The Southern herald., 1922-10-20
DETECTIVES CATCH
FAKE CLAIRVOYANTS
$4,000 OBTAINED BY ARTISTS OF
THE DARK ARTS.
WORKED PINE BLUFF SOCIETY
Pine Bluff Detectives Takes Man and
Woman Back to Home City.
Scores of Persons Were
Defrauded.

Memphis.-The palm reading ability
OF woman who used the name Of Mrs.
Boswell and the gentle art Of clairvoy-
ancy to separate gullible men and wo'
men Of Pine Bluff from more than
$4,000 in cash and jewelry, was re-
Vealed in the arrests here of a couple
said to be Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowell,
1571s Calhoun avenue. The two were
located through the efforts of w. T.
Pate, chief inspector OF Pine Bluff, and
]. F. Stewart, chief of police of the
same city. Mrs. Lowell waived extra
dition. The man firmly declared that
he would not 60 to Arkansas, but after
learning that his wife had agreed to
make the trip, changed his mind. The
two accompanied Mr.. Pate back to the
Arkansas city, leaving Memphis on
the Cotton Belt train. The couple will
face charges of grand larceny.
rwo other persons sought by the de-
tectives and who are said to have
worked under the name Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Boswell made good their
escape.
Four persons, according to Mr., Pate,
"worked" Pine Bluff Society.
They announced that in the person
of Mrs. Boswell" they had a woman
of mysterious gifts, seer Of the past
present and future. To her every ,wo
mans doings were as an open book
Many walked in fear and trembling.
Working among only the elite OF
Pine Bluff the four obtained introduc'
tons to the wealthy, who were easily
influenced to allow their new-found &C
quaintances to foretell their future.
The soothsayer told the women
women were their chief prey-that II
was necessary first that the curious
sleep upon some article of worth, fine
jewelry or sum of money. After that
the mystic would sleep with the same
object or roll Of greenbacks under hel
pillow and the future would be laid
bare. In some cases the patrons had
no funds vailble. The second sighteI
in such cses would lend the near vic
In sum of money, as much as $500
in some cases, to cast her enchantment
over. But when the money was re-
turned it perforce must be supple
mented with sum, the property OF the
pat, n, in order that the telepathic cir
cult hooked up with the infinite might
be completed,
Nearly so Pine Bluff women tool
the bait. There were some men, too
Diamonds, rings and other valuable
jewelry and bank rolls poured in. The
day Of revelation was at hand, But the
Qurtette was not.
Reports began to drift into Pint
Bluff police headquarters. Chief Stew
art was loathe to believe them at first
But the number and standing OF thu
people who came to headquarters ant
admitted that they had been fleecet
quickly dissipated any question as Il
the amount Of losses that had beel
sustained.
Two allege dyictims who came Il
Memphis with Chief Pate we're takei
to the cell occupied by Mrs, Lowell ant
quickly and positively identified her
The woman had steadily maintainot
that she was not the person sought
and when questioned at the Calhoun
avenue address stoutly told member
of the Memphis police force that sh
was not the person they sought Sh
persisted in her protests when Chic
Pate visited her at the police station