St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-14
AN OLD GERMAN FORTUNE TEL
LER RECITES A VERY
QUEER STORY.
NEW LIGHT ON A BAD CASE.
MISS BERGH WENT FREQUENT
LY TO HAVE HER FOR
TUNE TOLD.
WAS IN TROUBLE BEFORE.
DR.. johnson and C.. II. Lowe Are
Held in Jail on the Jury's
| Verdict.

A most important witness failed
to testify before the coroner'S in
quest in the Clara Bergh case. She
was subpoenaed, but arrived yester
day morning at the court house too
late to give her testimony. She is
a certain fortune teller, or card read
er, residing in lower town, and has
been the trusted confidant of Clara
Bergh for the past four years. The
latter was constantly having her
fortune told by means of cards. To
the madame" Clara confessed not
only the full details of her relations
with Lowe and DR.. Johnson, but
she told of a former operation said
to have been performed by DR.. John
son; and, going to the old lady
on final visit two days before the
fatal trip to Wisconsin, she admitted
her plans, and almost tainted when
the cards revealed her certain deep
disgrace and death.
The madame is a small, emaciated
German woman, past middle age,
with dark. piercing eyes. She is
unusually intelligent and possesses
most retentive memory.
Did L know. Clara ?" exclaimed
the madame. "Ah, Colt, yes, yes.
1t is now more than four years since
| Clara first came to me to have her
/! fortune told by the cards. About
the same time was renting a house
Of a certain gentleman. l often sub
let rooms for him, and would go
down to his office. Several times l
saw Clara there at that time, and
the girl would tell me what good
! friends they were. After that Clara
would come to me once, twice or
three times a month to have her
! fortune told. You must know that
1 use these cards here which came
| from the old country" bringing out
| a pack of small and much-worn
cards.) They bore each some
FIGURATIVE WOOD CUT,
like a church, a ship sinking, or the
like, while they were identified with
! playing cards by a heart in corner
bearing the figure 5, etc. (This last,
for instance, would mean the five
| of hearts.) "They are very old, old
cards, and very sure. She would
tell me how man used to take her
to the theater, to the horse races at
Hamline, and often out to White
! Bear lake. He either had some
| friends there, or would go to a hotel;
she never explained which. But he
| would take her out to the lake, stay
there with her over Sunday and Mon
day, often leaving her suddenly,
when she would have to come in late
by herself.
81 remember that she had her first
trouble about March, 1893. She came
to me one afternoon to look at the
| cards. She divided the pack into
three parts. Then she turned up
the bottom card on the first lot It
was-yes, 1 recollect-the five of
| spades. That is a dark card, and
means trouble. The number of the
card shows how much trouble told
Clara then that she was already in
trouble. She blushed, but didn't say.
The second was the ten of clubs
That MEANS said l to her, that
you're going to have a great deal
more trouble Then she turned the
last card, a coach with the two of
spades on it. I knew that she would
go on a journey in two days. Then
she told me all about it. She said
that she was going to visit a doc
tor in Wisconsin. I asked her why
she didn't go to some good doctor
10,,f -y,A j i
met this Wisconsin doctor some time
before. The doctors name was John
son. She was sure that he must be
a good doctor. l told her to be very
careful, and she went away. A few
weeks later she came back, we'll
dressed and happy as can be. After
this the unnamed gentleman was
MORE FRIENDLY THAN EVER.
81 often saw them at his office.
When last Christmas came around
Clara got lot of fine presents. This
man gave her a gold watch and
chain, a pin set with diamonds, two
gold sleeve buttons and a diamond
ring, as we'll as an aStrachan cloak.
Before that he had given her another
diamond ring. All along she kept
having her fortune told, and every
time she would ask if the man would
be true to his promise and marry
her. But the Churchman'S the sign
of a Wedding-neVer showed UP
when she cut the cards. 1t was al
ways back in the pack. That showed
that she would not be married, and
To - FTNI,-
last time 1 saw them together was
about two months ago. They were
in the mans buggy driving on Tenth
street.
1.-THE 18th of June Clara was here
once more. She was preHily dressed
in a pink waist and a brown skirt arc
wore black sailor hat, trimmed will
silver buckles. You had only to Ieol
at her face to see that she was il
trouble once more. She seemed very
anxious. When the cards were Gu
first came up the five of clubs-here-
with the ship, you see, and the crew
just leaving in the lifeboat. told he
, that meant trouble. She took up th,
second card very slowly. 1 guess
started q little myself She looked ex
cited, and asked, What is the matter
. mother"-thatS what she used to cal
, me. This here was the second card
: the ship sinking, with the nine of club:
, in the corner. That's dreadful trolibl,
, foryou, Clara dear. Is il the same way
again" She nodded. Then she took tn,
last section of the pack in her hands
But she didn't want to turn up tn,
, card guess I was as nervous as sh,
was. She began to breathe hard, an,
} turned pale and red. Well, what's tn
, dlfference It's only cards. she said, a
last, and turned the card up quick. I
was the ten of spades and the hearse
, Before I thought, 1 cried out WHY
Clara,
, YOU'RE GOING TO DIEr
She put her head on the table here. ant
for long time she only moaned a littl
to herself, Then she told me all abou
it. She had been to see DR.. johnson
about herself in January, and he ha,