Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-22
HIS FATHERS GHOST.
Not Longer Doomed to Walk the
Earth in Bath.
lnquisitive Son Grabbed Ghost and Stripped
the Cheese Cloth From the Imposter.


Times Of Friday bas tho f,,uo;
so'iie 'iIie Df. french Webster,
,n,ai. io ieS,ue,i' ol THIS city. has been
nons spirieuaiistic seances at the north
M ~ mas oech rather carefully CON
49,, sores VI entertainments, only In
sl,oa ones pe'ng present, and had devel-
r. eon'I0eiA oie sSrehsth' qul1e num-
uei Vi "eh anu women being convinced
oiiae tne Spirits OF the departed do Mt times
,io'o 'no oan'ncIs VI the earthly ana In
ouiso III various KNOCKS ana Iapplngs;
"'1o wrappinss.
ohoer ohe ihahageinent oil Dr. Webster,
qul,o company OF aforetlme residents OF
i,a1h nave peeh para'iea IN MS room at
INC horth eho' thougii IL was pain That
some OF ehem had grown since they
stopped breathing the salt air OF Bath,
wh'!e oInors nave diminished IN size after
having peeh oepriVe'l oi ehose hourishlnS
waters "hich nave peei coming from the
oireceion ol thompson orook, pu1 oil
ooulso JIG iiieoiu'h "''s hoo u piaihc lor
ohag.
Inc ihethou Oh 1orfaiiihg these one time
cltlzehs was us loiioWs: "A ilttle cabinet
hai ''ech pu'i6 at one emu OF 1he room ana
- i""Se' ~ " swan 'i'o'' ",'h
ana women VINO were supposed TO be IN
teresCeu III such innings Wou'd DC seated
10 MAKE thihgs WORK Just flght the
iheuiuh Explained 1hab they shoulu Doaf
ranged alterhateiy-nfst man ana then
WoIhan'all holulhg hahus so tlat the III
iiuehce wouluh tsuher any such Interrupt
tons as the Nequasset water experiences
"nlle coming 10 thls Guy.
FOR some tline Mr' Abher Morse, frank
Wethefpee anu WIN Iarhcr nave leu
that the real nature OF 1heso proceedings
shoulo DC demonstrated 10 tnose VINO hao
Deen uecelveu ny tne1n, but IL was not I'M
I'LL last hlght that thelr plans were car
rled into eHcet. Lasb hlght was pay
time, SO 20 speak all theve were 10 pay
2.oo Tor the privilege or seeing the per-
(formanco and SO 1t happened there was
superabunuance OF men-one RESULT OF
which was to bring Morse anu Parker
next each other, with Wetherbee close at
hand.
In order to give Gae spirits Tree scope
The room Is kept very dark sort or IN
vcrted paper tunnel being placed over
small lamp but last night the lamp
wouldn't work and candle was used
which, now ana then llarlhS up gave
more light than was needed.
The medium, as usual, TOOK MS seat IN
the cabinet and shortly after white
form appeared moving the curtain TO one
side, showing him in his chair Inc fact
that this white form was simply cluster
OF whlte cloth helo III Ghe ineuluhi hahu
was not, however, explained.
Then the medium white shirt bosom
and coat were arranged in the chair and
the ROBBED figure OF tie man himself APP
peared moving the curtain aside to dis
play them, and many Thought that ne
really was still in the chair though Morse
whispered to Parker to note the fact that
the shirt bosom was about 1901 lower
than it ought to be-whlch SHOWS the uoc-
tor should make more allowance lor bhe
trained eye of an expert Bath mechanic.
Finally that white robed figure, with
waving bell sleeves began moving ABOUT.
Someone would ask If he had friend IN
the group and IL one rap followed IL
meant that he did. Then each person III
the circle would inquire If he was the one
sought and when the three raps came IL
showed that the right one was iouhd.
After some OF these manGuvrlhgs Iast
night 1t developed that FRANK Webherpoe
brother was there (although II Ism an es-
tablished fact that he Is dead yet) ana
though Frank noticed that MS nrothor
bad grown considerable he asked MN TO
bring him one of those pinks which were
at the cabinet, designing to embrace nun
But his brother kept his distance ana only
tossed him the pink.
Three more rappings developed the lac6
that Abner Morse's rather was before
him With extended right arm tne nov"
ing bell sleeves waving softly ike Wig
! the white robed Inquire moved Slowly ior
ward until within ABOUT SIX lec' "
Morse when 1t wavered ana Morse' con
WINGED that tho spirit would approach 10
nearer, made Il leap ana WIN onc o'!'
"if that's my father propose 10 SHOW
it, he graspsd MN a'"ue e'o ""is'
Inc splrit prove" " 10 VI S"'.u 80 ''''a
blood, weighing ahouo 20" pouu.'' ",
much more than Morsc ,'u, 'no i'erss a ,,',
hung to MN iike pui, ivy a. az ' n"i,
wrestlcd about .he room, pes oiiu VIZ I.'''
for light by MORSE he''her man .poNI,
but the heavy preaInihe 'o,u , ,nnV e oam
was STRUGGLING ms uIlios' ~ .','. H.
iiict III Inc uarh o""si wy, 'o aa,;nst
went across .no ioo'i "n as lbs s',;rit owl
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