The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-16
4 STRANGE PHENOMENA.
The Sumter Colored Girl Still Mystery.

The Sumter Colored Girl Still Mystery.
! TSuulter Southron and Watchman.
The strange spiritual manifestations
so mysteriously connected with the
little colored girl Daisy Robinson con-
tinue daily with unabated activity. If
there be any chan ge at all since we last
noticed them, these manifestations are
more frequent and pronounced than
formerly. Every day, startling occur
rences amuse and mystify the persons
| who visit the room where the little girl
stays with her sister. The picturts
hanging on the walls leap from their
places. Caps, saucers and other frangi-
BILE articles about the room commit
suicide, the old sewing machine stand
ing near the door persists in toppling
over its side, the organ now lashed to
the wall by strong cords shows rest
less desire to make its obeisance and is
only restrained by the strength of the
cords holding it in it's place, the chairs
dance hornpipes and karo, the tables
waltz around on first one leg and then
another, the mirror on the bureau
leaves its place and smashes to smithe-
rcens on the floor, brickbats flung by
hands invisible, fall within the room,
the organ stool capers about, and many
other doings are events Of daily occur
renee in the haunted chamber.
The things reported in the Watch
man and Southron are beginning to
, attract attention at the North, where
the papers have copied our reports Of
them. Among other letters received
by Daisy we publish two from medi-
um or spiritualist in Philadelphia. In
answer to the first letter published be-
low, a gentleman who has taken great
interest in the strange case sent the
desired lock of hair. After "sitting in
diagnosis on the hair the results
were communicated in the second let
ter. We publish these letters as written,
without changing phraseology, ortho-
graphy or supplying punctuation. We
hope our readers may be able to under
stand them. We must confess that We
do not.
PHIL, PESSA.,-,Dec. "a, s IS P. NJ.
Miss RoB1SsoSs I was looking over
the paper called the evening telegraph
saw your wonderful manifestations I
see clorovointly claroidenly, Diagnos
and write communication | see comes
in my view the form Of a mem seems
to passed away in spirit or dead you call
it he wants to communicate to your
mother there is some unfinished busi-
ness and if you will send me a small
piece Of your hair I will lookin to the
matter and send you written co1nmu-
nication we are spiritualist or mediums
as we cali them 1 give circles private
sitting and get my endowment from
an unseen power and think can
help you out Of this do not be frighten
ask the spirit to tell you I think there
is unsettled property you or your
parents should have pardon my SEEM
ing forwardness and believe me your
strange and sincere friend. Will help
you all can 7 am controlled BY Indian
chiefs.
Yours truly, NJ. E. McCABE,
1915 Alder ST., Phil, Penna.
PHIL, PENNA.
Mss ROBINSON: received yours on
the 3rd in reply to your note [ set on or
Diagnos the piece of hair see an old
man comes to and gives the names Of
Uncle 10 he is an old slave he has been
in spirit for a number years see 80 he
is dark bent with old age he belong to
| doctor your father comes light com
| plected above medium height comes is
anxious to communicate to you here in
the form of a spirit name Polly there
is a Sue and Maggie wants to manifest
there is an old dark lady her head you
know tied in a red and yellow handker-
chief wants to tell you there is some
| unfinished business there is something
you should have there l see whole
plantation you do not know them your
mama does you want to go in room
and sit quiet and when those come ask
what they want and they will tell you
wish I could see you I have young
man the spirit picked him up voulen-
taitly and carried him all around the
room it is no fault of yours it is the
hidden secret of Ethiopia our Saviour
was a medium and he said ethiopia shall
stretch forth their hand unto god and
become Il nation Ethiopia the black
race you must write.
your friend interested
MARY L. MCCABE,
l2i5 Alder st.
Nothing Of the antecedents or any
facts in the past life Of Daisy or any
member alive or dead sf her family
was communicated to the writer Of the
foregoing letters. The parentage of the
little girl has been withheld for obvious
reasons, yet in the second letter the
Philadelphia correspondent speaks of
people who lived and moved and had
their being in this community. The
old Joe referred to was the maternal
grandfather Of Daisy.
Another letter received 10y the gen
tlenlcn referred to above, as having
forwarded the lock of hair, from an ell
tirely different source, shows its author