The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Goldfish" " InLeon de Voux'S
Catch Squirm With Or
dinary "Succors."
DAMAGING LETTERS
ARE HELD BY POLICE
Rich Harvest Reaped By Self
Styled Sorcerer In Capital,
Authorities Say.

When Leon Dc Voux. self-styIed sor-
eerer' mystic and seer. threw his net
IN Washington, he captured suckers,
and shepherds" aplenty-and some
few goldfish.
The goldhsh-men and women Of
wealth and social standing in Wash
lngton-today are squirming.
Having foolishly condded details Of
their domestic infeIicity to paper. and
intrusted the paper to the seer. the poor
goldfish who We're unwary enough to
be caught by the supposed efficacy Of
a charm composed Of a lock Of hair.
and some ashes I'm a chamois bag. are
having some very unhappy moments.
Letters Guarded.
Inc police have the letters. They are
being guarded very closely. however.
sal 1t Is unpleasant, the goldfish think
70 even surnise what the result would
be II these letters were made public.
Singly and without knowledge that
some OF their friends had appealed 10
De VouX. who was arrested yesterday
and this morning taken to Police Court.
where the charge OF larceny by trick
was continued, these prominent men
and women wrote to the sorcerer tc aid
them.
These letters singly meant nothing
Collectively, they form very menacipg
document
De VoUx was taken into custody
through the agency Of Mrs. Aarilla
ThorDberg. matron of the First precinct
stsuon. He was released on q. 600 bond
pending his appearance in Police Court
this morning.
Crude voodoos.
The police say that his mysticism was
nothing more tnan a crude Voodoo. Ap-
parently il was the same sort of a per
Torrance which kipling chronicles in
The House Of Suddhoo."
De Voux sold love charms. they say.
Tie charms were small chamois bags.
nned with rusty nails, bits OF hair, and
ashes Twenty 10 one hundred dollars
was the price.
A single day Of business netted him
Sz04.60, according 70 the authorities.
Letters which came from well-known
folk were found in his effects.
Wants Love Returned.
One CT the most startling Of all Of the
letters comes, the detectives say. from
a woman Mrs. L. a clerk in one Of
the Government departments. She de-
clares that she wishes a return Of love
from one Of the department chiefs.
One Of the letters from this woman
tellC the seer that she can come Sunday
when she is at Sunday school," and
continues
4 don't know inst how 10 work.
my de2r comforter Something seems
to be doing in his mind" She then
recites trip with the official to the
Public Library. where she tells how
he has held her hand on one Of the
balconies.
These. are but samples. The letters.
hundreds Of them, come from all over
the world, London. Paris. New York
Washington. Chicago are represented,
as are cities and towns in Na--land
Virginia, Wisconsin. Ohio Utah, and
scores OF other States.
From DOve-ty-stricken negroes in
Alexandra 70 names with which TO con-
ture in the social world his clientele
was drawn, and in sharp contrast with
the letters. which are carefully guarded
~ the police until theil contents can be
siftec-and their contents may never be
revealed because OF the disaster II could
cause-is one from an old negro in Alex
andTia. He pleads with De NOuN to let
him skip one payment for n love ch1Tm
and tells the seer that he has been sick
and out Of work for some time
From Alexandria. where the man is
thought TO have had many clients, come
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