Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-14

seen and conversed with. The witness said he
did not deem this essential and asked the court
whether he should tell. The witnsss Was not
required TO tell He said he had examined the
cabinet and described it.
Or. ZACH WHEAT.
DIR. Zach Wheat. an elderly man with white
hair and little white tufts Of hair on the sides
of his face. Q benevolent looking old gentleman
with eye glasses and double chin was the next
witness. He was the man whose leg shannon
was charged with siezing. He said when
Shannon charged through the room he thought
he bad fit.
81 was standing at the cabinet talking with
my mother" said the witness. 81 have seen
her many times" shannon. he said. rushed FOR
him and caught him by the leg. He shook
himself free. He said he saw shannon kick
over the table. The witness said be did not
ray his admission at the seabcs. bu: Was there
as an invited guest.
PEPPERr cRoss-ExkxrSArroS.
When Mr.. Lipscomb cross examined Or.
Wheat the conversation was rather peppery.
Mr.. Lipscomb asked the witness to describe
how he became a spiritualist The witness
described q scene at his own home four years
ago. when his daughter came home one evening.
He said, Wed, Tramp, where have You
been?'
"whst is that?' asked Mr.. -Iipscoms. who
AAu NV tnS aCAuotut HASd w MS
daughter.
Tramp" said the witness. "You under
stand that word"
when look at you do" said Mr. Lips
comb.
when look at Won do. toe" said the wit
ness. quickly. $50 there are two Of US. You
can't make anything out of me-"
The witness told of mis- first visit 20 the Ross
when he became converted.
SAW GEORGE WASHINGTON.
aid George Washington appear to you in
continental uniform that night and talk with
you about the revolutionary WARP" said Mr..
Lipseomp,
"He did not talk about the war" said the
witness. He said, however. ne saw Gen. WASH
ingson. Mr.. Lipsconb required the witness to
describe the appearance OF Gen. Washington
at some length. During the cross ERE the wit
ness said to Mr.. Lipscomb:
''You can look at me as much as you please"
81 will. You're an interesting old gentle
man. said Mr. Lipscomb.
"Iou bet am, /" said the witness.
what other persons from the spirit world
have You seen?" asked Mr.. Lipscomb.
MY grandmother, NV mother. my grand
father, who was a soldier in the revolution
airy war. Gen. Washington"
Il see you pick your society in the spirit
world, said Mr.. Lipscomb.
''ies, and pick it here, too" said the wit
ness.
ZEE SAW LAFAYETTE.
81 have seen Lafayette, said the witness.
did he speak French or English?'
"0h. English
did he havea French pronunciation or speak
as Mrs. Ross doesI' asked Mr.. Iipscomb
''Oh. it wasn't Mrs. Ross at all. said the wit
ness. because he had pantaloons on"
How do YOU know Mrs. Ross didn't have
pantsloons on?' asked Mr.. Lipscomb
'.Well. / don't bel;eyo she had -
How do you know" asked Ar. Lipscomb,
that it was not Lafayette WHO caught you by
the ieg?"
Il know who caught my leg" said the wit
ness with considerable emphasis. at was that
man there" pointing TO shannon.
"Sanuel Gregg and Isaac n Richardson, who
said they were investigator" and who were
present that night, testified as TO Shannon's
knocking over the table.
He Is VERY STINT.
Mr.. Ross was recalled and asked by Mr. Lips-
comb if any enc rang his door bell and asked
admission whether he would admit him to tie
seance.
NO" said the witness. 81 am very select
only admit my friends or those who come in
PRODUCED by nv friends"
The witness declared in reply to questions by
the court that spirituaiism was not a belief
with him. but matter OF knowledge.
Mrs. III. c. Gayle was called as the last wit
ness for the prosecution. She described Mr..
Shannon's catching DIR. Wheat's leg and kick
ing over the table. She said Mrs. Ross when
she came out of the cabinet was dressed in
every way Just as she went in.
Mr.. SHANNON TELLS HIS STORY.
The defendant, J. Harry Shannon, was called
| to the stand and told his experiences while in
vestigating spiritualism in general and the Ross
spirituaiism in particular, during the pms, three
months.
His account Of what ne saw was spirited and
lucicrous aud caused considerable laughter. He
| told OF communications from Hannibal. Caesar,
Abraham Lincoln and other distinguished dead
all of which he said were in the same hand
writing.
He told Of the appearances of various females
and said one of those present used TO go to the
curtain to see his spirit wife and he could hear
very freshly smacks. He told Of wires stretched
near the ceiling used sort OF trolley lines for
dummy spirits TO be operated on.
on THE MIGHT IN QUESTION.
On the night in question DIR. Wheat, he said,
was at the cabinet talking with his alleged great
grandmother. DR.. Wheat was on one side of
the cabinet and Ir. Ross on the other. Witness
rushed forward and grabbed this alleged grand
mother by the leg
II then" said the witness. ''called for light
Several matches were struck. and in the light
thus made there was revealed very clearly tho
How was she dressed?" asked Mr. Lips
comb.
..She was not dressed at all below the belt"
said the witness. Il think she had on an under
shirt"
The witness did not finish his description OF
Mrs. Ross evening dress. for the judge asked
him, 'ln that condition she discernible by
the people in the room?"
THAT do not know" said the witness
WAS OUTSIDE THE CABINET.
Mr.. Shannon, continuing, said she was out
side Of the cabinet-the grandmother was out
side Of the cabinet When Mrs. Ross released
herself she escaped to her bed room.
"In the scuffie after Mrs. Ross was released"
be went on, 81 picked up some white mosquito
netting, garter and pair of corsets.'
When after the lights were turned up Mrs.
Ross came nut OF the bed room and advancing
said. as il she were dazed, where am r.
ibid she not say Where am 1 at?'" asked
Mr.. Lipscoub.
The witness did not make Q reply to this. but
said he approached Mrs. Ross and offered her
the garter. She looked at the garter. repudiated
IL and said: NO, that belongs to Lucille West
ern," one of the 'spirits" who appeared during
the evening. The corsets. she said, belonged TO
Mrs. Russell. wife Of the ice cream man, who
goes there frequently.
Mr.. shannon said he bad published an
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