Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01
IWr, TIE NRE-Colr,
Fhs Victim Of Murderous Gamblers
and Counter letters.
Theoaosiz nsPes stuffed Fau II
Pr0nss - FsreSrie&siug spirit.

A Ctairsoyxnts StaFEisax Disclosure
TheoaosiA DsPes stansd Fau II
Prenss ~ PsrsArie&sing spirit
On Saturday a striking appearing
dame Of about 50 called at the law
ofhee OF Tateam. Clapperton q Hsne IA
the Court block. Ths firm are at
tornsys for the somewhat celebrated
Clarence J. loot. When TIE won&n
Was asked what she wished, size sad
that she wanted - give them some
pointers that might assist materially n
keeping Toot out of the coop. She
stated that her name was Theodosia
Depew. and that she was 3 elalrv0yant.
Tie gentlemen were engaged with
other clients At the time, and told her
that they would talk with her hen
they had more time or when lie was
longer. A representative of the TELE-
GRAM-HeRAlD called On the charming
lady - heT imposing residence yester-
daY afternoon. The room : located IA
tenement house, which WAS evidently
built more for accommodating many IN
mates than for beauty. 4 slgn next 10
the door read "Clalryoyant, Room No.
g.. Tie reporter passed INTO bare
ard desOlate looking halfway, and
found tie room designated IN the hack
part of the house. After rapplng IN
the timid way IN which reporters al
wavs make their presence or the out
side OF a door known, the far lhcOdorla
finally showed up and the reporter WAS
ushered into her spacious quarters with
much ceremony. The principal feature
TO be noticed about the room was the
infinite number OF horse shoes, big and
little. with which the walls and every
thing else were adorned. The woman
/ was evidently very poor, winch TACT
might have been eXcusabie were II not
( that the place was 80 dirty that the
( writer felt like taking bath after quit
ting the place.
CONFINED IN A DUNGEON.
Her eyes sparkled at the visitor as
! though she thought she was gong TO
get dollar ont of him for a clarlvoy-
ant sitting, but she got badly fooled,
as the reporter had an eve to business
and wanted 10 get something for moth
! ing. She looked like a woman who
might have seen better days, for her
language betokened some signs OF by
gone refinement When asked what
/ she knew of Toots unfortunate es-
capade she at first refused to talk, say
ing that she had already been misrep-
resented in the Democrat. Finally, how
ever. she stated that loot had never
| stolen the money which he, himself,
admits having taken; that he had
never been TO South America,
but had been confined in this
| city nearly the entire length
! of ms absence. She said that gang
| of counterfeiters we're in the city, and
that loot became aware of their opera
tions, by reason of their shipping the
counterfeit money by the United States
! Express Company. On the night that
| Toot disappeared, Mrs. Depew says that
two men, one with black heard and
the other with dark mustache, kid
mapped him. They bound him
and carried him down IN the
basement of the Metropolitan
| block, whence they led him
/ into an underground tunnel, which she
claims had an exit in the basement.
| The tunnel, she says, runs east for
! nearly block under the row OF low
stores on Pearl-st. Near the end of the
block. the tunnel branches Off toward
the East and West and winds up at
points. she knows not where. Just be-
fore reaching this point, she says, the
! passage Is barred by two massive IRON
bound doors. In this tunnel, she SAYS,
the cOuuterfeiters have carried on their
nefarious business without being de-
tected.
ONE HUNDRED DAYS.
Here the unfortunate loot was con-
fined for nearly one hundred days,
| which were spent mostly IN listening to
interesting debates between his captors,
as to whether they would Kill hIm OF
let him 90. Finally they concluded to
let him off, but before doing so, he was
made TO swear an awful oath, that nc
would never reveal his captors, and
would represent to the officials that he
had stolen the money himself.
She became aware of these facts, she
saws, through her power rs a clairyOy
| ant, which enabled her TO hear the mur-
derous debates regarding Toot's life
DR.. O'Neil. who rooms over the Giant
clothing store, also heard the same
| underground conversations, so she SAID
| After she became convinced Of the
! alarming state of affairs, she induced
male friend OF hers 10 make an actua
| trip into the tunnel, where he saw Too
with his own eyes, and came back anC
told her Of what he had seen, with Z
face the color of moOnshlne on the asf
barrel 50 frightened was be. she say
she thinks the entrance 70 the tunnel j
. now filed up. She is battling agains
hundreds OF enemies and unbelievers il
her etforts TO save a young man, whom
she SAYS is absolutely gulltless.
THE PRIMA DONSA.
After she had related her yarn. sh'
| r-a : q IL Cd 10 clvn IN nvhl lh-tLnn of he