New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-01
KNOCKINGS ON GRIMES. No. III.
To ne Editor Of The Tribune;

To ne Editor Of The Tribune
In 10y article in your paper OF the 9th inst. l
took occasion 10 show the utter inadequaey OF any
| Of the common theories 30 explain those strange
Eoies" that are now being beard la many fsaiIiss,
AID especially In the presence " the daughters VI
Mr.. J. ID Fox. promised 10 point out In sabse.
quent article, some remarkable pecqartes 10 the
nature Of those sounds and also 10 consider the dig
plays Of Intelligence which sometimes accompany
them But, since the publication VI my Grst com.
munication, / find another article in your columns
from ]. Stanley Grimes on which | must say
VOID before proceeding 10 matters of mJre impor.
tsDce Mr. Grimes persists in N maintaining the the
cries OF machinery" OF the conducting Of sound
through he wood 50 as 20 change the Apparent To-
cbiiy II its origin, and Of TRICKS similar 10 those
prsctced by jogslers aud veu,ril qnists to explain
the my stery Of these sounds Bar, tor refutation
Of all these theories have only u refer 70 my first
article But Mr. q 10 his last rOandly as.erts that
whenever the ladies whom these sounds follow
submit TO be exsmined by persons Of their own
sex they have coniederates TO AXE the noises for
them In other parts Of the rO H." OF course no
offers 10 proof Of this assertion; for what proof
would any man be likely to have upon th, or any
other subject which he mas never inVestg ated ek-
cept in the most partial AMI ole sided manner =
Sat notwithstanding the discouraging crca Instance
that people in general, aud J. Stanley GRIMES Ia,
particular will not look at facts when their O xn
iavorite and prsconcelyed theories are invaded by
them, | will once more mention that Mrs Fish and
her sisters recently subm tied, az barnam's
Hotel, 10 be entirely dsrobed by q con mittee OF
ladies appointed by determined Oppo'e, Of the
" hole affaiI-his own wife being at the head n
that committee; that the exc minaiJ was abrupt.
ly and TO MIS- Fish and her sisters ua,zDectedly,.
proposed before a large company VINO hal 6r moro
than On hour been witnessing tho free N sni'estg.
ton VI the sounds; that Mrs. + and her sisters
were not p1mittedt 10 eaDe The 70 dot the ms
chnery oy which It was supposed tbs sounds zero
made that all except the committee and tae per-
sops TO be examined, add consequently al sem
derdtfs' OF san persons were com Jeiof 20 leave
the room; that the garments OF the ladies' were
diligently searched. and not vestge u any hiad
Of mach merry could be found Ia them, under them,
or Abous the 20 that bile the la1es were dIsrobed
10. ere placed IN herens posrtioos In the rom,
and siill the sounds were heard as before While
the closest watching failed b discover any physi,
motion the part OF the ladies which could acc,ant
for their production. To this wII add that the
ladies " ho made this animation were not fools
IDIOTS and IL IL presum ed thar the facts which
they Observed weish qai a. much a. the snymise.
and pri0yi hypo,heSes OF J. stanley Grimes
In bis last Mr. Grimes rei,era,es the assertion
that be once ext0rted conf ssion from q woman
10 VIII sc pres eDce these sounds occurred, % tho
"uick" by which they were produced, and adds
what he Old NOT state befDreJ that be made her
tzpcse the concealed M acninery" 10 coanectlon
with this state ent, Mr. q says 1 have Wit.
messed three exhibitions Of the knockings by three
oineTent sets Of periormen," meaning. Of course.
thai be has witnessed ogly three. Toe third OF
these was that witnessed at Bsrnam's Hotel IL
is knOrn 70 others With whom have o,nversed
that Mr.. g. witnessed tro Of these exhibitions by
tro oifieren, sets Of periormers," 10 Aobosn viz;
81 the houses, respectively. OF Mrs. ramiin and
Mrs Benedict. Nov, the machinery" which he
exposed vas not at Brp1ms II otsl as he i'm
piedly acknowledges that he was not entirely
certain AZ 70 the precise DlOdas OeTahd, by which
the sounds were there produced, but bell>rsd that
they were produced 10y means concealed beneath
the frocks Of the ladies' and by "coafedsrs,es"
Nor vas this machinery discovered At the house of
Mrs Tsnlip, as her house does not agree with the
description be gives OF that 10 which the mscninsrv
was found That house must have beea that Of
Mrs Benedict which 10 indeed said 10 agree wild,
bis description.
Now his inputation against Ms. B. and bsr
'smIy 10 OF rather serious nature, and iasrice to
'nf N or the public require that r should M either
proved or refotsd by those RESIDING ia Aubaro, who
have oonstabt access 10 the fac,s in the case 4
learn that her house has been much feqaeosed by
persons curious 70 witness the ulsaifestsrljos and
4 Committee Of Theoosisns have embodied Iber,