper, not uch larger than
40 ordinary visiting card, tied together with .
bit of white ribbon.
PsSs o. vdS :. SSs SUCH s
han ever aspuh hsS have an ssdSs in no sSOss
sss dT %s. ad .sS
sryer s, % sS., nSSsst ssrS OF in the
iSisnd.aip. which priss more ssSI, than even
s:s. :sl9s as sRs rs
H.I'' mem, trace ss0 Kind. % noos End loving n.sursl
ssr rO h.S. been Ss ssSs best sn go
nor cannot believe that one In: whom behold spsa
esp.Ois Of untndness n .ny %annei. and s@ coma.
81 rooa .na sh .a s p
me..e. ana thrills the depths Of my being
spy feast Now, my dear, may !Ss sls.s ,P,r,. from
may see you .oon and the vsfs of asweet tls, eid
Miss Fanny Crosby is described as a smail,
DARK com plexioned woman, rather attractive,
and forty years Of age.
The Doctor was q very metbodtcal man, and
kept copies OF a large number OF letters he was
supposed to have answered without seeing
them. Quite q number OF original letters were
found among bis papers, and three memoran-
dun hooks nlled With copies OF Others made In
bis own hand writing.
The following Ia from Frank z. Howe:
.S.r eaa dsn ySS you sS yss
.o%sscs Of sssi serr ser
vice 70 me. and Is he good medium or friend
FAM Z. HOWL
Mrs. Flint has also In her possession . pumb bsr
OF very queer drawings. She Gays the Doctor
and Jeremiah Quincy spent many evenings to-
gether, she being frequently with them making
up these plans, the Doctor claiming to be con-
trolied bv the spirit Of DsGuerfe. Tbev proposed
going to Europe tosether, Mr.. Quincy SUI plying
the funds: but for some reason the plan was
never carried out.
One picture or plan looks wonderfully like Q
wild camera flyns through the air, with strings
| streaming behind IL; the sun Is in one corner
and the earth in another-very like the picture
OF the old woman who straddled q broom and
few to the moon.
Another has something resembling two In
vered tunnels, with all sorts OF queer thines
with two pipes, one leading TO bag
OF oxygen gas. another to n bag OF hydro
gen. ana 1t resembles nothing so much as the
grotesuue maps Senator Bob Hart used to dis
| play at Bryants Minstie when delivering his
| burleeque lecture on astronomy.
DR.. Fhnt has as his companion In Ludlow
street Jail tho notorious Louis chleelnRer. wh o
gained no lttle notoriety dc a healing medium.
| In the every day world they were fast. partiou-
| lar friends, and In Jail they are not divided.