The evening times., 1896-02-12
DETECTIVES on MS TRACK
PROT. N. Jules" Of This. City
Robbed InvaHds.
ARTFUL AND BASE sWINDLER
He Went TO Baltimore and After n
Few Days Secured Over 81 900 ana
Hastily ecnmped-Unique Method
of Deceiving Sufferers In Search
OF Health.

10 dS DfdZtfI, us dTtiui dUu Ut Tue same JlIDc
as heartiess swindler rs eyer operated
in baltimore. lie has just shaken the dust
! OF the Monumental City from his feet, with
| over $1,000 In cold cash in his possession.
which lie collected in fees from invalids and
| incurables, to whom he succeeded In present
Ing himself as a specialist on incurablc dis
eases.
| His dupes ard victims-and these are
| myrad-are now as far from being cured
| as ever, and are in every case poorer
than wien they made the acquaintance OF
prof. NJ jules of Washington, ID. c."
Such was the name given by 1; we'll
dressed man who registered at the Eutaw
House on the afternoon OF January n.
He stayed there until February 6, when
| he left about O'Clock In the evening for
some destination which the detectives of
| Baltimore are now anxious 10 locate.
When the professor wrote his name
| in the register at the Eutaw lie asked for
| one of the best rooms in the house. and was
| assigned 10 sumptuously furnished apart.
meBts-
DON'T DESPAIR.
On Sunday morning, January &c. an ad-
vertiscmcnt reading like tie following ap-
peared in two German Baltimore Sunday
papers:
DON'T DESPAIR.
"Other doctors may have told you that
your trouble Is chronic and cannot be
| cured. Don't mind them. They may he
baffcd; Jules never Is barficd. Prof.
Jules will give you n written guaran-
tee that he will cure you no matter what
your ailment is: no matter low long its
duration. Money retdrncd IL he fails
to cure. Prof. NJ. Jules, room S2, Eutaw
House.
The dcspairing invalidS who had suf
fcrcd for years, s;tw what they thought
was glcam OF Eopc, a break In the
clouds, herald OF health and haEpi-
ness, and next day many called at the
Eutaw House, and stood In the great
Corrdor OF the hotel, waiting their turns
to see Prof. NJ. Jules, WHO was TO cure
their complaints and put an end 10 their
sufferingS.
Every day during his stay the number
of callers increased and the professor
did a land office business.
HOW HE WORKED 1T.
From all accounts given by the victims
of Prof. Jules lie either is an alleged mind
reader or n professional spiritualist.
When the victim entered his apartments
the professor approached gently, and. after
asking very Few questions, told the visi-
tor what his disease was.
Now" he wonld say II will have to in
qnire as To whether your disease can he
cured. II will only take "A few minutes. BE
seated" The professor then turned his
back 10 the patient. and walked Ia and fro
at the FAR end of the room for almost a
minute.
Then he came TO n sudden Standstiil,
placed his right hand TO his brow. shut bis
eyelids tightly, like one in agony, and then.
suddenly breaking into a light laugh, he ap-
preached his victim, with his face aglow
with II kindly smile, and exclaimed: You
ar.sl ltral- Frtn h., raI
He then commanded the patient To go to
the far end OF the room and write his or her
name. age and birthplace upon slip OF
paper. The professor was not supposed TO
see the name written.
He then ordered The patient To fold the
slip tightly so that the name written on it
could not be seen by himself or any one else.
The patient was asked 10 approach the pro-
fesSOr, who took the folded slip OF paper
in his hand and pressed it to the patients
right temple for several minutes. looking
him straight in the eyes. After Il short
time. much to the establishment of the
patient, the professor announced the pa
tents name. just as it had been written on
the folded slip. Then. noting the patients
amaZement, he remarked:
A FEAT PERFORMED.
you're surprised are you? Wen, II
I can do that, do you doubt ca cure you?''
fessor, the patient readily succumbed.
The fee was demanded in a few minutes,
and quickly paid in most cases. The
professor sold the patient an amulet, a
little substance about the size OF Il nut
meg, which lie ordered To be worn on the
neck.
He charged good, round sums for this
articl, in all cases. succeeding in getting
as high as 500 from one man. Among
the Baltimore victims We're Peter C.
Toefflcr, 415 Hanover street, 81 B; Cas-
par Elsie, 4G4 Fremont street, S23; Louis
COssdB, l64S East Pratt street, 81 j. II.
Theis, / 511 EdmonsOn avenue, $50: Mrs.
Eta Bookman, sos South Charles street,
$50.
Maragcr Stokes. of the Eutaw House.
said last night that, in his opinion, 1.-THE
professor was the slickcst swind!er that
ever visited Baltimore. Mr.. Stokes seemed
to he very anxious to locate jules and eX-
pres se1 the deepest sympathy with the un-
fortunate people who had been victimized.
Prof. N. Jules is apparently about fifty
two years or age. Height, 81. weight,
175; heavily built, with a very remarkable
pair of b0wlegs. His face is full and his
nose is remarkably prominent and large.
His hair is black ana just turning gray.
He is bald on the top Of his head. His
mustache is thick. but close capped. His
manner is easy going and lie talks like a
lIbtiS tuuCittu iiihi- III nsi'ibitHty lie
appears to he a German Hebrew. When
last seen the doctor was attircd In n black
suit of cloth and wore a brown derby hat.
Detectives Poblcr and Kratz went Ia
New York Saturday in search of 1.-The pro-
fessor,' but returned last night without
having discovered any clue.
According to a statement he made while
here, n son of the ''the professors grad
uated from Yale at the age Of twenty-four
two years ago.
NOT KNOWN HERE.
prof. NJ. Jules" is not known by that
name among Washington mediums and
ma agnetic healers.
Secretary Woodbury. of the National Spir-
itualists Association stated today that he
had heard of Jules operating in different
parts of Ohio and some of the Southern
States. He has received numerous tele
grams and letters of inquiry regarding Jules,
and considers that he is an iinpostor.
Mr.. Woodbury. believes the maine OF Jules
is assumed and he has been warned TO
look out for him.
From another source II was learned that
possibly the alleged professor may have
some connection with a bogus medium 4
going by the name of Jules Wallace. Wal
lace was arrested in this city about two
years ago while conducting a test SER
vice In Typographical Temple.
Having no visible means of support he
was charged with yagrancy and sent down.
man, as Wallace left town Immediately
from under that name since.