The sun., 1901-10-27
DISS De BAR IN new ORLEANS.
A sUPPREssED CHAPTER IN THE
WOutN's CRIMINAL CAREER.
indicstIon mat she DeEsn There the
Practices tina, Have Landed Her and
Isrr Husband In Jaii In orden Many
women Her Victims some Dri, en Mad

women Her Victims some Dri, en Nad
NEw ORLEANS. oct. "a There are IN
dications that Ann O'Delia Diss De Barr
began ia New Orleans two years ago the
practices which have led to the present Grim
inal charges against hcr and heT husband.
jackson, In London. Before her arrival here
her record was that of confidence woman
who had used spirtualisin a. a means
Of swindling Hsr stay here resulted In
the ruin of many women and drove not
few of them into the insane asylum. The
facts werc hushed up because an exposure
of her career would have affected the char
scter Of a nuinlrr Of women Of excellent
family, and because the was dealt
with outside Of the courts In the summary
manner in which the Southwest frequently
treats a charge Of this kind.
The pair jackson and Di-- De Barr.
came here together from Florida on Jan.
Z. 1870 and were not then married Jack
son was a Chicago real estate dealer who
went TO Florida to speculate in town lots
aud orange grover. He is a little man,
about 30. slender and delicate lie wore
q big black hat that happed all over his
facr and gave him the appearance Of wear
ing n black mask How he and Di-s DE
Barr. who j. % aud corpulent. became
acquainted or got into partnership, Il l.
impossible to -ay The woman seemed
devoted TO jackson. and, indeed. II II be-
lieved that most Of her recent troubles
are due TO her desire 20 provide him with
victims
Little II known of their Florida expert
ence. Dis= De Barr ed jackson IA
his real estate speculations 10y organizing
the Order Of the Crystal Star. which was
20 he composed Of spirituali-ts The or
ganization wac vegetarian dlsoarding all
animal food and living on fruit only.
Its religion and di~teiic socialism waz ac-
companied 10y very business like arrange
ment whereby jackson was willing to
sell at a good prics' excellent fruit groves
upon which the vcgetarians could settle.
Ii may H. stated by the way. n AN Illus
tration Of the Dis DE Barr methods. that
n special disI cnSation permitted her 20
continue the uss Of b"ef and pork. and
that her appetite for solids was hat might
be expected Of a woman - her siz"
II would appear that the CRYSTAL star
was not financial Success In fl,rida.
This was probably due to quarrel On which
Il became involved with Cyrus Tosd, the
head of rival spirtuslistic ami cc'cll!siic
,-ocety established IN Florida under tho
name Of Iop~hanty Finding no chance
of a livelihood there Dis Dr Bar came to
New Orleans
This city has always been notorious
for clairvovant- and fortune telling. while
vo,Idooi-fn. not entirely crushed out vet,
has left a dccidei impress upon the lowcr
Glasses. JUS before ni-- H. Bsr's arrival
a voudoo case had been published In the
papers showing practices among certain
women. presumably Of decrnt origin and
life not unlik. some of the London eui-
.ad'r II l. prnhahie therefor" that tho
woman plannH,i To- Sse What cuuld De done
here. In working mp the fruitarian society
and finding colonist- for Jack~nn's Florida
lands The scheme proved n failure. and
the Jack Sons for the two were marriei soon
after their arrival here, had hard road
to travel for time Then Mrs Jaine>
I.itton jackson. a. she called herself. looked
around Tor new enterprise.
She had taken n hou-" on fir-i street,
amons people OF tn" lower middle CLASSES.
Here she gave the siial ~piriiualtstic sesnce>
and -ron drew around her a number Of
pcopie who either believed in sprituali-m
or were inclined 10 investigate v. Mrs
Jackson had in the meantime studied the
situation and the community and made
plan by which she couh make some money
very much the scheme she subsequently,
put in operation In London
For some months the jackson carried
on their operations without attracting
spy public attention. Then Mayor Flower
was brought face Co face with an extra
ordinary scandal The story al first seemed
incredible and II was somewhat difficult
90 under stand u
- ~ in, N.,s
Orleans declared that she had been induced
90 participate In several spiri,uali-tic
s1ances at the house Of a Mrs jackson on
First street and that the woman seemed 70
possess great power IA n medium and had
exerted extraordinary influence on her
and her daughter Mrs Jackson had
finally announced tha, she was a physician
as well a. a medium and could cure various
db.ess-s by her power as a mesiium. The
daughter had been placed under Mrs Jack
sons care. and although not cured. Mrs
jackson had got from the mother not only all
the cash she had on hand, hut all the family
jewelry, worth several thousand dollars,
and including number OF heirlooms
Her husband. the woman explained. knew
nothing Of these incidents. He wanted
10 know what had become Of the family
jewelry, and the woman In despair. ap-
peaicd 20 the Mayor TO learn what he cuuld
do In the matter, Could he not arrap'.
with Mrs. jackson 20 compromise and
accept cash for her treatment of the daugh-
ter. especially az tho latter had not becr
cured. and release the jewelryi
Now, Il has always been the PRACTICE 81
the Mayor Ia New Orleans 90 intrigue IA
cases of this kind, as a SORT of father o
the people: and as the city ordinances gave
the Mayor and police control over fortune
teIler~. clairvoysnts and the like, he hS,
some jurisdiction in this particular case
Mr. jackson and the complainant wcr'
summoned To the parlor % the Mayor Il
talk the matter over with him and 500
a jus, and fair settlement could no, b
reached.
Di~- DE Bars vanity proved her rnin
She appeared in the Mayors parlor ar
rnyed in a gorgeous fowing royal purpl
gown With an immense bouquet Of viol"'
for the chief magistrate Of the city, Sh
talk~d iuently and well % spiritualism
dealing In all the technical terms. an
evidenily thought she had crcated an i'm
preston Then. warmed up 10y her talk