The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-22

WAS THE NOVELIST CONVERTED
BY THE FOX slSTERs3

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The statement by one of the rF,x
girls. Of Rochester RAINING, fame de.
rarng that all the spirit sounds and
noises were. caused by the cracking Of
ler tue Joints. leads me to rive an nc
count Of a remarkable seance with these
t!ifee girls at the time they paid their
first visit to New YORK After u4rnsino
It TANK tine reason will be satisfied
whatever of deception may have beep
practieed. that the toe loint story il Il.
lnehtDle hulnaug
It was in 1891 that the Fox girls came
10 New York. astounding reports haying
preceded them of tin. noisy visitation of
the spirits which had literally comnelled
them to leave their home. DR.. Rufus
W Gnswoll. the author and critic. oc
cupled rooms at that time in Broadw;ty
1elwerH Bleecker aud uouSt,n streets
lhe~e We're on the first floor :;ud held
He was ia uubelicyer in regard to the
'rtPpngs. not only so far as any spirit
dai influences prevailed. bat with res,,4cl
to the production of the sounds them
selves, which he pronounced ,.all trick
1t was proposed 10 invite these girl.
70 meet IA number of gentlemen ID DIR
Griswold'a rooms. where 1t was expected
3 h. ,,.5t .F.'. 4 4.
fell confident of exposing the huubug
An INrnI.lIGENr AUDIENCE.
The invitation was accepted AT the
appointed huur the following geutleme.,
met III Dr. til1swold apartments, j
Feumure Cooper, George Bancroft "
G. Bryant. the Rev DR.. Hawkes.. DIR
John w Frances DR.. e. e. Marcy. John
l}ig,low and myself. The three Fox
girls came promptly They were seated
by II table, but not near enough to touch
1t The company made a large circle
ground it. and we all impatenly Waited
for the performance to begin. Utter in
creduity pervaded our little assembly.
A halt hour passed and the sI5rits
made no sign The girls were reueatedly
tsKrd how soon they would begin to
.!e.p-llaJrale they replied gravely that
thu spirits wes. rpat ua4lcr their control.
hat they Esd lutimated they would be
present that was all they could say.
at length raps began to be beard
sE,utlng like slight shocIas, from an cleo
trir battery Questions were at once in
order, and Dr. Francis took the floor
His lnterrogutores were leading ones
and at the end of IA few minutes he re
Agned in favor Of Dr. Hawkes., the Fox
girls getting the best of it, With DR.
Hawkes., VINO mad been bred LAWYER
things did not flow so smoothly with
them but there were several answers
which excited surprise
WAS seated next to Mr. Cooper, and
perceived he exhibited much impatience
while the questioning was going on
When Dr. Hawkes. finished. Cooper ex-
cGamed Let me have hold of them"
de began accordingly Here are the
questions and answers
Some years ago lost near relative
Was 1t Il male or a femaley
"A female"
by natural death or otherwiseY'
"Otherwise.
Please rap the number of years since
the pprsou died
NDEPUTABIE EVIDENCE.
The rappugs began We all listened
,ttentIvely. counting the number. Az
II ran rrom twenty to thirty, fro1A thirty
e. forty from forty to fifty, we began to
aoII mn Erp.tth fUha rYpuincr. gt,,t,,,aI