The sun., 1910-02-18
SORRY LOT OF MAGNETIZERS
FAVOR OF KING AND MRS. FISH
FUTILE IN POLICE COURT.

Police Matron Heard the Fortune Teiiers'
: Hollow Murmurinss and Gathered In
Eight OF 'Em-Judge Puts Nix Under
Bonds, Paroles One and Frees One.
inability to read their own horoscopes
correctly got them into the hands OF the
police on Wednesday were put under
bonds Of 81 900 each to be good by Magis-
trate Steinert in the West Side court
yesterday. One man got of free, and
another had made such a mess OF his
attempt at fortune telling that the Court
paroled him. He promised to quit the
business. '"s
The six who were put under bonds were
Margaret Miller of All West Forty-second
street, William Leonard OF ia West
Forty fifth street. Catherine Card of AS2
West Fifty-eighth street. George Stetson
Of 2s2 West Forty-fourth street, William
Kohler OF 24l West Forty-fourth. street
and ROyston verrell OF 2s2 West Forty
fourth street.
verreIl was indignant over his arrest.
He informed the Court that he had a
diploma from the Edinburgh Institute
Of Psychic Research, that he had been a
scientific pslmist for twenty-five years.
that he had performed at the Waldorf
and the Astor for Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Fish at a benefit for the Hospital for
Crippled Children and that he had APP
peared before Queen Victoria and King
Edward. Magistrate Steinert did not
seem impressed.
what do you do when people come to
vou2' he asked TELL their fortunes?"
Il match my brain against theirs. '
said verrell, -and give them advice that
will insure their success along some given
line. l am able to do this by scientific
sScientific humbu broke in the Court.
-rll put you under bond like the rest
of them"
verrell sat down on bench and
Smoothed out his fur coat.
Il earned $500 for those crippled chill
d>en," he said. Il was to appear at
another benefit. but l won't. The chill
dren can stay crippled"
Police Matron Ada McMahon. who got
the evidence against the eight detendants.
said that most Of them wanted to give
her more magnetism or help her make
money William Leonard was the tirst
one who tried magnetism. She held her
hand ON his knee for twenty-five minutes.
That made her magnetic enough 70 draw
that he wanted to experiences Tor her.
william Kohier wanted Mrs. Mcmahon
to bring him all her money so that he
could reinvest it for her in an enterprise
yielding 20 per cent, but she, confined
herself to giving him his fee OF 2. kohler 8
bond was Just 50 900 per cent. OF his Zee.
George Ststson, VINO agreed to remove
all evil Influences from around Mrs.
Mcmahon for SIS, told Magistrate Steinert
that he was no ordinary fortune teller.
-No, you are another high class hum
bug" said the Court.
Margaret Miller. who charged only Sc
cents tor telling Mrs. Mcmahon that she
should beware Of a uark woman and that
there would be deaths in her family, had
a handbook showing deposits OF IS. 500
She had been more successful than
Louis Brown OF 2s3 West Forty second
street. the man who was paroled. Brown
has been in the fortune telling business
only two weeks. He advertised and Mrs.
McMahon was his first customer. he
assured the Court tearfully that she would
be the last Brown had spent an un-
happy night in a police cell and the Court
thought ne was sufficiently punished.
Carl L. Perrin Of ll9 West Forty seventh
street was the man discharged. he
hadn't taken any money from Mrs. Nc
Mahon, though he had agreed for $50
to make her so magnetic that no man could
withstand her. The Court let him go
with "A warning.