Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-07-30

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KAME KfNa, THE MYTH. :.
81 1.-THE sensation for tsome time since in
London has been the Katie King" al
luded:to assthe spirit fest that convinced
8, sMr. Wallace, the naturalist How snirit
came to fevieit the g1impses OF s. swi-
lightgoaHsgis Shus told :sz9s ~
AtssohsHtas persons inSE gland POS
"a INsaSI eaipmliAtie poWspts i nigpupg
ssssf Sisfttean sgafssof ags '<Mmm lkio1.
enca Cook. Mr.. Crookes youcles en,.
Photi..aiiT ,for lnr ,respcctabiEty and
her ingenaoasnAss. Her poweGs have
been submitted to the soverest tests at
MIR. Crookes' own house, and. under
conditions which hes has shinself die
tated, and he does not seem to have q
TEdoubt Chat they are genuine.S While in
the trance state about three years ago,
luminous form began; t5 appear near
her person. This has in the course of
siStime developed into O full grown woman,
and not merely the form of a woman,
but flesh and blood one, which appears
suddenly, walks, talks permits itself
to be touched and embraced, ! and melts
away into nothingness before theeyes
of the company. This esprit" says
that her name is Annie Owen, that she
died hundred years ago in Wales, and
= that her nickname is .'Katie King"
She is described as very beautiful in
"a lace and ahg4re. wearing long .bair.of
light auburn, which hangs in ringIets
down her back and each side OF her
head, reaching nearly to her waist. On
the decision of her later appearances
she was dressed in pure white, with
low neck and short sleeves. z She wore
long white veil, bat this was drs.vn
over her face but seldom. i,,.st, 4. ,-i
- After the testimony of Mr.. Walince
aud MIR. 'Crookes, The next witness must
be Mrs. Ross Church, the novelist.
On the evening of the 9th of May,
Aat1e King led me, at my own request,
into the room with her beyond the our
tain, which was not SO dark but that I
could distinguish surrounding objects,
and then made me kneel down. by Miss
Cooks PROSTATE form and feel her
her hands and face. and, head of curls.
while she (the spirit) held my shoulder,
with one arm around N.Y. neck. ,Ihsve
not heslightest doubt that upon that
g OCCASION q VtliereiZwere present with me
two living, breathing intelligences, per-
pectly distinct from each other, SO far
at least as their bodies were concerned.
Ii my senses deceived me, if I wes le /
by Imagination or mesmeric inf1sence
into believing that I touched and felt
two bodies insteadSof fone;;yif ss'tKatie
King" who grasped and sembraced and
spoke to me. is q projection of thought
only-a VILE power; IN Instance Of un-
known force-then it will be no longer
ssssp possible to know t"who's who in 1874. -
and We should hesitate to turn up the
gas incautiously, lest half orr friends
Sss shNoqld ybe but projections Of, thought
and melt away beneathits glare! ~
80 eW}ihsaa eWihsateyer W Katie, King, was. on, the
{ GagehingM 'tha 9th OF May she was not
Miss Cook. To that fact am ready to
take my most len1n oathg Katie was
very busy that evening. TO each Of
her friends assembled to say good-by
she gave bouquet of flowers tied iipS
GSh q a|aSS Ss Il ss Ref S 5fsl as sed
which she wrote with her pencil before
2lts: Nine was as follows :Ht' From An.
ME Owen do M rgan (alias Kntie King)
to hct Friend. I. FLORENCE Marryatt Ross
Church, with love. Pensez a moi.
-Sts May 2l,i 1874. Z, must not forget to
relate what appeared pne ono of the
most convincing pr offs of Katie's more
than natural power, namely that when
~. she had cut, before our eyes, twelve or
II, fifteen pieces of cloth from thefront OF
Z her white tunic as souvenirs for her
Y friends, there was not hole to be seen
= in it,sexamine it which way yon would.
1t was the same with her veil, and /
haveSseen her do the same thing several
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