Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-01
BY A VERY COOL, SLICK WOMAN,
Whose Husband was Formerly immigration
Agent for West Virginia.
The PECULIAR EEfANGLEMEKFS
Of Celebrated Lawyer With the Wife Ol
Genera" ]. Il. Dis Debar.

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is not now possessed OF home in the sense
in which that word had application during
the years previous 10 the death of his wife
He Is merely dweller in the temple. He
sits in study surrounded by specimens of
art alleged to have been produced by spirit
hands, and is happy though he is there on
sufferance. The divinity Of the temple is
Editha Lola Dis Dsbars, who rules as ab.
as could any Queen. Truly, it is
marvellous that a mind which made its
preseason shining mark among his fellow
men, and brought to his storehoDse of
worldly goods a million dollars or more
should have been overwhelmed with q SOL
itary idea, and one that would naturally
seem to arouse skepticiem rather than 10
produces blind faith.
THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
The exact status of affairs in the temple
of the spirits is as follows: Luther K.
Marsh is 10 years of age. For half q CEN
tury he has prscticed law in this city, and
he has stood in the front rank of the legal
fraternity. He was for many years tine
senior member Of the firm of Marsh & Wal
lis. Nine years ago Mr.. Wallis died, and q
new firm was formed under the name of
Marsh, Wilson 4 Wallis, the last named
being son of the former Junior partner.
MT. Marsh continued iu the active prac-
tice Of his profession up to two years ago,
when he began to fall off in his reg
ular attention to court and Office
work. A year ago his wife
died, leaving him childless and without q
nearer relative than brothers. SOD, now a
resident OF Western State. From the
date OF his wite's death Mr.. Marsh seemed
to seek contact with spiritualiStie mediums,
and fiually, as the result of manifestations,
he became firm believer in the possession
by human beings of supernatural powers
Itwas lust after his wife's death that he
met the present divinity of his temple,
Nine Editha Lola Dis Debars. The re-
suit is now only too apparent.
A PIrIABLE SPECTACLE.
The old man occupies one room of q
house that is no longer his own, and his
mind is filed with shadows of almost for
gotten ages, in the form of representations
in oil upon canvas Of men and who lived
so long ago that their names sre the only
ties between them and the present. Whether
there in or is lot usri; in the claim Of
Mme. Dis Debars, that through her de-
parted spirits manifest themselves in divers
forms, the spectacle presented at the resi-
derce of Luther T. Marsh is pitiaGle. The
old gentleman, with his heai OF thick
gray hair, closely cropped side whlskerS,
smOOthly-shAyen upper lip and chin, IS a
picture OF benevolence. He is OF about
medium height, inclined to sturdiue7s
rather ttan toward corPulence, and his
manner is gentleness itself. His voice is
kind in its accents, and his mouth, al
though it's lines ore what would be called
weak, wears 8 smile nearly always that
seems to he u guarantee of good nature.
Such is the man who has given his home
away to q woman whose mastery of affairs
ut 166 Madison avenue is complete.
DAUGHTER OF LOLA MONTEZ.
Edith Lola Dis Debar is 80 years old,
very aeshy, possessed of dark hair and
black eyes, q loud voice and most con-
vincing manner. She says that she is the
daughter Of King Ludwig, of Bavaria, and
Lola Montez, bis mistress. Over her past
life there hangs a vail of mystery She
declares that she holds communion with
departed spirits and has convinced Usny
that her assertion is not an idle one. There
are many stOriss etlOat in connection with
her. One is that she was born at New Or
leans of Irish parents, snd that her own
would sound distinctiyely Irish il pro-
nounced. In the residence of Me-. March,
or rather, in the temple of the spirits, her
will and hers only is law. 1t Is not
gentle will, for she Is stern even with the
quiet, gentle old man who sits musing by
the hour in his study, which is the only
part OF the house where he can do as he
likes. The inmates, who are Mr.. Marsh,
General and Mime. Dis Debar, their
two children, and DR.. Morris and his son
Frank seem to live harmoniously enough
together, but their is significance in the
prompt obedience that every one gives to
the Madame's every command.
Madame Diss Debar says OF herself: Il
anl the daughter of Lola Moutez and kiog
Ludwig Of Bavaria, who W 5 comeplled to
abdicafe in favor of Msximilisn on account
of his opposition to the Jesuits. WAS
born at Florence thirty-eight years ago,
and was educated at the Convent Of Notre
Dame in Paris. / came to America In
1871 TO take charge of the American prop
erty of nv mother, the deeds for which l
have iu my possession, and which will
show if it is necessary to prove the truth of
what l say. The property is at Fort Lee
ON the Hudson and in West Virginia.
al WAS married in Paris in 1871 to Paul
de Messant, q cousin of Henri Rcchefort,
and was remarked to him February 5th,
1871, in New York. After he died mar
ried my present husband, General Joseph
II. DisS Debar.
AN OBJECT OF CHARITY.
Nina. Editha Lola Dis Debar figured in
the Jefferson Market Police Court in
August, 1854. With her husband and two
children, at that time and 3 years OF age
she had been living In d
house on Thirteenth street, near
Fifth avenue, and was in peril OF being
turued out OF doors for non-psyment OF her
Isndlsdy's bills, when friend upon whom
sh,, had made favorable impression by
her engaging manners, her entertaining
and alleged manifestations OF
snDeruaturai power appeared, in the person
N Ms. Florence G. Mayo, prOprietress at
that time of the Imperial Hotel at East
street This lady took the en-
tire mis- Debar family into her house, Civ
ING them rooms on the top fioOr, for which
thew were TO pay SIS month.
She finally had rupture with her land
laSy and left with her three paintings for
board, claiming they were worth $3OO.
Mrs. Mayo, when she sold them, only real
lied $50.
Mime. Dis Debar is the wife Of j. H.
Dis Debar, a former resident Of West Viz
ginia, and well-known throughout the
NJ n.a nohar vuaa a6 one time