Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-12


/ ly thinking 10 more OF shooting q cot
pie OF girls ihsn a Camanche wOulC
At The slOt the face remained steaGfs5
1t wasn't scared and didn't wink.
lev seconds e. remained as before, an
( then the CUrtaiH mysteriOu8ly eli
across and Obscured it from view. Ate
ABOUT Ten minutes waiting the medium
gsked for glass Of water. This wa
given him, and i'm little time after h
asked ,1 he let out. When the door wa
/ opened he wss found tied just as ne wa
lef. when the door was first closed. Th
eOIds had evidently been strained lit
tie, and tuat wss all. Everybody saiC
it was 8 good thing, and nobody cOUlC
tell how it WIS done If the spirit
didn't do it.
CONCLUSIONS AND sURMISEs.
The medium pTOlessed to be very
/ much exhausted by the exhibition, ant
| said he wouldn't do it again for any.
! thing, The difficulties in the way o.
| any imposition in this matter appear tC
! be very great. It would have been al.
most impossible for any material for the
! production of the image as by mask tC
have been ntT0luced into the cabinet
! = be medium was very securely tied and
there was no possible chance for coliusion
on the part OF a confederate. The bullet
certainly went through the aperture and
through the face, whatever it.Was. This
was ascertained beyond g dalbt by the
finding Of the bail, Il nEviug passed
through the ba6k OF the cabinet and im-
bedded itself in 8 board. The public
can make their own explanations. The
RepUGl5cdn has none to offer.
THE RIFLE.
Globe Democrat
At the distance Of fifteen feet of the
cabinet, aud directly in front OF the
black curtains, has been placed a stand,
where, by means OF q wise, small
breech-iOadiug rife is fastened, after q
load is placed in it, and leveIed SO that
the ball will inevitably pierce the cur
tai1'5 C5pteT. Mr.. A. B. Cunningham,
Of the Gl06e-DeD3Ocr0t, who has been
requested by Mr.. Timken to fire the
rifle, lakes q seat directly behind the
stand. Mr.. Cunningham is crack
shot, with steady nerve. The rifle only
carries a small ball, but Is loaded SO as
to send it easily through an inch plank.
In order 10 prevent the ball lodging in
the well, heavy plank is placed on the
other side o. the cabinet and directly in
the way o! the shot. The ball would not
perhaps kill, but it would mar the beau
iy OF any cOuntensnce that received it.
1t Is five minutes after nine o'clock
when these preliminaries are finished,
and the seanCe really began. The lights
OF the main chandelier are turned down,
although Mr.. Iimken keeps q cosl-Oil
lamp burning near him, which sheds a
dim glare on the cabinet and the black
curtain, on which all eyes are fixed. In
the gloom voices are hushed to a Whis-
per, ard the noises on the street became
painfully audible. AS the whispers die
away the silence became oppressive.
Sing something, if will help me-" said
a voice from the cabinet. Some one in
the crowd strikes up the air,
shall we gather at the river,
the beautiful, the beautiful river,
Shall We gather at the river?
Then comes 3 knocking from the csbi- |
net, The knocks Gathering apparently |
against all the sides, the first is loud |
and authoritative, but the Others be- |
come gradually moro mild and gentle, |
sealling to mind The Raven
"Only this, and nothing more"
Finding that the knocking ceased en-
irsly,and that the silence is disagreeable
0 the spirit, as well as to the company
resent, AT. EuCkett strikes up The Star
SpGUg2eG Banner. There's no response.
md an apprehension is felt that the
patriotic air has lost its power upon the
lIsembodied. Auld Lang Syne, as re-
alling scenes Of the past, is next tried,
ut with similar want OF effect on the |
1reetful spirits. The silence continues
Ven when some one in the hall sings
omething about
81 am p chic. - the forest so wiId,u
0llOwed by the Old Camp Ground. The
epeItoire OF the American portion Of
he audience beiag exhausted, q Ger
1au gentleman sings an operatiC solo,
ia fine soacrOus bass voice filling the
com, acd delightiDg al present. As
comes to close, 8 quick, wild, pain
Il cry is.heard from the cabinet, and all
still again.
TIE FACE APPEARS.
The spirits appear obstinate and mo-
1se. Three. quarters of an hour pass away
'iihOut aDythiu. more than 8 epasmodic |
nock. when about sll hope is given up,
ne curtain is suddenly drawn aside, and
face appears at the WindOW-the face
girl, with blue eyes and brown hair,
Isl budding into WOmanhO1d. The face |
distinctly seen by all present. "Firew !
I'D the voice in the cabinet. The rifle
fired on the instant. The face re-
lains st the window perhaps minute
niger, when 1t Is concealed by the cur
~, which IS mysteTiOusly drawn to
gain. The rest may be told in q very
" words. In fifteen minutes the me-
UIa IS released, excited and exhausted E
ith his IabCIs. An examination of the {
binet shows that the ball passed i
rough the seat opposite the window, |
I'd il ls found in the plank hung down /
y3Ud. The ropes are found as tense s
when they we're first tied, aud on the '
'or being opened, the medium is found ]
curely bound. He ascribes the long t
p7e Of time before the appearance ofthe Y
irit 20 the fact that an Indian spirit s
'trutej itself on him with a war-whoop e
stead Q! his mother, for whom he had q
ked when first placed in the cabinet. s
le spirit that appeared, ne says, was a
s cousin. The money was paid by Mr.. Z
ckens on the spot. Another exhibi-
n y III rtrOb4bIV bn CyivaD !, q farz lava