The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-20
GheqnteIIiatnoer.
a SERlO.COMIC sEANCg.
I,nroar Among the SpIrits--Anna
Eva Fay's Conflict with M"te-

' XVI Fay's Conflict with Mate
riaIism.
from The n. Y.HcaId Of the l7Ih.
Last evening the comfortable hall Of
The San Francisco ministrels, in Broad
Tsy held an assemblage OF q very re-
lined class, present to witness the demon
STATIONS Of Miss Anna Eva Fay, who is
,lescribed in the advertisement as the
celebrated Tndescribable Phenomena or
Spiritual Medium" Every one present
.eemed in the best Of humor. On the
stage there was q cabinet, lined with red
cloth, which had six short legs, each Of
which had pivotal wheel under 1t. The
cabinet was in sight Of the audience, and
it waA not possible for any accessory or
friend Of Miss Fay, TO come near it and
accomplish any trick. Professor Fay,
the manager otthe SeaHee, came forward :
little after eight o'clock and addressed 81
the audience. He was atuIed IN luii
evening dress, and stated that he expect
ed silence from his hearers. lie added
THAT order as had been observer H 'tN.a
Miss Fay had the honor TO appear Oei T
the Prince and Princes oil MAes' IN
mediately the audience became sull'
seeming tocou,ider that II the royal wan
drrrr could repre4s his feelings Tor Miss
81. ssEs tb.Tcould overcome theirs. Il
viii noS have the pleasure TO introduce
IN Won Miss Fav, who will make her mani
fs,iations, We do not pretend TO any
.piritualism or electricity or animal mag:
neti,m. We do not say thatit Ia any OF
these things, nor do we claim that Il Is.
And we ask that committee be appoint.
81 by the audience, who shall examine
the cabinet and Miss Fay, said Professor
Fay, The audience chose Surgeon Gem
eril Hammond, Mr.. Fairehild (who goes
to all spiritualistic SedHeeS to expose
them and Captain Turner Us the commit
tee. Ia 4 moment Miss Fay appeared,
elegantly dressed in black silk, trimmed
win costly white lace having flowing
train. Her hair was in waves upon her
shoulders. The audience gave her a very
courteous reception. The committee, be-
Ing on the stage, were asked to bind Miss
FIya hands, and, as she is very hand.
.one blonde, they were quite gentle in
performing their duty. Mr.. Fairchild
lied cotton strips yard in length around
her wrists and Captain Turner took
needle and thread and commenced to
.tlch them closely, so that it could be dis
covered whether or not they had been
broken, when the manifestation was
ended. All the ladies in the au-
dtsnce laughed heartily when Cap
tain Turner placed his spec!acles on
hi. nose and commenced to sew in a
rather nervous manner. DR.. Hammond
took no part in this performance and Mr..
Flirchild complained that Miss Fay
Sould not hold her wrists closely tOgeth-
tr 50 that he could bind them tight
~. Miss Fay answered that she did not
think it necessary to hurt her, and
THE AUDIENCE SIDED WITH HER.
Professor Fay stated that they had
hired the hall, and they proposed to con-
duct the manifestations in their own way
DR.. Hammond declared that the whole
thing was .humbug. Miss Fay, with a
glance OF feminine contempt ut him that
might have penetrated an Ulster OYER
coat, stated to the audience that DIR.
IIammondhad acted as her personal enc
nv in writing letter to the newspapers
her. She therefore objected
10 him. There was a scene Of great con-
fusion for some time, various gentlemen
in the audience rising to their feet and
screaming at the top Of their voices, and
all the ladies laughing until the tears
came into their eyes. Cries OF Bounce
him. "I.et the committee do their
work !" "Go shoot yourself /" "CEeese
IL" "Pull down the blindw "Hire
HALL" and other humorous illusions,
rang through the house. Billy Birch was
seated at the back of the house, and on it
beng suggested that he should be put on
the committee by some hilarious young
man the minstrel's face became blanched
with fear. lie wanted mo circus, said he,
Tor the audience at the time were having
4 good deal OF fun with their own selected
committee. DR.. Hammond came down
Twice from the stage and was sent back by
the audience. Finally Miss Fay was al
lowed to enter the cabinet, her hands be-
ing tied, Mr.. Fairchild objected to the
method as he stated that there was slack
interval between the bandages on her
wrists. Miss Fay then performed her
demonstrations very successfully. She
drank glass Of water, banged a banjo,
tossed small shot around, played on .
mouth organ, put pail on her head and
placed ring, borrowed from a lady in the
audience, in her ear. All these" stunts"
4. a young man in the audience styled the
mlnipulations, were done with Miss Fay's
hands tied. The committee was COM
pletely puzzled, and the audience got up
roaFiOus and stopped the Performance.
Professor Fay then asked the audience II
they would not permit the dark seGnce to
proceed, but they would not, aud the show
was ended in scene OF Understandable ex-
element.