Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28
FAMOUS MEDIUM DEAD.
cdr" Henry SHADE PASSES Away IN
Michigan nnitnrium-Wcnnh HUI
Vanished - Mystihed Many
Sunrt Men,

nj, "Dr" Henry Slade. the conjure,
of things uncanny. finally become ''o
victim Of his own conJnrins! p'o '"o
crocpy spell which he cast over 'n'9e
who attended his seances at last c'''''l
him? Or" Sladc is dead ana MS ''H'
moments were passed in Michigan SUM
tarium Bcreft of the power OF i"c'''''-
zion through disease, his once actNe nun"
,limr,ed, his wealth gone, ana "e''r''"
wv friends he passed away, ana peh'\c''
IN the occult who believed in nm are 10"
rpcculating on the time when he VIII re-
turn in spirit form, says the ohic"so
Chronicle.
..Dr" slade made and lost several for
tunes. HIS wealth at one time was re-
,utod to be a million or more of dol
lars But when he died he WAS Pr",'.
.al,v n pauper. What became or MS
,oa,tb M one besides himself ever knew
md now that he is dead II Is Pro""'ie
that no one will ever know.
Slade was the premier at the slate
.riting trick and his power in TINS
nno startled the world. Henry Ward
,cochor after a "seancc." sad that the
york of the man WIS beyond his conf
,rehcnsion. The Prince of Wales, now
he King of England. gave him an au-
lioncc and was profoundly impressed
rhe car Of Russia is said 10 have paih
,in, handsomely for a slit ny ana al
orvord to have dismissed some OF t1e
,irh court digntaries because the
.saer's' writing warned him that his life
vas in DANCER from members or his own
souse rold.
Sladc. while perhaps not the origin
,tor of the slate writing trick. brought
10 perfection and made IT popular 30
veil was he known in O. nn"cu II WI
his device that the agents for the goo Is
,sed by spurious mediums still advertise
their best slate-writing apparatus az
.the exclusive device of the eat Sla Q.
STARTED AS A FARMER BOY.
Slode started as farmer BOY. he
xas scarcely in his teens whom ne be-
ran to astonish the 9th b'ys ID! t'-
ble-tipping, slate-wr ting and the IKE
He was in New York in tie late Ws
and early '1Os. His sla,e-wrting created
furore Many believing spritualists.
who admit that Slade was prov q n ir"ud
later, think that he had real occult pow
ers in his early days. but that his con-
troll was uncertain and that ne resorted
to fraud in order to make results GER
tainty.
Sladp was alT'auN d iiSh A'u'' WYNN
in 1876 he went to England and was a
nine days wonder. Committees OF saw
ants had sittings with him and reported
that they could not explain 1t. The cele
brated DR.. Carpenter said that he was
.sboken in his disbelief in spiritualism
The London courts and police took no
tice after a time, exhibitions OF fortune
telling being against the law in that city
Sergeant Cox asked Professor i. Ra!
Lancaster to have sitting with "Dr.
Shade and report.
On September II, 1876 Professor Ian
kester attended a seance. he got
theory and came back four days later u
prove it.
The seAnce took place in weI-lishte'
rootn The medium and his 'sitters' sa
on opposite sides Of table. 81 IL
brought out n slate, W tn zen lis, a
showed both sides to prove that it wa
blank. Placing a piece OF pencil on IN
face OF the slate, Shade pressed the FAC
against the under surface of the tabl
so closely that no hand, not evel
finger could be introduced hetws en-. Their
would be a slight scratching noise an
e,ade would show the slate with mes
sage on It.
LANCASTER OBJECTS THE FRAUE
Professor Lancaster. who pretended al
rolute belief all through. noticed tina
there was an interval bstwenn the show
ing of the clean slate and the placin
Of the slate under the table. During IN
intervals Slade oouGhed "a though he ha
bad cold and Oil unexpected things I
turn his sitters' attention 10 another PAL
pi the room. Also he thought he saw