New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-20
e HIS FAITH WEAKENINGa
SIGNIFICANT REMARK BY Nh. MARSH,
nrvrns TO MRS pIss DEBAR AS THAT
IL rnyA ys--THIRTY.NINE PICTURES TAKEN
FROM HIS HOUSE TO PoLlcE HEAD
oTARTERS

FROM HIS HOUSE TO POLICE HKAD-
QUARTERS
v.same piss Debar took to her bed at noon yes'er-
- ,r the rornbs The natron said she was suffer
ting from fatigue, and that inc strain anu
ne court proceedings had been too much for her
- -arose was probably somewhat disturbed by the
nv which some reporters kindly brought to her In
~ evening One of the matrons Carried to her this
ysrbsl message from them:
An your pictures at No. 16e Madson-ave. have
Ian seized, and are at Police Headquarters
nrt Madame Dlss Debar has a tremendous stock
"a nerves to draw upon. "Tell the genticmen,'
IA she - that the pictures were removed by my
.-o.rs and that 1 am perfectly delighted with the
,-ov IN which matters going on y
n looks as IL the Gagged medium has become SO
..n,ess that she has hung to the winds any scanty
-ra for truth that she may have had, and that she
80, depends entirely upon her inventiveness IL
- q. interviewed" on the way to Sing Sing she
oil, probably say; am going into the country for
.h.rce Of air I am delighted at the prospect Of q
vacstioni'
pEsPouLING THE TEMPLE OF TRUTH.
The Door Temple of the Spirits was spoiled by q
hand of Inspector Byrness art critics. under the
,..a,rship OF the Inspector himself Their action
,d nothing whatever TO do with the conspiracy case
,rn,ch win bring Madame Diss Debar and her asso-
states into court to-day again. but was taken in con-
osctson with the complaints of grand larceny made
.valnst the fat, fair Anna by David Valkenburg,
he administrator Of the estate of Samuel Loewenherz
A search warrant was given by Justice kllbreth 10
inspector Byrnes, and he, with Detectives Heidel-
berg Sheldon, Dolan and Adams and Mr.. Vakenourg
went up 70 the house shortly after noon to secure
the paintings, which Madame Diss Debar is said 70
have appropriated from Mr. Loewenherz. Inspector
Byrnes told Tribune reporter that Mr.. MARSH
received the party kindly, saying
81 an glad that you gentlemen have come 70 tako
these pictures out Of this house. Take them ana any
thing else here belonging to that woman" ITO aiso
offered 70 send for van but the Inspector hao IL
ready provided one Mr.. Valkenburg pointed oue
thirty-nine pictures the property of his cousin
estate. These were all taken They Included tho
big claudIuss that Mr. Marsh regarded as the gem
of his spritist collection The frame Of IL belongs 10
him and the picture therefore detached from the
frame As all the other alleged "spooR pictures
are owned by Mr.. Marsh, they were not seized Ihe
paintings put in the museum at headquarters 10
await the orders of the court They include several
fowl and Ash pieces, Rembrandts "CrcumcislI'
Esther Ahasuerus" and other valuable works
his FAITH SUPPOSED TO BE OOzlNG
Inspector Byrnes thinks that Mr. Marsh's faith IN
Madame Diss Dollar is fast fading away. his words
20 the Inspector certainly to indicate that
Tribune reporter who called at his house last Might
however, was unable to see HIM
Messrs. Howe 6 HumInel have in their possession
an important letter from General Diss Debar to his
wlfe's sister Augusta Solomon. 1t is dated Onset
Plymouth County, Mass, February 20 1885," ana Is
,ddrassad IN = Miss Augusta A. Solomon, principal
Public school 2004 or thereabout Baxter-ave Louis
vtue Kentucky 1t is a begging letter. Inc Dss
rsbars apparently send their relatives and friends no
isftes but begging letters 1t is so ELUSIVE and SO
Imlar in and IN phraseoogy TO those written ny
Ms DiSs DebsT to her brother George e. T. Salomo1s
h 70 suggest that all the letters IN the case have com
mon authorship 1t begins My dearest sister, teLs
how Anna had been swindled by woman m a,I,
cruffy thar she7 who persuaded the gulleless prl-
ce9s to 20 on a lectunng tour with her; and who ap
non-sfS ali the money sent by Dss Debar to pay her
board In Kansas City, when she was laid UP from inc
sflocts of a carriage accident -
so5 10 be repaid on the LIST Of May, and adds
should you prefer work Of mine In place OF The
cash on the first Of May, will paint an artistic pol-
trait In OIL from any photograph you may send /
have lad some success that line for two summers
past -, A., ,,,o
believe that she and h1r husband are entirely ignor
mt OF portrait painting.