St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-22

OofcIdl QuoStiuua WtIouShcu DCtoTc JH6
rapping comnenced; among them a
request was made that If the supposed
presence could hear and understand to
rap on the foot board instead of ons the
wall, and the rappings came as re-
quested. ss~ efiIo
This suggested the idea of following
the method adopted with the Roali4.
ester rappings at the time the
name was alleged to have beeiiil
given which resulted in the 'ttfss
covery OF the body in the cellar, and
was really the beginning of modern
spritualism. 1t was asked If it was the
spirit of, a woman, to which there iwasi
no response. Are you man9'--wsss.
responded to by three distinct raps.
Did you die in Minnesota met with Ike:
response. AtSt. Paul called out but.
one knock. 'If call the letters OF the
alphabet. will you give three raps .gas j.
name the letter necessary to spell yotife
name?" was responded to by threefapss.
and the alphabet accordingly was Called
slowly until the letter G was reached,
when three raps were given on the foot,
board. In like manner the call pro-
ceeded until the name George Fainham
was given. the age was said TO be twen-
ty-four; cause of death, a quarrel at
Austin, Mimi, in 1890, when he was
killed by companion, who also came
from Chicago, Ell the third day after his
arrival in the city. Asked if he wanted
TO communicate with any one. the re-
SPONGE was three raps, and he was told
to again respond to the call of the al
phabet and say whatever he choose, and
! the result was:
Garry a letter to mother at 134 Adams
street, Chicago"
And III the same way he said his
mothers name was Jane Fainham: that
| he had no brothers; that his oldest sis
ter was also named Jane Fainham and
another Rosa Fainham; that neither
were married, and both lived with their
mother i'll Chicago. He said that his
deathresulted from quarrel in rela-
| ton to woman; that he came to that
! house year ago: that he did not come
with the present tenant, and would not
i follow him to another house, for he
could not leave that until has mother
was Informed of his death; that while
he should remain he would not hurt any
one, but should continue to come at IL
O'clock at night and could not come at
any other hour.
Mr.. A. would not permit any inquiry
as to who killed him, because he would
/ in no sense be responsible for fumor
involving any name given in that way,
but in response to the inquiry o. Others
if he could give the name three raps
| were given, and to the question Woukd
! he give the name, one loud knock was
| given.
/ IN THE KITCHEN.
TO describe in cold type the sensation
that man feels who has seen an EVIL
! dence of some mysterious power in one
room, and then to go into another room,
close the door. blow the light out and
await developments. is difficult thing
to do. There was no uncanny, Gravity
feeling that is generally attributed to
the presence of ghosts and specters,. but
on the contrary ali Intelligent desinetp
investigate the truth, and if anything
unusual; or inexplicable was to occur
| to accept II with as much philosophy as
the teachings of a long number of years
among the. mysteries of a newspapeI
life would permit. 80 p, ,serT
Soon after ;eHtering the room, the
party of four gentlemen ene.of them a
| GLOBE reporter. seated themselves
around the kitchen table and awaited
/ developments. There was not ARA y4pf
| light in the room,ana the utmost q aIel
prevented the pans In the. b drls
/ part of the room began ssrassE Iea and;
| the fieur creak and snaps nos uIalitse sht.
cracking noise heard Whenithe Wea tker
is very cold, though this evening the
thermometer registered about 80 deg.
! above zero: Soon the noise became
general throughout the. room, noWiin
one place and then in another, until II
| finally came 10 the table around which
] the gentlemen were seated, and then
! the fun began. First one side and theE
! another would move. and all the tinle
| the table was ereaking and grooming as
| if in dire distress. the GLOBE man
| was the particular party that his lord
! ship, the ghost, seemed to want to mix
| up With,an if touches OH the shoulders
! and pincheS on the arms and legs, to-
j gether with sundry wrappings about
.
pleasure or hatred, the reporter was the
recipient of enough of such attentions
! to make it very interesting anyway.
| Matches were scratched on the walls by
invisible hands. leaving no smoke or
light. A small pocket knife fell, at the
| feet of one Of the gentlemen, while AIT
| other was nearly Sutfocated by laying
down OH tie floor trying to listen to
/ what was going on iii the next room.
Through it all. however, there was not
| a trace of fright in any one of the party,
and all lett the room feeling sure that
they had been in the presence of some
| unknown, mysterious and incompre-
hensible power. And the gentleman of
the house, who had been SO bitterly op-
posed to Investigation, declared he
would not take $1,000 for his experience
that evening. He has already written
to Chicago. in the hope of learning
something of the spook family.