The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 21, 1912, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.
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?Mr. J. J. Smoak spent Tuesday
in Orangeburg on business.
Ik ?Rev. C. E. Walker, of the HuntWf
er's Chapel section, was in the city '
last Saturday.
?Messrs. Laurie Smoak and 1
Frank Adams spent last Sunday in
Orangeburg with friends.
?Mr. C. D. Felder, who has been
staying at Young's Island for some
months, returned home last week.
4 ?Mrs. R. R. Jenkinson, of Man- .
ning, spent a few days in the city <
last and this week on a visit to rela- ,
tives.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berry, Jr., i
of Branchville, spent Sunday in the .
city with their daughter, Mrs. J. B. <
Brickie.
& ?Mrs. M. A. Bamberg and Mrs.
E. B. Walker and little daughter are (
at home from an extended stay in :
* Florida.
?Mrs. C. B. Free, Jr., and little 1
i
son, of Summerton, are in the city
on a visit to the family of her father, ;
Mr. S. A. Hand.
?Miss Sadie Merriwether came
over from Allendale on Monday to
1 spend some time with her aunt, Mrs ,
A. McB. Speaks.
?Miss Florence Clement, of Cum- i
mings, Ga., is spending some time in ,
the city on a visit to her sister, Mrs. .
W. G. Hoffman. 3
?Miss May Justice arrived from "
Baltimore last Friday to take charge
of the millinery department of Mrs. 1
A. McB. Speaks & Co.
?Miss Christine Malone and 1
cousin, Mr. James Malone, of Colum- '
bia, were the charming guests last
Sunday of Miss Alice Smoak. '
?Mr. Vernon Brabham and family,
who have been living at Cope for
several years, moved to Columbia last
week, where they will make their
home.
f ?Rev. W. H. Hodges and Messrs.
J. A. Byrd and W. D. Rhoad attended
a meeting in Orangeburg last
Thursday in the interest of Columbia
college.
?Mr. W. D. Hand, son of Mr. S.
A. Hand, who has been in Asheville,
N. C., for the past year under treat*
ment, returned home last week greatly
improved in health. The physicians
have pronounced him sound and
well.
?Mr. I. M. Loryea, special agent
of the New York Life Insurance Co.,
is- in the city, and we are glad to
know that he has decided to make
Bamberg headquarters. He likes
Bamberg and thinks the town has a
magnificent future.
~ TXT D1 Dilar on/I Mrs _T
i!U19? VY 1 , uuvi w* wD.
Copeland, Jr., spent several days
in Barnwell last week on a visit to
Mrs. W. Gilmore Simms. While there
r% they attended several receptions
given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Simms, Jr., who were recently married.
.
?Col. T. J. Counts was down
* town last Saturday, for the first time
in several months, he having been
kept indoors by the bad weather.
The Colonel is looking well, notwithstanding
his advanced age, and
his many friends will be glad to know
that his condition is good and he will
no doubt improve much as the spring
weather comes on.
PREPARED FOR SIEGE.
Outlaws Well Fortified in Virginia
Mountains.
Hillsville, Va., March 17.?Two
thousand feet above sea level, among
k the crags and caves of the Blue
9 Ridge Mountains, the Allen gang,
who demonstrated their contempt of
constituted law by a massacre of the
judge, the prosecuting attorney and
the sheriff of Carroll county court
last Thursday, continued to-day to
defy capture.
J""'" oaor/ih Ktt a nncco nf 7n
pi ^ X UC K1CLJ O O^aiV/U UJ u ^/vwwv V*. w
detectives and citizen volunteers
demonstrated that unless the militia
is sent here to begin a systematic
siege of the hiding places of the outlaws
they may never be brought to
answer to the indictments for murder
returned here yesterday. For
such a plan a camping site was selected
to-day by representatives of
Gov. Mann. The county authorities
are working in harmony with the
State, and orders may soon be issued
for companies of militia, if not for
the search, certainly for the formal
arraignment of the prisoners, which
is scheduled here for March 26. The
arraignment is likely to be postponed.
Well-armed and Provisioned.
Those who know the paths and
passes of the highland and the points
|^F of vantage from which outlaws could
3 - * ~ ?i. 1. ;? fnroo n-i +Vi looot
rwa.ro. uul an atia^^iug iui vc mvu tv?ub
hurt to themselves, say that the Aliens
unquestionably arc concealed
behind the overhanging precipices of
; Devil's Den, half way between here
i and Mount Airy, N. C. There, with
' provisions and ammunition, of which
[ f it is said they have plenty, an attack*
ing fore? would find approach almost
impossible. Some think it may be
necessary to dynamite the mountain
citadels.
Quiet prevailed in Hillsville today.
The village pastor preached in
favor of capital punishment at all
times and there was no mistaking
whom he meant. From the countryside
came the curious on horseback,
muleback, by ox carts and rigs of
every description, fording the high
water of the creek and climbing the
steep hills to the summit, where reposes
the ^hamlet of Hillsville.
Wounded Clerk Tells of Tragedy.
Dexter Goad, clerk of the court,
with a bullet in his left cheek and
a bandage across his face, showed
the folks to-day just how it happened.
He rehearsed the scene with
vivid details, pointing out the scarred
chairs which were occupied by
Judge Massie, Sheriff Webb and
Commonwealth's Attorney Foster.
A row of bullet holes, low on the
right-hand wall, were added evidence
of the tragedy. A shattered
rail in front of Clerk Goad showed
how Attorney Foster, after being fatally
shot, staggered and dropped his
head upon a sheepskin volume of the
law. A dark coat of blood on the
book was mute evidence.
Another Victim May Die.
Andrew Howlett and Stuart Worrell,
both bystanders, wounded at
Thursday's assassination, to-day rested
easily. One has a bullet in the
lung and the other was shot in his
side. Juror Columbus Kane, who was
shot in the abdomen and is most seriously
injured of all, may die, which
would bring the death list to six.
Over the rain-channelled moun( uineirip
the nnssc searched to-day to
no avail. Contrary to earlier reports,
the telephone wires throughout
this district have not been cut by
the Aliens or anyone else. Communication
from the outside world has
been difficult in* the last two days,
principally because of the heavy outflow
of press dispatches.
Jasper Allen, known as "Jack,"
who is a brother of Sidna and Floyd,
but who is said ont to have been involved
in the tragedy, made a statement
to-night on behalf of the Aliens.
At his home, seven miles from
Hillsville, he said:
Jasper Allen's Statement.
"I am greatly surprised and shocked
at what has happened. I do not
think my brothers had made any plot
or plan. When I saw Sidna the night
of the shooting he told me he knew
nothing of any trouble beforehand
and was himself surprised when the
shooting began in the court room.
"I do not believe my relatives will
give themselves up, for I am not
sure that they would get a fair trial
in Carroll county. My brother Sidna
was wounded when he passed my
bnmo Thnrsdav nierht and was alone.
I do not know where he has gone
and have received no word trom him
since, and I shall not try to advise
them about giving themselves up.
They must do as they think best."
Landed in Roanoke Jail.
Roanoke, Va., March 17.?Floyd
Allen, his son, Victor, and Byrd
Marion were brought here from Pulaski
early this morning and put in
jail. The authorities thought feeling
against the court house assassins
was running too high at Pulaski for
their safety.
Allen was brought oh a cot, with
one broken leg in a cast. He is
wounded in the other. The prisoners
were widely separated in the jail
and all outsiders were kept out. This
order even extended to the religious
workers, and there were no services
in the jail to-day. Young Allen and
Marion, both under indictment for
murder, protested to their guards
that they took no part in the shooting.
ot-o too t?ovpthip Aeents
UUHCU ?vf ?
Weaver and Hendricks returned
from Hillsville to-night. They passed
Sidna Allen's house on Thursday
afternoon after the shooting and saw
him there. The officers had heard
of the tragedy, but did not know
Sidna Allen had been implicated in
it. They are perhaps the last persons
outside members of the clan to
have seen Sidna Allen.
Held on Assault Charge.
Dothan, Ala., March 18.?Two
young white men, one named Mimms
and the other Davis, are under arrest
at Chancellor, Ala., charged with assaulting
and robbing a young woman,
24 years old on Saturday night,
according to information received
here to-day.
The victim had been left at home
by her husband Saturday night while
he attended a lodge meeting. She
+>,0+ onnn Qftor hp lAft Rhe heard
dctj d Lliat OWJU Ui-vv* MW .
a knock on the door, opened it and
was struck a heavy blow on the head.
The men, it is alleged, after tying the
woman, assaulted her, afterwards
ransacking the house and securing a
number of valuables.
When the husband returned home
he secured a posse and bloodhounds
and the trail led to the Mimms home.
He was arrested. Davis was later
taken into custody and both were
identified by the victim. They were
then rentoved to the Geneva county
| Jail.
THREE NEGROES
NEAR C
Alfred and Richmond Du
Attempt to Burn Ma;
in Olar and are S
The first lynching for Bamberg at
county occurred last Wednesday af- ! of
ternoon when three negroes, Alfred 1 ev
and Richmond Dublin and Peter Riv-! lii
ers, were taken from Magistrate 0. j k*
J. C. Lain and Mr. J. E. Cooke, who ! th
were bringing them to Bamberg to ! w;
be placed in jail, and taken about! fir
100 yards behind Union Baptist! P<
church, colored, at Odom's bridgej fe
over the Little Saltkehatchie river, j ca
and shot to death. As to what hap- j ar
pened after the mob took the negroes I tn
from the officers is mere conjecture, hi
as no light has been thrown on the 1 M
tragedy so far. The officers imme- ! ed
diately took the road back for home, j T1
and when about three hundred yards j wi
away they heard the shots which; m
ended the lives of the three victims, J fe
and next morning they were found fr
down in the woods beyond the'-church sa
tied to small trees and their bodies j w<
riddled with bullets. ! ne
These negroes were charged with m
setting fire to the residence of Mr. j
J. E. Cooke at Olar Monday morning
of last week, just before day, and fe
had confessed the crime. Last Tues-1t0
day night we heard that an attempt i ar
had been made to burn the home of j
4- V? r% 4- r?/\ o Vl Q H I 3.T
A11*. L/UUKt?, UUl mat jlivs cix x ggbo
been made at that time. Wednesday j cc
afternoon after we had gone to t*1
press we learned of the arrest of!at
the three negroes and of their con- &
fession, and the statement was made
that they were to be brought toj th
Bamberg and lodged in jail the same j w
afternoon. 101
Thursday morning, Col. Jno. F. J
Folk tendered a seat in his auto-1
mobile to Solicitor Gunter and the j
writer, and soon we were at the jm
scene of the tragedy. There a grue- j C(
some sight met our eyes. Down the |in
hill beyond the church, in a small j al
open space, somewhat of a natural |
amphitheatre, were the bodies stiff j ^
and stark, tied near together with |111
their faces to the trees, their bodies !m
riddled with bullets, most of which j al
appeared to have been fired from j
the back. Alfred and Richmond!w
Dublin were very near together, and 'c*
their ropes had allowed their bodies 1 R
to come to the ground, but the body
of Rivers, a little farther away, was | Sl
resting on the rope which tied his |01
hands, it not having slipped and al- j ^
lowed his body to rest on the ground. "
Most of the bullets were in the body, j Sl
but a few struck their heads, and j Q1
Alfred Dublin's face was turned;n
backward and he had been shot in j
the face and his eye shot out, his | ^
face being smeared with dried blood, j n<
His face was the most repulsive:
sight, but the faces of none of them ;k
showed fear or hate. They seemed ; hi
to have died peacefully and without j ,
a struggle, and the faces did not ex-1 ir
hibit brutality and ignorance to that! w
degree usually found in negro crim-; bi
inals. Peter Rivers was the older,; b
he being about forty years old, Rich- j g:
mond Dublin about 35, and Alfred ! ci
Dublin about 25. The two Dublins j n
wer brothers, and Rivers their first n
cousin. i o:
A large crowd of white men was |aj
present, many of them being from j
Olar and the surrounding country, j11
A number of negroes were also j d
there, including a number of women,;
but all were as quiet as possible.;a'
None of them spoke except in hushed j &
tones, and they were not heard to j T
make any comment on the lynching. *3
Coroner Zeigler had already ar- ,
rived, and Deputy Sheriff Pearson at I ri
once summoned the jury of inquest, j ^
with Mr. A. L. Kirkland as foreman, j a
the members sitting down on the je'
ground in a circle only a few feet j v
feet away from the bodies which had | h
n
not been touched, they being tied j
with their hands in front of their ^
bodies just as they were when taken u
from the officers and with the same p
ropes put on them by the officers.
Mr. J. E. Cooke was the first wit- ^
j ness sworn, and he testified that he r'
woke up a short while before day n
j Monday morning and had occasion ^
to go outside and found fire burning
under the house. As soon as pos- p
t'
I sible he procured water and put out
the fire, and upon investigation
found two bottles which contained
kerosene and several fat splinters c:
which had started the blaze. A sill e
had been saturated with kerosene n
and the splinters laid on that and the I h
fire started. The fire had just been | ti
set, and had he come out a few min-^ tl
utes later the house could not have J tl
been saved. He told of the efforts j c
maHo tn run down the criminals and j t<
how bloodhounds were secured from ! b
the county chain gang. Alfred Dublin
was first arrested, and after a i]
short time he made a full confession fi
and told how the three had discussed C
the crime beforehand, where they got f:
the axe to cut the splinters and p
where they were cut off a stump, all it
LYNCHED
)DOM'S BRIDGE. ch
w
ti
blin and Peter Rivers u
yor Cooke's Home *
ihot to Death. t>
d
n
>out. the kerosene and the details
the visit to set the fire. How- e,
er, he stated that Richmond Dub- if
1 set the fire, Alfred handing the tl
jrosene, splinters, and matches r(
rough a little wire fence which tl
as right by the house where the 8j
'e was set. Alfred said he and tl
iter Rivers did not get over the s.
nee, and that when Mr. Cooke a
me out they had just set the fire, a
id he and Peter Rivers ran off, but tl
at Richmond Dublin stepped be- g
nd the chimney and was so close to h
r. Cooke that he could have touch- a
[ him when he first came out. si
len, when Mr. Cooke ran back for
ater'to extinguish the flames, Rich- a
ond Dublin went off alongside the a,
nee out of the way. That he, Al- w
ed, watched from a distance and tl
w that the fire was out, when he 0
snt home. Next day the other two p
igroes were arrested, and Rich- Cj
ond Dublin told the same tale as tl
Ifred, only he stated that Alfred set a
e fire and he stayed outside the n
nee. Rivers also confessed, and all h
Id the same tale. When Alfred was a
rested he was put in the guard n
)use at Olar and a guard placed n
oundjit, and he was not allowed to a
mmunicate with the other negroes,
iey being kept in the waiting room ii
. the depot until they started for d
amberg. c;
Mr. Cooke stated that he talked to 'i
ie negroes at length and asked them t<
hy they had attempted to burn him ti
it, alluding to the kindnesses he ^
id extended them. They placed ^
ie blame on Rivers, saying that he e
ad persuaded them into it. As t<
ayor of Olar, some time ago Mr. v
3oke had fined Rivers $100 for sell- h
g liquor, which was paid, and had t<
so fined Alfred Dublin $10 for 1:
jating his wife, and he had served
lirty days on the chan gang, being t
aable to pay the fine. Mr. Cooke c
entioned these things, and also t
luded to the fact that he had been h
reed to discharge them while c
orking for him, while he was in
large of loading seed for Mr. C. F. e
izer, asking them if these things t
ad brought about enmity to him a
ifficient to cause them to burn him s
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it. Dublin replied tnat ne was a j
ttle "miffed" about sending him to t
le gang and he was not hard to per- s
lade by Rivers. Mr. Cooke also a
uestioned Rivers and he expressed t
jgret for the crime, saying that if ?
e had hid any idea that he would i
ave been caught up with he would s
ever have attempted it. He said that s
lis was only the beginning of this f
ind of" work and Mr. Cooke just t
appened to be the first one. d
?Mr. Cooke testified as to meeting c
V
ig the mob. Mr. Lain was in front L
ith Alfred and Richmond in his *
q
uggy, and he close behind in a
uggy with Peter Rivers, all the ne- f
roes being tied. On rounding the ^
irve at the church, just before 2
caching Odom's bridge where two s
Dads come together, he saw a crowd
f men come running to meet them, 1
11 of them having pistols, and some c
vo pistols, one in each hand. These ^
ten called "Halt! pull your hats r
- . . r
own over your faces ana oeat it ~
"om here just as quick as you can," t
t the same time running to the bug- *
ies and jerking the negroes out. c
he whole affair was over very quick- ^
T. There was woods on the left of 2
le road and into this the men hur- 1
ied with their victims, and Messrs. 1
ooke and Lain turned their horses
round after the crowd left and start- 2
d for home, hearing three separate 1
olleys of shots when about three c
undred yards away. They had met 1
o one on the road and were com
letely surprised when the mob came ^
pon them, the number of which he c
ut at about seventy-five. Mr. Cooke 1
ras asked several questions by Solic- ;
;or Gunter, who was present to repssent
the State. Mr. Cooke said the 1
ion had handkerchiefs tied over T
heir faces, others with their coats
lrned wrong side out and their hats 1
ulled down over their faces, and 1
hat he did not recognize any of
iem.
Mr. Cooke said that when the
rowd of men came rushing up Rivrs
asked him if he supposed the
len meant to take their lives, and
e replied that it looked like serious
imes were ahead, and Rivers replied ,
tiat he supposed it was all right, .
tiey should not have attempted the
rime and if the crowd did kill them
o tell their folks where to find their
odies.
Mr. Lain, the magistrate who was 1
2 front with the two Dublins, testi- {
ed practically the same as Mr. t
!ooke, only his horse had become 1
Tightened and got into a boggy 1
lace and by the time he could get .
he animal under control the crowd | j
as upon him and threw the lap
Dbe over his head, and by the time
e could get straight and look, the
rowd was hurrying off through the
oods, he just getting a glimpse of
leir backs. He said he never saw
3 many pistols at one time in his
fe. Some men stood behind trees
nd presented their pistols, one man
resented a double barrel gun from
ehind a tree, and all of them were
isguised in various ways. He did
ot recognize any of the mob.
The coroner and solicitor then aski
if there were any other witnesses,
' anybody could throw any light on
le affair, and only one old negro
?plied that he did not know anyling
about it. Several persons
:ated that they heard the shots, but
ley knew nothing else, so were not
worn. Nobody appears to have seen
ny of the mob gathering nor going
way after the lynching. The jury
ten rendered a verdict that the neroes
came to their death at the
ands of unknown parties, th4s being
11 they could do under the circum^ances.
It appears that there was considerble
excitement in Olar that day on
ccount of the arrests and that there
as a good sized crowd in town, but
lat it had thinned out before the
fficers started to Bamberg with the
risoners. It was the desire of the
itizens there and Mr. Cooke that
ie law be allowed to take its course,
nd although some threats were
lade, Mr. Cooke told the writer that
e did not really expect any trouble,
s he had begged the crowd at Olai
ot to do anything rash, as there was
lore behind the affair and that by
lawful course tjie whole thing
ould come out. No doubt some
lyching talk was indulged in at Olai
uring the day, for the solicitor was
ailed up on the long distance
ihone, he being in Aiken, and asked
d recommend a special term'of court
3 try the negroes. Judge Copes
'ho was holding court in Bamberg:
:as also called up. It appears, howver,
that no promises as to a special
erm would or could be made. II
-as stated to us that if the solicitor
ad agreed to recommend a special
erm there would have been nc
inching.
So it may be as-sumed after al'
hat a lack of confidence in ths
ourts brought about this fearful
ragedy, which is regretted by a verj
arge majority of tiie citizens or mis
ounty.
But back of it all is a series ol
vents which were bound to cause
rouble sooner or later. Some month:
go a white man named Main was
hot and killed by a negro near Olar
"he negro was tried at the recen
erm of court and acquitted, the
hooting appearing to have been ai
.ccident. However, it seems tha
10th the white man and the negre
/ere drinking, the white man hav
ng gone to the negro's house to ge
ome whiskey, and the negro wai
hooting around promiscuously. A
ew days after the killing the negro's
lalf-brother indulged in some incen
liary talk' and was taken by a crow(
if white men, put over a log, and i
luggy trace properly applied, whicl
aid him up for a couple of weeks
?his the negroes resented, and ii
act the negroes of the Olar and Go
an section have been rather sauc:
md uppish with white people fo:
everal years.
About the first of the year severa
legro men were made to leave th.
ounty on account of their relation:
vith some white women of the com
nunity, a stench that had unfortu
lately been allowed to go uncheckei
oo long. However, there was n<
riolence done the negroes. A crow<
>f the best citizens of that sectioi
jot together and sent for the negroe
tnd talked plain to them about th<
natter, telling them that they an?
heir families must leave the county
This the negroes did, but the wif<
md son of one of the negroes re
nained, and a short while afterwar*
>ne of the gentlemen of the part;
net this negro in the road and in
luired if he and his mother were no
joing to leave as well. The negr<
lursed the white man and drew hi
)istol on him, telling him that hi
vas going to stay where he pleased
warrant was sworn out for him an<
vhen the arrest was made he wa
vorking on a building in the town o
Mar. The negro was badly beatei
IP on that occasion, and this furthe
nflamed the negroes. The nex
lappening was a store in Olar bein;
jurned at night, and the circum
itances were such that incendiarisn
vas strongly suspected. This fir<
vas only a few weeks ago, and thei
:ame the attempt to burn Mr. Cooke'
-esidence, where his daughter la;
vith an infant only a day old, a fac
mown to the negroes who attemptei
he crime.
Bailee Charged with Theft.
Chicago, March 19.?An indict
nent charging Solomon B. Aultman
" ? inir. -nri * Vi lar/^onv a
) I X dLLLiyd., r I a.., rnvu ?> u
jailee, was returned here to-day b;
;he grand jury on complaint of Mis
Elizabeth Bickerdike, daughter of i
pioneer settler of Chicago. Mis
3ickerdike declared she had been vie
:imized out of property valued a
f 150,000 inherited from her father
WAS GREATEST OF ALL FAKERS.
Cagliostro Was the Most Perfect
Scoundrel in All History.
History presents no better example
of a great impostor than is embodied
in Cagliostro. In many respects he
was the greatest of all fakers who,
from time to time, have successfully
carried out their nefarious schemes
of fraud through their skill at decep
tion. Thomas Carlyle pronounced him
"the most perfect scoundrel that in
these later ages has marked the
world's history; by profession a healer
of diseases, abolisher of wrinkles,
friend of the poor and impotent spirit-summoner,
gold-cook, grand-coptha,
prophet, priest, moralist and
swindler, really a liar of the first
magnitude, thoroughpaced in all
provinces of lying; what one may call
him is the king of liars."
Cagliostro seems to have been a
marvelous man, for he was able not
only to impose along certain lines, but
he was the master of hundreds of
brilliant fakes, even his high-sounding
name being an example. He was
really Giussepe Balsamo, the son of a
, poor shopkeeper of Palermo, born in
1743. As a mere child he seems to
, have acquired a devilish penchant for
i faking. Being expelled from a charity
, school for mischief, he was placed in
a monastery and, being set at reading
"The Lives of the Saints" to the
> monks whilst they ate their meals,
he was detected in further misde
meanors, and he was literally "kick
ed out."
; But having got to work in the
monks apothecary shop, he showed a
; positive genius for medicine and soon
? knew more about chemistry and the
use of drugs than did any one#else in
( the whole brotherhood. He was also
. clever enough to learn that people
I trust physicians as they trust no one
else, and that a large percentage of
the public is * really fooled by any
nonsense that is clever enough to at.
tract them.
[ After he was expelled from the
t monastery he forged theatre tickets,
robbed an uncle, cheated a goldsmith
[ into buying from him, at a large
> price, the secret of a treasure cave, ,
and being accused of murder he was
I compelled to flee Sicily and started
? on a wandering tour through Europe ,
I and the Orient, perfecting himself in
r the best art of all the fakers he met
5 on the way and swindling every simple-minded
traveler. Then, with a
f gloriously beautiful girl, whom, he
? had married in Rome, he launched
3 fortk as the- discoverer of a miracu- ?
5 lous liquor; which he called "Wine of
. Egypt," and which he claimed would
t prolong life and restore youth. Point3
ing to his lovely young wife, he rei
lated that she had recently been a
t withered old crone of 80, arid that he
) himself had lived for 2,000 years by
- constantly drinking this wine.
t In a coach-and-four these impostors
3 rolled through Europe, found access
I to the highest society, and mysteri- ,
3 ously dispensed potions, washes
. charms and love philters. People
1 listened greedily to Cagliostro's abi
surd, lies, and through the sale of his
i "Wine of Egypt" he grew fabulously
. rich. Princess and other notables
i vied with one another to do him hon
or, and he speedily became one of the
f foremost men of Europe.
r Apart from his wine and other
equally marvelous drugs Cagliostro
1 became famous as a founder of a sort
2 of Masonic cult, and secured thouss
ands of converts. He even instituted
- Masonic lodges for women. He claim
ed to be of almost divine origin, said
I he could make himself invisible, and
d that he could transmute bacer metals
I into gold.
i Cardinal de Rohan, bishop of StrasV.
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e for five years followed the Impostor
1 blindly and believed every word he
. said, and in those few years he gave
e the faker more than $200,000.
From Strasbourg he went to Paris,
i where his vast charities made him
y popular, and his boundless wealth
- backed his assertions that he could
t make gold. In this blaze of prosper3
ity destruction was near. De Rohan,
s the dupe in that mysterious and fae
mous business of the diamond necki.
lace, which tie sold or imagined he
I sold to Marie Antoinette, was thrown
s into the bastile, and with him his
f friends, the Cagliostros. After an
a imprisonment of nine months they
r were released, but ordered to leave
t Paris.
g They went to England, then back
- to the continent, and were driven
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[2 irom pictct? 10 piduC) iui ku^ auiuvi*
e ties everywhere had become convinc2
ed of their being impostors. At the
s end of 1789 they were seized in
y Rome, and the Pope condemned them
t to life imprisonment as an enemy
I of the Christian religion. Cagliostro
was for a time confined in the castle
of San Angel, and died in the Fortress
of St. Leo on Augusta 26, 1795,
after having for years duped the
- whole world.?Detroit Free Press.
l?
? $6,250,000 for Orphanage.
s London, March 19.?A bequest
a of 16,250,000 was left by the late
s Baron Wandsworth for the foundation
of an orphanage. It will be est
tablished in England probably in the
^ environs of London.