Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-15
sUPPosITITI0Us sPo0Ks.
Their Dark Ways and Vain Tricks as Ex-
emplifed by Mediums, Initiated Success
fully to the Very Letter.


emplified by Mediums, Initiated Success
fully to the Very Letter.
The auditorium of the Opera House was
almost completely filled last night to wit.
ness repetitions of so-called spiritual mani
festations" by Mr.. and Mrs. L. Brigham
Bishop. The manifestations given by the
Bishops, are not pretended to be actuated
by other than mundane causes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bishop, on the contrary, while throw
ing no discredit upon the creed of spiritual
ism as such, simply maintain that the fol-
| lowers of that belief are humbugged by the
professional mediums, who palm off their
skill and dexterity in mere sleight of hand or
| illusory performances as the re-
suits of spirit agencies. The object,
| therefore, of these seances is to expose
tits trickery, and to convince fair-minded
spiritualists as we'll as the public generally
that materializations and the like can be ac-
complished without invoking the aid of de-
parted spirits fram the vastly deep to unite
knots Or other such trivial pieces of business,
which, it must be confessed, are infinitely
beneath the dignity of an ETHEREAL and eternal
soul.
The first business of last evening was the
appointment of Capt. Starkey, w. d. Rogers,
M. D. Manning and j. @. A. Ward as COM
mittee to watch the proceedings and they
accordingly took chairs en- the STAGE A
curtained cabinet, guitar, tamborine, bells
and other appurtenances used in such cases
were conveniently placed upon the
stage, and the performance began.
The first illustration was repetition by
Mr.. Bishop of the method latterly adopted
by the Davenport brothers in being secured y
1al h %ho ckcx l.
so bound Mr.. Bishop stripped off his own
coat in the curtained closet and then slip
ped himself into Capt. Starkey's. The
''dark circle trick was then explained in
the full blaze of the gas light, to the intense
amusement of the audience. Here followed
the performance by Mrs. Bishop of the noted
tricks with which Annie Eva Foy deceived
the world. For this purpose a post was
screwed down to the floor of the cabinet, in
which one of the committee had previously
fixed an iron ring. Mrs. Bishops hands
were tied behind her to this ring, her feet were
. bound, and she was also fastened by the
neck to the post, the igatures in each case
consisting of bands Of unbleached cotton
adjusted by members of the committee
Thus impaled, as it were, the most extraor-
binary phenomena were exhibited. Bells
were rung and tossed over the curtains i'll
shower, the tamborine was jingled, and a
Fourth of July fusilade of fire crackers ano
pistols was discharged. A ring placed in
Mrs. Bishops mouth was passed into he1
ear and afterward securely knotted ina bano
around her neck. Mr.. Rogers was placed
blindfolded with Mrs. Bishop in the cabinet
with his arms placed around her so as to pre-
vent her moving. A guitar placed
beside Mrs. Bishop was played
and, when the curtains were with
drawn it was found placed between the occu
pants of the enclosure-all being done, as
Mr.. Rogers assured the audience, without
movement of Mrs. Bishops body. The
lady also wrote upon slate upon her lap
the pencil being placed between her feet
Finally, she drank glass of beer while he
hands were filled with shot and coin bal
anced on each already bound foot, the glass
being in her mouth when the curtain wa.
withdrawn. Mr.. Bishop then exemplifed
slate writing by putting two states upo1
Capt. Starkey's head, who had first washed
the states. The entertainment concluded
with the "Kattie King naturalization in al
its ghostliness.
!. Unquestionably the performance was tn,
finest exhibition of its class ever given il
this city. The phenomena were accom-
plished with celebrity as marvellous as the,
were mysterious. It is proposed tonight t,
elucidate in open gas light the principle
upon which the tricks are gone through. Ii
other words, full expose will be afforded o
!; the maooats opera1adS of mediumistic chi
: canery which has so long dazzled the believ
ing and deceived the unbelieying, togethe
with explanations of clairvoyancy, mind
reading and other acts of unconscious cere
bration.
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