, 1876-12-23
EXPOSED.
A Spiritual Medium at Springfield,
ILL.,. Brought to Grief,
And the nTot1tls Opernndf Of Per-
forming. tho Tricks
Explained,
An Interesting Chapter in spiritualtsm.


Srntxur1EIp, H., Dec. 18.-The ncws Of The
exposure Of certain Spiritual medium IA thfs city
has just rcachcd your correspondents cars. How
the medium camt here, when ho first decided to
become ''medlun1," The circumstances under
which he developed, Lbs modus oprraadi Of per.
forming tho marvellous Tricks, and the manner IN
which he was exposed. all form \ very Interesting
chapter In The annals Of splrltualism. That This
chapter might not 90 unwrltlon. the writer hast.
encd to gather the particulars, which he found to
bu al folows:
This medium, George II. Wright, Ia young man,
or boy, about 11 ycara Of 0ge. lila mother,
widow. lireH At Terso lInnta, Ind. She naser was
very literally supplied with worldly goods, get
what 1ittle ahs did have to spare sho decldtd 10
spend upon her son In giving him medical cduca.
tfon. 10 th.s cnd he came 10 Springfield In Janu.
ary last, and entered tho otlce of D.. Lori, near
tha Revere flouse, On Washington street. rhorc !lc
Il allll atudylng. Arrangements wero made for hia
bonrd With IN unc1c, living 1t 800 North Fifth
street.
in general appearance The ex-medlum Is not very
prcpoasessIng. lie Is rather below tbs medium
height, snd weighs about 1.o pounds. 1lo wcaes
hla hair close to !s head: In fact he cannot wear
II any other way, for It carls tight TO his skull.
Ills face and eyes-thero Is deslltry to be srcn In
every feature, ne ntuliea human nntuse and tho
besl way to lmpo.e upon 4 In harmless way
on foot 10 play practical Joke. 1la has learned
the business 60 well that l,c slceceda in nlnlost
ssSS5y m Instance: And an9tles tlnE be seanted
could not get angry with him. In almost erery
Joke, tic victim Will oily laugh and permit lin.
a.lt 10 oe tue victim of snotcr before 10 is fairy
through laughing abpnt the arst.. -
this reppft came to Springfield last .1anuary. Thu
family With whom lc wont 10 board wcro rome.
What Interested In the subject Of spirinaltsu md
ri clint tthI ch
wcrt being held under tho direction Of 4 III.
nays. .,bcs.er, known IN ths sy " the .'rnapp!ng
Monroe. seanccs were held IL ths house almost
nightly. Some nights the scanccs wero private,
Tls On 9thet h a: n wss o AL
velopinF clrcies lie main obJeet being to a,cef.
ta!n wao q the Visitors, II any, possessed me.
M days .sea g. SeoS ysanr Wright
was Invited to attend ono Of these ''deseloplng
circles. aud tho invitation was accepted.
HIS PlHsT CIRCLE.
Tho yomng doctor had never attended Spiritual
meeting before. aud DO was quito Interested In The
performances wlncl, he raw there. Tho principal
sSs vas talkIas n} she va s eon!rpiIe piiIIs
by the sp!r!t (so-rallcdl ot an Inltan Chief. and
FIN Sa I'll ,; dnn Gst Mas s,1o
until hs lefi her. some, others Of tlosc present
m os con,g II ses ::
to run about tho house yelling like tnadH,cn.
Tnoto lungs made quite an impression On Tho
self tho question why he could not be Spiritual
medium a. well "a anybody c!se. After thinking
oyef hs l IT, The eonesqn II hnt O
and perhaps beat them.
Snfe enough when tho night for the next 'de-
sooner was tho ltght turned down, just leaving
light enough IN witch form could be seen, hut
not recognized. and the Indispensable harnontzlng
eIglng commenced, than he made some manlfos-
tattuns Indicating that he WAS feeling tho inlu
snss 'qn.5e str9agly: Al eyes in The room wero
TIo sasng va Eos up viii siSor, I and n'v soen to
indncnce was too strong 10 hs overcome by tho
yo5ns DOCTOR aHa he gays 1ia,elf sr to ts con.
mediums wcss carefully a,il accurately executed
by himself: Those spftitua!'sts present who wore
strong evidence that onr spirits live on after DEATH
and have the puwer to- and do, return 10 earth and
make themselves manlfenst to their friends IN this
When Tue control. left the medium, he seemed
to be verY much bcwltteeed. tfn looked very much
io,nss" "''0 VIVA
Tas e1pte,s!en Of the t.se va 20 innocent. taat
all TIM Srltaltst1 present nt cnce brGln to In
th1s young brand future, Ereht medium. Al the
next scance tue older mediums pronounced him
dlctrd for him great t.ns-. onc . Two c1asr:oy-
coming to take control q - worlderfal mcdiun.
MEDIUM DEVELOPED NArIDLr.
:, After Few Klttlnge, rlps began to accompany
tho medium wlcucyer ha sat In circle. TMcsr,
Of course. wcru produced by tho n.cliun,. Final.
X. furniture begun to bu a.9vyd in hr presence.
The n!ngnet[sa. ~ he called H. was stronger at
s a. taFya u s as t.
gun 10 sprral quite rapidly At a',aust every CIR
slo seno new Ihase Of t'o phenomenon presented
dium." Icing naturally very s;y aost ri fellow,
thu medium watched lts chances, aNa whenever m
:5s ss ssssG!s ssc. IL 'x au F b n 10 @ ss %
tic next clrcls lo would perform lhe wonderful
feat q telling wbcro tho !osl ARTICLES could bs
nscdMm was not sstisaei at performing there con-.
,Aon trcks. lie sraute4 TO- ba i iHlt.ltclgel boss
mcdla,u and 90 10 eanscd t'lo spirits t. suggest
parcd 70. him grcht RESULTS m!sh follow. Accord.
iug1ya enb!net was Prepared in one corner q
@ Sor III Est strse, e eaaet ne s"sei 81
largo baahLet or quilt hung IN cord acrots tho
corner. ona Or two ecautek wctu hed IN this cab.
clafMcd that this owing 10 tho fact tat there had
csor been 4ny ttrclch theto before. and tt c"rner
!d not contain The requisite amount VI ''masnrt'
appeared ycfy confident. however. that II tho cir
eses were Kept iip SONG very remarkable mans!cs-
accompanying thcfc lrst cabnet sca,,ees wrrr very
common. The medium, was always tied when
placuA IN tc cab'nut, and after the light had been
ttruInents were heard. When the light was called
for, the MEDIUM would a!mpst invariably b. iuun
III "tranes" snl tho knots ~ 4ntied. r. tllo
SPlrituHllkts this Mas remarkable; 10 othcyA
medium was w. @re!s.rkabls espst. 'a ,unty!ns ''s
was tied was door leading fntu tho dining. room.
and over the door was whars Tho musical! i1stra-
mcnts were PLACED: t"as:xesy evident under the
befors they conii play on tAs Instruments, Tor ho
could not rcach thum wtrr tied II tho chair.
As shu meetings Trogresse4 tic manifestations
GEEUuliuH and remarkable,