Evening journal., 1900-01-30
MEDIUM GOT HER DOLLARS
sEANCE IN WHICH s1Sl8 VANISH
ED FROM THE BIBLE.

Ell thOM The BIBLE.
Mrs. Ellen Grimes, Of No. 22O East
Fifty-sixth street, a negress about so
years old, was the complainant in the
Yorkville police court against a mid
dle-aged negro whom she charged with
the larceny Of S1313 while posing as a
spiritualistic medium, says the New
York Sun. Mrs. Grimes, it appears
from her story, had been a believer in
spiritualism since she lived on the
plantation down in Virginia, and when
on January a man called on her and
introduced himself as Professor Tole-
meus Birchellem, a clairvoyant and
wizard, and added that he had been
sent by her friend, Mrs Mary Phillips,
Of No. 220 East Seventeen street, to
show her his powers. Mrs. Grimes con-
fessed that she would like to see the
spirit of her father, who died suddenly
several years ago. so that she could
ask him the cause Of his death.
Nothing was easier to a medium Of
the professors wonderful powers, and
he proposed that he give a seance right
then She asked how much 1t would
cost and he replied that he wanted no
pay until she had received benefit from
his conjuration, but it was necessary to
have 2 Bible. She got one from an
other room, and he opened it and called
of the thirteenth chapter and the thir-
teenth verse and explained that they
indicated s13.13 to be used as the charm
to evoke the spirits of her father and
her brother She handed him the
money and he put it in the Bible.
He shet his eyes an groan an say
he feel de speeruts uh moyin' him, D.
HaH UT1aa nn
eyes an roll dem roun' an wave his
arms to de ceilln' an to de flo, an say
dat he see de speeruts a-comin' He
ordah me to clos nah eyes ef All want
ed to see nah fadduh, and All, did but
All didn't see M
When she opened her eyes she saw
the professor" putting the Bible on
the table and he told her that his clair
voyance had informed him that the
spirits would not come until o'clock
at night, but that they would be there
promptly at that hour. In the mean
time she must not open the Bible or
the spell would be broken and she
would not see her father and brother
1t all He put the book on a shelf and
said he was obliged to make another
visit, but he would be back at s
o'clock. She felt so grateful for the
expected sight Of her father that she
gave him ten-dollar ring she wore on
her finger, and not to be outdone in
generosity, he called up the spirits
again and wrote some numbers on a
slip of paper and gave it to her, ex-
planning that the numbers made up the
spirit" gig for policy playing and were
sure to win. He failed TO return at s
o'clock and, though Mrs. Grimes helC
the Bible in her hands for two hours
the spirit Of her father did not appear
Then she opened the book and, discov.
ering that there was no money in it
concluded that the professor was
fraud.
did you play the policy gig?' asked
Magistrate Brann.
70 shuah All did sub. Wen Al
lose de 1913 All tink All done try TO t
git it back fro policy an All play d.
speerut gig, but dat swindlin' cooI
done meek a fule O. me an All losi
NAH money"
She had been looking for the mai
every day since then, Mrs. Grimes said
but failed to get on his track until sh
met him on Third avenue on Monday
She seized him by the collar. He trie'
to break away from her. and the twl
were struggling when Detective Nc
Laushlin, Of the East Fifty-hrst stree
station came along and arrested tn
man.
"Ah nevvuh saw de lady befo' in ma
life, yoah Honah," protested the pris
oner, AN All ken prove it. Woman
when you grabbed me by de coat. didn
All say, 70 misconstrue do wron
MANI Didn't All say dat? Tell de trui
now"
"Yo' did; an didn't All say All don
git de chicken An want, TO shuah?" re
sponded Mrs. Grimes.
The prisoner said his name was VIII
liam Reynolds, that he was hors
trainer and lived at No. 101 Yves
Twenty-seventh street
Mrs. Phillips. as well as Mrs. Crime
was positive that he was the bogu
medium. MAGISTRATE Brann held hin
in $500 for trial.
SITR-cTATIONS REDUCED.