New-York tribune., 1906-08-14

Theodore Jackson. was the head. has heen Iib-
Grated from AyIesbury Prison under ticket Of
leave, having obtained the maximum reduction
Of sentence by good behavior.
Nine, Dis Debar has been known under many
names in the United States and Great Britain but
her greatest nOtoriety was achieved the perpe-
traitor of a spritualsic deception by which Luther
r. Marsh. OF New York. in his old age stripped
OF the fortune he had accumulated in the practice
Of law and made the laughing stocE of the
try. Though alleging that she the daughter
OF King Louis of Bavaria and Lola Montez, she
was in fact the daughter of John c. F. Saloman
once OF Washington and later of Kentucky. After
varying fortunes and prosecutions by persons who
would have had her confined in an asylum she
ried DR.. Nessant That was in 1871 Later she be-
came the wife OF General Joseph H. Dis Debar
and by him had two children. She travelled about
the country representing herself as the personfca-
tion of occult powers and the reveaIer of hidden
truths spiritualistic and other, and in this way.
while living in Washington Square, New York.
she met Luther r. Marsh. aged lawyer. and
by means of alleged spirit materfalizations and
spirit painted pictures SO infatuated him that he
S65'e S6 ner large sums OF money and decided to her
General Dis Debar left the adventures. who went
@ 70 nve az the Marsh home and also hired apart
1t9aiism 9i and won greater notoriety.
She a was brought , to prove her an impost9T and
she was arrested and sent 10 Jail and indicted by
drcn. Her trial resulted in her conviction. and
she was sentenced to term of Imprisonment. On
3 ner release from rom prison she went to Europe then
returned to this country and going 70 the West
Sot INTO more drncu!t'eS through her representa-
p Ava she fell into the hands of the Chicago
FOR two years. Released from that institution
sne maTrIeG William j Mc(iown. in 1885. in Chi
OF wealth, but this did not deter her from the
RITacuce &c, OF fraud In 1893 she was driven out OF
she then said she was They We're playing the
they running "fruitarian'' colony in Florida
A year later they turned UP Cape Town South
ena and Jackson called himself Horos OccuItism
and one Of her south hFrcaD lanes SeTe &
tractor gave his money 10 Nine. Dis Debar to
tuition that she and jackson were running at that
time was called by them the College Of Occult
Lo5eF The I pair turned up in London where
das in connection with which led 10 their arrest in
September. 1901 The trial, which continued at
Intervals through three months developed facts of
LONDON papers excluded from their columns all
suined a defiant attitude toward public sentiment
ing Judge that % he wo nr t0 m gPheG P ey The presid
Nine. Dis Debar ;nterjected approvingiy: THAT'S
In the course Of her evidence Nine. Dis Debar
SsSerted S & that she sad an income of $4,000 yearly
six months in jail in New YORK for defragdiSe
been known under the name of Vera p Ava At
the CONCLUSION Of her evidence she addressed the
jury. She carefully disseCted ali the evidence and
in powerful peroratioa said that she did not de-
sire any hating. ambiguous verdict but an un-
equivOcal expression of Justice.
Mr.. Justice Bgham summed up strongly against
the prisoners Saying 1t was difficult 10 conceive
Of more revolving and abOnlinahle conduct than
that which had been attributed to them. He added
that he would not be doing his duty unless he pre-
vented the male prisoner from practising such
filthy acts under the cloak Of religion for some
years To come. The jury absent from the
courtroom only few minutes and returned the
verdict of guilty. wheTeupon Mr., Justice Rghanl
sentenced Jackson to fifteen years penal servitude
and his reputed wife TO seven years penal serv-
tudA. Nine. Dis Debar heard the sentence smfl-
ngly. and bowed politely to the justice IS she left
the courtroom.