The record-union., 1897-11-20

of our communion with our spirit
friends a voice was heard in the
trumpet, saying: When speak my
name you will all be very much sur
prised. My name is Blanche Lamont"
Upon being asked what she wished
to say TO US, she replied:
''DuTrant did not murder me. He
is innocent. Try to save his life, for
he did not murder me-"
Upon being asked who did murder
her, she replied: William Arnold,
colored man.
Some one inquired where it was that
the murder was committed, and she re-
piled, Just outside the church.
l then said, And did he carry your
body into the church afterwards" and
she replied, Yes
In reply to other questions the spir-
It of Blanche Lamont said that the
same colored man, William Arnold, also
murdered Minnie Williams, and that he
| is hiding in California.
| A lady then inquired as to why he
murdered her. She Che spiriD re-
piled, Il cannot tell you here
| As our party consisted of ladies ana
gentlemen, l imagine that a sense OF
modesty prevented her from telling US
| of the circumstances Of that hendlsh
act, and the murder may have been
| for the purpose of protecting his lden-
| ity. She then said:
Il spend the most of my time in the
| cell with Durrant trying to comfort
| him. Please try to save him, for he Is
| innocent
She was asked as to what we should
| do, or could do, to help her save Dur
rants life. and she told us to appeal to
| our spirit guides, but did not suggest
the idea of writSng. l do this on my
own responsibility, for it seems to me
| to be the most direct way of getting at
| it. Her idea (the spirit's) appeared TO
| be to work upon the mental plane, put
l seem to feel it my duty to write you
| the full occurrence.
| Now, 1 wish to add that all parties
| interested in that most cruel ana GAS
| tardly murder, on both sides ana All
sides, are strangers to me, ana 10 aii
| the ladies and gentlemen who We're
present on that remarkable occasion
| last eve. None of us are in any way
| interested in the outcome of that aW1ul
| affair. We have never seen any one
| of those people, and learned or theHl
only through the daily papers.
| The fact is, have been of the opln-
| ion all along that Durrant was guilty.
but now l am positively sure that ne IS
| innocent, because the spirit of that IN
iured one has come and told US that he
| is innocent.
| This came to us all like a bolt from
heaven. There was a general excla-
nation of surprise and amazement
when that poor troubled spirit came ana
spoke her name through our trumpet
| Now. dear sir, / leave this in your
hands. to act in accordance with your
own Judgment. You are more inter-
ested in it than I am, or any one VINO
was present last evening. We are III
no way interested in either party-the
guilty. the accused, or the injured ones
-but oh. God, what an awful state OF
things, Two awful black crimes com
mittad AN Tnnocent man accused and
imprisoned. and in great danger Of los
inc his life. and the spirit of one Of the
| poor murdered girls trying to save the
life of the wronged man.
For Gods sake, try to find that Will
| liam Arnold, the colored man, and see
what can be made out of it. 1t makes
l nv nta1I acne ~ lilIiih VI aiA AAAIo ~
| rible suffering.
| l think that / could manage TO get
the spirit of Blanche Lamont to come
I to our circle again and reply TO any
| questions that you might wish to put
to her Therefore you may command
my services in this way if you should
| thus desire.
1 am not medium. but T am taking
steps to that end. It would afford me
pleasure to receive a reply from you.
| Bear in mind that we are ~Aiged to sit
| in the dark room when we hear the
voices, so that any questions that are
asked, or any statement made on such
remarkable occasions, can be repeated
| from memory only. Very sincerely
yours,
| HARLOW ARTHUR CROSS,
| D. d. S.
| THE OTHER LETTER.
| To the Governor of California: Pardon
me, for / do not know your name, nor
whether / am right in thus writing to
| you, but do not know who else to ad-
dress, and feel it my duty to tell some
| one of my (also many others) expert
| ence on Saturday evening, November
! 18th, when for the first time in three
years L again attended a spiritual Sc
ance. l will tell you just what oc-
| CURED.
Toward the end a voice said, slowly
| and impressively: You will be sur
prised when 1 tell you my name" She
| paused, and hush fell through the
| room. Then: Il am Blanche La
| mont"
| A gentleman asked: Miss Lamont,
were you killed in the chureh?" She
| answered, mo, just outside, and
| want to tell you-DuIrant did not kill
me-
| Some one said: II don't think she
viii tell who did it." A medium who
sat next to me, said: Yes, keep still,
she will tell"
| The voice spoke. "Yes. I will tell
you; it was William Arnold, a colored
man, who is now in hiding in Califor-
| MA
She was asked: "wnl Durrant
| hang?"
THE spirits" she replied, "are try
| ing very. very hard to save him, and
| thus far have had it put off. 1 spend
much of my time in the cell with him.
| VIII you help me?''
To a question she answered: Yes,
| this same man also killed Miss Will
liams''
| She also said she did not like to tell
there why she was killed.
Now, / do not know, any more than
you. whether this was fraud or not, but
] do not believe so. / have seen much
| that was astonishing and beautiful in
it. However, true or not before the
man is rushed into eternity is it not