Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-08-21
MR.. EIKMEIER's SIDE.


The following letter from Wn.
Eikmeier, published in the Ottawa
Daily Herald of August 10th, gives
his side of the story of how he ex-
posed fraud in spritualist meet
ing recently:
Great Bend, Kansas, August 7.
Editor Herald: see in your even
ing Herald an account of story
which happened to take place on the
park grounds. You will please admit
that at conversation as long as this,
some error will slip in. So it is with
this. 1t says in one place, "Mr. Elk
meier grabbed an ankle" This
did not tell. l said that some man in
the seance accused me of grabbing
woman, the wife of Mr.. Bledsoe, in
order to have an excuse for beating
me, which he did, and Mr.. Bledsoe
broke my finger to have a keepsake
from that nice visit.
The truth is l have not put my hand
on any woman, as given in your Her
aid, and thank the Lord, have wit
ness that only grabbed piece of
white muslin which laid about the
foot outside the cabinet and raised
from the groud to some height, and
extended over the spirit which ap-
peared.
When the spirit dropped this mate
rial this end between the curtain did
not dematerialize, as being supposed.
The lame man sitting at the right of
Mrs. Bartelle last year at Delphos
was sitting to the right again at this
named seance at Ottawa park. This
reused my suspicion, and was not
mistaken for he beat me as having
. touched the medium.
Nov the main part was when fifteen
or twenty materializations had taken
place was convinced that cover of
some white material was used to cover
the would-be spirit. 1t seemed to me
"a sin not to investigate and so l made
dash and grabbed the white muslin,
or spirit robe, which never would de
materialize. 1t felt solid in my hand.
1t made "a mighty draw into the cabi-
net; it cracked because did not let
y loose. l heard yell and the fists of
Mrs. Leeman Bledsoe were tight on
my throat. l could not get my
breath, so / had to free me from the
awful clutches of woman. Mrs.
Bledsoe cried for help. There were
too many men willing to pound me,
for what l do not know. God gave
me brains; I think I ought to use
them. l got nearly crucified without
cause. Mr.. Bledsoe tried to break my
. nose. held my hand against it and
it broke my finger.
He told me, :'What are you damned
German here for? 1 ought to kill
you
He told me to go home and never
appear again, and never say anything
about his woman, or he would come
to Great Bend and pound it out of
me.
Now, dear reader, don't you see,
all he wanted me to do was to go
home and say nothing about it. The
i, why is very easy. My dear friends
and spiritualists, would any suppose
that in room of nineteen people,
where the light was not so dim that
we could plainly see, would any man
try to touch lady? Would l under
take to grab trance LADY, Oh, no,
my brethren, this l never thought of.
I came to Ottawa to learn and seek
the truth.
1 went to a seance for no other pur-
pose, as seeking more light. found
that light which others could not see.
Therefore l am in a condition to offer
fifty dollars for any full MATERIAL
zation spirit form under test condi-
ton, which she will never consent to.
Now, Mrs. Bartelle here is your
chance.
Now, Mr.. Editor, you will please
give this, my letter, a space in your
Herald. Hoping to do some good
with this letter and hoping to investl-
gate again with care, l remain all peo-
o pies friend and brother-W. Eikmeier.
No Difference iiohfS mr. M iohfs .