TWO FRAUDS EXPOSED. Arrest of Notorious Spiritualist Mediums.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 3

TWO FRAUDS EXPOSED. Arrest of Notorious Spiritualist Mediums.

A Cun \i ■ • de-patch <>f Apul 2nd an uounee- - Tun medium-, known a- the Bang- si tei-, w ho-c mate) lab-ing-canco-luno limmi commented on a quod dual lately, weie aiio-ted l.i-t night and locked up, ehai ued wit I) conducting an entertainment wif'nout a licence and with obtaining mone\ undei iaNe pietenee-. The women, whoaie young and good looking, claim toha\o been in ilie medium bu-me— since they weie sinallchildicn Recent 1} the\ weio biought piominently bctore public notice thiough t ho heak- of H e n i \ Jei-liom, a wealthy , photoiriaphci of thi-ciu. .lei^tiom was an old fuend ot Augu-t ' Spi. -, the auaiehi-t, and -nice the latki\ e\eeuti<)ii claimed on -e\eial occasion- to ha\e icionud -pint communication- Jiom him thiough the medium of the Jkmg-l-tOl - f at who-e seance- he «,i^ a regular .it lend, int. His mind tni.dly beeaine a\iueted by con.-tanl blooding o\ei Ihe '.-pn it manife-t'iiion.- ) 'and a w eek apo ilv a^ fniind noec^aiy to place him in the detention iio-pital foi iu^anu\. It apjioai^ that l>. F. T)elne>, of Eu"le\\ood,^ho l- a ppiilnali-t. made a complaint to the police tin cc week- ajro that the liauii- -i-'eii' -eanee- weie fiaiuK, and a deteetne \\a- detailed to attend them le^ul.ulj and at the fii >i jiood chance to c\ |io-e and anc-t thijm, wan ant- ha\in<j bi'eti -Mom out on t lie oliai LT»*- named abo\o. Theea^e ot .ler^troni .-ei\ ed to hasten the e\] iodine List, ni^lil a d'Heetive^ aeeompruned by anothci otlicei and the complainant , TietD(\, weie on hand at. the o()"ninu ol the icanee and aflei (be iwi il lntioductoi y examination ot the eabn.ei. b\ tv, o i eijulai attt nda'it- tlii li^hl- wou tutn(.d\ei\ low. Se\ei.il iivruie-, pmpoi tin;j. to lie .spnit 1 -, made tluii a;)po.u.u.ee <.>u^ aTt' i anothei, and < omuuiiiieated \\ IMI (In audience. Kinall) tlieir 10 appeal (d the •-pint of a Ru-Han piince^" 8 , clad in loyal iol>e-. The «.i^hin and Tieiney -pi.iu^ foiwaid and -ei/ed the I>\ the aims Then the two deieeth c- ru-hed to hi ■> ai J and ..omeone eNe lit tlie »ns The .-pook made a fm ion- lois^t'inco, ikiny out li'^ht and left, andtiicd Lo tlnow oil it,-, .-hi oud and \vi<;. 'I ha\ca uai taut, iov j on, May Isan»-,' -aid Deteetne T.Mieil, and ]u^t then a li^hL ma-k she wore fell oil, discloMU<_, r her well known fcai.me-. A m)! 1 of fonicthin^, eoneeaKd under lior shroud, fell (u the floor, and Mi.- J> inj^, the mother of the sister, i-ci/ed it and lan. Tynell pur-ued hci, and eanoht her hiding it behind a window cm tain. It was a 1 oil oi bailing, Uf-cd ])iobably lo make wi^s and be.u ds in the cabinet. So thieateninu did the .sisters and several male attendants of iho seance become that the olheci.s weie cnnijK'lled to diaw their luvoheir, to clear the loom. .Subsequent semch revealed a -atchel with whito nm.slin i^hiouds and the like, three betr> ot whiskeys of dilleient hues, five witj.s, moi^taches, and a great \ariety of makc-np material, .such as it- used by aetois. They also found that in the cabinet was a curtain that ran up through the centre of it, making two compaitments, and also a side entrance which admitted the "spirit" operator behind the curtain. The satchel and the si«ter,s woi o loaded into a patrol waggon, taken to the station and locked up. The Mi-si^ Uang-, and numerous friend? Api cared in the Dos-plaine--sU'cel. Police Court to-day and were granted a continuance of one week. The Superintendent of Toliee says ho will cxi)ose these frauds as iast a.s he can find tli cm now.

The longer flic genealogy the greater the goose. The bluer the blood the bigger the blackguard. Young man, first you pocket the red ; then you pocket the ready. Thon they pocket yon. In a new diama, which is to como out in London s>ome time in the year 1999, the characters mo all killed in the third act, and the fomth is carried on entirely by their heirs and executors, Mi- (J. I* 1 . SLuaifc hap boon offered the position of Consul at New Biitain, an improvement on his previous position of Consular Agent,