The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-26
AN O'DBIlA us DEDiR.
The spook .Prlsst.s SIM Finds People
with Faith IN IIer.


New YoRK, Dec. 25.-Ann O'Deli
Solomon, alias DIS Debar, and crew {
spirit painters have come to the fror
once more. IN 1888 Luther r. March,
distinguished lawyer and Vice.Presiden
OF the Union League, was the victim
this year tho dupe Is Mn. Harriet i
Beach, wife OF Alfred L. Beach, editor @
the Scientific american.
| AZ In Tho caso OF Mr.. Marsh, Mrs
Beach has believed In spiritualism 10
many years, but it Ia within only shor
time that she has come out rs u bold dc
fender OF tho lat spook pfies.ess, and
patron of the nineteenth century worl
OF Titan, Rubens, and other dead mas
tora OF the brush.
Pictures "cane" for Mrs. leach III
they came for Mrs. Marsh, and they fl
rooms In her fine house ut . Wes
Twentieth street, as they llled Mr.
Aiarsh's ine house on Lexington ave-
nue.. Unlike Mr.. Marsh, however, Mira
Beach has been persuaded into boliev,
ing tha. she has some power herself ia
making spirit pictures "come."
1t was on Sunday and Monday that
Mrs. Beach came publicly to the fore.
ground to espouse tho cause OF the spirit
painters. She has believed In them be.
fore, but recently, it having been writ.
ten to h0r upon n slate through nlpdi.
um-as she describes it-shat the spirits
Of the other world had elected her to
be their champion on earth, aud it also
having been related TO her through Il
spirit that her duty wRs " 10 help IL sis.
ter in disgrace, Madame Diss Do Barr"
she decided to face popular criticism aud
ges right up aud do some talking.
She spoke at II meeting of spiritualists
on Sunday at Adelphi Hail, and on
Monday night upon tho GGnc platform
she conducted "An Exhibition OF Spirit
Art and u Mediums Reception Extra.
ordinary" 1t was, indeed, IN ex.raorlin.
AIRY Bhow, for the extraordinary purpose
OF obtaining money wherewith to start
fund Tor the building OF home for me-.
diumg. "AIatame Disg DeBar and other
me.lums," argues Ms. BENCH in pre-.
senting the matter to her acqnaiutances
and others, edo not get enough 10 live
upon. 4 syonts OF the angel world
they cahBot be expected to do mental
work, Therefore We muat provide for
them. Often are they almost hungry,
and this 10 shame upon US"
The Monday night show was attended
by come 200 persons, aud the profits, to
be devoted 10 beginning the building
iund for tho Hungry Mediums Home,
amounted to little over SIG Other
mectiags are planned, however, and
Mira Beach hopes that the iund viii!
grow rapidly when more 10 known about
her purpose.
Those At the meeting saw { score or go
OF new paintings by old masters ar.
ranged Oh easais. Mrs. Beach sad these
pictures had been produced" largely
through he7 mediunship by Raphael,
Titan and Rubens.
Mrs. Beach began by saying: ~ am
the sole manager OF this affair, and take
no orders or d!c!a.ious from any one on
earth. My orders have been received
from on Aigh." She then described
some OF the pictures, and how they
came. Seeing heavy Ann O'DeIia in the
audience, Mrs. Beach suggested that
possibly spirit pictures might be received
through her Hediumship. The lady,
said Mrs. Beach, ''is now known us
Mmme. Margaret, having dropped her
criminal name OF Niss Debar." Tha,
excited TIE quondam mistress OF Mr.
Marsh's Lexington avenue house, and,
raising her big form 10 its iull height,
she dashed anger from her eyes aud
loudly exclaimed: ~ have not given
up the name OF Diss Debar; never
will; | was imprisoned on u false
charge, and l will 90 there
again for .he came good cause
il called on 10 do so." .Aun, eliss
Madame Margaret, was dressed in iui.
tation OF dominican nun, AND her robe
lluttered and her veil swung TO and fro
as she sweepingfy gcsticutatcd. She sat
down, nearly wlnded, but beiura the sen
satlou she had caused was for the time
forgotten, she boosted herself up again,
and soleunly made this declaration:
Mrs. Leach has been called ulon, cho.
sen by heaven, 10 carry on the work
which the fa!ae-hearled old recreant, La.
ther i. Marsh, 30 ignoninious.y laid
down." Sne said much mere, and wound
up By promising to produce" at the
next nlestiug one OF the pictures which
the court was afraid to permit her to
"produce" during the t.iel.
Elltor Beach is sad to seriously dis.
approve olh!s wiie's latest vAgary, and a
summary ejec:mcnt OF the spook laisers
is liable 10 take place almost any time.