The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-23
A NIGHT OF JUGGLING.
The Customary Tricks Done by
Spiritualist Cooke Last Night
But Nobody Found Him Out as
Is Also Customary.
John Brown Writes on a Slate That
His Soul Still Goes Marching On
Other Nonsense.


! Lloyd Cooke would produce material
lzeu spirits of their passed and gone
! ueDlors ana make them pay their debts
were disappointed. With the exception
( OF one lone, poorly but Clearly dressed
+ ghoSt who appeared in the last act and
what man in the gallery evidently
mad IN his hip pocket, there were no
! spirits present
DIT Cooke is not a large man but is a
/ very good looking man
"A MT PoWen is his company of cele-
brated English spirit mediums. which
positively appeared as advertised.
thusiastic
The first manifestation was of slate
WIlllhS- The doctor went into the au-
d1ence with two small states. common
ordinary States" and Wiping them per
fectly clean put a pencil between them
and put them together. A young man
IN the audience held one side of the
states and the doctor the other. After
a short wait presumably while the
spirits drew straWs to see which it
should be, people in the immediate vi
entity heard the scratching of the pen
ell and when the states We're opened
one contained this message:
My soul still goes marching on
John Brown"
a Topeka man who has seen. letters
written by John Brown says the writ
ing on the slate was very like his
Dr. Cooke may have produced the
scratching sound with his fngernan on
the under side of the slate
Il should like to have a committee
of gentlemen from the audience come
onto the stage, if you will be kind
enough, please" said the doctor, TO
see that there is no trickery of any kind
whatsoever"
The audience was very enthusiastic
about the selection of this committee
and there were cries for John Carter
John Will5erson, DR. Edison, E. G.
Wilson, Howell Jones, 3. J. Dallas and
GOVernOr-elect Leedy.
All the gentlemen named were in the
( audience on the first floor. Mr.. Jones
smiled pleasantly and sat still Mr.
Dallas did the same thing excepting
that he didn't smile. Mr.. Leedy looked
about as though surprised that any
body in the audience knew him, and
then nestled down again into the pro
lection of Ralph Turner, who sat be
side him.
The first four gentlemen named as
cended the stage.
1t could not have been a better com
mittee for the audience. Mr.. Wilson
may have been lukewarm, but the three
others were as curious and prying as a
small boy where pie is concerned.
The plain. ordinary committee then
examined the plain, ordinary cabinet,
Mr. Carter putting on his spectacles to
get q better view and pronounced it
nothing but four iron posts Joined to-
gether and tapestry curtains hung from
the sides. There was no top.
A plain, ordinary cotton rOpe-every
thing is plain and ordinary in the vO-
Cabulary of every spirituaHstic magi-
cian-WaS then Inspected by the COM
mittee and pronounced all right.
The doctor put the rope across his
lap, seating himself in q plain, ordinary
chair in the cabinet first, the curtains
were drawn and in just As seconds by
Dr. EidsOn's full jeWeled, Swiss move
ment 500 gold watch and chain, the
curtains were drawn and the doctor
was found to be tied hand, foot and
a of
knots.
Every knot in the rope was then
sealed with sealing wax by the com
pany Of celebrated English spirit medi-
ums, While the committee scrutinized
the work so closely that the audience
saw little of it,
After several manifestations of bell
ringing tambOurine playing, after
which all the instruments were flung
out of the top of the cabinet. the cur
tains were drawn quickly and the doc
tor was found still tied and sealed as
before. The committee said so, MI
Carter putting on his spectacles to ex-
anime the rope.
At the request of the doctor. Mr. Car
ter took a seat inside the cabinet in
such way that he could keep his
hands on the former and the cabinet
was closed again.
The audience fully expected to see
Mr.. Carter and his 200 pounds come
flying over the top of the cabinet, but
they didn't
Instead. the curtain was drawn after
the space of half q minute and the au-
dience observed the two men sitting
as they had been when the cabinet was
closed excepting that Mr.. Carter was
i'm shirt sleeves and the doctor, who had
been cOatless before, had on Mr.. Car
ter's coat, which was several sizes too
large for him.
Mr.. Carter was naturally a good deal
surprised and the audience was i'm
mensely pleased Mr.. Carter assured
Il 1nen RI Far
made the slightest motion. but that he
had felt hands working about him and
that the coat came off one sleeve at a
time.
A needle and thread was procured
and Mr. Carter's coat sewed together
in front on the doctor, and the sleeves
sezved together. The curtains were
drawn. closing the cabinet.
Now Mr.. Carter" said the doctor,
sswhen you want your coat say coat .
Coat" said Mr.. Carter. and the arti-
Gle in question came flying over the
top of the cabinet and landed squarely
in Mr. Carter'S arms. The front ana
sleeves were still seWed together
you will observe that L have here, =
said the doctor to the audience, q
common ordinary pitcher which 1
brought from the hotel, and It IS hlied
with common, ordinary water
The committee examined the arIlcle
in turn and pronounced it all right, Jno-
Carter putting on his glasses ana takllS
a taste of the liquid to be sure.
Fach of the four members of the com
1nittee was then given an empty glass
and the doctor poured water into Car
ter's glass. wine" into Mr.. Wilkerson' s
GLASS. water into DR. Edison's and wine
into Mr. Wilson's-an out of the same
pitcher.
An the glasses were then emptied in
to the pitcher and were rehlled with
wine It was emptied back again and
an the glasses were filled with water.
water and wine was produced from the
( same pitcher as desired.
Governor elect L5edy moved up a few
/ seats in order to be closer.
As the final test the doctor poured
! from the pitcher water into a glass. and
! holding it aloft in his hand Immediate
/ " over the foot lights, allowed the al
! dience TO see it slowly change in color
in the glass until it was all dark like