Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-05
HINDU PRINCESS GOES
UPON HUNGER STRIKE
Declares She Doesn't Need to
Eat, for Spirits Would
Provide Life.
OFFERS TO TEACH MALoNEY

Princess Khan Oola has gone on
hunger strike.
Since her arrest Friday afternoon
she has refused to eat anything ex-
cept few oranges, which she brought
with her. She has turned down num-
Der of tempting dishes prepared es-
pecially for her.
"Why should | eat?' she demanded
in half audibles jargon. 1T isn't
necessary for me to live on food. The
spirits will supply me with life"
Brought before Chiefsof Detectives
Maloney she told different story,
however. She said that her creed for
babe her to eat the same dishes as
other races. Il eat only what | cook
myself. | never eat meat, fish or
grease Of any kind. The spirits don't
allow me to-
Declines to Buy Food.
Although given permission TO send
out and buy any kind of food she de-
sired, she declined to do so.
81 don't know what we can do
with her." Chief of Detectives Ma
loney said, unless we fix her an
apartment in the matron's department
and let her do her own cooking and
housekeeping. l for one don't believe
in this forceful feeding"
Police declare the princess method
Of obtaining her patrons jewels was
revealed to them Saturday afternoon.
When a patron came to her home,
1912 Cass street, for free consulta-
ton, she asked for sacrifice to Of
fer up to the spirits. The dearest
thing person possessed, she said, al
ways made the best sacrifice. The
sacrifice, of course, was destroyed, she
said. When the patron came around
again and said that no benefit had
resulted, she always would ask for a
larger sacrifice, saying that the spirits
were not satisfied with the first Of
fering. Through this method, police
believe she has taken from Omaha
people jcwelr, valued at about $4,000.
Nearly 100 rings, many set with dia-
monds and other precious stones were
seized when officers raided h'r mystic
parlors. Trunks of silk dresses and
other valuable trinkets were found at
her home and many other offerings
and sacrifices of her patrons to the
spirits and mystic conjurers.
She admitted that she was no or
binary fortune teller. At times she
said she held school for fortune
te1lers, where anybody with the price
could learn the inner workings .. the
business.
Many OF Cmaha's best clairvoyants
were initiated into the secret myster-
les and received their start by attend
ing her school, she said.
For $500, very reasonable price,
she said. she would teach the en-
tire business, secrets and all, to Chief
OF Detectives Maloney, who was
closely questioning her on her
methods.
II don't need any fortune telling
games to make money" the chief re-
piled.
ne code USED so successfully by
the princess in securing greater sacri-
fees could not be deciphcred by the
police. II consisted OF box OF in
dexed cards with different scrawlS and
letters.
Money taken by Princess Khan
COLA, Otherwise Mrs. c. 6. Mitchell
tree, was not for her own benefit,
she told officers. 1t all was sent back,
she said, to society in India.
1t was all the fault Of her husbands
brother, Jess Mitcheltree. that che was
arrested, the princess declares. She
asserted that Jess also dabbled in the
hidden mysteries, but was far from
having . good patronage, because he
sometimes kissed his feminine clients
as part Of the ceremony.
Jealous Of her business and because
she refused to give him money, Jess
called upon several Of her patrons, she
said, and told them that she was a
fake.