Evening journal., 1900-09-19
COMMODORE IANDEGBILT'S
DAUGHTER MAKES CHARGES
AGAINST ARTHUR 7. DODGE
Continued From First Page)

oi the New York Press called at the
beautiful home Of Mrs. La Bau, at No.
li4l Riverside Drive. New York, she
could not be seen.
She is abed," volunteered the mabd'
VINO is one of two servants retained by
Mrs. La Bau. The ether IS German
woman Of something mere than middle
lage. It. is sad that Mrs. La Bau is an
Iexaoung mistress.
She has her son with her much OF the
hmo. Unlike his mother, he does not
lappelr to care much about his personal
Iarpearance Her married daughter,
Who lives I'm staten Island, does not
spend mach of her time with her mo- /
lthcg
Mrs. La Bau has recently returned
from a Summer trip. She Is q large |
heavily woman, decidedly mascu- |
Inc n app aIancc She enjoys mas
ease treatment and INDUCES in t ire |
gucntly CCmmun cations with lhe
lepllit wcrld yield her pleasure and con-
sCl1ti0n. and mediums VINO are really
cxulcId nary are sure oi welcome.
While living IN luxury she Is not
careless OF wealth The tive houses adj |
joining hers are guarded by private
Naicnmen. and she does not fev that It
&. nCces ary TO employ Cne for lersclf
when They repeatedly come so near
du3.ng tha night.
Arthur PElsbuIy Dodge and the
Kinct.c Manufacturing Company occu-
lried the same suite of apartments on
tho eighth Gocr Of the Carnegie Music
Han The suite was No. Sl9. Mr..
IDolscs family consists CT his wife and
two sons.
! WHERE SEANCES WERE HELD.
rs M 10. $40 n .ae Carnegie build
Eng, a. Scvoh'h avenue and F.ity-sixth
street. was The scene Cf Arthur Pills
bury L-lg5'3 spiritual site seances.
They were held there every Sunday
evening, ana crowds fccked to witness
them ,iCugh it was asserted last night
that fellow dwCllers in lhe building re-
Trained from attending them
NJ Dodge's family consisted of his
wife and Two sens. enc about p years
Old, and The c,aor II, and none oi the
quartet was considered especially
! aNAA AANuNAAAs AN4 NHN NlNAAA AiAN t'lfftN
ment two months and in the hIst.
week Of September The wife went to-
Europe, leaving the sons, IL is under
stood, at Babylon, L. l.. where they
have country seat
Mr.. Dodge and his family held alocf
lr-m the C.Aer tenants Of the building,
and hal no conhdants Mr. Dodse APP
rcared about - years old. He was
, eray-hGred and had ngh mus
, iasho His Wife was short and Il nder.
The CncC Cf lhe kinctic Manufaetur-
iLs C1mpany was also In Mrs. DO lse' s
apartments These apartments We're
ginally leceed to Eduardo and
Michele GCld giani, artists, who, upon
going to Rome n August. suhlc, thcm
to Mr.. Dodge. whose departure was ap-
parently hasty, as his lease VIII not
expire until October
D WAS OFTEN VICTlMlZED.
This is not the first tire that Mrs La
@ Bau has been rcputcd to have been We
p timizcd in business ventures through her
: strong relief in spiriiualism. although she
D has been known for many years as q w0-
e. man of great shrcwdness and hard COM
a mon SENSE in other respects. not unlike
9 her father. Commodore Vanderbilt.
d Mrs. la Bau. in 1856 went 90 Boston 10
d live for time. aud two years later many
O strange tales of how sac had been played
y upon 10y friends who learned of her
n weakness come from that city.
II When she went to Boston. although She
e WAS apparently IN good health 70 was
said that She imagined that she was dy-
d ing of dropsy. and for a time She bought
IS every drug that anyone prescribed for
G that trouble and took them AN.
70 MADE MONEY OUT OF HER
Then it was told of how She fcll in with
, Dr. a. Hodges electrician. faith heal
y, rr and heaven born physician" who in-
=, duCcl her 90 put herself in his hands Ia
-. be cured 10y faith
~ Heaven born music and 'augel
n voices accompanied these sittngs. and /
y took considerable number of them {,
. effect a cure. But the sitiingS were said
- Co have been profitable to the "Dogt0r.'
~ but the most bare faced rand il was
~ said that was practised on Mrs. La Bar
y MT that time was the work Of the 500
I called spiritualisic medium. who calle,
IL himself De Lanccy NJ. Young. who live,
az No 62S fremont street
10 The tale of how he is alleged TO hav'
l3 deceived Mrs. La Ban was told 10y ON
-NNlH l'liNs WI" .f'i"iN" t''' 'li' "i'
Aoung's sister took tho part az spirits an'
III angels 40 the soanccs and hy means %
no words put into their mouths 10y N0un
y, induced Mrs. la Bau To- give money i
ad large sums TO Young osicnsihly to specu
od late with.
60 Nina Perry said AIRS la Ban was liv
yn Ing in loung's house at This time.
pr, n was Icy pretending To- bring back Z
Eo Mrs. Ia Bau the spirit Of her dead boy
Freddie. that her mind was worked upo
t1 submit To the money frauds, Nina saic
DUPED BY "SPOOKS."
The scancc began that night, accordin
90 Nina Perry's story, with Mrs. La Ba
20 asking:
~ no YOU think the spirits will favor u
to-niEhtt'
Yes madam, ann sure they will"