The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-18
TELLS Of I0RTUREs
SHE FELT WHILE
SEEKING AFFINITY
Miss Gazzam, Who Paid Saginaw
Woman $4,000 To Settle Aliena-
ton Suit, Reveals Soul Dealings
With PROF. Niblo.'
He Asked Her How Much Money
She Possessed Soon After
She Net Him.

NEW YORK, Jan. ls.-Antoinetle Il
Canaan. the wealthy young woman
who has lust settled for $25.OOG the
suit for $150.OO0 for alienation OF
directions brought by Mrs. Marshali
Clark. OF Saginaw, Mich. whose nus
hand IS known as Niblo. the PIANIST
has broken silence and given TO the
World an interview in which she tells
the full story OF her association VITA
the fortune teller She told II while
seated In her great marble palace at
Cornwall.
II was in my bed one night. she
said, when a spirit made itself Known
TO me ard in the coming | learned
vas indeed what they call a psychic.
The spirit made itself apparent by
soft yellow light recognized the
sign. and from that time on l have
tiiedt TO devote myself 10 the study or
subjects that would tend TO purify me
and make me more receptive for those
yisitations.
Il want TO say that Clark. no mat
ter what he may be personally, pos
sesses certain powers which cannon
be denied. and they have benefited me
greatly. But, oh, 1t was awful, the
Il Il
Ing my work with him. Nevertheless
have no regrets for what II mas
brought me.
HE has never done what | hoped
he would do-enable me 10 commune
cate with the spirit OF my dead
mother. But since have known hiil
have done this myself.
Thankful For The Trials.
II succeeded in speaking with my
mother. II was hard, hard before
achieved this blessing. but now | am
thankful for the trials | have gone
through for the sake of the peace and
happiness it has brought me.
Il have no wish" she said in re-
Spouse to the first question interjected
since she had begun her revelations,
Ito explain this matter now. Later
II IL Is best, | will tell you OF how my
studies have brought me the goal
sought, even IL IL has failed TO bring
me my affinity. for whom | was com
manded 10 seek. and who in Clark
thought had found, by divine help.
1t must be borne in mind that she
spoke with the deepest sincerity and
with a Freedom so great she seemed
quite oblivious OF the varying effects
produced upon her hearer-incredul-
ity. skepticism and at times al
most a fear that game was
being made of him. But when
she went on in the same even
way herSabsolute faith in The maryels
she talked OF as mere incidents be.
came pervasive. II Is difficult TO cor
yey her intensity and abandon IN
written words: IL may conveyed
Only by those who feel the faith them
selves.
Not once in her narrative did she
ask sympathy; her personal magnet
ism seemed 10 command il. AS she
went on she grew stronger, almost
swept her hearer with her. and the
afternoon wore into the night unno-
ticed.
Miss Gazzam is twenty-five years
old. AT times her face, alert and smil-
ing, seems that of a girl OF fifteen.
At other times when she is burdened
by mental distress she seems an old
woman She is perhaps five feet three
inches I'm hight, with we'll rounded
figure. She wears no corsets but her
frocks are simple and becoming.
Her dark chestnut hair is worn In a
coil on top OF her head and her big
blue eyes are never removed from her
listener She has the frankness and
candor that can never be acquired but
il the attribute of unsophistication. AS
her story unfolded and 1t became alp
parent how her unworldiness was
turned to advantage by designing per
sons, the retention of her faith and
simplicity became a wonder.
Knew She Had To Go To See Slater.
1T was in the spring OF last year"
she went on IN high. queruilous tone.
that after certain signs had mani
Tested themselves TO me | went to Los
Angeles. j said nothing of my pnr-
pose to anyone. but | knew ] had to
60 there TO see a man named Slater
AT this time | was not convinced
Of the power these men and women
are said to have. did not go ready