The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-16

the table, so you will readily understand
what follows. In few minutes she said some
one had written. took the slate out and
found one side written full in beautiful
hand, and very straight lines, commencing
"My dear husband" and ending "your
loving spirit wife executrix." 1t contained
some very beautiful sentiments and good
advice. / seemed very much overcome and
asked permission to keep the slate for franz
ing. This pleased the medium and ended
the sitting. Now, right here most persons
| would have been satisfedlwith the fraud and
have left Disguised, but not so with me.
knew the theory advanced by the spiritual
lists that Ii we attempt deception
WE OURSELVES ARE DECEIVED,
so thinking this might be "Diakks" 1
kept mum. During the day there
were several new arrivals, among others
the celebrated lecturer Mr.. Thos. Gales
Foster, and wife, and four gentleman
from Psns, Illinois. As we all stopped
at the same boarding house, we soon fra
| ternized and agreed to compare notes. Sat-
urday night came and another seance in
which the spirits of friend and my cousin
came out so natural and life-like was
dumbfounded. The figures were very SINH
lar and even the movements were familiar.
The light being too dim to discern the TEA
! lures, 1 could not identity them positively.
They came for ward and severaly shook hands
light is always too dim to swear to the
identity of any one. You must understand
they came out separately and at different
times; other spirits came out and we were
all mysti6ed. This seance was much better
than the former one. Before leaving, the
gentlemen from Pana made arrangements
for private seance on Sunday morning.
asked and obtained permission to make one
of the number. Sunday morning came,
bright and beautiful, and we repaired to the
| ax.rkf oIx he 1f dox, d
perfectly excluded. There being very
to sit very near She cabinet. Al
most the first spirit to appear was my wife.
She came forward and shook hands. Issked
her II she would not embrace me. After re-
turning to the cabinet for more power, she
came forward, put her arms about my neck
and kissed me, and felt her warm breath
tanning my cheek. "Tell it not in Gath"
II my wife should find 1t outl Ohi!! was
very much affected and shed tears copiously
~, which greatly endeared me to the me-
dunn and general manager, who ever alter
figuratively took me to their bosolns.
Other spirits appeared, but were not recog-
nized. After the seance the others privately
expressed themselves dissatisfied and sug-
gested, as the medium had all of the condi-
J tions on her SIDE, we should secretly impose
conditions of our own, so then wet. ii.
Mccoy, Cspt. s. p. Mooney, d. +. Overholt,
DIR. l.. d. Higgins, of Psna, and myself
entered l0LO conspiracy 10 Q0L6cb Tie
medium. We repaired to drug store and
purchased some lampblack. At night we
severally put small package in our pockets
| and repaired to the seance hal u which was
> now In an upper room to accommodate the
| large audience that had assembled. /, as al
most one of the elect, was given
A PROMINENT SEAT IN FRONT,
and the others were seated near
, Our object in procuring the lamI
l black was to we'll blacken our fingers, snC
as the spirits were good, sociable souls, fonC
! of hand-shaking, they would necessarily
5 take portion of the black, and we should
easily tell who was personating or playing
!, spirits. We determined, If, after the show, tn,
medium could show "white and unspotted'
: hands, to then and there avow our belief in
spiritualism, and humbly ask the spirits
pardon. II was very fine night for mani
testasions, so they said, and 1t was not lonG
q before Belle" one of tie mediums con
8 trolls, came out and perambulated the stage
> shaking bands with the old chiefs. so
licited the honor of a shake; was honOred
!. and gave her the best / had in the box
d and sat down quaking in my boots
o at the great crime had done. Others soor
came out, and, at each hand snake, gave
: them a renewed dose. So soon as the lights
: we're turned up mounted the platform anC
. approached the medium, who found rub
7 bling her eye, the transition from darkness
. to light being too great for her. 1 asked be-
!. to please show me her hand. She mechani
y cally put it forth, and found it as black q
: the ace of spades. Great heavens! how tina
, woman lookedi 1 sincerely pitied her, anC
!, told her she had better hide her hands ant
make hasty .exit. Before she could act OF
: the suggestion others bad seen her hands
and it was too late. There was the creates
o EXCITTMENT AMONG THE FAITHFUL.
- +Aa I'll :.
explain how the spirits being materislizs
i from the mediums organism would neces
9 ssrily impart to her what they receive; bu
!. to my mind this was too transparent.
soon became too warm, so we, the guilt
I cnes, left, nor stood upon the order OF on
/. going, but quietly slipped out of the door
O When we consplrators had gathere
: together in the boarding house there wa
q even had the hardihood to say the medium
3 was not guilty, that the spirits had blacke
d her hands. When related my previous ex
3 perience with her he visibly weakened, an
; l doubt not he now marks her down
d fraud. So ends my investigation
t OF the phenomena of spiritual
= ism. / am thoroughly disguise
Is with the whole subject. You knoN
n my previous experience with Mrs
q Kegwin, Mrs. Hollis and others, and no'
e unhesitatin ely denounce the whole thing q
v q cheat and fraud of the darkest dye, an
I cling to the only true philosophy of "On
A God and the universal brotherhood of man.
It This is my creed from this time hencefort
'. and forever. hope you win profit by IN
n ex perience, which has been obtained afte
n years of patient investigation and a cor
n siderable outlay OF time and money. As
4. what should be done with such characters
/ do not say, certainly something, as they ar
ar leading many souls astray and ruinin
e. e4.> 80 ~-tN
with respect. G.. B. w.
CLARKsvILLE, Tenn.
n One May day, between ninety and on
v. hundred years ago, John, tenth earl {
,t Westnoreland, while dining with M