The morning call., 1893-05-21
INSPIRED TO SING.
A Lady's Extraordinary
Manifestations.
A STRANGE CASE AT LORIN.
Beautiful Songs by One Who Claims
to Be Possessed of Emma
Abbott's Genius.

In q Dr6lty Cottage lHIee DloChS llOlH tuo
station a Lorin reside Captain and Mr..
Munroe with their three little children.
Everything about the place tells of cul-
ture ana refinement. There is an immense
garden filed with the choicest of flowers.
Lorin is near Klinknerville and is an
annex of Berkeley
A short while ago there came TO Mrs.
Munroe's house her sister. Mrs. Minnie
Kavanagh. The latter was widow and
hailed from Chicago. The two sisters had
not met for years. Both of them are the
most deyout of Roman CATH lics and far
from superstitious.
Mrs. Kavanagh is bookhinder by trade
and pursues her occupation off and on n
this city. She is said to be an excellent
worker, but what my stifed her colleagues is
that she often ceased work suddenly with
out any apparent cause and fastened over
to her sisters home.
Shortly after her arrival Mrs. Munroe
noticed that her sister acted rather queerly,
as though she was frightened at something,
but she finally attributed this to nervous
ness.
One dav Mrs. Munroe had occasion TO
go TO Berkeley on some business. She
left Mrs. Kavanagh in charge OF the house
ana the children.
On her return home she was thunder
struck to find her sister lying back in
chair perfectly rigid, while in her hand
she held paper with some different marks
and figures. Mrs. MuprOe, thinking that
she had tainted, applied number OF
restoratives with no avail.
Finally the Frustrated woman recovered,
and then she Informed her sister that she
had been in trance. during which time
she had been under the influence Of spirits
of another realm. and that the writing in
her hand had been done by them.
For week after this trance Mrs. kav-
anagh was very sick. Her nervous sys-
she would start at the least sound.
She explained that she dreaded these
frances as they left her in such a cOndi-
ton. 1t was only Of late that this power
had taken possession of her.
A few days ago Mrs. Munroe was aston
ished to hear the most delicious singing
from the parloT. She knew that Mrs.
kavanagh was not s0ngstress by any
means and what is more could not sing a
note from any Opera.
The lady of the house FASTENED into the
room expecting to find some visitor there.
but she was astonished to find her sister
lying back as rigid rs before, while from
her lips there issued melody after melody.
Mrs. Munroe FASTENED to neighbor and
brought her to the house. The two lis
tened for nearly an hour to the inspired
songslress, who sang without the least
signs Of wearinesss. Selections from
Faust" I'll Trovatore." LA Traviata,"
"Ri.oletto," "Mignon." "Martha" and the
Bohemian Glrl'' followed in quick success
sion. Often before half a piece was fin
ished the lady would Start off on new
one. All this time not muscle of the
body was moving, and but for the music
that came from her lips she was to all APP
Mrc tbat
the voice was entirely foreign to her sister.
When at length she came TO. Mrs. KaY-
anagh told her sister and the neighhorS
that she had been possessed of the spirit
of Emma Abbott and that the latter mad
been singing some beautiful music.
When tod OF her own performance she
emphatically declared that it was not she
but Emma Abbott who did all the singing.
She did no. know note of the various
selections her auditors had heard her give
voice to.
This was the fourth time that she has
been under the influence of Emma Abbott,
so she claims. At one time while in a
trance she sad that the deceased appeared
to her and told her where she had hidden
large amount of valuableS. but on her re-
| covery from the trance she could not re-
member where that place was.
Both Mrs. Munroe and her lady friend
say that they never heard be- ter singing.
and Mrs. Munroe is doubly sure that her
sister is far from being musician and is
not given 10 melody at ALL
Both deny all allegiance to spiritualism.
Especially is Mrs. Kavanaeh opposed to
sprituaists. She says that she has been
approached by people who have told her
that she has great mediumistic power, but
she has avoided IheI9. She SAYS that she
has always been strict Catholic and that
her religion is opposed to spiritualism.
Consultation with her father confessur
has only puzzled him. She breads the
thought of going into trance, as she be-
comes very sick after it.
When she feels the Influences working
on her she Immediately leaves her position
and goes over 10 Lorin. where little rest
gen orally assists her. She has many
writings which she claimed were pro duced
In these frances.
1t was with difficulty that the writer OBJ
tanned the information about Mrs. KaY-
anagh's queer actions, as the parties inter-
ested did not wish to have tho matter
made public.
Mrs. MunrOe said that nothing OH earth
would cause her to believe that a person
could be so inspired if she had not wit
messed 1t herself. and, moreover, she was
certain that her sister was not deceiving
her.
Mrs. Kavanagh is young widow, short
OF stature, with dark hair and PROPOSES s.
Ing face, but of rather slight build.
There is no reason for dissem bling, for
she and her relatives have kept the facts
very secret.