The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-07-14
THE GREAT ROSARIO
FALLS TO EVIL DAYS
Ladies Whom He Trusted
With Secrets of the Fu- !
ture Fail Him.
ONE GAVE HER BLOOD
1t Was for a Charm That
Would Win Her a
Wealthy Husband.
ALL PAID FOR ADVICE
Then They Turned Out to be
Detectives and the Seer
Is Sent to Jail.
ALL PAID FOR ADVICE

Rosario, the fortune teller, took spe-
cial pains, to please the ladies when
three of them called at his fiat, 1854
Allen street. His kitchen was full of
other customers, but he brushed
through them and bowed his latest
visitors into three chairs in the front
room. Seating himself at table. he
babe one of them cut pack of cards
three times and stamp her foot with
each cut.
Hmm" said Rosario. frowning al
the cards. Say Creator"
Creator" said the woman who had
cut the cards.
THAT is better" Rosario mused
You are very faithful woman, but
you have a bad husband He is going
with another woman and she will
cause you lots of trouble. You are
going to be very sick and lose lot of
money, but God will give you grace.
Madam, you are going to marry again.
You are little crazy in the head, but
you dc, not know it. All, your mother
and father were bad people,"
you are quite mistaken" said the
woman, stiffening. They were very
good people,
Your mother and father were bad
people," Rosario continued. but I will
pray for you and you will have good
luck aplenty. Two dollars please"
Rosario picked up stick that looked
like the leg of chair, thrust 1t into the
neck of dirty bottle that stood on the
mantelpiece and, swishing 1t to and fro,
sprinkled each of his visitors with water
he called holy
1.-TWO dollars is too much" the woman
who had cut the cards said. II got only
seventy-five cents"
THAT will do" Rosario gently an
swered. pocketing the silver. Come
again and tell your friends"
Blood for n Charm.
The next time they went another of
the three women had her fortune told.
Rosario was more cheerful and predicted
marriage to a rich banker or lawyer.
But a charm was needed--a charm
which she was to wear on her elbow.
Whenever she saw a rich banker or
lawyer that she fancied all she had to do
was touch him with her elbow and he
would Immediately offer her his name
and fortune.
I'VE must have a drop of blood for
the charm" Rosario announced. He
took stickpin from the mantel and pre-
pared to jab it into the woman's right
forefinger.
"I'll sterilize 1t first. II you please. .
she said. and passed the stickpin through
gas flame on the wall. Now go
ahead" So Rosario drew several drops
from her finger and had her dip quill
in the blood and trace an Italian sentence
on u thin piece Of paper. This he folded
up and gummed beneath a strip of ad-
hesive tape. which he wound around her
elbow. "It is the charm he said. Now
you will have good luck, and I will pray
for you. Two dollars, please"
Powder Before Sunrise.
He again accepted rs cents ur-
banely. third time they visited the
wondrous Rosario. This time the wom-
an who had not spoken before told
him she was i'll. He examined her
sravely and agreed with her. He as
sured her. she says, that unless she
took his treatment her nerves would
shrivel up. He got her a salve and a
white powder The powder she was to
swallow Just before sunrise; the time
was important. For the examination.
So: for the salve and powder. s1.50,
and Rosario was to continue praying.
Yesterday the wizard Rosario stood
in Essex Market Court, accused. first,
OF telling fortunes In violation of the
laws OF the State of New York; second.
OF practicing medicine without license.
He looked around for his accusers There
they sat In the front row. the three
strangers who had paid for his mumbo-
jumbo. namely. Mrs. Minnie Ernest and
the Misses Hortense Thompson and May
Mcguire. detectives OF the women's pre-
cinct, New York Police Department.
Rosario faced toward the Judge.
pleaded guilty of fortune telling, and
was fined 500 and sentenced to ten
days In the workhouse and an addi-
tional day for each dollar of the fine
Sessions. The policemen say that he had
medicine Illegally he pleaded not guilty.
He was held In $500 bail for Special
Sessions. TIE policemen say that he had
offices in Carroll street. Brooklyn. and
in Manhattan. in addition to the one In
Allen street. and that he has made a
good living by absorbing the earnings
Of the poor.
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