The sun., 1910-06-30
YOGI HELD AFTER INQUEST
PISTOL SHOF EXPERTS SAY HAM-
BURGER WAS NO SUICIDE,

Although Ne lad ThFOaiURSd tS ne
--Reaaon Prom Absence of Powder
MaFks-Flanese Says Ho HAD Names
% Ihe Riiisss' Dupss-Eail $1,000.
Samh Bill Ellie. the yogi who asserted
| that his union with the universal spirit
exempted him from the operation Of or
dlnAry physical laws. was remanded 20
the Tombs yesterday Ia default og $4,000
bail fixed by Coroner Holtshauser after
an inquest jury decided that Paul Ham
burger. the dOOrkespsr In tie house OF
Sanri az West FOrty-dfth street, came
70 his death on June 10 from pistol shot
wound inflicted by person unknown 70
the jury
The yogi says his real name is Charles
=. BalwanE That appears On the stock
certificates Of tho Blue Ridge Mining
Company a. the name Of iis president
and IL Is in conpectiOn with fraudulent
representation credited 90 them regard
ing this stock that the psychist and
Edmund r. Cook must answer 10 a charge
Of grand larceny.
Coronsr's Physician O'HAnlOn. who
made the autopsy. said that the bullet
wound through the heart Of Paul Ham
burger could not have been sslf-innicted.
The pistol. which was samris. was ham
merless and the powder was smokeless.
Z There were no powder burns on the cloth
ing. Experiments with tho pistol by the
police demonstrated that powder burna
showed from firing at q distance Of TWEEN
| ~ eight and a half inches. The extreme
measurement Of Hamb'TgOs's arm HAs
twenty eight inches Detective William A.
Jones said that il would have been impos-
sible for Hamburger 20 frs the pistol AZ
greater distance from his body than
| twenty five inches. Dr. O'HanlOn added
that suicides generally hre at ciose con-
tart
| bsen introduced 90 clients as Samri's
| brother there was no earthly kinehip
! between them He admitted that he had
! told the Coroner an untruth in this regard
under oath az the preliminary inquiry.
| He went under ths name OF DR.. DelAsh-
mont while engaged in psychic work IN
I natroit. In New York his professional
name has been Edmund Ellis. -Samri
and I are brothers. said he. brothers
| IN religious faith and spiTituAlistic work. :
Cook sad that the principal business
/ Of the physic establishment IN West Forty
Z nfth street was the sale Of horoscopes.
/ We advertised a tea put out by our Or
/ iental Remedy Company. For ten conte
a correspondent could get q sample Of
thislherhtea and q short reading IL gener-
ally resulted in an order for package and
Z A full reading. That cost a dollar.
Wasn't selling tea and mining stock
part Of your religiOn1- asked Coroner
/ HOltzhRuser
Hardly replied Cook. Religion per-
tains 20 the welfare of the soul But you
can sell anything you want 20 without
| affecting your religion
Hamburger was merely dummy di-
| rector in the blue Ridge Mining Company
! said Cook There had been no quarrel
among the members OF the establehment.
aud he was certain that Samri Ellis was
J not in the room with Hamburger when
! the young man was shot
Arthur Retman, a clerk in the yOgi =
Office added his testimony that Ham
l burger could not have been shot by either
Samri Cook or hipself. a. they were In
other rooms at the time.
/ The only witness whose testimony vas
regarded a. indicating a motive Tor homi.
cide was Mrs. Muenchberg. who expected
20 marry Hamburger.
Paul had a memorandum book and Re
/ told me that In il he kept the names Of the
people the Ellises had cheated and the
| AMOUNTS. Ne said that u ever he was
/ thrown out he'd show the book 70 tho
police He also aaid a coOlnees had come
/ into his relations with SAmri Ellis
| Half a dozen acquaintance OF Paul
I testified that the young man had threat
I ened tO kill himself His salary vas SO
I a week and he had borrowed noney.
The homicide charge against Samri
/ Fills remains 70 be dispOsed Of by the
| Grand Jury