The sun., 1919-02-07
LADY COPS VISIONS
TRUER THAN SEER'S
Rev. Bill Greaves's Ethereal
Flights Halt When He Lamps
Clothesless Girl.
SNAKE ROOT TALK FAILS
Ex-Liquor Dealer Who Hooked
Up With New Spirits Is in
Tolls in Brooklyn.
SNAKE ROOT TALK FAILS

Quite naturally when the Rev. Bill
Greaves decided some years ago to sell
out his wholesale liquor business and
take up religion In a serious way hs
became a Spiritualist. Then the one
time hard liquor man began to SEQ
other mere mortals. SO 1t Is charged b.
the Brooklyn police. who yesterday
pinched the Rev Bits material body
so hard that he woke UP in the Flatbusa
avenue police court and found himself
murmuring. Good morning. Judge"
When the Rev. Bill began to describe
following a few suggestions and hints
from Magistrate McCloskey-some de.
tails of his past performances during
the days of his earth earthly existence
the prisoner said that he not only
had been in the wholesale liquor indus
try, but also for time had been a
butcher Both Of these learned pro-
LESSONS had. however, wesried him be
cause of the gross materialism Of the
callings. He began to reach out for
higher things, and, being a Brooklynite,
he founded a church: but he climbed
from the depths to the highest spiritual
point on the Park Slope by regular
gradations, beginning as a butcher, then
AS a wholesale liquor man. next seeing
spirits "in vapor form" and finally
settling himself solidly somewhere above
the three mile air limits or blooklyns
highest steeplcs.
Tie Sees Beautiful Visions,
I'm time got go far" esid BIZ 10
a lady who visited him Wednesday n
his home at III Martense street, Brook.
Ign. that found myself between the
spiritual and material world. Through
a kind of vapor l became able to see
all sorts OF visions OF beautiful women
and flowers"
In fact by Wednesday the Rev BIZ
had flown to so high a stratum of spirit
ual ether that he couldn't zee even az
earthly CLINT of the Police Department
shield which the lady caller-who hap
pened to be Mrs Margaret W-hitehurst .,
the special detective squad OF the Man.
haitian Police HeadQuarters--waep wear
ing somewhere beneath her furs. Fur.
thermore. according TO Mrs. Whttehursts
accuse tons, which she made In cour;
yesterday when Bill was arraigned on
charge of disorderiy conduct, +. Mrs
Whitehurst would set herself back ora
material buck Bill could see many more
visions OF an interesting nature al.
though Bill did not put the proposition
so coarsely.
81 must have something - sod
gurgled Bill between trance pants srd
groans. his eyes closed but his right Or
cash register. hand reaching toward Ms
Whitehurst
The lady sleuth handed Bill sio,s
TO hold. Nothing doing. She gave rim
KEY rings, but still the spiritual vision
remained logged. Then Mrs. Whitehurst
tried folded dollar biz and inme
diately Bill's powers a. seer began TO
function.
BUDDING Season Is the Timr
when the budding season Is here II
vii see much brightness and suns ire
was the first real news the gifted BIZ
Gleaves impaired TO the startled lads
sleuth. 81 see a beautiful girl" cor
tinued the grooming Bill, still gaspirs his
Information between pants. The 1ral-
tiful girl is naked. You are going to sc,
money from an old lady in cap From
the spirit world learn that Won sao1,d
get ten cents worth o. snakeroot ana
take II IN a wine glass--you have gas or
the stomach"
The lady sleuth instantly insisted re
hadn't any such thing. and IN tGc ~c.'
breath she told Bill that II he u dn'
come along without resisting sne would
play A solo on a police whistlc tla'
would cause him 20 succun;b rror. a
acute attack OF cops or his ches' $50
Bill paused suddenly midway between
two OF hts severest pants, addet ccs
and hat and accompanied the lad, s,e't
out into the material atmosphere {.
Brooklyn.
When the Rev. Bill was ARA CRED -
fore Magistrate McCloskey yes;erda, 70
was accompanied to the rail ~ a at'.
eyed man OF a brunette complex 'or ia
almost approached the indoor n'lrh.' es-
at the Brooklyn Museum on d ra-
Tuesday morning.
And who may YOU be-" ASKED -.
Masisti ale af;,r hearing ~. NE
bursts story Of her vis., to tac uo,e
world With Bill
who? Me-" cried Ito s,a~'.rc &c.,
Hettc person lined W with IN "''
Jedge, Ann a cuilud scmmuu- TIA
Whut All am, Jedge."
Magistrate McCloskev seemed &. s
| cept the unsupported statement nH'0.
question. lie insisted. however. U7o7
further details.