The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
SECRETS TOLD TO FRIENDS
WAS INDUCED TO BELIEVE SHE
 SHOULD BE FREE.
Has Sent Telegram From Montreal Promising to Explain All to the Oakland Psychic
 Society.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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90S Broadway, Dec s.
 To-days developments in the divorce proceedings of Madame Montague, the psychic lecturer, otherwise Mrs Yates, are of a very sensational nature Mrs. Yates, 1t now appears, was induced by strong influences to revive the proceed ings in the court and to give her testi- mony, although she confided to all her friends the fact that she did not wish adj Vorce, and that not long ago her husband wrote to her from Canada and paved the way for a reconciliation. Alas, some of the letters written by Mme Montague have been intercepted and the informa- tion they contain has been made known to the members of the Oakland Psychic Society for whom it was not intended
 Yesterday a telegram was received by the society from Mrs Montague Yates stating that a letter would follow setting forth all the details of this interesting case. The testimony given by Mrs. Yates two days before her departure has not yet been handed to the court, and it is understood that the plaintiff has ordered all the proceedings to be dropped
 The strange part Of the case is that Mrs. Yates told her most intimate friends that she was opposed to being legally separated from her husband. Some months ago Mrs. Yates received informa- tion that Captain Montague Yates was endeavoring to secure an appointment that would enable him to provide for his wife. This information was conveyed by Mime. Montague Yates to some friends both by letter and telegraph, but neither reached their destination and a little later the information was known to all the societies. Mime. Montague is posi- tive that the letters were intercepted, and that she has been subjected to es- pionage for several months. On one occa- the society for watching her movements. He admitted that he had been spying up- on her.
 After it became known that Mime. Mon tague was likely to be reconciled to her husband, from whom she had been lieving apart for a couple of years, extraordinary pressure was brought to bear on her by prominent members of the society It was represented to her that she was inspired; that her position was far superior to that of any other spiritualistic lecturer in the country, and that it was not advisable for her to be hampered with husband with whose thoughts she was not in commu- nion and who did nothing to support her. Finally Mime. Montague's health was so broken down that she was ordered to a complete change of scenery, and she de- cided to go and be near her husband. This decision on her part was conffded only to a couple of intimate friends, and, in the mean time Mrs Montague agreed to give her testimony in the divorce case. She was assured that the whole matter that there would be nothing on record to show what she was doing. The madame's acquaintance on both sides of the bay is so large, however, that secrecy was inn possible, and her romantic life from the time of her first marriage became mat ter of general interest.
 Mime. Montague said very recently that the mistakes of her husband had been those of the head and not of the heart. and that she was quite willing to give him another chance. The idea of ever ap- bearing in public as a divorcee was very repugnant to her, and after giving her testimony she expressed regret that she had done so, and told her friends that she would wire instructions at once to have the suit quaShed.
 Mime. Montague IS now Tn Montreal. treal. and although there is no positive knowledge among members of the so- ciety, it is generally believed that they have arrived at some understanding.
 Judge Harvey Brown is prominent member of the Psychic Society, and at the divorce proceedings he testified that Mime. Montague was one of the noblest of women and of irreproachable character.