The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-04-26

the juggler, Church, 10 acceptable. - likely |
to open the eyes Of gool ulaay Individuals |
who, having seen things they could mot OK. |
plain or understand, are ready 10 rscsive |
ssen She noet narvslous solution of them.
The unmaskf6g Of he impos,er sssms to
have been coslplete. The fastening of Church
20 To foer M 70 prom Shat it was not hs
who played q the instrunnsaAa and touched
msmbers of the "circle." IF il ives not he,
thsrs could be no reason why Church should
get out OF his shoes, or Why the great Amer
ieaa giant, Milwaukee," should take them
OF. The "Swiss Girr' was in the habit of
hinging her long hair into the faces of some
Of che dupes Of the medium, and allowing
her dark flowing trssses to be cut and pro.
served BY than but the finding of. the .two-
large locks Of hair in Church's pockets sx-
plains oil this. BAeg
The following il The card Of the hunbux-
ged Bslleville folks: - ~ 3 :
The undersigned, citizens of Bslleville. H.
linois. on Sunday evening, April 23d inst..
at the Belleville House, sat as members
Of circle for the production of spiritual
manifestations. 49,
The medium, or conductor. was W. T.
Church, Of St. Lodis, Mo. formerly OF Spring
field, Ill. Many of as had made q sesnce
with. the same Church, in the same room, q
week ago, whereat music was heard on casti-
=
Swiss Girl flights were seen flashing along
| the ceiling; an Indian, calling himself MIN.
I waukee," stalksd with heavy tread over the
| floor and spoke in guttersl tones and broken
| English and the spirit of q boy, drowned,
| appeared to his mother. who was present as
| one of the circle, and touched her on the fore
| head, producing an affecting and painful
scene. Other manifestations occurred of q
character to shake skepticism. This was in
the dark, q condition necessary for the INA
teaializing" of Spirits. and with Church tied
in his chair and fastened to the floor. as was
| supposed. The time was Sunday night,
April 18th inst On last night another cir
Gle was formed, larger than tho first. The
medium, with one Alfred Freming, of St.
| Louis, made his appearance. Church was
duly tied, the lights ipguished, and ali vas
dark After much effort in ''harmonizing'
the circle, the spirits made themselves mani.
fest-the swiss Girl" first, and next MIN
wsukee," the big Indian, said to be seven
feet two inches high, with heavy tread and
deeply guttsral voice He had not gone far
in the first scene of the first act, when he was
seized::a nd grapplsd with by one of the cir
Gle, Capt. Patrick. Partly escaping from
this grasp. he was seized by Capt. Aundel
who, unknown TO Patrick, was cropping in tn.
dark for the same object. Jerking loose from
his second captor as from the first, who came
, in collision with each other IN the dark
"Nimwaukee" fed to his seat, the seat o
Church, the juggler. Lights were struck be
! fore he could retis himself. and there he sat
q cowardly and trembling nposter in hi
: stocklngs-himself united with his shoes be
: side him. '@-
2 When asked by Dr. Harris how he got then
off he said, Nnarankee took them of aud ,ntie.
4 me I" search produced from his pocket tn
d hair of the swiss Girr in two large locks, an
: some instruments of his trade--a prodding bi,
, sore wdriver and keys, supposed to be for the uu
| locking OF handouts, &c. He had offored TO b
y handcuffed. No violence done him. ii
: was not even prosecuted for Juggling without
j. license but permitted to leave Belleville on tn
% merit train and 60 on his way.
ar The undersigned, in making this publication
d do SO with no desire to ure the of truth
|, | or of true spirituasm but with the hope tbs
1t every attempt like that of Church last night
| impose pseudo spiritualism upon honest mind
N | will be met as he was here, and put down by a
in honest and a bold skepticism.
to Barnard Wick, County II. G. Weber, Count
in Clerk, ss-a Treasurer,
to G. p Krispel, Not Pub johnson Harris, NJ. d
lie, John J. r. Patrick, \
=. Louis Westermsn, d.,
IS Theodore 81. Tyndale, VIM. Ii. Snyder, Att
:. George Schuelor, NJ. D., at Law,
Michael Romeis, n. Niles, Atty at
r. Valentine r. Pittham, Law,
&c Louis Bartel, friedrich Stanfenoueh
nd Henry Stocker, Friedrich Z. Schee1,
81 Geo. Aberer Cassmer Aundel,
y G. A. Koerner, Atty at Fl. A. Kincher, Clel
:" Law, of Circuit Court,
be Chas. Merck, r. +. Rombauer, OF :
ut Jas. Fl. Weaver, Louis, Mo.
ss II. Mittizer, Charles Sabbath,
nj H. H. Roman. NJ D., Henry Weber.
Bsileville, H., April % 1866.
., ZZ
~ A RADICAL CRowD-A republican
ba Maine, who had served out his time of
~ days in the Augusta jail was asked when
De came out No" he i1nou H ou