Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-19
AUGUST SPIES SPIRIT
Returns to Say That Governments Are
Cody Institutions and
THAT ANARCHIsM is ALL WRONG.
He Suffers in the Spirit World for the Evil
BE Did on Earth.
WILL NOT TALK ABOUT HIS PROXY WIFE
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ESPECIAL TKLEGRAN TO THE DIsPArcH.l
FINDLAY, April 18.-On West Sandusky
street in this city-the section famous for its
old families and handsome residences-live
several well-known society ladies who are ar
dent and enthusiastic Spirituslists Almost
nightly they meet in small circles and hold
communion with the inhabitants of that
land which is supposed to be beyond earth's
tears and fears; and many are the strange
messages they profess to receive from the
unseen world. Unlike most of those who.
assume to have the power to draw aside the
curtain separating the living from the dead,
these ladies claim they are frequently Wis
tied by the spirits of those they never knew
on earth, who appear without invitation
and insist on unburdening their minds Of
whatever seemingly onpresses them, doubt
less in the confidence that the message they
have to deliver will the more speedily reach
the person, or point, desired If intrusted to
women.
The other night private seance was held
at an elegant mansion on West Sandusky
street, which was participated in by four or
five well-known and highly connected ladies,
one of the number acting as a medium.
To this circle, soon after it was formed,
came
THE SPIRIT OF AUGUST SPIES,
the executed Anarchist, and insisted upon
delivering message which he desired given
to the world.
He began by saying that since his soul
had put on the garments of Immortality he
had become convinced that the doctrines he
had espoused while living, and for which
he had sacrificed his lite, were all wrong;
and that the earthly fate OF himself and as
sociates was but natural sequence to the
teachings they had promulgated.
To a question from q medium as to
whether his condition in the. other world
was effected by his actions and belief, while
here on earth, Spies answered; "Yes; I
have been made to feel and to suffer in the
spirit world for what 1 did, conscietiously, as
an Anarchist while on earth, and each day
1 am compelled to do penance for ofenses
while in the flesh; and can only hope, by
the most perfect obedience to the require
ments imposed on me in my present state,
to gain the peace which is attained by the
celestial who bears all things meekly and
uncomplainingly. therefore desire that
all my friends, and especially those in Chi
cago, who have leanings toward the doc
trines of anarchism, to at once discard all
the doctrines, and drive from their minds
whatever is not in harmony with the laws
of we'll organized government, for / am now
persuaded that governments are institutions
of God, through which all the world will
ultimately be saved and brought into His
kingdom"
WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT NINA.
When asked what the Anarchists, in
spirit land, thought of the effort now being
made to secure a pardon for his comrade,
Neebe, who escaped the scaffold and is now
serTine osa.--s-- senfepee IA the Joliet peni-
tentiary, Spies replied
"We think-ss4he movement an act OF
mercy, and in our way we are doing every
thing possible to secure pardon for Neebe,
being assured BY the spirit powers that
work of this character will do much toward
bringing to US that peace of soul for which
we now hunger and thirst"
To the inquiry as to whether he ever COM
municated with his proxy wife Nina, the
spirit of the dead Anarchist refused to
answer. only so far as to say that the rela-
ton existing between husband and wife,
both on earth and in the land of souls, was
too sacred to be the subject of conversation
between strangers.
This last question, it also appears, Offend
ed the spirit, tor despite the most persistent
efforts Of the medium, not another word
could be obtained. Indeed, it seems to have
angered the whole spirit kingdom for the
time being, as nothing more from the farther
shore was vouchsafed that night, and the
circle soon dissolved, but not until the me-
dium had written out this interview with
Spies, which was attested by all the ladies
present
The interview, substantially as given by
the medium, came into the hands of The
DISPATCH correspondent on the promise
that the names of the ladies would not be
given publicity, as they de not crave spirit
ualistic notoriety.