Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-03
TIE NEW YORK SENSATION
MISS Dlss DE BAR, ALLEGED pAuGH-
TER OF LOLA MoNTEz.

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lei Webster. Duped by che Adventures
His Defense Lecture on Spirit Pictures.
With Manifestations.
New YORK, April 2.-Luther r. Marsh,
the eminent lawyer who believes that
Miss Diss De Bar produces pictures from
the spirit land, lectured on that subject
last night ut Chickering hall. The large
audience, though drawn by curiosity,
were in the main respectable and orderly.
Mr.. Marsh, a man of very intellectual ap
pearance, began his remarks by saying.
IF what ] have to tell you is a fraud and
q fiction, it will speedily come to naught.
If it is truth, 1t will prevail, no matter
what Is said against it. 1t is a matter on
which every man must judge for HIM
self, and be accountable for his con.
scjence.p
This sensible statement, so different
from what had evidently been expected,
was received with applause. Mr.. Marsh
went on to say that many dangers beset
the man who his belief in
splr1tualism. First is the danger that
atterdeath his will may be set aside on the
5PSNAN btSiltd ullSUulluDcSS auU1IGr
lie had provided against this contingency
by distributing his possessions before
leaving this earth. This statement
caused a sensation, as Mr.. Marsh is a
millionaire, and has no near relatives
The lecturer went on to say another risk
was that he be declared insane. Men
might hold almost any vagary except
splr1tual1sm, without risk of being called
insane. Now, for himself, he doubted
The sanity of those who refused t o believe
any thing except what they knew.
Laughter and applause Men really
know nothing. What does a man know
u the wonderful operations Of nature,
except that he has observed them? He
does mo- know their cause, nor all of
their manifestations. He is constant,
ly discovering the truth of
things which he before disbelieyed
In, and knew nothing of. These pictures
are facts. They are therefore proof Of
the truth of what they purport to repre-
sent, unless evidence to the contrary is
produced. He was willing to let the
FACTS prove or disprove his sanity. AS
for her {the speaker referred to Miss De
Bar by the emphasized pronoun much as
o person would allude to q deity, as for
her, the facts alleged Of her by the vera
cloas press are so conflicting as to them
selves indicate her as a supernatural
peing. lLaughter,] She had at least
three birth-places and eleven moth
ers. [Renewed laughter.l Seriously.
the question is, are the pictures truthful
manifestations? He made no claim as
to them. He merely told what he knew
OF them, that they appeared to him as
spiritually produced instantaneously, ap-
parently supernaturally; that is, by pro
eesses heretofore unknown to human.
power. anyone explain it? Gould
anyone prove fraIdR The speaker could
not. He would now exhibit the pictures.
gas was turned down, and the first
picture shown On the screen was n rem
resentation of Christ at the age of twelve,
according to the title. The next was aSt'
Augustine" debating to q stenographer.
as Mr.. Marsh explained.
Then followed the prophets ST. Peter.
St. James, st. Luke, Elijah, David; Popo
Leo, Ceser, Mr.. Marsh's father. Misa
Nelson, Raphael, Mrs. Marsh. Lola
Montez Miss Debar's alleged mother).
and others.
Mf. Marsh was interrupted in the
midst OF his picture-showing by cries for
The medium, and when some one turned
up the light the picture faded from the
view OF the audience, and the cries for
Miss Debar increased. Mr.. Marsh finally
went behind the scene and reappeared
shortly afterward, leading the medium
by p hand, and introduced her to she
audience, with the remark that eff she is
a fraud, she's a big one.', To a question
from the audience, Mrs: Debar said that
II her questioners would demonstrate to
her The chemical process by which the
l rose is tinted. Sfqa wonldN chou, ba, 49,
She entered into a TRADE against the
newspaper men, calling them menials Of
the press and q number of other names.
Her speech grew SO bitter against one re.
porter present that he called her a liar.
SO much confusion followed that Mr..
Marsh declared the meeting at an end,
anu invited the audience to come up on the
stag ana xamine the spirit pictures.
Som Wy so, and found the paintings to
be common, everyday canVasers, but the
great majority Of the spectators went
away laughing, satisfied they had got
their moneys worth II of the show.