New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
CAUGHT Her in Trickery


some difference OF OpnlOn as To the part
Dlaved by fraud IN the case OF EuSapla. ms
will best be explained by = brIet account OF
her experiences with the English Society Tor
PsvchIcal Research. during which II Is claimed
that the late Dr Richard HodgSon exposed
her mediumship as fraudulent.
In $50. Dr. Charles Richct held an impor-
tart series of seances with tusapla under
REGULARLY favorable conditions At his summer
home on q small island owned by hlm IN the
Mediterranean. At his invitation Dr. Ochgro-
wicz. 81 Oliver Lodge. and the late Mr
Nve-S attended these SlttIngS At which all
present declared themselves convinced OF the
genulneneSS ut the phenomena observed III
HoGgson sharply criticized the published re-
-,--- al these. experiments. claiming that the
results had been fraud,ilertlv obtained. and
during the controversy which followed arrange
ruen-S were made Tor series Of Slttings I" be
held Il Cambridge. Eng land, II 1905, under
the SUPERVISION OF members OF the EnEISn
society. Dr. Hodgson reached England after
these sean,es had begun. and II the irSt SIT
ing after his arrival detected Eusalra with
one. 5t her hands released She had lnEeniouslE
manipulated So that one controller was h",d-
mo the hand of the control on her other -.tc
n Mace Of her hand which he had originally
secured. Upon tins exposure the OeIlli ri.!5e
investigators. among whom was Nh Myers
unanimously adopted the conclusion that
nothing but trigbtry had been At work IN these
Governments and following its usual rule. the
English soc:etE refused 10 make any further
investigation ot medium II whom fraud had
been discovered
The Continental investigators. however,
wee firmly convinced that Eusaria did not
ALWAYS practise fraud They continued their
-,-ses-chts with increased watchtulncsz. and
obtained new results which they believed
could not be accounted for by such trlChcry
ss had been discovered by DR.. Hodg~on- So
strong indeed xas tins new evidence that both
Mr. MYERS and SIT Oliver Lodge retraCtcd their
derllals and while admitting that fraud might
account for al the phenomena observed at
Cambridge declared themselves more than
ever convinced that genuine super1lorIl.'ll
fo-res were manifested by Eusapla. Inc
strength Of their position may even be apparent
10 the reader who will doubtless observe that
in most OF the phenomena described III TINS
article I would seem impossible tor the re
les. Of one OF even both OF the medium 5
hands to produce the results shown
50 Inessential to the accomplishment ci her
manifestations do EuSapla tricks appear that
scientists have felt the need Of specuatlng
,,-,,,r, heir real motive One theory advance ed
IS that with short sighted cunning She Is not
avcrse TO the use Of trlCkeTE 10 spare hefse4i
INC nervous exhaustion incident TO genuine
performance. Dr. OchorowICz, indeed, does
15o+ believe that her frequent attempts 10 re-
iesse. one hand IS due TO intentional fraud He
thinks II ls often done IN order that she may
r,ress i upon her head, which seems 70 be III
I,a;r1 during the manifestation. And since, IN
accordance with psychological laws, our hand
,,-aree5s automatically IN the direction Of our
thoughts Il would be quite natural tor the
medium tv autOsuggestlpn. to move her natl'i
toward the normal performance q the act
even when il Is 70 be accomplished by q huidic
Drolongation Of the material hand