The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-02

ExpeaitiOn OF the Humbuy In Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Seatinel contains long arti
Gle giving an expose in that city of number o
spiritualists and their doings at seance held OF
Tuesday night. The famous Dayton medium, the
woman who has created suoh excitement by hci
spirtualastic feats, had arranged the seance, and
inst ructed the medium in all the mysteries oil
the humbuggery. But with all their care and
trickery the hqmbug was discovered and exposed.
The Sentinel says of the altsigs--
The "cixcie" feeling that they had what Is In
the slang verbacular termed good thing''
became afflicted with the desire to show off their
treasure ~ the public, and accordingly now and
then few invited disbeievers were indicted into
the "holy of holy" chambers. where the gentle
medium held converse with the spirits, the mod
crate sum of one dollar being charged the Gen.
tiles as an admission fee.
One evening last week certain colonel in the
late ''onpleasantnessn Vas introduced into the
seance chamber and in the course OF a converse
ton with a deceased "cuss" who r presented him
self o. having in the flesh been one John Ander-
son, and soldier during the war, had his suspi
cions aroused as to the genuineness of the little
business, The colonel Is not afraid of spirits on
the average, and propounded many questions to
the representative of the ex-hero. The ex-hero
said that when in the adipose tissue he had en-
listed in Dayton for the wars, and had come to In
dianapos to oraw bis clothing, and stated that he
had been killed in battle in Tennessee. In answer
to question as to what regiment or company he
belonged to at the time of his untnely decease he
said he was none, and soon got mixed up in
manner that justified the colonel in the belief that
he had been sutler and had not got shot or
killed at all.
The colonel impaired his suspicious to party
of friends next day, and they at once conceded
plan to investigate the dongs of the fair medium.
Securing invitations to seanoe which was
to come off on, Monday. night the party
provided themselves with quantity Of
phosphorus matches and were on hand at the
appointed hour. According to practice when all
was ready for the appearance OF the spirits, the
party present were grouped around the medium
in circle and the light extnguished, leaving the
room in perfect darkness In q few moments the
"artslsr from ''that bourne, )" &C., began mani
testing their presence by tapping various ones in
the party on the head.
Thinking that the time for action had come q
member of the party, good looking young law
yer, quietly struck match, throwing the room
instantly into the very light of day. Instead of all
being "quiet on the fio0r' OF that room the dis
covery was made that the fair medium wss half
kneelng in the centre OF the circle, tapping GER
tain ex-United States official on the top OF his
head with the horn which was used for the pur-
pose OF couversfng with the spirits. scene en-
sued, resulting in the breaking up Of the seance.
Yesterday there were rumOrs of war among the
belle vers and disbelievers, but up to the latest
accounts no blood had been shed The believers
in spiritualsm deny the story OF the visitors But
they are all young men Of honor, and have good
eyes.