Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-22
The Pakirs Fail to Convince the
Public.
AFFAIR FEMALE NEDlIN CAPTURED
Partly UndreSsed While kissing
Her DHpes.

The fakirs who have been palming
of their stale sleight-Of-hsnd bunoO
games on small sudiences at the opera
house, ~ spirituaIism, tried it agsin
Sunday evening. In order to further
dupe the public and rob them of their
money these deprayed street-sbo~eTs
advertised the fat lie that the COM
mittee Of exposers who showed them
up in Saturdays JOURNAL would ap-
pear on the stage. They hoped thus to
draw q fat house, to pocket = neat cum,
and move on. Bot thinking people
knew their game and stayed away. AS
it was, it Is reported that they adver-
tIzed the JOURNAL literally, got of
their tbread-baro tricks aud quit dis
gusted because they could no longer
pass OF their rot as the work Of the Al
mighty. 1t may seem smart to some
TO frighten yeEdsDt people with the be-
lief that they are brought under the
direct power Of the Omuipotent, but
such b!asphsmy should not be tolerated
In an enlightened community.
All that those who attended the fake
show learned for sure was that the
fakir had their money.
1t would be safe to estimate that 80
per cent of tine audiences that have
witnessed these fakirs' exhibitions Of
spirftualism pronounce them frauds.
They are not even first-cIzss magicians
or slight of hand operators. They are
street fakirs and couII no doubt in
struct the vsrdant iu many Of the
tricks resorted to by circus g4nIblers.
q. w. Johnson, the clothing mer-
chant, was on the stage with the COM
mittee Friday night, and states that he
saw into the cabinet several times, and
that the young man himself did the
work attributed to the spirits.
A CARD.
The undersigned witnessed the So
called spiritualistic performances OF the
Waites, being in a position to see into
the cabinet, and assert that the expo
sitions published in the JoURSAL are
true.
G. HUGHES.
T.. CLARKE BYRoN.
X. q. KEERR,
w. M. SARaEAET.
NJ. K. 6ARGEAsT.
ANOTHER EXPOSE.
BAN FRAECIsoo, Cali, Oct. pa
special from Pomona to the Examiner
says there has not been 90 great q sen
sAtion In Pomona valley In years ~ the
expose last night OF the most famous
spirituallstic medium In Southern Call.
foTnia, and the trial today Of the MT
dium's husband for assault and battery
As result Of the expose. For nearly
two weeks DIR. Il. Wilcox aud wife
have been holding spiritualistie seAnees
In the homes Of prominent people and
believers In spirituallsm "a the city.
Mrs. Wilcox 10 the medium aud 10 well
known ali oyer the coast. Several hun
dred people have paid tl each 10 join
her circles, aud AL Pomona became
excited over tbs appearances each sven
log of the spirits Of people who haYs
died here IN the past few years snd
their dlTeiul pFOphseiss,
A large AsaemblaEe Of ladies snd
gentlemen gathered ~ the home "
Orlando fpFague, on Third street, last
eYenlng and tbs circle wAs s0On f0EmsA,
The rooms were almost totally dark
ensd apd after lhs usual songs the
spirits sppeaFed slngly Whlls tbs
spirit Of . deceased Sister of AEhpgAsge
wss exchanging slssss spd wbispsEs
wllh hlm hm, Ada q, b0slsa, pastor
VI ihs l0eal upigeTsallsl ehuEeh, nelssH
lessly slole from hsT seal ~ lhe eiIols
snd spiefsa lhs eahlnel,
lshs sAs ihegs sl0ui = minals shsa
sile sailed ~ light apa shoulsdi nlls
. fgaug iis fraud ead lie fhsF's
no msdlgm w here
A. lhls ugmeni ihs splHi W AG
spssps's sister hE0ks fJlni bis gTssp