Telegram-herald., 1890-04-07
THE SPIRIT POSTMASTER.


Hau Las stshG
Kennedy Hal s2s crowded I&st nighs
- "a capacity visa, D0t only splrita4--
Is, bgs members or many dsnomiaA-
tl0ns. Tue oee4z2on s4s tie announced
intention Of DE. Walter T. Read - give
tests os as ability - saswer sealed
letters.
The doctor took hs stand upon The
platform a. tie end OF the nsli AID
gave ansssrs - many LstEeTs EA4t he
certainly lad Lot handled, uor even
seen, A. they were safe Ia tae pockets
" those VINO had written them. Each
one ~2s questioned As they arose and
acknowledged that correct aud entire
y satisfactory answers had been gwen,
and one and al asserted that DR.. keld
cad never seen the letters, nor ala he
know that they had been VT Iten N many
instances the parties maintained that
they did not know Or. Red personally.
One instance was par cularly striking.
The doctor described the death OF
little boy OF from 20 . years OF age,
which ne said occurred many years ago
Ia BinghAmptOn, y. Y. He said: II
get the name of the boy 10 have been
Willie Reynolds. He Was playing with
other boys under a bridge on railroad
track, 4t a sport called deer, when he
fell under an approaching train and
was killed" Upon the question being
put, = young gentleman named +. O..
Cotfin arose and said he remembered
the circumstances perfectly, a. ne was
one Of the boys playing with Willie 10
BInghampton, where he then lived, at
the time the accident occurred, though
It had passed from his mind, and he
had not since thought of il until he had
II thus recalled TO hIm. HIS mother,
who was present, also testified
10 the accuracy OF the account,
and said also she was a member of the
Congregational Church and no believer
IN Spiy.tualiSn.
A solo, Where Is Heaven" by Miss
Jessie Misner, was received with great
satisfaction.
DR.. Reid was then elected president
OF the society, and announced that 50
far from ms recent ntconyiction deterring
him from medlums6ip he would pursue
Il TO the end. IL he had TO be imprls-
oned he would, upon his release, again
take 1t up, as he believed il was his duty
todo sOiwith the gift he had. A PROPOSE
ton that DR.. Reid should be elected, for
the fourth or fifth time, TO the presi-
dency of the association was unani-
mously concurred IN. The meeting then
adjourned.
The reporter sought an interview with
the doctor and asked him what he IN
tended To do about his recent conyic-
ton.
shall move for a new trial, and If
that Is not granted shall 20 to the SUI
preme court or3he United States. claim
that evidence was introduced at this
trial of which we were not informed and
which was IN the nature of a surprise.
One witness swore that he had showed
me how todo slate writing. lean pro-
duce forty witnesses to prove that |
was thus gifted nine years before
ever came TO Michigan. claim also that
If the seeming miracles performed
by mediums are beyond the under
standing of others, then | should have
been tried by jury of sIiritualists who
do understand these things. Again |
am charged with having devised a
scheme at q certain date, and evi-
dence is admit--d that | spoke slight
ingly of it two years before that date.
I offered the district attorney TO give
actual tests that | could do what |
claimed and therefore believed
in it. l offered to produce
witnesses to prove that
had done so entirely to their satisfac-
ton, and l was not allowed to do it,
Ii man is not allowed to do anything
not within the comprehension of ordi-
nary men, then you can hardly blame
the heather who cruclhed the apostles