Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-01

| ~ some OF the 6uulSHSc utSceSs S-'N. -
ers cheered.
1t was bedlasn let loose.
| The raiders were n for business. ano
the one In the "trip Of Mr.. aver a.s .ssn
; gagged himself and grabbed the spiI'tua
robe, whiskers. wig, etc.
,rh;s man turned to leave the plat
form 70 make sure OF his booty. and as
he tumped to the floor. according to a
number OF witnesses. Mr.. Aver kicked
! him In the back.
re held up the seized paraphernalia
and said. -aere 1t is; I've got 1t" and
the audience stared at the daring per-
formance His friends closed on him
} and pushed him clear out Of the hall
Into the back lobby. where an attack
was made on the raiders by the temple
people, led by Mr.. Aver, in vain at
tempt to recover the damaging evil
dences in their possession of the
mediums fraud.
A police officer, in the discharge of
his duty, endeavored to find out from
Mr. Aver if he had any complaints of
| assault to make against any person.and
especially the raider who had seized
the wig. robe and whiskers.
Mr.. Aver declined to make any COM
plaint. and the officer said he could not
arrest any one unless complaint was
made.
No one was arrested, although there
were numerous cries from the Spiritual
| lists to have the young man who had
seized the articles from the cabinet ar
rested.
The raiders. in a compact body, left
the building. having accomplished
their purpose of exposing the material
| ization show.
| The Globe reporter ascertained the
names of inese men, who expressed no
reluctance as to their identity being
known. Their names are:
George B. Gates. machinist employed
in the u. S. arsenal. Waterfowl, living
at % Union park. city. Mr.. Gates has
the seized articles in his possession, and
he is ready to give them up to anyone
who will prove ownership.
The rest of the raiding party are Dud-
| ley G. Kimball. machinst, employed by
the West End Railway Company. liv-
ing at 121 Bowden street. Dorchester;
Edward c. Wood, machinist. living at
20 Dwight street; Fred Corbett. living
at Al Dwight street: Clifford Estes.
craftsman, living at Is Dwight street;
J.
Dwight street: Burt Rigby. living at
| SO Waltham street, and Robert Harley
living at 10 Hanson street.
A determined effort was made totake
the angel robe whiskers and wig from
MIR. Gates, but the men who surrounded
were more than a match for Mr.. Ayers
| friends. All the raiders We're lusty
young fellows, and the plans for the
/ 10 TO.
weeks. For several Sundays it had
| been arranged to make the raid. but
fer good reasons it was put off until
yesterday.
| Orders were given to the raiders by
| the chief of the party not to use any
violence, but simply to expose the
medium and seize as much as possible
Of his paraphernala.
The spirit robe seized is sleeveless and
| made of imitation silk. 1t is long
enough to reach the ground and cover
a person of the height of the medium.
The wig is gray one branded inside
| with the stamp of the maker in Allie
gheny, Penn. The beard or whiskers
are long. flowing and white, made to
pass over the ears with a wire, and
having a gray mustache attached large
| enough to cover the black mustache
of the medium.
The other article seized was a piece
of rubber. evidently belonging to the
| suspensory belt, which was the only
thing the medium had on when exposed
| in the cabinet.
| AS soon as the medium found himself
| exposed to the audience, in a state of
| nudity. he tried to pull on his trousers,
but Only partially succeeded. He was
| taken upstairs in a trance" and Mr..
Aver said that he was being attended
| by two magnetic doctors. 1t was I'M
certain whether he would recover.
| Meanwhile Mrs. Concannon had stood
| somewhat apart on the platform, with
out saying anything except to one of
| the faith who stood near her. but now
| she came forward and raising a Shrill
voice pronounced a curse upon the
tumultuous crowd before her. las sure
as | stand here" she declared lifting
her hand. God will bring a curse upon
every one of you who has had part in
| this shameful affair. | call for a curse
upon you
Shame" and Kisses were heard all
over the house, upstairs and down, in
response to this wild anathema.
It's enough to have put such fraud
upon us without adding disappearing, -
protested one man, as the women with
drew.
The Herald interviewed Mr.. Aver as
follows:
What have you got to say, Mr..
Ayer?" asked the Herald man, half an
hour after the expose.
THE circumstances are these" he re-
piled. AS l stood on the platform talk
ing with one of the spirit forms, a sig
nal was given, and half a dozen men
jumped right upon the platform. They
grabbed the curtains and tried to tear
it to pieces. Persons who saw them say
they had a roll of cheese cloth which
they threw over the medium, then
pulled it off and shouted: I've got it,
The medium was in chair under alb
solute control"
Mr.. Aver paused while some of the
bystanders snickered, and went on:
No blows were struck, and 1 kicked
nobody. l showed them all off the plat
form. l wish I was regular fighting
man. l would have laid out some of
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