Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-26
Cedar Rapids Woman Buncoed
Out of $50 by a
CRATER
HELD CONVERSE WITH SPIRITS
j. j. Eagle, Claiming to bo Able to
Communicate With Departed
Friends Gets Mysterious Messages
and Works Proprietor Of Lunch
Counter for Cool Half Thousand.
srecial to Times- Republican.

was In communication with the spirit
of someone who had already entered
the kingdom of heaven, and working
| his game with extraordinary clever
80 years of age, and claiming to be q
half breed Indian, from Indian Terri
| tory. and giving the name of j. j
| Eagle, succeeded In buneoing Mrs
Grant, the proprietor of a little res
| taurant and lunch counter at 211 South
| Fourth street out of 500. This all
happened nearly month ago, and
while efforts have been made to locate
| the fellow. he has covered his tracks
| up SO completely that the officers have
given up all hopes of ever landing him
behind the bars.
Cedar Rapids July 26.-The Gazette
gives the following interesting details
| of the Eagle case:
So far as known Eagle did not arrive
in Cedar Rapids until the latter part
Of May. The first record Of his pres
ence in Cedar Rapids is May 25. on
which date he was registered at the
Grand Hotel as j. j. Eagle. Gray
Horse, Indian Territory IA remained
at the Grand but snort time, how
ever and for the greater part of thu
time he was here. he stopped at the
Fabyan, the fashionable boarding
house on Second avenue, between
Fourth and Fifth streets. Eagle posed
as a horsebuyer and advertised short
IN after his arrival in the city for
horses. He claimed to be half-breed
INDIAN altho this Is believed to
have been assumed. He was very
fashionably dressed. was fluent
talker and readily became acquainted
with all with whom he came in con-
tact. He talked much about himself
and his business. He spent money
freely and was q good fellow, whether
with the gentlemen or ladies. He was
especially courteous and agreeable to
the ladies'. and made MANY friends
among the gentler sex while in the
city. Eagle also claimed to be an
Eagle and flashed large Eagle charm.
However, no members of the order in
Cedar Rapids knew anything about the
fellow, and it is now believed that he
was not member of the order
He Meets Mrs. Grant.
1t was not until he had been in Ce-
dar Rapids some time that he met Mrs.
Grant, who afterwards was victimized
by him. One day he walked into the
lunch counter and after ordering
something to eat began commenting
upon how hard she worked. At that
time he told Mrs. Grant that she ought
to be down in his country Indian Ter
ritory) and that she would not be COM
PEELED to work SO hard. Mrs. Grant
told him that she had no complaint to
make. and that she had no desire to
leave Cedar Rapids, as her relatives
lived here and in this part Of the state.
1t was a few days after this that Eagle
again visited the lunch counter. This
time he asked Mrs. Grant If she
would marry him, saying that if she
would and go with him to Indian Ter
ritory she would not be compelled to
work so hard. Mrs. Grant rejected the
proposal made in such $. range man.
ner. telling Eagle that she would never
marry again; that the one experience
was enough for her, and that she was
satisfied to go along as she had been
doing. Eagle did not give evidence Of
a broken heart, taking the refusal
very philosophically.
Eagle continued to visit Mrs Grant.
He made himself very agreeable and
very interesting and their converse
tons were evidently a source of de-
light to both. In time Eagle found
himself in the little parlor back of the
lunch counter, where their conversa-
tons were carried on with much fer
vor. 1t was during one OF these visits
that Eagle claimed to have the power
to communicate with the spirits Of the
dead. He said that he could call them
up at almost any time ard that he had
had not only some very enjoyable con-
versations with the spirits Of the dead
but that he was often times given
valuable information that placed him
in a position to make profitable invest
ments.
Carnations From Ceiling.
On one occasion Eagle called up the
spirits while talking with Mrs. Grant
who was very much Interested in the
statement he had made. On that day
carnations dropped, evidently from the
ceiling into her lap. She heard moth
ing and could see nothing, but found
the carnations in her lap. She was
perfectly satisfied that they had CONS
from the spirits as claimed by Eegle
On the following day, while Eagle
was in the little parlor with Mrs
Grant, he called up the spirits again
Suddenly he said: "Wfy, there is a
letter on the wall; don't you see it?'
But Mrs. Grant could not see it. Blu,
Eagle could, and after chasing it ali
around the room he suddenly ran ur
to where Mrs. Grant was sitting and
said: why, there It Isl in your lap
And sure enough there was a little
piece of paper folded up until 1t was
less than half an inch in width and
an inch in length. On the outside was
written From God and Spirit" Wher
the note was unfolded IT, was found tc
contain the following:
From God and Spirit.
II have "A message for you both. BIZ
true to Gcd and spirit and you will
both be happy. Don't be frightened
for God Is with you both And keer
this a secret from everybody, for I will
come again and tell you both what the
message is.
From Cod and Spirit"
Mrs. Grant had become deeply inter
ested by this time and was just as
anxious to learn what was forthcom-
ing as Eagle appeared to be. Daily
visits from Eagle followed the arriva
of the first note. Note No. was car
CONTINUED on Fifth page.)