New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-30
STRENGTHENING MR.. MARSH
KING SOLOMON SAID TO HAVE SPOKEN.
A MESSAGE FoL,ows CLOSELY UPON THE PUB
IIcrry GIVEN TO MADAME Diss DE-
BARS SPIRITUAL PORTRAIT
PAINTING

A MESSAGE FOLly0wS CLOSELY oroN The run
LIcITy GIVEN TO MADAME DIss DE-
BARS SPIRITUAL PORTRAIT
PAINTING.
Nv strange coincidence. any wavcrings that the
unbelleving newspapers Of New-york might have
generated IN Luther r. Marsh's nind by their calm,
collected and doubling notices Of his collection OF
spirit pictures. promptly dssipaed by Solomon
the son of David King Of Israel who andoteds tho
poison Of the press by making this promise yesterday
IN a communication
What thine eyes haye seen that dost thou know OF
surety and must testify to The humiliation OF all
aoubters and desrsctors is nigh at hand
Probably this Will consist In the sculpturai mir
scle presently to be wrought by Phidias IN the
meantime the doubters and detractorS have been nav
ing things mostly all their own way. Even the UNI
orejudIced line Of inquiry pursued yesterday py
TRIBUNE reporter with mind entirely open 10 conVic
ton resulted oily In succession OF discoveries sucn
as would tend warp the opinions OF the most larry
disposed investigator OF the new school OF spr'.uAi
istic demonstration OF which Madame Editha l. Dss
Debsr Is the founder and exponent
Among the other persons visited by the reporter
with view TO obtaining information was man VINO
was at one time true believer In spirituailsm' ana
would be so 10 this day It not for the revulsioh
of feeling occasoned him by the shock of discovery
he made which resulted in the exposure OF once
famous medium But even since that occasion he has
gratied an inauirng disposition by attending seances
and taking lively interest in phenomena
CERTAINLY REMARK ABLE WOMAN
Il knew of Madame Dlss Debar," said he, " several
years ago. She is a remarkable woman, ana there Is
no doubt that she possesses some occult powor out
that makes her all the more dangerous sne useu
10 perform feat called the blood trick she wouiu
stand erect with ouistretched bands by and by she
would exclalm II is comngT and clasp her hands
closely. On reopening them, there would DO oioou
clot on the palms 1t is supposed that this was done
nv means Of a tiny capsule chemically prepared.
am well acquainted with Mr. Marsh His Interest In
sp.rituasm is not By any means recent, and TO DC
lawyer of ability lie IS that subject-well yes he
is guillible.
About a year ago, for Instance. there was an
exposure OF Undertaking. medium, carefully planned
and entirely successful Her impersonaton OF a
spirit form was detected by the lights In the room
being turned up at critical moment Tho medium
tumbled out of the cabinet she was using on he moor
utterly collapsed Well. would you believe H. some
of the more crednous people who were present al hat
seance actually got out long declaration to the enect
that when the light shone the woman's prostrate
form II revealed figure no larger than that Of
,ttla child which increased in size bebre the eyes
of the onookers until IT assumed the proportions anu
shape Of the medium. Among the signatures attached
to this ridiculous statement was that OF Lulner ~
Marsh.
sAs Won know and as Madame Diss Debar admits
Mr. Marsh has transferred his house to her Tor the
nominal sum of 800 with the understanding 'ha' '0
house to DO kept holy temple In which 10 pro
serve the precioss pictures which are being rapuiS
ground out BY the spirits But m Is. tbis re-
Iieious pictorial storehouse should Do sIesuy me-
gagged a. / have heard that 1t Is BY AaaAm' D'''
In connection with the proposed feat OF gntsr rn
o ' sp,rlt,ast the ssory of the spIritsculpnred
finger on which Madame Dlss Deoar bases her RoI oa
Of producing a statue from huge block o. aiuss,ms
S.,is.ra naThIe A finger was broken OF Status
which the private property OF resioe1' sitting
she took a rough piece of marble, and sa h
she would produce finger ina MUM nn the table
statue stat hs a With Cloth on removing which she
e enc niger that exactly ated tho statues hand
s s. Her Hermann does such tricks every day
The position now assumed by MI MaSh 81 any 10 has a
light 70 do what he likes with his money and II ne gets
Communications from Anne Hutchinson Wnc htw ON
FdIfbas why. rs nobody's business The reporter
called al the home Of Mrs G. Huntig1th SHS ard
willing tester to her powers Mrs Hunin dgaDaa ~ az
not at home, but her daughter my tbe
nress and by the conversation current about eer ~
society circles for Madame Dlss teoar nas was en-
phaszed in the papers
WILL Mr. MARSH BE REMOVED
rnther Y Marsh's alleged Authorizations were an IN
teresting topic among the city officials yesteioay anu
rumors prevailed that steps would soon be taken 70 70
move him from his position on the New PARKS Coninls
sion secretary Rerr in the absence oil Mayor hewitt
said that the power of removal did not rest VIII rne
Wavor hut In the General Term OF the supreme COURT
n.ss ~. snnicatiou of the Corporation Counsel AS
sstsn Corporation Counsel Dean whose CHEZ was So
a. Albany sad that nothing had yet been zone ia tne
III sa Ear az he knew. although action OF some
isnd under the circumstances was not unnkeH. Ut ha
Wsrsh was the only lawyer the Commission ana .no
sact thot a cear-beaded man wellversed In me law
as 10 real property an absolute necessity , t 70 a
,sro,sar discharge OF the Commissions worK must, ~
Was thought. compel an inquiry into MT M~s"
condition. . ,., ...,.1 oou,ee1 said that
ho had anneared before the Commission IN MS capac's
- is LEGAL adviser three or fonr times Wesk
~ nental rover on the part of Mr. Marsh ne na al
maintained his and comprehensive grasp %, AZ
The law creating the hoard he said, made legal inc
concurring action Of two members.