The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-17

Special Dispatch 10 the Daily Eagle.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 16.-All Okla
hopa City is laughing over the expose of
Mr.. Concannon, a spirii ualist, OF this city.
1t is ludcrous in the first place because
the ghost which claimed il was ThomhsJef-
ferson, the great exponent OF liberty, ana
was making itself generally promiscuous
was found to be Concannon himself, and
in the second place when all the ladies and
gentlemen present, as the lamp was
lighted took a look at the ghost he was
naked, and the lamp was put out as
quickly as it had been lighted.
Concannon has been giving seances in
this city for about three weeks. He Is as
sisted by two females He charges al ad-
mission fee of one dollar.
Several people saw the show, and several
prominent men. among them ID. &. Lewis
and John Ward, decided TO put up a
scheme to 60 to the bottom OF the case.
They all appeared at a seance and when
the ghost OF Thomas Jefferson appeared
and wanted to hold communion with ID.
G. Lewis, MIR. Lewis came forward aud
took the aforesaid etherealiZed Thomas
firmly and gently by the hands. And
Lewis hung on. L. Jefferson esquire
wanted to go back ito fast 10 fires" tut
M Lewis said may" There was a scuffis
:
All looked to see Z. Jefferson in captiv.
ity. The women screamed. It was not
Thomas Jefferson. 1t was Concsnuon.
He was naked.
The town is laughing about it. 1t has
gone into the courts. The medium and
his assistants have been arrested under the
following complaint:
John Wand of lawful age being duly
sworn deposes ard says that on day of
June. 1894. the above named defendants,
X. Concannon, Mrs. - Chapman, whose
real name is unknown, and Mrs Della
Bryan, did unlawfully, falsely and de-
signedly represent and pretend TO this
affiant and one ID. c. Lewis. c. II. Rogers,
Z. NJ. Riley and Louis Mendlik and di-
vers other persons to this affisnt un-
known that the said R. Concaunou was a
spiritualist medium and possessed the
power to call back from abode of departed
spirits and materialiZe in bodily form, the
spirits of departed relatives of those who
might sit in seance with him, and that by
reason of such representations and
pretenses falsely and designedly
Wand, d. G, Lewis. G. II. Rogers,
F. NJ. Riley and Louis Mendlik
and others were induced to and
did then and there pay to the said r. Con-
cannon from fifty cents to one dollar each
for the privilege of attending said pre-
tended splrltuallstic seances held by said
Il. Concanuon; that said representations
were wholly false, and the said r. Concan-
non WAS not a spiritualist medium and
could not materialize or bring back from
their abode the departed spirits of dead
friends and acquaintances of this affiant
and others ard the said r. Concannon to-
gether with the said Mrs. Chapman ard
Mrs. Della Bryan did then and there pre-
tend in the presence of this affiapt and the
others named TO hold spiritual seauces
and did then and there pretend 10 materi-
aliZe in bodily form the spirits o. departed
friends of this affiant and others, and
cause sbadowy forms to appear In dark
ened rooms where said seances were
held, representing them to be spirits of
dead relatives and friends of the persons
so present, when in truth and in fact the
said supposed shsdowy forms so shown in
the darksned rooms aforesaid were in
reality the said R. Concannon and his con-
federates. the said Mrs. Chapman and
Mrs. Della Bryan. disguised. That said
taken and supposed to be
departed spirits were made aud produced
with the intent, desiguedly made, to cheat
and GefrauG this affiant and the others
named out of the money paid as aforesaid,
contrary to the statutes in such cases
made and provided. against the peace and
dignity of the Territory OF Oklahoma.
JOHN WAND.
The three have been bound over to the
district court to answer to the charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses.