Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 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 a who used the name of Mrs.
Boswell and the gentle art Of clairyoy-
ancy to separate gullible men and wo,
men OF Pine Bluff from more than
$4,000 in cash and jewalry, was re
yealed in the arrests here Of a couple
said to be Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowell,
1871 Calhoun venue. The two were
located through the efforts Of w. I.
Pate, chief inspector of Pine Bluff, and
J. f. Stewart, chief of police of the
same city. Mrs Lowell waived extra
dition. The man firmly declared that
he would not go 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.
TWO other persons sought by the de-
tectiyes 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, a 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 intrCduc'
tons to the wealthy, who were easily
influenced to allow their new-found &C.
ouaintances 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, fins
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 hat
no funds vailble. The second sightel
in such csc would lend the near vic
In sum of money, as much as SCOT
In some cases, to cast her enchantmen'
over. But when the money was re
turned it perforce must be supple
| mented with a sun, the property OF TIT
pat, en-. in order that the telepathic cir
cult hooked up with the infinite nigh
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. TIL
day OF revelation was at hand. But tn
ourtette was not.
Reports began to drift into Pin
Bluff police headquarters. Chief Stew
art was loathe to believe them at first
But the number and standing of tn
people who came to headquarters an
admitted that they had been fleece
quickly d"issipated any question as t
the amount of losses that had bee.
sustained.
Two allege dvictims who came t
Memphis with Chief Pate were take
to the cell occupied by Mrs. level an
quickly and positively identified hel
The woman had steadily maintaine
that she was not the person sough'
and when questioned at the Calhou
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