The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-14
THE ARREST OF A MEDIUM.
sympatbi ssrs Of the Prssensr Gather About
the ON yrs and Enosavor to Prevent
His Apprs hensien.


by Detective Rhode s.
Wallace mad lust concluded his contor-
tions. and wa add essng the audience
when a Young man named Baier arose
and asked the indui gence OF those pres
emf for "a mo, nent He stated that on
the previous ST lnday evening he attended
wallacc's publ c ties { at the same hall.
and that the me. iIum' had seen III
10 Insult and b unit late him before that
audience becau ,e e (Baier) had told
a person near him In the hearing OF
Wallace that he WI IS not believer In
spirituaism. and no., he WAS determined
20 tell what he KIN w and had learned
OF WaIlace's pa u.
Rev. Fairchild. WI o presided over the
meeting. arose NJ d replied for Wallace
that on a Sunda evening and before
what was In the ri rlctesf sense reIi-
gious gathering II was not proper That
DersonaJitIes Shout 1 be indHlged in, and
ADVISED Taier TO m nike a stat ement or his
case in writing. a. vi the ~ ruth-seekers'
societv" NJ whle he Wa the head,
would hold an imp artial inv esugauon.
.eweu then sh outed rs Ter Il have
tbs honor 10 Intro duce Mr. Wallace TO
Detective Rhodes. OF poH &c hesoquar-
ters."
Baier's presunpt ION cam e very near
creating n manic in the hall. several
~yomen utterine exc lamatioI IS and rushing
ro,l-,n.u fyoo, then : seats for the closed
DOORS while the theirs rowced ABOUT
The n,atform. on which Wallace had
fsksn hiz seat. The cam near rushing
the detective off hi feet once or twice
and had IL not bee. Tor defective ser
~sa,t Perry and Dcte ctives Carter.
yr,,eeler. and Board man he would have
been trampled undo foe t In the MAD
rush. Detective R nodes expostuiated
with the epraged wol nen. rernarkihs that
no was only perfoi mins duty ana
,h., n Wallace was not guilty of any
yrcng-dojng no harm wou "a come 10 NM
But the women " puld not listen TO
reason. One large " oms In the van
onard OF the rush s. arie Sed at the top
OF her voice, You shi mt arrest MN
while we're here to Gel end NM ana
she meant every wol "a she salu' men
a score or two OF Of ne rs cried' III
an outrage, Let's sa We MIN from the
notice" 4 mischie VIC us boy yeneu'
'.Down with the poll c. Ana rush
followed which carried me oe,eclires oi.
,heir feet. But Dete G i've hhoaes eot
~ .,nds on Wallace 1, and. surrounded
-, "a. bro,hcr Office IT. started slowly
toward the only m ans OF exit the
,,,.,-,, foot NJ the nv was holly con-
- -, tha sniritrau rs and their friends
who shook their fists - the faces Oh tne
xs,,,s, oescers and denounced them in
sha ntt5erest terms. y-he turmoil was
,,cr.ased when Rev E'airchild mounted
the platform and char Dterlzed the arrest
as an outrage.
rho crowd took the us from Rev. Fair
child and became eve & more demonstra- |
five ONLY the coolnt o.. patience, and |
thorough good nature of the persevering
officers averted mo b serious outpurSt
OF violence.
When the officers ' nth their prisoner |
reached the front door uhe most intensely
dramatic part OF the nenes was enacted
A balt WAS made uI dl Wallaces coat |
could be put on him. hst then ne Ielt
large package of letter in one OF his In
side coat pockets. Gu xix rs nasn ne
ierked them out and seeing Mrs. Whit
man, who had been OF e of the foremost
I'm denouncing the ARE r. he reached the |
package TO her before me officers couiu
prevent him Instantly che woman, who |
was on the verge of Wsterics, wheeled
about and struggled de psnrately to break
through the crowd.
sIet me through! Get crIt OF my way"
she shouted Before tn crowd could he
forced aside however I ~ the frantic en-
deavors Of Mrs. Whitm Y, and several OF
her friends Detective 'oergeant Perry
caught I'D with and pull ed her back. She
fought him viciously, S. r-iebdng and try
trying all the while to tear the package
OF letters to shreds. VIII se Frank Austin.
Of tile police telegraph I ysrvice held one
of her arms in vce-likc grip the sergeant
unclenched the fist which held the letters
and so they were secur Ell and will. no
doubt. aid the police in making case
against Wallace.
After this episode no ~ rfier hindrance
was offered. and the Diet, xctves marched
their prisoner to police headquarters.
where he was slated as a nspicious char
acter.
At the police headquarte IA Wallace be-
came. by turns, pleading, indignant, and
defiant. After some pressu re he gave his
name as Patrick Jules Wall ice; age thirty
one years; married; born n Ireland, and
spiritualistic medium by ccupaton. On
his person was found pu rise containing
Sl.i5 In change and three pawn tickets
Tor jewelry deposited at Ful IONS loan Of
flee, gold watch and chain. and num-
Der OF papers and letters. In an envelope
was found black false must; Lche. Among
the letters VISA one from a st. Louis
friend. which contained tho following:
Jules, oh, but you are great fake |
Work the fake for all you are worth in
the District of Columbia" and others of
about the same import.
While waiting for the Sixth precinct pa
troll wagon to take him to that station
he told Post reporter that the name he
had given the officers was correct He
claimed that his name had never at any |
time been Pat Ryan as the police in
several cnes claim For four years he
had been operating as medium. and
previous to that time had been what he
called Legitimate actor.
He had toured among other companies
with Dion Boucicaut and Atkinson's |
''Pcck's Bad Boy" company. He swore
by all that he held holy that he had never
been guilty of any of the things which
the police and newspapers I'm the western | ,
cities had charged him with. He burst
out with an oath. adding that all police
and newspapers were consummate liars. ,
Then he INDUCED in "a string OF oaths
which would effectually have disIllusion-
lied the people who had shortly before
made such frantic efforts to free him :
from the officer.
After he had been taken to the Sixth
precinct station-housc. Detectives Carter
and Rhodes went TO the house OF MIR. J
John Bray. No. o37 ii. street, northwest.
where Wallace has been rooming during :,
his stay In the city. Nothing OF import
snce was found there, however. dc used :
tho back parlor OF the house for a consul
tation room. on the portieres which di- :
vide the two parlors was placard an
that the professor" gave sit
tings at 81 and 81 per sit
Wallace will probably be given hear !,
ing In the police court this morning. but 4
what 81 any, punishment will be meted
out to him is difficult to say He is mere
ly held on suspicion. but II Is likely the
ST. Louis authorities may want him. and | q
10 that "a fact hfa will Ia s,srpad ora. |