Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-08
d,.,b before I would loosen my grasp. There

death before would loosen my grasp. There
IVES, a. YOU may suppose, considefao'e
coufusion in the room bv this time. !
called on the Others who were In stfend-
suce to turn ND the lights. There was 2
single lamp dinly burning In one part OF
the room. and one gentleman turoed " up'
hut Mr., Miller. the husband OF the meul-
nm, turned II down and put out the ligh
We were then In darkness. ] called out
for somebody 10 light the gas, aud at last
the others succeeded In getting some
MATCHES and finding q gas.iet. The gas
was then NJ. BY this time Mr.. Muller came
10 his wife's rescue, and tried to pun m,
band away. Allthe while Kelly was choking
he, and the medium trying to get away.
WHEN the gas was liz u was seen that
held the hand Of the medium, who was
dressed from bead to foot In white, and
who was trying TO hide her face behind the
blankets Of The cabinet, With the husband
and Kelly still endeavorfng TO free her from
my hold. held on until every person In
tie room had chance to come up ana see
that he forr in white was the medium
and no spIri. II all. When all had salts
fed themselves Of the fraud, told
Kelly / wanted my money back. Each
of us had paid 81 IN 90 IN. He re.
iurned this amount TO all Of us. Kelly, the
medium, and the husband were much agl'
lated over the exposure. We searched Tor
The beard, but IL bad been secreted some
where. The medium kept one band tightly
clmched. and we could not open 1t without
using more force than was considered
PROPER. She evidently held some apparatus
In that band. DR.. A. Morton, whose ONCE
is In the Phean building, was one OF those
present, and he said that he saw the beard
and knows that 1t Is false. This Mrs.
Miller was here about year ago. and the
most wonderful stories were related then OF
her spiri,ualistlc power"
"Was your purpose in going to The
scance to expose her?" was asked.
"No." said MIR. Wsdswortb. 81 merely
went TO witness the manifestations when
were deemed so very remarkable. l am
spiritualist myself, being the acting chair.
msn of the Golden Gate Religious ana
Philosophical Society, which meets al
Metropolitan Temple, and am In.
tcrested In knowing the truth OF
these things. | have been present
at seances whe-e actual dematerial-
izatiou. II such /, might be called, occurred.
The hand OF the spiritual form on those oe-
cssions could not ~ gra'ped, being like
fog. There was nothing solid about them
which could be held on TO. You could see
Them, but not feet them. ! did not do any
grabbing mt Mrs. Miller's seance. took
her hand when invited to and held on to u,
waiting for the Standardization. The
violence used was on the part OF the three
VITO tried To choke and pull NE away.
"Besldes DIR. Morton and myself there
were present Alfred X. KipS. an artist In
The Phelan building; A. W. Craig, OF
Craig & Mosber, No. % Kearney street;
Henry u, George, Of No. 100 TAYLOR street;
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kelleber, OF No. 1870
Market street; J. Brown, OF No. l2O Tay.
lor street, and some others whose names
have not got" =.
A CdH reporter interviewed several OF
the persons mentioned, and was ASSURED by
them that Mr.. WadswOrth's story wa cor.
rect. Some Of them added that Mr.. Wads-
worth had been very roughly treated. The
medium when seen fatty cNntradictcd the
statement that there bad been an expose or
any ihingtO expose.