Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
MOTIFS MISERY.
Sensation Produced at Memphis
BY His Exposure.
Special Correspondence Gate City.

Special Correspondence Gate City.
MEMPHIS, Mo-, May MANY of the
citizens are visiting Motifs residence
south of the depot, examining the
chair in which Mott sits while in
trance ( p, conversing with his falni-
ly and friends who regard the work
of Pattee as the best test of the reality
of spiritual manifestation they have
yet seen. They deny that the stains
referred to in yesterdays commune
cation as found on back of chair and
cushion, are aniline stains, but those
who have made close examination af.
ter subjecting the spots to the mos,
careful scrutiny, decide that there il
no longer any doubt that
MOTT WAS sTANDANG UP,
leaving the chair empty at the time
the aniline was thrown in his face
Mr.. Pattee and party declare that the
stains were found to cover Mott.
chin, cheeks and-.neck, while Motif
friends declare that only one side Of
his face and neck were stained. The
shirt which Mott wore, was examined
and shows the following conditions
1t has fifteen inch collar band, and
is stained, commencing on the lef
side about two inches from button a,
back of the neck to within four inch
es of button hole at back of the neck
so that nine inches are stained and
six remain white. This points to thu
fact that Mott received the dye while
FACING pATTEE.
Besides this the upright back-piect
and cushion of the chair would have
been covered by his body had MOT
occupied the chair, but thirty-thret
distinct aniline stains are found or
the back-piece and at least five on thu
cushion. One gentleman dampenei
his white pocket handkerchief to-da,
and placed it over the cushion Of thu
chair, (Which is covered with darl
large figured CALICO and took an i'm
perfect impression of the stains
This handkerchief was shown to YOU
correspondent, and there is no doub
that the stains are aniline. The gen
tleman who made this impression
states that it is his belief that if tn
cussion cover could be dampened an.
placed in letter press at least fit,
aniline spots could be detected.
| VARIOUS OPINIONS
are expressed by different persons a
to what will be the result Of the ex
pose. No seances have been held we
but it is Thought Mott will continu
his medium-ship and that people vii
continue to visit him as if nothing
had happened to mar the "harmony
or disturb the Conditions"
Mrs. Mott, Loami Mott, his brother
and tie Pitkin family are very nue.
disturbed over the unhappy occur
renee and regard the whole affair a
an outrage and attempt Of tn
churches" to break up Motifs busi
ness, by whose influence they sa
Pattee was hired to create the disturb
ance. Loami Mott was heard to stat
. to medium Mott, to-day, that he di
not want his name mixed up in
THE DID BUSINESS.
This same Loami Mott, however, ha
been holding seances for some time I
his own residence and makes som
pretensions to mediumship. Mr.. !
p. Mott, the father Of the medium
who by the way is not a spiritualis
says that if gun were placed wit
: its muzzle at the cabinet aperture an
, fired into q spirits face it is his opil
ion that materializations would ceai
, forever, so far as Harvey has an,
thing to do with them.