The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-12
SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

the new process known as "spiritua
photography''-of which science. o.
hoo doc, or miracle power, or what not
he ia a practitioner, During the course
of his trial the famous Judge Edmund:
: was called to the witness stand and hs
swore q. follows
Judge Edmunds. one Of the most distin
puished advocates of the doctrines of Spirit.
ualism. testified IL have known Mumle,
some two or three weeks on the occasion OF
nv becoming acquainted with him had gone
TO his gallery with DR.. John F. Geary and
Hunt, at the invitation THE former, to have
my photograph taken, l had two pictures
taken, assuming a different attitude each
time. Two photographs shown These
are the photographs; in one l assumed a
position which allowed only the taking of my
siGe-facc; in the other faced the camera !;
one of these pictures is face which think
l recognize the other is unknown to me.
| (The photographs were very fair pictures of
the Judge each having near the upper right
hand corner dim outline of female face,
sufficiently distinct, however, to show that
the LADY was verv beautiful. II would appear
that spiritual manifestations abounded on
tina. occasion, for the faces of these pictures
are entirely different, though both are charm
| ingly pretty.) Judge Edmunds here became
retrospective, and detailed several facts and
circumstances relative 10 spiritual photo
graphy which had come to his knowledge
many wears ago. Returning to Mumler. he
said know great many persons who have
visited Numler, some Of whom have met with
astonishing success in procuring spirit pic
ture5 of departed friends. Livermo,e, Of
Wall street, has been peculiarly successful.
(Ano,her photograph shown-thls time fine
looking young man, seated in pensive atti-
tude, with his eyes cast downward. Behind
his chair, and leaning over his head, is the
spectral. Whitehead form Of lady, whose
hands rest on his shoulder. This is The most
remarkable Of the photographs exhibited in
Court, frcm the fast that the photographers
present declared that by no means known to
them. other than the bodily presence of some
one behind the chair, could the picture of the
lady's hand be produced) Spirituali>ts
reason that these photographs are actual
pictures of disrmbndied spirits, but they do
no, know. / am myself not prepared to ex-
pre.s definite opinion. ! believe, however.
that in time the truth or fa.Sity of spiritual
photography will be demonstrated as Spirit
uaIism itself has been demonstrated, and /
therefore say that it would be best to wait /
and see The art is vet in its NANCY.
Cross-examined-Th charged me $40
for the first sitting, and SIS for each of ;he
others; at the time my picture was taken,
there were present Grey, Hunt and Mumler;
l watched the operator closely while he WAS
taking the picture, but could detect no fraud
OF course, with my limited knowledge OF the
photegra phic art, would no, hive been able
to tell if he had used fraudulent means TO
efFec. hi. end have no definite opinion as
to these pictures. having many years ago
made up my mind never to form an
opinion without knowledge; invariably
when I have done SO l have made
an ass of myself; l believe that the
camera can take photograph Of a spirit,
snd believe also that spirits have materi-
ality-not that gross material that MORALS
possess, bnt still they are material enough 10
be visible to the human eye, for have seen ,
them only few days since l was in =
life insurance company for the amour,
claimed to be due on certain policy was
being heard. Looking toward that part of
the Court-r jom occupied by the jury, saw
the spirit of the man whose death was the
basis of the suit. The spirit told me the !
connected with the death
said that the suit was groundless, that the
claimant was not entitled to recover from
the company. and said that he 1.-THE man
whose spirit was talkine) had committed
suicide under certain circumstances ; drew
A diagram of the place at which his death
occurred, and on showing it to the counsel,
was told that it was exact in every particu-
lar.
1 had never seen the place or the man, nor
lad ever heard his name until | entered
hat Conrt- the appearance of the spirit ,
vas shadowy and transparent; could see
objects through it !; the first spirit
yer saw was Judge Talmage, who was lean
ng against Embarrassment; l saw that
Window easement plainly through his body.
question BY COunsel-HOw do spirits dress, 4
y do they dress: AusweT-I have seen
prit. clothed in their every day dress and
n their grave clothes but never saw one
without clothing.
On being asked whether he could define
he meaning Of the word hallucinstion. the
Judge replied 1t is word difficult to define
Keeping by illustration. About al fair
ase a. l can give Is that Of Othello who
abored under an idea that his wife was
nfaithful to him. Hailucination is phase
f insanity. 1t arises from some imaginary
r erroneous idea.
On descending from the witness stand the
Judge was asked by a gentleman how the
uirir spoke to him. He replied l do not
now how he spoke, but know that he con-
eyed to my mind the impressions he de-
red to leave there.
CHILD STOLEN BY INDIANs.-We sum
,rize the following from the Gaass Valley
.a,inual Of March 9Th