Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1858-12-29

TERRE-HAUTE. INDIANA. DECEMBER 90. 1853


Fors long time Mr.. George u. Paine.
Of Worcester Mass, his been known -
powerful physical m sdium.' aud his
achievements ir the line Il table ,moveingo
have converted huadre e Of people 70
Spiriluali m, and been an argument IN
the mouth oi Us believers. His d,mon-
stral.ons were not IN the dark, like those
Of The Davenport boys, but under iull
blaze of gas. or in broad DAYLIGHT lie
has made tables m We apparently without
human contact. TO the comfort Of beliey-
ers and the eonfounding of skcp'ies
The Worcester Spy, Of tke 2O'h Of Oe-
tober. contained an account Of one Of hrs
exhibitions. IN which the table was TO
moved. and Yankee Doodle" raped on
i, in good style. in time with the whis-
ting OF gentleman present.
From time 10 time reliable mediums
saw spirits lowering around Mr. Paine.
and he was in fair way Of becoming lion
among the Spirisualists
Recently Mr.. Paine came 90 this cry,
mainly for the purpose OF convincing Mr.
Coles. former medium. who has recent
ly conclu led that physical manifestation
are humbug For this purpose circle
Was held in Mr.. Pains room, and Coles.
with several others, attended. and we're
unable TO detect any deception. Alta
second interview. however. he. with Mr..
Henry Smith. the Razor Strop Man.
and Mr.. Waters, of Worcester. determine
I'd to sift the matter to the bottom. Mr.
Paine. on being requested to chapge the
position Of the table. refused alleging tnat
would destroy the conditions.
At last a small hole in the -four ard a
rent in the carpet, were discovered in close
proximity with the table legs. Tie three
gentlemen named proposed TO take mp the
carpet. but Mr.. Paine demurred AMI re-
ques,ed them TO call the next day. Mr..
Coles and his associates however, deter
mind not TO yield the point. and gave Mr..
/ Paine clearly TO understand that they
would rot leave the room until they had
taken up the carpet.
Mr.. PAYNE, finding that he could no,
siave off An esmina'ion. finally acknosl-
edged that The whole thing was fraud;
that he had cheated, not only on this
occasion. but from the beginning bis wife
and his most intimate friends as well as
his numerous converts, having been The
dupes Of his premcditaied deception.
| Mr. Coles stated these facts in the Spirit
ual Conference on "Wednesday evt ming IN
! the presence of MFR. Paine; and. after he
had concluded. The bogus medium got up
publicly acknowledged the fraud. aud De
tended IL on the ground that the end JUST
f-d the means. lie believed that the
great share of the reputed spiritual phe-
nomena Is sham Although he was Of opln.
ION that some Of them are real. he stood
commenced to his own conscience, and
counted IL among his treasures IN HEAVIER
that he had charged nothing. although
small presents had from ume to tiiae fowr
into his earthly cotIrrs; his labor had beer
one of love. lie had resorted to deception
ir order to meet deception. and ul'imatei,
expose.
Having defended his course. Mr.. Pain'
exhibited piece of \. 2 wire. as The verl
table apparatus by which he had move
tables and converted hndreds 10 Spirituo
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