New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13


called ct Mrs.. KIDS house and sid thai THAI After
she had g vision Of . burglar. crawling
About under . soh on his haRds and knees, and thss
she hM compelled the ffllow to explain
his purpose he declared in answer to
hsr questions, that he had vowed to
take Ms. Kids life, that hs should kill her I'M
nedAtsly that sho had rsilroSdod him into Sing sing
eight years befos, and he going TO mako nor pay
fsr n with her IFS. Il inpIorc Jou,' the medium
continued, To have your house well guarded For
tbs nsIt twsnty-cns nights never to bed withous
searching the house and looking in the closets and
| under the beds
Al this moment Mrs. Kidd's daughter. who bad as
eer.ained the Of tho visitor anc feared for her
mothers ssfe.y, came into the psrlo-.
.vhst dc sec by your daughters stde,' said the
medium "A man. . neekmsn, English noble
man. - all She viii marry him. SOC your
hsuse IN confusion and dsorder. o, yes; you arc
going 10 Europe You sail tomorrow Then fall
fng bsek exhausted In Der chair shc said This Will
happen next Nag
'Eov, tI,t rep that viii you plessef' demanded
Mn. kidd Il don't wish my daughter, who IL
only sixteen. b be hearing snch ridiculous stun. As
for The burglar will take cars Of ourselves Dont
ysu bsthsr'
| nRt promise ne 10 bo very careful Perhaps IL
h sctaAny attempts the attack the spirits Will notify
| me- II they do, win oomc to you once. WIN
como trsusA the aIr IL need b, and right in through
! the widow
| kiss KiAA exyrssssd the hope that she wouldnt
eons through Asy.
BY the way said tho DIES Debsr, al have such
fearful De~s frsm General dr Bsrrios for his WIFE,
pc,t ysu want 70 take mo in to sec herr
he, don't,' said Mrs. Kidd, shortly.
"wsu, psrhers It Is iittls late But You must ten
| her sSout IL Her husbands spirit haunts me all
the time. Thers viii b q IN Guatemals
and all her properly viii be ssfzcd. 10 can be pre-
vsnssd II she will only put Der affairs IN the hands Of
= COED American lswyor hn-weH, like Mr. Marsh
Ysu ssl her that Toll her he has been FOUR lawyer
and tel herJse act quickly
Tho marble finger episode, to which slusion was
made IN the POoc Court occurred after the Incidents
have already mentioned. me DTS Debar had called
onee twice uron Mn Kidd without being admitted
her. and orders had been given TO deny her AZ
| the door. But ono afternoon while the front door
in charge OF other than the regular waitress,
she Appeared and being told that Mrs Kidd was Gus,
complained Of heat and fatigue and asked for glass
| Of apeuilars water She invited into the psrlor
30 wait for n
And be sure 10 bring soma cracked lee With fs,'
shs said
Is VIII Be eoh anyhow. n.'an.' .sad the waitress,
| ~wo kcep II on tco'
| 40. bet bY.ng me the cracked ice, please Ny
,AWst is psrch-d anh Dry insisted the Dtss Dcbsr
Tho GIRL of and, naturally enough. was gone
for several minutes When She returned tho calm and
| Placid Dss Dsbar seated Just she had been.
|
not'ood that sho Kept n somewhat awkvsrdly. She
p.rtook lightly OF the drink and wrote hor name on
| bft Of paper, using only her right hand. Then she
went sercneiy away Mrs. Kidd returned IN the house
| fov moments stervsrd, and entering the psrlor be-
| gan 10 give the servant sone directions about the
hanging Of . curtain IN the front window when she
notsed that Me tttlo finger the outstreched hand
| Of . beautiful hfe-sss marble statue by Randolph
Rogers epre.snsng Ruth, had been broken OF She
- nahsr hat
| tive could b for such oct Of vandalism Mrs. Kidd
could Imagine, but that It related to some scheme
| II Ascknsl she felt confident. Without moments
delay she sont for Superintendent Murray and 10 ap
| peAr~d within hour. She told him all she knew
| ~ the Dis Dsba<, and he suggested
| mat . letter should bo addressed 30 the medium
rhaS her TO produce spirit painting the noxt morn
| fne sr friend The friend, to BE- . detective,
| cod The kStsr written A verbal consent was
oven b. the nssAr Nj. Kids messenger, and
accordingly mo Welt paid The detective took
| With him stretched canvas of his own and shs
ssfed sksw her powers with It. She pretended -
maks several aseempts bu. they wcre unsuccessful.
That eAnvs would not work and she finally said THAI
damp days Ut raining tho spirits were not 70
| sponsvs Nothing said about tho broken finger
then but all through thi. interview the woman ex-
hsfed great nervousness. The detective ashed many
questions but LEFT without taking any action having
reference the theft 1t seemed - all chance Of
reaching her on such q charge would have TO be sban
| dened, when evening, about two weeks later,
wnns Mr.. ana Mrs Kidd were at dinner the bell rang
| sharply, and straight into tho dningroom ran Mr..
| Garsh's nephew, Douglas Stewart, begging them both
to drop dnnsr engagements everything, and como at
once 10 tho Diss Debars studio, where he said, tho
| Spirits working a miracle IN your Interest," Mrs
Kidd looked st her husband and smiled He coughed
Significantly, and both replied that they would como
| 1T snce
whom thsy reached tho studio they found she medium
fr ~ INIT yk
! tho sofa Nosr her was table, on ono
| sfde Of which sat that same MIS-
| Elnor @. Huntington who had CONS out 10 the ban
quot" several weeks before with the medium and Mrs
Marsh On the other side sat James c. Lane. ard hs
aud Hrs Huntington had hor hands terveusly ciasped
In an embrace intended, suppose to be religions
just in front Of their clAspcd hands vas littc pink
silk scarf, serving evidently cover 10 something
Behind them a small blsquo statue of the Virgin
And Child, q bras cruciax and q large palm The
Iss Dsbsr seorgeOusly dressed In Mrs Marsh's
iasse and jewels.
She excused hsrself from rising tho plea OF ey-
| hasston. this afternoon' she said. 81 received
Q message trsn phid}as Kidding me get piece OF
Csrr,xa nsrbts six inches long and thrce broad I
had nc lfes wnas to b. dons With n, but did as
wsy tod Ycu saw the marble, Mr. Laner
sYs' sad Lsne 81 saw it and so did Mrs Hunt
tngtsA'
siAtsY Q message came tom heaven stating THAI
pxdias wsuid carve NO q fssor TO rs the broken
hsrd Of yoar stAste sent for yeu st once but the
syt1<u oeulh not wait ana II has been finished now
several n.antes wanted them TO take II directly to
your Iarsr snd repiscc II themselves and they would
have sOne -. but the weather outside was damp and
uneropors and they could not carry the demarertaI-
tr-t rzrsr through such atmosphere.
~ placed che block OF marble under this scarf, and
in . msment heard Phdiss n work We heard
their saws and ckises, We hoard the breaking stone
and tho grinding ana carving, did VIC notf'
Both Lane and Mrs Huntington said yes, they
heard IL distinctly
And. finally. Ukcd permission OF the spirits TO
look up6sr the cloth that eyes might behold tho
miracle. They granted our request and we peeped
within DID We nOtr
They said yes. they did.