The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-01
4 S0OTHSAYE,R
GOT IN HIS WORK
convinced a Woman There
Was a Curse on a Pile OF
flIlmOnv She Secured
From Husband
TOOK OFF CURSE
But Tie Also Took the 1000 in
Gdsh and the Woman and the
Police Are Now Seek
ING for Him

PORTLAND. Me-, Nov. I'm Port
hand recently woman who had just
been divorced from her husband was
told by an alleged fortune-teller that
the alimony she had received from him
was cursed, and he offered to take the
curse off the money for her She let
him try, and the man succeeded.
Any way he took the money and the
woman has not been cursed with it
since she followed the mans advice
About three weeks ago the wife of a
we'll known man in this city obtained
g. divorce. The conrt awarded her
$4,000 in alimony, which was paid over
to her. Soon after she obtained the
money the woman got letter from an
alleged fortune-teller, man. The
fortune teller told the woman in this
letter that he had some valuable in
formation to give her concerning her.
self and her property if she would call
and see him.
The woman had never heard of the
soothsayer before, but went to his
place OF abode. He appeared to go
into a. trance and told her a lot of
things about her past and some things
which he said were to happen to her
in the future, and then told her that
she had lately come into the possession
OF some money. s'The money has a
curse on it," he said. 1.-THE way 1t
was obtained from the person who paid
1t TO you has cursed it, and as long
as you keep it evil will come upon you
and yours"
The woman was a good deal alarmed
at this, and asked the man, who still
appeared to be in a trance, what she
should do about 1T. He said that there
were ways of removing the curse from
money of this kind, and that he could
do it.
The woman went home a good deal
disturbed concerning this matter, and
after a day or so became so uneasy
fearing all kinds of things might hap
pen to her, that she decided to let the
fortune teller try to take the curse off
tbs money, as the boys would say So
she went to see him and took the
money with her. 1t was in $50 bills.
The man said when he saw her that
he was glad that she had come, as he
had another message. Then he said
he would take the curse off the money
as he had agreed. and would not
charge her more than small fee for
SO doing.
The woman handed the man a pack
age of bills. which he said he would
put into box for her. and he retired
for brief space into another room
and returned with the box nicely
sealed up and tied with string. He
then told her that he would take the
curse off the money, but it would ne
cessitate the moneys remaining in this
box for at least two weeks. and not be
dietrubedssin the meantime.
The woman went home and kept the
secret. having paid the man his fee.
But finally becoming somewhat
alarmed and little curious. she
opened the box. In it was some brown
pannr but no bills. The fortune
teller had removed the curse from this
wonan's property in the easiest pos
sitle way. She rushed to the mans
~ c'sa and found that the person had
fiearneared Then she told the police
SNont it. or at least told some Of her
- ands. who told some of the anfhor-
i"'~s. and the story was made public
las. night.