The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-15
SPIRIT MEDIUM
FOUND GUILTY
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1t was nearly dark. but there was a
faint light from the windows back of us .
..Why did you go TO this placer"
1 went with my sOn-in-law for the
purpose OF talking with my dead friends
ana relatives. / was not suspicious until
recognized Arnold appearing and rep
resentlng my dead children. This was
on the platform. | was below. on the
uCor. asked them TO come down. They
told me to come up on the platform.
did so. As / approached them they re-
ceded from me. All Of these were clad
in robes. / seized the robe of one and
shouted, Now I've got you
recognized three different features.
OF apparitions which took to be persons
and not spirits. One Of these / believe
was Dickson appearing as a woman At
the time / believe 1 saw Dickson appear
ing as woman there was a faint light so
that could tell that il was not a spirit.
AS ] seized the robe Of the alleged
spirit there was a rumpus and a scuffle.
Chairs were knocked over and Arnold ran
into the room, asking what was the mat
ter. / fell down clinging to the robe, and
was pulled over chairs and struck my
knee, bruising it. As l was being pulled
over the chairs. a light appeared for an
instant and then Dickson turned on the
light
Not "Indian" but Arnold.
Some one hit me in the face. Arnold
said. 1T must have been an Indian "
Was IL an Indian?" asked DAILY.
No, ii was Arnold" replied Mrs Bran
don.
did you say that they would have to
pay you big sum Of money or you would
have them arreSted2"
81 did not I said that they would pay
dearly for that. l would have commenced
proceedings because they had deceived me
so.
Arnold asked me to come up stairs and
wash my face, but L would not do it. l
went home"
Didn't he ask IL you had seen a wo-
ma a.
was too dark, but you believed you saw
a woman"
No
Judge Powers then asked the witness
il she had told Dye to telephone to Arnold,
after they returned home. about a money
settlement. Mrs. Brandon declared that
she had not, and denied that she had in
structed Dye to ask them how much they
would give to keep the matter quiet.
Dye Tells His Story.
William II. Dye, complaining witness.
was then summoned to the witness stand.
He stated that he lived at5051z East Sec
ond South street. and had gone with his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Brandon. TO the Arm
old-Dickson headquarters, on the after
noon of September s. He then identified
building they saw Arnold first in the Of
flee and afterward in the hall where
meetings are held.
State on what occasion you saw Arm
old" demanded Prosecutor DAILY
81 saw Arnold when he struck Mrs.
Brandon in the face with his fist
Where were you while this was going
On?'i asked Judge Powers, who had taken
up the cross examination of the witness.
Il had his spirit i'm my arms. l was
holding one of the spirits wrists with
my hands"
WAS the room light or dark?'
''Semi-dark. There was a faint light
from an electric lamp. / struck a match
a little after he had time to separate him
self from the spirit
What did you go TO the Arnold Dick
sons fOr?'
Il went there to see the spirits 7 did
not believe in them. and went out r- -',-
riosity. l had thought of expo
matter. and went for that eXpli
pose. ! went to catch spirit, no
what trouble il occasioned.'
Did you go there to create a rough
hOuse2"
Il did"
Did you have hold of Arnold?"
Had Hold Of Spirit"
81 had hold Of Arnold's spirit, not Ar
Was it a woman
Il will not swear that 1t was"