National Republican., 1888-04-05


TmE ease. Of Nine. Diss Dcbarr an Mr.
Luther Il. Marsh. of Scw YORK, Is onr Of the
.trungcSt Of all the strange eases uf fraud AM
iuratuatinn connected with what Is Cbt-
,cnl,ntly and cunprehcnsiyry callcl sDrit.
ualism. ordinary people have NJ doubt o.
the wuman's real character. Almost uhiim'
tied evidence has accumulated showing ~
tu have led Il life Of adventure AMI false Pre-
,rrstc. She Is even shown tO have bten a.
inmate of the insane asylum OF Blltkw1lf'
island. New YORK, In 1851. aul that she wiS
turned ont because she was discovered to b.
only fc!gning insanity. 1'h" Won lurful pic
turc~ She made Mr.. Mar.h hclicvc were pIintr
nv spirit hands are shown to have be2H
ulntcd years ago by her husban au oth,'s.
While she was believed to he q raul from the
start by the public generally. hnr prJlcsSio
OF extraordinary powers being OF itself reasoI
enough that belief has been quickly an /
Overwhelmingly substantiatcl. lIcrcX. .i)Su"'
has been us unsparing and complete Is thl'
Of the Bangs sisters at chicago the o'hc:
evening, when detective, rushed on the stage,
caught the women In the act VI Imposing 81
tl, ir audience. broke open their cabin T..
threw out their wigs AMI spirit dresses, an |
laid the whole proceeding bare The q lestirl
j. always recurring why will people continue
tu lie dupCd by these spiritualistic hNmbugs; ;
| Where else have there been 40 many absolute.
uudcniahlc exposures aS hcrey How cOIll tn
pul lie he finally convinced of the frau lultLt
character Of those who profess to do things
that are supernatural through the agency Of
Ensccn spirit power if IL has not been con.
NincCd already; In recent years there ha :
| rot been single instance where anyDO ly Ia
| come before the public with thc.c prIfc sion ;
| that exposure has not followed where a scriJu
| let, rnincl effort was made. AMI yet There
ARE a. many dupcs as ever. NJ Marsh is the
most conspicuous example that has come t.
| thc surface for some years. lie l. II man who
| las long enjoyed an uncSceptionablc staniiig
~ lawyer and ~ citizen. He has grel.
wealth and Is identified with many busihe,
| enterprises So far as his friends know,
| there was no greater reason why he should
have become the victim Of Nine. Diss Deblrr
| tnGn Jay Gould charles A. Dana, or Pre-i'
| dent Cleveland. The only solution of the
mystery Is that he has a form Of insanity jus;
rs tie man who believes himself to be &c prg1
| the Ill, or the woman who believes herself tO
| be the wife Of Henry VIII, or the wretch VIII
fnncieS himself living in a castle when he stops
| In hoycl. There will never he an end to
| these spirituaistic impostionS so long as the
human family have the disposition to 90 crazy
on this subject. The spiritualistlc adventuret
knows he has a predisposed weakness tc
work on. lie knows that nothing catche'
the attention of n large portion of mankinl sc
quickly as something they do not understand
something dark, mysterious, weird; somethins
involving the intangible, the uncertain, the in
defnablc. The maladyis incurable, ineradica
BILE, and will exist as long n men exist, anC
there is a veil between the material world am
the unknown beyond. But II j. really a mSfor
tune that there is not some way of punishln.
| such y rsonS as the Diss Debarr woman.