The herald., 1895-08-01
some SEA SHORE SPOOKS'
So.
A Tale That Wrought Up the
Camp.Meeting SpirituaIists
MANY MEDIUMS INDIGNANT
The Facts OF the Occurrence as Seen by
81. . the Faithful
MANY MEDIUMS INDIGNANT
An Old Mans Folly and an Emotional Writ
er's Imagination Take fountain
of a 1oie Hill

spiritualist camp at this mornings S ses-
sion there was trouble in the air. 1t was
plain that she was so very indignant at
what sine termed the mendacty of a GER.
tain morning paper that she nearly gave
way to tears, and in scathing terms de-
nounced the story complained of.
Mrs. Cowell was not the only one who
felt aggrieved over the article. The cor
respondent, whom it is asserted is none
other than Soon Lauer OF Pasadena,
claims to be possessed OF the occult
power OF making himself invisible to
physical eyes" and had written har-
rowing tale concerning the brutality
which two officers of the camp had used
in ejecting an aged man from the tent
last Monday night.
Here is the Other side OF the story as
told by A. 5. Lane to Herald reporter
this afternoon. Mr.. Lane has been a resi-
dent for many years of Santa Monica and
bears an enviable record for veracity. He
was present all through the session Mon
day night and saw everything that oc-
cured.
while the meeting was in progress DR..
X i'm ball arose and commenced to make
speech. He was sitting on bench on
the ltlt sue Vi tHt plutitrm anu duNauCeu
as he spoke to a point in front OF the
piano. Officer Parker Immediately ran
up and ordered HIM to sit down and wait
until after the speaker had finished before
he spoke. This Kimbal refused to do,
and Parker took hold of him and led HIM
forcibly towards the door. kimball
walked the length of three benches and
then grabbed hold of the third with his
left hand. Parker had hold of his right
arm and pulled him very slightly. Then
Lauer and James Ly2ch jumped up, and.
running towards the two men, began to
demonstrate. Parker released his hold on
Kimball and called for Officer anuels.
who came up, and taking hold of one of
the men led him out OF the camp, and
was followed by Parker and the other
man. That is the whole story. There
was no violence used. ~
Lane had been standing in the rear of
the tent when he made the foregoing re-
marks. and the services had closed mean
time and Kim ball, who was present came
up to him and The Herald man and told
how iU happened.
at was this way began Kimball.
The speaker was talking about the
whale that swallowed Jonah. and l got
up to tell him that it was not the whale
down on the beach, which smells so
badly. | could have told him what whale
it was that Jonah had the difficulty with,
but the officer told me to shut up. and 1
wouldn't do it, so he led me away from
tho front. and when | got little ways
off | caught hold of one of the benches
and lie started to pull me away, when
two men whom | never saw before came
up'and said something. and the officer
called another officer and took them out.
| went back to my seat and sat down.
Professor Loveland and | have known
each other for fifty years. We were
brought up together back east, and am
in hearty sympathy with all these peo-
pie"
To further elucidate the scene OF Mon.
day night. Kim ball went to his seat and
arose ami began to speak. Lane, imper-
sonating the officer, went through the
scene and acted it over again. kimball
further said that he returned tha next
morning and wanted to know why the
off Ger did not put him out
The story of Officers Samuels and
Parker is su bstantially the same, and they
asserted that they were appointed by the
mayor of the city of Santa Monica. and
by President Dye of the Spiritualst So
ciety. TO maintain order on the camp
grounds.
Kim ball is we'll known here. ana has a
penchant tor rising in public meetings
and making speeches. He is a harmless
old man and is allowed to talk at the
camp meeting when he can do SO with
out interrupting the programme.
Lauer one of the men elected. claims
to be litterateur. He made his appear
ance about the second day of the encamp-
ment and gave President Dye some press
notices. one of which President Dye gave
to The Herald man this morning. 1t is
from the Willoughby, o., Independent.
and after saying that Lauer was born in
that town IN 1862 goes on to say that he
wrote somo letters of travel for that
paper. and winds up by saying that as
writer he belongs to the school of the
Transcendentalists, represented here
by Carlyle, IN Germany by the philoso-
piers Of ths Ideal school. His central
and dominant key is the divinity and
supremacy of the human soul. In all his
prose and poetry he appeals to the ideal.
and exhorts to perfect reliance upon
the SOULS highest intuiGions in all phases
of life. The above named volume en-
bodies the following DEPARTMENTS: The
Souls Way OF Life Society and the Soul;
Literature and Life; Pages From a Cata-
lima Journal Leaves From an Adirondack
journal; Soul Voices lpoems). In the
Catalina and Adirondack Journals the
author gives some of his impressions and
experiences in solitary life with nature.
He has spent one summer camping in the
Rockies. one in the Adirondacks. and one
on Catalina island. off the coast OF South
ern California: and these seasons of soli-
tary life have been the most fruitful i'll
literary work. The following poem by
Mr.. Lauer is sufficient evidence that he
has achieved a place among the best
writers"
The impression which prevails among
many at the camp is that Lauer il SEN
sationalist who is endeavofing to get a
position on a newspaper. President Dye
gave the following interesting story OF
Lauer's first appearances: REV. Solon
Lauer came to me about the second day
of the encampment and asked for posi-
ton. | refused and he said he was an
investigator and had been investigating
spirltualism for ABOUT fifteen years. |
gave him the use of tent and extended
him every facility for continuing his in
vestisation. Friday night last he got up
in the meeting and denounced Mr.. Bar
neg, who was giving tests. as g swindler.
Barney was reading sealed letters and
Lauer claimed that the letters had been
tampered with. This was true, but there
are plenty of people who were present
that night who saw them tamrered with
after they left Mr.. Barney's hands. We
had no objections to Lauer's speaking at
the proper time, but | did most strenu-
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