Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-13

sible for them to communicate with
their friends. they are only too glad
to do so without being called.
The writer OF The article says that
there were five skepticai ones who
attended the seances ! have met
many skeptics, Mr.. Editor, and ] re-
spect them. He says they attended
the seance to expose the fake that
when the. darkness was relieved by a
sudden burst of light from a pocket
lamp, carried BY one OF the d0ubters,
there was the professor in the center
of the circle, with the trumpet in his
mouth
Mr.. Editor, it is an utter falsehood
from beginning to. end When the
light was flashed the trumpet fell
from the ceiling to the floor. where,
by the first rays of the light it could
plainly be seen floating. Furthermore.
Mr.. stephens was seated between two
of the sitters, also skeptics, just as
he was when the seance started, and
not standing in the center OF the cir
Gle, as stated by the honorable skep-
tic, as eighteen of the twenty-three
sitters can, and will, testify.
The skeptic, in his article, has been
very elaborate in his details Of what
the rays of the little lamp revealed
to him, and now, Mr.. Editor, | will
tell you what they revealed to us, and
it can be proven, not by five, but by
eighteen, honorable people. The rays
showed us five of the smallest big
men it was ever our lot to see, who
after starting the disturbance, were
so frightened at the possible termin-
alton that they acted more like de-
mented beings than rational men.
Surely, the spirit of madness was rife.
One of the spiritualists crossed the
room to light the gas, and the five, in
their guilty terror; must have thought
he was going to strike them (Which
they richly deservedl. Their terror
and frightened pleadings of Don't
strike me! Don't strike met" and
their antics as they jumped around
the room will long be remembered by.
those who witnessed 1t as most ri
dicuIous sight.
If there was policeman's lead
filled club in the crowd it was not
f1ourished.. as stated in. the article, but
was kept religiously in their pockets,
or, perhaps, IN their panic-stricken
fright they thought they fiourished it.
But, nevertheless, the policeman's
club was fiourished only on paper
would that the mothers and the
friends of those Ave doubters could
have seen them as we did for the five
seconds they were allowed to remain.
They certainly would have felt proud
of them. Needless to state, the de-
movement of the evening created a
sensation amongst the bonafde spir-
itualists, but not such sensation as
they think. If a medium is fraud,
the spiritualists are the first to know
it. If we need help from skeptics
we will be sure they are gentlemen
before inviting them. The five Doubt
ing ones should be sure when they
leave a spy to report proceedings that
his report can be relied on, and that
he is not known to be a spy by. the
remaining sitters.
Contrary to the report of the spy,
(who is known the circle was re-
sumed, with very favorable results, all
things considered. Mr.. Stephens
knows the name Of the parties without
calling at the Intelligencer office.
They were not unknown to several of
the sitters. If the ''skeptics" whirl
in the legal arena Gas he threatens in
his article), should be as full of brav
cry as his antics under the rays of
the little lamp, it would surely be a
rich treat to witness.it. 1t is mat
ter of Indifference to- Mr.. Stephens
whether these five doubters ever be-
lieve in spiritualism or not
They came to our home unlimited,
and obtruded their presence on our
privacy, and that, If no other reason,
should have caused them to act as
gentlemen, regardless OF what they
thought of the seance. I.-send this,
Mr.. Editor, in vindication of Mr.. Ste
pheDs, whom we know to be a worthy
gentleman. MRS. S. S. BROWN,
221Q Market Streaf