Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-21
SHADES SLEiGHT
or bRAWiNG IOGGTHtR THE GULL
ELt,
And His Manner Of Dealing With Them
Washington Hal Packed full Of Fifty
Cen'ers' Last Night-A tumble
of Tricks Good, Bad and lndif-
ferent-Siade Arrested.

of Tricks Good. Bad and lndif-
terent-Siade Arrested.
There is always one class OF humbugs
thst Sits Wheeling thoroug" and that
is the spiritualistiC class. No difference
where one OF these gentlemen gltcnes
mis- tent he is always sure OF cur!lal
reception, and the small Gdm'ssion lee
merely To pay expenses ~ always l0rth-
coming with an alscrlty tnat Is charm
ing. Long before the usual hour OF
opening the doors last night the block
between Main and Chapine streets on
Twelfth WAS one surging, noisy mass oi
humanity, and when the dOOra were
Opened they rushed in 20 the hdll Ike
sheep into rev pasture, crowdinsann
almost ,readiag each other down IN
their eagerneSs TO be gulled.
At 8 o'clock the hall was filed almost
to suffocation while III the gallery there
was no necessity for any artificial calorlc
to keep things comfortable. Never was
the hall so uncomfortable and mlsceils-
neouslv full II its history. The spirit
ualist did not put in bis appearance
very promptly, as he was engaged IN
taking tickets and money At
the door, and "standing-roDm only"
was not in the least discOurdglng TO
him. Snaps like that did not occur
every Sunday with him and he pre-
posed working that one for all that was
in it. It was fully quarter past eight
o'clock when Mr.. Slade came upon the
stage and asked for order, saying 1t was
imp Jssible for him to do snoihin9 with
out the most genuine silence. lie
then retired and a season OF CatcaIls,
with puppy whining variatlonslollowed,
and these were terminated by the APP
pearance of the man himself, who
silenced the assembled multitude ny
his bad eye, in moment.
Mr.. Siade is small man, rO' st al
bad locking, and talks very iluentIy and
pleas!nglv. he began hy saying that
he had come to Wheeling Tor the pNr'
pose Of giving a few OF his seances, Some
were pleased to tenn them splrlsuall TIC,
while others, "well, i; don't matter
what they call them" He claimed that
he could give show superior to anything
that had vet been given in TINS city II
the proper order should be maintained.
lie then read Il list Of NAMES OF senle-
men who did not respond, AMI, Ill
casting around for q time, stTGrk upon
Col. Dan X CO, who came into the hall
in excellent spirits, and by the way tins
was the first decided manifestation OIL
spirjts in the evening and it rCassu'ei
the audience. Several other gentlemen
were called upon, among them Mr.. j.
". Grubb, but before that gentleman
could respond, Mr.. Slada lnlerpos'":
''Mr. Grub is anta.onIatc to
spiritualism, and this would
interfere with the seances.
Finally Col. Dan Rec, Judge i. D.
Houston, A. S. Harden, IL. ". List.
John r Mendel, and Mr. Mul.ay agreed
10 act, when the show began. a cab
met constructed entirely al bale 81
some heavy material was shown the
audience, and they were thoroughly
convincr,! that there vas nothing
wrong about it. Into this cabinet S!Ide
went, aud in lust one minute he reveal
ed himself tied very fast 10 chair. The
conversational bells, tcnibOurincs, etc soon
came over the top, the curtain was drawn
and the man was OF course lCd up, ~
formerly. Lag" rings were manipulated
in the same manner, he even ro.oS 50
far as to have them padIocEed rPon
him. The trick OF slate writing 50 com
mon followed the ring tricks, the states
having been first sealed together. Mr..
Nendel was bindiolded ard placed in
the cabinet with Slade, his hands on
Slade's shoulders and knees, bnt the
bells came over all the same, and when
the curtain rolled back one OF the
tsmbOurincs was on Mendel's head.
Mr.. Har,ien's coat was given the
man and it was pat on IN twenty
seconds, then sewed on III several
places, bat il was taken OF IN IN" came
length of time. Slade united himself In
one minute. A pair OF doctored hsnd-
cuffs were removed in few seconds,
but when Squire Philips pro iuced
pair he refused TO use them. A letter IN
Judge HOuston's mind was Indicated
bv means OF wire stretched
ont into the audience. HIade
was next very securely tied
WIN strips of muslin unit! the blood
burst from the tips of his iinEerS; he was
then tied to post and locked III his
rabnet, but the bells, tambOurinc9, etc,
reappeared; sounds Of hammer and
chisel were heard in the cabinet, but
when the curtain was drawn he waS
tied TO the post. Mr.. List was then in
lroduced into the cabinet bhndlo!d"d,
and when the curtain was pulled back
his watch was picked up from the floor,
much to his establishment, as he averlod
there were no suspicious movements
while he was in there.
At this woman with cork screw
curls, who had been regarding the pIo-
gress of the performance with unm's.
taxable feelings OF awe, exclaimed: God
has sent that man here to convince the
see, teal" while another believer by
her side remarked, less reverentiy,
There's no fraud about that there, you
bet your lie
The transformation scene, without the
help OF female, closed the performance.
Squire Philips again demanded that ms
handouts be tried, but the man stepped
back. while the justice vcciierated and
dared him to try it, even as Ajax deted
the lightning-(bug).
Directly the programs was over Slade
fell into officer I.auchlin's hands, when
he was taken before Squire Philips, who
held him in $3.50 for his appearance be-
fore the Grand Jury this morning. SIade
put up the money and lett the Office.
He said the whole thing on tho part OF
the Justice was "Shakeup.'
He also said THAI he had been here be.
fore with Baldwin. That there wss
money in the business, and" 81 am get
tinglt"
Squire Arkie subsequently had tho
man arrested and mulctrd him in -
and costs for Sabbath breaking.