The evening world., 1888-06-18
SIX MONTHS EACH.
Ann 0'Delia and Her General "
Sentenced To-Day.
The Couple Will Spend the Sum-
mer on Blackwell's Island.

The Sentence Thought BY Many 20 Be Tee
~Iisht-They pfighs Have Got One Years
Imprisonmens and $500 Fiac-Jsase
Gildersiesve Apparently Misinformed
About the Prisoners' Financial Condition
-0'DelIa Very Pale when A~rraigned.
Nine. Diss Debar came TO court in her own
street car this morning TO hear her fate. 6h
heaved o deep sigh from somewhere in her
corporosity and assembled o three-legged
throne In one corner of the prisoners pen,
where she gave audience "a The EVENING
Womb reporter.
Her face was resigned. almost celestial In
expression, and. she spoke with the charac-
t~eristic elaboration and ~largeness Of tone Of
the female lecturer. She had come round,
and was ready. TO express herself. She did
50 volubly and polysyllabically.
jurisprudence. and entirely out of accord
with the facts as adduced in the evidence.
have been very nicely used by Warden
IF | were Judge and jury az we'll as de-
PENDANT and chief Of counsel, 1 might tell
you what my punishment. will be. AZ 1t is,
] must reply that I dc not know"
The Princess waved her fan, and was loft
George Drexel, q S~piritualist, visited the
priestess. He presented his compliments, q
big bouquet of Jaoqueminot roses and the
opinion that her conviction was :" rank, per-
seoution and q conspiracy against the truth"
To all of which madame bowed majes-
tically and looked even more resigned.
The General" came Town later. He was
erect as q general should DO, and dignifed as
o man Of his character could be.
Merritt ana ps and n john = L. Isy o's s1iG Anoi Pret. T vsn
Horne snda couple of hollow-eyed women
IN ringlets and hollow voices condoled their
idols.
agine the bandaRe around the head Of that
long suffering lady Of dear memory.
William f.. Howe, who started the " con-
spiracy =" against'the spook dealer. was in to
Brother George T. Solomon evidently
celebrated the, conviction of his sister and
her whilom husband In real Kentucky
fashion, he hadn't quite recovered, and
was in the brown-stone building Il Q much
Luther B. Marsh, said to Mr. Howe. "You
have satisfied, me that madame "a o great
fraud, bpt ! am impressed that she Is 9 great
This il fairer than the opinion of the other
Spiritualists, who are still faithful to her.
Col. Fellows says he will not urge the in
dictment for grand larceny, as Loewenheitz,
whose pictures were stolen by madame, has
been dead these many years. and 1t would be
difficult to prove the case,
Vernon Il. Davis, the victorious Assistant
District Attorney, clad in O cool suit of gray,
was In his place when Judge GildsrsleeVe
entered at il O'Clock.
There wAs o courtroom full of people when
Editha L. Diss Debar and Joseph n. Diss
Debar were called 10 the bar by Clerk Welsh,
and MT. Davis moved for judgment upon the
defendants.
Madame was pale, even to the lips, and the
- Ganaral % I0OEan haOOaRd and haatan A
motion of John ID. Townsend for q new trial
for both defendants was denied, and then
AIM O'Delia stood mp % her name was
called. s-s I'll.
Mr.. Townsend called attention to the
recommendation of the jury and recalled GER
tain alleged e~xtenuating circumstances In her
case.
I" Madame can not stand the pressure
sads A so%i h peep sssn Soq To be s 3 case M fcr T nsTps.
I do not think IL tho feeling of the people Of
New York that o woman should be severely
punished for what she has done. Be
Madame mopped beads of sweat from her
big brow and replied to the usual question:
90 leave II all TO our Honor"
Judge Gildersleeys said the jury had been
told that this must not be q religious trial.
the question OF the truth OF Spiritualism
~" Tie jury found tina. you conspired to
obtain Marsh's money by cheat and fraud"
he went on. "Thts was aggravated. You
lived in unlawful intercourse as man and
wife. In addition you added the ofense of
the denial of your w mother. A heinous
offense. ] can and nothing except the jury's
| recommendation In mitigation.
THE two months you have already been
incarcerated shall be taken into considera-
ton. The maximum would be one year and
$500 fine. As you have no money this would
be very hard. ] shall sentence each Of you
to the p~enitentiary for six month";"
Madame received her sentence with the
same immovable expression and PARKWAY
look, but the Generals aged knees knocked
together, and while madame stalked back
to the pen, he was supported thithsr by Or
Ger Pete 6eaman, and the SpookB were hur-
ried back to the Tombs.
Under Sheriff Sexton said the Diss Debars
would be taken to Blackwel's Island on
Wednesday.
Expressions on the sentence varied. Most
people thought tho full year without fine
should have been inflicted. And as to the
poverty Of madame, 1t should be remembered
that abe had $4.6 $50 ON her person when ar
rested, a part OF the money raised by mort
gazing Marsh's house.
.Prof. Van Horne declared the sentence "a
damnable outrage, " which would ~precipitate
a revolution II following up by further per-
secution Of Spiritualism.
Mr.. Townsend said, however, that he
should 70 appeal from the judgment.
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