Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-13
RE re. Great rea English spirltualist Will


The great, spirituahat sll lHI ecase Of lyon vs.
Home, was opened before Vice tGhancsI
.lor HiiHfard in London, on, the 23d Of April. 4
The plaiatia Mrs. Lyon, is widow, about 70
wears of age, who seeks 20 recover money and
,ecaffites to the value Of sixty thosapd pounds n
sterling, which, she alleges, Wete improperly
obtained from her BY the defer sMr Home,
.thssRell known ospiritualist Mrs. Lyon tssti
fed that she had, no ,attaohmenss VT to
Mr., Home !, that her intimate relatlons with
.him1Wers due simply to .s.stbe poWsr ho had )of
bringing her into conversations With he'll aead
bhasband f2'isthat ,abohera first sintefViewI with
Home her husbands spirit had comm munieated
bRitE her through the SmeainmsMp 81 Home,
a9Rhds a9Rhdsn, ,as she informed anothe W1n s,s ~ Mrs
FelloWa9es, the spirit chad knotted her handkerT
chief. z andEhaa at q sal e4uentlateEEiew the
spirit, with Home assistanse, comm unlcated Y Is #
sumably, OR. Heme-t.'he is .tq Il be,your SON.
ssestatieall5p pkiekcdnup Its eiegs easprit
continued, 81 am happYg hap py.d d'9at ts ,nSrf
According to The report ths defsndant Home
her that should adopt
bin AS her Soh, hat, Q friend Of Home named
Hall; should beisent for, and Ahatsshe should
qppefneestoek abceipts for the sunni foabout
slt#6ntyfoaT thousand pednds. 90 y pdefr, thee IN
;sa6esnee,, as Mrs 9Eyon alleges, Of Home sispirL
eitaa powers, and aseendancy, She went, on the
IQR Of Octoberi ] 1S66, to the Bank, Of England
and there ansferrad the deums yofitwenty four
Ifhausand pDnndsestdck to tHome.a Us hortly taf
ster this Home at, another interview, assured
der that il was tho spirit 81 will that she should
1dgfoy her existing, will and make ahothe will,
sbeqleathing eNeryt hing she possessed To- HomeI
The viii TO- this effect was soon afterwards pre-
.Epared orFthe defendant, cand was rexecuted by
theoplaintSSf .,a Further sums of money were all
terWards transferred by her to Mr., Home
The plaintiffs properly is said, to be worth
nearly one hundred and fifty thousand pounds
Mrs. Lyon said in the course of her cross
examination, Jam { telb when my eyes were
first opened.s II always 9lisHkedaa the deed by
which was made an annuitsnt.I My husband
would never have made me an anhultant under
g, spisltpal adHentaren I disliked it from ths
dEsst. my spiritso were always reminding nae
that must execute that deed2e That was the
first point that opened rnyeyes. Aeoth er point,
sked DAME i tod 2p vas not
,sto To- Other mediums. ',:. u Iyon gave
that the spirits had anything o to Ede,with my
cRisine dhiin theomoney. n wShe added,y SIZE
deniedthefe had been ANY ma nifestations dur
ing The first seven dsy Of our acquaintance.
Mr. -Druce, ID bis addrass upon the plaintiff s.
evidence, declared, in, aludingr TO the deed Of
the 19thy of January (the assignment OF the
rmeftgage- e-seeafity4 that-the-Teeitsbb that the
thirty thousand pounds were Itransferreas to
Home, 'of her own free will and pleasure only,
and without any Inference ,eontrhi or interfer-
g,encs; Of the Home or o auy person,
aad sgain thas TIE settlement IS il absolute and
rrevocable, and shall in9 no wise be- disputed
G eontreyertea BY her 'heirsn axcutorsjor adj
ministrators," were 4radght with suspicion
and showed deoncuslqefytt ytthat Home vel knew
atths thine transapti hereafter be
sIApesehea and d the Instruments framed SO
As meet Ihe, anticipated objections sI.seI
ts3MSttbeWsn segs; opened the deteneeIin
favor of Home, ,iand, the. Evidence lib behalfaof
.hsdefendant,p Consisting of thirty seven afida-
HtsextsEaihg over seYenty-three folio pages,
was put 10 and read IMr. Matthews seems to
have relied mainly for the defence upon Mr.
Homes sf6rmation+@t1 1bda not profess, and
never did profess, to have the power of evoking
the spirits Of deceased persons or of putting
other persons 10 communication With them
vhat occurs is without any goHd6n whatever
Of my own - and, UPON The assertion that cup
todetsndant connection with the plaintiff he
had not made one single sixpence by his spirit
gai6efisf. Spiritually blind as
BE- they YAfadT j difficult either to contradict
.ithe orthodoxy OF The affirmation bydtfthe great
master of spiritusiism, or TO see any miracu-
loas virtue in his forbearing fo make single
s!1pence until he secured ea chance to make
,iIty thousand pounds sterling by his spiritual
abaletsaIwoa ntfoE. 4eaaodos 1oq ,bovfTA
9seompafea tF#athlthis cleVero aud dstupe1dous
operation FaR previous. piesyuhish eases Of max
Ing sixpences srpiifFinaaf the part
Of either aistefs d bt6tAstsJo Of tsblea tipping
altlng and rapping families sink into utten I'M
significance. Whatever may be the decision
90 Nice Chancellor Gifard i'd this ext,aordina,
tgesse ltis easy te foresee the popular, verdict,
Nay H.1119 sh Oh ft-s gGI
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