The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-06
CLAIRVOYANCE FAILS.
Miss Sybert Will Have To Find
Another Husband.
Snecfa1 to the Jerseu Citu Ne,us.

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CAMDEN, Jan. 6. 1s92.-Miss Evelyn
Sybert, or Mrs. Charles Randall" the
fortune-teller and clairvoyant, brought
her power of divination into Recorder
Braker's courtroom yesterday in a suit
against William Winfield Rudderow,
postmaster of Palmyra, N. j., whom
she charged with being the father Of her
three-year-old boy. She had identined
Postmaster Rudderow in a trance as
being the "Charles Randall'' who three
years ago had betrayed her, but Recorder
Braker took more credeDce i'll the post
masters evidence of mistaken identity
than in the soothsaying of Evelyn Sy-
bert.
Several weeks ago a newspaper pub
lished the account of Rudderow's arrest
on a warrant sworn out by the cia1rvoy-
ant, and his being held for examination.
The hearing began at ten O'Clock and con-
tinued until nearly three O'Clock in the
afternoon.
Samuel K. Robbins and Israel Roberts
represented Rudderow, and James M.
Scovel was the fortuDetelIer's counsel
Evelyn Sybert stated that seafar1ng
man. named "Charles Randall" IN June,
1888, had promised to marry her. He had
been paying her attentions for some time,
and finally the two agreed to get mar
ried. Randall" procured blank mar
riage certificate, had her affix her
name to 1t, and then had it filled out by a
clergyman in New York. On the day of
President Harrison's Inauguration baby
boy was born to "Mrs. Randall" Soon
after Randall disappeared.
PURSUING THE WILLIAM.
For over year the fortune-teller said
she mad used every means to find out who
was her betrayer. Finally. she learned
by some secret favor that he was Post
master Rudderow of Palmyra. N. j. 1t
appears that the postmaster Is one OF the
score of heirs who are fighting in the New
Jersey courts for the estate of Josieh
Wallace, the Palmyra millionaire, who
died intesuate early last summer. Rud-
derow's mother was sister OF Wallace.
In November Samuel Rudderow, brother
of the postmaster, had occasion to visit
the clairvoyant at her home, NO.
1914 Elm street. this city. under
the pretext of finding what would
be the final outcome of the "
lace will suit. The brother says that he
went to the woman merely to find out
ell about her, for he testified that she had
been writing threatening letters to the
postmaster, who was mystified By the
missives In Samuel Rud6erow, the
soothsayer, said she saw the likeness of
his brother. the alleged betrayer, and in
that way she WAS able to identify him.
Before she caused the postmaster's ar
rest, she went to his grocery store In Pal-
myra, with her niece. Miss Schultz, who
corroborated her Identification of the
man.
Postmaster Rudderow denied that he
was the father of the child. and said he
had had no intimate relations with the
woman. At the time of the alleged mar.
riage his counsel presented witnesses,
among them DR.. Morrissey, of Palmyra.
to prove that ne was sick and in
bed with the malarial fever. After
all the evidence had been heard.
Recorder Braker stated that the sooth-
sayer had failed to establish her case and
discharged the defendant. The woman
now says she will carry the case to the
higher courts. where a jury will decide
on the evidence, and where she believes
success will attend her suit.
Rudderow and his relations assert that
the suit was brought toinjure his chances
for large slice OF the Wallace estate, in
asmuch as he is the most important wit
ness In that litigation. The fortune-te1ler
is good-looking woman of thirty years.
Postmaster Rudderow has wife and two
children, is fifty-two years old, and has "a
good reputation.