The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-14

Thegas
oraar 10 ]. perfect the conditions II
" was partially turned of, leaving

LIaBr ENOUGH
for the audience to distinguish the faces OF
each other, and there were several feeble ana
rather inbarmopious attempts at singing
but there was nothing satisfactory 10 this
line until Mr.. sanob Recht was induced 10
open his tuuefuI throat and favor the auul'
ence with some operate airs 10 good Ayie.
This seemed to be pleasing to The sp1flts Us
well as TO those who still habsted tenemens
of clay. for certain poisy demonstrators
which had been taking place tusfee OF tne
cabinetcsme to an end, and all gre" nopelul,
that the promised matersalIz4tloh ;"ou,u
really take place. Less light ana more muslc
was the command from the interior 0. .ne
cabinet. Enthusiastically 10 the voice OF mr..
Clark. who was satisfied to the extent OF the
abilitg of the audience.
Something over half an hour hao eiapseo
since the medium was shat up 10 Tue poA,
onI tho nrenarations were completed, When
the curtain that shaded the aperture was SUD-
denly drawn aside and @ T." +"
THE MANIFESTATION CAME.
Something appeared at The aperture, CLOUDY
and indistinct at first, but sraoaaiiy tak.ns
tue shape OF face. "shoot" was snouteu
from the interior; bat Mr.. Iuckett; aouo.-
less mistaking the nature OF the -qemanu,
| turned on more light, aud the lace became
! distinctly visible to the entire auoience. ~
w.s pirrs face, and che face OF pretty girl
| y, ,hat. hut il was neither corps-like nor life
Ike On the contrary. it had the appearance
~ a nainted face, and was such picture az
one would not naturally have mistaken for
the countenance of ghost. ,...,
! All had fair view Of it, when the order
to shoot again came from the cabinet, and
the trigger of the rife was pulled.
THE Deadly WEAPON
was discharged, with report consl1eraoiy
louder than that of pop gun, one man oe'
claripg that be saw the bullet strike Inc lace'
and another imagined that sardonic smile
illuminated that lovely countenance at the
,,saleeeness of the attempt to shoot it out Of
shane The face was in view few seconds
after the shot was fred, and then disap.
peared.
More music and more light were then in
order. and after the lapse of about fifteen
minutes the door of the cabinet was opened.
and the medium was found seated and tied
as when he had been shut up. He besought
| Mr.. Thinker TO cut his bonds, without stop
ming to unite them. His request was COM
nlied With, and he got out of the cabinet rs
speedily as possible, declaring that nothing
| would induce him to 90 through such per-
forrnance again.
SUCH WAS THE RESULT
of the shotgun test, and if it was not larry
conducted without leaving any visible OPEN
ing for fraud or collision, then several pretty
sensible people are strangely mistaken. IL
seems impossible for Mr.. Clark to have eXtrl-
Gated himself from bis bonds. Supposlng him
to have succeeded in doing so, how could ne
ever have got inside of them again: Admit
ting the possibility of both these supposl'
lions. we are at loss to imagine how be
could have got hold of any mask or other ar
ticle with which to manufacture the race
that was visible at the aperture. That face,
10 fact, is entirely unaccounLable, and 1t must
remain wonder
| Not that twas anything rich or rare,
| But how the devil II got there!
Whatever it may have been, it was Ger.
| tainly of such a texture that powder ana
lead could not harm it. The bullet passed
through the back of the cabinet and buried
itself in an oak plank which had been placed
| there to receive il. 1t was visible and
PALPADLE BULLET,
and there can be no mistake in the statement
that it must have passed through the face at
the aperture. Mr.. Clark declares that be
was not in trance during this mlterialza-
ton, being supported by the spirit OF his mo-
ther.
Altogether the shotgun test. as applied 10
st. Louis, in its freedom from fraud ana col
fusion, and in the practical manner OF It's ap-
plcaton, is one of the most interesting de-
velopments yet recorded OF the so.caled
science of spiritual!sm.