"Gypsy Curse" is Feared

Detroit Free Press, October 22, 1913

Refuge Taken in Law to Put Stop to Mystic Passes

Fearing the workings of the dreaded "gypsy curse,' Mrs. Esther Holson, of 312 Winder street, took refuge in the law Tuesday, and got a warrant for Mrs. Mary Rylick, a fortune teller.

Mrs. Bolson and the fortune teller live in the same house. Mrs. Rylick, it is alleged, exchanged her professional services for Mrs. Holson's money at regular intervals.

Since Mrs. Holson ceased her visits to the fortune teller, she says Mrs. Rylick has stopped her in the hall, made mystic, fateful passes at her and projected evil spirits through the wall which separates their rooms.