The herald., 1897-04-01

Josie got Letter from May yesterday
sorry that any one that has had the teach
ings she has had could write such a letter
as that. She said she would not follow any
follow her but if any one follows her m
Teaching they wouldn't go mucn OUT 9I Tue
way. Josie did not chase Miss Lundgrein
away from home. l was there ana SAN !.
all. That same control came In that
Josie chased away from her at the High
lands He came in and called himself
Swedenborg. but he gave himseii away
when he began to talk He called Josie a
liar and everything bad, but 1t was hor-
rible language to listen to. and no good
spirits use such language Beware OF that
Swedenborg and Minnie tnat comes
through Miss Lundgren. 1t is not the
Minnie l sent you the picture of: the Min
ME that comes to Miss I.undgren came TO
her here and coughed and tried TO act ike
cough medicine. When she came with Il
the control spit a big COB in her face. Do
you think Minnie would spit in her own
mothers face?
Frank and Van, want to see you 80
bad some times 1t don't seem as II could
G. w. VAN.
For ten minutes witness perused this
letter before he would acknowledge 1t
as being in his own handwriting. He
finally admitted writing it but contended
the word Same" quoted above had been
ilterpolated and had not been written by
him.
Upon redirect examination witness
stated that while he Is vegetarian or
dinarily he sometimes eats meat, and
that meat is placed upon the table at
the hall when people demand 1t. He
denied believing in Spiritualism and
thought the teaching he had inbibed at
the hall had had much to do with clear
irg his mind in this regard. The fact
was also developed that the reason Miss
Lundgren went to Highland was because
Minnie sent for her. as she wished to
see her before she died.
MONKEYING WITH JUSTICE
Witness made an answer regarding the
length of stay at Highland and almost
Immediately corrected himself. Senator
White rose to his feet and appealed to
the court on the ground that one of the
parties interested in the case had made
a signal to the witness. Miss Holmes
flashed an angry flash at counsel and
half arose from her seat as II to reply,
but relapsed as Judge Wellborn threat
cned dire punishment against anyone
caught at monkeying with the cog
wheels of justice.
DR. Kirkpatrick testified to being the
family physician of the Taylors. He had
attended Arthur, the 17-year-old son,
who had suffered from typhoid fever
After his illness he was very weak and
with some heart trouble, the result of the
weak state of his health.
Mrs. Florence G. Taylor of San Fran
cisco. who came south to testify at the
trial. was an interesting witness. She
is a lady apparently above rather than
below the average intelligence and edu-
cation, and on that account additional
Importance attached to her testimony.
She first spoke of the boy Arthur He
was sick much of the time while before
and at Belmont hall and was nursed by
his aunts and Miss Holmes, witness her
self being about that time very much IL
disposed. She attended the meetings
when she could. She denied Mickey"
ever having been mentioned at any time
on the Sunday evening mentioned in
the article written by Miss Irwin. Miss
Holmes wore house dress with Greek
front and not a wrapper, on the Thurs
day night, and had worn green house
gown on the Sunday evening previous. 1t
was wholly untrue that her son Arthur
had his head on Miss Holmes shoulder.
or that he had an arm around her waist.
Such a thing was physical impossible
ity, for Miss Holmes occupied a high
chair, and from the seat her son occupied
such position as alleged was not prac-
ticable. Belmont hall, according to Mrs.
Taylor was carried on upon Christian
lines and was more of a home than any
thing else. The guests were mostly rel
atives and there was nothing in 1t I'm
imical to the laws of God or man." Miss
Holmes did claim to know some moral
principles which she explained to those
who so desired. Everyone was free to
do as he or she chose, and no commands
were given. Being asked regarding the
&C cmparison for Miss Holmes-"cross be-
tween a bleached-out tortoise shell cat
and a faded rattlesnake"-the witness
answered that it scarcely resembled the
reality.
How does Miss Holmes in court COM
pare with what she was at that time ?"
asked MIR. Kendrick.
The same, only perhaps more worn
looking than even at that time when she
was suffering from lack OF sleep. She is
one of the purest and best women 1 ever
knew. She was always on hand II any
one was sick in or out of the hall"
After this high encomium witness
went on to say that the meeting held In
the basement hall was impressed upon
her mind because it was held for the
first time downstairs. The heat became
very great in the parlor when many
people assembled, and so the change
was made. Then it was the first ap-
pearance of Miss Irwin. who was a
stranger in the house. and, to cap all,
on the following Sunday the alleged
libelous article appeared.
Miss irwin had arrived some time
during the afternoon" continued Mrs
Taylor land when l went downstairs
met her in the parlor and in some way
she fell under my charge. I showed her
to herroom and dlaterwe went downstairs
together. I also had the pleasure of in
PRODUCING her to a number of the
friends. On the Tuesday, think, she had
been downtown to the hotel to get some
things she wanted, and upon her return
came to my room and talked about hyp-
notism and along occult lines. On the
day following. when the papers were
brought in, she asked for the Examiner,
intimating that she desired to keep in
touch with Guatemalan affairs, then in
very unsettled state, as there was a
probability of her receiving an appoint
ment down in that country.
A HIGH COMPLIMENT.
"At the Thursday evening meeting
there was number OF the inmates upon
the platform. They went collectively, as
the ladies objected to taking such a
prominent position unless all went to-
gether. When Mrs. Russell ceased
speaking there was some little commo-
tion at the back of the hall. was seated
below the platform, with my back to the
audience, and couldn't see what was
going on. I heard Miss Irwin and Mr..
Clark (Dodd, the detective) talking vol
ubly together and left the auditorium.
In coming upstairs I saw Miss Irwin
passing out into the garden. Next morn
ing she left the house"
do you remember Miss Holmes
pointing and some one saying: See,
there are the devils?'" " asked Mr.. Ken