Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-30
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OR. FUNK ON PsYCHICS
Cites Ex-Governor Who Talked
With Daughters Spirit.
LENGTHY CONVERSATION KEPT UP

Expert on spiritun1ism Tells ConErc-
gational Ministers OF Cases of Spirit
Communication to Indicate Lnws
Not Yet Recognized by Science.
How n Snfc Was Opened.
Or. |. II Funk. the Investigator OF
psychic phenomena, who recently read
a paper OIL "Spiritualsm" to sixty
members Of the New York Congrega.
tionalist ministers meeting. said, "Tho
time has come to dismiss from our
minds once and for NIL tho thought tllnt
there Is nothing In it," The paper
contained Instances OF what purportcd
to be spirit communication, including
one between Il former governor of q
state, whose name was withheld, and
bis wife and their dead daughter, says
the New York Herald
Dr.. Funk cited these cases 10 show
that there are psychic conditions and
laws which science does not yet rec
ognizc.
AS IL test OF spirit photography lie
related the experience of DR.. Yeeder
Of LyonSv \. Y. DR.. yccdcr, he said.
had cacliaof several persons OF tested
psychic power place one hand above
and the other hand below scnsitizef
Photographic plate and had MI concco
trnte then thoughts OH silver dollar.
When the plate was developed DR..
Veeder found the form OF Il silver dol.
lar on the plate.
George l.. Scabury Of Brooklyn. DR..
Funk said, went to medium with
written note. sealed and in his pocket.
containing two questions addressed to
his dead father. III seancc tho nc
dunn informed the audience that
spirit WINS present, gave the correct
name Of Mr.. Seabury's father and nh.
swered the teo questions.
Another cnsr was that Of Mrs. T.,
widow Of an army officer. When her
husband died, II ran, he left important
papers in II safe, but left no mcmoran-
dunn Of the combinations She called In
safe expert who was n Medium He
sat before the safe while she prayed
earnestly In her own room. and the safe
was opened. The man said his hand
had been guided by the spirit of her
dead husband, but Mrs. L.. who Is not
splritunlist, declared the safe had
been opened by prayer.
DR., Funk told of having communion.
ton with the same spirit through DIFF.
ferent mediums, but on each occasion,
he s0ld. the spirit has stuutly denied
any previous communication. profesr.
or Hyslop. he said, got MI Intelligence,
which asserted IL was that Of his IN.
Their. to give him privately pass word,
so that MT subsequent sittings he might
Identify his father. Professor IIysop
was sure that he had obtained such an
Identification through another medium
Coming to the case Of the former gov.
ernor, DIR. Funk said this M: lad
written to him about his experience
and had asked that his name be with.
held, as he did not wish to set going
the funny man. Of the press" Six
months after their daughters death the
former governor and his wife, who In
slst they are not spiritunl.sts. heard OF
medium who was visiting neighbor.
Ing city and summoned her. OF whct
followed he wrote to DR.. Funk:
1t was 10 o'clock In the morning,
and daylight was full in the room. The
medium had with her what she called. IL
trumpet md witch was Of considara BILE
length when jontcd together. This was
laid on The table with the large end to.
ward my wife. who was told to put
this end to her enr. The medium did
not sit near the trumpet or table. In a
few moments we heard voice In the
i-umpet which sounded. to our amaze.
ment, like the voice OF our dead daugh.
ter. 1t said 1t was our daughter.
She told us the particulars OF her
death, including some incidents which
we felt sure no mortal knew but our.
selves. watched the mediums lips
clocely. They did not seem to move In
the sllglgest. requested her to hold
her lips Nightly together. She offered
to fill her mouth with water. This
seemed to mt cruelty suspicious and
unnecessary. and did not insist upon
1t. For a long time the conversation
was kept up"
DIR. Funk said close cross examina.
ton Of this statement Ind not shaken ,t
I'm tho governors case" he said.
"whnt was said Is not OF SO much i'm
portance, for n tricky medium may get
hold of facts which will puzzle any of
hs II they nre sprung upon us, especial.
~ IN very mysterious. CHASTITY sur.
roundings. The puzzling thing is that
independent voice in what seemed to
be strictly test conditions"