, 1874-12-18

Ff0M -. fhtHdcyt1A x9HHeHHs
induces uo to withdraw tho asaurauces which hayo
aceg Of cera!n manifestations presented last sunllnor
In my proscce, through Mr. and Mrs. NelAoA Holiness
rnt1.Drnpn,. Dec G. 1874, @oD1hT DALE OWEN
Learning that Mr. Robert Dalo Owon had nf-
fixed his signature to tho lottor quoted above,
our representative calod upon him and had tho
following interview:
Roportor-What Aro your grounds for this
Withdrawal Of confdenco7
Mr. Observation-Disclosures INC; do not mike
any accusation. but simply TO not wish 10 give
rise to MY cunttLcuco III these Manifestations.
Myaclf and friends hnye every roaaon to believe
what they wero tcerosontGd to bo, but the
Katie Hing" latcly ahown us tB not tie sanne.
ncportor-1n what way docs sha di1for-in
fncial rospocts or Otherwise I
Mr. Owou-Tho lntest "katto King differs in
both faco and form. She ia shorter than the
"Katie King" VIC saw last summon. Lot 1no gay
to you thai upon the return Of the uolmoaeB tho
"katio King Of last summer legppeared to liz
md said. not in tho words I nm nbout to use,
but to the salne purport, that she lad been
10 moro difficult for lor to appear In tho
future. After that thero waa lrenk Of nbout
threo weeks, when "Kasio King" again ap-
pcared, bu. my friends aud na;sclf look upon
Htand TINT tie ''durk cilco manifestations wero
continued, but iu thcEo hayo little interest
don't caro- for these ring md other manifosta-
tons. Although nm inclined to beove them
genuine, yet tiloy neyor Interested me. What
am Interested In iB tho naturalization OF
aplrlts or, In other words, in it posalblo for
spirits TO 1nater,nli2o Themselves?
Reporter-Wlat led you to suspect that tho
"katie King" Of to-day is not the QUO you saw
last Summer?
Air. Owen-AB I l4avo said, 7 neycr like to
youch for anything that 1 cannot thoroughly
authenticate; had I not 10 strongly i1ldorHed
tho. Manifestations would hayo saId
nothing. My suspicious were frat aroused,
sna oao 70 qf H. ny tsieds by Tue dt ,s
II katio King" THO arrangement Of tho cnbi-
not did not satisfy me. and 1 80 stated to the
uol1ncsos. I requested that tho cabinet bo
placed on casters, SO TINT it could be moved to
any pnrt Of tho room aud also that it bo thrown
refuao to do this thoy neglected to aceedo to my
request, which amounted 10 tho sa!no thing
A!r. Gwen tAen described tho proximity 0! the
cabinet to window tthat had been boarded up)
and door, aud Btated that tho arrangement
might lnyo allowed OF traps. lilo fnrthor stated
that before writing tho letter published above he
called On tho lo!n,scB aud advised tno1n that lie
Nus ,os abaolutely satisfied with thoir mAuncr Of
conducting their beanc9a. In tho caGe OF thor
Ninth street Bcaucos Dr.. Child, myself, and some
an1 had practical builder 10 aid ne, but found
nothing to B,nAa our belof. I Hnid to tho
HoimeHoH that tue placing OF the cabinet on cas-
tors would aiapol all suspicion, yat they did not
accept tho idea. Agaiu, Dr. Child, Who went
with tlIom in sonrch of Boyoral bou.es found two
that seemed admirably suited TO tho purpose,
but these did not meet tho ideas OK tho
uolmoHcs, who complained OF tho rout and no,nc
ot,or n!attors. Dr. Child. you will understand,
waH just iii much Interested in freeing tho mall
ifestatlons OF oil suspicious surroundings aa my
self
~ nspostermD9 s'e you think the Hoaesos would
MIR. Owo,l-I repeat, I do not mako my accu.
eation, but certainly none Guild bettcr do it than
they. Failing to produce tho original " Katio
King" they might be led to produce bogus
one.
Roportor--Will this discovery hurt tho cauzo
Of Spirit'allsn,7
atr. Owon-Ol,, not at a]1 It Ia merely Tho
failure of QUO experiment; that il nil,
Neportcr--Wklo iB "kntia King"?
3lr. Uwon--TLnt cannot auBWer, DR.. Child
Inns publialed letter which he bolloyes came
through lier, but 1t must be tAkou with few
grains Of allowance. mn never in favor of uc-
copting anything Of The kind without corrobor-
alive evidence.
NIr. Oven concluded tho interview by atatins
that le Ind boon informed BY Aono friends that
tho Holmes wora Wttliug to accept tho Suggestion
Ao had nlAto, whicl. hu {atr. o. hoped was true.
Tho nlattor those frondH intend following up
but for tho present AIr, Owen desires to with
tlruw Rll TINT ho has said III tho waY Of youching
for tho correctneaa OF tho manifestations.