Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-03-31

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Mrs. Nelson then fed to a neighbor's
house and informed them of what had
occurred. Simms was taken into Gus
tojy at an early hour in the morning,
and carried before X. Walter Brooke,
magistrate, who depu;iEed Curtis
Smith as constable to take him to Jail.
/ On the road, however, Smith was over
powered By mob of indignant Mary
landers, and the prisoner was taken
away from hin, and in short time
thereafter the cuIfri, was hanging to
tree within one hundred yards Of the
piacs where be committed the outrage.
On the morning of the 23d instant,
about seven O'Clock, Mrs. j. L. Can't,
landlady of the CAN'T House, at New
port, Perry county, while saturatiug
her hair with coal oil, caught fire and
was frightfully burned. Her son, d. Ii.
SPOTS, iu ATTEMPTING to extinguish the
flames, was badly burned about the
hands, as well as several Of the gentie-
men boarders. Mrs. Can't vas in the
habit of using coal oil on her head with
view to causing her hair to grow. In
some manner unexplained fire was COM
nIuhicated to her head while she was
applying this unique restorative. She
has since died.
The Commissioners of Lancaster
county have employed lady clerk.
Brown, who murdered the Kreamer
family in Schuylkil county, about two
years ago, was hanged at Pottsville on
the oath inst.
Spiritualistic performances of to day
do not seem to oe able TO stand the
test of investigation But short time
ago the treachery in the Katy King
performances we're detected. Within
the past ten days the country is in
formed that the manner of the manu-
sacture of the manifestations through
which the Eddy family became famous
as mediums or spiritualistic manipula-
tors has been made apparent. The
Albany, n. Y Times of the 23d inst.
tells it in this way:
"The Eddy Brothers, of Chittenden,
VT, who have for sesera. years played
or the creduliey of believers in spirit
ual manifestations, and about whose
reported wonderful doings SO much has
been written, have just been shown up
as uumitigated humbugs and all their
s.spiri,s" shams. The manner of the
exposure of the imnosture was in this
wise: At Fair Haven, Vt, resides a
gentleman named ID. z. Westcott, who
for twenty years past has been an earn
est believer in spiri;ualism, and had
implicit faith in the genuineness of the
Eddy manifestations. Some six weeks
ago Mr.. Wes.cott secured the services
Of a man named Chaplin, who had been
a pupil of the Eddys, as a medium, and
finally opened an unoccupied house upon
his farm, held seauces, aud charged ad-
mission for visitors On Wednesday
evening last, three resolute men from
Fair Haven attended the seance for the
purpose of investigation. At the ap-
pointed time all was in readiness for
the commencing of tie seauce. The
lights were turned down aud the room
rendered dark, or nearly SO. The me
dium in the cabinet was tied with
rope in complicated knots. twists and
turns. Quiet reigned in the room, and
all sat motlonless awaiting the 6rst
manifestations of the spirits. They had
not long to wait, for soon the tones Of
violin came floating through the room,
and Gumber of small bells chimed in.
Soon tall, stately "spiut" emerged
from the cabinet, but almost instantly
disappeared, having said nothing and
done nothing supernatural or wonder
"spirit" came and began to NOPE about
in the darkness, when one of the inves
tigators made spring and landed
square on the back of the supposed
spirit. The spirit did not vanish into
THU air never more to be seen by NOR
tai eyes; but instead, a subdued grunt
escaped from him and he made an effort
to free himself from the grasp of the
investigator. But it could not be done,
and the other Investigators instantly
produced light, which rendered the
room as bright as n-day. The sham
stood there in the grasp of his investi-
gators, robed in white, ard was found
to be Chaplin. Finding that his race
was run, Chaplin made bold front,
acknowledged that the whole thing was
humbug, and said he performed ex-
actly as the Eddys. This exposure
convinced Mr.. Westcott of the impos
ture that had been played. and in the
Rutland Globe of yesterday he pub
fishes challenge calling en- the Eddys
to meet him at town hail, Rutland, and
allow him Westcott, to prove them
impostors and humbugs. The follow