The herald., 1897-03-28

Tell If she ever did drive evil spirit
out of any one"
Instead of throwing 'stuff' at them
she'd hammer 1t out of them"
did you ever see her do this?'
1T remember my own experience" re
piled witness, as she choked back tn
hysterical laughter. I've had so man.
evil spirits in me-" she added, with sucl
an air of self pity,as to cause convul
sion of laughter to sweep around th'
court
what did she do to you?"
"She just pounded me-"
where did she hit your"
"Oh, she wasn't particular at ALL"
"And you believed in it?'
1T dld-then."
But you don't now?"
"Oh, no." and the stress laid upon thu
word meant more than volumes OF ex
PLANTATION.
Did she ever do this to a man?"
"Yes, to John Gridell He was under
control and she just pounded 1t out o.
him. He didn't know anything and a!
he lay on the floor she got down beside
him. 1t was a common occurrence
while he lived at our house at the same
time she did"
HOW THEY PLAYED MENAGERIE
"Have you ever seen her controlled
by beast?'
II have by a snake"
what would she do?"
There was quite number in our cir
| Gle and she lay and sQuirmed in @
sinuous way in and out of the chairs
Miss Lundgren, whom she called her
speaker law on the couch under con-
troll of beast She said that her spirit
left her body and travelled through other
spheres and the same with her speak
| err"
How did her body perform its bod
| lily functions after the spirit had gone
| abroad?"
She was generally quiet when the
| spirit was travelling. She wouldn't let
us eat very much, and never let US eat
meat at any time, for she said IL was
wrong. Once we got real hungry and
a young man brought some fish, but she
caught us eating it and stopped u.s."
Were you at the table?"
Not the regular meal" giggled wit
ness. lit was on the side''
What did she feed Miss Lundgren
upon?"
'On raw meat-the wild animal de-
manded it."
STRAINING MARITAL RELATION.
Did she give instruction rega riding
! the conduct of husbands and wdves?"
Yes; she said that the married ought
to live as if unmarried, save for bearing
children, and unless that was observed
perfection could never be reached"
Did you believe her?"
Yes; and l told my husband, but he
lost faith, and it resulted in her leaving
our house"
BABY ANGELS" FINE WORK.
1t had been testified before that Miss
Holmes on one occasion had been sit
ting on the lap of George Van Auken,
witness brother-in-law, and upon this
point Senator White pursued his exam
ination.
What did she do when you came imp"
inquired counsel
she jumped off"
Did you not say anything to her about
it?"
"One time she accused me of talking
about her and l then told her had not
told of her having sat in Georges lap
She replied, oh, that time 1 was con-
trolled by Baby Angel"
When people called how did she d.
agnose them?"
Il think she was under control was
nearly always in the room. She wouldn't t
let everybody join, but weNheld meet
ings and balloted on them and she al
ways told US how to vote"
Was she uneducated?"
She told me shs had received no edu-
cation in the old country, and what she
did was by supernatural power"
AT this point Henry 7. Gage attempt
ed to read letter, written by Miss
Holmes, to the jury, but he claimed he
was not sufficiently under control to read
it. 1t was handed to the jury as tending
to show the education of the writer
What claims regarding her deceased
sister Minnie did she maker"
She said her spirit came back and
worked through her body. She refers
to her in that letter IS 'Sweetsy.
Did she say anything about 'disci-
ples?'"
She and Minnie came to call disciples,
and she called twelve of us and we went
along with her when she made her spir-
itual tour of investigation-at least she
said we did"
But you didn't go?"
mo, sir; l was at home"
Did she say anything about your
husband?"
Yes; she said he was called and he
should throw away his tools"
Did he do it?'
For about a week"
A MODERN OLYMPUS.
Did she represent the spirit Abel to be
God?"
"She was careful how she told that.
and then not to every one; but she said
that she saw Abel and he was the Su-
preme Power"
ANY other spirits?"
She had a business manager"
What did she call him?"
"Shanks."
Did she tell you any of his charac-
teristics?"
'She said she had no trouble In attend
ing to business, that he attended to all
the details"
Were there any others?'
Yes, sir; she had lawyer spirit"
What was his name?"
Il don't remember his name"
Mrs. Van Auken went on to tell how
Miss Lundgren had horse and buggy
which she did not use very much, and
that on one occasion she told witne IS
she could use it. Witness took her little
boy and took a drive, but when she re-
turned home Miss Holmes pounded her
for going away from the house on world
ly pleasure, and told her that evil spir-
its had got possession of her. For sew
eral months she was kept in the house,
and when Miss Holmes left the city for
a time she left instructions that neith er
should leave the house nor admit any
visitors.
Did she say anything regarding men
looking al women?" asked Senator
White, resuming his examina ton.
"She said thoughts were things; that
the Scripture says if a man looks at a
woman to lust after her. he is guilty of
adultery. Men, she knew, had looked t
her, and she had had spiritual children.
She told US that we were chosen ia m