Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-24
NATURALIZATION.
A FEMALs SPIRIT FORM.

EMBRACING A FEMALE sPIRlT FORM.
Mr. Null. the A0Ala0 u taDo 0haseS OlOtAes
ana a FIsnnel D.omV in AFs. Hulra
A Glover Expeo9re
New York Sun.
/" You may quote me - saying that
saw the pretended materializing medium,
Mrs. Hull, exposed - fraud on Sunday
night last" said tho thsatrical manager,
J. II. McVicker, yesterday, when . ~"
reporter asked his version Of An oocurrooco
that has created . good dsal Of remark
among believers in spiritualism.
"The way it occurred was this" " con-
tinued Mr.. Wicker. A company gather
ed at private house By invitation to -
some marvellous materializing phenomens
to be produced BY Hrs. Hull. who has been
for some time astonishing many visitors
at the house Of Mr. Hatch in Astoria. The
only gentlemen visitors present were Nh.
J. b. Sammis, secretary Of the Rubber
cushion axle company; DR.: Collins ana
myself, There were eleven ladies. Most
of tho party were spiritpalists and believ-
ers in materializiug manifestations. lWaS
invited by Mr.. Sammis, and 20 Tar - I
know, there was no intention to att tempt
exposure. Mrs. Hull was accomps MED
by her husband, . very gentlemanly per-
son. am free to say that had not much
faith in Mrs. Hull's ability to produce ma
terial spirits.
The seance was held at tho house OF q
lady Who was not suspected of any collu-
sion The spectators sat in . trout parlor
and curtain was stretched across door
way leading to small back room in which
was lounge. It was pretended that Mrs.
Hull would lie on this lounge while tho
materialized spirits appeared outside the
curtain. When the so called spirit forms
appeared in the doorway they pulled aside
the curtains and fixed them carefully
back, SO that the spectators could see q
form Oh the lounge. The light in our
room was rather bright, but in the back
room, where the lOuDge was, the light was
rather dim.
This made me suspicious from the first.
was satisfied not only that the form on
the sofa was not that Of Mrs. Hull, but
also distinctly recognized Mrs. Hulrs
features in the so-called spirit forms.
But l did not wish to mako = scene, SO
said and did nothing. The alleged spirits
beckOned the various members of the
party to approach, and asked whether
they recognized any relatives. If the spec
the spirit always said Yes One young
girl said she recognized the spirit OF her
mother She was permitted to give the
spirit form an affectiopate embrace. was
myself called up, but could not recognize
the spirit. All the materialized forms
were those of females. A lady present
said she recognized one Of the materialized
forms as that of Mrs. Hull with q set OF
false teeth taken out. Some of us noted
a suspicious temperance of the same
pieces of illusion worked with cretOnne
that partly concealed tho face. Others
noted that tho gloves and other attach
ments of the different spirits were similar.
Finally one of the spirits beckoned to
DR.. Collins, who was sitting in the most
distant part of the room. What followed
tho appearance of DR.. Collins is related
by M. Sammis as follows
The medium made no objection to our
sitting quite near and approaching the
spirit. DIR. Collins advanced closely as
others had done. When he got near
enough to see he became satisfied that the
spirit was Mrs. Hull. He reached out
his arm to embrace the spirit, and a. soon
as hc got firm hold of her waist he
whirled her out into the middle of the
room amid the astonished spectators
Mrs. Hull screamed, and her husband,
who had been sitting beside the curtains,
apparently taking no part in the perform.
ance suddenly sprang forward and grappled
with DIR. Collins, seeking to release Mrs.
Hull. But the doctor il a strong young
fellow and held on until the lights were
turned up.
"' You don't understand tho laws gov
elning these things shouted Mn Hull, as
he peprered the doctor.
"'We understand that this as q fraud, ,
replied the doctor, holding Mrs. Hull tight
in one hand while he defended himself as
well as he could with tho other. The
struggle was brief, annd Mrs Hull soon
got FREQ and ran for her quarters behind
the curtains. But intercepted her, and
called upon some of tho ladies to 20 and
see what was on the lounge. They did 90,
and found that, instead Of Mrs. Hull,
there was neat dummy made of
the blankets supplied to her to pre-
vent her from catching cold while She was
in her alleged trance. There also they
tound a large part of tho spirits, includ-
lug the illusion veil, the cretonne,
aud other familiar attachments. The ex
posure was perfect. and from beginning
to end Mrs. Hull bad nothing to say. She
was pale, nervous and frightened. Mr..
Hull was painting and excited, and vigor:
ously insisted that the company did not
'know the laws governing this thing Mrs.
Hull is about 48 years old, Of medium
height and slight build, and has dark eyes
and a pale face. She has become noted
for her materializations, and held many
seaDces ut Astoria. Some of her exhibi-
tions were given before Henry Ward
Beecher. She is apparently in ill health,
and after the exposure was the picture of
desolation and despair"
A NEW KIND OF "BOss."