The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
TIE KATIE KlN6 FRAUD.
The Charming Katie a Widow.
How She Kissed Robert Dale
Oven--4kis Paper in the January
Atlantic.

OWen..4tIs faPcI "a INC
Atlantic.
from the Philadelphia Enquirer, Dec. 1871
A gentleman of this city, persuaded
in his own mind that the ''materlallza-
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 TACT
Philadelphia beauty, Of his own day
and generation. He attended the Sc
ances given by the Holmeses, at NO.
S25 North Tenth street. his firm opln'
ion of the imposition remaining un'
changed, although baffied for long
time in making certain demonstrations
of that fact. By degrees. however. an
inklinc of the secret Of the whole mat
ter dawned on his mind. With others
he attended, night after night, to see
the
BEWITCHIEG BEAUTY,
and was surprised, one day. when going
| up the street, to see III lady who was
passing along the very prototype OF the
| enchanting Katie. He made some SUBJ
! seouent discoveries which were import
ant, viz: that this prototype boarded
near the residence of the medium. and
| what was still more to the great object
| he had in view,-a revelation OF the
imposture,-that she attended all the
Katie King seances given by the
Holmeses. By what, in police stand is
called
ssPlPIKG OFF,
he found that she entered the resi-.
dence of the Holmeses prior to the
seances that she came out alter they
were over: and, furthermore, that she
was not 10 be seen in the audience which
invariably assembled to witness The
Katie King phenomenon.
As the
ssNATERIALIZATIOE.
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
versaton with her, he ascertalnei iron
. her lips that she had witnessed tn
manifestations. and that, as far as sh
knew. the naturalization was y. \
This was not enough for the detective
: thirsting after fuller intelligence, and b
!. proposed. one night, that both sheul
; 90 in company to the seanee, and wit
ness the appearance Of the Londo
Hebe; but to this proposition the lad
! positively dissented. Subsequently, a
another interview, she inadvertently
! produced number OF
Il PIECES OF JEWRLRY,
] which had been given, under the ger
e tleman's own observation, to the mate
!, rialized Katie King by number of Ell
: thusiastic attendants Ct the seance'
n This was another piece Of circumstar
J, tia, evidence Of the most positive II;
n ture. The gentleman S laudable effort
j. to knock the bottom out Of the swindl
) resulted. later. in a full exhibition
r trinkets which had been given to Kat
t King,-some by himsclf,-and whic
d were now spread out to his admirlr
; view BY the lady whose acquaintan'
e he had so fortunately made. The
}. came the declaration, which he one da
n made to her, that she and none oth'
e was the being who. in the dress
It GAME. and in the subdued light OF Il
chamber, had
EMERGED FROM THE CABINET.
{ before the astonished lookers-on as II
naturalization Of Katie King. !
a first she denied the soft Impeachment
= but subsequently. with tears, admitt'
that she and Katie were
:. ONE AND THE SANE.
"A On this denouement, the gentlem'
of / who effected it consulted with Robe
- Dale Owen and DR.. Child, and thu
:. Immediately published the cards Wit
" drawing the endorsement OF the mat
NJ rializat ion. which they had gwen
% the Holmeses. in order to make
n surance doubly sure, the gentlemen
i'd rHPRovIsED A sEAscE,
er at which the lady agreed to act Su
a able apartments we're procured ca
as met was hurriedly arranged, an au'
lie ence invited. and the Katie King sean
r. done to perfection. All the preser
ds given to the lady, while acting the r.
Int Of 4 returned denizen from the 9th
NJ world, have been returned to tn
1t donors. as far as possible and D
Id share in the gigantic modern spirltu
he istlc
ng HuxBrG Is ENDED.
Yesterday this lady received iette
from sources which are believed TO
fully known, in which she was thre
III ened with personal violence II she p
ad sisted in aiding the movement to IN.
nd ouchly expose the imposture- !
nd seances took place upon the seco
IN fleor of the building.
&c TWO ROOMS EEING NECESSARY
tn ia the development Of the materiaii
list ton. In the front one. the audiei
his assembled. witnessing there the sean
,er and thoroughly unconscious Of the p
q which the other room took IN tins ool
Is drama Of the spirits. The cabinet '