The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

placed in the front room, with its back
against door which opened into the
apartment.
THE DOOR WAS TAKEN OFF.
and there was substituted by Mr..
Holmes walnut board partition. This
partition, he declared frequently. nigh
be examined by anybody prior TO the
occurrence Of the seance; and many.
including Or. Child and Robert Dale
Owen, did so examine it, finding nothing
at the time to engender suspicion.
These walnut boards were secured by
four buttons on each side; and ire
quently the gentlemen above named
were invited to take these buttons of
and examine the boards. 1t has since
been discovered that
HOLMES HAD THE MEANS
of taking out one Of these boards,
centre one, which was about Is inches
wide,-and of substituting in its place
a board that was cut across the centre,
admitting the removal of the lower
half, and easily admitting person
from the back room into the cabinet,
through the aperture. This was the
way in which Katie Kidg entered the
cabinet.
But there were further discoveries,
made subsequently, which were Of an
intensely interesting character. If
Katie entered the cabinet in this way.
where
WAS SHE KEPT CONCEALED,
prior to the seances, and during the in
tervals when she Disappeared In the
rear room there was bed. upon which
ladies and gentlemen attending the Sc
ances we're in the habit Of depositing
Their superhuous clothing. This room
was, as a matter to be expected. subject
to close scrutiny, the closets and the
bed being examined, and more than
one pair of eyes cast their
| CHANCES BENEATH THE BED.
to see if any confederate might be hid
| den there. But no search resulted II
such discovery. Yet. as 1t afterwards
turned out, the bed-like Maelzel
wonderful automaton-did hold a con
federate at the time. and the confeder
ate was none other than the lady who's
confession we have given above. Blu
where could she burrow! The atten
dants on the seance had the freest lib
erey Of examination. The bed wa
open, some doubtless even probing tn
mattress, to ascertain if it did not. 10
the time, cage the beauty. Who Woul'
have thought Of
/ LOOKING AT THE BOLSTER!
The bolster was so unimportant mat
ter that it never once excited suspicion
Yet it held the living mystery-non
other than the ruby-lipped and fail
armed creature who was, in few mt
ments. tvia the walnut partition,
burst upon the vision of the breathles
spectators. The bolster, then. wa
none Of your old-fashioned striped tlcl
ing bags, pulled up with down; but. IL
stead, a
WICKER CAGE.
, ingeniously contrived, and as ingeniou:
ily oyerlaid. in which the charming COZ
| federate housed herself until she was
. issue, like a golden beauty from
/ cocoon. The lady in question
!. is WIDOW,
D and has one child. Her connectie
Y with the Holmeses dates from q tin
t when she went to board with then
Y She was in pecuniary difficulties, al
they, it is alleged, believing that vii
her beauty and talent she could mat
rally advance their interest, propose
). to her to act as "materialized spirit
!. | This she consented to do, and. until Il
expose, was no other than the Kat
!. King Of the mysterious seances.
j. SO ENDS A sw1HDLE
s which has been unparalleled IN its wa
e being successfully imposed for son
u time on the most talented and disti
e guished people Of our time. The
q facts are all correct, as We have CIV
g them. our authority being number
e gentlemen personally acquainted wi
n the facts herein set forth.