The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-28
MLL CONKLIN OF KALAMAZOO.
mrs HJ'SkI SPIRIT ELCDES
CiPT. OREILLYS COPS,
mt The, Get Merry Mrs. Holloway. spook
Medium. who Had the Laugh on the
ylgilaht Captain-she Invites Him and
His Men Il" Run ALONG, land They DO SO

Medium, who Had the Laugh on the
y,gilaht Captain-she Invites Him and
His Men Il" Run AlOng, land They DO SO
An aeitated citizen of Brooklyn who
lives in McDonough street wrote to Capt.
Miles O'Reilly of the Ralph avenue police
station a few days ago that there were
snooky doings in the apartments OF Mrs.
galloway OF 7e4 McDonough street, He
thought spiritualistic seances were wicked.
he said and wanted to know II the police
couldn't do something about 1t.
He said the spooks gibbered 80 shrilly
that folks in the neighborhood couldn't
sleep q nights, and that he was losing his
rest. He also said that his wife was getting
the spook habit and was spending all her
loose change conversing with her anoest ors,
near and remote.
Night before last O'Reilly picked out
,vo men, Westerholm and Dolan, big, red
faced, husky fellows that don't hold much
nv spectres About 8 o'clock they went
10 Mrs Halloway's apartments and rang
The bell. They were in plain clothes, and
only one person out Of two would have
taken them for policemen. People were
streaming into the place, and in the crowd
nobody paid any attention to the cops.
The medium herself passed them into the
inner sanctuary.
II wasn't very cheerful in Mrs. Halo
ways spook parlor. The light was Of a
blush, dim, creepy kind and folks were
cautioned not to talk loudly for fear OF an
moving the spirits. In one corner OF the
room was a capacious cabinet draped in
black. The Philstine cop, got nervous
and fdgeted about until fat man with
flowing white whiskers, a little tobacco
stained reproached them for unseemly
conduct Then they braced themselves
firmly and played pinoohle in their minds
until it was time for the opening hymn.
Westerhom and Dolan sang fervently,
anxious to renstate themselves In the good
opinion Of the fat man with the whiskers.
Then tall blonde got up and sang "The
Holy city BY that time everybody in
the room was on edge and in a receptive
frame Of mind, as the medium termed it,
Mrs. Holloway went into the cabinet,
and the CHASTITY blue light wavered, fiiokered
and went down to mere ghost Of a light
Pretty soon the black curtains fell away
from the front OF the cabinet and some
thing white appeared. 1t said it was Maria
Hall and wanted to know II Edward Hall
was in the room Edward was there and
recognized his fathers grandmother. Ed
ward was one of the true believers, and he
didn't hunt around for embarrassing ques-
tons
1t all went of nicely, and Grandmother
Hall retired in flicker Of blue light. A
thin hungry looking spook appeared after
that and said he wanted to speak to his son
Jerry. Jerry wasn't on hand. but his
brother M!,, Bin was: The gapnt spook said he
life in 1889, He said he had heard that
Jerry was playing the races and wanted to
give him a bit OF advice.
He said very mournfully that playing the
ponies was wicked and that no Christian
ought TO risk dollar on the speed Of a
horse. up there, he remarked, solemnly,
sthe result Of every race was known before
hand, and he wanted to say that It was too
uncertain, gamble for humans
Westerholm and Dolan got interested in
striking the thin spook for tip on Jamaica
when they obseryed the fat man with the
vhiskers regarding them darKiy. They
Kept still and the spirit Of William Hoskins
faded away. After that the dear deParteds
came on. fast, and the two cops picked up
some interesting bits Of family history.
Then there was an organ interlude and a
short, fat spook poked his head out Of the
front of the cabinet.
He said in husky voice that he was Bill
d
friend. He said he was lonesome and
needed to be cheered up a bit; that he would
prefer a relative, but would take friend
ifnone Of the family was about.
A red faced man who was sitting behind
the policemen jumped up excitedly and
said he knew Bill Conklin.
i used to be pal Of Bills out in Kala-
mazoo,' said the man earnestly, Bill
was a burned good fellow. but l didn't
know he was dead, Are You Billl'
I'm Bill. all right. said the fat spook
huskily. Il used to live in Kalamazoo. !
got bad dose Of fever and ague in 90 and
It finished me.
I'm sorry to hear that. Bill" said the
red IA ed man. Perhaps you don't re-
member the five-dollar bill i lent you in
Kalamazoo in 1885,
Can't say do, said Bill firmly. up
here there is no such thing as money and
no debasing things OF the world come into
our spiritual minds.
Here Westerholm and Doan thought it
vas time TO take a hand. They figured
policemen had Just about got to the door.
They estimated the distance between their
seats and Bill and then made a straight
football tackle. Both got grip on some
thing subst antial and held on for dear life
Somebody in the back part Of the room
Of the sanctuary opened and Capt. 0'Reilly
marched in at the head of eight men. He
had with him Detectives Rey nolds, Law
and Farrell, Roundsman Halloran and four
lstrolmen.
The true believers were all over the room
IN an instant. tremendously excited.
oReilly didn't try to stop ANYBODY, and 1t
wasn't long before the medium and the
police were the only ones left at the seance.
Westerholm and Dolan held on to their
Sspiye and kept it in The cabinet. 1t was
Ms. Holloway, all in black, ali hough Bill
was very white spook. The medium
,ook 1t all as a good joke and was laughing
20 hard that she couldn't talk for while.
uIReilly and his men were stern and in
dlgnant, They couldn't see where the joke
came in, but the medium was highly amused.
Now, | wish you people would tell me
what you are doing here, said the medium
"hen she got her breath,
We are here 10 expose you, said O'Reilly
iimpressively. we want to show up what
going Oh at these spook tests"
Well, you didn't show up Bill Conklin
OF Kalamazoo very much, said the medium,
ana laughter nipped her again.
She's the only one that did any talking
sad WeHerholm and Dolan. There's her
1--WE, sllver trumpet, too, Cap; take a look at
On, fudge, boys. Don't you think you
had better run along?" said Mrs. Holloway.
oReilly thought he had.
", ZONE back and see me again. s8id
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