The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-22

The lady, while acting the role of a re-
turned denizen from the other world have
been returned to their donors. as far as
possible, and her share In the gigantic
modern spiritualistic
nUMBuG Is ENDED.
Yesterday this lady received letters
from sources which are believed to be
fully known. in which she was threat
ened with personal violence IL she per-
sisted In aiding the movement to thor
oughly expose the imposturc. The
seancrs took place upon the second floor
OF the building,
TWO ROOMS BEING NECESSARY
to the development of the naturalization.
In the front one. the audience assembled.
witnessing There the scance, and thor
oughly unconscious of the part which
the other room took in this bogus drama
of the spirits. The cabinet was placed in
the front room with it, back against n
| door which opened into the adjoining
| apartment.
THE DOOR WAS TAKEN or,
and there was substituted by Mr.. Holmes
a walnut board partition. This partition,
he declared frequently, might be- exam
ined by anybody prior to the occurrence
of the seance; and many. including Dr.
Child aud Robert Dale Owen. did so cx-
anime it, finding nothing ut the time to
engender suspicion. These walnut
boards were secured by four buttons on
each side: and frequently the gentlemen
above named were invited to take these
buttons off and examine the boards. II
has since been discovered that
HOLMES HAD TIE MEANS
of taking ont one of these board, the
centre one, which was about 15 inches
wide.--and Of substituting In its place a
board that was cut across the centre, and
admitting of the removal of the lower
half, and easily admitting a person from
the back room into the cabinet, through
the aperture. This was the way in which
Katie King entered the cabinet.
But there were further discoveries,
made subsequently, which were of an i'll
tcnsly interesting character II Katie
entered the cabinet IN this way,
WHERE WAS SHE KEPT CONCEALED.
prior to the seances, aud during the in
tervals when she disappeared: In the
rear room there was q bed. upon which
ladies and gentlemen attending the Sc
ances were In the habit of dcpositing
their superfluous clothing. This room
was. as n matter To be expected subject
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being examined, and more than one pair
Of eyes cast their
CHANCES BENEATH THE BED.
To see II any confederate might be hidden
there. But no search resulted in such a
discovery. Yet, as II afterwards turned
out. the bed-like Maelzel's wonderful
automaton-did hold confederate at the
time. and the confederate was none other
than the lady whose confession we have
given above. But where could she bur.
row. The attendants on the seance had
the frecst liberty of examination. The
bed was open, some doubtless even prob
ing the mattress, to ascertain If ii did not
for the time, cage the beauty. Who
would have thought of
LOOKING At THE BOLSTER?
The bolster was so unimportant matter
that II never once excited suspicion. Ye
II held the living mystery-none othel
than the ruby-lippcd and fair-armet
creature who was In few moments. vi;
the walnut partition, to burst upon tn,
vision Of the breaihlcss spectators. Tn,
bolster, then. was none of your old-fash
Toned striped ticking bags. pulled up will
down; but instead, a
WICKER CAGE.
ingeniously contriyed. and ~ ingeniousl,
overlaid, in which the charming confcd
crate housed herself until she was to Is
t sue, like golden beauty from a cocoon
The lady In question
, IsA WIDOW,
! and has one child. Her connection witt
the llolmeses dates from time whel
she went to board with them. She wa
: in pecuniary difficulties, and they, II Is al
: legged, believing that with her beaut