Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-14
FAITHFUL LAWYER MARSH
HE STILL BELIEVES IN MIME. ODE.
 LA DlSS pEBAR.

The Justice Will Not Accept Him a a
 Bopdsman-A Few More Tales of the
 Bogus Siritualist's Career-An Outline
 of the Defense.
 NEW YORK. April 14-Mme and "Gen.n Diss Debar and the Lawrences are still con- fined In the Tombs, and will probably remain there until the date set for the trial The mature spiritualistic siren occupies a cell inn mediately over Matron McLaughlin's office, in the female department, and the men are in separate cells in the main prison All four, however, meet at meals, which are served in a private dining room in the female depart ment.
 Mime. Diss Debar talked freely tn a reporter about her troubles. She displayed no bitter ness except when speaking of Der alleged brother, that man Salomon,n or O; Randolph, her ex-manager, and seemed to be in as good spirits as when receiving the multitude of callers at the ''Temple," on Madison avenue
 "1 am very comfortable and happy" was the smiling reply made by Mime. Diss Debar to the reporter. She had just received a call from ex-Assemblyman John G. Boyd and Attorney John D. Townsend
 '1 have seen no spirits yet, she added, as she smoothed out the folds of her rich silk dress, "but they may come at any moment I have no need for them now. will stay long enough in the Tombs to warrant good case for malicious prosecution. As for bail, I have enough property of my own to go my bail if wanted to get released.n
 Ii was said that Luther R. Marsh called OF that a man answering his description went in with Lawyer Townsend, but Warden Os- borne said it was not Mir. Marsh. Whether or not Mir. Marsh visited the enchantress in her prison, he has not as yet shown the slightest tendency to weaken in his faith. "What difference does it make to me-" he said to a friend, whether she is the daugh- ter of Lola Montez or notf have seen what I have seen, and that is enough for men
 It is not Mir. Marsh's fault if the prophecies languishes in jail, for he has offered twice to supply the requisite bail, but Justice Kill breth refuses to accept him
 Mrs Diss Debar is we'll remembered in Kansas City, where, it is said, she spent sev- eral months two years ago giving seances and producing spirit pictures. Many promi- nent people attended them, among whom were Judge George w. McCrary and ex- United States Circuit Court Judge John w. Beebe. Among her reported exploits in Kansas City was an unsuccessful attempt to blackmail the Rev. Robert Laird Collier by forcing him to sign check, under the threat of exposing some alleged misconduct on the part of the doctor. He refused to sign, and heard nothing more of the matter Mime Diss Debar left Kansas City s400 in debt, it is charged.
 Lawyer Townsend's allusion to the Mumler case is indicative of the line which the de fense proposes to follow, and there is re- markable similarity between the two cases. It is now twenty-six years ago since a pho tographer, William Fl. Mumler, created re- markable excitement in this town by taking photographs of people in which, behind the sitter, there appeared the more or less distinct outline of some other person, supposed to be a relative or affinity of the one whose picture was the principal figure. Oakley Hall, at that time mayor, sent Marshal John Tooker to have his picture taken, and upon Tooker's com plaint Mumler was arrested on the charge of conspiracy to defraud and arraigned before Justice Bowling at the Tombs on April 21, 1S69 At the instance of that ardent Spir- itualist, ex-Judge Edmunds, John D. Town send appeared for Mumler
 The prosecution was represented by FL bridge T. Gerry, and many prominent New Workers were summoned as witnesses. Elmer Terry testified, and his evidence was cor roborated by that of Jacob Kingsland, that Mumler had taken a photograh of him, in which the spirit likeness of dead son ap- peared, whose photograph had never been taken during life. No case against Mumler was made, and he was discharged. He still pursues, it is said, the same avocation of spook icture taking in Boston