The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08
EXPOSING MEDIUMS.
A Cincinnati Mans Fight on Spir.
ituaIism.
He Tells What He Thinks About II,
and What He Proposes Doing.
Cincinnati Ennnirer.

| CINCINNATI Enquirer.
eff you proceed with your expose
of Spiritualism you had better pre-
pare to take the consequences"
Such was the warning received a
few days ago by J. w. Fletcher, the
reformed medium who has been re-
vealing the secrets of the profession.
Mr.. Fletcher was seen by an En-
quiyer representative last night, and
said: "Yes, it is true that the me-
diums have threatened my life, but
] pay no attention to that. | take
it as an evidence that / am hurting
their business, and / intend to do all
l can to expose them and bring the
public to understand that they are
being imposed upon by tricksters."
Mr. Fletcher began his exposures
under the auspices of the Evangeli-
cal Alliance, at the Odeon. He was
formerly practicing medium, and
claims to be fully conversant with
all the practices of the profession.
"What prompts these threats
against your" was asked of him last
night.
II have announced that / would
make further expose of Spiritual
ism at Heuck's Opera House next
Friday evening, and my former
friends are all down on me. They
know that l can tell how they swim
die the public, and they realize, too,
that it will hurt their business as
far as money making goes"
"Of what does your expose con-
sist?'
81 show how all the manifesto
tions, slate writings and trumpet Sc
ances are conducted, and can con-
vince the most devout Spiritualist
that he has been imposed upon by
o-called mediums. | think Spirit
ualism should be called 'Foxism,' for
it is nothing more nor less than an
improvement on the tricks of the eel
ebrated Fox sisters, practiced at
Hydesville, N. Y, years ago. Cincin-
natl mediums have an alliance, or
confederation, and work together, as
correspondence with several promi-
nent ones which | have in my pos
session will prove. Together they
have got up what is called the Dead
Book; or, Book of Pointers, and this
book gives the data on which they
base the most of their manifesto
tons 1t is nicely indexed,
and as soon as an investigator be-
comes prominent his name and de-
scription are put in the Dead Book,
with the names and ages of such de-
ceased relatives and friends as he
would likely wish to converse with in
the spirit form. With this knowl-
edge at hand shrewd medium is able
to make manifestations by the
dozen. l shall expose a half dozen.
modes of slate writing and trumpet
seances
"Then you don't fear bodily
harmY'
"Not much. l don't think there
is medium in Cincinnati who would
dare stand up and hear what l have
to say, and submit to the simplest
tests which can give him. All their
work is a fraud, and will not stand
the light of day."
'Do you meet with much encour-
agement in your work?"
"Yes; | find that there are many
people, who, on account of a great
grief or other cause, have turned to
Spiritualism, much to the distress
of their friends, and l am kept pref
ty busy exposing the frauds in pri-
vate to these persons. / could tell
of a young lady whose mother lives
on West Seventh, but think it best
to withhold her name Her nervous
system had become a complete wreck
through constant attendance at Sc
ances, and her friends were fearful
lest she might lose her mind. In two
days l did everything that the me-
diums had attributed to spirits, and
convinced her so thoroughly that
she had been imposed upon. that now
she can not thank me enough for my
services