The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-19

that those whom we call dead commune
cate with us
As one can best relate his own story. 1
| purpose now, by the courtesy of the Her
aid and the kindness or DR.. Richard
| Hodgson, to relate few facts that bear
upon this subject Nearly all of them
| are capable Of absolute proof, and could
be SO corroborated.before any jury Of fair
| and intelligent men.
/ Within the three and a half years that
! have passed since the death Of the bril-
| liant Kate Field, my days have been full
| Of experiences for which no conceivable
| explanation can account save that she
| is living under conditions mat permit
| constant communication between her and
| myself. Much Of this is telepathic and
not infrequentIy so relates itself to ac-
/ tUally occurrences as to offer a strong
| probability, if not actual proof. Of its re-
| atty; but these I mostly pass over in
| favor Of the more objective communica-
/ ton through the trance writing Of Mrs.
+ Piper though preceding this by an in
/ stance of the telepathic messages.
Miss Fields death occurred suddenly in
/ Honolulu on May 1s 1886. On that date
I landed at Liverpool. In August, I re-
turned, too sad TO HEger in Europe, with
! the intention of going 10 Honolulu, where
her body lay in the vault Of a friend
awaiting the finding Of her will and the
action Of her executors, a well known
Chicago editor and Mr. T Sanford Beatty,
OF New York. With this definite inten-
ton on my part-and one disastrous 10
me in its interruption OF my work
was aware Of Miss Fields suddenly say
ing TO me one night:
Lillian. do not go. All you want will
| come to you here"
I accepted the counsel. Within two
monthsMrs. Dole. the wife Of the Presi-
dent Of Hawaii; Mrs. Castle, the wife Of
William B. Castle, Of Honolulu; Miss An
ma Paris, a daughter of missionaries.
born in Hawaii, who had never before
been in America, and a young lady Ha-
waiian born OF American parentage, who
had married gentleman in Lowell, Mass,
within two months had seen and
talked at length with each Of these four
ladies, who told me all 1 could have learn
ed by taking the journey.
1t was on Oct p, 1895 that, by DR..
Hodgson's kind Arrangement, had the
first sitting with Mrs. Piper since the
death of Miss Field. After writing some
personal expressions, Miss Field wrote.
through Ms. Piper's hand. an explana-
ton Of the VIII she had made. With char
atceristic vehemence she alluded 10 COM
ments that had been made. and then as
serted her desire TO tell me Why the will
was 50 devised. The story began:
''One day at the Victoria Hotel in New
York, Mr.. - brought - - to
my room" and the essence of the story
was that the gentleman who was her
chief and residuary legatee brought 70
her room two men whose names were
prominent in finances. and the narration
included a business transaction OF which
I had never heard nor dreamed,and which
explained the nature Of her will as only
fair and just under the circumstances.
soon after this the legatee-an entire
stranger to me-called. Unexpectedly, and
after some preliminary conversation re-
marked that he would like to tell NE.
in consideration of my devotion TO Miss
Field, why she had left her estate as she
did
He proceeded with the story. When
he had finished took from a drawer the
record written through Mrs. Piper's hand,
of which ne had no knowledge, and hand
ed It to him to read.
The details in every particular CORES
ponded 10 the narration he had Just made |
After the finding of Miss Fields will it |
was decided by her executors to have |
her body brought for cremation in San |
Francisco, and 10 eonsign the ashes TO
Boston. that they might be committed
in the Field family plot in Mount Au-
burn. Suddenly. finding that should be
in Chicago. 1 wrote to the executor in /
asking If he could not have the urn con-
signed TO him in that city and permit /
me 10 carry it to Boston. This letter /
wrote and sealed in the solitude of my !
own room, no one having the slightest !
idea of it.
Within two or three days-and I think |
it was the next day-Miss Field came to |
DR. Hodgson through Mrs Piper q being |
in my home eight miles away and wrote: /
TELL them To give Lillian the ashes if 1
she wants them"
Returning to Boston in the afternoon, |
Or. Hodgson sent me this message in a /
note saving:
of course there IS no sense in this, |
and I made Miss Field write it over two /
or three times. but this seems 70 be what /
she said. So I send It 10 you, but OF /
course II IS nonsense"
Does not this indicate that Miss Weld |
had read my letter 10 her Chicago ex- |
ecutor, or my thought in writing II?
DR. Hodgson went To Mrs Piper each /
morning during that winter OF 1S96-ls97, I
as he continues TO do. with occasional ex- /
ceptions AS Miss Field was by way Of /
coming 10 him very frequently. and some /
times almost daily. this gave great op- !
portunity for tests. Ny own sittings hard /
ly averaged more than enc a month. as
DIT. Hodgson can spare very little Of the I
time for private sitters Several very
striking things occurred in the way ofNIiss
Fields relating TO DR.. Hodgson matters
Of my daily life. my work. movements,
&c. which were strangely accurate. and /
which I must not here draw upon, "a
they VIII appear in DR.. Hodgsons own
record. which. when II is published. viii
be one Of the most interesting documents
OF the century. Passing over what might /
almost make 8 volume let me come n
one occurance that peculiarly lends itself /
10 public narration.
on May y. lS@. there came 20 me from
Mss Fields executors some articles Of +
her iewelry, among which was ring en-
grsvei wi-hin January Il. ISIS Ny
first meeting with Miss Field had been
In October. $50 and 7 had no concei--
able idea as - where she had been In The
January ~ ISIS. Ny next sitting with
Mrs. Piper was fixed for June 5. and .
felt very curious 20 see what Miss Field
would tell me % this inscription in the
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