The Grange advance., 1874-12-29
THE KATIE Klk6 FRAUD.
The Charming Katie a Widovv.-
Hosv She Kissed Robert Dale
Osven--Elis Paper i'm the January
Atlantic.

(From the Philadelphia Enquirer, Dec. 1s.
A gentleman of this city, persuaded
in his own mind that the ''materializa
ton" of the spirit of Katie King, un
der the auspices of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son Holmes, was humbug, and yet
without any substantial grounds to rest
such an opinion upon, decided to test
the matter and ascertain whether the
revived London beauty was not in fact
Philadelphia beauty, of his own day
and generation. He attended the Sc.
ances given by the Holmese>, at No.
825 North Tenth street, his firm opin.
ion Of the imposition remaining un.
changed, although bafled for a long
time in making certain demonstrations
Of that fact. By degrees. however, an
inkling of the secret Of the whole mat.
ter dawned on his mind. With others
he attended, night after night, to see
BEWITCHING BEAUTY,
and was surprised, one day. when going
up the street, to see in lady who was
passing along the very prototyp of the
enchanting Katie. He made some sub.
sequent discoveries which were import
ant, viz: that this prototype boarded
nea" the residence Of the medium, and
what was still more to the great object
he had in view,-a revelation of the
imposture,-t she attended all the
Katie King seances given by the
Holmeses. By what, in police stand is
ssP1PING OFF,,
he found that she entered the resi-.
dence Of the Holmeses prior to the
seances that she came out after they
were over; and, furthermore, that she
was not to be seen in the audience which
invariably assembled to witness the
Katie King phenomenon.
As the
''NATERIALIZAT1ON.
night after night, went on. our gentle
man detective discovered perfect iden.
tity OF form and feature between Katie
and the fair boarder Of few squares
off. Finally, after much patient per-
severing. this gentleman secured an in
PRODUCTION to the lady in question.
Without declaring his purpose, in con-
versation with her, he ascenaine from
her lips that she had witnessed the
manifestations, and that. as far as she
knew, the naturalization was o. K.
This was not enough for the detecti.e,
thirsting after fuller intelligence, and he
proposed, one night, that both sheuld
go in company to the seanee, and wit
ness the appearance Of the London
Hebe; but to this proposition the lady
positively dissented. subsequently,. at
another interview, she Inadvertently
produced a number Of
PIECES OF JEwRLRY,
which had been given, under the gen.
tleman's own observation, to- the mate.
rialized Katie King by number of en-,
thusiastic attendants Ct the sesnces>
Thiswas another piece Of circun,atan-
tial evidence Of the most positive ma
ture- The gentleman's landable efforts
to knock the bottom out Of: the sxindle
resulted, latsr, in = full exhibition, Of
trinkets which had been given to Katie
King.-some by himself, land which
were now spread out to his sdmirine.
view by the lady whose acquaintance.
he had so fortunately made. Then
came the declaration, which he one day
made to her, that she and; none other
was the being who, in the dBss~ Of
gaaze,. and in the subduedlight' Of the:
chamber, had
EMERGED PROM THE CABINET.
before the astonished lockers-on. as the
naturalization Of Katie, Kings. At
first she denied the soft impeachment );
but subsequently, with tears, admitted,
that she and Katie were
ONE AND THE sAxE.
On this denouement, the gentlemen.
who effected it consulted with Robert
Dale Owen and DR.. Child, and, thex
immediately published the cards With.
drawing the endorsement of the mate
rialization, which they: had given to-
the Hollneses. in order to, make as.
surance doubly sure, the gentlemen
1xPRov1sED A>sEANCR,.
at which the lady agreed to aat: suifb4-
able apartments we1o procured; a cab,
met was hurriedly arranged, an audi.
ence invited, and tha Katie King seance
done to perfection. All the. presents
given to the lady, while acting the role
of q returned drnizen from the other
weTld, have been returned to their
donors, as far as possible and her
share in the gigantic modern, spiritual
istie
HUNIMa IS ENDEn
Yesterday this lady received letters
from sources; which are believed to be
fully knoWr., in which she was threat.
ened with personal violence if she per.
sisted in aiding the movement to thor
oughly expose the imposture. The