The sun., 1910-05-07
IN STILL WILLING 10 VED
,,,S OR COURT, BUT WIrH
IITTIE ENTHUSIASM.

The NAN eho was known a. tho loving
s.,p .i .he Tantrika. which Was The
.-,,.-- -snamc of ON the Omnipotent
,.,o-e rr got oa the pOlice hlottar ~
a., , Rernard. was Ona a the busiest
,.-on, % Magistrate Rreens sEamiDa-
-, -o1r u The West Side court yostor-
s,v rhI, Ieha Hopp was tslling some
.,,rs,= thlnEs about him Not that
1. showed Signs Ol anxiety Gar from L.
NJ va-uad At several critical utARaa
= no. r.-t,monv and on occasion be
.,s.ss m a soundleas laugh hut there
-, A r.rrrl over ons "ar aud anOt Otheg in
,,haru and many sheets Of papsT before
~, vsr. hlled rapidly Alao hs whia-
,sr.d frequently hits Of advice and
.,,orrat1n N the direction of his lawyer
Isla H0np's answers were - slow
,sd Lsr manner VAS - nervous a. on
TNursdav afternoon She piOksd up
"A, story where she went with the ON
!, tho Aai At 70 West iOsth street last
No,smuer tn bs treated fOr her heart
rogt.r She described tho aFst stage
q ,hs treatment a. q proposal oi marriag
ron ,sa man abe had known a. Dr.
Warrsr He told her that his right name
"a. Bernard. that he had bean under
,Guru IN India WhSn hs was wears old
,sd thai he was tho head Of the Amer
an branch II ths Tantrik order
Ne said hO thought I would he fright
sssd 4 I know h0w wonderful hs was
.sd bow much inhuence he had with
psope uho had money. beeaEPs I vas
nfsror to hlm and uneducated and with
cut much money said Mas Hopp.
4 sssd him Why he UAs In love With me
uhsn vas not he equnl. and be told me
IA, there we're N feW viFtuoB Girls
IN the World and he would rather have
nv material --' and here the giFl
aopped She put her head on hsr arm
that lay on the MaGistrsts's deak and her
shoulders shook.
Assistant District Attorney De Ford
dsrlared that Bernard vas bOaherinG
her Clark L. JOrdon. the Om's lawyer.
resented the implication. but Miss Hops
char was turned around Then shs
continued
Ne would rather have raw material
wrapped ~ on tho hack porch 30 that
hs could shape Il a. he wished Hs said
,hA, the name ON. by which he was
snovn meant more than Jesus did in
n. Christian religion: THAI hs was head
a the order. a p~rfect man.
Al that night she said. they talked and
hs tod her about the cure that Sas 10
mass her Tres from her heart trouble
T. .stsfy her they would be married IN
q ieu vseks and she suggested the Iit,ls
Ch4rh Around the Corner He went
svsy alter they planned all night about
their na-rtsce The neKt day. Which wes
sunday sarly last November. he came
n ss- her and LETT her that stteTnO0n.
The following morning she went hone and
tod her family that she was in the Sew
eutv fourth street sanitarium. She got
some clothing ard vent hack % the nat
1hsr evening late Bernard returned sitter
he usual Monday physical CHASER IN
-, @nfv- fourth street Ne remained
th-re an night
They lived there IN the hft for two weeks
arf then the Oms money ave Out
Z-ra went home and be9nn making fro
q.sut yisith 60 the hOilpe IN Seventy
fourth street, where BernErd kept On the
treatmeuts She told her family that
Rsruari and she we're going 20 'e msr-
r,7i
once when Zela hesrd the Om ard
kav. Nne of his hoCk discussing business
rattsrs she noticed certain symbohcEl
u4rds which sle couldn't understand
7 hese Bernard explained 10 her Rod
b.rd meant money. They spoke of a
sWeetheAIt a. Rain-In-ihe-feue. Thun-
Cercloud vas svuunymous with wisdom.
and Seven Bear WIS equgl ~ knowledge.
tIp February IS Zelia went home to STAY.
tor che he'd leT rned that the Otn had other
Wonen fr1ends, she said Gertrude Lea.
the Rirl taken Oli II the Seventy fourth
street house by the police lRst Monday
night. was one II these
lawyer Jordnn stared his cross
eHsmina tion by wanting IA know about
the way ZeliA met Bernard. He vrs
.ntrodiced through friend of her
SISTER. Mrs Esther Botts This friends
name was Frank Darlington and his
.adRe eppeIstiOn was sanford Then
tho ewyer switched 10 her idea Of an
sNIstinR enKRgement
You don't know that he's not Willin z
q. marry you now. do your asked Mr.
J,rdon SO. said the witness she didn Z
knoW The answer came after long
o. 100
ne same thing casns up in the after
noon when the lawyer sad.
He has never refused 10 marry you.
tas aes'
zsia shook her head. The lawyer
ss1sd AerOss the table and asked With
Er'a' emphasis
DO YOU want IN marry him nOw''
ZsIs broke down completely.
Does he want TO marry herr shouted
NJ De Ford
why. YES. a. understand it, replied
10 aWyer Every one turned toward
~ Dn. who nodded slightly.
I'm not driving any bargain said
" Jordan: I'm married myself ana
In not contracting a marriage for any
Or Else There was a good deal Of con-
ils0n for a moment and then the lawyer
turned 70 get Zeiias answer 10 his ques-
ton A. 70 Wheiher she wanted 20 marry
Bernard now
no / understand that you are author
no ~ make a proposition asked the
A. ,'ani District Attorney
"a. have no power Of attorney
sas 10 answer andtbe line Ot Questioning
"a trOppsd
~uu.'hing about the Tantriks came ont
u--r he lawyer asked Zela why she vas
. snupus 20 get hold Of Gertrude leo
e. Monday night.
ba.ause / knew Of the awful things
ft r1- Tanirks did vas me girls
s1sra' 4 knew she signed her name in
f..1 - ell the initiates did. She told
ne 1ok her up n she was ever missing
>'- gs me- three o. four addresses
wen. -u- thought ! could ind her
YOU WCrent under this control
- YOU think che could BE- restrained
aEa ar.f U-r will p asked Mr. JORDAN.
>.s va- q member of the lodge and
e4sr said Zslia
-I YOU weren't under the control
.H ... .. uh s.-4aaf - 49, era1mw s.ar4a.