Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

showed a cross of real lights. They
were different from the true spirit
lights. After this was all over made
up my mind to discover what 1t was
and uncover the frauds. 1 carried a
lot of matches, but no spirit lights were
shown that night.
zone afternoon at developing circle,
when the music box was going,
planned to strike match when the
spirit lights appeared, but Dickson sus-
pected me and there were mo lights.
Then after a while Dickson said:
"'Well, Mrs. York, 1 think we Will
STOP
Charges Them With Fraud
ayes, l think we will l said. Il
want you to turn up those lights. l
want to find out how long you have
swindled me. I want to see this fraud
40, George Dickson cried to Ar
mold. Mrs. York has gone crazy
Arnold asked what was the matter
and 1 said
Nothing at all. want you to give
back the money I paid for those
charms
Arnold. asked me to keep still, be-
cause there We're people there who
wanted to buy the house. If you do
not keep still and hush up that racket
| will throw the BLACK Magic OH
you,' he threatened.
81 told him that he did not have
enough power over me to do that and
then they asked me to come up stairs,
and l did so and demanded my money
again.
Gets Her Money Back
You had better go and get her the
money so she will keep STILL Arnold
said to Dickson, and l got my So back.
IL o
in which they told me l could see my
spirit guides. They said that these
mirrors would develop clairvoyant
sight. I paid my "a for the two. one for
my daughter and one for myself, but |
have never seen any spirit faces III
them. They look like spoiled photo
graph negatives that have been used to
make their fake spirit photographs
after l had been going for long
time, and after they found that l was
trying to catch them, l went to one
meeting, and got in all right. Dickson
gave me that sick smile and then told
Arnold | was there. l offered Arnold
the so cents, and he would not take it.
1--WE have no seat for you any more,
Mrs. York he said to me. | put my
money in my pocket and left the hall
They never got any more money from
me.
Threatened, Fearing Exposure
Both Arnold and Dickson frightened
me and my husband so that we did not
dare TO try to catch one of their spirits
They said that If any one touched a
spirit the medium who was IN the
trance would drop dead. we were
afraid of killing the medium.
"Regardless of the fakes and frauds
these men practiced on us, and regard
less of the fact that we were Victimized
and gave them lots of money, we are
spritualists. We do not believe In fake
spiritualists, and were simply fooled.
In our own minds we are convinced of
the truth of the religion of spiritualism,
and want you to say So
THE Natio..al Spirltualists' associa-
ton of North America publishes the
names and records of all fake spiritual
lists who are exposed. They expose
many every week, and when the right
time comes the Arnold-Dickson outfit
will be exposed and they viii be
branded i'm every spiritualistic home in
the country as frauds and takers. And
all true spiritualists will be glad of It,
Still a splritualist
Mr.. York asked that he be quoted as
saying that he and his wife are con-
vinced OF the truth of spiritualism and
when rightly praoticed.
"These are indisputable facts with
US" he said. my opinion is that Ar
mold and Dickson were true mediums
at one time. but that they abused their
power for money. II any medium tells
me he can produce any spirit he de- |
sires at a given time l Will not believe |