New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-09
LONDON IRICKSTERS EXPOSED.
AN AMERICAN REVEALS THE POWER BEHIND PSYCHIC
"A MEDIUM BEOUGHr TO GElEF
HIND PSYCHIC

H. D. C,nBqfs Leitr 10 TAr C3a-tanaH Commercial
The mystery of Psychic" has been dIscOv-
derul auoinaOD exhibited by MasSeyne. tho cOniaror.
which Tor "A cong time has been pDzzing the brain OF
scientific Dy ltS accurate playing of whist. That
PSYCHIC" III some way connected with ana guided
lv a hIma brAiu was for "A long tnp certain Dut n, il
was completely i.Oa!ed the top OF a sin pie glass
cylinder, and possible connection with any one be-
hind the curtain conceivable, Ii grew TO be our great
est mystery. the great men oil the Royal society
MY 20 IT Coi az sa a. Dr. G. ~
Coffin. a celebrated American dentist III London-.ftcr
visits hlt upon the secret, Mask clYbc himself
Ihe solution is that "Psycno' s worked ~ tne CON
densation and diminuon Of the cOiamn OF air in the
glass c. Under top Of when he sits. Beneath
carpet at the bottom OF tins cylinder is perforated
plate zinc connected with the operator behind the
scenes, who, at his will increase decrease
column " arr the figure moving way another in
with the pressure pat upOni The c0njuror
was at disposed TO deny the explanation hut Coin
tod the audience that it could easily be tested By
M,skey ne allowing INN TO Pat newspaper betneen
and tnen followed Great applause. when 1t became
recognized mat Psyche" as mystery, was at last
dead, II at least had fairly reached MS Coffin
A; the same time the trek OF Il distinguished Spirtu-
aist has detected. This medium is certain Mr.
Williams VINO been making good thing by placing
on tables sun0ry musical Instruments which various
antics when II Is pitch dark. Williams oar TO even
ing companies, where ali present know each Others
good falln his two hands held By persons eaoh
side; he has no confederate, and yet the movements 60
in the center Of the table. But son OF the ia.e
Baden Powell Zone OF the writers Of the famous
Essays and Reviews'J discovered, a few evenings,
ago. that Miiliame was utIzng the peculiar way Of
Joining hands III The dark winch he adOptsuancy, the
hooking OF little fingers together. He edges the hands
OF bis two heighbors toward each other; he
then proposes 10 one OF them softly To rest
his little finger by substituting his first finger;
when this cnange is made that DrighbOr's finger
is readily hooked on to the foreiinger of the
same hand little finger Is already holding
other. In the DARK The persons ehcn side OF MN
fancy they hold separate hdnt really holding
on TO different fingers Of the hand WIllianss other
hand thus lett perfectly free 10 act AS 1t peases Last
night friend and my SELF July let INTO the secret, were
present sGance and Lad Williams between Sure
enough the medium softly proposed change OF fingers,
bat the change was resisted Tue consequence wac that
the poor medium speedily found tbat the conditions
were unfrcndy any manifestations left the house
soon as posi- bic and the sednce came tCnOthiug And
such tricks these that millions Induced TO
believe they communicating with the Invisible
world! THcTe is now not medium OF fame IN Lon
don fraud has not been exposed To the sasaC-
ton Of all except the large CLASS Of those who Wish 10 be
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