Evening journal., 1896-07-30
SPIRITS IN SEANCE.
DR.. Slade Shows an Evening
Journal" Reporter Something.
HE Is A GREAT sPIRITUALIsT
lie Is visiting samuel Forbes RecuPor-
ating From AN Attack Made on Him
Bv sandbaegers Some Wonderful Mani
fostations OF Spirit Power.

ni. ntnfy 0lhur. ono Vl lh" hofl
prominent spirltulistic mediums IN tue
Unlted States Is tho guest OF Samuel
Forbes Rt his residence ON West street.
DIR. Slade is a resident OF New York city,
but short time ago no was sandbagged
there and ne was seric nsly injured he
IA living quietly at Mr. Forbes house
until he reouperatss.
DR.. Slade Is practlcing phvsioiau, be
ing a graduate Of Ann Arbor University.
The attsok on Dr. Slade By sand
bsgSers psralyzed the motor nerves Of
hiG right arm aud IL Ia at present pover-
less, but he Is recovering the use OF it
To sn EVENING JOURNAL reporter this
morning he said. Il am = resident Of
the city Of Nav York but / have been all
over tho world. Every where the mani
fostatlons of my power AS sp'rltuAlistic
medium have been received with wonder.
"Of course there are many skeptics
but few who have Investigated the mat
tsr 20 awsy unbelleving.
Il was In Liepslc, Germany, at the
university there for several years and my
pow we're thoroughly tosted While
there wrote q learned troatlae while IN
trGncs state on tho fourth dimensions
OF space something With which normally
am unacqusintod / have gigcn mani
featxtions before several rulers Of Eu
rapean countries In Russia three
months bof0re the assaeslnatlon OF the
old Czar Nicholas predicted that event
having been Informed thereof b. eplrit
writings.
The spirit power hrst became mani
fest In ms when l WAS 2 years old. Ny
mother, who WAS q strict Methodist, WAS
gifted With the same power, but she
II A.. I I...If. Il l..N
the voices she heard aud the writings
she received we're direct communications
i from Christ. When she found
had tho game power she brought me
M also In the belief that Cnrlat WAS In
direct com munlcation with me. soon
found, however, thst suah belief was
preposterous and absurd, and "a | grew
in years learned the true foundation
for the manifestation.
When l was 10 underwent medical
examination and WAS said TO be dying OF
consu nption. At that time l went into
trance OF several days duration aud was
supposed to be dead When / awoke ]
could remember nothing, but found
that had not consumption
When asked about the manifestation
OF his power DR.. Slsde willingly con
sented TO give the reporter a sitting, as
It Is cslled
In Dr., Forbes study IN which th,
sitting took place was common bare
wood table with two raised leaves
After telling the reporter TO investigate
Il the surroundings carefully TO Gee thai
there were no confederRtes or trlckery
DR.. Slade took his seat at one side facing
the west aud the reporter took one oppo
slte facing the eest with bis hands on
the table
There was no cabinet. no hanging
I cloths, no darkness TO deceive.
On tho table was q common 90 npass,
the needle Of which WAS perfectly still.
The reporter aud DR.. Slede Joined
hands and DR.. Slsde said. speaking In
an ordiorry conversational tone: Are
there spirits preseutf'
Nov, he sRld to the reporter. II
they are willing TO give a manifestation
the needle will vibrste
"Immediately the needle spun arounl
! as II Ia the center OF attraction Of (
powerful magnet.
Nov" said the medium, I'VE VII
make test. Three raps signifies yes .
He then asked, rs tho spirit Of DR.
Davis present p at the Same time ex
planning that DR.. Davis ehads was
. familiar spirit, having bsen oae Of bis
friends Ia life.
Immediately three raps were heard Of
9 the floor Come closer, said the doctor
Then were three wraps on the table.
Ticking 3 common slate. such az is use.
, IN the schools, the medium asked "Wil
/ you give us = communicGtlonr
= Immediately three raps we're heard o.
e the slate.
q Taking another slate, both being per
fectly clean on both sides and dropping q
small pisce Of pencil between them, Dr.
Slade asked stor communication
d Meanwhile the reporter had all the tim
B. his hand on the states, 80 that there Ma
o no deception.
h Presently the labored scratching o
I. the pencil was heard. continuing, mayb
e two minutes, then three rapa siEnifyin
q that the communication was WRITER
e When the states were separated, thl
d communication WAS found on the love
ID one, which had bern perfectly clean;
MY FRIEND Many think and beiiev
Il they belong to q church aud pay th
priest or minister, they are safe and wi
) 20 direct 70 the arms Of Jesus. Wh'
g makes mRu or woman a true Chriu
tian is by doing by others aa you woul
- y, have them do by you Then you sre
true Cnrl6ilau no mhIJtf Wnhb your ~
lss lief is, or has been, you are true Ohri
al tian all the same IL is not what 20
% believe but what you do. am the spir
OF DR. Davis
Certainly Dr. Slsde did not write Il
-, communication, the reporter did not, az
,11 no one else was in the room FuEthe
=, more, the slate never left the reporter
!, hand.
Afterwards question asksd
. the reporter WAS nswered 10 writing
=, the spirit hands. Again. at DR. Slsde
=" request mprk Was made on the slh
and the pencil point was left just whe
the writing ended.
Whether the writing Is done By spiri
ue or by some other agency. the manifesto
x ton was certainly interesting and my
y terious and there could have bsen l
p trick or deception.
DE-. Slsde expects TO remain with NJ
Forbes until he Is recovered, when
will again 60 to Germany.
as sc. Fish 40.
OF Large Sea Trout, Cookers and Blue n.