Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-25

was going to hold class for the de-
Ivelopment OF mediums. and fixed the
cost at $40 each for. a course of eight
lessons.
Il Joined the class for the purpose
of beng developed. | asked him how
much money he would take to develop
me so that could do the things | saw
him perform. He fixed stipulated
price, which was paid to him by my
self and my brother. He brought his
cabinet to my house. and developed
both of us.
developing" Mediums.
81 then had cabinet made, got all
the necessary paraphernalia, and had
Chief w. NJ Clemens to send for pair
of Bean handouts, which / have since
used in tests.
CAS- soon as l got an linking of the
truth, | went to a well known physi-
clan and placed him under bond to me
BIZ word, that he would tell nobody
and help me in whatever manner he
could, agreeing to tell him as things
occurred in the developing class. My
! pun PooO Wao W PAONC lAt AOhSosy 49,
the event that | made public the re-
suit of my Investigations. / met with
considerable opposition from members
of my family, who feared that might
be led into a belief in spiritualism.
Two persons, one of them my brother,
wanted to join the class for the same
purpose as myself, but l prevailed up
on them to wait until they saw what
progress | made in my Investigations.
"The first sesnce was given in the
J middle Of the week, and the medium
said his wife would come from Cleve-
land and would give full form mater
ialization. The tickets were a dollar
EACH One was held at Mr. Brown S
home over Behrens' grocery, where the
class in which | was afterwards devel-
oped met. was given ticket to ad-
NIT me on Sunday night. Well known
citizens of Wheeling, Bellatre and Mar
tins Ferry were present. a cabinet
was constructed by drawing curtains,
divided in the middle, across one cor
ner of the room. We were asked to ex-
anime the chair and stool in the cab
| met. The cabinet also contained box
with sliding door, in which there was
a light. The lid was fixed so that by
manipulating the Lid the medium could
regulate the volume of light thrown in
the room.
MateriaIizing Forms.
/ "The woman was placed in the cab
met. A Mrs. Evans, of Bellaire, was
requested by the medium to go in to
| examine the medium and see if any
thing white was about her. The wo-
man removed her clpthing, and the
! statement was made that 1T was all of
dark color down to her underwear. The
floor was bare and the~woman insisted
upon having rugs The reason is OBJ
vious. Her shoes would make a noise
. on the bare floor.
| Three weeks ago tonight the medi-
UNI explained to me the manner in
which the naturalization of full forms
was accomplished. The medium first
takes off and hands to the person ex-
amining her her dressing sacque. She
| then unfastens the back of her dress
skirt, under which is a black bag made
in the form of hustle. In the act of
christening the skirt she also unfast-
ems the bag, which drops to the floor,
| and she dexterously handles her drap-
cries so that it is covered up, and is
not seen. The bag contains the secret
OF the full form materializations.
''The Lords prayer was repeated in
the circle and also from a trumpet in
the cabinet. The spiritualists present
then started hymn, in which all join
ed, music CT this sort being necessary
to produce the phenomena. In a few
minutes the voice of an Indian girl is
heard in the cabinet, saying Me will
soon come out The spirits of Indians
are always used, because the chance
of detection is thereby minimized Next
the curtains parted and white form
appeared, and at different times came
as far as six or eight feet from the cab
met
The medium who conducted the cir
| Gle asked for ladies handkerchief
without any cologne upon it. 1t was
| furnished. The spirit was robed in
white and illuminated with phosphorus
paint secured only from De Voc Bros,
of New York. The light was very dim.
The spirit form rolled the handker-
chief up very small then palmed it,
and proceeded to, 1tnroAs a. fine netting
called lace, which when thrown over
the ladies and gentlemen present al
most completely enveloped them.
A Slick Trick.
"You would have to be present at a
seance to understand the effect of all
this. The eredulity of the public is
certainly amazing. This particular
spirit was called the Indian lace max
err The material is so fiimsy that
sufficient quantity to cover the entire
body could be concealed in a watch
case. The Indian spirit said the lum-
inous paint was lessons she learned in
the spirit land. Some of the women
present declared they could see through
the spirit The form was touched, the
face kissed, the body Rugged, and every
body recognized familiar features. 1t
is remarkable. The same form. SINH
larly robed, appeared and reappeared,
different impersonation each time,
and with differently modulated voice.
The medium was next taken out in
her black clothes, and taken across the
room, with the explanation that she
was still in trance. Then the medium
who conducted the circle pulled the cur
tains of the cabinet slightly apart and
revealed another white form. l was
requested to go to the cabinet, and was
asked if everything was all right, re-
plying that it was. The woman had
fastened the white cloth to the cur
tainS on the inside. I did not tell the
truth then, because was conscientious