Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-10-13
PSYCHIC NORRIS
Wins HIS PEACE
WARRANT Fight
Widow Fowler's Case Suspended
On His Promise Not To
Molest Her
REMINDER OF COMICS
OF HAIRRREADTH HARRY
LAGRANGE Attorney Declares
Widow Is Victim Of Holy
Rollers Band

NJ H. Norris, of LaGrapge, COM
bination lawyer and psychic, dressed
] in Prince Albert coat and looking
for all the world like the villain in
the old "Hair-Breadth Harry" fun
nies, except that his mustache was
/ cropped short instead of being long
and curled at the ends, need not make
/ a peace bond, need not leave Amer
/ icus, ana nay pursue the even tnor of
4 his ways, kept that he must not mo-
/ lest Mrs. Mary j. Fowler, who took
! cut a peace warrant agasls-t him on
! Tuesday. This was the status of his
+ case as agreed 10 by Justice Garter
and Griffin, following a lengthy
hearing at the court house Wednes-
] day afternoon. Their decision, an
nounced Thursday morning, was that
the warrant be held in suspension
upon his promise not to trouble Mrs.
Fowler, but that should he violate
h,s promise and the courts verbal
instructions, he is to be placed in Jail
and held to the grand jury.
The case. which was told of in ad-
vance in The Times Recorder We'd
nesday afternoon, attracted large
gallery of spectators and lawyers,
and was attended by a number of
witnesses. Norris, who is a member
Of the LAGRANGE bar, he says, acted
as his own attorney, while Mrs. Fow?
Ter was represented by w T. Lane.
Says She lis Victim.
Norris contehded that Mrs. Fowler
was being made the victim of a band
of HMoly Rollers, claiming that she
was in the power of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bostick and Mrs. and Mrs. c. f. Full
Ter, Of lanyard Hill, who, he said, are
i -nlemhels of this sect, and that
through their influence Hrs. Fuller
has traded house and lot in La
Grange worth $4,000 to the F'ullers
for 100 acres of sand where they
all reside just beyond lanyard Hill,
and which Justice Griffin said was
not worth S400, and that she, in turn,
has decided this farm to Mrs. Bostick
Tor '$5 and love and affection"
leaving herself virtually a pauper.
he claimed that he was entitled to
l,100 in the Lagrange property as
accumulated fees due from Mrs. Fow-
Ter, whom he had represented as at
tcIney for four years, and that it
was to protect The widow and his own
interest that he was in Americus. He
said he proposed to stay here and
fie1t the Fullers and Bosticks for
this properly He castigated Attorney
Lane for standing against a brother
j lawyer and defending cheat"
Norris was the center of the trial.
He presented certificate of good
standing signed by the judges, law
yers and public officials of Troupe
yers and public officials off
county, said he had been admitted
to practice in the state supreme court
1 and district federal court, was
member of the First Baptist church
of Lagrange as we'll as "a Christian
man" He declared the Fullers and
Bosticks had gotten Mrs. Fowler into
their power an influenced her to
turn her property over to them, de
MED her permission to interview him
or receive mail from him and assert
] ed that if he could hold brief con-
ference with her for even a few min
utes the whole matter would be ad-
iuted.
BRINGS BIG SUITS
After the settlement of his case,
Norris discussed the affair at some
length with a reporter. He said the
Ful]ers and Bosticks formerly lived
, III LaGrange. and were members of
the Holv Roller sect there Others in
, the sect there were Frank Longley
! and Mrs. N. G. Sherrer These two,
/ nc said, had KIDNAPPED Mrs. Fowler
some time ago and held her prisoner
| away from him, telling him first that
| she had gene to Europe and later
! tnat she was in a sanitarium at Ma
con. About this time, ,~he said, papers
! IN bank vaElt there belonging to
himself and Mrs. Fowler were taken
oy Longley, and the widows PERSONAL
/ properly was taken by Mrs. Sherrer.
| lonpley has been sued for S150.O0O
and Mrs Sherrer for $50, 900 bv Nor
rs for interfering with his profes
eional business and both are under
bond in bail and trover proceedings
for recovery Of the papers and prop
e1v seized
| ACCORDING to Norris Mrs. Fowlers
husband, who was photographer in
! ] Arrange, died suddenly sew ,ral
years a"o. He said Mr.. Fowler was
surrounded by praying Holy Rollers
at The time. and that there were sofaeI
| unusual circumstances about his
dc1th with he attempted to bring out
lat The hearing Wednesday afternoon
but failed
Norris denied that he was preach
o. or d II but said he vas scien
tf aipn as we'll as low@c.', berg
q phreno ogist. palntise and astrol-
cecr. $50 d ShakespeaesHa reader
G: considerable stage experience. He
20 hc We cevoting himself new 10
lhc IRA +iso Of law as - .;,d for the
! last seven years and en'o. ID good
ieEeNtc.e III is,Grange.
/ thursday morning Attorney Zack
Chider; ..pl' ;red for Norris, having