The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-16
OH YES, BARRE HELPED
And Mr.. ], Mowbray Is Said to Be 81 900
Richer.

| Overnight subscription to the funC
created by j. Mowbray, clairvoyant
| jumped to 1000, or thereabouts. ard the
membership of the Society of Mowbray
Associates grew apaee. information con
cerning the operations of the mystic who
held forth at 10 Summer street for sew
eral days and then disappeared myste.
riously Tuesday afternoon continues tc
dribble in at police headquarters. al.
though the prospects of capturing the
confidence man are growing more and
more remote. Yesterday one of the vie.
tins consulted a Montpelier seeress and
the best she could dig up in her trance
WAS the informs tion that Mowbray went
to Burlington, thence to Boston. and
then to other pastures, pastures newer,
but not any greener
Another loser consulted local fortune
teller, but what he learned was not
Frightening to his hopes. The police
have not been able to improve on the
speculations Of the fortune teller and
the trance medium Two victims alone
reported losses aggregating 1925 yester-
day afternoon and the end is not vet
Elmer keyes, l9-year-old Brookffeld
lad, after a futile attempt To locate
Mowbray at 10 Summer street, called at
headquarters, accompanied by his father
and mother His story was to the effect
that Mowbray had guaranteed certain
information upon condition that Keyes
should wear $500 of his own money
wrapped up in rubber cloth and pinned
to the inside of his shirt Keyes said he
saw Mowbray take the money, wrap ii
in the rubber shroud and dip it in the
magic water. Mowbray's famous candles
were burning the while and when the
roll was withdrawn from the bowl OF
water Mowbray himself pinned it to the
young fellows shirt. cautioning him at
the same time to return Thursday. The
boy from Brookfield undid the roll in the
presence of his parents and the chief and
of the contents disclosed
package of blank waste paper.
Scarcely had the Keyes sorrowfully
quilted the police station than the chief
was being interviewed by young man
from Williamstown His relatives live
On Fairview street, this city. and his
first name is Percy. Difference to Percy's |
modestv and a desire in the |
present instance to keep out of the pub |
lie eye makes il inadvisable to mention his |
asst name. Percy sought a S25- 5-a-week |
oh and Mowbray said he could have it if |
lie would but follow directions. So the |
'oung man withdrew from two Barre |
,anks $500 and submitted il to the magic |
water and the Oriental candle formula. L
lis experience and the mystic incanta-
ions tally with the story told by Keyes.
The versions are much the same. al
hough a sense of humor i'm Mowbray's
makeup is indicated in his dealings with
'ercy, for he charged the Williamstown
nd fee of s. for his assistance When
e visited Chief Sinclair yesterday Percy
ras under instructions not to open his
.bberized roll until Saturday and it
ras with some trepidation that he
beyed the policeman's advice. His roll
( paper differed from that of Keyes in
hat it contained a strip of white paper
or every bill turned over to Mowbray.
II is surmised that there are other un-
pened packages in Barre and towns
bout, but the police are not advising
atrons of Mowbray to wait till Christ
las morning.