Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-15

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always speaking to me, and | told her tina
was not right, (Much laughter.) She
said | had another light c~omplexioneC
young gentleman, who was very tall, livcC
some dis auce away, and was very fond O
me. She asked if that was right, and
said l did not know. Laughter.
The Chief constable You mean you
did not know whe her he was passiona ely
fond of you or notl Yes. Renewed
laughter.
Well, what occurred after thst2 ]
asked for the glass ball, and Smith Eaid
"You can look if you like, but you will
not see anything If you do. l will lei
you look, however, If you like"
Did you look2 Yes, but / did not see
anything at all. Laughter. She asked
me to rub 1T again, and l did so, but
could not see anything and L gave il
back to her.
What then occurrsd2 Smith said l had
been very i'll for the past few months,
and l told her that was GO.
having disclosed these "mysteries" to
youl Did you pay her any money! No,
Mrs. Williams paid for both Of US.
Mr.. Cockayne-Had you ever been to
this house before2 No.
How was 1t you came to go on this
particular night2 Was it not as the agent
of the police you went2 No.
Are you cure that before you went you
did not see a police %officer2 Yes.
The bench asked witness If she went to
the house of her own free will, or did
some n prompt her to DO 30; but the
witness did not answer.
Mr.. Cockayne-To put it plainly did
you not go to this house as a spy for the
police to see what these people were aboutl
y, yes, sir.
| You know you went there for the pur-
poses of the police, therefore l presume
you were not deceived at all by anything
that was done there-you knew it was all
humbug2 Yes. Laughter.
Mrs Ann Williams, who accompanied
the last witness to the pri oner's house,
said Dickinson went upstairs with the
prisoner Smith, while she remained with
Lane. The latter asked witness if she
would have her planet ruled. Witness
said she would see about it-perhaps she
would in time. Prisoner said it would
tell her the truth, and it would cost her
Is psnce. When the first witness came
downstairs she went up to the prisoner
Smith, who put the glass globe into her
hands. Witness having looked through it
for some time, and said she found she
could see a figure, and handed it back to
Smith, who then told her that her (wit-
ness) husband was in a very prosperous
way of business, that she had one little
girl who would be taken i'll, and that she
(witness) would soon have another one.
Laughter Witness paid two shillings to
Smith for herself and Dickinson.
MIR. Cockayne-Smith didn't tell you
anything unpleasant which at all upset
your mind2
o, no.
You, In !act, got a very pleasant two
shillings' worth?
o, very. Laughter.
You went TO the house at the iustiga-
ton of the polics-as a sort of lady de-
t~ective2
Yes.
Did you ask to look through the glass
ball.
L said L was not particular whether it
was the ball or the cards. daughter.
Did you cay to Smith, 81 will give you
q s~hilling2" No, | asked what the glass
would be and what the cards would be.
She said the glass would be one shilling
and the cards six pence, and 1 had the
glass.
And you were well satisfied with what
you got2
0 yes; quite.
You knew very we'll when you went
that it was all nonsense2 OF course | did.
And you got a shilling's worth If fun
out of it2
l did. much laughter.
Detective Inspector Atnerton said, in
company with two other %officers, he went
to N. 10 Court street on the previous
night. He Knocked at the door, which
was opened by the prisoner Lane, who,
as soon 80 he saw witness, ran through
the house up stairs into the back room.
| Witness followed hsr and found her with
the prisoner Smith and Mrs. Dickenson.
To the latter witness remarked that he
supposed she was having her fortune told
ana she said che was, but had not finished
yet. Witness told Warren he had a
warrant for his arrest, and one for That of
Smith, and he read.them to the prison-
Sies Lduo nhto ASFSk Loio ioEOubSSs
and Smith remarked, nor have II
have never told one" Witness asked
them to hand to him the glass which they
had used, when Smith SAID: 81 have not
got one, and have mover seen one."
Looking found the room, however,
witness picked up near the fireplace a
black leather hand. bag, in which he
found a smsll.sized solid glass
ball. He said to the prisoners: "You
have O larger one than this one some
where, and you might AZ we'll let me
have it, as it will save me searching the
house." Lane then took e big glass ball
from the pocket of her dress and on
looking underneath the sofa witness
found a canvass bag containing another
of similar size. He said to Lane: "You
have some cards somewhere, and you
might as well let me have them" Lane
thereupon took a very dirty looking pack
from her pocket and handed them over
to witness. He then took the priaoner
to the police station.
Mr.. Cockayne-You did not ask them
to tell your fortune? No. Laughter.
Probably you returned the compliment
and told them what their fortune would
be? 1 did. l told ii en- that they would
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