Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-22
NEW YORK NOTES.
ThE seIRrTuALIsTs FARE BADLY IN
 THE COURTS.

Two Cases Tried in Which the Question of
 Spirituasm Is invoived-Teller Scotts
 Oefa'c- c-,ion-CambIine Methods now in
 Vogue New York Proposes .c Have
 Tonscviai College.
 NEW YORK. June 1S.-There are twelve men in New York City who do not believe in the doctrines laid down by those who call them selves spiritualists. and these twelve men are those who have just ceased sitting as Jurors on the famons Dis Debar.Marsh case. After a tedious trial she, the self-styled Lola Montez, has been found to be a swindlsr. and the verdict was guilty. How a woman in this country can go on the witness stand and swear 10 the monumental fabrications that | she threw loose on the court room during the last week. is n theme in itself. There are l many very intelligent people in New York l who hav, different degrees of faith in spirit ualsm, anI the most notable point that comes | out, is that whenever one of these so-called mediums get hold Of a respectable man or | woman who has any pecuniary resources, the r.sult k generally suit, civil or crimi- | nal, the ground of fraud or attempted
 fraud, or some deep laid scheme is laid bare where some diabolical plan is matching. | which would shortly result in pecuniary loss
 to tho newly-made and moncycd country. very excellent point was made by Judge Barrett. during the progress of the trial. The case drifting on in a disu.tory sort of way, and the prosecution had shown very plainly that MT. Marsh had been duped. The defence was putting ill a strong evidence of | all kinds with little no bearing, and every | one was woary of tho case, especially Judge Barrett wiian he turned the witness who was l the Madam herself and asked if it had ever l occurred to her that she might simplify
 matters and strengthen her case if she would demonstrate in the court room her command of tho spirit world. The Madam who is possessed of all tho assurance usually ac-
 credited to another spiritual place, replied
 tha. she would surely give such manifesto
 lions, during the trial, provided her spiritual advisers should insist. Unfortunately for the lskeptically inclined ones, her wierd friends did not insist and the trial ended without
 iurther aid than the strong legal help of Mr. Townsend her counsel.
 ANOTHER case of spirttualistic parts was
 decided earlier in the week. That was tho Terry-PSrrine case. Hore we had 8 domes- No broil. Mir. Perrine .an old gentleman, be-
 came too attentive, to q young lady certain Miss Tarry, in whom he imagined he had
 discovered great field for developing spirit
 ulistic powers sufficient to produce remark
 able medium. The whole affair which was
 quietly soaring through spritdom in a very
 charming manner was abruptly brought down to an earthly basis by Mrs. Perrine, who
 watched the progress with deep interest and
 developed in herself some dscdely strong feel-
 ings of jealous nature. According to the
 evidence adducedt at the trial (which by the
 wa-, proved to be very interesting literature
 of a light class, as printed in our morning pxpers) Mrs. Perrine's opinion was not so
 lar out of the way but as that poor lady had got very much excited and in her excitement had been very careless to whom she spoke I Rn< ns to what she said, she was mulctcd in twlve cents damages; but Miss Terry was left to pay the costs, The same phenomenon
 again appears that it was the child-liSe old man. wh o had been made to pay the fiddler.
 TIE old adage about the result following
 the time when thieves fall out has been the Isuhject of another Cause Celibre." One
 6oett paying teller in one of our banks got
 Into debt to the bank for S10,O00, ho went to
 . f. iend for advice and his friend suggested
 thes he steal some more and skip" The
 advice was taken, but proved to be very ex- pensive, as Scott gave the money which he . had taken, to his friends, for safe keeping and
 "sIippod" In the orthordox way to Canada.
 When the fugitive called on his improvised
 banker for funds, he was informed that
 his banker had speculated in Wall street with
 the same success that attends the ninety and
 nine of the ono hundred. Hence in despair he "squeals" and both culprits have been
 tried and found guilty, all during the trial it
 was shown that Scott had been gambling in
 yto"ks. which had led to his first trouble, no 6ther cause was shown for the deficiency, an- pthsr cause is given by those who knew him And the story runs like this. Scott was a great card player and very egotistical as to tho scientific system on which he played.
 He got into a set that played poker very heavily and soon did him up to the tune of b10. .0o0, and it was not until he realized that , De was unable to cover up the offerings any longer, that he fled. Scott was victim to Wh is now called the "short card player" |" } aAd New York is full of them. There are
 nany mon who have no objection to playing
 cards for stakes, and sometimes heavy ones,
 who are totally ignorant of the many wiles of nmblers, and arc in consequence their duues. Poker is now universal. In the hotels, clu ,s, and homes, poker is the game. These
 card sharps penetrate all three, and men of
 discretion have learned to decline to play in . game, when any one is sitting, unless they
 have had previously personal acquaintance. In the hotel it is an easy matter for the sharp" to work himself in game as many
 games are made up in the bar room. And
 many of the experts play the part of a retired
 gentleman or broker. The card sharp can. not enter tho clubs but they are there for all of that. Club men laugh when this state- ment is made, but nevertheless it is true. In bne of our best known clubs, where gambling
 Is allowed, there is man, who belongs to one sf the best families in New Jersey. He oc- eupies very high social position both in
 New Jersey and New York city. He is sup
 posed to be rich, as his father was very
 wealthy man at one time. His fathers ss- tsto was bankrupt and he has never earned dollar in his life. Yet he supports large , Iamily and cuts quite n swell among club , men. He is one of the most expert card swindlcrs in New York city to-day. He never enters n gambling room run by profess Bionuls and doubt if he has an acquaintance
 with any of the men who are known about
 town as professional gamblers, but he has
 studied their methods and become. expert , and s the most dangerous foe one can meet at the gaming table.
 THE question as to how 0 professional gambler can enter scntleman's private re- , Didence has often been asked and answered in many ways, but it is done and will tell how . they do it now. The professional gambler is generally depicted as rather tough looking
 specimen, wearing several large diamonds, dyed moustache and many concomitants that are peculiar only to the craft. Such, however, s not the case. The successful gambler is ! essentially man of the world. He has the power of adapting, himself to ways of those