The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-05
THREE HUNDRED OF THEM.
Spirits swamp DIR. Hansmann While
He Slept in the Cabinet.

Spirits swamp DIR. Hansmann While
He Slept in the Cabinet.
DR.. Hansmann has had one physical eX-
perience so strange and so incredible TO I'M
believers that he hesitates TO tell Ii, says
the st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat. He was at
Onset, in Massachusetts, one summer.
where the spirituahStS gather annually lot
kind of campmeeting or Chautauqua- In
lOOhlng aOJoe tUI tOOm lac cIdlttu 70
make Inquiries at a cottage occupied by
Mrs Ross a medium and the CaDells of
Washington. This Mrs. Ross Is the me-
dunn with whom one of the. scientists OF
the Smithsonian institute made series or
curious experiments. he had constructed
large cage. TINS cage was supended Dy
a strong rope which passed over pulley
and had weights attached
A registering device was so arranged as
10 note any change in the weight or the
cage ard its contents. The professor put
the medium in the cage and holsted II up
toward the ceiling. He then watched the
weighing apparatus TO see If either reduc-
ton or increase in the averdupois took
place when the medium passed under spI PITT
control and manifestations took place Inc
spirits came one or two at time ana
showed themselves in form materializa-
tons. While the spirits were present the
cage and the medium weighed form elSh-
teen TO twenty pounds less than Wheh the
medium, in natural condition, was
hoisted from the floor.
But this is TO be the story of DR.. Hans
mann's most remarkable experience. lie
took a room in the cottage OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross. In the course of a conyersa-
suggested that he would like TO try the eN-
pertinent of sleeping III the medium caol-
net some night
said Mrs. Ross, but l wouldn't do IL Tor
The next night the doctor attended a
seance at another mediums. His wife's
spirit materializei ana said 10 him;
Go into the cabinet: | will be there"
The doctors son appeared and said:
yes. papa, go: L VIII be there"
The doctor had not menJioEed his pur-
pose TO sleep in the cabinet to anybody
but Mr.. and Mrs Ross, but his spirit
friends had somehow OWNED his inten-
ton. and came through other mediums
TO urge him To carry IL out
After that said the doctor. in mar
rating this experience, II couldn't back
out. Indeed. / had no idea of giving up the
notion. As soon as thea weather became
cooler ! said one night:
We'll, Mrs. Ross l think I'll sleep in the
cabinet tonight
- AN right. she said; I've no objection,
but / wouldn't do il for the whole world
Il didn't propose u have any tricks
played on me. SO when the other people
were out / made a thorough examination
of the cabinet. Some time before | had
tried the planks in the floor and had
see If there were any COntrivances to aid in
deception. Well. after the folks had gone
TO bed that night / entered the cabinet
ton Of anything happening that | made
the experiment II was simply because /
was looking into everything connected
with spiritualism. and the idea of a night
in the cabinet struck me as a novelty /
sat Up for some time without observing
any thing unusual The first development
was the torIna ton of a white cloud Next
/ thought / recognized three forms, but
they quickly passed away.
Then / thought / heard whispering all
around me. The sounds were confused. as
If many persons were taking part | could
catch words and phrases in different Ian
guages-German French. Italian. Greek.
fences to make any sense
"a ha w 70 nc Fa0ft
l asked myself. Are they whispering in
The bedroom of Mr. and Mrs Ross was
next door and the thought came to me that
they might be getting up a little entertain
ment at my expense / decided not to
usual Suddenly four forms stood before
me. They were Indians in Illuminated gar
How do you do. Mr.. Ross? 1 asked.
still on my guard against a joke
" Me not Mr.. Ross. Ne Big Chief Red
'.i;ed Cloud having announced himself.
introduced his companions as White Wing
White Feather and one other whose name
/ have forgotten. We conversed awhile
and then Red Cloud proceeded TO thump
and rub me all over, as If giving a VigOr-
Gus message. As conclusion 10 this pro-
gram he put his fingers upon my eyes and
a most delicious feeling ensued. some
thing cannot describe, for 1 never felt
anything like it before Just then there.
was ascream, and Mrs. Ross came rushing
to the cabinet crying out as if alarmed:
I'm all right, l said.
4" Give me your hand she cried
Il took her hand. and as l stepped out of
the cabinet 1 saw the whole room nlled
with spirits. There 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 conditions began TO fail
AS the power decreased the spirits sank
Those in the rear farthest from me- went
down fastest. The crowd seemingly passed.
through the hOOr. i was very sorry. after
all was over that Mrs. Ross had come to
the cabinet She and Mr. Ross. however.
sail thatthe whole house seemed to be full
OF terrible noises This statement was CON
firmed by the Cabells Nobody could
sleep.
ut took some time to pacify Mrs Ross"
continued the doctor. when the house
hold and quoted down determined TO try
again. II was of no use. Nobody came
i went to bed. IN the morning 1 was up
at $50 and into the water for my bath
When l returned to the cottage all were
sleeping. l went TO the hotel and took
breakfast. On my second return TO the
cottage the people were still in bed. evil
IDENTIFY making up for the sleep lost in the
night through my cabinet experiment 1t
occurred to me that / would go right away
the events of the night. / acted at once
The medium was Stansbury. l wrote out
this question:
Who were my visitors?'
occult teeprgahy: Red Cloud White Wing
White Feather. my wife Sophie, my son
Otto, Prince Rudolph of Austria, Albrecht
Durer, Gen. John A. Logan, James a. Gar
field, Gen. L. $. Grant. Raphael Walker
Blaine, Sir Joshua Reynolds and several
other artists, Abraham Lincoln Ole Bull
Charlemagne, COnfucius. Cicero. Homer,
Hytpaia, Socrates, Plato Hippocrates. Cleo
patra, Josephine, Robert Burns and his
Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates. Cleo
Heine, my brother Christian, Voltaire.
Victor Hugo. Martin Luther, Xenophon.
three of the HerOds. Osceoa Mianto-
nOmah. Samosett, MasSassoit, Pocahontas.
Tecumseh and Others, 500 friendly spirits in
all
From Stansbury went at once TO Colby.
the medium, for a slate writing. | said
nothing, but held the two states in my
hands When he took them apart there
was the picture of Red Cloud.
" HO, Red Cloudl said l. I'm so glad to
receive your picture after that visit of last
night
Then Red Cloud gave me a communion
ton in which he told me the names of the
fourteen other Indian spirits who had been
with him on the visit He said that alto
gether more than 800 spirits had materi-
allied for me on that occasion"
What will the psychical science congress
say 70 this?
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