The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-09-28


all expert at cards, can duplicate ION
sight" To compare a man like Reese
with the late Henry Bishop is an insult to
dead man, who, II he did not posses the
80 called gift Of second sight the mys
terlous sixth sense which the theosophists
claim Is power possessed only by those
initiated into the innermost secrets of
" Eso,eric Buddhism, was, at least an ex.
pert In deceptive power, even If he knew
nothing of this alleged occult PHILOSOPHY.
Certainly his art was never exposed as a
cheap "fake.'
Rose has no hesitation, however, In pro-
uouncing Prof" Reese all that he
claims to be, or In denounclng all who
think otherwise as frauds, Rose was evil
IDENTIFY interested " In Reese. He worked
him in Ottawa and tried to work him at
Streator. II Reese can do no more than
he has done..in his Ottawa, Streator or La
Sale private shsws he has been exposed
rs fraud. Nevertheless, Immediately after
Reese had been exposed In La Sale, when
the man who exposed him and Reese him
self were still here In Ottawa, and Bene-
diet stood ready TO expose Reese again.
for forfeit Of 81, 900 and condemnation as
a calumniator of an innocent man II he
failed to do it,--Rose, without other than
the braggart challenge to bet (Which he
and not Benedict originated here, after
ignominiously crawfshing, calls Benedict
the fakir; and after Benedict had gone,
his challenge unaccepted, said, he is IAN
itinerant' who "has made statements he
cannot demonstrate to be true"-being very
careful to wait until 1t was safe to say 80
behind the mans back.
This sponsoring of this pair, who did not
endeavor to prove that they Ssre not frauds
when challenged as such, is eminently In
keeping with the record of the man Rose,
who In Detroit and Cincinnati and before
and after his experience there had the rep
utation of being no better himself. The
publisher Of obscene newspapers would
hardly scruple TO stand guarantor for and
back up a slight.of- hand fraud-if there
was money in It. As it happened, the
bottom dropped out here; but 1t was through
no fault of Rose; rather, It was in spite
of his efforts to bolster up the pair and
keep them in "good form" even after a
thorough exposure had been made of all
the "feats" they had performed. He was
perfectly willing-even anxlous-that they
should rope In as much Ottawa money as
they could.
The story is told that one Fred. Stein, a
farmer living west of Ottawa, while asleep
one day last week, found his pockets re-
lieved of $75 they had contained just be-
fore he went to sleep Fred. wanted to
know what became of the money. He had
heard of the wonderful prof" Reese, and
came to Ottawa to consult him on Monday,
telling him his trouble and the name of the
man he suspected. The Professor could
not disclose the location Of the money on
the instant-he had to put his gigantic in
tellect to work-let his occult power have
a chance to operate. He took STEMS SO AZ.
however, and told him (Stein) he would
tell him on Saturday (today) where the
money could be found. As the professor"
and his manager jumped their Streator
engagement for the 26th and eth and have
left "for Rock Island" with instructions to
forward their goods &c. o. D., 1t Is safe to
say Fred. has simply thrown $6.4S of good
money after his other SIS. Rose says Of
"Prof." Reese
"He laughs best who laughs last" is an
DER time saying and to person with tea
spoonful OF brains 1t can be shown that the
professors work Is neither necromancy or
trickery.
Very true. 1t is usually labeled differ
emily; and 1t Is also clear that Fred. Stein
is not doing any tremendous amount of
laughing about his $s1.4S today any more
thar Fred. Glenn laughed over the con.
tents of the tin box that Chase and Camp
bell left with him fortnight ago. Rose
should be Mayors successor as manager
of the combination" 1t Is quite in his
line. The police having "killed" the OBJ.
scene newspaper business, he has needed
room for his real liabilities" to truly shine
and this would be an opportunity.
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