Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-28
BALDWIN,.

utmost capacity, last night. by an
audience assembled to witness Prof.
Baldwin's expose Of s~piritualism and
its attendant humbugs. We will pre-
mise an attempted description of the
entertainment by stating that the Pro.
lessor kept his promise of giving the
best show aver given in Eureka, the
best because it was the most novel.
Baldwin is al excellent talker, having
a rapid and engaging delivery and
keeping his audience amused by a
flow of language humorous and de.
scriptive of the character of the enter
tainment. The most notable of the
tricks-fOr he acknowledges them to
be tricks-performed by the Professor
were the rope-tying feats. He allowed
himself to be tied fast to q chair placed
within a cabinet made of a wooden
frame, covered with black cambria.
The doors of the cabinet were closed
and almost Immediately there was the
sound of the ringing of bells and blow
ing Of horns; hands were thrust
through apertures in the cabinet and
displayed at its open top, and tambor-
ines and horns were flung owe the
top with a perfect l~ooseness. On open.
ing the doors, Baldwin was found sit
ting in the chair as tied by the COM
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Maupin,
Dennis, Gilmore and q. l.. Scott, with
not a knot disturbed from the position
in which it had been tied. Patent
ratched handouts and manacles, fur
nished by Sheriff Gilmore, were placed
on his hands and feet, and while closed
in the cabinet he removed them in the
twinkling of an eye. In another in
lance he seated himself in the cabinet;
the doors were closed, opened again in
a few moments and lie was tied fast to
Il chair. The knots on the rope were
then sealed with sealing-wax, in the
presence of The committee, a coat be.
longing to one of the committee placed
on another chair, the doors closed, re.
| opened in a moment and he was found
seated in the chair, still tied and the
seals unbroken, but with the commit
teeman's coat on. The breast and
sleeves of the GOA were then sewed
up, the door closed again, and in a short
space of time the coat was flung over tho
top OF the cabinet; the door was OPEN
ed, and there sat Baldwin, tied as be-
fore. Subsequently the cabinet doors
were again closed, opened again in a
moment and Baldwin appeared, sit
ting in his chair, as free as when he
first entered the cabinet.
The mind reading, by Mrs. Clara
Baldwin, was puzzliug to the audience,
but not very mysterious when 1t is
taken into consideration that the ma
jority Of the questions answered was
such as would naturally be asked by
some n in so large an audience, and
could be anticipated by the medium,
so-called. One question, as the Devil
dead?' was one of those that could
hardly have been anticipated except
by collision with the person asking it.
1t was answered in rhyme, and was
probably a put-up job. However, the
Professor has promised to explain to
night how all the tricks arr performed,
and those who attend will learn how
the thing is done. One gentleman who
asked the question, "Wnl there be a
spring rise in stocks this winter?" re-
ceived the cheering answer that be
would be wealthy inside of six months
and lie murdered for his money inside
of eighteen months. If the gentleman
who asked this question is ever killed
fer his money, hi. murderer will
be a terribly fooled individual. The
Katie King materializations, which at
the time of their introduction by the
spiritualists created such an excite
ment in spiritualistic circles and caused
the insanity of Robert Dale Owen, are
mysterious and startling, being per-
formed with the room darkened. A
rope was tied around Mrs. Baldwin's
neck and knotted several times by one
of the committee. She then seated
| herself in a chair within the cabinet
and the ends of the rope were turned
to the back of her neck and passed
through augur holes bored in the cabi-
net and there securely tied. The
doors were then closed and soon faces
appeared at an aperture in the front
of the cabinet, which apparently an
swered questions propounded by the
medium. This part of the affair we
take to be on the principle of the
Punch and Judy performance; but it
got the audience when u spook APP
peared and walked about on the stage.
On the doors being opened, Mrs. Bald
win was found tied in the same position
a. placed by the committee. All The
tricks performed by the Professor,
with only the visible assistance OF
his wife. were very puzzling, and
IhlCaiiatCA ~ AiahC Tx la tail oi
end, like quilts upon the frightful
grounding, were il not that he stat.
ed that they were all performed by
human agency and that there was
nothing supernatural connected with
the business. He has promised to
explain everything tonight so that it
can be comprehended by the COM
monest understanding; and probably
the same large audience that witnessed
the performance last night will be
there tonight to see how the old thing
works. No one should miss the OPP.
portunity Of seeing this performance,
for it is certainly the most wonder
full ever witnessed here.
No MEETING To-NIoHT.-Owing to
other engagements, the nominees