New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-14
THE DIss DEBAR COUNCIL.
MADAME TELLS WHO ADVISED HER
TEN WORTHY AScIESTs CAME TO THE ToMBs WITH
A MESSAGE ZOE HEg. SHE SAYS.


MESSAGE FOR HER, SHE SAYS
The testimony given at the Diss Debar case
yesterday was of character seldom heard In
courtroom. and was listened TO with intense
interest by the largest crowd Of spectators yes
present at the proceedings II was impossible for
latc-comers TO get into the room. Women formed
o largo proportion of the audience-neariy all
of them young, good looking and fashionaDy
dressed Madame Diss Debar was cross-examined
by Assistant District-Attorney Davis, and gave the
following remarkable information about the re-
transfer of Mr. Marsh's property
Odd you act OF your voliton In writing tho
letter Offering 10 return the property A-No.
acted solely under the direction Of Che Council Of Ton
I would not dare to disobev them.
o-who are this Council OF Tent AT is composed
Of aneIents.
o-Name them please. A.-Pelopidas, Epaminondas
Cicero Homer. Pyhagoras. sophoces-no' Socrates IN
stead Of Observation-Disclosures. Perices, Plato ana
Aristotle-al gentlemen of eninence Uaughter)
The witness might have added that she was
simply repeating the names of the ten supposed
portraits which she produced for Mr.. Marsh in
two medallion groups.
o-How did they communicate with youf A.-clair-
sudently
o-whas language did they speak M Al heard 10
In English
o-Did it como from than onei Al
think the motion seconded by all. (Laughter.)
Own you tell who made the motioni A-socra-
tes who had perfect contempt wealth any kind
Q-Do you know what position in the Council CT Ten
Socrates held A-Foremost. The claraudient message
from him. The rest. speaking In even chorus
said Do it Immediately"
o-You said something about the others secondng
the motiOn7 Ayes, 1 that seriously
Odd you hear them second til Alt must hays
been seconded. heard them consulting over It.
o:-Did they consult in language you understood
A.-No, sir.
o-How do You know. then, that they were consulting
about this subectl A-Because they advised MY doing
it and 1 did.
Dwell, It is q simple Inferencei Al. could not
be an inference when they said DO It." and did It,
heard them say after what By calryoyans
vision to be consultation .
Q.-How were they arranged7 A-They were rroupes
o.-Round tablet A.-No. sir; standing
Q.-Upon what were they staDdng9 Al cannot tell
YOU 1t seemed from my clarvoyant sight that they werc
standing upon air.
Q:-Whereabouts was itf Ain Cell o1 Of tha
Tombs
o-Then you mean to say that all those eminen. an
cicnts headed By Socrates there to the Tombs
consulted with you about property and advised you
to write this letterf Al have stated
o.-How long did they stay therei A-An Instant
Of time.
The two bright young Assistant DistrictAt-
torneys, Messrs. Davis and Dos Passos are really
to be congratulated on the manner in which they
| built up beautiful collateral case out of the
mouth Of the Madame herself. They proved from
letters written by her to the relatives she dis
| owns in which she begs for money until she shall
| have got q settlement and divorce from her
husband" that she obtained pecuniary help from
| George Salomon and others on false pretences
| When corncred about the husband" she admitted
| that he had had existence. She was 10th to
| say that she had lied, but she euphemized this
ugly truth by saying that the husband was a
mythical parsonage
Mr.. Davis-one OF the Council Of Teni Qaughter) :
| Judge Gildersleeve told the medium before she
| left the stand that il she wished to produce q
picture TO the jury and so establish her claims
beyond dispute she would have an opportunity
Of doing So Astounding tales about Madame's won
derful acts were related by David W. Craig, q
Boston safe merchant Charles L. Ames, friend
of his John l.. OSullivan, who produced some
Of her slate writing, a piece of evidence that re-
bounded to her and his confusion when Mr.. Dos
Passos pointed out that it in the same hand
as st. Peters message TO Mr. Marsh, Ezekiel G.
Leonard. of Edgewater who paid 50 for picture,
and Matthew T. May, healer by laying on
of hands. Maria O'Hagan, of No. 1,252 Broad
way, gave some testimony in regard TO the charac-
ter of Mrs. Sandsbury, the actress whom Madame
Diss Debar wanted TO be the materlallzed spirit
in her cabinet seances.