The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05
THE rARArrrSE HAND nuMnue
Mrs. Hardy's Alleged Formation Of
spirit Hands In water Ia.
plOded,
IFrom wooahaIl nnd cInnln. woeLlrl

From woodruff ana Claaln's Weeklyl
Mrs. NJ NJ. Hardy, the medium
through whom the NATURALIZATION Of
hands TO form casIs VI paratllne has re-
Gently caused 10 great oommotlou
among splrlluallsts- especially In Dos.
toil her place 0f resldence--Teoently
gave three seances In this city, one Al
Republican Hall, aud two succeeding
ones At the private residence OF Mrs.
Dr HUI, a prominent splritualIst and
Investigator OF this city. The circle
consisted OF Mira. Austin, ut whose
house Mrs. Hardy was guest, Mrs.
Lila Barney Sayles, Mrs. DR., Hull,
Bronson Murray, Mrs. Winchester
ana some thirty Others.
AZ Mr. and Mrs. Hardy were pro-
ceeding with Mr.. aud Mrs. Austin 10
the residence OF Mrs. Hull, ON the
evening appointed for the second So
anoe, Mrs, Austin observed that Mrs.
Hardy hid dropped something, and
called herattention 10 the fact. Where
upon II was discovered that II was a
fully prepared paralllne hand, care
fully wrapped In wool, which, by the
way was a substance that Mrs. Aus.
TIN had noticed was plentlhlly scat
tered over the carpet OF the room
occupied by the medium, When Mrs
Hardy found that she had dropped and
spoiled her parailine hand, she be-
came very much excited, aud took her
husband to task for 30 carelessly pre-.
pairing the bag in which she carried 1t,
probably suspended among her clothes,
remarking, "You know well enough
that 10 Ia the only one we have got.n
The production Of the hand that night
wasa failure none appeared, but In
place OF II some exhibitions Of fingers
and toes through the cracks formed by
separating the boards Of an extension
table. Strange TO say, the following
day q stocking cut of below the toes
was found In her room by Mrs. Aus.
tins niece, who also on another ocea-
sion on entering the room suddenly,
discovered Mrs. Hardy making hur-
rled but Intellectual attempt TO hide a
paraillne glove'Gast under the folds OF
her dress This seance occurred on
the 10th instant.
On the 18th instant the third and |
last one was held. BY this time the |
suspicious of the party were fully
awakened, and everything was pre- |
pared with the greatest care, aud the !
performance guarded with every pos.
slble prepaptlon. At the first time
they developed the table IN the bag,
with seams on the side opposite 10 the
medium, and the aperture tied with a
cord, the end OF which was held by a
person present, A lengthy space Of
time was insufficient; no hand was
produced. The medium was put In the
the bag with the seams ut her back.
A hand was produced this time, but
the bag had been turned round with
the seams In front, aud was ull spat-
tered with paratline. One of the party
was deputed to watch her through u
darkened window. She saw her work
the bag round, and Der hand through
The seams, but the light was too dim
TO discover when the paralilne hand
made its exit from the bug; but that IL
did so not one Of the above named
parties have the slightest doubt. An
other test which was prepared was
the parllne by the chemist
rom whom IL was purchased, and
is being reweighed by the same ~.
er the pretended naturalization, and
'ound to be exactly the same to the
fifteenth part of an ounce. As the
vast weighed at least pound, this
act proves that 1t was not formed
rom the paraliine IN the pail
All of these facts, together with
much other detail, have been put IN
he form Of an affidavit, signed by
he acting mem bers OF the circle, and
opies forwarded to all the Spiritualis-
|c papers.