The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-24
a xxxoRAsLx srAScr or D. y. HUME:
wheels ssd Hsef Beats and the AiiEhting
OF Unseen Guests Were Heard.

wheeis and Hsef Beats snd the AiSGhtfng
OF Unseen Guests Were Heard.
NORWICH. Aug. 23.-The remains OF a middle
aged woman wore buried from st. Patrick's
koman Catholic Church here this week. whose
lie was spent In poverty and obscurity.
Nevertheless. she was a half.sistero OF one OF
the most famous men OF the age. Miss Nellie
Humes. a poor weaver in q dreenville mill in
the suburbs. was a native OF Norwich. as was
her half-brother. D.. D. Hume. the medium.
some time ago she was stricken with con-
sumption. and her Greenville friends sent her
to New York hospital to DO treated Tor that
disease. She died In New York last week.
She always called herself Humes. according
to the family way OF spelling the name. butthe
noted medium. after he visited Europe and
puzzled tho crowned heads In about every
European capital with his marvellous tents OF
spiritualism or legerdcrmain. called himself
either Hume or Home, as his fancy directed.
Both Lizzie and David were born in the same
obscure Hume home In Greenvillc. When
David was about II years old he became clerk
for Merchant Tailor L. II. Thompson oil Nor
wich. who is now President OF the Second M
tional Bank here. The boy spent his time In
reading, day dreaming. and lounging. and MIR.
Thompson says he was about the poorest clerk
he ever employed. Finally he dipped into
spiritualism. and eventually cut loose both
from his native town and family. The only
surviving member Of the Humes family Is
Davids brother. q half-brother to Nellie. who
ff Ss Ssn Il the n go Sou Tts town ,S Ss M se1en mii es
south Of Norwich.
After David became famous. he had very
family. Once ho returned to his native town.
on invitation Of one OF the wcalthiest citizens.
e oi SIs wonSe ysa1s p aSS; anq In es sis en- ent eaain,.Ps
mansion. which was situated IN q beautiful
E }ashio a f9ze nus ro r.n, fr S1n, ta oi f ths mod II afs
distinguished citizens in business ahd social
plicabiio" tt to every one M ' and was said to be in
some respects his most extraordinary ex;
n n1siti %isnts during sov his a ie,SHPi he b ,1trSau ssd
which was never reported in the NEWSPAPERS.
The people. most Of, whom were materialists
mans rarlor. it was a beautiful. srisn;, fan
evening. and the wide. open grounds, With a
from tho street to the house door. were almost
as bright as day with the light OF the unob-
seured autumn moon. Hume came into the
in black. according to the fashion OF the period.
While no Yrs perfectly at S Sase cS Say; snl al
BY an arncaranc e Of singular differentiation.
He evidently intended to astonish some OF his
iieiiew to si rebuke T hi9 f faq his pte sh Hfas and
victions. He seated himself In the, midst OF his
BY on mattor-oi.fact topics. The room had
been partly darkened:, there were no curtains
room. looking &c the brightly Illuminated
lawn. could not fail to sec any one who might
approach tho house either tne,t on NJ loot 0in or arlVl nni
some members Of the company began to Won
der when his promised spiritual manifesto
Hume appeared to divine, their thoughts. for
s sud sI,H . he nso in%terru apt ID s his own DISCOURSE.
=" pfaQanflv- In fact W. are wAltlnQ NOW
simply for the rest q TIE company to arrive.
and then the seance' will begin.
has been invited}% asked tile host. With a
puzzled look.
ali the Visible guests ! IS who received INVITA-:
tions are here. 1t is the guests whom l in.
yited that am expecting: H. ), II l an not
item w Spproa uhon i | an u " 81 sure : there her; vii viii be be
a mum per Of them. Keep your eyes wide
Instantly the audience. gazing steadily out
Of the parior windows; heard strange sounds.
sheeted with frost that %sparkled in tho moon
light. There was no wind mGving to &c,
crunching Of heavy carriage wheels; US Of 2
swiftly rolling hack. then the hoot-beats OF
aessi1s h hSmp1nr T IF Si, se and tbs the f fnst5S q sn nap.
ping of a whiplash. Then were the sounds Of
the final rush. the vehicle wheeling up In front
ing the gravel and rafting their curb chains.
the driver sprineing down from his lofty seat;
human footsteps step ASCENDING the doorsteps.
whip snapped. the, harnesses ratified again.
the steeds paved the earth: and with a great
c%latter the vehicle was whiried down the
winding track. and was heard rafting into
gradually growing fainter. and finally dying
away on the TRANQUIL evening air
m phs EHaie anS y Ms'sa assi' s tnsn had Out See N,
doors. listening to the approach and depar-
ture OF he spectral coach. but seeing nothing
wizard was smiling. He Was calm and un:
Hurried; "Eom";" he said: "nG g let us 60
hap thee fsss @ns 9at tho ef iTon H'd'5Srs' He t hT SsG t o nsa
instantly. and the company gazed across the
vacant lawn in ,undisguised amazcment. some
and searched the shrubbery Of the grounds.
Theyy saw r." one: and there was 10
MosN gravel Ss G" walks. The ;S eomIany r sn neS
Instantly a aa3tf1; i nS1H Sfs'i inv isfns' COACH %eG
steps with similar uproar. and departed: then
came whole procession Of carriages. winding
into. through. and out Of the grYunds foot;
porch. and n murmur as OF low voices therein:
then the front door Tas heard to open and
were closed in NIL parts Of. the house: there
were strange. eccentric footballs In, upper
and furniture was heard shutting about in
the chambers. Some persons in tho audience
saln thcy telt a creepy sense, ms II unseen
fingers. were about to touch them. Sew
oral OF the ladies bccame hysterical. and
tlereupon the stance was abruptly ended.
Hume remained in unru filed serenity through
it. all. DO was at no time. apparently. in
way: his eyes were wide open. dilated and
luminous, and his iace was ghost-like In its
pallor. He now and then made n remark to
his company. What. arc You satisfied al.
ready? The manifestation has hardly begun"
he said In conclusion.
But the audience had had enough. lie mover
gave another sfance, in NORWICH, and. il, il
said. never returned here afterwurd. His
family knew very little Of his doing. execpt
town people vivilly recall his first and only
sfance IN Norwich. and the death 81 his half
dents OF II this week. The manifestation is as
wonderful and inscrntible to them now as
when they Witnessed it.
A Flower Girls Suicide.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 23.-"Litte Annie" the
Broadway flower girl. committed suicide this
morning. taking n dose Of rat roison. For sew