New-York tribune., 1907-08-31
REGULAR DAVID HARUM
"CHARLIE HOSS" PASSED.
Then Vanderbilt Buried bright
EUes's" Mount on High Hau.

Masked with a blue domino Caroline Boyn-
ton Darrell the star witness for the pa1ntlns
in the hearing before commission 10 oeleri,,ine
the SANITY OF Edward Ward Vanderbilt, the wealthy
husband Of Bishop Mary Ann Scannen rep
per OF Brooklyn testified again at the hearing yes
terday. Miss Darrell has discarded ner oiue ven
for a blue silk mask and was more cofilfiuiiica'iV
Yesterday Although she wrote a statement 10 tne
reporters declaring that she was Mrs. "ahoeloii' >
,r,ard she continued to testify against her
Mrs Pepper-vanderbflt," she declared a1'er she
left the stand. lis not a medium or even d d
spiritualist She is simply a good gueSser-d so :
of female Sherlock Holmes ;.
"sbe Is type of highly developed intuition con-
.,,vod Miss Darrell "and arrives at conclusions
nossibIy without knowing how she does II herseil'
The witness said that the "Bishop was d s'uu =,
of human nature, and brought about her appareh'is
wonderful results while in ''near-trance through
ber cIeverness Miss Darrell said that she htu
net Mrs Vanderbilt to further her studies or psy =
chic phenomena. She thought Mrs Pepper d hoS'
remarkable character. she said. ana d h''ils III
;r,tion for a book which she is now wrluns
Whether the book "oulu po H
she did not say A. +a,d
~, "uornan in blue when first on the stahu
sa,d she lived No 40 West 9Th street. Nana'
tan The address Is business mousse anu m IN.
Is no record OF her having hveo theie- 80
law ouestions Miss Darrell would not Ten nei
IiaA' ss-as. She met the insinuati tions of the
.-oie, counsel that she once a chorus e'ri
with spirited denial .,o ,,+
- ~. snrinp oe 1905 she said she wrote TWO ie'-
.ors m the spirit, Bright Eyes, but receiVeu h
renIv In answer to the question Whether sile ia
a.,sos anx+b,nS unusual in Mr. Varderbilts be
,.o oh. told Of his bringing a large can OF ifih
,,+o a restaurant. and then tried TO "i'huf'" ~, M
, Mr. Rosenberg counsel for the peu-
80 OF this point said he would close MS case
,<,ar the denial of a motion for the uishhSSai VI
..o coynnlaint made by Mr.. Sturg15 tor tie ueio
49,, onanine address was made by him for MI
Vanderbilt William Smith. caretaker OF the van
,nu. ,arr, at Yaphank Long Island. was the
first witness called for the delence- " 49,
NJ yanderb,It's clever horse swapping ana 'le
- z,;,, 30 tis farm II took good man 10 peat
bi-, :, a horse trade. He said he often heard MI
Vanderbilt speak of Bright Eyes. and 'hat '"e
elderly lumber merchant had given the spirit
borsa known as Charley, which was buried on
b;u which Mr. Vanderbilt named lnsprd'oh
Hill" H.
When asked II he had ever heard OF ihuhu
Cloud. another friendly spirit of Mrs Peppers ne
replied laconlcaHy thslt ne i'"N A
man
He then denied having personal acquaintance OF
knowledee OF Red Light white Rose me
Charley boss" he said was bought from 0ihit''
90 smfthtown" Many crates of farm produce ne
said had been sent from the farm to hrs. tePp'''
Ono. he said he had attended a searce Win MS
employer. He said he had not seen any e''''
there but had enjoyed the meeting.
,fsrtstrate Cornelius Furgueson Of the Municipal
Court Rrooklyn testified that ne had talked many
time. with Vanderbilt and had always found MIN
rational
Gideon s Smith of Center Moriches: Frederick
W Pierce a Brooklyn lumber merchant, and sew
eral other witnesses told of business dealings win
Mr. Vanderbilt. and said that he had always APP
r.a-.d ~ be a clever and sensible business man.
An adjournment was taken until Tuesday at