The San Francisco call., 1897-03-12
TESTIFIED SHE
HAS A THIRD EYE
Judge Slack Informed in
Regard to Mystic
Powers.
Palmistry and Magnetic Healing
Explained in a Will
Contest.
Why B. D. Griggs, an Ole Miner.
Gave a Comparative S ranger
$500

Judge Slack listened to description of
the methods used by a so-called magnetic
healer IN the treatment of a patient. He
also received information in regard 10
clairvoyancy and paImistry. Mrs. Ellis
M. Stewart, who confesses that she has
been blessed with three husbands but is
now a widow, was the witness who con-
tributed to the enlightenment of the court
as to her profession in life, and incident
ally touching the manner in which she
came to write will for the late B. D.
Griggs bequeathfng $500 to herself.
Mrs Stewart is well-preserved lady Of
about so winters, with broad face, ample
form becomingly clad, diamonds in her
ears and rings on both hands. Her voice
is we'll modulated and she uses many ges-
lures. The lady delivered her testimony
in a very effective manner and was COM
plimented even by opposing counsel on
the acumen she displayed IN presenting
her side of the controversy IN its strongest
light She wore hat trimmed with jets,
aud the giittering ornaments that MILL
ners call algrettes shook detiantly, not to
say threateningly, at Attorney Schell
from time TO time as she answered his
troublesome quest ons.
You call yourself clairvoyant. do you
not?" asked Mr.. SchelI.
''Yes, sir.
You pretend to foretell the future of
the lives of your subjects. do you not?"
~ have the power of clairyoy ance, if
that is what you mean.''
"Wnl you please explain what you mean
by that?'
81 know things intuitively, or BY con-
centration of the mind, as 1t were. l
lend to explain it. The seat of
that power is just between the physical
eyes. 1t is a third eve just here" and she
tapped her forehead between the eye.
brows. she does not seem to need third
eye as the TWO visual organs that are Wis
iD.e to the ordinary observer appear to be
sufficient. They are black and piercing.
This avowal of supernatural power
appeared 10 overawe the lawyer for he
pursued that inquiry no further. He as
certalned that she pretended 10 a knowl-
edge OF palmistry. She said she read
G DIS lines on the hand and interpreted
his message.
Magnetic healing she also processes, and
explained that she cures by the laying on
OF hands. she requires considerable room
for her operations, as 1t Is necessary for
her 10 throw the evil principle OF the
malady from her hnger-tips at each move
ment, and she Illustrated the process by
throwing her hands to her side with
lerky motion.
Coming to the case OF Mr.. Griggs. she
said that when they met she saw at a
glance that he could not live. He applied
10 her for diagnosis of his case, and after
her usual formula had been gone through,
including a turn at palmIstry and the
like, she told him the trouble with him
was that he had pain at the pit of his
stomach, caused by some foreign SUBJ
stance. He did not deny that, and she
asked him If he had ever drunk from a
mountain stream. He replied: "Oh,
yes. l am miner, and often drink from
The snow springs OF the mountains"
Then asked him if he rene m bered to
have ever swallowed frog or a lizard.
No he replied, put that reminds me
of one time | was robbed. They gave me
cbloro!o:m and thrust the neck of the
bottle and the stopper down my throat.
The piece of bottle and stopper were of
rubber, and they remained in my stomach
for long time, but at last l got some
medicine that relieved me of them.
Then ] asked Mr.. Griggs If he had ever
eaten any pork and he said: why, yes,
while l was In the mountains l almost
lived on ham and bacon So l said TO
him, Well, that exp. aims il. That has
made it worse"
Mr.. Schell called the attention of the
witness 10 the fact that all the physicians
in the case had testified that the trouble
of The dead man was notin the stomach,
but was in the lower bowels, and asked
her if she was willing &c put her clairvoy-
ant diagnosis against the expert opinion
of the medical experts, when they de-
ciared that the trouble was in the lower
intestnes?
That was mistake. He never had a
pain there, was her positive reply.
When asked how she came TO be named
in tie will for $500 OF the $4,000 estate
when she had known Mr.. Griggs
only few weeks, Mrs. Stewart
answered that her patient seemed
grateful to her for the relief she
had given him, and that he wished to
show his appreciation. She said she
wrote 'he viii strictly at his Qictation.
She had not expected Il legacy. She ad-
mitted that she ubbed his mead and called
him dear" but said she would do that
with any old man Y no was her patient.
She also told with a merry laugh of how
she com bed his halr on one occasion, and
then related the fact that he cried when
he was about to move from the lod ging-
house in which she lived. He kept his
door locked and she had secret signal by
which she obtained admittance.
In the evidence it was developed that
Mrs. Stewart and another beneficiary un-
der the will signed as attesting witnesses
and afterward she concluded that two dis
interested witnesses ought to be secured,
and that was done. She said the thought
that disInterested witnesses ought to be
obtained came to her after the first sign
ing. "It might be called clairvoyancy if
you like, " she added.
but why didn't cIairvoyancv give you
that hint IN the first time?" was sug-
gested The witness could not answer.
and the case was put over for argument.