Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-12
[A Bogus Sgili!tuaigt.
MIME. DISS DEBAR IN THE NEW
 YORK TONES.

 ters She was not alone, however, for while the madame occupied a lounge in Inspector ByrneS' room, on the main floor of the mar ble palace, her husband, Gen. Joseph H. Diss Debar, occupied one of the famous alder manic cells in the basement, and adjoining his cell were those of Benjamin Lawrence and his son, Frank Lawrence, all of whom were captives of Inspector Byrnes.
 Madam appeared to be very indignant, as was also the general. although the latter did not give expression to his feelings as freely as did the madam. The quartet then left the house, and taking 8 Fourth avenue car at Thirty third street, rode down to Bleecker street and thence entered headquarters by way of the Mott street door. About the same time Detective Sergeants Creed, Rodgers, and Hurd, armed with the other warrants, went to No. 39 West Twenty-seventh street, where they arrested the Lawrences. Both of them happened to be at home and neither of them made any protest when asked to accom- ,pany the officers to police headquarters. The quartet of swindlers, or prisoners, soon after ward met in the inspectors private room, but they had little nothing to say with reference to their arrest.
 There was some little squabbling between husband and wife as to making state ment for publication, when the madam faced about and, batting the general on the shoulder, affectionately said:
 "Papa, you have no right to be here at all. l am the one that should answer all questions"
 In answer to a question, she repudiated the assertion that MT. Salamon who made an affidavit against her, was her brother; but to the inspector she had previously stated that Salamon was her brother, but because of his evil deeds and the disgrace he had brought upon the family, she had decided to disown him.
 Hardly quarter of an hour had elapsed after the entry of the spiritualistic frauds when Lawyer Marsh, their victim, made his appearance at headquarters and asked to have an immediate interview with Inspector Byrnes. All he wanted to say, however, was that he desired to go bail for the prisoners. The inspector told him that he could not take bail in the cases, as the crime for which they are held was of such nature that it would necessitate the presence of a magistrate Mir. Marsh appeared to be very uneasy and anxious to see his "friends' liberated, and asked where he could find such magistrate The inspector gave him the address of Justice Kilbreth, who had issued the warrants, but at a late hour last night neither judge nor bondsman had put in an appearance, and the prisoners meanwhile languished in their respective quarters, which doubtless were not so comfortable as those they had recently occupied.
 The arrest of the unsavory Diss Debar gang the result of the consultations among Lawyer Marsh's friends that have been going on ever since the discovery was made that the aged lawyer had fallen into their clutches It was felt that in the case of such a man as he, with no family of his own or near rela- tives to guard him, his friends should take the matter into their own hands and punish tho vr1lorar a6v yUbf, cxvin61iY,o him. A curious evidence of how completely MT. Marsh has fallen under the malign inf1u- ence of Mme Diss Debar is the fact that since last fall he has been steadily separating himself from the friends of life time and largely conining his friendship ! and intercourse to the malodorous ad- | vocates of Spiritualism. His many l friends have seen him thus drift l away from the safe anchorage of reputable acquaintance, but were powerless to strike a 1 decisive blow in his behalf until they were l placed in possession of the necessary instru- | ments in the form of proof of the swindline remembered that MT. James w. Randolph
 who for brief period occupied the position l of Mme Diss Debar's manager" intended
 to take herself, her pictures and her "troupe' | out on the road. From the action of yester
 day it is apparent that MT. Marsh's friends
 were not slow to see the importance of thi
 evidence, for it is mainly upon MT. Ran
 dolph's affidavit that the order for the arrests
 was granted.
 In his affidavit MT. Randolph says: 1 "On April had another conference witt
 Mme Diss Debar. Greeting me, she re 1 marked:
 ''Now you are my manager and confiden
 tial man. How do you like the looks of m,
 hornep
 ''It's fine establishment" I said. "Yo,
 are a clever woman to work a man as smar
 as Mt. Marsh for so big a prize.'
 s'It flattered her and she laughed. sOhl
 can give yos fellows with sawdust on you feet pointer on working such snaps. Befor the end of April I'll have $150, 900 more, an you are in with it.
 II asked: Do you mean to say that am } with all you work out of Marsha? 5 'sShe replied: If you will work with m Z and as I want you to- I'll divide the boodl'
 Do you understand me?
 ''I told her Professor Hermann's challeng
 and showed her draft of the open letter { Y Hermann as published in the papers, and sai
 to her: This is only bluff. We will gi,
 New York a grand rip up the back and slzI
 She then replied: That's it. You are dais g Make any bluff you please, only get mone 7 out of it. am in your hands. Do as v please with me, put LOOK out TOT Marsh l believes it is all genuine, and must be workt - gently. He is pretty fly, and we cant affol q to make any mistakes where he is concerne t besides he is our star.'
 ;, ssI asked her, How do you do the pictur, s She replied, Well, don't do it for anybod You know you could take picture fro }, some peoples hands and put a red hot sto 1T in it and they would not thaw the charg e But how did you work the big pictureP s IS replied: I set in his room one time and r. feil asleep in his chair while talking to me.
 got the picture that was just finished and g
 it set in place of the black frame. TheI
 sat down and pretended to be asleep. Ge 9t Diss Debar came and knocked at the doe 'e which awakened Marsh I also started k and fell back in trance and pointed iowa.
 where the picture stood. MT. Marsh wake
 and being one half asleep declared he saw a picture coming. Itwas a very complete jo d i asked: 'Aint you afraid he will tumble " to himselfp
 & Another affidavit is furnished by Mn 5 Debars own brother, MT. c. T. Salamon,
 No. 126 West Thirty-6fth street, and doi
 real estate business at 1.2SO Broadway. is recounts her life history, identifying her
 Ann ODelia SalaInon, a native of Kentucl
 and corroborates in every particular the ',
 Qyds of her swindling careek.
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