The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-29
PLOTTED AGAINST
\ BY HIS PEOPLE,
Spirits Suggest That a Man
May Be Taken From
His Family.
BROUGHT FROM TORONTO
Informed That His Mother Was
Dead and His Sister
Dying.
ALL AN UNNATURAL PLOT
Now Contemplates Sung His Rela.
tives for Running His Com.
mercia1 Standing.
ALL AN UNNATURAL PLOT
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANo1sco CALL,

| Another romance has been attributed to
| the spirits that bring their messages from
| the unseen world at eventide and deliver
| them to the faithful in the vicinity of
Castle Peterhoff at Fruitvale.
Very unhappy is the sequel to peculiar
train of circumstances which have been
the experience of Edward Scarlet of
Toronto, since be left his home last
October. He came here in answer to an
urgent letter from his sister Kitty, telling
him that she was dying of consumption
and that his mother was dead, aud asking
that he come to Oakland to settle up the
estate left by their father.
Scarlett left his wife and family on his
little ranch at Toronto and came to Oak
land, only to fnd that his sister was in the
best of health. and that his mother was
living. His wife is now destitute in
Toronto, his credit destroyed and every
body believes he has deserted his family,
while he is still in this city trying to raise
enough money to get home.
Cali this trouble has been caused by the
Spirits" said Edward Scarlet this after
noon. 81 have been the victim OF one OF
the most unnatural and unkind plots that
ever sister and mother planned to ruin
the happiness of a family.
"About eight months ago / received
very pathetic letter from my sister asking
me to come here at once. She said mother
was dead and she was dying, and that it
would be necessary for me to come out
here and settle up the estate. / knew that
when my father died he left an estate
valued at about $4,000, and as I was
| anxious to see my sister alive l came at
once. I had no address but Oakland, and
when came here l had to engage de-
tective and find my sister. I found that
she had married and was Mrs. Taylor,
| and that she had been married three years,
but had said nothing of it. After a long
search I found the family at Fruitvale,
and to my great surprise the first person
/ met at the house was my mother. whom
supposed was dead. 1 soon discovered
| that my sister was in the best of health
| and was married.
Subsequent investigation brought to
light the facts of the whole plot My
mother and sister did not like my wife
and had been told by spirits that it would
be better if we were separated. Their OBJ
! lection to my wife Is that she is Baptist.
| They also object to my being a Presby-
| terrain, and ever since l have been here
| they have been trying to get me to believe
| in spiritual sm. Different parties have
come to me with messages from my
| father, but have refused to believe them.
"Eyer since 1 learned of the way in
which l have been tricked l have been
trying to get back home. l have beauti-
full little ranch, on which live my wife and
two children. When L got my sisters let
ter mortgaged the place for small sum
and gave my wife all that / did not re-
quire for the journey. Now the mort
gage is about due and my family is in
danger of being put out after we have
worked for twenty years to own the place.
l have been trying to get back for several
months, but my sister and mother have
been continually making promises about
raising couple of thousand dollars so
that 1 could go back and make everything
square.
NOW a new chapter has opened up.
The advisers from the unseen world have
said that it would be best for my sister and
mother to raise what cash they caniand
go to New Zealand. / am also told that if
l 60 along can do very well in that
country. This last news has caused me
to make up my mind. My mother and
sister have either got to give me enough
money Immediately to get home or else l
shall bring suit against them for damages
l do not think / could recover much, for
all their money is loaned out on notes and
I am not altogether enamored of the Sc
curity. They tell me that the notes are
good and that the loans were made on
good advice. The advice, however, was
not of this world, so I cannot investi-
gate it.
To-day received letter from my wife
telling me how I am practically ruined
through being called away. l must get
back within two weeks or my home is lost.
/ have been married fifteen years, and to
attempt to estrange us at this time Is dia-
bolical. Ny little girl writes me that her
mother cries all the time and is really be-
ginning to think she is deserted. I must
get home at once, but 1 cannot raise q
dollar
When Scarlet made a demand for
money his mother decided to rattle gold
watch with which to raise the money, and
is now offering a piece of property for
$500.
A peculiar feature of the affair is that
MIS-. lay Iue SlSIeTs auiuitS buaG bne
whole business was scheme to get her
brother out here.
1--WE do not approve of his wife," she
said. ''and so l told him of mothers death
and my illness to bring him out here. We
do not like his wife's religion and she only
married him because she thought he
would get some money from his fathers
estate"
BROKE THE RECORD.