The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-02
HypAOTIST TO BLAME
FOR W0MAA's CONDITION
Friends Of Family Say Her Ex-
trayagaDce Is Que
TO Mystics

New York, Aug. 2.lu the news
papers Of New York Philadelphia,
Boston, baltimore and other import
ant cltles of The East, there appears
This morning lhe lolloving advertise.
mcI,
Notice to merchants and others
! am and viii not be responsible for
any goods pu chased or Tor any debts
contracted bs MY wife, hmeIc O.
Fcrguson. walton Fclpusoa. Jf.
Bohind this brief wafnlug. which
might pass thlnoticed cAcepl by those
Interested there IS, according to the
Fclguson's most intimate friends, 4
strargc story OF wife, aculea by
spirlualsm and hypnot.sm into squan
derlng he owa and her husbands
fortune, while The husband, who stll
loves here, Il forced lest ile so
bankrppt--to curtasi her expenditures.
Mr.. Ferguson, who Is ciubman,
society man. and proprietor of a
yacht, An oiilce bn.ldins, is with his
father and their frlenls at Fishers
Island
Mrs. Ferguson. who was a daughter
Of the well krown carstairs iamily OF
philadelphia, who made thcir money
out Of the brand OF whisky ihat bears
their name, is at simmer camp on
Socatean stream Moose Head lake.
Maine.
Couple Living Apart.
They have been liyiDg apart for sew
.cral months although they arc not
legally separated and no legal sepai-
alton Is in ospect Their friends say
that the husband simply can't stand
tho drain upon hls purse that the wife
has recently Instituted.
Actiag as Mrs eergusons private
sec ctary ard majcr domo al the
camp, is George Graham, a big hand
some young man, who until recently
was an ordinary guide in the Maine
woods, He Mr.. Fergus5ns friends
declare, caused all the trorc,e, Tor he
introduced Mrs. Ferguson to spiritul-
ism and influenced her to such an
extent that she now believes she can
not remain healthy, unless under
Graham's personal care He has
brought other spiritualists about her
too the friends say. And since the
coming OF the mysties, the financial
cutg0 has been such as would as
tcurd cen richer man than ffergu,
son.
Ferguson aud Mrs faistaiis were
married in Philadelphia fifteen years
ago. They have one child. daugh.
ter, now Il years old. Soon after
their wedding, they butt a beautiful
home a stamford and lived there III
summer aud ~ this city III winter
Occasionally they spent somle time
in The Maine woods
There. last seagoI, lhes engaged ag
guide George q aham. Mrs f'crgii
son never waa physically strong aud
last year was somewhat of an invalid
The guide sympathized with her and.
getting 10 know her beiter, sugg stod
epigituallsm Fad elai'yUyaucy rs a-l
cure Ferguson SCORED such things.
but his wife accepted the guides ad
lice.
Guide Wife's Secretary
When The time came io start 10
Maine this year, Mrs. Ferguson an
uourrci tial Sic VA .5oins 70 hasWI
crabain rs private Yecfetafy aud
this soascn She went with
Ter daughter 10 Moose Held lake aud
lhc.c Graham appeared. not clad
4 backwCodsman but In smait city
.airNent and assumed entire cummal<
81 the camp
Soon thereafter. Large bills began
10 your ~ on Ferguson Gorgeous
silk gowns silk Stockings. expensive
boots and all sorts Ot ota~, articcs.
tctglig lDcOn2fuCHs to d M1lse calnp0
we've charged for It Is aid. Thci
ihcrr were gums OF money. altogethc
which Ferguson was call
ca npoS to pag
4 quiet investigation proved that
not only Ershanl. bur other spiritual,
lsis wore Now members of the camp
at socaseaa stfeem. rheif mainten.
axce was ain paid\ lof bY Mrs. Fefglt
son and the husband began TO suspect
possibly their y c ence accounted fijf
the ureSpIaircGs Sims Of money
Feiguson aftes vahile endeavorine
to have the siNrllnalisnl dismissed
from the suinmes ca1Nls epa4ricA
his attorney ahd Size advertisement
was tho result Eaf@usuA refused to
cntcr into any drtaiIa " thc Gaze Ile
ard bis friends lsenh fat airs i'cs
glison vii be taken away fron lhR
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