Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-12-06

heard as distinctly as at other places,
AMI that part of the Committee heard
sIthe rapp;ng or the wall behind them. =
that number Of questions were asked
which were answered not altogether right
| nor altogether wrong--that in the after
noon they went to the house Of pi-
yaie citizen, and while there the sounds
were heard on the outside (apparentlyl
Of the front door. after they land entered
and on the door Of y closet. By placing
the hand, upon the door, there was
sensible jar felt when the rapping was
heard. One of the Committee placed
one Of his hands upon the feet of the Ia
dies and the other on the floor, and though
the feet were not m wed, there was dis.
tinct pr on the floor On the lnlvemsnt
and on the ground the same sound was
heard "a kind Of double rap as il stroke
and rebound were distinguislk:ble.
When the ladies were separated at dis
lance no sound was heard but when a
third person was interposed between
item the sounds were heard. The H..
dies seemed ready to give every oppor.
tunity to the Committee to investigate
the cause fully, and would submit it to u
thorough investigation by q committee
of ladies if desired. They all agreed
that t .e sounds We're heard, but thoy en-.
tirely taiied to discover any menus BY
sohich 1t coulI be done.
After this report AMI some discussion
on the subject the audience selected an.
other Committee composed of the follow
T ing persons--Doctor II. II. Langworthy,
Hon. Frederick Whit:le ey. D. c. Nc.
Callum. William Fisher, Of Rochester,
and Hon. a. P. Haseall, of Leroy. At
the next lecture this Committee report.
ed that they went into the investigation
at the office of Chancellor Whittlesey.
and they heard the sound OH the flpor,
Oh the wall and door,--that the ladies
were placed in different positions and,
like the other Committee, they were
wholly unable to tell FROM what the
sounds proceed II or how it was made,
that DR.. Langworthy made observations
Nth u stetheseope to ascertain whether
there was any movement of the lungs,
and found not the least difference when
the sounds were made; and that there
was no kind of probability or possibility
Of their being made by ventriloquism rs
some had supposed--and they could not
have been m-de By machinery.
A altar HI, ,nno.k
naittes was formed, from persons who
had opposed in the meeting all preten.
sions to there being an: thing but n trick.
This Committee was composed Of Dr..
E. P. Langworthv, Dr.. J. Gales, VIM.
Eitzhrgh. Esq. W. L. kurtis and L.
Kenyon. This Committee met at the
ooms Of Dr.. Gates at the Rocheste.
'iouse, and appointed Committee OF
Ladies' who took the young women into
y room, disrobed them and examined
their persons and clothing to be sure
that the was no fixtures about them
that could produce the sounds. When
satisfied on this point the Committee OF
Ladies tried some other experiments, and
gave the young ladies the following Ger.
tltcate:
"When they were standing on pillows
with handkcrchif Tied around the bot
tom Of their dress tight to the ANGLES, W.
all heard the rappiny on the wall anc
!ioor distinctly" (Signed.l
MRS. STONE,
MRS. p. GATES,
MISS N. p. LAWRENCE.
Inthe evening the Committee, through
their Chairman. Dr.. Lrngworthy, made
| n very full report of their examina ton
during the day. They reported that they
had excluded all friends Of the two ladies
from the Committee room and had the
exlm'ns tioa onIj in presence of the
Committee Of gentlemen. and ladies cho-
sen by them. Notwithstanding all this
precaution. these sounds were heard
wien the ladies stool on large feather
pillows, without shoes, and in various
other positions, both on the floor and ON
the wal, that number Of questions
were asked which, when answered were
generally correct. Each m ,mber Of the
Committee reported separately agreeing
with and coroboratiny the fast stats.
ments.
Tha>, BY three days II The siSiclesi Scru'
tiny ny means II iniellig, nce, ranaOI and
Sciense. whe'e the persons ia whose pres
ence these sounds a.e heard, acquitted Vi
all traui
On Ffiday even ng. after the lecture, three
0f the Cama.i,tee, VIZ. Hon. A. r. Ha>call
ID. Z. McCallum aud William Fisher, re-.
paired 10 the house Of u cilizea aud pur-
suei their ihvrs' cations srii farther
There weie nearly a s"Ore Ut ,'ers,as pes
eat. the menIbsIs III the Committee wrote
many quest 6ns ON paper. whicn no PET son
pre>en kne = the rur0'It OF, ana they Ore
answ"Ie car Getty. A. times they you'll
ask MENTALLY aai would receive the au.
Swr wi,n eqaal .0rTecIness AMI they w"Ie
InlIy satisfied that there vas snMGTnT>G
present ma1ifsstinG az intelligence bryIod