The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04
SHE CONQUERED FIRE.
Some Extraordinary Tests by a Vest
ern Woman.
CT Dor1 Dinpaar praSc

The feature of the day at the Spiritual
lists camp was the test given by Isa. w.
daughter of the late z. ". Wilson. who was
a pioneer in Spritualsm in the Northwest.
She Is a stout, forid woman. whose pres
ence does not in the least suggest the pos
sibility that she is en- rapport with the
shades, but she demonstrated that she has
a familiar in the spirit OF an ancient deni-
is total indifference to fire. Mrs. Kayner
explained that she first felt the influence
of this familiar-whom she calls Oscar. for
no particular reason-in 1878. She also said
that the spirit performed through her
rather remarkable feat. Her son had been
taken Ill and apparently died. The body
tally, and had been prepared for burial
and placed in casket. In her grief she was
visited by Oscar, and led to touch the body
for burial were being made. The result
was that the boy sat up in his coffin. and is
der the influence of this Same spirit, when
she did of the remarkable things
which her familiar permits her to do with
impunity.
AS a preamble to her text Mrs. Kayner
had committee of gentlemen appointed,
some Of whom were very skeptical. Among
ef fe to her n@ek and
arms to see that they had not been sub
jected to any chemical preparation for the
fire test. They said there was no evidence
Of anything of the kind. and then, TO make
sure, they bathed the mediums hands and
face very thoroughly. Then Mrs. Kayner
had become permeated with the influence
OF Oscar. In the meantime an ordinary
kerosene lamp had been lighted and was
burning briskly. In the trance state the
medium did not change her appearance in
the least or give any evidence of excite
occasionally and found that it remained
quite normal The chimney of the lamp
having became as hot as possible, Mrs.
Kayner proceeded to take 1t off the lamp
with her bare hands. She rolled it along
her bare arms and laid 1t against her fair
neck and cheek; Most of the people shiv-
smelling burning flesh, but there was no
suggestion CT anything of the kind.
Mrs. Kayner borrowed a ten-dollar bill
and taking its opposite ends between the
fingers of either hand. she passed the note
slowly through the flame of the lamp, and
it was the turn of the newspaper man to
that good money. But Oscar does not be-
lieve in burning money. and the bill was
to be- and generally is, very infammable.
Mrs. Kayner took a very ordinary cuff
from a young man whose taste leads him
to celluloid,. and passed the same through
nature that cuff ought to have been. con-
sumed In a flash. but it was not even
hands through the flame and never felt it.
The lamp chimney came into use again,
and. having been nicely heated. was ham
died with ease and without pain by Mrs
Kayner, although some members of the
committee got themselves burned through
too much zeal in performing their func-
TONS
One skeptical gentleman in the audience
also suffered for his curiosity. He could
not believe that the chimney was very
warm. and he extended his bare hand and
requested that the bare glass be laid upon
IT, He was accommodated. and when. four
seconds later. he moved his hand rather
expeditiously. he left nice little section
OF his hide attached to the glass
After the test Mrs Kayner's hand and
the portions of her face and neck which
had been brought into contact with the hot
NAL state, not only free from any infiam-
nation. but quite moist and cool. The mi
mute hairs on the back of the hand had
not even been touched by the flame II
was a remarkable performance. After the
test the medium was very much exhausted
Il under whose influence she had BEEN for
she remembers nothing Of what goes on