The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26
BUNCH OF PIANIST RAIDS
J'OLHF LOfk ar ~ >EERS tsB
Arr LOOkING JOE WORE.
I commissioner Fi,na Pui inspector Ru,-
sell I o 10 1.-two ouny Women Got
T., idrnce which o. Nav NJ puiir-
Headquarters Read, io tie Z ,-si.


Headquarters Read, 'o tie l,-d.
A squad Of forty Headquarters d-tsc-
tiyes started out We t.rdav afternoon -
raid some thirty ct NOR. for;IF. t".l"r-
and palmists Nv % clock they had
Ragged sixteen and were -. hook ing
ter the others Tn arrests We" mat.
On warrants i-s,Ied on Nov cmber - by
Chl.f Magistrat. MCAdpn. \ mass of
81 idence lies DIT Police H-siguartrr
waiting IN be used against tn" prtson"r-
and prospective prisoners
Rack on November Sccuni Deputy
FoliCs Commissioner Flynn told INSPECTOR
Russell IN command nf The driectrr"
b Ir-au that he had better get after tho
f"rtIn" telling fraternity again InspeC-
tor Russell pat tn" matter IN chars" Of
detective Wilber. who engineered n SINH
lar cleaning up two years ago. and Wilh"r
again enlisted tho services % Maud Leslie.
iolice matrun at the detective bureau.
md OF Isabelle Morrison. a Young woman
living at IS, Willis avenue. The Bronx.
no had heen engaged in tn. sam. de,sC-
,vework two wears ago. The two women
turned their reports over Ia vilb-r and
the legal bureau passed upon tn. sum
c,ency II the az idence Fifteen out Of
the sixteen prisoners were charged with
d,sorderly conduct in that they had pre-
t"ncied to tell fortunes. &c. an offence
described with some detail IN the Penal
Code The sixteenth was Harry Stetson.
h., li,-a s.sf.
IVES, Forty-fourth street and who has
Ct least ono other place Of business. He
is 10 wears old and calls himself Prof
Stetson- He il charged with disorieriv
conduct tending to a breach of tn. peace
Miss Leslie went TO see Stetson at
another address and says that h. prom
i.~d to get her a husband for tioo She
agreed 10 come back with the SION when
she had got il together and left him.
A day or so later -he called al the -, West
Forty-fourth street house and had her
fortune told there While an understudy
was throwing trance Stet-on s'rolled
INTO the room Miss I.esli. had not
Known that he had any connection with
the place she was then in. but he told her
he owned IL Then. Miss Lesl. SAYS.
SSetson asked her when she was going
W fOtnr aeTp~N WIN tli@aA HtlHuIFN
backing against the door. told her. sh.
adds. that she couldn't leave tn. house
until abe had given him SO She screamed
and was allowed 10 60
The rest Of the collection made last
night we're Augusta Rasmussen. adyer-
ii-ing under the name OF Mime Zingali. ot
I52 West Fourteenth street: Anna Fred
.ricks Of. g. East i25th street. julius
a a -. n, 49,
ot 81 West Thirty eighth street: Edward
Randolph, otherwise Prof Chariot. n
nurse who lives at 53r West la5th street
and who operates AT 2io West Forty fifth
street: Rita St Croix of ?25 Columbus
avenue. Matilda Undo OF 49, West
sixty seventh street Clarence Tom
aon. who dubs himself Prof. Nerma.
an actor 81 $40 Wa-t Twenty
third street: Lyall Ar-han OF :5s
West Thirty fourth street. John "
Fletcher OF IL West Thirty-seventh street
Leo Z. Osman. who lives AT sac Tompkins
avenue. Brooklyn. and who carries on
his business at 40 Sixth avenue. Man.
haitian; Mary lick. Whose professional
name 10 Nine Edvis. 81 . East i25th street;
Sarah Miller. otherwise Mime Won Diet
rich. also calling herself a nurse. of i'll
West Forty ghth street Minnie lingo
mar. who drop~ the Minnie and rIses Mime.
for trade purposes, 81 - West Fifty
eighth street: Margaret Aranan. who
Uses the sobriquet Of Or Bddle. Of 1871
sixth avenue, and Mary kroeg-r. who
rsi-es herself to the profession = Almanach
de Gotha with the title Countess Habsbs.
living at s23 West Fifty ninth street and
wearing her title at $50 Sixth avenue.
The warrant against John " Flet cher
vas Oh, aimed by Miss Morrison who also
btained tho evidence which caused
Fletchers arrest two years ago. while
mis- lers prosperous bret hrsn and sis' ers
remained IN cells a, Headquarters await .
ing the hour ~ The opening OF the night
court Fletcher soon was released on $500
cash bail.
The evidence IL in the hands II Lieut.
Maurice Harmon Of the Headquarters
legal bureau For the most part. IN"
detectives said the prisoners threw
trance for their advertised pric. 81
IS or 81 cents and then when they had
reached the most thrilling part VI their
narrative Of she woman slsu.h's fortunes
suddenly woke up and found they couldn't
get 20 sleep again for less than double
cay. the amount advertised
The disposition Of che cases in the night
90 Irts took onsIIsrabla time because OF
the minuteness ~ rhe evidence obtained
against thorn The first Of the women
arraigned was Rita ~ CrOiX Miss Leslie
testified that she had visl led rho fortune
teller on November and that 'hs woman
had told her fortune nv IN" -vibratorv
system using a series Of Numbers.
b. this method Miss Leslie learned
that her husband '. culd he back IN four
teen DAYS and thar IN" = ou!d have two
more children although Miss l-ssli. nev or
happened to no married AT all There - a.
rrh"T Information ~ a !-.s- de-nIi" CHAR
a~ter. Tho prisoner wa- pur under 81 100
bond for six months. failing which sh.
vii hay" =" spend a month on th- Island
sfa'i.ia L,ndy. Visited by Ni-~ Leslie
m n" same day "Fsrrd 10 bring spirits
ne room for So Miss ie-!Ia said
~" had only 81 and the woman consented
& ak" this and lend her III" other nine.
IhIs prIsonHr Information ran about
a. accurately as that q tho ~ trOiH