The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-10
CARLISLE'S TWIN
SEEN BY NOBODY
INFORMATION GATHERED HERE
DOESN'T SUPPORT CARLISLE.
Carlisle Never Was Seen with a
Double at the West Hotel, and
Debralls Was Never Seen with One
About the Bank Of Minneapolis
Building.

If the John J. Carlisle after whom
Sheriff Dreger went to Washington,
.. G., last night had a double in the
person OF j. j. Debralls, as he says,
and played billiards with Debralls at
the West hotel,'' the people about the
hotel building who knew Carlisle best
and who would have been most like
~ to see him in the company of this
double, know nothing about it.
If Carlisle was associated with this
alleged double, Debralls, in the ''acad-
envy of occult science business in the
Bank Of Minneapolis building, the per-
sons VINO saw most of Debralls and
knew him the best, during the month
OF OctoberA when he had offices in the
building, Lld not see the formeE.
Carlisle was registered at the West
hotel and occupied room 44S Oct. 8
to %, the day he was married to Miss
Bonnie Hinkle.. He gave the impress
sion to the, desk man that he was a
western agent for a wine house, and
IN that capacity put several drafts
thru the hotel. One of these went to
Pueblo, but beyond this Cashier Paul
Jensen does not remember the details
OF these transactions.
Carlisle said he owned bow-legged
| bulldog and was in the market for
another; was a man Of striking ap-
pearance and dress, drank moderate
ly and played billiards considerably,
buying the drinks and cigars freely for
any one with whom he happened to
be playing. He was a good spender.'
Altogether he was a man to be noted
around the hotel E'%
Clerks Perry and Dennis p. Conry
| Cashier Jensen, the telephone eX-
| change operators, who saw Carlisle
twenty times a day; the bartenders
| who served him, Charles Ferris anG
| others who played billiards with him
day after day, or who saw him play
billiards with many other people, re-
member him perfectly, and give, with.
out prompting, a description of him
which tallies with that given by the
Journals Washington correspondent.
| But none of the West hotel people
rememb Der having seen Carlisle witt
| any ore looking at all like him, anC
he played with any one who was will
| ing to play. The Carlisle double i!
| not recalled. ~.-..4 .a.-~.
DR.. Henry F. Hoyt, who had offices il
the Bank of Minneapolis building dur
ing the month ~. j. Debralls" wa
conducting his academy Of occul
sicence' on the fifth floor; and Edwin
Brenna, the elevator boy, who ha
been working in the building for thu
past three months, say that the de
scription Of J. J. Carlisle sent by tn,
Journals Washington correspondent
corresponds to that of Debralls as the!
knew him.
They also agree that, so far as the.
ever heard or saw, Debralls had NJ
associate in the occult science bust
ness, and that he was "the Who'll
| thing" as DR.. Hoyt expressed it.
1--WE opened offices at the sam
time" said DR.. Hoyt this morning
1 ''and naturally introduced ourselve
and borrowed things, as those in ad
joining offices will. --.s s@-
| "Debralls had dark hair, somethin.
between red and brown, perhaps; wa
SIN ooth-faceda and1s had either dark
gray OF brown m eyes, which looke'
straight at. you.Y. HeslWasy a. handsom
man, and as smooth as L, ever saw
And he took himself very seriously.
"He claimed to have been in India
and after I had drawn him out O
the question of the Indian fakirs, i
whom he professed to believe, and
told him Of my several years in tn
orient, and the disbelief in their ski
which had come from that residence
he said:
s''Oh, but you were on the main lin
Of travel and saw the, simple fakirs
You should have gone with me up int
the mountains, where the genuine per
formers are. They are called fakeers
After that I didn't believe yer
much in him, altho I never tested hi
| abi1ity'' a.y .....