The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-28
MADAME ZENO
UNDER ARREST
CHARGED WITH TELLING FOR
TUNES, CONTRARY TO LAW.
At the Central Police Station She
Thought to Excite Sympathy by
Feigning Illness, but by Strange
Coincidence the Physician Called
to Attend Her Was the One Who
Treated Her Under Similar Cir
cumstances in Rochester, N. Y,
Some Time Ago.


of fortune telers and other similar
falirs who have been fooling the gull
lible people Of this city fo.' the past
month or SO and he Is determined to
rid the city of them.
Warrants were issued yesterday for
the arrest of several of these people,
! but only one was taken into custody.
This was Madame Zeno who conduct
cd a fortune telling establishment on
the second floor of d boarding house al
the corner of Franklin avenue and
Spruce street.
Several of the mayors private
sleuths. who have done such excellent
work in the speakeasy crusade, jour
neyed TO the Madame's quarters last
week and had their fortunes told.
They listened open-mouthed to her
predictions and appeared to be the
most gulible of the gullible. AS Ma
dame pocketed their fifty-cent pieces
she probably said inwardly to her.
self. "Oh, but these are easy"
The woman was arrested yesterday
morning by Detective Moir and was
Immediately arraigned before the
mayor for a hearing. She was ac-
companied by man who said he was
her husband. and who appeared in lieu
of an attorney. He contended that his
wife was a scientific palmist,' and
not common fortune teller.
HAD HIS FORTUNE TOLD.
The mayor showed him a hand-bill
which had been circulated ADVERTISING,
Madame Ieno. the Fortune Teller"
and he explained that they didn't
mean to circulate that hand-bi in this
city: that it was intended for use in
Atlantic City, etc, etc. The mayor
cut him short. however, and called one
of the detectives, who testified to hav-
ing had his future predicted by the
woman.
He said she told him that two rela-
tives of his would die in four years:
that he was cut out for a professional
career: that he would marry the girl
he loved. and a few other similar
things, all of which have been well
worn out by constant use. The mayor
decided that the evidence was cOnclu-
sive and held the Madame in 5000
bail.
During the hearing. Madame appear
ed to be On the point of tainting sew
eral times. and seemed to be doing
everything in her power to enlist the
mayors sympathy. This wasn't a cir
cumstance, however. to the grand star
scene which she and her husband
enacted in the afternoon.
The mayor allowed her to remain for
a time in tho court room. under the
eye of the policeman in charge at head
quarters. while her husband was
securing around for a bondsman. She
stayed there very quietly until just
a few minutes after 3 o'clock, when
the big star act began.
She was standing looking out the
window when suddenly she gave Il
Wild. fearful scream and fell to the
floor. Patrclnan Hocllenberry and
Special Officer Thompson who We're in
The adjoining room, rushed to her as
siStanCe.
CRIED FOR WATER.
She was lying on the floor and her
face was horribly distorted. Water.
water!'' she cried, and while Officer
Hockenberry raised her from the floor,
Thompson ran furiously after -the
water. He met Janitor Ward on his
way and told him the woman was
dying. Ward rushed upstairs with this
report and Detective Moir went flying
out for a physician.
The whole building was in whirl-
wind of excitement, and Madame Zeno
became the center of attraction. She
lay in Patrolman Hockenbcrry's arms.
giving vent to Il series of inarticulate
cries and punctuating them with con-
vulsive gestures. When Thompson re-
turned with the water she grasped the
cup frantically and drank a little, then
dropped it to the floor.
Then she clutched her throat in the
most approved melOdramatic fashion
and gurgled, I'm dying, I'm dying"
Everyone around believed she was, and
everybody stood breathlessly waiting
for the end.
At this moment, and with a splendid
eye for dramatic effect, the husband
got his cue and entered via the stairs
leading from the first floor to the base
ment. He came down these two at u
time, and there was a deep anxiety in
every line of his face and grief on his
brow.
He threw open the door leading into
the court room and, seeing his wife
moaning in Patrolman Nockenberry's
arms, he threw his umbrella on the
floor with Il wild flourish and rushed to
her, crying: MY God. Emma, what's
the matter; what's the matter?" He
clasped her in fond embrace and
looking down at her, said: Don't you
know me? Don't you know me?"
DID NOT KNOW HIM.
No. she didn't know him. she cried