Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-10

nave pubilshed 10 the world. She had blue dress
hNed for this special purpose, MS Reynolds having
told her that that the favorite color OF Mr. Par
sons daughter. Mrs Smith made the same state
ment 10 friend IN San Francisco before Mr.. and
Mrs 2. left for New York Last August, it should
be here stated, Carrie Elmer hearing a spirtuslist
lecture at Washington Hall, San Francisco, inn
pressed with his sincerity, and went up TO him tDr
Clarke) and said that, he evidently an honest
aud earnest believer in the spiritualist phenomena,
she wished 70 inform him what her experience had
been in the matter in connection with Mrs Rey-
nods. She said that on the 18th Of that month, at
Mrs. Reynolds request, she consented TO personate
msterialized spirit, and she did at Mrs Rey-
nolds rooms SSi Fremont street, and several per
sons claimed 10 recognize in her their spirit Tela-
tiyes Mrs. Elmer told DR.. Clarke that seeing
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons weep Their supposed
daughter whom she knew to be her friend Nellie
Smith ttor they lived then in the same house, San
Francisco she was shocked that she upbraided
Nellie for it, and induced her 60 give up her materi-
alizing performances at once.
KISSED HIS WIFE.
Smith. the Oakland photographer, further says
that he once present at seance at SSl OFarrell
street, san Francisco, when Mr.. and Mrs, Parsons
called up the cabinet to kiss their daughter,
who soon after called him up, and he found he was
kissing his own wife, Mrs. Smith.
WHO Is THE SACRAMENTO GIRL?
At one Of Mrs Reynolds seances tweuty-one ma
terialized spirits represented by Sadie and
Fannie and their mother Mrs. Fuller and others
some Of them weighing apparently 200 pounds.
Mrs Morel, OF 1879 Mission street san Francisco,
says that young lady with whom her daughterwAs
acquainted 10 Sacramento called TO her, and told
htr that she came down 20 impersonate for Mrs.
REYNOLDS, and had then impersOnated for her three
nights and was one OF the twenty one above named.
THE LIVELY HAIR.
Now comes testimony which has already been
publ shed in the RECORD UNION, from one for whose
integrity ample vouchers can be gwen At seance
held by Mrs Reynolds at the Howard House,
Stockton street, lock of hair cut from the
head of one Of the supposed spirits and after
ward examined by Professor Denton, Thomas Gales
Foster, and Dr. Morton, at the house OF the latter,
aud found to have nits on il. Mrs. REYNOLDS, when
told of this accounted for il in her way, by saying
that the body of this spirit died in the hospital Dr.
Morton says that he plainly 4 mask on the face
Of the spirit from whose head the hair was cut $.
L. Lardner, wool merchant IN San Francisco, says
that Amos Adams, with hims elf and others, induced
Mrs Reynolds 10 hold private seanoe at the Bald
win Hotel about two years ago, and during the same
they cut some hair from the head OF NJ the sup
posed materiaiIzed spirits and found uits in it
MORE TRIcKERY.
Mrs Vaughn, Of 1929 William street. Oakland,
says she ana her husband had become believers in
Mrs. Reynolds materializations. Mrs. Reynolds
visited her last year, and asked her to assist her.
which she finally consented 10 do to open the eyes
Of her husband who was gong almost crazy over
the Reynolds performances. While holding public
seances at Laural Hal, % O'Farrel street, San
Francisco, Mrs. heynods asked Mrs Vaughn to
help her give a test to Mr. Vaughn. So she wrote
out 4 statement Of his applying for position in
San Francisco, aud his disappointment about IL on
hands with them, and in doing took this state
ment out of Mrs. Naughn's hand. Subsequently,
during the seance, Mrs Reynolds WAS " controlled
to write q communication IRON one Cf Mr. NAughnS
spirit friends containing The test which Mrs. Vaughn
had handed her Mr.. Vaughn thereupou stated
that il was most remarkable test, as Mrs. Reynolds
could have no earthly means OF knowing what
Cured TO him. On another occasion, while Mrs.
Reynolds giving public tests in Oakland, she
came to her house, ard she Mrs Naughn) read to
her letter which Mr. Vaughn had recently received
from the East, giving account Of the death of
uncle and also Of grandchild. During her next
seance Mrs. Reynolds gave Mr.. VaughA " commu-
nicaton containing this news, which he and many
others thought very remarkable proof OF her
mediumship.
LIGHT PILLOW sHAMs.
Last spring, Mrs. Vaughn saws, Mrs. Reynolds
came to her house and held dark seance. Just
before going into the Mrs. Reynolds took
two pillow cases from pillows on the bed and during
the seanCe rubbed matches on them TO produce the
spirit lights. Mrs. Vaughn and Mrs Wilson,
neighbor, both said they could see the fringe with
which the pillOwcases were trimmed while Mrs.
Reynolds flashing them around the room, aud
Mrs Reynolds afterwards acknowledged having
taken them from the bel. Soon after this Mrs.
Reynolds held materialIzing at Mrs. Captain
Gums, on Elizabeth street, Oakland. Some OF the
stters demanded thst the medium should have her
clothing taken off. Mr. Gruff " would not allow
it then, but promised that it might be done at the
next seance
DRAPED EXTREMITIEs.
Before the time for the next seance came Mrs.
vaughn saws MIS- helnOuS came % ner mouse and
tied three masks 1.-TWO male and one femae) on one
OF her (drs Vaughns) knees aud wound the spirit
drapery" around one Of her legs. They went
together to the and after it begsn
" file thrust out her head between the curtains
of the cabinet ard said: ' Mrs. Vaughn, your
dir (girD is here and wants to speak to you" She
went up and while her " dirl Mrs. Reyuolds)
was speaking to her she (Mrs Reynolds) reached
under the table in front Of the cabinet, behind
which She as "Etie" was kneeng and took the
masks and drapery from Mrs. Vaughn's knee
1.-THE CAPTAIN WITH Els WHISPERS"
But, unuckiy, Mrs. Vaughn had lost the whiskers
from the mask Intended to be used in representing
Captain Gum. Soon " Mr.. Gruff" announced that
his medium fainting and Mrs Vaughn must
come into her assistance Mrs. Gum offered to so,
but " Mr. Gruff wanted only Mrs. Vaughn. who
found Mrs. Reynolds in great trepdation about the
lost whiskers, which she feared might have been
dropped where the sitters would find them, and
thus give away the business Mrs. Vaughn re-
turned among the auditors, slyly looking for the
whisker5, but did not find them. "Mr Gruf
shortly announced shat Captain Gum could not ma
terialize at that seance While Mrs. Reynolds and
Mrs. Vaughn were their way from the seance
they kept a sharp lookout for the tell-a'e whskers
and, as luck would have it, she found them beside
the sidewalk and joyfully seized them, exclaiming,
1.-The devil helps his own, sure enough ~ Mrs
Vaughn says that Mrs Reynolds tried very hard to
have her and her two young daughters join her and
continue the business but having learned enough to
prove fully to her husband that much Of spirit ma
teriaizaton, least, is audacious fraud she re-
fused to have anything more to do with her.
THE BEST WAY To WIN a LAWSUIT.
Since Mrs. Reynolds arrest she has visited Mrs.
Vaughn to hush her, and said among other things,
They cannot put me down ; I've the money Slap
ping her hand on her pocket) and that will defend
me !" Mrs. Vaughn seemed - the interviewer to be
very candid woman, who told her story in a
straightforward She said that Mrs. Reyn-
olds acknowledged to her that all her performances
were tricks she had learned and had become adroit
in, so as to deceive the very elect" Mrs Vaughn
further affirmed That she the rubber tube that
" Star Eye" sometimes when she i" has Gruff
in horn, as her fayorte expression is, around her
waist under her dress, and the need of this
thing that made the medium so sick that Gruff
called Mrs. Vaughn behind the curtain % related
above.
HOW THEY "sIUFF FOR OCCASIONS.
This is a copy of note found evening on the
sidewalk in front of Mrs. REYNOLDS house
Mrs. Kitty Hale is to be at Your rooms this P NJ.
Her brother gcst is deu. You remember the rest
Mrs. White has spirit friend by the name of Mr..
Joy, old man, and please give the name of Car
rie Bishop. Say she came on a picture with Mrs
5. [Carrie Sawyerl there will be quite an excite
nent over it. (mum.) Give the Of George
Ashcroft, died in Cleveland, Ohio. Comes to his
sister"
friend Of Mrs. White passing by, picked up this
note, and finding her name on it, carried it 10 her
house, corner of Bryant ard Seventh streets See
ing at once that there was plan to impose on her,
Mrs. White, who was intending to go to the seance
that evening, concluded not to go, she had no de-
sire to be yiCtimZed.
The San Francisco account thus concludes
"Made cautious and fearful OF exposure by her
experiences in this city ami at the East, and by
those of Mrs Sawyer and other mediums who have
been foTcby seized while in the very act OF person.
ating materisZed spirits Mrs. Reynolds has around
her near the cabinet always 4 strong body. guard
consisting OF Colonel L. h. hopkins, Geo. W Lewis,
OF Oakland Captain D d Cook and several other
ardent believers, who continually occupy the "anx
Gus seats These vigilant guardians have thus far,
with exception, Shielded Mrs Reynolds from the
exposers ruthless hand but these authorized state
ments, and the developments Of the approaching
trial. will it is believed open the eyes of all but the
willfuly blind to the enormty OF this, one OF the
greatest frauds of our city"
LITTLE Boy CRUSHED To DEATH-The
San Andreas Prospect of December 7th
says:
A sad and frightful accident occurred
near Dog Town last Sunday, resulting in
the death of little son of Bob Douglas.
The manner of the accident as reported is
as follows; MIR. Douglas had saddled his
horse for the purpose of riding to town,