St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-19
THREE HUNDRED IN ALL
How the Multitude Of Spirits
SWamped DR.. Hans
mann.
He Slept in a Cabinet and
Had a Most Heavenly
Surrounding.
The Lovely Forms From the
Other World Crowded
Around Him.
They Talked All Languages
and by Occult Teleg-
raphy.


dunn, and the Cabells, of Washing ton.
This Mrs. Ross is the medium with
whom one of the scientists of the
Smithsonian institution made series OF
curious experiments. He had construct
ed large cage. This cage was sus-
pended by strong rope which passed
over pulley and had weights attached.
A registering device was so arranged
as to note any change in the weight Of
the cage and its contents. The pro-
feSSor put the medium in the cage, aud
hoisted it up toward the ceiling. He
then watched the weighing apparatus
to see if either reduction or increase in
avoirdupois took place when the me
ium passed under spirit control and
manifestations took place. The spirits
came one or two at time, and showed
themselves in form materializatiOns.
While the spirits were present the cage
and the medium weighed from eighteen
to twenty pounds less than when the
medium, in natural condition, was
hOiSted from the floor.
But this is to be the story of DIR.
Hansmann'S most remarkable expert
ence. He took room in the cottage of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross. In the course of a
conversation, soon after he had located,
the doctor suggested that he would like
to try the experiment of sleeping i'll the
mediums cabinet some night.
You can sleep there any night you
like" said Mrs. Ross. but L wouldn't
do it Jor $50"
The next night the doctor attended a
seance at another mediums. His wife's
spirit materialiZed and said to him:
go into the cabinet; will be there
The DOCTORS son also appeared and
said:
Eyes, papa, go; will be there"
The doctor had not mentioned his
purpose to sleep in the cabinet to any
body hut Mr.. and Mrs. Ross, but his
spirit friends had somehow dibined his
intention, and came through other
mediums to urge him to carry it out.
AFTER that" said the doctor in mar
rating this experience, 81 couldn't back
out. Indeed | had no IDEA of giving up
the notion. AS soon as the weather be-
came cooler said one night:
"'Well, Mrs. Ross. think Pll sleep
in the cabinet tonight
"All right she said; 'Pve no ObJec-
ton, but wouldn't do it for the whole
world
IL didn't propose to have any tricks
played on me. SO when the other peo-
pie were out L made thorough exam
ination of the cabinet. Some time be-
fore had tried the planks In the floor
and had looked under the house and all
around to see if there were any con-
trivances to aid in deception. Well,
after the folks had gone to bed that
night l entered the cabinet and sat
down. 1t wasn't with the expectation
of anything happening that made the
experiment. 1t was simply because l
was looking into everything connected
with Spiritualism, and the idea of
night i'll the cabinet struck me as
novelty. l sat for some time without
observing anything unusual. The
first development was the formation of
white cloud. Next thought l recog-
nized three forms, but they quickly
passed away.
Then l thought heard whispering
all around me. The sounds were con-
fused, as II many persons were taking
part. l could catch words and phrrSes
in different languages German. French,
Italian, Greek, English. But couldn't
get them in sentences to make any
sense.
"'Does Ross talk that way to his
wife?' asked myself Are they whis-
pering in their room"
THE bedroom of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
was next door, and the thought came to
me that they might be getting up a
little entertainment at my expense. l
decided not to show that | had observed
anything unusual. Suddenly four
forms stood before me. They were In-
diane ~ Hmm IN Tod OarrnpptS
"'How do you do, MIR. koss?' l asked,
still on my guard against joke.
"'Me not Mr.. Ross. Me Big Chief Red
Cloud was the reply.
"Red Cloud, having announced him
self, introduced his companions as
White Wing, White Feather and one
other, whose name l have forgotten.
We conyersed awhile, and then Red
Cloud proceeded to thump and rub me
all over, as If giving vigorous mas
sage. AS conclusion to this programme
he put his fingers upon my eyes, and
most delicious feeling ensued, some
thing l cannot describe, for | never felt
anything like it before. Just then there
was scream, and Mrs. Ross came rush
ing to the cabinet, crying out as if
alarmed:
oh, Doctor, how are you?'
Pm all right l said.
Give me your hand,' she cried.
II took her hand, and as | stepped out
of the cabinet | saw the whole room
filled with spirits. There were my wife
and my son, and ever so many more.
1t was as If as many people as possible
had crowded in. But directly the con-
ditions began to fail. AS the power de-
creased the spirits sank. Those in the
rear, farthest from me, went down
fastest. The whole crowd seemingly
passed through the floor. l was very
sorry, after all was over, that Mrs. Ross
Ross, however, said that the whole
house had seemed to be full of terrible
noises. This statement was confirmed
by he Cabells. Nobody could s.eep.
ut took some time to pacify Mrs.
Ross" continued the doctor. when
the household had quieted down de-
to try again. l went into the
cabinet and waited long time. 1t was
Of no use. Nobody came. l went to
bed. In the morning | was up at $50
and into the water for my bath. When
returned to the cottage all were Sleep
ng. l went to the hotel and took break
ast. Gu my second return to the cot
age the people were still in bed, evil
lently making up for the sleep lost in
he night through my cabinet expert
nent. 1t occurred to me that | would !
70 right away to medium and learn
omething about the events of the night.
acted at once. The medium was STAINS
Jury. wrote out this question:
:" Who were my visitorsY
"ImmediateIy these names were given |
y occult biography: Red Cloud,
White Wing, White Feather, my wife |
sophie, my son Otto. Prince Rudolph, |
f Austria; Albrecht Durer, Gen. John
l. Logan, James A. Garfield. Gen.
J. S. Grant, Raphael. Walker
Blaine, Sir Joshua Reynolds and
everal other artists, Abraham
lincoln. Ole Bull, Charlemagne,