Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-12
Esr'1cUisrs from lBs EEFce Leading
Papers Of So, Louis Of Er.lllAaab
Experiment 70 Test SplritUaIlsm.
snazing ResRi,s-Tho Face Of 4 Young
Girl appears and Is Shot q with
Good aim, BAT Passes AWsy
UHh8Tmad,


: 81 Loals Times, Ilu
p Mr.. W. G. Clark is a profes5ed suigi.
usi medium, aud has been such fsr
period OF nine years or more, Cu.tn
5 which time ne has exercised his gift.
II may be so called, % q healer an
claims 10 have been quite srIcce=sfui j.
that capacity. A few months since b
Z commenced to develop a. q material
g lzing medium, and his development wa
: so rapid that spirits soon matrrisl.z=,
, | under his mediumship IS fully and I'm
more satisfactory manner than ia con
, | nectlon with many mediums who have
e acquired more uOtoE.ety.
g TIE sEAECEs
? nave heretofore been held ST the houz,
| OF MI TucketJ, an enthusiastic spiyjtU
alIst, who resides i'm the southern parI
of the city. At that place the dsVeIor.
menis OF Mr. CiaTk's mediumshio weTf
so interesting hat IL attracted the atteu.
ton OF Mr.. Timken, welI-,a-dc. rg.
spOpstble and ievel-neaded mechanic Of
ihe city, who witnessed the materializs.
uons on Two occasions. Mr., Timkeu
'toak 1t ali D." but without being rrD.
viEced Of the spiritual part of the nor
fOrmance, being rather iUcIinef to think
that the GppSritious thst we're made
visible 10 him were the work Of earthly
maids. To test the matter, he asked
Mr.. Clark whether he would allow his
spirit
TO BE SHOT At.
The medium was nothing 10th. but
declared his entire willingness 10 sub.
nit to the test, so far as he was Derscn.
ally concerned. 1t has alWays been
held as a truth, by mediums and their
trends, that surh a test would be at
tended with the gresJest danger 10 the
meUIumy as II was supposed that the
shOck would have the effect of prOs.ga-
ting him II not killing him outright,
Mr.. Clark, however, pTCfesssI to feel no
| lear on the score, but was willing and
| anxious that the test should be made
Accordingly arrangements were entered
! into with Mr. Timkea, by The terms of
| which 5 public seaHcg was to be held.
| and the cabinet and the medium and ali
! the conditions were to be, SIS far as DOS
! sible, under the control Of GIr. Timfen.
who was 10 pay the medium fifty dol
| lsfs 10 case spirit should matariaiiZa so
that be could get shot at it. II accord-
ance with this agreement, Concert hall
was engaged for the geanca, and Mon
day night w&s fixed upon IS The time OF
carried OGt 10 the letter, and Il must he
admitted by uUprsj JUDGED spectators that
il would lie difficult to make q mora
sATIsFAC Glory TEST
than that with which the public wore
favored last night. The audience was a
very small one, only about twen;v per
SOILS b2lng present; hut those were quite
respectable and intelligent, with the ex-
cs2lon ,oI the newspaper people, VINO
tuF1ed out in full force, including the
German papers. An attachg Of tEe
Times reached the hail some time Le- !
tole the performance was expected 10 |
bes.l, AID improved the shining |
minutes UF brief interview with MI,
CIafK, who W2s quite communicative |
ana explained the operation q spirit |
DETERMINATION as lie understood H. He |
claimS that lie phGLOmUla are produced |
by the operation Of the GdiC force. or |
0l, concerning which Reichen bach has |
dlscour5ed so eICquenUy and unIp- |
teiIigibly. This 0dlc force appears to he |
al inLaLgibili.y iC which imaginative |
people give that name for want of some
better -Ord to eXTTeas what they cannot
pretend 20 understand. Mr., Clark, how
ever processes % feel jhis force, and 90
believe that be spirits take q norton of
It from his bOGy in The shape Of an in
uescriosLle emaI7iCu, ard from this
invisible ma eEi&l manufacture.
VISIBLE FORMS.
He says that he knows when il goes
from him by g pTiCkliIg sensation ell owe
his body, and by = succession IF shocks.
Ike those OF a weak electric battery.
The most unpleasant sensation Is felton,
the return Of the emans,i0n. after tla
naturalization has come 10 en- end.
IhIs, he describes as similar to the ge.-
sauons OF Z man who has been drowned
ana TesusCiiated. Al regarded the shoot. |
Ing, he expected tD receive a severe
shock, but believed he would come |
through alt hight, and had no fear Of the |
result. At haii-pas eight the deOrs
were closed and the business Of the
evening was commenced. a commit
tee, which included Mr.. IfmEeu
and all the Newspaper men present. |
then examined the platform, anu put it
Jog ether, II was cOmpusee Otsix pieces.
The bottom and top, front and back,
and two ends. When these were nut
they formed g box five aud q /
lali feet ia length, two and q half in
width, and about six feet high, Thee 8
parts were made Of thin boards, and I
astened into each other with grooves ?
md hooks. In the front piece tDgre i
vas door at one end, and a. the other !
small aperture, about eight inches in T
iiameter, screened by 8 curtain on the Z
outside, which wss moved by strings on :
he inside. The most careful scrutiny r
allied to reveal =
ANY CHANCE FOR FRAUD j
a the cabinet or the manner in which if q
yss put together. If there was the g
lightest possibility Cf conceaIing any j
ubber masks or other appliances Of iui- L
position, the pTyiUg eyes that examined l
veIy crack and CTsyic5 were unable TO u
iscover it. All being satisfied, The g
'lattorm was put together, being placed 9
pOn three t-esties that raised il a slogL Il
istance from the floor. II was, there Z
ore, entirely uBCOunsCted with any z
iher object in the room, but stood out {
in the OPEN" ali sides but the inside D
eing ID pain view Of the audience (.
he other Preparations we're numerous .
nd elaborate. Dir. Timhcu, who was Il
be master spirit Of the occasion, bad 4
ONE rapaTed wifi III proper apparstus
u The purpose o. securing q complete
sst, anu seemed ID be determined that . 4
very chance for fraud should be shut n
ut II possible, By his directions. and S,
} the presence Of a portion Of the COM tC
littee, the medium was first Il
STRIPPED TO THE BUFF, X
I'd was then clothed ia new garment; .
.hich the thoughtful Timkeu'a had %
r0ught, and which were carefully scru, =
nized by The committee before The me- r
um was allowed to put them on. -
Ihsn Mr.. { ark made ms appearance e.
sfOre the audience be was dressed only =.
tight linen Pantgiopns, shirt and ~
OcSings, and il seemed % be absolute T.
certain thst there Wss nothing about y.
person With which be could practice -
~ imposition. He then took his seat ;;
the cabinet, on the floor, with his n
,ck against the end next TO the door, -
ID the tying began. In this part Of the n
=Et0Tmauce, Gs IN all others, =,
THE wATCHFUL TImKEN ri
owed his forethought aud sirceTifv. to
G had brought new cords o. his own, su
ID g L.T trace and bit. The tyiBg,
orefore, Was accomplished after
sinner quite unusual IN such exhi5i. 3
US, aud altogether satisfactory to the On
dicuce, Cords were passed tightly IT,
er The victim 's-We mean mediUm'a- 10
Ives and thighs, taken through holes sij