The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-01-28

HIS TrLe Character Expe-ed at
Scs.sce In Cars01.

ve,y neatly caaght in Carson by the
clnmg,est Kind of trick. He fell into
tle trap SO quickly and completely that
it must be very credulous person in
deed, WHO will believe that the nan
VINO bites 80 quickly, has aid from
heaven to do his slight Of hand tricks.
The little job can be e.. planned ia a few
wo g. and was briefly as Follows: j.
Il. King, tain dispatcher of the ". &
T. r. H., w. d. Mann, ticket rent,
and John Forbes, agent for d. w.
Es,le, went to the seance ON last
Monday evening. They being all
STRANGERS apd rabelievels, the So, It's
had a good deal'of t.ouble 20 ma e
respectable showing. The medium
sad that there was sosDe o1e p eselt
VINO exerted his VIII so strongly thet
be could not call up spiriss from the
Vastly deep, or if he dad they would
not come. He invited The gentlemen
TO call antin end he would promise
them a more satisfactory sitting, which
tley did on Friday at leo. In the
mea u me King had given some points
TO WIN. lCuslel. and he called upon
Slade with the intention Of posOiDg him
according to orde s. He had
A MEMO eANoUM
Stating that Kings fasher, John King,
died IN June 1868, and his sister; Nell
lie KIM, in March, 1871. (IAing's faith
err is living, and he never hal a sister
Nellie kins) On Wednesday Cusler
called on Slade and was shown INFO an
inner room. He appeared confused,
and told Slade he had an embarrassing
GRAND, and hardly knew how to ap-
peoach him. The mediusn misunder-
STOOD him entirely, and thinking he
wanted his services in a certain branch
OF his business which is mot on the
bills, he approached the gentleman
and rendered him Offices which AROUSED
his as5ooisament and indignation to the
ishest pitch. The mediumtg gave
him no opportunity to explain his real
err2 nd, but proceeded to a degree OF
disgusting familiarity srch as could not
be described in any public way. Some
one entered the outer room at this mo-
meat, and Cusfer made it an. excuse to
leave, saying he would call again. He
handed him the memorandum and told
him King was scoffer, andwas laugh
ing at him. Slade said: s'Oh l can.
not control the spirits. Taey write
what they please, and never know
until | read it what it is At the APP
pointed hour the three gentlemen were
on hand, and the medium was found in,
high feather. He said King was a very
strong medium, and had wonderful
power. No time was lost,
THE SLATE WAS FOLDRO,
Shut upon very small piece Of pencil,
and the scratching began. The mes
sage read: Dear Brother: Why do
you doubt when things are so plain. |
am often by you, and so is father. We
are not able to say much now, only 60
on aud investigate and you will find
the trath. ] am your adeetioRate
sister, Nellie King Sistle now said:
why / had &c message on Monday
from n. King, why did you not fecog-
nize it?' King said he did not see it,
but thought there were some he did not
see. Mann spoka up aud said he saw
one sisaed n King, in order to keep
the thing up and see how far it would
so. the slate was again closed and
asked; 'Why did you not recognize
me Monday King says the slate was
under the table, aud he believes Slade
writes a good deal with his foot, as he
caught him putting it into his slipper
Slade took a good deal of money from
the gullible Carsonites, but after he
gave himself away SO badly, he lin
gered not upon the order of his going,
but struck out the same day. He
spent Thursday evening in Reno.
where he tried to make few converts,
and did his slate tricks successfully,