The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-04-28
BTOadbFimS New york Letter.
Special 70 the CAnpoN ADVOCATE.

Special TO the CARBON ADVOCATE.
THAT he is mad, It's true. IT'S true, It's pity,
And pity It's, It's true"
ANY hour on Broadway, from dawn till
midnight, you can meet scores of men, and
women too, who are as mad as March hares,
who are not safe outside o. luna
tic asylum, and yet by some inscrutsble
providence are allowed to walk the streets
without let or hindrance,
when their liberty may at any moment cost
a human life.
New York has had no such peculiar reYe-
lation Of lunacy in her history as that Of
Cuther Marsh. Here is a man who has for
years Occupied foremost position at the
most eminent Bar in the Union. A man
respected by his associates, honored by the
judges on the bench, and at the present
time holding the craftsmanship Of one Of
our most important commissions, which
annually expends several millions OF the
city's money, apparently sound and sane
on every Othor point, and vet the veriest
dupe and slave of one of the most brazen
and vulgar charlatans that has ever ap-
peared In the world. II the woman were
young and attractive; could understand
1t; but she is not. She is coarse and vulgar,
and the methods by which she has hum
bugged and bamboozled this great lawyer,
puzzles belief. How was his will subdued2
How were his eyes sealedP How did she
get him so completely in her toi!s-so to
stihe the voice of reason and conscience,
and reduce him to absolute slaveryp
Since Cagliostro the world has seen nc
such brazen fraud. Cagliostro had some
ground for his pretensions. He was ac-
complisbed in many ways; he was educat'
ed and had talents Of very high order
but this vulgar impostor has nothing tC
recommend her-neither intellect, talent
nor personal beauty; nothing but impu
dence without a parallel and q name
First, she gets foothold in Mr.. Marsh'i
house, and in less than six weeks she IL
mistress of the entire property, valued a
sixty thousand dollars. Mr.. Marsh for ;
moment shows signs of rebelling, and sh,
threatens his soul with hell for thirt,
thousand years If he even only looks in |
newspaper TO see what is going on in tn,
world OF course he can't stand that, 81
he quietly succumbs. But, As Byron re
marks,
"Time, at last, makes all things even,"
| And this week Nemesis struck her path
and the airy fabric that this wicked witcl
had reared, toppled into hopeless ruin
Madam Dlss Debar. daughter Of the Kim
of Bavaria and Lola Aontez, turns out t.
be Ann O'Delia from Kentucky, who's
own brother appears against her, denounc
ing her as one OF the most consummat
impostors, cheats and frauds that ever sp
peared in this country. From her brother
account. she has been dangerous and try
ing nuisance from her childhood up. Will
yet In short clothes, while other childre
we're playing with their dolls, she had be
come the pest Of the neighborhood and
terror to her parents. Before she was fl
teen she was an outcast and q wanderel
and had become an accomplished adver
turess at twenty. After brief and unhspp
matrimonial experience with her husband
one Mesant, who took her out Of lunati
asylum and married her, she fell in wit
her present husband Diss, who has tacke
to his name "Dsbar," and whose unsavor
record can be found in the police courts {
Cincinnati and other places. This pair {
frauds were exactly suited to each othe
} That they have robbed old Lawyer Mars
Of many thousand dollars is beyond a
question; but how they could have ban
booled him with their spirit pictures by IL
old masters is mystery which will new,
be solved. At last the members of the Ne
York Bar. who knew and honored NJ
Marsh, and who we're aware of the evil hi
tory OF this female swindler, resolved
prosecute her. The firm of Howe & Hun
mel. who are among the foremost crinin
lawyers of New York, were engaged for IL
prosecution, and the result has been Il
complete exposure Of this gigantic fema
fraud, and her punishment.
We are having sn old-fsshioned reyiy
here at the Jane Street and Central Meth
dist Churches. and the harvest Of slime
Is great. At first they only had nigl
meetings, then they tried morning NEE
lngs, and then afternoon meetings, ar
now they run right through the twent
four hours, never stopping. The bas
nent Is turned into an immense kitchen
hungry saints and hungry sinners are fill
i up every time they get empty, with corn'
beef sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, doug
c nuts, crullers and hot coffee. Everythil
Q Is free, and nice young ladies wait on 20
who dispense their bounty with an oil
!, time hearty welcome. Harrison, know
:, as the Boy Preacher, is the central figu
Il in the revival, and = very thriving bui
ness is done by some female saints,
i selling the life OF the evangelist at $1.50
2 copy. The monster jubilee to mark d
l. the saying Of . thousand souls, wa
wonderful affair. The revival plough h
N struck fallow ground, for no communi
1t between here and Halifax stands more
Is need of saving grace. When the spiritu
y net Is drawn, who knows but they m
and Doodle Alderman, or perchahce
a. Wall street broker, or a bank cAshiC
" Who can tell9 rejoice in the eyangelIs
D. success; mayhap he may smite Jay Coz
,. hin and thigh, or make the dry Dor
10 rattle on the Stock Exchange. dol
know whether we are growing better,
OF = wholesome sign Of improyement v
d. Fatty Wslsh's retirement fIom the COVE
IT, msnt Of the Tombs, where his presel
ht was = standing menace and disgrace.
p But while rejoicing in the great work
evangeliEation, We find our peace gray
In threatened in another quarter; for 1o.'
. brewers are about TO declare strike, Z
- II they do, Good-by Bockl Good
To- Wiener bierl GoOd-by lagerl Good