The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-27
Amazing Story of Watch
mans Daughter Who De-
ceived Officials of Car.
CAR DUPE OF OCCULT
Fear of Ridicule Prevents Her
Prosecution; Draws Doodle
From Rich Moscow Gulls.
By Wilfrid Webster

n ROSCOW. Nov, 25.-Every six
IN IN months Russia discovers new
IyB inspired priest, mad monk, faith
healer. medium or rogue. John
of Cronstadt, the Virgin Triapkina, the
"Mad Monk" Iliodor, Father Vostor"
goff, the great Philippe. Grigori Ras,
putin and Nun Darya have all had
their day. Most of them have been
in direct or indirect touch with Nlch-
olas IL. who has n congenltal weak
ness for being fooled. it needed only q
prophet to complete the list. and now
Russia has one-or rather a prophecies
who, also, has been prcmaturely ex-
posed amid Homeric laughter from the
certain American ocplist has hit upon
a bad time for visiting Russia with the
object of seeing the ear.
Prophecies Olga Batyrieff. after do
ing many simple and some very COM
plex people out of their money, has just
made an abortivc bid for reception at
Russia S court. Born twenty-five years
ago at Noyo-Ibraikino in The semi-Tar-
tar province Of kazan, she was the
daughter of watcbman at tho Tartar
mosque. There She was trained in wise
Tartar fashion, married TO a Tartar
peasant, who veiled her face and
whacked her In ancient Tartar wise.
Husband Tries to Burn Her.
Suddenly Olga discovered her magic
gifts AT first the gifts were turned
on the hearts of Tartar lads Of Novo-
Ibraikiuo, hut when her husband put
her in q brick kiln and tried TO bake
her alive she showed real magic by
getting out. Tbereupon she fled to
Moscow
According to several Of bcr ac.
ouaiutanccs In those daYs olga already
told fortunes brilliantly. To one man
she said lie would fly from his debt
ors, TO second that be would be ex-
PEELED from his club for cheating. to a
third that he would be banged This
gives a good idea of Olga S acquaiut-
anccslIip, and RS i fact 0ll these pre-
dictions came true. On the strength Of
| them Olga blCssomed into IL profession
al prophecies. and half the officials III
| Moscow became her clients.
Olga became convinced that Moscow
| is too restless city to practice proph
| ecv in and that she must invest bel
| calling with an air Of mystery and re-
| trent, Therefore 1T the age of twenty
| three. good looking in ii way more Iyp
sv than Tartar. she retired to Zveni'
pnrod not far off where there is n
woudrous monastery on wooded hill
| She asked the Archimaudritc to be hel
| father. The discreet Archima udrite re
| fused She then told monk that or
| his way TO the railroad depot hc
would find nine half roublcs on the
road. lie found them,
Olga Well Advertised,
The simple man regarded Olga as {
wonderful prophecies, and IT did no
occur to him that possibly Olga Wa
hidden behind baystack watching he
tasaItcd'' silver mine, lie wrote M
article in the Moskovskiya Vicdo
most - ard Olga s fame was universal
0lga had solae time before b!ossomet
into a Christian. Having abandoned
shc said. the vicious Moslcm beresy. sh'
Ma vowed TO hoard her prophecies
fcns until she "could build so great :
| church on Zvcuigorod hill that sever
md scycutv men would never see 1T. ,
What tbis undertaking meant no mai
kpew. but it sounded prophetl' and IN
spired. and Olga s reputation rose dallT
Moscow governor. DlunkowskI, pal'
her n visit and so did General kein
both the disgraced prcfcct
Reinboth was awaiting trIal TO
Wholesale robbery and other S,us
STRAIGHTFORWARD Olga told him be woul'
be convicted. Although Reinhoth ha'
Iataly married the widow OF Saw
Morosoff and now owns some Sl2,ooV
600. he refused to pay for TINS lngub
THnt YOU will not be punished.
added Olpa. Whercupon Reiuboth, $
shc scys. paid her $3.50. Three month