Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-27

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Tut into the room and moved pic
lures hanging upon the wall. Sew
eral p rites in the audience were
allowed to further inspect the fig
ure at the request of voice which
came from the inner room. The
writer shook hands with the figure.
the hand was warm, pliabie and un-
questionably not the hand Of Rob.
erts the medium. The writer was
also invited to place his hand upon
the shoulder of the figure which he
did and felt warm flesh and perspir-
alton. Several ladies' and gentle
men were then invited to do the
same thing and all agreed that the
figure breathed, lived and moved
The pressure given by its hand was
strong and decided. Presently the
figure disappeared and in its place
naked arm w.s thrust above the
blanket. This arm was flu and
rounded whereas the arm of the
first figure was slim and enaciated,
Tie most skeptieal present admitted
J that the two arms belonged the sep
| arate and distinct persons. The writer
on sbahipg hands with the second
| arm tore aside the blanket and in
| side of two seconds had seized the
! medium. He was sill tied and
apparently insensible. All his
clothes were on. Lights we're
brought inside of two minutes.
No one could be found in the room
but him self !; not knot had been
removed and he Was fully dressed
to bis collar and neck tie Could
he have united two dozen hard
knots, stripped himself of his
clio; hes, persona.ed the figures,
dressed himself aud retieu the
knots exactly as they were orig
inalIy tied all in .pace of fifteen
minutes? No man will assert that
this Can be done. It will then be
said that it Was possible 20 have an
accomLiice. The TIA jurity of those
present deny the accompice, but
tho writer will not assert that an
accompl ce was impos b lie,
although the room has been very
thoroughly examined 10y ut least a
dozen skeptica. persons. The
writer then asked him to give a
seance
OFF HIS OWN PREMISES.
He readily assentea and gave a
seance at the writer's house. In |
the first place he was stripped of
his clothes and made to put on a
different suit throughout. He was
Was then tied In y small hallway
with tarred ropes by George Nc
who knows some hing
Of rspe-tying. The boy Was then
locked in tue hallway which was
about six or seven feet by four. The
only furniture Was u chair and
hat rack. The two doors of the
hallway were locked and blanket
hung before the door leading to
the parl"r where the audience sat,
TO the number of about fifteen.
Inside of fifteen seco1ds the
medium removed his coat from
lnder The ropes and then pro-
luced hands. arms, faces and
ignres. Those OF the aud ence !
Who wished looked over the anket
nl distinctly saw the medium and
mother figure alongside Of him
Nhe head Of he medium was raised
bOya the blanket and another face Z
ppeared alongside of it with !
1oviBg features plainly discern i
bic. Wuil. the mediums head +
ias elevated in plain sight above t
he upper left han corner of the !
ianket II separate figure of little i
oy appeared 1T the .wer rig 1t S
and corner, moving i ) arms and
cad. advancing aud retreating AID
usuing the blanket aside with its
wn b add. Those who observed it =
nsest were within six feet of 1t
al positively assert that they dis T
.rued its features plainly and
ould make affidavit that it WAS :,
ot the Roberts boy Gor he cou .
, seen ut another part If the door t
the same time), nor mask or ?
y figure. A voice presently be- -
70 to converse from the hallway. f,
was the voice Of an educated ii