Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-12
$3.50 RING AND S.
COIN is FURNISHED
PURSE is TO BE cLoGED FOR TEN
DAYS-WHEN OPENED 1T is
FOUND SUBSTITUTION HAS
BEEN MADE-WOMAN GONE.

Poorer by the loss or diamond ring
valued at SITS and five dollar gold
piece, and with her trust in fortune
tellers, clairvoyants and the like sad
ly shattered, Miss Kate Lewis, corner
East Second and Union streets has
awakened to the belief that she has
been swindled by one of this gentry
! a Madame True, about whose COM
| ing to and going from Ottumwa hangs
a mystic shroud.
Fully convinced that she has been
terribly duped, Miss Lewis, who is
employed at Phillips Big Store, has
filed charges Of grand larceny against
the dealer in mysteries but when the
officers attempted to apprehend the
woman they found the bird had
| flown. Nothing definite about Madame
True can be learned She came to
this city about ten days ago and Sc
cured rooms in the old Wolf property,
corner East Second and Green streets,
hung out her sign and did extensive
advertising as a fortune teller and
prober Of the unknown.
Methods Unique.
Her methods were original and
unique The unsuspecting young wom-
en- who patronized her paid in one
dollar and received a full and COM
plete history of their past, present and
future life-and then went away
providing they wore no handsome
and valuable jewelry. But the women
/ possessing diamonds RIG other jewel
~ were the recipients of more cour-
teous and studious attention. To
these Madame True RECALLED her SUI
premacy as matchless counselor.
She stated that any obstacle that
should be removed from their paths,
any great question that should be
solved, could satisfactorily be done
away with forever by herself and by
her alone But-a charm" was
very necessary and by working this
Charm" game the woman showed the
keenest ingenuity.
Diamonds Necessary.
First of all valuable diamond was
really essential to the proper work
ings of the coniurer. This diamond
was placed, together with a five dol
lar gold piece, in little chamois
bag FURNISHED accommodating by
Madame herself, who made up the
charm) and the whole was then de-
posted in the purse owned by the
seeker of great truths and kept there
for ten days. The purse was not to
be opened in the meantime. At the
end of that period another call was to
be made upon the clairvoyant at
which time the miracle would be
| worked and if satisfactory, the Mad
anne was to receive the five dollars as
remuneration Tor possessing the tai
ent.
Miss Lewis made call upon Mad
anne True and received her reading
several days ago. Noticing valu
able diamond that Miss Lewis wore,
the clairvoyant suggested mildly that
it would be an excellent charmwork
err, and Miss Lewis evidently decided
that it was worth trying as she i'm
mediately fixed up her little conjure
bag. She then proceeded with the
routine of her daily life, resolved not
to open her purse -or ten days. But
Madame True had other plans. On
the morning of the second day Miss
Lewis stated to- the authorities that
she received telephone call from
\ the lady, requesting her to call as the
charm had already, worked Miss
Lewis called and declares that while
in the clairvoyaLt's presence her
purse never was out of her hands. But
the next morning, whcl her curiosity
gained the upper hand, she opened
her purse. There lay the chamois
bag but within reclined cheap brass
ring and fve-cent piece.
Alarmed she hurried to Madames
rooms, but the lady lad flown over
) night. The charges were hen filed
; and an investigation made by the DO
lice department. Madame True was
traced to Eldon where she changed
cars. Later she was located for 4
feeting moment in the station al
} Rock Island where she had secured Z
: ticket for Milwaukee. The inyestiga
ton is being carried on in the Wis
: consin city but SO far nothing definite
has been learned. While Miss Lewis
: case is the only one that has come un
l der the notice of the officials it Is
: thought that there are other youns
women of Ottumwa who may now bt
holding worthless charms"
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