Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-06
FOSTERS LETTERS OF BLOOD.
An Account of the Way in Which
They Were Produced.

Some years ago, when Foster, the
medium, was giving sittings on Girard
street at So Il sit, he was visited by q
friend OF mine, man of intellect and
common sense, but who, when he came
away was in a completely dazed condi-
ton of mind. He was ushered into a
small reception-room and told to write
his name on a piece of paper and with his
own hands seal it in an envelope. He
sat down before the only table in the
room and wrote his name-we will as
sumo it to be John Smith-as directed,
taking care to so conceal the writing that
it could not be seen from above or
from any other direction. He placed
it in an envelope, sealed it, and held it
in one hand. The attendant then with
drew. In few moments Foster entered
and eyed his visitor with a piercing
glance, as though reading his innermost
thoughts. Suddenly extending his right
hand he calculated, Chow are you, Mr..
John Smith ?" The visitor started back
in surprise, as he was certain Foster had
never seen him before. "How did you
know my name? he wonderingly in
CURED. In deep tones Foster replied: at
is written in my blood" With that he
barred his left arm to the elbow, and seiz-
ing the still sealed envelope from Mr..
Smiths hand, crumpled it without OPEN
ing it, and rubbed it vigorously over and
under the tender part OF his arm.
Over that member spread a glow through
which the bright crimson lines appeared,
and in q few moments, emblazoned on
the arm in fiery letters of blood, was the |
name John Smith" The amazed visitor,
at Fosters invitation, tried to wash the
letters out with water, but the more he |
rubbed the brighter they became, until
he was convinced-whichw was the fact
that the letters were beneath the skin
and were caused by the mans own blood.
The same writer asserts that all of Eos
ter's wonders" were accomplished by
,rickery., His visitor would be requested
20 secretly write the name of deceased
rlend on a piece of paper, which he was
o told in a certain manner and place on
table. When this had been done Eos
er would eXclaim: 1Not folded quite
light, my dear sir,' and stepping for
yard he would make slight change in
he arrangement of the bit of paper In
hat brief moment and before the ewes of
he visitor, Foster, by his wonderful
leight-of-hand power. would exchange {
Or the paper containing the name a piece {
folded. Then, returning to the
orner of the room, reading the written
anne as he walked, he would bare one
rm, and by rapid movement of a sharp .
tylus-the ancient instrument of writing
he would outline the letters on his arm.
urning and rubbing his arm or holding
tightly at the wrist until it became
ngorged with blood, he would startle his
!sltor with the dead mans name dis !
!eyed in letters of blood. Having thus = =
roved spirit control and presence, he p
Guild sit down and write a message so I
III OF the TOMBSTONE lore and town gossip E
had acquired, that the visitor became G.
lily convinced that the communications IL
ere from another world. When he \;
terward told the tale of his experience Fl
was surrounded with mysteries in a Il
~ that madeit appear still more won II II
rful.-Philadelphia News. n,