The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-13
READ POLICE MATRON'S HAND
NOW MISS ADAMS IS' ARRESTED
As A PALMTST.
Tiink Of II. AMI she knows Ever 80 Ma"H
POets. Including Fila wheeler WIZ
COX Another Woman f'aints AT Head.
quarters Seven Arrests Made IN \''.

| COX Another Woman Eaints At Head.
| quarters Seven Arrests Ma,ie In \''.
As Miss Evangeline Adams herself
might have put il, quoting the poet. ,he
sallow hand of fate did enter IN and sm''''
taking the best and letting the wors'
remain She was arrested yesterday
afternoon in her rooms In the Carnegie
Hall building. where up to yesterday you
could get brdseye view OF the tu'ure
for $40 and prolonged look al II for more
| Miss Adams says she is a fatalist and an
astrologer She was charged with being
| a disord.Tly person under that clause o'
! the Penal Code which has TO do with
! fortune tellers.
| Nine Margrine Pandora Of % West
1 Thirty seventh street also suffered Nine
! Pandora told the police at Headquarters
| 'ast night that she wasn't palin's'
Nevertheless she was held on the same
charge az that made against Miss ADAMS
Nine Pandora declared that she was
chiefly Interested in lecturing before chit
dren's clubs and other societies and mat
her special subject was metaphysics
/ Rut as for palmstry and such. why that
wasn't her field at all. Nine. Pandora
was 80 affected that she tainted twice az
Police Headquarters when they were
getting ready to take her 10 nigh court
Four other persons were arrested yester-
day afternoon also, all Of them on charges
Of fortune telling
Miss Isabelle Goodwin, a police matron.
was the one who got most of the evidence.
She went TO the apartme in the Car
negie Hall building where Miss Adams
,patA md "a in
attendance upon the as,rologer. and then.
as she reported later. Miss Adams read
her hand. somewhat as follows.
Miss Goodwins hand ON the whole
wasn't So bad She had had hard luck
though. in her parents. II il hadn't been
that the planets were out Of killer at
the moment she waS born Miss Goodwin
wouldn' have had the same father and
mother tha, she actually had been fitted
on, with They would have been weal,hier
and probably Miss Goodwin's childhood
would have been happier
The police matron was advised TO go
in heavily for theosophy. She had a
ma, ural bent in that direction and proba.
! bly, would understand It She was urged
TO get married right away II she expected
, 10 marry al all b,it she was warned against
tippling husband. II she were 10 marry
! al once her husband would be older than
she, but if she delayed matters he proba-
; bly, would he younger. Taking II all in
all, though, the police matron was advised
. 10 fight shy Of married iife
As a matter Of fact, il was hard luck
that she was born girl. II only she had
been boy, she doubtless would be a
promoter now. for there was the mystic
cross on her palm, clear IA daylight
That would keep her away from all
danger. and natural luck would do
, the rest
, Two detectives arrested Miss Adams
, yesterday afternoon and carried her oa
10 Police Headquarters. She asked for
a chance 20 talk TO Joseph X. Gwynn OF
, put up his household effects 10 cover her
, , bail bond OF $500.
Mr. Gwynn said last night that he had
known Miss Adams for five years and that
he had absolute confidence in her powers
Il first heard of her through Ella
Wheeler Wilcox" he said who spoke
: very kindly Of her and Of course you know
who Ella Wheeler Wilcox is"
Mr. Gwynn said she came from Bos-
: ton "Her profession is casting horo-
scopes" he said She bases her prac-
tice on the ancient form. The sun, moon
, and planets. you know, shape one & des-
tiny She regards her profession as seri-
ously as does any reputable doctor or law
yer and | myself have no doubt OF the
VI iel leduiHES W
: she foretold that certain gentleman
: was % have trouble with fire and on the
, day she specified came the Windsor Hofe
fire and two of his family were killed
Now what do you think Of that
: Many prominent business men no
cant remember their names know her
! and are her clients They trust her
Miss Adams said she was ~ years old
= She knows many poets Sometimes they
! give readings in her rooms in the Carnegi.
! Hall building for 80 cents head admis
+. sion
Others whom the police took yester'
day on charges of fortune telling were
Nine Wakrsagerin, otherwise Anna
Borchert of 2A Third avenue; Adina Minol
OF 49, Sixth avenue. a negress; Leopold
!, Sandos Of 4Sl Sixth avenue, who says ~
u comes from Cairo and Rebecca Glossmai
Of ~ Willett street.
In the women's night court Miss Adams
L showed a disposition TO plead her owf
: case. but Magistrate Murphy advised h"'
!, to ask for an adjournment to Monday
! in order that she might get counsel. Ia
I default Of satisfactory bail Miss Adams
=, was allowed to go on her own promise
! to return tonight with a $500 bail bond
She will he tried Monday night "a The
. Magistrate suggested. Nine. Pandora :
u case was adjourned 10 Monday and 80
. was Mrs Borcherts. despite the willing
= ness of the latter TO plead guilty.
r The negress and Mrs Gossnan. who
;. came into court clad in white wrapper
with large black and red checks OH il
= were allowed to go after the execution Of
81 900 bonds to keep the peace. Mrs
i Glossman carried a six months old bab,
with her. She traded in Is cent fortunes
y she said Sandos gave $500 bonds u
j. keep the peace for year, In Brooklyn
: Mary Ray, who said she had TO tell for
" tunes because her husband didn't earn
q enough to support her, was arrested
y at her home. a0s Fulton street and locked
=" up at the Adams street station Mis-
!" Goodwin furnished the evidence.
Mrs Ray said the arrest waS no sur
prise to her On Wednesday night -h
, dreamed that somebody was leading he
TO large stone building with gates ant
=. through them to somewhere beyond
That meant an arrest she said, but sh
wasn't quite sure whom the dream Wa