Prince Abdul Omar was a psychologist, telepath, mystic, and astrologer who worked as a private investigator. He strongly believed in the “many other esoteric angles of thought and the application of higher laws of force”, and that astrology could be used to precisely predict a person’s actions. Based on the time of birth, he could accurately predict, with the help of very complicated math, “a blending of Old World superstition and modern mathematical precision”, what a person will do and when. His predictions were always accurate. He was a large man, strongly built, full of confidence, and extremely competent. He had a hooked nose, gray eyes, and strong, handsome features. The son of a Persian noble and a Russian princess, he customarily dressed in white robes lined with purple. Prince Abdul lived on the 20th floor of the Urania Building, in New York City. The Urania was named after his deceased wife, Urania Marsden. His private penthouse had a marble staircase, a garden, and the “white cube tower” in which he does his casting, surrounded by all the Persian comforts. His office was on the seventh floor of the Urania Building, in the firm of “Glace and Bryce, Private Investigators.” He was devoted to protecting women and their honor. He fell in love with, and married, Lotis, a former assassin of the Black Brotherhood, who was sent to kill him. The supporting cast included: Glace, a former newspaper reporter and partner in Glace and Bryce, Private Investigators, who assisted Prince Abdul; Bryce, a retired Police Inspector and partner in Glace and Bryce; Henri, Prince Abdul’s friend and servant. Enemies included Otho Khan, the leader of the Black Brotherhood, Bhutia, a crooked swami, and Lt. Jean Marsal, a traitorous French officer at Fort Grampel in Africa.
Appearance List “The Occult Detector” in The Cavalier (Feb 17 1912), “The Significance of the High ‘D'” in The Cavalier (Mar 9 1912), “The Wistaria Scarf” in The Cavalier (Jun 1 1912), “The Purple Light” in The Cavalier (Oct 5 1912), “The Master Mind” in The Cavalier (Jan 25 1913), “Rubies of Doom” in The Cavalier (Jul 5 1913), “The House of the Ego” in The Cavalier (Sep 20 1913), “The Ghost of a Name” in The Cavalier (Dec 20 1913), “Snared” in All-Story Weekly (Dec 18 1915), “The Web of Circumstance” in All Around Magazine (Nov 1916), “The Killer” in All-Story Weekly (Apr 7 1917), “The Compass in the Sky” in People’s Magazine (May 1917), “The Unknown Quantity” in All-Story Weekly (Aug 25 1917), “The Storehouse of Past Events” in People’s Favorite Magazine (Feb 10 1918), “The Stars Were Looking” in Top-Notch (Jul 1 1918), “The Ivory Pipe” in All-Story Weekly (Sep 20 1919), “House of the Hundred Lights” in All-Story Weekly (May 22 1920).
Sample Read “The Killer” by J.U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith [Internet Archive]
Description Prince Abdul Omar was a psychologist, telepath, mystic, and astrologer who worked as a private investigator. He strongly believed in the “many other esoteric angles of thought and the application of higher laws of force”, and that astrology could be used to precisely predict a person’s actions. Based on the time of birth, he could accurately predict, with the help of very complicated math, “a blending of Old World superstition and modern mathematical precision”, what a person will do and when. His predictions were always accurate. He was a large man, strongly built, full of confidence, and extremely competent. He had a hooked nose, gray eyes, and strong, handsome features. The son of a Persian noble and a Russian princess, he customarily dressed in white robes lined with purple. Prince Abdul lived on the 20th floor of the Urania Building, in New York City. The Urania was named after his deceased wife, Urania Marsden. His private penthouse had a marble staircase, a garden, and the “white cube tower” in which he does his casting, surrounded by all the Persian comforts. His office was on the seventh floor of the Urania Building, in the firm of “Glace and Bryce, Private Investigators.” He was devoted to protecting women and their honor. He fell in love with, and married, Lotis, a former assassin of the Black Brotherhood, who was sent to kill him. The supporting cast included: Glace, a former newspaper reporter and partner in Glace and Bryce, Private Investigators, who assisted Prince Abdul; Bryce, a retired Police Inspector and partner in Glace and Bryce; Henri, Prince Abdul’s friend and servant. Enemies included Otho Khan, the leader of the Black Brotherhood, Bhutia, a crooked swami, and Lt. Jean Marsal, a traitorous French officer at Fort Grampel in Africa.
