New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-27

cord humbug anybody provided had the use OF my
hands. never h1n1SSggSSau sged Mr. brennan and DR.
Bronson who followed us into the uaI Ghost ~
the trick but could not; weproduceu Rnos ~. ~
discover 'S Ala This by the double two
plates the hutnbug conssleu ~ the likeness Of
dceased person whom he has never seen osSty
ture il mpossbllity n my yo GRinion u
IS 10 ProanStS Apothecary at Bellevue Hosp
tai next examined saa tb bsy we're taken BY MT
Mason the process was the same as usea Sried and
Oraphers the plate was Sbs ooodon was poured
allowed 10 dry for seconds ana hen capried to
Immersed IN te t nd Jaw the picture developed two
forms appearing; knew there was
wstGnea 70 am druggist and have been seven
years in this city live Win MT msoh, any ,as toid
70 70 his room for the purpose of finding out the trck
he told me 10 n he could not get the same eueos as
have been accustomed 70 BIO in photographers galleries
since 1867, and have studied Tor the purpose Of tas
for Weeks ago but have interested In IL
the plate was treated In the usual manner ana mere
amined both camera and solutions have never known
of the likeness OF deceased person being taken the
second sitting had the same result, but 1Ounu OUT
the trick. . -.,o.,
Dr. Fry, apothecary. of Bellevue Hospital testified:
On Saturday afternoon, / followed Mr.. Mason through
his process went into the and saw him develop
the pictures there another form beside myself on III
Crossexamned: have no experience in photography,
and theory has been arrived at from seeing pictures
of detecting fraud did not notice anything more than
usual in Mr. Masons process recognized the second
form the picture as the portrait Of person living
afterward Mr. Mason put on the second plate ana
discovered the fraud immediately there was no trouble
IN detectingit.
Asher q. Mason deposed have been photographer
for 20 years am acquainted with Photographic instu
tions and q member Of the American lnstitutei
have been engaged expert by them In Photographic
matters; am familiar with what called spirit pic
tures took photographs Of the two previous witnesses
Saturday last likeness produced they are taken ny
various these pictures a. 49, l6 for the deiense
were made by taking negative figures OF lady and after
ward making positiyes from them this positive was
slightly manipulated and used In production OF
the subsequent picture OF Mr. Rice in this csse the po
lions OF the negative which do not impress this picture
were Stopped out" the rays OF light having intersecte
the ghost figure shadow the original plate this IS all
printed on one plate; exhibit No. IL fOr the peope)
glass positive had been put In the plae'holder before
exposure In the operating room In the hrst place, le
positive ON this plate showing only Its head s
positive Is deposited In the mechanical room, then
reached OF course and seen only by myself ana when
remove the sensitive plate from the bath, SLIP by de1
terty OF hand into the patehoder before the sensitive
lied plate Is pat in After further examination the
witness on looking at No for the defense, SAID IL was
impossible that the picture could have been taken Dy
other than mechanical means, as the shadow III the
spirit figure was the opposite side TO that of the
accompanying figure ~ -,
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