The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-12-04
PALMIST ATTACKS LADY
FROM ODION COUNTY
Dr.. Roughton. the Impostor. Caught
and Lodged in Jail.

DIR. Roughton, fortune teller, who
claims his headquarters at st. Louis and
Evansville, has gotten himself into seri-
GUS trouble, and at present is stopping
at the White County Jail,
The doctor arrived here several days
ago, rented rooms at the Park Hotel,
and made that popular boarding house
his headquarters. He did a good busi-
ness and everything went along nicely
until last Thursday evening, when q
widow lady, aged about 80 years, ar
rived here from Cairo and stopped at the
Park Hotel. The doctor is very slick
tongued gentleman and he was not long
in getting acquainted with the widow,
who claims to be from Kenton, Tenn.
She says that her husband died last
spring and since that time she has been
making her home with her aged mother
and brother at Kenton, and that she
was on her way to Evansville to visit her
deceased husbands relatives.
After short conversation, the doc
tor induced the lady to have her fortune
told, which she did and paid him for it.
The words the doctor impaired to the
widow greatly worried her and made her
very nervous. He told her that she was
leaving an aged relative and that some
thing serious would befall this relative
during her absence, and that she would
get into trouble the moment she reached
Evansville. He prevailed upon her to
finish her journey here and at once re-
turn home. The lady WASH quandary
as to know what to do. She had but
little means to go on and the doctor
noticing that she was wearing thin slip
pers, suggested that II she would ac-
company him up town he would pur-
chase her a pair Of CATERS to wear; that
he was her friend and would do all he
could to help her, On Friday at noon
he removed the lady's suitcase to his
room, and as she was getting ready to
continue her journey to Evansville the
doctor even went SO far as to settle her
board bill. When she went to his room
to get her suitcase and other belongings,
the doctor locked the door and made an
insulting proposition to the lady. She
refused to have anything to do with him
and told him she would call for help.
He became enraged at this and scuffie
began. Mrs. Wheeler, hearing an un-
usual noise, hastened to the room but
found the door locked. She demanded
that it be opened at once, which was
done, and the doctor stepped out, much
excited, and asked the amount OF his
board bill. He settled his bill quickly
and gathering his baggage, made a hasty
getaway. The lady stepped out OF the
room crying, and much excited. Her
was torn and she told Mrs.
Wheeler OF the awful experience she had
in saving herself from ruin. Officers
we're at once notified and after a few
hours the doctor was captured at Maunie,
brought back to Carmi and placed in
Jail.
He was given hearing before Squire
Fl. HI. Clark Saturday morning. Mr.. +.
NJ. Parrish represented the defendant,
and States Attorney Joe A. Pearce was
After the evidence was
heard Squire Clark placed Roughton's |
bond at $500, which he failed to give
ind he was returned to Jail to await the
Iction OF the grand jury at the January
erm OF Circuit Court.
Roughton was nicely dressed and he is
smooth taker. He, like all others OF
lis profession, are out to beat the peo-
lie, and they should be given order to
move on whenever they bit the town.
There is no truth in their prophecies, as
rule, and people are foolish for pat.
onizing such characters.
The fortune teller has wife and child
wing in Evansville and his wife arrived
ere Sunday and intends to remain to
y and get her husband out Of Jail, it
said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler regret the oc-
urrence very much and win assist in any
'ay to help prosecute the criminal.
armi QlI.) Tribune-Times.
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