The New York herald., 1868-05-10
Professor Homes Gift from and
Adoption by Mrs. Lyon.
The Ritual Of Magnetism, Rappings, KnOtted
Handkerchiefs, Messages, Touching Legs,
Signs on the Floor, and Sixty
thousand Pounds Sterling.
ADVERSE SPIRITS And ECONOMIC "RApS." +"

Hostile Spirits Rap for Its Disgorgemenf-
Extraordinary observation-disclosures Hand.
kerchief," Knocks and Dead Men.
The great spirituastic will case OF Lyon vs. Home
the charge OF obtaining 100000 by the exercise OF
tspiritualn innuence-reported by the HERALD
special correspondent in London was opened be-
fore Vice Chancellor Giffard in that city April 20.
The plaintiff is a widow about seventy years Of age
named Lyon, who seeks to recover money ana Sc
curtes to the value Of e6O,00o which she alleges
improperly obtained from her by the defendant
Mr.. Home, the well known spiritualist. Mrs. Lyon
alleges in her affidavit that before dying her husband
informed her that he believed change would come
in seven years from his death, and that they would
meet. This she interpreted to mean that she would
die In 1885, but In that year her views on the
point changed, in consequence Of her becoming &C.
quaintcd with some spiriualiss, who lent her books
on spirtualism and directed her attention to the
great medium, Mr.. Home, who had just opened an
"AthenGum" at Sloane street for the encouragement
OF the belief Mrs. Lyon was also advised to become
subscriber to the institution. On October g. 1865,
she went to Sloane street, where the Athenaum was
and where MIR. Home resided. She was shown up
stairs into room where Mr. Home sitting in COM
pany with table, which, directly after the plaintiff
had stated the case, began to rap message Home
said at once that 'ths call for the alphabet"
Home then by means of the alphabet applied orally
developed the following message from the spirit OF
the deceased Mr.. Lyon:-"My own beloved Jane,
am Charles, your beloved husband: live TO bless
you, my own precious darling; l am with you
always; l love, love, love you." The spirit
further added, "a have no power to speak more; but
wiimever leave you more my own darling" The
paintin, who was greatly cheered and coml0rted by
this intelligence, proposed to reward Mr.. Home by
handsome subscription; but having no check book
with her she postponed the donation till second
interview when among other things the spirit inter-
preteu Dy Home, informed her, 81 love, love, love
BE calm. will tOuch yOn.S These
views appear to have been worth to Mr.. Home or his
Atheneum the sums of f3O and ESQ. At third
interview between Home and the pantiff, at the
piant1's house, the spirit with Homes assistance,
communicated the tldings ~ love Daniel" meaning
Is my son-thereore yours" The table then ecsfatl-
caly kicked up its ,ess, and the spirit continued 81
self visible to you, Oh do not say that the light
OF other days IS gone. am with YOU" or words TO
her that the will of the spirit that she should
adopt him as her son, that friend OF Homes named
Hall should be sent for ana that she should produce
STOCK receipts for the sum OF about E2i000. Under
the influence, as Mrs. Lyon alleges, Of Homes spirit
ua powers aud ascendancy she went, on the 10th of
October, ls6o, to the Bank OF England and there
transferred the sum OF f24,0jO stock to Home.
Shortly after this Home, at another interview assured
Aer that IL was the spirit VIII that she should destroy
her existing viii anu make another VIII bequeathng
everything she possessed to Home, and that a DR..
Hawksey and Mr.. Ru.er were 10 be the attesng
witnesses. The will 10 this effect afterwards
prepared for the defendant bv William Wilkinson,
solicitor OF Lincoln sinn-ields, and executed by
the plaintiff and attested by Mr.. wilkinson and Mr.
Hall. Further sums of money were afterwards
transferred by her to Mr.. Home. The plaintiffs
property said to be worth nearly f15o 600. writ
OF ne erett regno having been granted and the de-
ties in question have been brought into court.
The whole OF one day occupied with Mrs. |
Lyons cross-examinaiion and it was not concud. |
ed. In answer to the defendants counsel Mrs. |
Lyon made number OF strange admissions. She |
wished TO say deliberately THAT she had no
merely the power he had Of bringing her into |
conversation with her dead husband Mrs. Lyon
the defendant, Mr.. Wilkinson Che solicitor who had
prepared the plaintiffs will OF the 18th OF November
debt of f30,OJo,, In his answer to have passed in
interviews between himself and the plantn
the security to- aone and her e EXECUTION e
OF the deed on the 10th OF January. She said:-
Certainly my arm was not round Dans neck; but I
remember his arm was around my waist and his
other hand was on my head, smoothing my hair
while the deeds were being read, during the time
they were about: he sat on the chair on the right
hand OF me; certainly do not remember asking Mr.
Hartley 4 he Thought lawyer could pick hole in 1t
or If he thought was mad; he did not tell me that
what was doing was irrevocable: he might have
done so. Witness was then examined upon a letter
absent at Hastngs:-nquireo OF the spirits II you
can whose is the face they have given me now to look
spirits do so % il they can. when was looking at 1T Il
uey touched me ON the leg. 1t was most extraor-
6naTy annn, face IKE no one ever saw first saw your
pronle then II vanished and the full face Of
another looked at me- Would It be-T II was
written under deusion; he had been away three
was gone. II was one OF he delusions was subject
70 during the time was acquainted with that med-
the name left In blank asked him to find out of
the spirits suppose II was In that month first
saw freu Kent; ne Is nothing To me-no more than
You are Don't remember whether had seen Glib.
sTn M M ,nat time They were both intimate friends Of
mr. home did not believe In Mr.. Dyne. He said
he could convey his thoughts into any one That was
al nonsense. never saw such ridiculous man. I
vorv v1ugo ,n cracked did think Home would be
very wohaeriui man some tme because the spirts |
said so. did not believe that Mr. lyme got rid |
onnla 1I Nun very very apichS Was At the Athenaum in
gone there to get letter which was wrongly dated
His letters were all about the table. Mr. Phillips,
thing like "tir' with Home that evening.
Was not o,sl annoyed I'd. d at his absence. Certainly
pany laterly. have asked Mr.. Phillips for
one letter only, the first that sent Home.
wanted IL back, as IL had q wrong date and wrong
address. wished TO correct II. did not want any
other letters back. Perhaps 1t did not SIGNIFY butt
did not like having sent a wrong address, Dan told
me 1t was wrong address dressed upon why she
should have been anxious to correct the mistake
alteration in the date made. Admitted that she
had hot altered the date, but that she had altered
Westbourne terrace into Westbourne place IN the
letter (which was produced). IL was not In Homes
rooms that altered the address. Phillips could not
find it. did look at other letters while was there;
when first LETT OF signing myself in writing to
Home Mother" wrote letter without the word
"anectionate" He wrote back he could neither eat
nor sleep, and put 1t In again from pity. delibe-
e Iately len on signing myself 'your afiectionate
.'v''ci,' NreHseu lOf tne reasOn.D j uiu not WISH
TO be on such intimate terms: did not wish call
MN my SON. tExamined upon a letter OF the "a
OF April, as soon the name OF Eliza Ciy-
NOV, tne servant at Mrs. Peppers lodgings
was mentioned. Witness few out with denunciations
OF her as saucy dirty dangerous story telling sut
Gave notice TO quilt on her account. once gave her
nall crown 10 get some eggs she said she had laid
down the 2s 3d. change on the manteipiece and n
was not there. She was always calling Mr. Home
names, teing Mrs. Pepper he was an impostor. She
was story telling wicked giri. I have read her
affidavit. 1 am prepared with the truth was not
constantly IN Mrs. Peppers kitchen. Used 10 90
down sometimes to save the servants trouble Ger
tainly never talked to Eliza Clymow except when
obliged to give her orders. ] have read EIzabeth
Fulier's afidavit. That's all false, too. She was a
common seamstress, the journeywoman OF dress.
maker. She used to sit and work in my room. I
talked TO her about her work. She may have altered
Dams lace for me. Witness was then examined
upon letter written by her to Home at Malvern on
the lth Of Mayl .Dear Neilyv mentioned In II was