The Washington times., 1921-02-20
bLAMES GHOST
FOR TROUBLES
Alleged Spirit Of Clara Barton
Cost Him $4,000, Julian
l. B. HubbeIl Charges.
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hard for me to use her. Wake her
, carefully. The heart may stop. Rub
: her hands gently, then her arms. then
her right shoulder and the right SIDE
OF her neck
Then she said: 'oh. oh. what are
you doing? What is the matter win
my neck Have l been asleep. said
Yes; Miss Barton has been taking
What did she say? asked Mrs. Hirons.
II told her Miss Barton said she
had brought her--Mrs. Hirons-to
help me carry out my memorial plans.
is that all she saidT asked Mrs
Hirons No. l told her, she said 1
should be good to you, and you would
be good to me-
sAwNsPIRIT AGAIN.
WAS that all that occurred?" asked
Robert B. Peter, counsel for Hubbeii.
yes, at that time. / might say,
"continued the witness. that helped
her to lie on the couch and she was
resting while 1 went out to do my
chores Several days later Mrs. Hi
rons told me she again saw Miss BAR
tons spirit.
she's standing over there MIS-
Hiron told me. pointing to corner OF
the room. she wants to speak to
you' The twitching of the muscles
developed as when Mrs. Hirons went
into the trance several days before,
repeating conversations she claims
ITO have had with Miss Barton's spirit,
I advising that | treat her with every
: CON liberation"
Hubbell then declared that while
Mrs. Hirons was in one OF the
frances" talking" to Miss Bartons
spirit she said that the American Red
Cross founder advised him to turn
over the property she had given MIN
I so Mrs. Hirons could establish me-
= mortal for her because OF her Red
Cross work. Hubbell then stated that
several days later he conveyed his
property over to Mrs. Hirons, believ-
ing he was following the wishes OF
Miss Barton as given through her
spirit to Mrs. Hirons.
When Mrs. Hirons told you in
these frances that Miss Barton was
communicating with you. Will you
state whether you believed it?' asked
Attorney Peter.
II did without doubt"
IF you had disbelieved these state
ments that Miss Barton was commu-
: nicating with you through Mrs. HI
rons, would you have executed the
deed nd bill of sale for the property?
WOMAN DENIES TRANCE.
IN evep--.suld have done it had
any doubt but that Miss Barton's
spirit was talking to me through Mrs.
Hirons.
Mrs. Hirons emphatically denies she
went into trance or Influenced HUB
, bell in any way to dispose of the Bar
ton property. She states that she
gave Hubbell $4,000 in cash for the
property. that he receipted for the
money and that the transaction was
legal in every respect.
In attacking Hubbells testimony,
r. Morris Wampler. counsel for Mrs.
Hirons, showed him a receipt he
signed for the $4,000 Mrs. Hirons
claims to have paid him for the Ear
ton property.
The receipt read: Received of Mrs
Mabelle r. Hirons May IA, 1914. the
sum Of S1O,0 in payment for my deed
to her for Glen Echo properties and
water bonds. Signed J. IS. Hubbell.'
Did you give this raCCipt9s
Yes" replied the witness.
do / understand you To say that
Mrs. Hirons never paid you anything
Of value for the conveyance to her Of
the real estate and the personal prop
~ty mentioned in the bill in THIS
cause?"
Yes"
ON the 'front.' porcn or the Sleh reno
house, in August, 1914. did you not
state, in the presence Of Justice Ash
ley VI. Gould, of the District Supreme
Court, and Mrs. Hirons, that Mrs
Hirons had paid you cash for all rhe
real estate in Glen Echo and the per-
sonal property conveyed to her"
No"
do you deny making this state
ment in the presence of Justice
Gould?" asked Attorney Wampler.
Il have no recollection of making
such statement"
Did you not go to Justice Goulds
home in Washington subsequent to
August. 1914, and during the winter
Of 1915. and there tell Judge Gould
that Mrs. Hirons had paid you in
fun for the real and personal prop
erty conveyed to her, and that you
had at that time been unable to get
the water bonds to turn over to herr
asked Wampler.
81 went to Justice Gould's home