Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-02
sPIKlTUA11sM AND DIVORCE.
The Terrible Trlbulations of Man Who
Married Medium.

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CHICAGO, May 0.--Spritualism played
a prominent part in divorce suit heard
in Judge Shepard's court to-day. The
complainant was Mrs. Elizabeth S. Paul,
| better known as one of the Bangs sisters,
who are spiritualists. She sat beside her
counsel, while her husband, John Paul,
gave his testimony. Although she is a
medium and claims to be on intimate
terms with the spirits of the other
world, her $50 pounds avoirdupois
does not suggest spirituality. She
has handsome features aud her beauty Is
OF that style, nOtYery common, of blonde
with dark brown eyes. Her sister. formerly
Mary Bangs, now Mrs. GauZemap, sat in
the rear of the court room with her
mother. She is also a woman OF attac-
tive appearance and of the same style of
beauty as her sister. Mrs Bangs, who
ligures prominently in the spiriuualstic
seances on the west side, listened intent
ly To the evidence, much of which related
more or less to herself in her character as
mOther-n-law.
TOO MUCH sPIRITUALISM.
Mr. Paul said he married Elizabeth
Bangs in June. 1880, at Dewitt. Ia, aud
short time after the marriage came with
her To board at the house Of her mother.
Mrs. Bangs. at 22K Walnut street. lie
boarded there until september, 1888
"What caused you 10 leave THEREOF
asked his counsel.
"Weli," said the witness, 'Ihey were
both having seances, but [ didn't mind
that much. One night they were having
seance unGer the direction OF Mrs.
Dew off and Mrs. GauZeman. that's Mary
there, was on the outside of the circle.
There were two men present, and one of
them tapped the other on the back and
then asked Mary who it was that was
dong the patting. It's the spirit OF Red
Jacket she replied. That Disguised me.
and told them it was fraud, and that /
wouldn't cOuntenance such games any
longer" The witness then stated that he
went to housekeeping with his wife at the
corner of Lake and Paulina streets, and
Mrs. Bangs frequently came down and
held seances there. He denied that he
ever swOre at his wife, threw chairs at her
Or failed to provide for her wants.
HE HAD TO MIND THE BABIES.
"The trouble was" he said, ''that she
was always running to seances at her
mother house, and got tired Of staying
at home nights minding the babies"
On cross-eXamination he said he had
boarded with the Bangses for four years
previous to his marriage. In 1878 he went
'OuJ on Jne fOaUN as manager LOT LIZZIE
and Mary, who gave exhibitions OF their
gifts of second sight and their power over
spirits. He denied that he ever gave
orders on the cashier Of the post office to
money lenders, thus spending his salary
IN advance, and the next minute was con-
trOnted by his wife's attorney with a
handful of such orders, which were put
in evidence.
HE GAMBLED OCCASIONALLY.
''Did you ever gamble?' asked the at
tOTney.
81 occasionally bought thousand
bushels of wheat, if you call that gam
bling, and sometimes 1 got pnched."
"Did you ever gamble in a gambling
house"
"a few times; once won $25 and gave
my wife share of it; few nights after
that she gave me a dollar and told me to
90 down town and try my luck. lost the
dollar"
The court took the case under advise
ment.