The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN UTICA

AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN UTICA
the aunt became unable to attend to bust
ness, and, beng wealthy, gave her property
into Clork's haEds to invest in lands in and
about Utica fo' tho benefit of his wife and
whatever children: might bless their union.
But CLARK, Instead of having the deeds to
the real estate thus purchased made ont In
MS wlfe's name, cnused them TO be placed in
his name without the knowledge OF his
aunt, who had implicit confidence in his
honesty.
After the aunt's death Clark, who was a
shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS speculator, made
grent number of deals in real estate, and
his wife, now being an invalid aid confined
to her he'd was unable to attend tn ordi
nary BUSINESS, and know nothing OF his
transactions, nor was she even co9nizaEt OF
the fact that her husband was fast becom-
Ing one OF the wealthieSt raon in Illinois
With unlimited means at his command,
and, tired of money-making as mere pas
time, Clark began to grow weary of his IN
valid wife, who had been the means OF
bringing him wealth and power, and cast
about him for a companion of moro endear-
ing charms to share his prosperity. In his
business transactions he had frequently
visited LaSalle. the home of Mary j. Carey,
wife Of Charles A. Carey. one of the most
accomplished and brilliant women of the
state, but an adventures of dashing de-
meanor He became infatuated with her
charms, and in a short time was sean drlv-
ing her about the streets OF LaSalle in his
carriage as boldly as though she had a
rlghtful place beside htfn by her shrcwd-
ness she discovered TINT be was a spiritual
list and OF very sIperstitious nature, and
by playing upon his fears soon gained COM
plete control over him. In 1903 he
TOOK HER TO CHICAGO,
upbora no haE {,x with,
his business, and there, after she had OBJ
tanned divorce from her husband, eight
or nine years before his wifes death, which
orcurred in 1877, he maintained her in
handsome brown stone mansion,
furnished with all. the luxuries that
wealth could buy or fancy dictate he
expended large sums of money upon her,
and remained away from his home
for months at time to be in her society.
EARLY in this iaison, Mary j. Carey
conceived the idea OF obtaining from hun
large sums of money, and ultimately his
entire estate; and to that end, i'll order 20
increase her power over him, prcuende1 to
be spiritualistic medium, having power
to converse with departed spirits, and more
particularly with a spirit which she called
'Snowdrop,n and which she claimed to be
the spirit of an Indian princess. Whenever
Clark would attempt to demonstrate against
deciding property to her, she would call in
the assistance of "Snowdrop," and by
communications from the spirit
would SO direct his actions that he
became entirely subservient to her
will and desires. Upon the approaching
death of Clark's wife being made known to
her, she claimed that her fatlIer, whom she
alleged had been a minister OF the gospel,
then deceased, was constantly in attendance
upon her in spirit, and upon the death of
Mrs. Clark, by some trick or legerdemain,
induced Clark to believe that her father had
materialized and would be present on the
following Sunday. Clark went up to Chi
cago, and just ten days after the death of
his wife the spirit of the deceased minister,
which Clark was made to believe was pres
ent. pretended to perform what Mrs. Carey
termed "Spiritualstic marriage ceme-
mony," and they Immediately departed
on s, t.-..
''SPIRITUALIsTIC BRIDAL TOUR"
to the east On their return Mrs. Clark,
or Carey, claimed that a civic ceremony
had beon performed i'll New York city, q
statement which the bill alleges to be false.
Immediately after taking up their resi-
dence in the CLARK mansion at Utica,
which was refurnished in regal spleGdor,
Mrs Clark began to compel her spiritual
istic" husband, through the instrumentality
of "Snowdrop," to transfer large amounts
of property to her. This was accomplished
in part by the assistance Of Henry II.
Nash as go-betweeu, a1d nearly
$500, 900 worth Of real estate was turned
over 10 her by quitclaim deeds to Nash and
from him to her. Thinking that this
method OF transfer might excite the
curiosity of the pubic she organize the
Utica cement company, with capital stock
of $500, 900, of which she subscribed
$2S2, 600, the other subscribers to tho stock
being but figureheads. She then forced
Clark to transfer the bulk Of the remainder
of the property to her through the Utica
cement company, which was organized
solely for that purpose, and thus at the time
of his death Clark was worth but a little
over 81 600 900, while his wife held titles to
nearly million.
IN HIS WILL
he bequeathed 81 900 to his only son, John
L. Clark, in cement company stock, with
the provision that the stock be sold the
company, nominally his wife, at whatever
price it would agree to pay, and $50, 900 to
Charlotte Peckhnm NEE Clark, his daugh-
ter. John l.. Clark now files his bill
in chancery, demanding that each
and every one OF the conveyancos
be set aside, as they wero made for the
purpose of confu'ing tho title Of the
real estate, and without any valuable con-
sideratiou what7oever, holding their title
with the full knowledge of tho trust result
ing in his mother and dc5ceading to her
heirs Mrs. Clark is the autno OF min
istering Angels" Il work on the belief and
the teachings of spiritualists and spiritual
ism, and Is well known among tho devotess
of the soance throughout the west. The
case will come up at tho October term OF
The circuit court, and promises to be long
and bitter contest as the attorneys on
both sides are numerous and able.
''OH, come now, major, admit you are
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