The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-12
FLlMsY FRAUD.
ExposI1IoN OF THE TRIcKs OF a
Spirit MEDIUM.
AN Account which will bs Of FspreiaI
Interest 10 whseIIns Headers,
Most OF whom bave "been
there " rhemseIves-Ihs
Bame OId'story.
spIRIrulLrsH EXPOSED.
A Bosion Mediums tricks Dupiieatef,
To ikih DiscBmfiIure.

To ith Discamhiure.
Bosroy, November ll-rremont TEN
pie was packed full last evening on the oc
casion Of the exposure by Rev. A. A
Waite. Of the alleged spiritusIistic mani
festations OF an unknown medium,
which was the result oi a challenge made
by Col. King, in Music Hall, at the clos.
of Mr.. waite's lecture and exhibition
there week or two ago. Accord
ing 10 agreement, ccmmit
tee composed OF three persons
chosen by Mr. Waite, and three by Mr..
King, was appointed To watch the proceed.
Ings, and decide whether the pelfor.
maucss OF the medium were satisfactorily
duplicated by Mr.. Waite or not. The
committee were: For King-Dr. Dymoud
Rev Dr.. Damon, and Prof.. Allep. Fo,
Waite-Dr. Frark Bundy, O. N. Chase,
aud s. W. Clifford.
MIR. Waile ON being introduced was en-.
Enthusiastically applauded. He slated thai
eight years ago he was sle GIT Of hand
performer and dissipat,a man. but that
religion had changed all that. His friends
never knew Of bis connection with sleight
0f hand performance, he having destroy.
"d all OF his apparatus when converted,
EIs said that the tests which he
Ii d been challenged to 90 through
q ncerned, fist, hiH ability 10 dupli Cate
and explain all the 'manif stations" and
performances OF so,called. spiritualistic
mediums, and secondly, the resppctability
Df there mediums. He reiterated that all
mediums are most certainly frauds. Re.
Spec'ability or morality was nOs necessary
IL their character. He stated that he had
otfsred to invite Mr.. Cnas. Watkinp, the
well known spiritualistic medium, to come
upon the pla form. He called seV ersl times
for va kins, and iectivii g no response
added that he had offered Watkins ten
$40 bills II he would dare to meet him In
public. MIR. Waite explained that The
agreement between him and Mr..
King was that the proceeds Of
this performance should be divided
equally between them, and be added lhst
il he failed In the test he would give all 10
Rirg. but II he won he would give his
halt 10 the charities. u
A man then stepped upon The platform
and was introduced BY Col. King as Mr..
Warren Line In. Of Maplewood, aud as q
genuine medium The latter briefly ad.
dressed the audience, and stated that he
bad met most every "exposer" in the
world, some OF whom he had found to be
mediums themselves. He said that
form the manifestation" but TO be under
the 1t tlnence oi some departed spirit; his
spirit" was that OF Essimosset, an Indian
chief who had died some time ago.
The tests were then proceeded with,
the medium" and Mr.. Waite each being
provided with the ususl cabinet and other
apparatus. The cabinets stood near each
other on The platform, aud the principal
d ference In them was the mediums was
closed in front by curtain, aud that OF
Mr.. Waite by wodOors. The first test was
that known ss the tying test, in which
the medium Ia shut up in the cabinet,
and, when the cabinet il opened,
he appears securely bound, hand and foot,
10 chair, and while bound so bell Is
ruDg, guitar played. etc. These per.
formauces were accurately duplicated and
explained TO the audience on the open
platform by Mr.. Waite, by showing that
ihe hands aie 20 tied that they can BIZ
very easily slipped out A gentleman and
lady were shut up in the cabinet with
the medium, while he was tied
and the lady testified that, while the
manifestations" we're going on, the me.
dium moved his arm. Dr.. Bundy ydeclaied
that he exposed this same medium In
Paine Memntial Hall, two weeks ego, aid
demanded that he should allow bis thumbs
10 be tied and sealed up before he was
closed up In the Cabinet. This the me-
iiun said he would do later in the evening
MIR. Waite wac equally successful in du.
p'icaiing and explaining the test with
handouts and The "holdipg test" to the
satisfaction and immense amusement ol
the audience. Finally, the medium al.
nwed his thumbs 10 he tied and sealed, In
which cnndluOn similar manifestations
to0k place In the cabiuet. This, too, was
duplicated by Mr.. Waite, who aiterward
showed the audience with how much
ease the knot could be slipped. when the
medium and his as istant fed from the
platform amid wild defisive cheering on
the psrt OF the audiepnce.
Mr.. waiie thanked his audience for
their attention, and offered brief prayer,
Ut the conclusion OF which there were
lsud calls for king" Mr.. King, after q
time, made his appearance, aud stated
that Slr. Waite had done admirably, and
acknowledged that his medium" WAS
beaten. but claimed "that It was by spirit.
ualihlic power"