The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
RACINE WOMAN LOSES $3.50
Cries to the Police and Declares that
the Money was the Savings Of Years.
Local Merchant Touched Up for Two
Hundred Dollars

The police of Kenosha are making
stringent efforts to find some trace of
Prof. y. G. Mars "the greatest of all
clairvoyants, who recently had an
Office on South Main street, but who is
missing and has been missing for a
week. On the door Of the "temple"
as his place of abode had been named
by Prof. Mars, is a sign stating that
he will be back soon, but the police
are of the opinion that the professor
has shaken the dust Of Kenosha from
his feet and that his ''soon' will be
very extended unless the officers are
able to locate him and arrest him on
warrant charging him with swindling.
Mars was expected to come to Keno
sha on Sunday evening to preach be-
fore the congregation of spiritualists
here and Chief o Hare and one Of his
men were at the meeting Sunday even
ing anxious to hear the discourse, but
more anxious to get their hands on
Mars. The congregation waited in
vain for the speaker and no word was
received that would give the officers
any line as to where he could be found.
Mars had been in Kenosha for a
fortnight and evidently business had
been good. So good in fact that a
west side business man has appealed to
the police to arrest Mars and make
an effort to secure the return of two
hundred dollars. The man went to the
"temple0 to peer into the future, but
he had no idea that it was to cost him
$500 per peer. 1t is, alleged that the
professor instructed him to put 5000
in package and to open it within a
week. The professor made a few passes
over tie package and returned it to
the man and when he opened it on last
Thursday he found that it contained
paper, but not paper money. There
was no trace of the 5000. The police
at once were notified and the "temple'
has been closely watched since that
time, but there has been no signs Of
fire ON the affairs and the presiding
genius seems to have decamped.
1t is feared that Mars got money
from other people and the police are
seeking to find the identity Of young
woman who gave her name as "Sadie.'
While the officials were searching the
house that had been occupied by Mars
the young woman called up and seem
ed to be highly excited. One of the
men attempted to impersonate the pro-
fessor and made an engagement to meet
the young woman OH Saturday after
noon but the occult power Of the miss
ing man was probably brought into
play and the young woman failed to
keep the appointment and her identity
remains a mystery.
Mars it is learned deserted the tenn
pie on last Monday just after the bust
ness man had turned over the 5000 and
it is thought that he left at once with
this money and that he is probably
working under another name in some
other city The police believe that
Mars has new name for each town
he strikes. The missing man claimed
to be a mystic and a preacher of
spiritualism and he had all the equip
ment in the way of bright robes and
somber mantles suitable for the part.
None Of these were found in the de-
serted house and it is evident that the
man took his personal belongings with
him.
Officials in other cities have been
asked to seek the missing clairvoyant
but the police have little hope of find
ing him.
A new victim of the professor was
found this morning when handsomely
dressed woman from Racine came to
the police Office and sought to secure
the return Of $3.50 which she had given
to Mars on last Monday Between fits
of hysteria the woman declared that
the man had taken her money and
sewed it up in a title bag with in
structions to open it this morning at
sunrise. The woman opened the pack
age today only to find that it contained
nothing but waste paper. The woman
refused to give her name or her adj
dress in Racine and declared that the
loss of the money had caused her hus-
band such grief that she feared It
would end in his seeking separation
from her. The woman declared that at
the time she visited Mars he had three
people waiting Ito be feeced of their
money and she declared that the man
must have managed to get away with
thousands of dollars. The woman de-
clared that she was not the "mysteri-
Gus Sadie,' but it was her opinion that
the "Sadiev was confederate of
Mars The Racine woman claimed
that the money which she turned over
to Mars represented the savings of her
husband for several years and that she
had taken it against his will. The po-
lice are now seeking other victims