The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-30
THE rtnirrIyH HtxD HrMnro.
Mrs. HRriy's ALLEGED Formation of ~piri,
Hands in Water Exploded.

Mrs. NJ. NJ Hardy. the medium through
whom the GENERALIZATION OF hands to form casts
OF pdr4iiiue mas recently caused so great a COM
motion am NJ Spiritualists especially In Ilos-
ton, her place Of residence recently gave three
sehhces IN TINS city, one AZ ltspuhlican Hall and
Two succeeding ones at the private residence IT
Mrs. DR.. Hun. a prominent Spitituslist ana in.
tostgator OF this city. The circle consisted of
Mrs. Austin. at whose house Mrs Hardy was "A
guest, Mrs. lita Barney SaNlcs, Mrs. Dr. Hun,
bronson Murray, Mrs. Winchester, and some
NJ, ana Ma. Austin TO The residence Of Mrs.
uull' on the evening appointed for the second
rahce, MIS-, Austin observed that Mrs. Hardy
ma dropped somotblhg, and called her attcn-
tlnn 10 tho tact, Whereuppn il was discovered
ma II was fully prepared parafino hand. care
ir!ly wrapped In wool, winch, 10y the way. was a
substance that Mrs. Austin had noticed was
pleniliullN scattered over the carpet OF he room
occupied hv tho medium. When Mrs Hardy
founl thrt she had dropped and spoiled her
parafne hand. she became very much excited.
ana TOOK her husband 10 task for 40 careessly
preparing tho bag In which she carried II, prob.
ably suspended among her clothes remarking
" Y gu know well enough that 1t Is the only one
we nave got The production OF the hand that
night was failure none appeared. but In place
OF II some exhibitions Of fingers and toes through
sn n crachI formed by separatnG the boards Of
ing day stocking cut 81 telow tho toes was
FOUND IN her room by Mira. Austin's niece, who
also on another occasion, on entering the room
suddenly, discovered Mrs. Hardy making n hur.
Iled OUT lnenectual attempt TO hide a paraliins
giove-cast under the fOlds Of her dress. This
seance occurred on the 10Th inst
on the 18th inst. the third aud last one was
held. by this time the suspicious of the party
were lully awakened, and everything was pre-
pared WIN the greatest care, ana the perform
ance guarded with every possible precauton.
AT the FIRST time they enveloped the table in the
BAG, with the seams on the sido opposite to the
medium, and the aper ure tied with a cord the
end OF which was held by person present.
lengthy space OF time was insufficient no hand
was produced. The medium was nut in the bag
with the seams at her back. A hand was pro-
ducod this time, but the bag had been turned
round with the senms In front. and was all spat-
tered with rardfline. One Of the party was de-
putcd to watch her through darkened window
ohe saw her WORK the bag round. and her hand
through the seams, but the light was too dim 10
discover when the paraline hand made its exit
rom the bag but that II did so, not one OF the
above named parties have the slightest doubt
nnpther test winch WAS prepared was Weighing
tne ptraiilhe by the chemist from whom il was
p1n'rnased and rs being reweighed 10y the same
.l'rr the pretended naturalization, and found
~ ne tNdctly tho same to the sixteenth part of
* ~ "ulN', As the cast weighed nj least pound
tns isot proves that 1t was not formed from Tie
Al oI These facts, togtthe with much other
detail; nave been put in the form of an afidnvit
slsneu bN the acting members of the circle AMI
copies forwarded to all e Spirtualistic papers