Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-01
PISTOLS USED IN ROW BREAK
UP SEANcE
Detectives Take Hand, Some one
Is Hit on the Head and the
Naturalization Ends
Abruptly

and renresentatiyes of the clty's detec-
tive force and the anti-faker society
had tug of war over a bunch Of
ephemeral gauze enshrouding the
ample proportions of the hostess.
"Mrs. Elsie Reynolds--Seance for full
forms to friends only, 743 South Broad
way" was the way the invitation read.
and Il would have been quite as sue
cessful as any function gracing the
society columns this morning If. An!
that If.
Mrs. Reynolds did not know her
friends, in spite of the fact that each
had to be personally recommended by
someone inside the Inner circle"
One of Series
The affair was one of a series with
which Mrs. Reynolds has been enter
tanning several times a week lately for
the sum of so cents per head. No
promises as to how many spirits for 90
cents.
The guests began arriving about 8
o'clock, and by $3.50 o'clock the double
parlors occupied by Mrs. Reynolds
were filled to the limit.
AS the guests arrived he or she was
greeted by Mrs. Reynolds, who gave
the visitors places in the circle accord
ing to their faith in her powers. few
of the "old timers were placed near
lHc CdDlIleI, Wulie yOuliS llul anu
woman, who furnish their experiences
in this article and whose passport was
not quite satisfying, were relegated to
the back room.
Mrs. Reynolds made no secret of the
fact that she wanted no strangers and
that she wanted none who had not come
with fright motives"
"They have run so many people out
of town already l guess l am the only
nh y4rbn c loft and
l intend to stay all winter if they will
let me-" said she before entering the
cabinet.
Many Strangers There
II have to be very careful whom 1
admit" she confided to a friend while
she was selling papers and taking sub
scriptions. There are a good many
strangers here tonight and the har-
monies may not work very we'll will
not promise to bring any OF the de-
parted, for it sometimes takes more
than one visit to seance. 1 say 1
won't make any promises"
When she finally entered the cabinet
after carefully extinguishing the gas
and lighting a heavily shaded candle,
there were thirty people in the room.
A chosen one was asked to be cabinet
tender, and the medium disappeared
&ehind the brown plush curtains.
4 soon e-nnice purporting to be that of
(. N Ssltzd, was heard ana Some one in the
.FBm called out, rs that you little
lk2He?"
: = From that time on Effie held sweet
converse with various persons in the
rooms, calling each by name and jok-
ing with some in the most upto-date
fashion.
THAT young fellow with the curly
hair who is here tonight, hello there"
The boy responded and Effie thought
I, &c "a ha xYat.nf 70 cr
in a telephone.
Jokes with Auditors
You must think I am hello girl"
she responded and as she joked with
first one and then the other, in any
thing but spirituelle manner, they
responded in tones of love and faith.
There were tiny shriveled women in
the room with a world of faith in their
voices. They had heard Effie before
and even when her voice cracked hope
lessly, they did not recognize it's source
aEffe introduced the various spirits
and finally she was persuaded to sing.
one of the old familiar Methodist
hymns was chosen and the faithful
took up the refrain. When the spirits
did not come fast enough some one
suggested that the circle join hands
and make the vibrations more harmo-
NOUS This was done and there was
more singing.
Dr. Munroe came and in the dim light
it could be discerned that he possessed
a noustache. He sang Robin Adair"
and then it was that the medium
proved she had some slight claim to-,
being ventriloquist, though the voice
was not what it might have been. The
company applauded quietly, OF course
everything was done quietly.
Wife Comforts Him
The cabinet tender was one of the
first to have a visitation. His wife
came to him and said a comforting
word.
An old woman was called-MrS. Rob-
bin, the medium called her. and it was
her husband who had come back from
spirit land. He said he had not been
good to her ond asked her forgiveness.
She said it had been given long before,
and he went back to the land from
whence he came, while the cabinet
tender explained that the soul might
have been kept wandering around In
space for fifty years if that word of
forgiveness had not come to lift the
weight from him,
A child with a baby voice appeared
to an adopted uncle.
Then sister came back to visit
the beautiful old ladies with white
hair and white dresses, who looked as
If they were not far removed from
spirit land.g
Live Sisters Not There
A loved sister appeared before E. c.
King, a detective in the guise of
friend"
The sister had come from spirit land
in spite of the fact that all Mr.. Kings
sisters are living and well.
She cried so much she had to go
back into the cabinet. but promised to
return again. Mr.. King likewise shed
a few tears and then she came back.
the second time impersonated by the
medium and not materialized by him.
Sees Gates AJar
She told him she had seen the prom
ised gates ajar and wanted him to be
OF good faith. for his time would not
be long In coming.
As the evening went ON and there
were no disturbances the medium be-
came convinced that they We're all
friends, and the spiritism grew braver.
one more courageous than all the
rest walked into the middle 90 tha|