New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
STAR-SPANGLED SP0OKS.
A HEAVENLY MARRIAGE ON MOTHER
EARTH.

SPIRIT ssMEDIUMs" TAKE. NEW DEPARTURE
MADAME DIss DEBAR oUTDoNE-
new spooks story, the extraordinary details Of
which would be difficult of belief did not the public
know by previous examples TO what length belief
in mediums and spiritual manifestations win carry
person, was the general theme Of conversation In
all New-York circles yesterday. 1t involved George
d. Carroll, of the stationery and engraving frm of
Dempsey Carroll, In the role which has before been
filed by even better known men, and the Rev.
Alrs. Tobias B. Strykcr-suroly significant name-ir
the leading part In which other herones OF more ex
tensIve bodily bulk but aone Of greater acutenoss
have distinguished themselves
Mr.. Carroll, an elderly but well-preservcd man,
sharp, intelligent business le anything but spiritual
IN appearance, had two serious msfortunes within
two years Of each other The first befe him Do
cember o. 1883, when his only son, clifford died, age
twenty-eght. About the middle Of 1858 his wife,
who had been terribly gefsrtchen by the loss Of her
boy, had TO be removed by him TO tho State Homeeo-
psthic Asylum for the Insane Mddletown, NY. Mr..
Carroll shortly after that went TO board with Tobias
stryher dry goods clerk, and his wife, whose maiden
name Fannie Taylor, at No. c51 West Twenty
third-st, which they had leased, according 70 Mr..
stryker on receiving promise from Mr. Carroll thaa
he would take board with them there for Mrs Carroll
and himself
Mr. Carroll, stlll to stick to the evidence supplied
by strykcr himself I'm interview, was moved TO
cnier the strykcr family ty the desire TO cultivate the
society OF HIS dead Mrs. 6tryEer processes TO be
one Of the most powerful mediums In the business.
The professional jealousy Of Mr. sade and other
claimants TO that distinction them to condemn
her peculiar line Of manifestation fraudulent; but
it found suflcisnt support among the more hunols
epirtunlists who have mover penetrated the veil OF
the mysteries unalded to her largo snd iucrz
tivs following. She Is proad-minded woman IL Is
said that earthly marriages arc made in heaven The
l<xfrarf hv
a heavenly marriage right here, in New-York CITY.
The wedding cards read: " Mr. George D. Carroll 10
quests The pleasure " presence at the marriage
ceremony OF hls son, Clifford Manfred, TO Bright Eyes,
on the evening of December Q, 1884. at lib EASE
Twonts.clghth-ssp Mr.. Carroll was an invest
gator In spirtuas before mis- son died. but ais
investigations had apparently not been sufficient 10
inform him OF a fact known 10 nearly all hsuntcs OF
ssances believers and unbclievers. that this Bright
Evcss is property ghost Of ali the INSTRUMENTATION
cabinets In the city.
The uncanny wedding was attended by many guests,
who were apprtscd OF the details Of the ceremony
bv Mrs Striker who, falling into q trance, became
what was on q memorable occasion descrIDsd Dy
Madame Diss Dollar as celestial cable The
Young united spiritual /" a1nitIos" took wedding
tour to the nttermost ends Of the starspangied uni
verse and year later increased the census OK 'no
domain OF the princes Of the powers OF the air py ono
The cherlb or whatever received It's christen-
ing beneath the RAINBOW tuaL enhnnel' W ~" s
waters Of Niagara
In the meantime, the realIHe representative OF
the Lord High Chancellor In Iolanthe , stu ciuns
to the strykcrs, who, under the good Influences OF
his presence struck c.' That is TO say, they wsAed
rich and forgot the hardships Of drygoods CLERKS
barren wilderness at No. ~ Hanover Piaoe, sroohsn'
IN revealing in the neshpots Of Egypt They
went TO live with Mr. Carroll at Summit n j., early
in 1897, but in the fall Of that year they all no
turned to Ncw-York and made Hoibrook Hai, zs
sxty-sccond-st and Park-aye, their home month
later fhat placo was condemned, and they TOOK up
house at the Lenox HILL" az No. es7 Maaison-s'o"
where they still dwell -, -. al. 80 .da
however that Mr. Carroll says that the inst publishes
account of It exaggerated arc ina, ne lao my
isvished any money upon the medium ana hsr nus
band that Mr. Dempsey his senior partner reiusrs 10
tan about It and that Louis r Levy, nj. $500
laxer saws that knows nothing apoui hrs Dit h1s
and her spiritual powers except what he mas nes1
nom his Client Mr. Carroll and that ne uoes no.
thInt, thai Mr. Carroll has enough income TO warrant
tha belief that he made the strykers rch