Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
SP00KS AND PENCILS
Are Mystifying the Investigators Who
Go to Cassadaga Lake.
A MEDIUM WHO SEES SPIRITS
Secrets Of Life Laid Bare Through the Rest
less Ones Beyond.
COPIES OF SOME SLATE WRITINGS

LILY DALE, N. Y, Aug. 15.-The at
tendance at Camp Lily Dale is constantly
increasing Most of those who come here
have leaning, of course, toward the doc
trines of spiritualism, though many inves-
| tigators are to be seen eagerly, but not al
| ways credulously, listening to the marvel
| GUS stories told of spiritual manifestations.
Among the latter class is Charles Wade, of
Pittsburg, who spent several days here the
past week. Mr.. Wade was rather reticent
as to his success in prying into the mys-
teries of spiritualism, and if he was enthusi-
astio over his discoveries his enthusiasm
was of quiet character.
Miss Maggie Gaule, of Baltimore, the
public test medium has given two exhibi-
tions Of her wonderful power each day for
| two weeks, and has caused thousands to lis
ten in amazement. She is declared by those
| who ought to know to be one of the best, if
not the very best, medium of her class. She
was born in Baltimore 80 years ago and has
lived there all her life She was brought up
as Roman Catholic, but at an early age de-
| veloped mediumistio powers, though she
did not make any public demonstration of
her gift for many years, and even now she
gives public exhibitions only at Washing
ton and New York. She is a plump,
healthy, good-looking lady, very unassum-
ing, making no pretensions of being finely
educated or highly cultured, but full of life
and possessing the happy faculty of impart-
ing her good feeling to all about her.
THE BALTIMORE MEDIUMS WORK.
She comes upon the platform and, after
passing her hands nervously over her eyes,
proceeds to tell what she sees and hears.
She describes the appearance of the spirits
she sees and tells what they say. Follow
ing are few of the hundreds of cases she
has described, and which those for whom
the descriptions were given declared were
true in every particular;
'"The spirit of gentleman is here who
wants to speak to his brother, and says his
name Is Thomas Richardson. He has been
sent by his mother to encourage him.
A gentleman at this point rose in the au-
dience as an indication that he was the
brother. The medium then confined: "Your
mother says that you do not know yourself
why you came here. Her name is Jane Ann
Richardson, and she wants you and William
to clap hands in the good work. Your
father, Jeremiah Richardson, also comes to
you.
"a spirit goes up to you, sir, (pointing
out gentleman He says his name is
Thomas Addington, and that you called him
Tom. He says: I promised to visit you
and I have come
'I see the spirit Of man at your side,
madam, addressing a lady near the center
of the halL) He says: r am George
Black He takes up your hand looks at
the ring on your finger and says: Z made
this ring from button off my coat while in
prison.
81 20 to the gentleman with his hand to
his face at the back of the room. A spirit
stands by your side, and he seems to be
your father. He says his name is Amos.
see another by your side, and he hardly
knows whether to manifest himself or not.
He seems to have passed out in great dis
tress. His head seems to be all bruised
He says his name is George M. Mead, and
that you will know him"
The gentleman rose and said that the man
had been killed in mill, having his head
terribly mangled.
SURROUNDED BY sPIRITa
'T seem to feel peculiar influence as a
spirit approaches you, sir (pointing to
gentleman near the front of the auditorium).
A lady stands by your side and says: MY
name is Jane Bennett Campbell. died in
England years ago. want to tell you you
are making a mistake by being so bitter
against Splr1tuallSn. see your 1aJner. He
calls you Allen Your mother says to ask
you if you remember when your broth er
William was murdered. She says he was
murdered by the man whose body was
found in the river afterward, and which you
helped to drag out She says your Aunt
Rachel died in Australia. A man stands
at your back and saya: I was your brothers
murderer, but was afraid to take his dia-
mond pin, even after I had murdered |
him."
The gentleman who was addressed rose |
and said the circumstances were all correct,
and that no person in the United States
knew of the circumstances. Some people !
think him truthful and others do not. These |
are specimens of what the medium does
every day. When it is understood that she
gives, perhaps, 80 such tests each day, it
will be seen that it would require remark
able memory and fruitful source from which
to draw information to post up on the cases
beforehand.
Mr.. W. S. Foltz, the well-known banker
of New Castle, was at Chautauqua this
week, and hearing of the tests given here
came over and spent a day, in the mean
time having private sitting with Miss