Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-23
- TRICKS OF MEDIUMS.
lille HOW Easily Great wen
Keller I9 Gave Been Duped'

Keller TIaye Been Dupe"'
1,u tell YOU how got into the
"WeH', ! . Il Mr.. Keller, the magician,
business, one of his lively chats yes1IerS1
6esli"".'47 good many years ago 'ra TLo;r
day n a davenport brothers; Ihelr
with lle IN old man then, and he used
father w,' over we and over that his sons
to tell nle Tynediums of spiritual power,
were iruc .l,ny were called to that mission
and tllaI ' n.iI Well, he being an old
By pD and boy, Of course 4 l 6eii ;n"s
man. e~sTrecially when l saw tnelr mex
him, gSl tricks. looked on the brothers
P.iG,aolur o and travelled with them Tor
with a" ers as assistant. Finally filled
eight !eal ITs desire to serve the spirits a
win P5 lgif cot hold of rope alone.
little nll lands the best | could initiate
/ tea ny ~ to sort of coax the spirits,
the o Iri octad rs if they didn't care for
but the! az, "r,> and whether l wanted my
my y, SCI @a5 I| ar united, had TO do 1T myself.
sen I5u . awhile and practiced making
s'uu'e ,nd finally got one of the other
tIelll' az, IN lie me, for / found L could
assl'la''s 70 tbo rope. let him tie it as he
gel VI' y, sl,anticism had already set in,
would .Af idnnd myself working at the
ana ! SUI sGoi. ii the brothers, and could do
oter l - tbam About this time Fay,
ll lIa n,s the old manager OF the brothers,
i umU ont that | had discovered their
pu .,ts and We at once started up COM
" Of two and struck off on our own
P..rnt We travelled all over the world,
have seen all the tricks going. You
IN Great stories about the tricks of
ftarn iuggers, and a great many of
.5om are pure yarns. | saw newspaper
,,:Ie inst the other day that was full of
tsm. srch As man throwing piece of
r5bon M in the air, climbing up out of
sJt falling down in pieces and putting
himself together, and all that. 1t isn't
"a The European magicians are far
srpnrior to the Orlentals.
aBut it is the mediumistic tricks that ]
am bent on exposing without hurting the
msiness of any reputable juggler. TO
be,in with. | think that spiritualism puts
more people in the insane asylum than
ANYTHING else, except liquor. But we can
excuse the majority of spiritualists, when
Great men allow themselves to be SO easily
fooled. For instance, | was the assistant !
at private seance which the Davenport
brothers gave in London to a number of
gentlemen, among whom were Dion Bou-
,.cault. Charles Reade, Algernon Borth- !
wick. Lord Burrev, Captain Ingletield |
and others The brothers were both tied |
in their cabinet Lord Burrey stepped up |
md leaned over one of them to examine |
he knot, when the other quickly slapped |
lim on the back. There was a murmur
n the room. These great men were |
truck with awe. Now, let me tell you,
his rope trick depends upon mere physi- |
al dexterity, and the slap was made like
fash and pretty hard. But here is the |
esription Dion Boucicault wrote of it
A small, white, delicate female hand !
uddenly appeared above one of the doors
the cabinet. 1t quivered for several |
econds, and then, slowly descending,
Pped Lord Burrey gently on the shout !
er and then melted in air"
" tits Just in this way TINT otherwise |
lnsble people allow their senses to be |
aceiyed and their imaginations proved |
pom.
Thecelebrated theosophist EngIington |
implicitly dumfounded me in Calcutta.
hree Of us were seated by a plain. round
iaoa Two states We're brought in.
aE the two and washed and wiped
en- clean. He then gave me a little
zee of slate pencil, which put between
two clean states. He took hold OF
2 corner with one hand and l took
ID with the other. We then clasped
free hands and held the states under
/, table. Presently there was a noise
Of the pencil writing, and when we
med the slate l beheld the following:
-y name is Geary. Don't you remem-
me? We used to joke of this matter
the st. George. / know better now
remarked: l know no one by the
me of Geary.' The slate was put I'M
r the table again, and the words
cary was written several times.
her states were put under too, and one
S brought out with this on it am
ired Geary. You knew me and Saint
ger
Then | remembered having met both
N at Cape Town, in South America,
II years before. Geary had died three
lrs before. Geary and / had joked |
ont spiritualism at the st. George hotel |
hat town thousands of miles away.
ell, ! had to confess | didn't know
W the thing was done, and paid my
'teit. But the mystery is now clear. |
med 1t several years afterward. AT |
e hall in Cape Town, Africa, where /
normed, there was a janitor named
hutchinson, a great spiritualist. Eng
gton had been there just after | left,
ID OF course Hutchinson told him all
out me. That's how he got his in
rmation, for the spiritual letter and me-
ums are always preparing themselves
this way. As to how he wrote the
on the slate, / found that
It too, and have done it before the Sic
1T commission, which is investigating
and will soon report. They
I'VE had Slade and Lord and a great
any alleged mediums before them.
Nearly all spiritualists are honest in
er ridiculous belief, however much ac-
Sed OF dishonesty, and stranger still, L
'Aeye there is a chance medium who
eaKS IN trance who really believes in
agency, but those mediums who make
y OF tricks are frauds every time. -
''adelphjd North american.
lhe Youngest ReDUbIican Senator.