St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-13

Securely Bound and Placed in
Cabinet She Plays instruments
and Raises a Racket Gener-
aIly-She Has no Confederate
The Spirit Hand Said Wright
Will Not Resign.
Anna Eva Fay, the celebrated spirit
ualistic medium, appeared before an
audience of.2,000 Peep at the Audi
forum last night. The manager had
been unable to arrange for heat for the
hall. aud the performance was sadly
marred by the cold which made it very
uncomfortable for the audience, and
caused many to leave before the mani
festations were half over.
The manager, Mr.. Pingre, made the
opening address. stating something Of
the travels OF Miss Fay and her wonder
full powers. There was upon the stage
a light wooden frame, perhaps six feet
by four, covered with curtains, and in
this so-called cabinet Miss Fay per-
formed some surprising things.
Messrs. Bancroft and Tate were
named as a committee by the audience
to go upon the stage and see that there
was square deal. The first placed
strong pieces of cloth around each
wrist. and then, placing her hands be-
hind her back, tied these cloths to a
stout iron ring. placed a seal of
court plaster upon the knots and
nailed the ends of the cloth to the
back of the chair. Her feet were bound
somewhat similarly. and a cloth was
placed about her neck, tied in knot,
and the ends Of the cloth nailed to the
back of the chair. In this condition she
was placed in the cabinet, which the
committee first examined and re-
ported was unoccupied. The cur
tain was then drawn, after
mouth organ and guitar had been
laid on her lap and Immediately both
instruments were played upon. Various
other manifestations were given, such
as placing glass of water in the cab
met and it being emptied. etc. Finally
Mr.. Tate entered the cabinet and sat
beside her with his hands on
her lap. MIR. Piugre having
first thrown a shawl over his
head, and the manifestations were re-
peated. All this time the committee
reported that her hands we're tied as
originally, and the cabinet was turned
bottom side up and shaken by the COM
mittee &c show that no confederate was
concealed therein.
a close framework of boards was then
fitted about her chair, leaving her head
visible, and in this condition she wrote
on paper and made other surprising
manifestations. Finally pocketknife
was laid upon the front OF the frame,
and it was seized i'll some unseen man.
mer and her bonds were quickly cut.
1t was absolutely demonstrated that
she had no confederate, and her mani
festatiOns or tricks were surprising,
eclipsing those of the cleverest sleight-
of-hand operator.
When the rappings of the spirit hand
were given an amusing episode oc-
CURED. Some one called out:
will Wright resign?"
Miss Fay asked if that was local
question, and on being told it was, the
spirit hand promptly answered.
mo"
win he be reelected" was the next
question, and the prompt answer came:
No"
These replies brought down the
house, as did the one saying Mitchell
would uot whip Corbett.
While, probably, very few in the
audience considered that spirits par
ticipated in the performance. no one
could fail to give Miss Fay credit for
being exceedingly clever. 1t is hardly
likely that job lot of spirits are travel
ing about the country with Miss Fay
paying their own board bills, but the
GLOBE makes no attempt to explain
how the tricks were done, because it
does not know. Still, Pingre was there.
Herman must look to his laurels.