The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-15
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How the Naturalization Game Was
Played on a Rich Widower.
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How the Naturalization Game Was
Played on a Rich Widower.
From the Neto York Herald.
s'There are more spook dupes in this city
than you newspaper fellows have any idea
Of y said one OF the sleuth hounds of a pri-
vate detective agency the other day.
There is not an sgen cy of any note in
this city that hasn't the history of several
cases slowed away in pigeon holes, any one
of which, If published with names, would
make a sensation. But, OF course, they
never will get published, because strict
secrecy is the condition under which they
are worked up. l used to be something OF
a newspaper man myself once aud l often
think it is a great pity that SO much mag
pificent material should be allowed to rot
in oblivion; but business is business and it
can't be helped. Most OF these cases are
given TO US by friends of the victims, not
for the sake OF prosecuting anybody, but
simply that The victims may be made TO see
how they have been deceived and return to
the guidance Of common sense.
Thanks, l don't care if do. Let the ci-
gar be mild one, Strong cigars are bad
for the nerves.
"Well, if spin you yarn the drdn1nt's
persona must remain incog.
sPooK CONSOLATION.
T.
five years ago he lost his wife. and as he
had no children to comfort him and mad
been devoted husband, he felt that tne
light Of his life had clean gone out.
'sIu this mood he turned to splritualism
and took to attending materiallzlng seances.
He went 20 several places and saw no end OF
ghosts. who appeared and disappeared
while the gas was turned down very low
and who always spoke in sepulchral whisp-
ers as though they had lost the best por'
tions of their lungs.
''Ghosts come high, and Mr.. B spent
a lot of money bunting for them. He stuck
to 1t for a year before he struck one that
looked like his wife, or that he thought
looked like his wife, for, Of course. no iden-
LITIGATION with just enough light to make
darkness visible would hold according to
the laws of evidence.
but something about this particular one
touched some peculiar chord of memory and
he became convinced that he had seen the
materialized spirit Of his beloved wife.
This was at seance given by Mime. Y.
"Of course Mr.. B didn't want any
other person to be present when be inter
viewed the shade of his departed wife. Such
intrusion seemed to him like sacrilege. Be
sides he had money and could afford to be
exclusive. So he made an arrangement
with Nine. Y by which she gave him a
private seance every Thursday night. And
for every such seance he paid her $50. 1t
pecially rich man, would weigh the bless
ings of immortality demonstrated against
filthy lucre2 Perish the thought!
SUSPICION AROUSED.
AT these seances there were none pres
ent but Mr.. b, Mime. Y and the APP
partition. The thing went on with the
regularity of clockwork. At 9 o'clock pre-
Cisely Mr.. B. called. After singing
Sweet Hour OF Prayer" Nine. Y, at
OIL fy,ruad dOuuv ba ljeybka apH ruaddlad
into the cabinet, and at 9:l5 there emerged
from the cabinet a slender, willowy, white
robed creature. She allowed Mr. B. TO
kiss her hand, if be ever became more de-
monstrative she would retreat into the cabi-
net and appear no more that evening, de-
claring that the spiritual elements OF which
she was composed were not strong enough
10 withstand closer contact with earthly
flesh and blood, and at 9 As anyhow she al
ways huttered back into the cabinet.
''She never spoke above whisper to Mr..
b, told him that she was happy, pro-
crossing patiently, awaiting his coming,
was glad that he continued to love her, and
so on. And when Mr.. B went away he
always left behind him an envelope con-
tanning three $l0-dollar bills.
The thing ran on for couple of years
Then Mr.. BIS suspicious became aroused,
and in a very peculiar fashion. He de-
tected an odor of onions about the alleged
ghost of his wife. A ghost that smells of
onions is certain to awaken suspicious. 1t
may exhale an odor of violets or roses with
perfect safety, but onions are of the earth,
earthly. Besides, tie late Mrs. B de-
tested onions.
There was anoth motive at work with
Mr.. B. Time heals many a sorrow. 1t
had healed his And he had discovered
that certain charming widow would con-
cole him much more effectuslly than the
ghost could. In fact he found the ties that
bound him to the ghost had become rather
embarrassing. At the same time his con-
science would not allow him TO break off
with genuine ghost. That would be worse
than playing false with the living.
THE TRICK EXPOSED.
The upshot of it was that was put on
the case. never had an easier one in my
life. l was convinced that Nine. Y
had a confederate, because she was too
bulky herself to personate the late Mrs.
B.. l discovered that Nine. Y had
another visitor on Thursday nights-a fe-
male who always arrived half an hour be-
fore Mr. B. called, and then went away
about half an hour after he had left the
house.
81 traced this female to g respectable
house on Fifth avenue, l learned from the
servants that the lady's maid was a great
taVorite with everybody. especially her
mistress, but that rain or shine, she always
went out on Thursday night. In fact that
was one of the conditions under which she