The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-05

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letter to the Washington correspondents
and others, In which he told them OF a
conversation he had held with Miller.
who had spoken TO him In the early
hours of the morning of July 81 last
from he'll. and who had recalled certain
conversations they had had in the Man.
haitian Club. This. he said. had con-
yinced him that he could communicate
with the dead while in a "Napoleonic
death trance
Chaloner Reads Statement.
This statement was read by Mr.. Chal-
oner. and was a most remarkable affair.
II embraced twelve and a fraction type
written pages. Mr.. Chaloner stated that
he wrote II in long hand while in a
state of subconsciousness- He declared
that ''he did not believe a damn word
of it, after he had completed its read
ing.
In order to accomplish his ends Mr..
Chaloner said he would go to Alexandria
a. various times and put his case as
thoroughly before the American people
as did Zola in the Dreyfus case. II
am" he said. going TO hammer on II
and hammer on II and talk them to
death and write them TO death and make
It a common household word throughout
the forty eight States and Territories of
this Union. I am going to lombard
these gangsters of the 400 in New York
until / make them sick for what they
have done" He declared that the New
York district courts would not give him
justice until he had created a popular
sentiment for him.
Mr.. ChaIoner characterized his case as
blue blood conspiracy. He said that
Judge Gary and Joseph II. Choate were
so powerful that no Federal judge of
the lower courts would dare go against
them. II am after public opinion to
keep the judges straight" he said. He
made reference to his Impeachment
charges against Judge George c. Holt.
OF New York. who. he said. had refused
to permit a jury to hear his affidavit be-
gun in Charlottesville In October OF last
year and ended in January OF the pres
ent year. He charged Judge Holt with
being "an insurrecto against the rules
which govern all civilized courts"
Name, New York, Stinks.
Asked If he would go back to New
York were he to gain his victory. Mr..
Chaloner declared he was Indifferent to
ever going there. II don't care" he
said, "ever TO set foot there again. 1t
has got too horrible an association of
ideas for me. The name of New York
stinks to men for a place to live in. l
have as much dread of the wickedness
there. not only on the East Side. but on
Fifth Avenue. as Russian Jews have of
murder car"
Mr.. Chaloner denounced the lunacy
laws OF most of the States as villain
Gus. In Washington they were bum"
In Baltimore and Philadelphia and New
Jersey worse still. and in New York
they are simply parallel with hell" He
said he took his life in his hands when
he went to Washington recently and
conferred with a Congressman about
Judge Hollis Impeachment. 1t was his
purpose he said. to reform these lu-
macy laws of the country in accordance
with an oath he had taken while a pa
tient at Bloomingdale- He was fully
prepared. he said, to wear Congress and
the public out "uEtil / make one of them
ashamed Of themselves for being parties
to such a damnable state Of lswlessness.
tyranny, and dishonesty which Is rife
to-day in nearly 20 per cent OF the
States of the Union"
These laws. he held. would be a dis
grace to the Congo under the enlight-
ened rule OF the late King Leopold OF
Belgium.
Arriving at the office Of the Alexandra
Gazette building at a few minutes after
hours and twenty minutes TO tell his
story to the scribes. The story of his al
legged conversation with a deceased friend
while In a state of subconsciousness was
related after he had gotten through his
other talk.
Wear. Plain Clothes.
As soon as Mr.. Chaloner reached the
office in a carriage from the union rail-
way station he entered and announced
himself after which he begun his work
Of bombarding the New York authorities
for his incarceration in Bloomingdale for
a period of four years.
Mr.. Chaloner talked with vim and at
times he emphasized his remarks upon
his auditors by clapping his hands to-
gether
Mr.. Chaloner. for a millionaire. was
not clad very pompously. wearing but
plain clothing. He wore a blue serge
coat and waistcoat. and dark trousers.
and carried with him a light overcoat
with velvet collar. and he also had
rubbers and a small suit case, the lat
ter containing books which he has
written The nature of some of these
books were explained by him during
the course of the interview Before
sitting down he placed behind him a
heavy looking black wallet which hs
said was for his spine, he having suf-
fered from spinal trouble as a result
Of his Incarceration in Bloomingdale.
Mr.. Chaloner used this for a rest for
HIS spine and then began to unfold his
story.
In addition to the newspaper men
present was Prof. Helmut P. Holler,
President of the Washington Psyche
logical Society. who had a conference
with Mr.. Chaloner. At the conclusion