The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-02

Ibelieve IN spiritual manifestations; 1t NAV be the
spirit OF the great God tbat rules Inc UNIVERSE OF
may be thar or departed SPIRITS the forms generally
Re-dlrect-l nave seen a form glide on table;
the form was twenty-five feet from us at the BACK o.
the room; the medium moved up to within elgnt
feet OF the circle; It glded through the room anu
and y wsy SIT 1 oo see
person In Court whom recognize as medium;
think Sproul attempted to be medium, ,or nc
seemed TO be unconscious OF what he was saving;
l have seen the hgires move saw A., a
lady with fan they Appeared stili; the
tney moved. the picture, large pasteboard one
underneath wnlcn was printed the word Fannie
that OF beautiful Young gir with placed over
her mouth, she beng in broad SMILE, The witness
was not sure whether IL was Lac picture nc saw OF
that OF Alice Carey; Ben FraDklln's picture was
also prodaced the witness thought looked some
lne!ike: have seen the picture OF the esprit
BrIde; the ''bride' was produced, having long
piece Oh Illusion over ner mead, ana exhibited to
the audience, who roared with laugnCe the picture
resemDled the esprit Brlde;'' tnere Is q SINH
larty In the pictures OF the face and head
the picture produced al the Doctors was dressed in
Illusion lace: ! think everything ~ mmortal
don't believe when body is buried u IL ever resur
recLed, 1 saw lie 'briGGh raised four or i've leet
aDove the Doctors head; don't think he could
reach so Nah; saw some movements OF his shout
dcrs; there was no possible way of any lricsery
beng performed; the bust OF Tie form was much
more fully deveioped than the one IN The picture
produced
4 sPROUL TdE DEPENDANT, RECALLED.
Mr.. Sproul Was then recalled anu examined. He
medium gave the. performances was dim, AZ the
medium SAID IL there was mucn light
was with fnurDer when ne searched Inc ROOM ne
was so anxious To Overd0 matters he overlooked the
Searching aIer truth and wanted to lind out ior
himself; one night during seancea man denounced
them as r2ndS.
Gross examined by Colonel Hart-There are per-
sons present VINO nave investigated this affair ana
pronounce 1t a fraud; DON'T want To produce them,
as they asked me not 10; rhey are smed to let
people know they mao ansgHing to do with 1t; am
no, a medium. never senLed myself or 0iicl-
aLec as one: dontspeak ut IN languages; lrefuse
10 answer whether meuiun- .re frauds; the forms
presented 0y Dr. Gordon frauds; did not be-
lieve Gordon could be such "a aud; examined The
forins and aces; saw Core "A put on MS robes;
SAW nln with pc'ures; never saw them ABOUT his
person; Gordon was nard up for money TO pay his
rent; saw TWO men down town; tney wanted to go
and examine the Doctors private room; at that
time was believer in Gordon; having feeling for
robe over the altar ana refused TO allow them an
inspection; alter they gose Dir. Gordon scoided
me for what mad done, stating was controlled by
evil spirits.
CLOSING THE CASE.
Colonel George II. Hart after an able effort by
the counse OF the defence, closed Tor the prosecu
tiOn az loi0wS:--
If YOUR HONOR PLEAsE-This trial. which orr
glnated IN the THEFT OF a watcn, mas taken truly
most eccentric turn. The complainant is pro-
lessor oil the religion OF Sprituallsm, and when we
speak OF religion we DO 80 with respect 1t IS q
very common error 10 believe that the word
splritualism referred solely to certain phenomena;
but it Is in tact religion While Your Honor has
Yet ys Your e MsnOr mas shown snow pAs the 1t.
you have permitted this case to be
Tried, ana wnlcn well cOmports with your
dice toward any creed IN the administration of
jusuce. No Sprltualist can charge you with
oepor,uUS or Inc sol ran @ t a
detection or ways that are dark ana tricks that
are vain and certainly no class OF persons are SO
Spirltuallsts themselves. ! know little or nothing
about doctrines oi Spirltualsm, bat do know
many OF the professors OF tnat iaitn who are I'm.
SURPASSED Ia the exercise OF all me virtues,
and II the doctrines which tney teach and
tne1 say it Is one or lofty 'i morality atty
The complainant IN this case is Splrltuast. Now,
Your Honor, because she Is SpIrilua.ist Justice
enlorcement OF the lawsf Is the complainant TO be
turned away from this Court stigmatized and re-
vlled because sne happens TO espOuse the unpopular
faitn and Inc accused proclaimed the nODler per.
son2 We are treading, your Honor, on dangerous
precedent. II to-day 1t the Spirltualist VINO is
denied justice, tomorrow IL may be the
S eosa% ae ,ns the sos Jew &C.
lgious popularity. Let Us, Then, dlvest TINS
case OF all reslglous association anu connne our
selves to the SIMPLE Issue, did or did not toe de-
fendant steal the conpIainant's watchp The testi-
mony OF the complainant remains uncontradicted
and unimpeacned Inc statements Ol the accused
are coutradcted Oy hlmseH, and by his own con-
iession he us an impostor. q llar and thiei His
many names. which ne changes oltener than he
does ms garments becomes, even to him, so hide
Gus Dy their association That he shrinks from own.
ing them, aud ne tremDles like guilty thing wneu
the record or his lie Is unseaed before mis- eyes, The
Charge vi Conspiracy fails seiseless from tine lips
Oh ms counsel, ana an Innocent man has been
cruelty dragged into this COURT his name trade
religion revled anu mocxel Tor the sport OF the
Ignorant and tine vulgar SIMPLY because he mad
Tie misfortune TO employ the defendant MIR. G0rdOn
has been arragned rs crlmna.. because the CON-
piainanl, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller, an electric pnys-
cian enjoying q VIDE professional reput alton
and large practice, visited the seanceS OF Mr..
Gordon, In common with thousands Of others. the
eXuberant fancy OF the counsel Tor the defence nds
sulIclenG To cOnjure up the spectre OF most
dalnnabie conspiracy against his Client Iappeal TO
the Court whether, in all the narratives given Of
marvellous sights and apparitlOns there has been
SO frightiul nObgOblln, such u baseess fabric OF
the mind, as the conspiracy which has haunted my
learned friend. But like all the ghost stories we
hear or there is some foundation for this appari-
tlOn OF conspiracy. There Is always conspiracy
against the criminal. When law and justice,
the good ana honorable unite to Dring him to JUS
uce; but to this extent and nothing more. The
simple question, then. Is, Your Honor, snail the de-
tendant 60 at larger
Colonel Hart tnen ably dissected and compared
the evidence, winding up with q request that the
defendant be committed. The Court reserved its