The San Francisco call., 1909-12-01

Clad in the demurest "co-e suit,
with her feet shod with the most daz-
zling white topped patent leather shoes
and her golden hair arranged in
massy combipation "turban swirl and
Grecian pufA Miss Stella lyman, IN
verse heroine of the great Doctor Astro
slate writing, absent heir fraud, sat IN
the city prison yesterday afternoon ana
laughed with artistic satisfaction over
the plight Of her victim, Jasper a.
O'Ke1ly of Coos bay, who for a few days
considered the girl to be, his long lost
stepdaughter. 1T is funny how he feii
for it ALL" said Miss lyman, and she
smoothed the lace collar of her dainty
blue costume and said that she was Just
g years of age
Miss lyman and Astro. alias j. Alex
ander were arrested Monday night by
Detectives Joseph Redmond. Ed Wren
and c. Budd on the complaint or
OKelly, who charged that they and
H. Harcourt, alias Ormonde, tricked
him into believing that Miss lyman,
who now says that she is Alexander
Astro's wife, was the child of his dead
wife by a former marriage and heir to
$4,000 The couple were formally
charged With SIdHu ldICcny Wy siiAA
and device. AT o'clock last evening
they were released on $1,000 bail put
up by the mans brother. The girl got
from O'Kelly $546 in coin, clothing
valued at $421 and SIS worth OF jewefry,
all of which has been recovered.
Harcourt, or Ormopde, was arrested
by Detectives Redmond and Budd last
evening and was held in detinue. He
will be charged today with the offense
f.n,. or q
court and Astro conducted a clairvoyant
parlor and medium salon with lost
heir foundry on the side at 1895 Market
street. Last evening the police learned
that they also had sweetheart finding
institute on the premises. One young
man reported to the detectives that he
had been filched of s25 by the occult
operators. Astro and his reputed wife
lived in the Malta apartments in Market
street near Church. Astro has year
old son, who is now being cared for by
Mrs. D. McLead, a kindly disposed
neighbor of the couple in the apart
ment house.
"They worked me to a finish" said
Jasper O'Kelly yesterday afternoon as
he paced the corridors of the hall OF
justice. II don't see how they did it.
They would have my wifes spirit come
out and write on states for me. She
to school as soon as / found her."
The trick which O'Kelly claims the
mediums worked on him was as daring
as any ever perpetrated in San Fran
cisco. Doctor Astro "the White Ma
hatma of India told O'Kelly that he
would find the stepdaughter for whom
he searched at the Winchester hotel in
Third street.
There O'Kelly went and found" her.
TITS a wonder he was so easy said
the girl in telling her side of the meet
ing. He asked me a lot of questions
and l did not try to answer them.
Astro gave me the picture of his wife
and told me to say l was his step
daughter ! did that. l rather think
he liked me-"
On November % O'Keliy paid the
girl $500 and she signed paper to be
filed in the county court of Coos county
acknowledging the receipt of the
money. This paper. witnessed by Mrs.
Ruth Eaton and Charles f. Smith of
13S Sixth street, where Okelly roomed,
will be held as evidence against the
girl In that she represents herself to
be Stella Mason, born Whitmore
Stella started for Chicago as soon as
she got the money from OKeily. He
sent her. he thought, to Elmira, N. Y,
to be educated in music. Astro took
her off the train at Point Richmond and
brought her back to the city.